The Sun. — 1842-04-15 (London, England)

SOCIETY OF AIITS--" A subject of consitiesoy 1 ' Of terest was brought forward and discussed on Wed°,,eroces'' ie! that of DelOruck's patent autogenous soldering, ',lert 'e I i'' which it it appears that the use of solder in an 'e:istetns oh° is entirely done away With, so that when used la „-d, as ' eta holding strong acids no galvanic action is prodnet;is CO rt,MI cafe in the old method; where two different lee'haitY ° re' contact. The economy of the process and the duranost° toe', vessels are also great recommendations. The I,Pire gas t; eP. spired is simple, ingenious, and useful: A pnr,_°: the i''' bole rater, with bellows and blow 'pipe attached, taseZerefote o.c? the open fire-pot and red-hot irons ; and we enaYl.o 00.s' , that in future no more buildings will be expose" - 007,9 ilk dents by fire as have so frequently arisen fret° 0,---I_. se. gerous accompaniments of a plumber's operations! it 01_1: sis This is the invention we some time since had oseas'°„o.lr.,, el ets of in terms of praise, and which was then, and is: ecaTi as biting gratuitously by Messrs. Clarke and Son, De tattle ii,:r Southwark. Its application is eof greater imPerre par 0018,, would be supposed by the above quotation. and 3'1,0 arf_„l Ir, larly to manufacturing chemists, whose " chats:wl:oOP% iea by this process of lead, and of lead alone, thus 107',,eetn:$ possibility of the valuable ingredients under combinta;ioeisini s is in contact with any other metal, and thereby delo.eht. for. 5, ". entirely destroying the chance of the result soneld ?roc' moreover much cheaper and quicker than the 0 . .►if Standard. . 6,1 4" r,,,,vICT ~- 0 ..,1 SUICIDE OF THE CAPTAIN OF A kin"- - rat, g7i Yesterday morning a determined act of selfederstef ate 4,0 committed by Captain Weakney, the corernandessn n'ecint,bo' Admiral convict ship, now lying off Woolwich. ',„ the,c,i 0 night, Captain . Weakney supped with his officer:1:1;0ov ‘,Tri tse and when he retired to rest there appeared netThlinti 1 itto his mauner, and he was apparently in good heal: bear ft? ' Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, the people a.,sterns lb, Royal Admiral were hailed by the crew of a brig (I, ha overboarsied t said the female convicts wore jumping - ceru° de °. 1 officers of the ship went upon deck, ands Soo° as h&j tna .iiate all was safe below, and that none of the convie,cerer, Fe.. 000 attempt to escape. The crew cf the brig, he stertvws` tli ° that some one had jumped overheard from thence, seuotee.of the cabin, and they had seen the party rise.t_,fro hire sink. The cabin-door, which was fastened willhi!'ies _ diately broken open, and the Captain ei as sett a 00%0. i berth. All his clothes were in the cabin, an°;era aneaea the . gone overboard with nothing on but his stirtakoelt capt.e° Immediate search was made for Captain 11 ' overed• et tb"t river was dragged, but the body was Weakney was fifty-six years of age. J4eA aria l's ,Ii He d' ree had bsed lots Sears in the Royal Navy, was much respec "' • „A. Frei,,. 0 eye in an engagement with the enemy. ...--- sear- the We read in the Observateur Grea : r si% ii'tie .40 officer, Col nel Thouet, who has resided I 00esee.,.eite, .0 officer, Greece, is charged with the erection of a 112 phlratr 0018 church of Napoli di Romania, in honour of the tie(i_ly I rig, ~ who fell in Greece. When M. Piscatory Pt, ~ aqi „rlit, Napoli, last year, the Colonel requested biny estis 'rting French Government for a copy of a paintinll Itt 10`,,, pal° to be placed near the monument. The Fre" orders 1. Interior has complied with the request, 80 '‘', of be, to be made." ntin°l3' Oise triad • According to a letter from Consta ‘.i. lA, Aos ill, 9th ult.} in the Leipsic Gazette, a differeo;d the_ .: ExeT, tween the English and French Ambassadors, the /Intl ie `iv Internuncio, respecting the choice o's,cot °' ti's t _iat who are to be named for the Govertewletends be I's? banon. " France," says this letter, _lg' obt to oteo ides choice of the chief of the Maronites,:r 'her Prior? i tole her, as the Catholics of Syria are unucontrarY, moil "a• The Austrian Internuneio maintains the w ii, Consitsh 4 4, that the Deputation of the Marmites P° The Eegted 11, the have solicited the protection of Austria- have in'istlY e' if bassador, on the other hand, is said t°4„,.tependertisrane e', the Druses having a chief of their own '-n with atri. w" Alaronites. Austria, it is added, Would Jot _catholic? . she would agree to the appointment t!fetirfasonite3'.,,well 'jot of the Lebanon as temporal chief of tla e'irriineot ;: is „, REVERSE OF FORTUNE .---An , .., Nn pall , who at one time was reported to be an inmate of the Charter-House. w.st.s,„, beo _ii . To