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Apbil 10, 1885.J THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 233 The electric light is to be used for illuminating the Grosvenor Gallery, so that the pictures may be fairly seen in the evening. Photographing the University boat race now comes round year by year as certainly as the race itself, and among the best pictures of this year’s race may be men tioned those which Mr. W. K. Burton sends to us. There are five 10 by 8 views showing the river before the race, the race itself, and the scenes after the race. An excellent portrait of Mr. F. C. Beach—taken by Kurtz with the electric light—is issued with the last number of Anthony's Bulletin. During a period of more than twenty years Mr. Beach has been an ardent amateur photographer, and now he is doing very useful work as president of the Society of Amateur Photographers of New York. J ersey must be the photographer’s heaven. According to a paper read by the President of the Meteorological Society, the annual exhibition of which was this year devoted to sunshine recorders and solar and terrestrial radiation instruments, the pleasant little island gets more sunshine throughout the year than any other portion of the United Kingdom. The absolute maximum of brightness occurs in May (a fact long since verified by photographers), and Jersey gets sixty per cent, of possible sunshine against fifty per cent, in the south and south-west portion of England, which, in their turn, are more sunny than the northern and midland districts. It is also worthy of note that in the late autumn, Ireland is much sunnier than Great Britain, Dublin having absolutely the highest per centage of possible duration of sunshine in November and December, and being equalled only by Jersey in January. Some time ago we suggested the desirability of the authoiities of the National Portrait Gallery making a col lection of permanent photographs of living celebrities. The value of such a collection in years to come cannot be over-estimated. A Chicago photographer has carried out this idea practically, and for the past five years has been collecting photographs of prominent persons connected with his native city, with the object of having them sealed up in a memorial safe, made over to the city by deed, and deposited in the courthouse vaults with the archives of the city, until the second centennial of 1976. Apropos of the preservation of memorials, it is remark able that it has not become a custom to deposit photo graphs in the cavities of foundation stones of public edifices. The usual thing for years has been to seal up a copy of the Times and a few coins of the realm in a bottle ; but surely the collection would be made more interesting if it in cluded—say a portrait of the founder of the institution, or photographs of any interesting landmark in the immediate neighbourhood. Any readers who wish to compete for the awards offered by the City and Guilds Institute must enter their names on or before Monday next, the 20th inst. Captain Abney is exami ner in photography, and full particulars can be had by writing’to the Secretary of the Institute, Gresham College, London, E.C. Photography is gradually coming to the front as a means of political caricaturing. The picture of Mr. Glad stone and Earl Granville as old women under an umbrella, with the legend attached, “ Wait till the clouds roll by, granny,” was a great success, and as much may be prophe sied of the adaptation of the well-known photograph of Mr. Penley in the “ Private Secretary ” to the portrait of Mr. Gladstone, who is represented loaded with all his political burdens at home and abroad. In this case the photographer has anticipated the artist, for we happen to know that the cartoonist of one of the comic journals had intended to utilise the situation, and was not particu larly gratified on finding he had been forestalled. Photographers who have much to do with children’s portraits should take the precaution to ascertain what portion of the darling’s figure is particularly admired by the fond mamma, if they wish to be successful. A friend was extremely annoyed the other day, when a lady brought back a picture of a baby about which he had particularly prided himself. “ It’s not like him at all,” said she ; “ at least, the face is all right, but the arms and legs are not a bit right. The foot in the picture is twice the size it ought to be, and we are all so proud of his feet." What a pity it is not the fashion to photograph babies in sections ; then every satisfaction would be given. It is only by a fluke that hands, feet, and face come out equally well. Most photographers are obliged to be content if they get the face; mammas, it would appear, are not. patent Untelligence. Applications for Letters Patent. 4102. GEORGE Lowdon, lieform Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, for “ Improvements in photographic cameras and shutter arrangements for same.”—1st April, 1885. 4160. Llewellyn Saundebson, 10, De Vesci Terrace, Kings town, Dublin, for “ The measurement ar d the photographing of spectra, and called ‘ The new spectremeter spectroscope.’ ” 2nd April, 1885. 4191. John Henry Johnson, 47, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Middle sex, for “ Improvements in obtaining copies of drawings, designs, writings, and the like, by the action of light.”— {Clarisse Zoe Joltrain, France.)—2nd April, 1885. Patents Sealed. 2981. Walter Bentley Woodbury, of South Norwood, in the county of Surrey, for “ Improvements in methods of pro ducing printing-blocks by means of photography.”—Dated 8th February, 1884. 4594. JOsEPI Brown, of 43, Halsey Street, Cadogan Square, Chelsea, Gentleman, for “ Improvements in obtaining printing surfaces by photography.”—Dated 8th March, 1884. 5686. William Robert Lake, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, Middlesex, for “ Improvements in frames for stretching paper for photo graphic purposes.”—A communication to him from abroad by L’Abbe Raboisson, Paris, France.”—Dated 29th March, 1884 Patents on which the Fourth Year’s Renewal Fee of £10 has been Paid. 1436. L. WARNERKE.—“ Photography.” 1602. II. A. SrEINHEIL.—“ Photographic objectives.”