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520 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. [Avgust 17, 1883. notice. His speciality is theatrical characters. He is skim ming the cream off the photographic milkin Sydney now, and since he left here, the work turned out at the place carried on under his name has lost much of its racy character. Tuttle has had a branch in Adelaide, and is now going to open one in N. Zealand. He has already had about thirty different galleries, and if he lives long enough, you may see him start in London yet. For the landscape photographer there is not much of a field here. We have no history, no past, and our scenery, in consequence, resolvesitself into two classes—town and suburban views of bush-scenery. To do the latter means real downright hard work, and travelling here is unlike travelling in the old country. I often long to contribute semething to your valuable paper, out of which I gleaned much information and many a good hint; but we are so far apart. Still, I fancy some account of my bush experiences might interest our photographic confreres in the old country ; and if you like my pictures, I may some day tell you how, or under what circumstances, they were produced.” Motes. “ About Photography and Photographers ” is published to-day by Messrs. Piper and Carter. The International Photographic Exhibition at Brussels, which opened yesterday, was visited by an unexpectedly large number of people. The jury, with the exception of Dr. Eder, whose attendance was prevented, commenced their inspection in the afternoon. We believe that the Belgian Photographic Association intend to hold a similar exhibition every three years. His Majesty the King of the Belgians has arranged to visit the Exhibition to-day, and the Qneen, who is now in Hungary, has telegraphed her regret at not being able to accompany him. Apart from the general advance in numerous depart ments of photography, the definite mark of progress which will make this Exhibition notable, is the practical realisation of photo-block printing as a substitute for wood engrav ing. The remarkable work of M. Rousselon (Goupil) and the Autotype Publishers of Munich is now shown for the first time. This latter, at any rate, appears to be done by some modification of the method of Ives. Contributions to the Exhibition have been received from various parts of the world, and during our walk round yesterday we noticed exhibits from Denmark, Germany, Austria, Hungary, France, England, Servia, Russia, Algiers, Syria, Portugal, and Italy. We hope that Eng lish photographers will endeavour to see this Exhibition, as its international character gives it especial interest. An account of some of the exhibits will be found in another column. This is how the exhibitor’s season ticket is made. He sends in a carte-de-visite portrait, and the Secretary of the Association covers the back with a label, setting forth that the person whose portrait and signature are on the other side is to be admitted at all times. According to the Daily News, a most interesting collec tion of photographs has been presented to Mr. Inspector Denning by members of both Houses of Parliament, each bearing an autograph. The collection has been enclosed in two handsome albums, which have been presented to Mr. Denning by members of the parliamentary staff of the Press of London and the provinces. The first photograph is that of the Queen, with Her Majesty’s autograph, which was specially sent to Mr. Denning. As Mr. Denning and his myrmidons are required to know off-hand the features and person of every member of the legislature, as he passes in and out of the parlia mentary chambers, the present is not only an ornamental, but decidedly useful, one to the vigilant inspector. The International Electric Exhibition at Vienna was opened yesterday by the Crown Prince Rudolf, when thousands of persons were present, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather. The British Com missioners are Lord Sudely, Sir William Thomson, Sir William Siemens, and Sir Frederick Abel, C.B. The day originally fixed for the inauguration of the Daguerre Monument has proved inconvenient, and the ceremony is to take place on Sunday week, the 26th inst., at Cormeilles-en-Parisis. The meeting place for the Paris contingent is the St. Lazare Station, 12.5 p.m. train for Cormielles. The bust, which stands on a handsome pedestal, is the work of the sculptor Capellaro, and was exhibited at the Salon. We are in receipt of the Jubilee Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, which is a bulky volume containing a mass of useful information in the shape of reports and lectures on mechanics, fine art, natural history, and many other topics of interest. The reports on the photographic section appeared in our volume for 1882. As some of our readers appear to be in the habit of pro ducing chloride of gold from sovereigns and half-sovereigns, we must remind them that destroying or defacing current coins of the realm is an illegal act. We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. William M. Whyte, one of the Ben Nevis observers, the other day at Fort William. This is Mr. Whyte’s second season as an ob server. He told us he had climbed the mountain 106 times, and every alternate day he makes the ascent—4,406 feet— to read the thermometers, barometers, and other recording instruments at different stations on the mountain. The top observation is taken at 8 a.m. precisely—the barometer being read to one-thousandth of an inch—and the work not unfrequently detains him for a couple of hours upon the cold, inhospitable summit.