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

LYTECIINIC INSTITUTION. There is ''titill ,1K Passes without some addition to the number ?1„, li: carriages and machinery connected with steam ,:."..t`tia ollaion, locomotive, and stationary engines, in the Ntve this excellent Institution, and among the more 1,41,, ii observe a beautiful adaptation of pneumatic Vin, the` onsist form a miniature steam-engine playing a l'' ii Wholeing an elegant article of vertu. The ;',i.cArZnerated by spirits of wine, and. carries .out the f iiitliilth:ss of a stationary engine, having a cylinder o tkett." of an inch diameter,. with pump., cranks, flyLN'tlfr'i "tnplete. The fountain is attached, and in 174 d. th Zlss, in which may be placed gold-fish, and presents Nl' itse,,vrtiofs that the ornamental and useful may be so coint'tliii:iita," Produce sensations of extreme gratification. This d was a • , o,lk -the ,designed and manufactured by. 15.1. r. T. Smitli, ,t.th IL . oonour a short time since of exhibiting it to his '4 4'-:tsitiness Prince Albert, who was pleased to pay a 1, ,yl4ment upon its ingenuity. It is now deposited in „tlviated °,lYteclinic Institution, and will no doubt be much q,stitar ul I)3' the visitors during the Christmas holidays.. 't thY he ere are numerous novelties in embryo which will 'IN ila feit.produced to amuse and instruct .the sight-seekers OF ,(41 (Ire season of the year, more particularly those who At,' (1 sPending the day in, places of more quiet enjoy,„ 'le ht tlop",',E4,- ye Major-General John Mayne, C. 8., of the k1:45,Q, Iteadia Company's service, Bombay, late of EdintiOriii °rth Britain, has left personalty in England tit tingi;t° 5,0001. By his will, dated Feb. 24, 1845, he kia 4trvi eon James Edmund Mayne, Esq., in the mill-4,C404 iii'ete,°f the Hon. East India Company, two hundred 14, hi/. 1 . the Northern Coal Mining Company, for which 1,40 e;-.8 originally paid. All his other property he leaves tl An. cutors in t.t f his children the interest of t 0.,, ~ t, , Ms or . terk Vie at the disposal of his daughter Mary, wife of ,Priil6°rinald of the Bombay Artillery, for her life, and tt,n`rict .alto her children at her decease To his daughterss t,r'alt,Thaert. Hannah, and son. John, 2,2501. each; hi 'IN are Jan 1,i50/. The residue am og the.m. The execus,iiia4„ a 'nes and Robert Mayne, Esqrs., his brothers, INT,lhio kaa Was Minted the guardians of his infant children. e '• p „v egistered in Edinburgh on the 23d of August last, ta.A.l:ited in London oa the 29th ult.—Post. tv:4). 6,14 °TED SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, beV rotteer,and live o'clock, a determined attempt at. suicide p:,;,Y•strA °Y J. R. Cullinf'ord, Esq., a gentleman residing in .Id`iiet ~i'er, Hampstead road, by shooting himself with a Oitig-st°l. lt appears that he returned home to his Ilta,his CedaPParently much dejected; he proceeded up stairs ta a f j9°ll`l; in a few minutes afterwards his landlord fish, amt report of fire-arms; be instantly proceeded up. (Ird ; and on, on, entering the bedroom he found Mr. Williittsi!? rib floor bleeding from the left lide, and a pocket i Ir.ts Y'ng by his side. Surgical assistance being procured, 4 Et, ateertkined that the ball had passed through the flesh WAulitine direction, without injuring any vital part. lit,lcii_EriiELto