NEW DISCOVERY.-The Edinbu...
The Times, 1824-07-23T00:00:00

IN, EI iVSl OsyER.- U 'be Edinbu.- v weekly paper, the fndexpndcat. publishes an accozurt of a newv discovery i9 the arfs arnd sciences, wh,ch, it is asserted, will aitogether supersede the use of steam in working machinery. Instead of steam, hydrogen gas is introduced into the cylinder, which being destroyed by combustion, produces a complete vacuurm, into wbich the piston rushes with irre- sistible force. Gas is again introduced, and raises the piston, when it is agy.a destroyed by combustion as before. A patent has l,een obtainee for the discovcr,-. Thie engine wiiloslv weigh from 25 to, 311 ewt. A.small stove will supply the place of the steam-boiler. and five barrels of oil, it is calculated, will take a ship to India Friday, two childreni of the names of Sayer antl Wooi, one seven and the other eight years old, bathing together at Herne Bay, unfbrtunately got out of their deptih, and weie bv the current plunged out of the reach of their conpanion, a vouth of the riame of flenry Tulloch, from the Caledloniar, school, who was compelled, after fruitless though indetatigable exertions, to abandon the noble. effhrts he had made to save thenm from a watery grave, having, with the greatest promptness and presence of mind, pressed forwarI to their assistance, arnd wihen within a few .;eet of the poor boys, he was most unwillingly compelled to returr, it beizg too deep for hi3m to rescue them, being hirself only twelve rears old. Finj,dbitthat Ils owvn efforts were fruitless, he made all possibie haste towvards a warehouse upon the beach, where two sawyers, named Goodwir. ant Green, were at work, when he insrtnitly cornmunicated to him the situation of his companions, and pointed the leceased out to thlem (they being still above water), and that by the most trirling exertions on their part, the life of one or both might be saved, i*.ere being a boat near the water that might have been used for that pur- pose. They, however, refused to snatch a fellow-creature LDon that element which subsequently proved so fatal to both its victims. An inquisition vpas held upon the bodies on Saturday b.y tlc corme.E;, Mer. laeLsaax, and a higbly respectable jury, wheu the tiinilwing opinion was expressed by them viz.- " That we are satisfied from the evidence which has this day been adduem upotIs this inquirv, that the life of one or both of the deceased children inight have-been saved, had it not been for the cruel iLhuraanity and trulv unfeelinz conduct exhibited by two persons of tke names of G6odsviji and Green, and that we dlo therefore consider their behaviour most re. prehiensible." The jury afterwards returned.a erdirt ef Accidental Dreth in both cases, and the coroner expressed his regret that the law was not sufliclently strong to punislh persons whose behaviour merited the severcSt censure. LAdvertlsement.-_Ross and SoNs, No. 119, Bislmopsgate-street, having lately imiported a large assortment of tlae most beaatiful French and German Elair, esteerned above aU ethers for their sapes rior softness antd durability, respectfully offer theta to the nobilitv arid gentry in all the varieties of Ornanmental HaiT. Theyparricalarfy request attention to their Ladies' arid gentlemen's Petuques, made of the choicest natural, forced natural, and curled hair, as so exact an Wisi-atian, that upon the closest inspection they are sot to be disco rered from nature itself. FIoss and Sons importing satd manufac. turing the whole thernseeves, are enabled to offer their articles fill 5o1 per cent. cheaper than any other house, and of a superior quality.