The Sun. — 1845-12-20 (London, England)

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. There is Ivs4l4"telt passes without some addition to the number k tf hp of carriages and machinery connected with steam Gin`LePulsion locomotive, and stationary engines, in the :f this excellent Institution, and among the more 544.1 observe a beautiful adaptation of pneumatic 44,,1is t,‘ Consists of a miniature steam-engine playing a ,V, I: ‘uo whole forming an elegant article of !,ertu. The il,,"'t pr tenerated by spirits of wine, and carries .out the h'sst,ieh°c,,,am of a stationary engine, having a cylinder of tgl7,lBtt-.a of an inch diameter, with pumps, cranks, fly°O, t 5e of , Complete. The fountain is attached, and plays in tit:4'th glass, in which may be placed gold-fish, and presents lire 4,et Proofs that the ornamental and useful may be so corn1, tii 0 produce sensations of extreme gratification. This ,Ito,s44°4kwas designed and manufactured Smith, A 1,41 it the honour a short time since of exhibiting it to his lqito, ghness Prince Albert, who was pleased to pay a sb,nes-Pliment upon its ingenuity. It is now deposited in rsef '' Poi t 1 ' Institution, and will no doubt be much t hear4ted byY ec nue. • ' 446, t, the visitors during the Christmas holidays. +t t.‘kly buare are numerous novelties in embryo which will . t4t7ss,:„Produced to amuse and instruct the sight-seekers ke,',4l4;:stve season of the year, more particularly those who ~,s'L spending the day in places of more quiet enjoyIt ihe 1 644,k p2,le Major-General John Mayne, C. 8., of the amt h, -',,,.‘ India Company's service, Bombay, late of Edin-I)4,;)ast;,,'"°rth Britain, has left personalty in England 4: left --g to 5,000/ Sy his will, dated Feb. 24, 1845, he ii? as4° his son, James Edmund Mayne, Esq., in the milltnts ;„leu of the Hon. East India Company, two hundred :as the Northern Coal Mining Coman for which s,oks originally paid. All his other propertyhe leaves t!. /. utors in trust for his children, viz., the interest of i;it,t4i'4%.,be at the disposal of his daughter Mary, wife of It: Pr'ne.' °Maid of the Bombay Artillery, for her life, and 4544 pal to her children at her decease. To his daughters tt:4l.lk3band Hannah, and son .John, 2,2501. each ; and to his ate areer, 1,750/. The residue among them. The execuwalso Janes and Robert Mayne, Esqrs., his brothers, who ill %„.sPpointed the guardians of his infant children. The sad pi7ovregistered in Edinburgh on the 23d of August last, t krTsed in London oa the 29th ult.—Post. . ]green f:AIPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday !turning, 13 11 ekkt ,46'e tv and five o'clock, a determined attempt at suicide ilot,trY•at by J. B. Cullinford, Esq., a gentleman residing in het ,Tet, Hampstead road, by shooting himself with a toN,ingrt°l- It appears that he returned home to his h. his b'aPParently much dejected; he proceeded up stairs 'are aroom ; in a few minutes afterwards his landlord I'4taie, faint report of fire-arms; he instantly proceeded up s -s, and pistol oa° on ea entering the bedroom he found Mr. CullinCstsi ti' the floor bleeding from the left side, and a pocket i` Ras Yag by his side. Surgical assistance being procured, h 4 2!",oortained that the ball had passed through the flesh \vruulue direction, without injuring any vital part. • lat,r,h_ ItertELD Conti' _MARKET,