or any mixture of them, and also for improving, for dyeing, madders that have not been previously used.-June 22.

To Hugh Bolton, of Staples, in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors. in the county of Lancaster, carder, for an invention of an improvement in machinery used for carding cotton and other fibrous materials.―July 2.

To Alexander Beattie Shankland, London, esquire, for a new method of spinning wool.-July 21.

To John Holt the younger, of Whitby, rope-maker, for an invention of a mode or process for preparing and manufacturing certain fibrous materials.-July 28.

To John Howard Kyan, London, for an invention of a new mode of preserving certain vegetable substances from decay.-Aug. 1.

To William Daubeny Holmes, London, engineer, for an invention of a new method of heating houses and other buildings, and of applying heat to various manufactures, and other purposes.Sept. 4.

To Pierre Nicolas Hainsselin, of Duke Street, St. James's, in the county of Middlesex, architect and engineer, for an invention of a machine or motive power for giving motion to machinery of different descriptions, to be called Hainsselin's Motive Power.Sept. 18.

To George Jones, of Wolverhampton, in the county of Staf ford, iron master, James Foster, of Stourbridge, in the county of Worcester, iron master, and John Barker and John Jones, both of Wolverhampton aforesaid, iron masters, for an invention of a certain improvement in the process now in use for producing or making malleable iron.-Sept. 21.

To Richard Whytock, of the city of Edinburgh, manufacturer, for an invention of an improved method or manufacture, which facilitates the production of regular figures or patterns on different fabrics, particularly velvets, velvet pile, and Brussels, Wilton, and Turkey carpets, with a saving of material.-Sept. 21.

To Baron Charles Wetterstedt, of the Commercial Road, in the county of Middlesex, for an invention of a composition or combination of materials, for sheathing, painting, or preserving ships' bottoms, and for other purposes.—October 5.

To John Hornby Maw, of Aldermanbury, in the city of London, surgical instrument maker, for an invention of an improved apparatus for injecting enemata.-October 23.

To Angier March Perkins, of Harper Street, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, for an invention of certain improvements in the apparatus or method of heating the air in buildings, heating and evaporating fluids, and heating metals.-Nov. 2.

To John Brown, of Heaton Norris, in the county of Lancaster, cotton manufacturer, and Thomas Heys, of Heaton Norris aforesaid, book keeper, for an invention of an improvement in the machinery used for spinning cotton, silk, flax, and other fibrous substances, commonly called throstles.-Nov. 2.

To John Nash, of Market Rasen, in the county of Lincoln, brick manufacturer, for an invention of certain improvements in the machinery and process used in the manufacture of bricks, tiles, bread biscuits, and various other articles of commerce made from plastic.-Nov. 7.

To George Lowe, of Brick Lane, Old Street, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, for an invention for increasing the illuminating power of such coal gas as is usually produced in gas works; also for converting the refuse products from the manufacture of coal gas into an article of commerce, not heretofore produced therefrom, and also for a new mode of conducting the process of condensation in the manufacture of gas for illumination.Nov. 6.

New Patents

SEALED IN

ENGLAND.

1833.

To William Gratrix, of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, silk dyer, for his invention of an improved method of imparting to various woven fabrics, or to the yarns or threads of which the same are intended to be composed, the colour necessary to form the required patterns thereon. -Sealed 5th January-6 months for inrolment.

To John Reynolds, of Oakwood, near Neath, in the county of Glamorgan, iron master, for his invention of an improved engine and apparatus, to be worked by steam and other motive power.-Sealed Jan. 9th-6 months for inrolment.

To William Thomas Shallcross, of Holt Town, within the parish of Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster, mechanic, for his invention of certain improvements in looms or machines for weaving cotton, linen, silk, woollen, and other fibrous cloths and substances.— Sealed Jan. 9th-6 months for inrolment.

To Samuel Hall, of Basford, in the county of Nottingham, cotton manufacturer, for his invention of an improved method of lubricating the pistons, piston rods, and valves or cocks of steam engines, and of condensing the steam of such engines as are worked by a vacuum produced by

condensation; also a method of condensation applicable to other useful purposes.-Sealed Jan. 9th-6 months for inrolment.

To Joseph Gibbs, of the Kent Road, in the county of Surrey, engineer, for his invention of certain improvements in the processes of dressing or preparing hemp, flax, New Zealand flax, and other vegetable fibrous substances, to render them fit for spinning, paper making, and other purposes.-Sealed January 9th-6 months for inrolment.

To Thomas Moore Evans, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, merchant, for an invention communicated to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for improvements in machinery for preparing and dressing flax, hemp, and other fibrous materials.—Sealed January 10th-6 months for inrolment.

To Samuel Parker, of Argyle Street, Oxford Street, in the county of Middlesex, bronzest, for his invention of certain improvements in apparatus for inaking extracts from coffee and other substances.-Sealed Jan. 11th6 months for inrolment.

To William Harrold, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, merchant, for an invention communicated to him by a foreigner residing abroad, of an improvement or improvements in machinery for making or manufacturing paper.-Sealed Jan. 11th-6 months for inrolment.

To Walter Hancock, of Stratford, in the county of Essex, engineer, for his invention of an improvement or improvements upon steam boilers.-Sealed Jan. 15th— 6 months for inrolment.

To Alexander Clark, of Bagille, in the parish of Holywell, in the county of Flint, North Wales, for his invention of certain improvements in blowing machines.Sealed Jan. 17th-6 months for inrolment.

To Robert William Sievier, of Southampton Row, in the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, for an improvement or improvements in the making or manufacturing of elastic goods, or fabrics applicable to various useful purposes.-Sealed Jan. 17th-6 months for inrolment.

To Thomas Affleck, of the town of Dumfries, in the county of Dumfries, Scotland, for his invention of certain improvements in the means and machinery for deepening and excavating the beds of rivers, removing sand banks, bars, and other obstructions to navigation (to extend to the colonies and plantations abroad).—Sealed 19th Jan. -6 months for inrolment.

To James Macdonald, of the University Club House, Pall Mall East, in the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, for an improvement or improvements in the construction of bridges made of iron or other materials, communicated to him by a foreigner residing abroad, which invention is also applicable to other useful purposes.-Sealed January 22d6 months for inrolment.

To John Reedhead, of Henry-street, Vauxhall, in the parish of Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, engineer, for his invention of certain improvements in the construction of coaches, waggons, or other carriages.-Sealed January 29th-6 months for inrolment.