The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-19 00:00:00

THE ENAMELLED DAGUERREOTYr'°
The t:roc-ss of enamelling the DaguerrentYPe,
vented by Mr. Beard, and to which we brietiP":
lulled in Tile Sun of Thursday, is, we are 5365661',
by far the most important improvement in the art of
photography which has been introduced since
Daguerre produced his first photograph. -UP t°
period of the discovery and application of this ensITI;
by Mr. Beard, light, the creator of the photograPh,
eW
also its great destroyer ; and in the course of itbe
years, sometimes in the course of a few month`' „ed
photographic image vanished altogether, dscPIBP-0,
by the light and air. Various were the devices Pis,
posed to fix rind maintain the photograph io its Prd
it
tine splekdour, hut all proved unsucceesful, Over
seemed as though evanescence was to be RI ever
.the fate of the Daguerre 'type. Various orals ell
were suggested of a similar character to those tisof
for oil paintings, but v‘ hen applied 80_,Illeita"
them decomposed the Daguerreote, " shlg-
it, and thus des roying it, or they cracked
u"aya
thus spoiled it, as the rubbing necessary to "—m ate
the varnish effectually rubbed •out the D:13'0'7,414
length, after a series of carefully conducted e
bi
ritnents, Mt. Beard succeeded in discover 1c
enamel, which is applied to the Daguerft)ll
under a process of heat, and which effee"„liste,
burns in thecolours and the form traced upon the,
in a somewhat analogous manner to that in Wh'c'their
Chinese bum in the colours and figures ill 'nett
finest specimens of porcelain ; and as in the
specimens of porcelain, so in the enSmeor.
daguerraspe, the figures and colours
indelible. We saw a specimen at Mr. Beards
blishment in King William-street ou Tyur>
tilts
which effectually demonstrated the superiority °f Ullr
process of enamelling over every other. It WasSiP bad
to certain portions of which only the ename'
mel
been applied. In those portions to which the ei'6oo
had been applied, the form and the colours /id
as perfect and as vivid as they were on al dilt.
was taken, whilst in every other portion of the
tell
form and colour had become completely oblitet;eir
by the action of the atmosphere. This epee
tion gives to the Daguerreotype the perftla-
and the beauty of oil or of encaustic painting.

FRENCII POLlCE.—Apartments have been e,P'nolice,
during the present week for a number of the French,tye
who are intended to be located in the metropolis dal','.
period the 'a'reat Exhibition remains open.
ALSTRILN MINING COMPANY:—.OO T.--mit
Slop"
special general meeting of the shareholders of this e° to re
took place a, the office in Throgmorton- street, CitiVr,sl;
ceive a report from the trustees of the company. :000;
muel Amory took the chair. Some dispute took Ple,c'tops'
the non-admission of shareholders who had neglecte„“,,wedt°
their last cal, which ended by their not being a"— ettrg
take part in ;he proceedings. Mr. Kennedy, e seerd
read a very viluminous repo,t, from which it app 0,1)6
the enormous claims of a few dins: ntient shareholder'he
repaid their original advances with interest, prior to!Pcser
solution of the old company, which they maintained by or
of
tition in Chancery, had been dismissed by Vice-Cten lea
Bruce, and sate that period the same parties had‘rboso,
to offer a comwomise. The accounts showed that VniotP
expended by the company in the last twelve „Pitiorl
amounted to 8,900/., and there was a balance at the 14100
of 1,1311. ss. 11d. The report was adopted. Ares ~iti°
was passed appointing Messrs. Cunningham and r 1„ ffr
to represent the old company in negotiating with troll
nish directors of the new company. Another resnlatiedillg!
passed for allowing the trustees to take legal Prec4-ee%
against the dissentient shareholders for the exPe",ifr
company had been put to by their litigation. AM' -
of thanks to the trustees, the meeting adjourned.
SHAKsPERE IN INDIA.—A well educated Data
of India has just translated the tragedy of Othello into Itl‘et
gallee. Othello's cognomen in the Oriental version
Bahadosr.
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MAKING TEA.--Dr. Lardner, in his vre--.lAs it -
heat, remarks that vessels intended to contain a liquisi," d
higher temperature than the surrounding medium, petr,
keep that liquid as long as possible at the higher te'"ol7,
ture, should be constructed of materials which are the
radiators of heat. The tea-urns and tea-pots er„,elispri
adapted for their purpose when constructed of co, ,'"
metal, and worse when constructed of black porceleliiti
black porcelain tea-pot is the worst conceivable nistefreille,
that vessel, for both its materials and colour are Onto 0.7
tors of heat, and the liquid contained in it. cools fil4. toe;
greatest possible rapidity. On the other hand, a brlguts tto
tea-pot is best adapted for the purpose, because 051 por.,
worst radiator of heat, and therefore cools as slowli, ntetir"
Bible. A polished silver or brass tea-urn is better ausreololl:i
retain the heat of the water than one of a dull brown iestt
ouch as is commonly used. A tin kettle retairs the, .0 or.t,
water boiled in it more effectually, if it be kept cien-ds01;
polished, than if it be allowed to collect the smokes " fibrr,
to which it is exposed from the action of the fire,' sad',
coated with this, its surface becomes rough or blocs,
a powerful radiator of neat.
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BENEFIT OF ADVERTISING...—Of all the fanilitlo0;e0 f
0„,
business afforded by newspapers, the advertising C'tor'
afford the greatest. They put it in every man's Pe Or,
send his business-card into all houses and families; Vpoer:
himself ever present, to speak for his own cause, eg 11E,
c the discussion of a subject interesting to himself OP' ite',,r
If he is a dry goods dealer, and in the family sewiegest;
the want of any article of clothing, or if any ornA° direvsh
spoken of, the ready newspaper tells the story, an 1"
them where they may at once supply themselves'
stove-dealer, the coal-nealer, the milliner, tailor, she" ifl.,
grocer, baker, and, io fact, every tradesman or dealer, .1),
craft ministers to the comfort or necessaries of a fafil,pitterA.
individual, finds his best and surest friends in the ne"l3
The dullest times are precisely those wilt n a man she"toa;
vertise the most. If the customer has little ninneY,,ret'
pend, be very naturally looks about him to see w"
1 the can be disbursed to the most advantage. ''() est9;l
about town and make h quiries, costs more than it 0900,6
consequently, that tradesman who publishes his ferferoi
h's wares, is sure of ten times the amount of the sum to
The papers that are lull of advertisements are not theolic
make au announcement in ; twenty to one if your au'ott,
ment is not overlooked; but those journals that cot
plenty of local news and general matter, which attrl4-11P/
public mind, and whose columns are not crammed 111
vertisements.

AIELANC HOLY SUlClDE.—Considerable excite,sl‘ll
was created in Wakefield yesterday, by a rumour' 004
unhappily proved but too well founded, that Mt. riats't,
Illingworth, of the firm of Illingworth and Hicks,. P;3ro,ll',
and bookseller., had committed suicide by cutting Ws 'diot
It appears the rash act was perpetrated in the plivYntijod/„
mg the house, in Burton-street. Deceased had bee"cePt,.,;(
posed for some days previously, and is supposed to 114,00 '",
petrated the rash act in a fit of despondency. Ile -s co°.
many years an active member of the board of strew 60,
missioners, by whom his loss will be deeply felt' ga 11%
neighbours observed that he appeared rather wild a-, or
settled in aspect on Thursday, but no apprehension f 0
entertained of the fatal catastrophe which so bbortlY e
Wakefield _Examiner. 1136

SCHOOLS FOR ST. JAMES'S, W ESTMINST.P-'4%Ct
governors of the poor have purchased a site of tweelliodlih",
of land, adjoining Battersea Common, Surrey, where t 0,.;
trial schools for boys, girls, and infants are shoe' 01.0;;
erected under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Lee' large
test. These schools are to be strictly industrial. Vie yil'ife
portion of the boys will be occupied on the land, aO,
health,meamai lesmtill)leo);nllveirlilt,i,riltsitead o s andwell
iboegfittbteed
lfaorrgceoupnautrpYnie; poupro:
lation of London, the certain effect of bri, Bing tbre'ir
shoemakers and tailors in London workhouses.—The unfl3-
fp,
SUICIDE FRoM LONDON-BRlDGE.—Yesterday nal";
ing a female leapt into the water at London-bridge, 8-edi,,*';
drowned. On the tide receding the body was discovtto Pcif
bedded in the mud on the north shore, and remoVe"o/11,e
dead-house of Allhallows Barking, Seething-lane,to be r
and for an inquest; it is that of a female about 30, flti
plexion, and respectably dressed.
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A coroner's inquest was held on Virednei,g
Rochdale, to inquire into the circumstances attench",-;eS'
death of William Mills, a carter, aged twenty•si feel
On the 4th of October the deceased and some other earl
were drinking at a public-house in the town, and eP
orwlii,,,,v"
to have got into a squabble, half-fight, half-play, th'
Mills was borne to the floor and struck or kicked auvr;
back of the neck by James Ashworth, a farmer in the 1,01
bourhood i f Blue Pits. The result of the kicks or 000
was complete paralysis of the lower extremities, Pto
tb
paralysis of the upper members, and an impediment A9re'
11
free action of the kidneys and other viscera. He tI3,A
moved to his home, and medical aid procured, but ',,
the best skill could effect was unavailing, and the nlB.-1
on Friday last. The paralysis was not however tilto 101 l
diate cause of death, but " bed sores," the result of t""tAP'
confinement to which he was subjected. Ashworth vies.re
before the magistrates immediately after the unfortue%ace:
hlfat,
dhohas aoei
licvs
hopaoasuhbl public-house,
ordered
dpnc
e-afsohri
uderodeutsdosot eomi ,na
pean
the
ansayldva
3el
County
liberated
oe.
anyaurgadnotat eym; d
acahogi
iona
damages,
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ete:faeaboo_reer
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s'
ctso?ti:lori
Agi
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mlyosristeurieseuxlatendthfiraot
solicitor before the coroner. to answer
examination sociwtntofuprtiairitmip pLhei
he
sae et
Millsrsoa
that may there be made against him. On making 11,,arrle
arch of the cavity from the spinal marrow and the, face;
txhterabv(a'asytaittiownaosf foundblood thbaettwtbeee_spilitliiS
cord itself, this pressed on the latter with considerable ipts'
The inquest was adjourned to the 7th of May. The P.,°.ove*
to the sharthatAshworthh d•the may ain fatality
nice one. •
paed
It is stated that W. R. Collett, Esq , has dee coo'
`he invitation of the democratic section of Esq.,
Lincot tbso
10' ~or

Survatives to contest the city at the next election, °o p());
the Protection Society have determined to give their 6
to Sr E. B. Lytton, Bart , as the second Protectionist c
dce.—Stainfold Mercury.
'Ste°
COLCUESTER.—The total population of the s!
parishes comprising this borough is 19,344, exhibit,lls/01'
increase of 1,554 over the census of 1841—rather $
ratio compared with many other towns of similar siZie', bey
excess of female population seems almost universsbovi:
in this respect Colchester is somewhat remarkable ill th:
ing a difference of nearly 2,000 on the side 2,,biteT
ladies! Tile following is a summary :—Houses
4,939; ditto uninhabited, 301: ditto building, i 4 ; total'
5,-54. Population, males, 8,723; females, 10,621!; lE5l'
19,344. Total population in 1841, 17,790; increase 'll
i,554.
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AN ELDERLY TRIO.--According to the r tbere
given in to the officer who collected the census pallirsateu'l
are three parties in the village of Balloch of Cu"°,,,i ages
husband, a wife, and a wife's sister—whose .P,„'"„" •pp.,`t
amount to no less a figure than 1,415 ye,rs! P..;
nomenon is explained in this way—the "godulao
himself down at LOG (meaning fifty and six Ye3risMir
wife at 505 (fifty •tive),
tour).— Inverness Courier.
and the wife's sister at 404
The workmen employed on the Vierzon
near him, struck on the 11th. and left off work, de,ffif4,l‘l.6s;
l
to have two hours accorded them per day for their ur,""rio
and dinner, in place of an hour and a half. About "'d the
the line, and with their tools on their shoulders entered The
town. Not more ban 3i) men remain still at icorAPlo the
men who struck were, in general, labourers emploYe"
cuttings.—Gulignani.
WWl'
As the master tailor of' the 24th Light T
three
stationed in the barracks do l'Etape, at Orleans, w—spor',
'
days ago, quietly dining with his wife, the floor of the to the
merit suddenly gave way, and they were precipitate,' doll
cellar, together with all the furniture, &c. By extra(); TV
good luck, neither the man nor his wife were injure(`'rottelt
occident was caused by the sudden giving way of 4
bum,— Galignczni.