The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-08 00:00:00

PBOTOGRAPJ3IC SOCIETY.

On Thursday evening a meeting of the members o
the Photographic Society—an association for promoting
and improving the art of photography—was held at the
institution in Regeut-street ; Sir William Newton in the
chair. The meeting was numerously attended, and in-
cluded many distinguished individuals who practise the
art as amateurs. Some routine matt*rs having been
disposed of,

The CHAIRMAN announced the most interesting busi-
ness of the evening, viz.: the reading, of a paper by
Mr. Mayan on "-the Albumen Process on Glass."

After-a
hi ief
,introduction, Mr. blur ALL detailed at
coniderable length his plan for producing pictures on al-
bumenised glass. In the course of the lecture, Mr.
Mayan made a varkty of experiments, and exhibited a
combination of chemical arrangement and chemical
manipulation that excited considerable interest. Fur-
thermore its practical utility was illustrated by the de-
veloping of some exquisite pictures taken in the camera
a few hours previously. A singular amount of detail
can be attained by the process made public that evening.
may be judged when it is
Iktnsowntimt
tlie whole
fcaCeyharing-cross and surrounding
minuteness
and
del
oi
buildings may be distinctly and clearly pictured on a
surface two inches square. Albumen views for the Ste-
reoscope will make far more interesting pictures than
photographic amateurs have hitherto been able to pro.
duce.

A. vote of thanks to Mr. Mayan, for his liberality In
publishing his procev, closed the proceedings.

The Rival mail steam-ship Lightning, Captain
Anthony Enright, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday
morning for Melbourne, with 370 passengers, 1,000 tons
of cargo, and 261 sacks, or GO tons, of letters and news-
papers on board. The next Royal mail ship to Austra-
lia will be the celebrated " Black Ball" clipper Boome-
rang, on the sth of February. The Ocean Chief, Capt.
T. J. Tobin, will sail this day with 840 "bounty" emi•
grants, for Hobart Town, and the Commodore Perry,
Captain Mander, to-morrow, with 800 "bounty" and
German emigrants for Launceston and Sydney. Both
these vessels belong to the Black Ball line. '
" THE QUEEN V. NEWTON."—An application was
made to Lord Campbell, on. Thursday evening, on the
part of the two defendants in this case convicted of an
assault on Mr. Ker, for leave to amend the record, with
the view of bringing a writ of error, so that the de-
fendants might be admitted to bail. Notice of motion
had been served on the other side, and the point to be
raised was, that the place where tie assault was com—
mitted was at Beulah-spa, in the 'parish of Lambeth,
and consequently it was not within the jurisdiction of the
Central Criminal Court. Lord Campbell refused the
application ; the objection should have been made on
the trial. The defendants aro confined in Horsemonger-
lane gaol, undergoing the judgment of the Court.
GUN ACCIDENT. —A most distressing aceident occurred
a few days since to Mr. J. Tramper, of the Lawn, Gros-
mont, Monmouthshire. It appears that with some
friends be had been out cock shooting. The-day was
frosty and the ground slippery ; in creasing a small
brook, at the bottom of a dingle, Mr. Tramper fell, his
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT. —Under this important gun slipped from his hand, and in the shock exploded,
Act, passed during the late session of Parliament, it has carrying away the whole of the back part of the right
been found necessary to constitute a new office in the hand from the knuckles to the wrist. It was- provt-'
Custom-bouse, but under the control of the Board, called dential that he was not shot dead on the spot, for the
the Department of the Surveyor-General for Tonnage, charge tore away the edge of his shooting-jacket, and
upon whcm, assisted by a competent staff, will devolve carried off a portion of his whiskers. A 3 it was, the
the duty of accurately ascertaining the exact tonnage of injury was serious enough, for the shattered hand had
every vessel belonging to, or trading with, this country. Ito be amputated. The operation was skilfully per-
United Gazette. formed, and Mr. Tramper is proceeding favourably.

Other facts will doubtless sjiortly transpire in refer-
ence to the past Baltic campaign, as the matter will be
brought before Parliament on its meeting.
Sir Charles Napier, viewing the order to strike his
flagasdenoting disapproval of his conduct, has demanded
a court-martial, for the purpose of its being thoroughly
sifted ' • but we much doubt whether this demand will be
acceded. to. In all probability it will be refused on the
ground that as Sir Charles has received no censure,
direct or implied, from the Admiralty, in reference to
his performances in the Baltic, there is no charge against
him to investigate.