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

PEOTOGRAPIIIC SOCIETY.

On Thursday evenipg a meeting of the members o
the Photographic Society—au association for promoting
and improving the art of photography—was held at the
institution in Regent-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 matters having been
disposed of,
The CLIAIRMAN announced the most interesting busi-
ness of the evening,. viz. : the reading of a paper by
Mr. Maya)l, on " the Albumen Process on Glass."
After a brief introduction, Mr. MAYALL detailed at
conpiderable length his plan for producing pictures on al-
bumelliscil glass. In the course of the lecture, Mr,
Mayall made a variety 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 exqui,ite pictures taken in the camera
a few hours previously. A. singular ainount of detail
can be attained by the process made public that evening.
Its minuteness and. delicacy may be judged when it is
known that the whole of Charin,-cross and surrounding
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-
•duee.

A vote of thants to Mr. Mayall, for his liberality in
publishing his prom., closed the proceedings.

The Royal mail steamship Lightning, Captain
Anthony Enright, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday
morning for Melbourne, with 370 passengers, 1,000 tons
of cargo, and 2GI sacks, or 60 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 340 "bounty" emi-
grants, for Hobart Town, and the Commodore Perry.
Captain Mender, tomorrow, with 800 "bounty" and
German emigrants for Launceston and Sydney. Both
these vessels belong to the Black Ball line.
" Tuz QUEEN v. NEwrox."—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 the assault was com-
mitted was at Tieulali-spa, in, the parish of Lambeth,
and consequently it was not within the jurisdiction of the
Central Criminal Co?. Lord Campbell refused the
apolication ; the objection should have been made on
the trial. The defendants are confined in Horsemonger-
lane gaol, undergoivg the judgment of the Court.
GIIN AccIDENI.—A most distressingaccidentocearrod
a few days since to Mr. J. Trnmperr:of the Lawn, Woe.
mont, Monmouthshire. It :appears-that with some
friends lie had been out Cock. shooting. The day was
frosty and the ground slippery ; in crossing a small
brook, at,the bottom of a dingle, Mr. Trumper fell, his
gun slipped from his hand, and in the shock exploded;
carrying away the whole of the back part of the right
hand from the knucklei to the wrist. It was provi-
dential that he was not shot dead on the spot, for the
charge tore' away the edge of his shooting-jacket, and
carried off a portion of his whiskers. As it was, the
injury was serious enough, for the shattered hand had
to be amputated. The operation was skilfully per.
formed, and Mr; Trumper is proceeding favourably.