Warren de la Rue, of Bunhill-row, Middlesex, manufacturer, for improvements in covering the surfaces of paper and other materials with color and other substances. Sealed 12th December-6 months for inrolment.

Robert Walker, of St. Helen's, Lancashire, colliery agent and manager, for improvements in apparatus for riddling coals at collieries. Sealed 18th December-6 months for inrolment. Ralph Knowles Waller, of Manchester, candle-wick manufacturer, for improvements in the manufacture of platted wicks, and in the manufacture of candles. Sealed 18th December6 months for inrolment.

John Wheeley, of Stafford, manufacturer of iron, for improvements in the manufacture of iron spoons. Sealed 18th December-6 months for inrolment.

Nathaniel Fortescue Taylor, of Vauxhall, engineer, for improvements in apparatus for measuring gas. Sealed 18th December -6 months for inrolment.

Arthur Wall, of Bisterne-place, Poplar, surgeon, for certain improvements in the manufacture of steel, copper, and other metals. Sealed 18th December-6 months for inrolment. Edward Hammond Bentall, of Heybridge, Essex, iron-founder, for improvements in implements or apparatus for sowing or depositing seed or grain. Sealed 18th December-6 months for inrolment.

James Thompson, of Cornwall-road, Lambeth, baker, for certain improvements in the preparation and application of various farinaceous products, and for machinery used in manufacturing the same. Sealed 20th December-6 months for inrolment. Benjamin Biram, of Wentworth, in the county of York, Gent., for certain improvements in oscillating engines, worked by steam, water, or other fluids, which are also applicable to the raising or propelling of fluids. Sealed 21st December-6 months for inrolment.

Charles Johnstone, of Southampton, engineer, for certain improved arrangements for raising ships' anchors, and other purposes. Sealed 21st December-6 months for inrolment.