The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-27 00:00:00

APRIL 27, 1846.
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RNovelties of extrem' interest and information at the ' •
OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION
Scenes In the OREGON TERRITORY form a pert of en en-
tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. ' PORTRAITS of
the most Distinguished Men in the 'SIKH
.GOVERNMENT and
ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE;;
also, Portraits of Sir henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sal:, The
PH YSIOSCOPE and CIIROMATItOPE,' wi,h .new and be: etc.!'
variations.' The most interesting of the Novelties at wo-A are
MACINTOSH'S • ROTARY' ENGINE, • COLEMAN'S PATENT
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inelined
Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY. an ENVE-
LOPE CUT LING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PA.TENT. STEAM-
ENGINE GOVERNO4, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on
cuinusnty and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex-
periments.

Admis3!on, is. ;
A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes b
dsident
Tears' Resident, presented to the Visitors. y a Nine
Schools, Half-price.

ENERAL TO NI THUMB'S „FAREWELL
Ijr LEVEES at the EGYPTIAN' HALL.
On account of the crowded state of the Room last week, and the
thousands of persons that were unable to gain admission, all 'rickets
that have been isated will be received, notwithstanding their clate3.
.The little ,General aprea-s every Day and'Evenlng in all :11,C03-
tuines and per orinancos in which lie had ..the honour ofappe.iring
three times before her Majesty-, and all the principal courts of Eutppe,
Half-pasturs from I
sr fvf; pna s
tot T ve o 0
,telo 0 Two;ck.
Admission,llal t:a3t Threea.; ethoittrl ye?,
aunaidllfoprice.

After Nine o'clock each Evening, he appears in New Play at
litx Lyceum Theatre.

Ti NIVEItSAL • GAS LIGHT C(AIPANY.
The Offices of the Company are removed to No. 11, Old
Jowry-chambers, City, where all communications are to be addresied,
to Mr. GABRIEL KENYON, the Secretary.

•
BOSTON, NEWARK, - and SHEFFIELD
. RAILWAYS.
The Holders of Scrip in this Railway are respectfully reminded
that Tnuasoai NEXT, the 30th instant, is the last day on wiiich
attendance Will be given in town for receiving the Scrip and return-
ing the sum of 20s. per share, in terms of the resolution of the
Directors as aclyertised.
Forms of application may be had from the Secretary.
JOHN DENNISTON, Secretary.
1, Little George-street, Westminster,
April 25, 1846.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSII.R.;
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital:6.soo,o6o.
Empowered by Act of Parliament,
This ir.stitntion od'ars Important unA subst.4nflei advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annul;
The 'assured has, on all ()cessions, the power to homer, witho't ,1:-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the 'premium peld,
(.see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the convero
of hip interests to meet other convenh,nces er necessity. Assurances
or terms of years are granted on the lowtst possible rates.
DP7I3TON OF PROFIT.
The success and increasing pres7zrity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a thrd
Bonus, varying front lit) to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
aeb Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLEB.

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Premium. BPL'us B&na6lo
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£s. 1837 £l9l 13 1")
60 10001 74 4 1838 16h 13 0
1839 138 13
;1840 89 0 0

:".87 13 5.2i13 17 1
74 13 10 11 8-6
61 14 3 9 210
41 13 4 6 0 0

£39a II 1
346 S 8
296 13 4
247 4 5

The dixision of prollta Is annual, and the next will be made in
ember of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See.

NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH
registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince
Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c.
This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its
peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence
against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain.
To be had In London only of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street.

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ATTEMPT AT MURDER ~.
IN
DRURY-LANE.
•
CAPTURE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAS:qN.
On Saturday night, a few minutes before nine o'clock,
the neighbourhood of Drury-lane NV,IS thrown into the
greatest state of eqnsternalion by the commission of
anoths-r of those horrible acts of attempted a.sassinatit n
which in this instance., as in the rec. at One, trill, with-
out doubt, prove fatal in its consequenus.
It appears from informatiun obtained by the reporter
from tnose who were witnesses of the diabolical de:d,
that about ten minutes before nine o'clock the unfortunate
victim, a lithographic printer, named Biewett, residing
at IS, White Hart-yard, Drury-lane, was returning
home 'from ' his employment, - al;(1 walking down
Drarplanc, from the dire,ttion of Great Qi-en-
strec!-, toward; . -Princes-street. . On the arrived of
the unrortnnat-e man near 211org,:n's diaing.rilflin!,,
situate at the corner of' -Prince•str( et, a youth was el-
sarrod- te§lep Leforo him find fire a pistol.directly r,t hi::
Breast. A- man named Sa.nluel Scnderucl, who was
dritil=_lng cut,ide the ptitlio house exactly opposite, hear.
ing the report, ran across the road, and sticeeeded in
catching- Blewett in his arms, as he was staring. The
poor fellow exclaimed, " Oh, I am shot," and: the blood
was seen issuing from the front of. his shirt.- -At this
moment the youth Who had fired, took to his heels, . •
the direcCon of Great Queen-street, pursued by In
police-
constable Dunsford, 83 F. The wounded mon w
yeyed to the shop of a surgeon, in Drury-lann wh.:sreeGnr;
opening his shirt, it was discivered that he ba"d--rece uI.
a bullet wound in. the left breast, from which,' the Hoodved .•
Was flowing. ' lle was Conveyed to King's College Hos-
pital, whsre, on being examined by Mr. Wacker,
the--
house surgeon, .it was ascertained that the bail bad
entered the left breast, and passed out at the right breast.
hie is also of opinion that the wound is mortal. Imme-
diate information was forwarded relative to the sad oc-
currence to the wife of Blewett, and she lost no time in
procce7liag to the bedside of ' her unfortunate husband aat
the hospital:. He was. at this time able to speak, and
stated that he was wholly unconscious of who had shot
him, and that he had not the slightest quarrel with any
person.

On inspection of the pistol, it was found to have been
recently discharged. It is a heavy barrilled pistol, such
as is used by the police, with a flint lock upon it, and the
Luilets are rather small for ir, being about double the
size of a pea.
William Hathaway, residing in Drury-lane, states that
he was close to the youth when he fired, and was so
stunned with the 'suddenness of the report that he could
not tell whether he took deliberate aim or not ; but he
raw him stand for a second afterwardS with the pistol in
his hand ; and it was not until he saw the assassin run
away that he recovered himself; and then he called
"Police 1" and pointed him out,
whilst running, to the
constable.
Dunsford, the police-constable, continued his pursuit,
without losing sight of the accused, until he.arrived
in
Little Queen-street (singularly enough, the place where
the murderer Wick was captured), and where he took
the prisoner into custody.
EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER AT BOW-
STREET.
On the accused being token into custody by the con-
stable he still had the pistol in his hand with which he
had committed the act, and on being searched a powder
flask, containing a considerable quantity of powder, and
a numbe.r of bullets were found en his person. He
trembled very violently and was quite out of breath from
running, but as soon as he recovered himself he ex-
claimed to Dunsford that it was an accieent.
On his arrival at the Bow-street station the prisoner
was paced within the bar until Mr. Superintendent
Pierce, who was at Covent-garden Theatre at the moment,
was sent for. During this interval he trembled exceed-
ingly and frequently buried his face in his hands. The
accused is of exceedingly juvenile appearance, wiih
dark hair, Fallow complexion, and rather long features.
He was attired in a most respectable manner in a brown
surtout, black waistcoat and trowsers, and wore a shirt
collar turned over a black silk handkerchief a la Byron.
The charge was entered, and, on being interrogated
by the inspector, he said in a very tremulous voice,
" My name is John Brahace •, I was fifteen years old
last January. I reside at No. 31,• Harrison-street,
Gray's Inn-road, and am clerk to Mr. Humby, a soli
citor, No. 8, Regent-street ; I mean Lower Regent-
street, aer Waterloo crescent.
Inspector Black—You are charged with shooting a
man in Drury-lane with a pistol.—The prisoner—It was
quite an accident.

The accused was then removrd. On the prisoner's
person was found 2/. in gold and about 14 or 15 shillings
in silver. The wounded man is described as an ex-
tremely fine, J.lll_man.

•
From all that has transpired on the subject, it is be-
, licved that both individuals were strangers to each other,
which is confirmed by the fact that the wounded man,
when asked, had no idea •by whom the shot was fired,
and that opinion is still confirmed by the taowing state-
ment of a female of the name of Louisa ("wk. Jivina_at
7AT-ft-tie-Mlle porker—bile slates that just before the act
was committed she was pas Sing down Drury lane, when
z youth, whom she has identified to be the one in cus-
tody, was passing her, was pushed against by a man,
when he instantly turned round, and seizing her by the
throlt, said to her, in a violent Lone, "If it was not for
one thing I would do for you," and at the same moment
drawing a pistol from, as she stfres., under his arm, pre-
sented it at her. Being terribly alarmed, she forced
herself from his grasp and ran off, and in a very few
minutes afternards she heard of Blewett having
been shot.

Up to a late hour a large crowd was congregated at
the spot in Drury-lane where the occurrence happened,
;so that an extra body of police was required to be in at-
tendance to keep the thoroughfares clear.
On inquiry at the station-house it was stated that the
prisoner was not at all communicative, and that he had
,been placed in a cell with two policemen.
The officer selected for the purpose of visiting the re
idence of the accused, No. 1, Harrison-street, Gray's
lan road, was Police-sergeant Pocock, of the F divi-
Sion. On his arrival at the house he found that Bra-
ham's father is a grocer, in a most respectable way of
business, having lived in the neighbourhood, and being
the owner of ennsiderAle property there, for many
years. On making Mr. Braham acquainted wit!)
the position his son was in, he expressed no considerable
surprise at it, and added that it was what they expected,
for they never could stop his taste for fire-arms. On
proceeding to the accused's bed-room on the three pair
back, he searched it, and found two guns, a shot bag
containing a quantity of shots, a powder flask full of
powder, a box containing a quantity of bullets, a bullet
mould, and several pieces of metal for making bullets.
He also found a small cannon and a canister which had
contained powder, but which was empty. There were
also screw-drivers and a number of other instruments
used for 'removing locks, &c., from fire-arms. He also
found in the accused's box a book of a most mischievous
tendency, called " Statham's First Steps in Chemistry,"
Useful as an instructor in experiments to youth of both
sexes. The' father of the accused accompanied Pocock
to the st Ilion. He identified the pistol as belonging to
his son, but was not permitted to see him.

§OCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION
AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GROWTH OF
FLAX IN IRELAND.

The monthly committee meeting of this body was held on
Wednesday, March 25, in their rooms, Commercial-build-
ings, Belfast; present, Andrew Mulholland, Esq., J.P., in
the chair; George Creer, John Charters, Richard Hull, James
Campbell, Robert M‘Kibbin, M.D., John Borthwick, John
Boyd, Richard Nevin, John Crainsie, Esqs., and the Rev. F.
Blakely. The Secretary, after reading the treasurer's
monthly statement, reported, that since the last monthly
meeting the following letter had been received :
"Treasury, March 6, 1846.
"Sir,—l am desired by Sir Robert Peel to inform you, that
he has read, with attention and great pleasure, the reports of
the Society for Pronioting mid Improving the Culture of
Flax in Ireland. He trusts that the efforts directed to so lau-
jaldblebeagnsdleimaypeoroanstsenand oabjdeeotnNavtiilolnmoeeft
2wsilt.h,
laymitphlehsiuseeebessst,
wishes for the welfare of the society.—l have the honour to
be your obedient humble servant,

" " James Mac Adam, jun., Esq., Secretary
YOUNG.
to the Flax Society, &c., &c."
It Was resolved that the thanks of the society should be
respectfully given to Sir R. Peel, for his appreciation of the
importance of the society's objects, and for his handsome
donation to its funds.

•
The assistants, who were being trained by Mr. Patterson,
in'the Belgian mode of handicutching, had now been ren-
dered competent to give instructions in this system, in the
districts.to which they will be allocated, in. the south and
west of Ireland. The quantity of clean flax turned out, by
each individual, varied from 91bs to 141bs. ; and samples
were- exhibited to the committee, which were much
approved of, from the neatness of the work. As the
sowing season was now fast approaching, the agricul-
turists, and their assistants had received orders to hold
themselves in readiness to leave for their districts ; and
two had already proceeded to the counties Kilkenny and
Cork.. • Letters were read from individuals in various parts
of Ireland relative to the instructions of the society's men ;
and samples of flax were shown from Galway and Clare,
which, although fire-dried and prepared in the old system,
showed clearly the good natural qualities which would have
been brought out by a more careful system of management.
An interesting letter was submitted from the Right Hon. the
Knight.of Kerry, with a sample of flax of very fair quality.
The following extract may prove of interest:—
"Although I confine myself, at present, to those specific
points, and cannot venture on the general question, I will not
suppress the exultation I feel at the resuscitation 9f the flax
manufacture in Ireland, under the patriotic efforts of your
society. I have always looked on the linen as the congenial
mAnufacture of Ireland; it is impossible to estimate the
importance of its extension throughout our population. Al-
though my time of life obliges ms to withdraw from on
personal interference in public concerns, I shall be most
glad if I can influence others, more suited to it, to a co-
operation in the laudable purposes you
palyndtol
the popula-
tion' flair market. On this particular propers 3a'
do riot despair of Kerry furnishing a cohnasvideetiatubLierup;
angr,eat d
both in
have extensive employment, yet tehneerroali;
defi-
ciency of work throughout Kerry in
they. cannota more
culturebenefici-
allyNiand w preparationhich hhe
bad
theit fields and in their homes,
apply their efforts than to
of flax."
The SECRETARY gave an account
and
h paid,ln INvho.rilfieillka.telyThien
system
manedi
ftio,e,yinr.gNeaVatrt in, olfooTser i
boxes,m g
the
o f
by that -gentleman, with flax-seed,•as an auxiliary to tur-
nips, bean and pea straw, &c., appeared of much value,
was likely to prove of much benefit, if introduced into the