The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-17 00:00:00

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT

MURDE R.—
Yesterday, about seven o'clock, the utmost excitement
prevailed in the neighbourhood of Great Wild-street, Drury-
lane, by the discovery of a most deliberate attempt at murder,
very similar in its character to that recently committed at
Newington; and which, like that, is most likely to terminate
fatally.
The following particulars have been obtained from the
brother of the victim; and, no doubt, can be relied on :
A Mr. James Rostock, a brass-founder, has a workshop
at No. 4, Pitt-place, Great Wild-street, and resided
in the house. It was usual for one of the ap-
prentices to call him up in a morning, and
this was done by one of them, Cox, it is supposed, in the
morning at the time above stated. Mr. Bostock came down
in his shirt sleeves and apron, having been in the act of
shaving, and a candle in his hand. He had no sooner
reached the door than the report of a pistol was heard; and
upon a man, named Goodwin, going to the passage, he found
Mr. Bostock lying on the floor in a pool of blood, which had
issued from a wound under the right ear. Be was insensible,
and conveyed to King's College Hospital, where he lies in
very dangerous state.
The pistol was supposed to have been loaded with slugs,
as one wis got out of the panel of the door, and is now in the
hands of the police.
A lad named Cox purchased some powder at an oil-
shop on Saturday, and has not been seen since.
It is stated that Mr. Bostock missed eight shillings last
week, which he deducted from Cox's wages on Saturday,
and thus it is that he is strongly
supposed to have some
connexion with the diabolical act.
At one o'clock little hopes were entertained of Mr. Bostock's
recovery, nor was any mein custody. Crowds were assem-
bled near the spot.

foßisetti'has left Paris are of his Physician, for
ice. No hopes are entertained of his recovery.
A fourth edition of " The Crescent and the Cross,"
by Eliot 'Warburton, Esq., ha, just been published, in two vols.,
price 21s. bound. This delightful work (as the Morning Post truly
observes) is one of the moat readable books of travels that peregri-
Stator ever penned. it is, from first to last, a splendid panorama of
Enstern scenery in the full blaze of its magnificent.. It is impossi-
ble to read " The Crescent and the Cross" without being transported
for the time ow to the sedgy hanks of the eternal Nile, into the
country of our old friend Haroun Al Jiasehid, with ell its delightfid
delusions, which, though partly dispelled, can never be forgotten.
Moreover the crowning merit of the book is that it is evidently the
production of a gentleman anti a meo of the world, who has lived lw
the best society, and has hi'eu an attentive observer of the scenes,
incidents, and iudn',W variety of characters which have passed be-
fore him during his joyous existence. To a keen sense of the
ludicrous he joins a power of sketching and grouping width are most
happily demonstrated.

-rt.(.; Gentlemen who shave themselves the following
query l& ppeposed.—Why do all the first cutlers of Europe use and
recommend Saunders' Feur-sided Tablet Razor Strop? The answer
is, simply because it is the only one that gives to a razor a teen and
smooth edge. ManufaAory, 21, Strand,
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has transmitted the
sum of 20/. to the funds of St. Vora schools, Burslcm.
. DEATH OF MR. LODER.—We regret to announce that
Mr. J. Loder, leader of the Ancient and Philharmonic
Concerts, &c., died on Friday evening,
aged aty-eight. Mr.
Leder used to lead the concerts at lath, in the 14dn'S (11`.6
of the celebrated RfM74llli l and, in conjunction with ...Jr
George Stuart And others, he superintended the subscription
concerts, which used to take place in that city, for many
rare. His disease was confirmed dropsy.
Sir Robert Peel was again cupped on Friday, previous
to his going to the Rouse of Commons.
The Earl of Ellenhorougt and Admiral Boyles left
town on 'Saturday, for rOrt,sllloutb,