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REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAX.
DEPUTATION TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
EXCHEQUER.
Yesterday the delegates selected by the various parishes in
London, in which meetings have been held for the purpose
of promoting the repeal of the window-tax, assembled at the
Marylebone Court-house, previous to waiting, according to
appointment, as a deputation, on the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer. Mr. J. A. Nicholay, the chairman of the committee,
presided.
Mr. J. \Vitamins, M P., said he hoped that in their in-
terview with the Chancellor they would not digress into
other matter, and that they would nut propo.,:e any other
tax as a substitute, but would insist on an unconditional
repeal.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WYI.DE. M.P., said he understood it was to be commu-
nicated to the Chancellor that if this tax were not repealed
they would stop the supplies.---(Hear, hear.)
Some preliminaries were then arranged, after which the
members of the deputation got into cabs and ether vehicles,
which were waiting to convey them to their destination.
There were altogether fitly or sixty vehicles, and on the
outside of many of them large placards had been affixed,
bearing the inscription—" Unconditional Repeal of the
Window Tax." The processian, which reached from Regent.
circus to Marylebone-lane, then slowly wended its way down
Oxford-street, Regent-street, and Whitehall, to Downing-
street, where the deputation was reinforced by the addition of
another body of delegates front Lambeth. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer being engaged with another deputation on
another subject, the delegates were shown into the official
residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, where Sir
Charles Wood joined them shortly after their arrival. Alto-
gether the deputation consisted of more than two hundred
persons, who inconveniently &Oise/ea the very large room
into which they were shown, and as they coula not all obtain
a view of the speakers, some of them stood upon chairs.
Besides the delegates there were also present Lord Duncan,
ALP ; Sir 13. Hall, M.P.; Mr. J. S. Duncombe M.P.; Mr.
Wakley, M. P. •' Mr. WYld, M.P.; Sir William kolesworth,
M.P. ; Mr. W. Williams, M.l'.; and Mr. J. Williams, M.P.
Lord DuNcax, addressing the -Ctiincellor of the Exche-
quer, said belled lien requested •to, introduce- one of the
-most nuaterotia, and he believed one of the most respectable
deputations that had ever waited upon any Chancellor of the
Exchequer; and the reason why he had been selected to in-
troduce them was that it had generally fallen to his lot to
bring forward in the House of Commons the motion for the
repeal of the window-tax. ' He believed that the gentlemen
in that room had, many of them, been elected as delegates,
and that they represented a wide-spread feeling against the
window-tax. He believed that that feeling was not con-
fined to the metropolis alone : he believed that it pervaded
other districts. He would not take up the time of the Right
Hon. Baronet by now entering at length into the argu-
ments for the repeal of this tax. He had often brought for-
ward this subject in the House of Commons, and he had
given notice of bringing it forward again on the 15th instant.
He should therefore not go into the arguments now; he did
not consider it necessary. It had given him and others the
greatest satisfaction to see that Government had reduced tax-
ation, and to the liberal policy they were pursuing he believed
the excellent state of the finances was in a great measure to
be attributed. It had given them the greatest pleasure to find
that the abolition of the duty on bricks and the reduction
of the duty on stamps last session, had not that effect
in diminishing the revenue which might have been expected ;
and they did not think that the Government could apply
the surplus better than in repaling the window-tax, which
would relieve almost all classes of the community. He
did not know whether the Right Hon. Baronet had directed
his attention to the Crystal Palace, but he was quite
certain that if it were assessed to the window-tax, the
amount charged in respect of it would be enormous.--
(Laughter.) He saw a. proposition in the newspapers that
very day to cover the Royal Exchange with glass.
They might rely upon it if that was put in operation
while the window-tax existed, it would be found to be
rather more expensive than had been calculated upon. He
was really much encouraged by the manner in which the
Right Hon• Baronet met his motion last year for the
repeal of this tax. He believed it was the unanimous
opinion
of them all, that no sanitary measure could pos-
sibly have any effect till this odious tax was taken oil.—
(Hear, hear.) It would give them the greatest satisfaction
eitia
oxr,ofanthde
to find that the Government, of which he was an old sup-
tEttaxtch-
thee
i
quer who should have the honour of relieving the country of
oenrmetinshedoutlod be taket heoirChtahnics
a tax which was laid on in barbarous times, and which
ought no longer to be continued. The Noble Lord concluded
ob4lacing in the hands of the Right Hon. Baronet a list
ptoigrthetr,Hhoand.
Baronet
of the speakers who it had been agreed upon were to address
hint

Mr. GREEN said he had the honour to be deputed by a
arge and influential parish, namely, the parish of St. Mary,
[slington, which paid a large sum of money to the window-
ax. They did not complain of it, however, only as a matter
of pounds, shillings, and pence, but because it was the parent
of disease and engendered crime. Mr. Green then quoted
passages from the report of the Board of Health to the effect
that no sanitary measure can be tolerably complete while the
window-tax is in existence; and that a tax on light and air
is more vicious in principle than a tax on food. Hitherto,
Mr. Green proceeded to say, the complaints of the people
against this tax had been met by Government saying they
had no surplus. He was deputed now to tell the Chancellor
of the Exchequer that he had a surplus of more than th ee
millions, 'and his constituents expected an unconditional re-
peal of the window-tax. They claimed it because there had
been no faith kept with the people. It was a war tax, and
was to have been taken oil' in the time of peace. But not
only had it not been taken off. but the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, being made of squeezeable materials, had increased
it 10 per cent.— (Cries of " Shame" and " Order.") Lord
Althorp took off the house tax, and promised that if addi-
tional windows were opened in houses, there 'hould be no ad-
ditional tax in consequence. Many windows were thrown
open, and then Sir Francis Baring had a re-assessment made,
and parties were made liable for the additional windows. The
principle of the tax had been condemned by all parties.—
(Cries of " Time.") Well, they were there to call upon the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to do his duty, having the
means in his power to do it, and therefore he should conclude
by saying that it was the determination of those who sent
him there not to cease agitating till they got a total and un-
conditional repeal of the window-tax.—(Hear, and Bravo.)
Mr. W. WILLIAMS—If you will promise to repeal this tax,
you will save yourself the hearing of 200 speeches.
Mr. J. WiLuAms—Shall we make that a condition and
say no more about it?—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.)
Time CHANCELLOR of the Exceizettca—You knew per-
fectly well that if I Intended to do so I could not say it. I
hope the gentlemen will be as brief as they can, as I ought
to be in the Cabinet at this moment, and there is really no-
thing to be said upon it that has not been already said by
Lord Duncan in the House of Commons.
Mr. GLEKSON, who was deputed from St. James's, dwelt
on the inequality of the tax, saying that houses inhabited by
the poor paid window-tax to the amount of 26 per cent. on
the rental, while the houses of the nobility paid only 1% per
cent. The windows of many houses inhabited by the poor
were blocked rip, and in St. James's, which was an aristo-
cratic parish, they were actually in fear of fever from this
cause. Much sickness was caused by it among the poor,
and the families were in consequence thrown on the parish,
bemuses in the country, and only 480,000 pay
which was thereby put to much additional expense. There
,rnd the exemptions were in the country, where they
breathedtahre3
isxasoe:
the pure air. Then it should be remembered that
the removal of the tax would cause much employment to be
given in the making of additional windows.
Mr. NICHOLAY, the chairman of the delegates, remarked
arrived
when they ought, in fairness
that Government had stated times out of number that the
tax was
principle, and the people considered
hadathnadtjtnhsetictiniemdteoefebne v sblrienliee in
now
wed of it. This movement, which origi-
nated in elarylebone, !mai spread like wild-fire through the
metropolis. He bad attended large and influential meetings
upon it, and if the Right Honourable Baronet had been pre-
sent he would have been, not only perfectly astonished, but
astounded. In fact, the only difficulty they had had was in
having it all their own way.—(A laugh.)
Mr. FRASER, churchwarden of St. Pancras, urged the im-
an
tsea sanitary point
that of View,
present a e,
of abolishing the tax.
110
shown themselves desirous of improving Government had
the sanitary condi-
tion of the people, but as long as the window-tax remained
unrepealed, he should doubt their sincerity. A: an instance
pertwacseg,liand a
of the oppressive and injurious operation of the tax, he stated
that not far from his own residence a Society for Improving
the Dwellings of the Poor had a building which contained
108 rooms, which were let in suites to different parties at
rents varying froth 3s. 6d. to Gs. 6d,, and the window-tax
amounted to lid. per week per suite of rooms, so that out of
a rent of 3s. 6d., sevenpence-farthinghad to go for window-
tax.—(Hear, hear.) lie knew houses, the rent of which
was 1001. a year, in which, in order to keep down the num-
ber of windows, the water-closet, which ought to be the best
ventilated room in the house, had no window, but had a bor-
rowed light.
Mr. WHITMORE, also a medical practitioner, followed,
corroborating Mr. Fraser's statements as to the injurious
effect on health of shutting omit the light. It was well
ynown that an imperfect organization of animal life was the
Consequence of the want of solar light Shortly after time
completion of the fortifications at Lisle, a number of poor
people took up their abodes in them. There was scarcely
any light, •and the result was there were so many children
families who '
of stunted growth in the lived there, that the
authorities were compelled to cause them to leave their
dwellings.
Mr. FREETII, one of the Marylebone delegates, spoke of
the great unpopularity of the tax in Marylebene, which he
was enabled to do from personal knowledge, being the re-
ceiver of the ground.rents of an estate, which comprised
an eighth part of the parish, and being himself a consider-
able owner of house property. At a meeting at which he
was present a resolution wits carried that if the tax were
not repealed their Members be instructed to stop the sup-
plies.—( Loud cheers.) That resolution was coupled with
another, that the committee of Marylebone should sit, as
the French say, en permanence till the tax was repealed.
He assured the Chancellor of the Exchequer that if he
imagined that, after this interview with him they should
return to their homes and let the matter rest, he was much
mistaken.
Mr. JAMES NELSON (from St. James's) said they had
come there to state that they would no longer submit to this
tax. It was an unjust tax, seeing that of the 1,800,0001.
which was raised by it only 300,0001. was Paid by the aris-
tocracy, and that out of 3i millions of houses only 480,000
were taxed. And it was a wicked tax, because it shut out
light and air. They had come there also to state that they
would not submit to a commutation of this tax. They
would have it scratched out of the statute-book. Talk to
them of a commutation, while the slave squadron was con-
tinued ! Talk to them of a commutation ! He did not be-
lieve it. The Sanitary Association waited upon the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer last year with an absurd proposi-
tion, to commute this tax into a house-tax, and_ what was
his reply ? "Go away : I believe you cannot deal with it
in that way. I have had numbers of propositions, but the
most impracticable of all is a house-tax. He (Mr. Nelson)
did not believe that Government would attempt to commute
this odious tax into a house-tax. They called upon Go-
vernment to remove this tax, because, among other reasons,
they believed that by so doing they would loosen th©
springs of industry and give great employment to building
operatives; and because, distinguished as the metropolis was
for its wealth and extent, it would in a few years be distin-
guished for its architectural beauty also, if they removed
this tax.

Mr. GEORGE, churchwarden of St. Ann's, said he repre-
sented a large parish in Westminster, in which this tax bore
on them with great inequality. There were twenty-one
houses in St. Anu's.court, each rated in that parish at 221. a
year, and fourteen houses in Soho-square, each rated at 1171.,

and both these properties paid the same amount of window-
tax. There were three houses in St. Ann's-court which were
rated at 661., which paid 18/. Is. 2d. for window-tax, and
two other houses in the parish which were rated at 3461..
which paid for window-tax 141. 2s. 10d. He was a member
of the Strand Union Board of Guardians, and he could state
that three out of every five of the applicants ler relief were
driven to make the application in consequence of ill health,
and there was nothing which caused, bad health more than
want of light and air. He should be the last man in the
world to resort to threats, but he was hound to tell the
Chancellor of the Exchequer that the parish he represented
would not pay this tax any longer. They, should take no
active step,, hut they should offer a passive resistance to it;
and other metropolitan parishes, he believed, were prepared
to do the same.
Mr. Itoclies, of St. Giles's, urged the cruelty of this tax
on the poor, instancing one 'house in F:etcher's-court, in
which, to save the tax, windows were closed, and live out of
a:3c of one family living in the house died of cholera. The
tax was wicked, because it interfered with the right of every
one to enjoy freely the blessings of light and air. Mr. Ro-
gers then spoke of the inequality of the tax, and expressed
his conviction that nothing short of its unconditional repeal
would satisfy the people.
After a few words from Mr. TAYLOR. who represented
St. Andrew's, Holborn, there, were loud cries for Mr. Dun-
combe.
Mr. T. Dos/combs, M.P., stepped forward and said he was
not aware that it was necessary he should say anything on
this occasion; but he was glad that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had had an opportunity of hearing the senti-
ments of their constituent& As to stopping the supplies, he
held out no threat. It was not possible for three or four
Members out of more than 600 to do so, and he did not think
it advisable to hold out such threats. If he received any
instructions from his constituents to do so, he skould act on
his own judgment, and he was sure his Right Hon. Friend
the Chancellor of the Exchequer would consider that he was
best consulting the promotion of this cause by so doing. He
knew that his Right Hon. Friend could not say what course
he should take, but he hoped he would give them a distant
hint that this tax. was defunct.
Mr. Wiam.xy, M.P., said he hoped the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would clearly understaed what the feeling was
out of doors by the feeling manifested in this room, and he
would also see what had'been the condition of those unfortu-
nate Members who were prevented by indisposition from
attending in their places in the House of Commons last
session, and voting for the repeal of this tax. He could tell
the Right Hon. Baronet this—that if this tlx was not re-
pealed the metropolitan Members must be repealed.—(A
laugh.) His Hon. Colleague unfortunately laboured under
indisposition which prevented him from attending the meet-
ings. He (Mr. Wakley) had had the good fortune to at-
tend some of them, and had received a good dressing—(A
laugh)—and he could assure him that in reference to this
tax, it was not admitted at all that a man had a right to be
ill. His Hon. Colleague sa'd he had received no instruc-
tions to stop the supplies. He (Mr. Wakley) had received
those instructions unequivecally, and he was bound to
state, not in the shape of a threat, but as a conscientious
duty, that he should act up to those instructions when the
time arrived. He looked upon this tax as of so foul a cha-
racter, that he considered it a duty, if the Chancellor of the
Exchequer was determined to have this tax, to do what he
could to prevent him having any other.—(Cheers, and cries
for Mr. Wyld and Sir Benjamin Hall )
The CitaxcEraznof the EXCHEQUER here rose, and with
some difficulty obtained a hearing, the cries for Mr. Wyld
being so loud and so general. When silence was in some
degree restored, he said the Cabinet was sitting, and it
was requisite that he should attend it. lie had listened, he
hoped, with great attention to the gentlemen who repre-
sented the metropolitan districts, but he thought that it
was really occupying time unnecessarily to hear the Mem-
bers, as they could express their sentiments in the House of
Commons.

Sir B. HALL, M.P., said until his name was called he
had no intention to speak, and he would suggest to the
deputation that as they had now said all that could be said
on the subject the greatest satisfaction would follow if his
Right Hon. Friend would be kind enough to give them some
intimation of the course he intended to take. if he could con-
sistently do so,—(Renewed cries of "Mr. Wyld.")
Mr. WYLD, M.P., remarked that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had assumed this to be merely a metropo-
litan movement ; but it was a movement which had ex-
tended over the whole of the country, and in the borough
which he represented this tax was felt to be most op-
pressive. There was at this moment an organization
going on which, if this tax were not repealed, would cause
great inconvenience to Government, and impede its opera-
tions.—(Cries of " Molesworth.")
Sir W. MOLESWORTH was understood to say he would
rather not take up time by going into the matter now. His
constituents were extremely anxious for the repeal of the tax
and if the Chancellor of the Exchequer could repeal it he
should vote for its repeal.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, of course
it was perfectly impossible for him then to state the
course he should take, it would be highly inconvenient for
him to give the slightest intimation of what he intended to
do. It was a subject that had been brought before him in
various ways. Mr. Nicholay, the chairman of the commit-
tee, had been in communication with him, and, of course,
his most serious attention had been directed to the suject.
It was not for hint to say any more.--(A voice : " Oh," and
cries of " Order.") If his friend there was impatient, he
must remember that it was perfectly inconsistent with the
duty of the Chancellor of the Exehequer to give the slight-
est intimation beforehand of the course he intended to take.
Re had given notice this week of making what was called the
financial statement at an earlier day than had over been
known. He should make it to-morrow week, and therefore
any impatience there might be would not have to be long
tried. His determination would then be known. The gen-
tleman opposite him (Mr. Nelson) had made a very eloquent
speech to-day, and had put i nto his (Sir C. Wood's) mouth
words which he could only say he did not remember to have
used. He was glad to see so large a deputation, and he had
now only to express his thanks for the tone and temper in
which the business had been conducted.
The deputation then withdrew.

THE ARMY.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
WOOLWICH, FEB. 6.—A portion of the Royal Horse Ar-
tillery and the field batteries, and also of each of the twelve
battalions, assembled at half-past eight o'clock yesterday
morning, on the Guard Mounting-parade, to hear the sen-
tence of a general court-martial read, of which the following
are the particulars:—
Field-Marshal the Commander-in-Chief having had the
honour to lay before her Majesty the Queen the proceedings
of the general court-martial holden at Woolwich Barracks
on the 30th of October last, and re-assembled on the 27th
of November following, for the trial of recruit gunner and
driver William Jones, 7th battalion Royal Artillery, who
was arraigned upon the undermentioned charges, viz.:-
1. For habitual drunkenness in having been drunk four
times within twelve months, viz. :—Oct. 3, 1849, at Wool-
wich ; Feb. 24,1860, at Woolwich ; June 21, 1850, at Wool-
wich; and Sept. 15, 1850, at Woolwich.
2. For disgraceful conduct on the said 15th of September,
1850, at Woolwich, in having then and there bit off part of
the ear of gunner and driver Thomas Ward Kelly, 7th bat-
talion Royal Artillery.
3. For having on the day and year last aforesaid, at
Woolwich, then and there struck and cffered violence against
Sergeant Adam Clark, 7th battalion Royal Artillery, by
striking him with his fist, and for having then and there
spat in the face of Sergeant John Clark, his superior officers,
being then and there in the execution ortheir office.
4. For conduct to the prejudice of good order and military
discipline on the day and year last aforesaid, at Woolwich,
in having then and there resisted the escort whick was mak-
ing him a prisoner, and In having then and there torn the
great coat of gunner and driver Michael Donlan ; 4th bat-
talion Royal Artillery, and in having then and there broken
a pillar of the guard bed.
Upon which charges the Court came to the following de-
cision :

The Court having maturely considered the evidence in
support of the prosecution, together with what the prisoner
has urged in his defence, is of opinion, with regard to the
first charge, that he, the prisoner. recruit gunner and driver
William Jones, of Captain and Adjutant the Honourable G.
T. Devereux's detachment, 7th battalion Royal Artillery,
is Guilty.
With regard to the second charge, that the prisoner is
Guilty.
With regard to the third charge, that the prisoner is Guilty.
With regard to the fourth charge, that the prisoner is
Guilty.
The Court having found the prisoner guilty of all the
charges preferred against him, which being in breach of the
articles of war, and taking into consideration his general bad
character, do now sentence him, the prisoner, recruit gunner
and driver William Jones, of Captain and Adjutant the Hon.
G. T. Devereux's detachment, 7th battalion Royal Artillery,
to be deprived of one penny a day of his daily pay for the
period of two years, agreeably to the 32d clause of the
Mutiny Act ; also to the forfeiture of all additional pay whilst
serving; and the Court do further sentence him, the prisoner,
to be transported as a felon for seven years.
Her Majesty was pleased to approve and confirm the find-
ing and sentence of the Court, and to command that the pri-
soner be transported aecordingly beyond the sea, to such
place as her Majesty, by the advice of her Privy Council,
shall think fit to nominate and appoint.
The Master-General directs that the above be read to the
Regiment of Artillery at three parades.
(Signed) H. D. Ross, Dep. Adjutant-General.
Immediately after the parade yesterday morning the pri-
soner, William Jones, was marched by an escort, consisting
of one non-commissioned officer and two gunners and drivers,
to the Milibank Penitentiary, where he would be handed
over to the authorities there, to have his sentence of trans-
portation beyond the seas carried into effect.

•
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, THIRSDAT.—The Arrogant, 46, Captain
Robinson, rebent sails to-day, and remains ready for sea.
It is expected she will go to Spithead on Saturday, and will
be " paid down" previous to sailing for Lisbon.
The Vulcan steam-troop frigate, Master-Commander Penn,
has been undoeked at Sheerness, after being coated with the
composition of Mr. Peacock, the Superintendent of the
Southampton Decks, for the prevention of the growth of
submarine animalcules, &c., which preparation has been emi-
nently successful on the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
vessels, and is highly spoken of on foreign stations as sup-
plying the desideratum, long felt, of an antidote to the foul-
ing of the bottoms of vessels. Captain Jervis, R.N., Super-
intendent of the Convict:; at Bermuda, in a letter just re-
ceived, says this preparation "answers admirably, both on
the Governor's boat, which is of wood, and on the copper
with which mine is sheathed, and you know this place
(Bermuda) is desperate for foul bottoms."
The Seaflower cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Fletcher,
has been taken into the Camber-dock to-day to receive a new
bowsprit.
The Arguiskearn-sloop has been stripped of her jury
rigging and dismasatle reparatory to being docked and
coppered.
The Birkenhead iron iteam-frigate, Master-Commander
King, fitting for troop service, wiltbe undoilokten Saturday.
She has bean fitted with fidded top Mast.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 6.—BoatswainAPPOINTMENTS
George Wilson to the
Ocean, SO, flag-ship at Sheerness.
Carpenter Thomas Fuller, to the Ocean.
Commander Quin, recently Commander of the Waterwitch,
8, sloop, visited Woolwich -Dockyard yesterday, to try the
effect of a plan he proposed for illuminating the upper decks
of vessels of war during the night time without the light

used being a mark for the enemy to direct their shot or
shells, or other missives of war, to the vessel. The experi-
ment was tried on board the Fisgard flag-ship, at this port,
by supporting the light on the mast, and shading it with
shades placed in an angular position, which lighted the part
of the deck over which it was placed, without the light itself
being observable even at a shwrt distance from the vessel.

NEW ART OF SILVERING GLASS.
Of all the fabrics t hat now contend for the palm of beauty
in art manufacture, glass is at once the mo,t elegant an,
the most superb. Coloured or gilt, our modern works in
' i this pure and fragile material begin to excite just admira-
lion. owing especially -to the almost perfect quality of
British glass. This circumstance has enabled our glass
stainers, with their improved artistical taste and chemical
skill, to compete withand distance completely the antique
productions in stained glass, some of which hove long re-
mained the wonders of art, from their imperishable quality of
colour and quaint expression of character and design. In
common coloured ornaments, formed of glass pervaded by
colour, the Bohemians have long eclipsed the world ; and
we had till lately no expectation of being able to compete
with them in any department of ornamental glass manu-
facture, although their material, as stated in the " Revue
Polytechnique," is understood to hide its imperfections
under the clock of the colour interfused. A recent inven-
tion by Mr. Hale Thomson will henceforth place the Bri-
tish manufacturer far ahead of all such competition in the
production of ornamental glass. It consists in coating the
inner or reverse surface with pure silver. To this process it
is that we owe the gorgeous orbs that begin to appear in
London and Edinburgh drawing-rooms as pendants to the
gaselier. The exhibition of the varied results and' applica-
tions of this novelty in art is, however, still comparatively
unknown, being almost limited in London to the private
friends of the patentees, and in Edinburgh only displayed
at one establishment in Princess-street (Mr. Millar's). The
extraordinary reflective power of the surface, and its capa-
city to throw back rays without more cleaning or polish,
ing than might be required by a window-pane or commott
tumbler, render the process specially applicable for the re
Hectors used in railway signal lamps and in light-houses.,
It is contemplated even to employ it in the construction of
astronomical instruments; and not only so, but already
have its extraordinary powers in the multiplication and
reflexion of light been rendered available in surgery as
an important auxiliary in conducting the most difficult
operations.

The dull amalgam applied to ordinary looking-glasses,
and which derives nearly all its lustre from the glass, the
back being opaque, and devoid of radiance, can bear no
comparison with this silvering, which is effectually beyond
the reach or possibility of being tarnished or impaired, ex-
cept by the destruction of the object into whose superfices
it is interfused. A sparkling warmth emanates from the
metalic radiance, contrasted with which the Bohemian
glass is merely pretty or tinselly. The gorgeous glow of the
antique Venetian glass, the secret of which is now a lost
art, seems here restored; but even the Venetian absorbed
the light, and before its exquisite beauties could be descried,
had to be held up ; whereas the English silvered glass flashes
back the light, and at night, when surrounding objects are
obscured in partial gloom, is then most radiant and con-
spicuous. Professor Donaldson, in a recent address to the
Royal Architectural Society, in advocating the use of this
gorgeous material in shop fronts—which would give us, in-
deed, crystal commercial palaces, and eclipse in London the
boast of Augustus at Rome, of having found it built of brick
and left it of marble—pointed out that, independently of the
silvering, many of the tints produced are entirely new, and
such as no combination of prismatic hues had hitherto dis-
closed to the em st experienced colourist. The nomenclature
of art has, in fact, at present no vocabulary expressive of
these novel results. But purples, sapphires, pinks, vermil-
lions, pearls, bronzes, and every chromatic hue from bright-
est steel to deepest gold, are thrown up in this new argentine
reflection. Another characteristic never, according to the
German prints, attempted since the discovery of glass itself
by Hermes the Syrian, distinguishes this manufacture—that
is, embossing. The thing, it is true, is an optical delusion.
To the touch, the apparently raised or sunken surface, dead
or frosted, cut or burnished, does not exist. But the eye,
nevertheless, beholds such results.
Crystal silver cups, goblets lined with burnished gold,
epergnes, candelabra, wine-coolers, salts, tazzas, ink-stands,
ewers, sugar-boxes, and all sorts of ornaments, are the ob-
jects to which we have: seen this invention applied. Candle-
sticks it seems impossible to distinguish from actual silver;
and looking-glasses, with frames made in the same piece, are
warmly praised by the Liverpool press, where it has been
stated that frame and glass together, composed of embossed
and variegated glass, have also been prepared expressly for
the residences of certain eminent London artists, from designs
furnished by themselves; and are perhaps a greater source
of astonishment than any of the smaller achievements in
chimney, toilet, or table ornaments. But the mirror globes
which we have already mentioned are in their exquisite sim-
plicity the gems of the whole collection. Of all sizes, of all
colours; from two to thirty inches in diameter; from the
capacity of half a pint to that of forty gallons, these magni-
ficent mirror balls, placed on the shoulders of an Atlas, or
under the talons of an eagle of bronze, are at once the type
and glory of this exquisite art.— Chanibers's Journal.

SUSPECTED MURDER OF A WIFE BY
HER HUSBAND, AT TODMORDEN.
Great excitement was caused in York on the morning of
Tuesday last by a rumour being spread abroad that a gen-
tlemanly-looking man had been apprehended by the police
on a charge of having murdered his wile, at Todmorden, by
administering poison to her.
The report was verified at noon, by the prisoner being
taken down to the Guildhall, where, before the Lord Mayor
and I'. W. Wilson, Esq., he was charged, by the name of
John Cooper, with having, on the 2d of January last, mur-
dered his wife, Jane Cooper, by the means above stated.
Little or nothing, however, transpired there, for the accused
had been brought up only for the purpose of Mr. Chalk, the
superintendent of the York police, asking fur a remand until
Thursday, which was granted; the prisoner, who asserted
his entire ignorance of the crime imputed to him, having a
request of his also complied with, viz., that he in the mean-
time might be allowed to consult with a professional adviser.
It is stated that Cooper was formerly head assistant at
Lincoln Grammar School, and that since then he has resided
at Stanfield-hall, near Todmorden, which is on the Yorkshire
side of the border between that county and Lancashire,
where he conducted a boarding-school for young gentlemen.
He is about 30 years of age, and married a Miss Ripley, of
Tockwith, near York. His own parents reside at Kirk Ham-
merton, near this city. He has been married about four
years, and has two children—one about six weeks old, and
the other about two years. In the latter part of December
last his wife gave birth to their second child, and she died
on the 2d of January last.
The remains of the deceased were brought to Bilton to be
buried among her relatives, and Cooper had remained in this
neighbourhood since.
Some three or four days ago a suspicion arose that Mrs.
Cooper's death had been caused by some foul means, and
this suspicion resulted in an application being made to the
coroner, J. Wood, Esq., of this city, who on Tuesday last
opened an inquiry at Bilton, which stands adjourned until
Monday next. The result of the inquiry, as far as it went
on Tuesday, was, that the coroner issued his warrant for the
exhumation of the body of the deceased, with a view to an
analysis of the contents of the stomach.
With respect to the apprehension of the husband, we find
that police-sergeant Heap, trent Todmorden, came to York
on Sunday last, it beeing supposed that Cooper would arrive
on business on the following day. The superintendent of the
York police was consequently communicated with, and he
having taken steps to search for the accused, it was fonnd
that be had arrives at York, and that be had taken
up his residence at the Black Swan Hotel, in Coney-street,
where he had represented himself as a clergyman wishing to
obtain a marriage licence. On Monday evening Cooper at-
tended one of the Wesleyan chapels in this city, and, having
been followed about from place to place by an officer in un-
dress, he was finally apprehended between ten and eleven
o'clock at night on a warrant issued by the Lord Mayor.
As in all such cases, a motive for alleged murder has been
sought for; and the one assigned is that the accused has
been on very intimate terms with the daughter of a Wes-
leyan minister at Alford, in Lincolnshire, to whom he was
anxious to be allied.

ST. MARYLEBONE BANK for SAVINGS.
The 21st annual general meeting of this institution was
held yesterday, at the office, No. 76, Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square; Sir James John Hamilton, Bart., in the chair.
It appeared from the several reports read to the meeting,
that the progress of the bank during the past year had been
of a satisfactory description, no less than 2,166 new deposits
having been made in the last year. 21,110 deposit accounts
remained open on the 20th of November last, of which 16,104
held balances averaging less than 3/. Os. 3d. each.
The sum in the hands of Government on the
20th of November, 1850, as per receipt
from National Debt-office, signed by Sir
A. Spearman, and laid before the meeting, R. a. d.
was ... ..• ••• ln the hands of the treasurer, Sir Claude E. 321,775 810
Scott, Bart., whose acknowledgment was
likewise produced ...
In the hands of the actuary

The balance due to depositors at that date,
as per balance sheets produced ...

1,33 15 11
40 19 5

323,180 4 •2

... 222,432 311

Surplus ... £748 0 3
The balance due to the depositors bag since risen to
328,337/. 13s. 9d.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I observe a paragraph in your paper of the 9d,
stating that the strike of the seamen of the North still
continues. and that there is no prospect of an arrange-
ment, as both parties stand out for the rates respec-
tively fixed by them; in contradiction to which, 1 beg
e
to state that no fixed rates were ever put forward by the _
shipowners, and that the rates of wages asked
f"t most ythe
seamen were conceded in a very few ds.Vs, in ,
respectable shipowners regret that sailors' wages
able to should
ever come so low, though how long they irayb
pay the advance, and keep their
prel.,henetships navtigating at the
oaf"thtbeesresqmueesni9isn; therefore,
miserable
mforveeigmbetns
t is
r s e
now confined to their opposition to the shipping-offices,
and their disinclination to enter into any contract in or
through them, or even to sign the coasting articles in
the form required by the Mercantile Marine Act.
I am, Sir, yours truly,
A MEMBER of the LOCAL MARINE BOARD,
Port of Shields.
South Shields, Feb. 5, 1851.

[AnvEnTisEmErvr.]—For Asthma and Bad Coughs
Holloway's Pills are a Positive Cure.—At this inclement and
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at any other period, and those shitted with asthma suffer with
great severity; therefore it is well to know that Holloway's
Pills will cure the most inveterate cases, their efficacy having
been tested under various circumstances, and in almost every
clime, proving them to be the most successful remedy that ever
was used. The peculiar properties they possess have the effect
of throwing off the phlegm, relieving the chest, giving a per-
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of the lungs.—Sold by all vendors of medicine, and at Pro-
fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.
Dispatches were rteelye'd yesterday at the Colonial-
Wilco from the Governors of the West India Islands.