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I, 1862. As we have before remarked, it was not until the parent society had not only announced that its annual exhibition would not be held this year, but after it had received and considered in council a renewed application to hold an inde pendent exhibition, and had come to a resolution that it was not desirable that it should take any steps in such a matter, —it was not until they were acquainted with all this, we say, that the South London Society began to make any definite arrangements for holding an exhibition at the Crystal Palace. For whilst every society, “suburban or provincial,’’ has doubtless the right to hold an exhibition of its own, it would not have been deemed wise or right by the South London Society to initiate any movement which would have had a tendency to divide the interest, or divert any contributions from any exhibition in con nection with the parent society. The arrangements for their exhibition are now presented in a definite form: the committee will, we doubt not, gladly receive co-opcration of any kind either from independent photographers, or from members of other societies, as such; their aim being simply a worthy illustration of the art as it now exists, at a time when such an illustration may receive the utmost publicity and recognition. • HINTS ON ROLLING PRINTS. The rage for card portraits has introduced into the atelier of the photographer as a necessity, an instrument which at one timesfew dreamed of indulging in, even as a luxury : we refer to the Rolling Press. In the early days of photography the professional portraitist would have deemed it slovenly in the highest degree to send out a picture without a case or passepartout. Now, however, the simply mounted print, of whatever size, with suitable margin, has become the rule, and some means of calendering without sending out to the hot presser, has become, as we have said, a necessity. Until very recently all the presses of this kind were of French manufacture, and were imported into this country. Since the demand for them has increased, however, English machinists have given their attention to the matter, and presses of first rate quality are to be had of home manufac ture. We have lately been using one of the rolling machines manufactured by Messrs. BURY, Brothers, of Manchester, and can speak in terms of the highest commendation of its simplicity, convenience, and efficiency. It is free from unnecessary complication in structure, but is, withal, easy to work and very powerful. The press we have had in use has two four-inch polished wrought iron cylinders, eighteen inches long ; between which the bed travels, on which is a very highly burnished steel plate twenty-four inches long by eighteen inches broad. Others of a smaller size, are. of course, made; and are, we believe, quite as efficient. By means of a fly-wheel of fifteen inches diameter, and what are termed “ double gearing ” cogwheels, an enormous pressure is obtained with very slight exertion, the amount of force in that we are using being equivalent, we believe, to a pressure of forty hundred weight. The wheels for adjusting the pressure at each end of the cylinder are worked sepa rately. We believe it is a moot point as to whether it is better to adjust each separately, or to have them so con nected, as, by the turn of one wheel to adjust both ends at once. Our own experience on this point is insufficient to enable us to form an opinion ; but in a recent conversation with a photographer who had been in the habit of using machines with both arrangements, he gave a decided prefer- THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS Vol. VI. No. 184.—March 14, 1862. ne , TnPoP 3 Of negatis imonio-nita e finest p paper, acbd emember t! spondents,' * advantug ar worth; Native adr rick or jug 4 . We cant erent samp a small si roportiona 5 innot tellf e good orb rever, yons ere can be' orrespond ications :R-Row. P overcome, and the necessary facilities of all kinds can be Ehoynded, by all means let us have another exhibition ; and t' more central the place, the larger the accommodation, more numerous and perfect the contributors, and the and, Somplete the arrangements the better. All the aid 1 publicity we can give it shall be willingly recorded. COnfess we see grave difficulties in the way, both as to time and Place, and also as to funds. It is possible indeed as regards the latter that the plan of obtaining a number of guarantors, Sady to bear any probable loss, might possibly meet the “ifficulty. Sometime ago, we had personal applications rom several gentlemen, who, when it was understood the piety’s exhibition would not be held, asked us to aid in itiating such a scheme. One gentleman was willing to put hovn his name for some hundreds: others, doubtless, would ddVe followed. But then came the difficulty of forming, in- TOdent of any society, a working committee. Next oe what proved, on inquiry, the still greater difficulty, of Arning a suitable place. To these would now have to be wad another difficulty quite as great: the limited time in A® to take all the necessary preliminary steps to make ^ ""Sements; for unless such an exhibition were opened the lime before the month of May were passed, much of of such an undertaking would, we take it, be be" The influx of visitors to the metropolis will, doubtless, in geat throughout the summer; but it is during the month “ "hich the World’s Fair will be inaugurated, that the 8 latest number of persons from all parts of the world may SUPPLEMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION. If further argument were necessary to set forth the necessity ofanexhibition o f photographs, which shall more amply । uStrate the present position of the art, than can possibly 5 efected in the limited space to be devoted to the purpose " the International Exhibition, the able letter of M. Wandet, read at a meeting of the Photographic Society, and Piblished in our last, puts the matter beyond a question. Not a tithe of the pictures of ordinary size which it is desirable should be exhibited, can. be accommodated at oouth Kensington, whilst as regards anything like a fair "isplay of the productions of the solar camera, which un- doubtedly constitute a feature of the utmost importance, ^illustrating the art as now- practised, the case is hopeless. Ye do not however, so entirely agree with M. Claudet in his View of the unsuitableness of the Crystal Palace for such an exhibition. Many of the qualifications necessary in a place for a large exhibition of photographs the Crystal Palace pos- se8ses in a pre-eminent degree. Ample space and hanging Convenience, a most perfect light, and the utmost publicity will Certainly be secured. And as regards the drawbacks supposed to exist, which will prevent the serious examination and com parison desirable, we must remind M. Claudet, that the “singing, concerts, and frivolous gaieties ” to which he refers, are only present certain days, and even then are confined to certain hours of those days, and need never, therefore, act as a barrier to the most thoughtful contemplation which any nthusiastic lover of the art may desire to bestow on its pro- potions. It is with pleasure, therefore, we call attention to ^regulations for exhibitors, intending to contribute which "epublish on another page of our present issue. At the same time we see not the slightest objection to the ormation of another exhibition, either under the auspices of the parent society, or got up and sustained by private enter- Prize, if M. Claudet’s scheme can be carried out. We must ecipitatin 3 with du) he silver by bud md carbod ts chloride* nent theg Sec our f ’ bath sho! it with iod large prop’ the bleacb unt for y as e procesi the same, tives are’ la, but b Tesh one dine. 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