improvements in apparatus for measuring and for governing the flow of water and other liquids.-May 4.

1097. William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, Chancery-lane, for improvements in apparatus for rolling iron,being a communication.-May 4.

1101. Joseph Dempsey Holdforth, of Leeds, for improvements in machinery for combing or dressing silk and other fibrous substances.-May 5.

1102. Charles Larbaud, of Paris, for a new system of trigger applied to play-arms, such as pistols, fusils, rifles, cannons, and guns.-May 5.

1103. John Rawe, jun., of Lemaile, near Wadebridge, Cornwall, for propelling vessels and other vehicles in the water.-May 5. 1107. John Whiteley, of Stapleford, Nottingham, for improvements in warp-machinery for producing ornamented and textile fabrics.-May 5.

1108. John Hetherington, of Manchester, for improvements in preparing cotton, wool, flax, silk, and other fibrous substances for spinning.-May 5.

1109. Thomas Symes Prideaux, of St. John's Wood, for improvements in propelling vessels.-May 5.

1114. George Dowler, of Birmingham, for improvements in boxes for containing and igniting matches.-May 6.

1115. Augustus Brackenbury, of Camden-town, for improvements in precipitating the muriate of soda from its solutions in water.-May 6.

1121. Christopher Nickels, of York-road, Lambeth, for improvements in machinery for masticating, kneading, or grinding India-rubber, gutta-percha, and other matters.-May 6. 1125. James Nichol, of Edinburgh, for improvements in bookbinding.-May 7.

1127. John Pullman, of Greek-street, Soho, for improvements in the manufacture of losh, or oil-dressed leather.-May 7. 1128. Henry Warner, Joseph Haywood, and William Cross, of Loughborough, for improvements in machinery used in the manufacture of frame-work knitting.-May 7.

1130. William Boggett, of St. Martin's-lane, and George Brooks Pettit, of Lisle-street, for improvements in apparatus for heating by gas.-May 7.

1140. Thomas Quaife, of Battle, for improvements in the manufacture of watches, watch-cases, and in tools and apparatus employed therein.-May 9. 1146. Octavius Henry Smith, of Bedford-square, and Youngs Parfrey, of Pimlico, for improvements in the manufacture of carriage wheels.-May 10.

1147. Robert Brown, of Waterloo-road, Liverpool, for improvements in lifting and forcing water and other fluids.-May 10. 1148. George Tillett, of Kentish Town, for improvements in the manufacture of metal bedsteads.-May 10.

1154. Samuel Russell, of Sheffield, for improvements in handles for razors.-May 11.

1157. Samuel Cunliffe Lister, of Manningham, Yorkshire, for improvements in treating and preparing, before being spun, wool, cotton, and other fibrous materials.-May 11.

1158. John Crabtree, and Thomas Livesey Scott, both of Heywood, for certain improvements in machinery for preparing and spinning cotton and other fibrous substances.-May 11. 1164. William Bradbury and Frederick Mullett Evans, of Whitefriars, for improvements in taking impressions and producing printing surfaces,-being a communication.-May 11.

1175. Joseph Denton, of Prestwich, for improvements in machinery or apparatus for manufacturing looped terry or other similar fabrics.-May 12.

1181. George Bertram, of Edinburgh, for improvements in the manufacture of paper.-May 13.

1182. George Stiff, of Minerva Cottage, Brixton-hill, for an improved construction of printing machine.-May 13.

1183. William Thomas, of Cheapside, for improvements in weaving narrow fabrics for binding.-May 13.

1184. Charles Tetley, of Skinner-street, for improvements in rotary engines.-May 13.

1195. Moses Poole, of Avenue-road, Regent's-park, for a new or improved machine for pegging boots or shoes,-being a communication.-May 14.

1196. Herman Dirs Mertens, of Margate, for improvements in preparing materials to be employed in making beer and other beverages, being a communication.-May 14.

1199. John O'Keefe, of Queen Ann-street, Liverpool, for improvements in the manufacture of watch-cases.—May 14. 1204. Robert Walter Swinburne, of South Shields, for improvements in apparatus or machinery to be used in the manufacture of glass.-May 14.

1207. Jean Emile Barse, of Paris, for improvements in the manufacture of grease or composition for lubricating the axles and moving parts of machinery.-May 16.

1212. George Jones, of Birmingham, for improvements in ventilating mines.-May 16.

1213. George Berry, of Buttesland-street, Shoreditch, for an improved method of roasting coffee, cocoa, and chicory.May 17.

1216. Joseph Webb, of Mayfield-terrace, Dalston, for improvements in rotary engines.-May 17.

1225. Charles Clarkson, of Avery-row, Lower Grosvenor-street, for an improved duster or dusting-brush, painting-brush, and all other description of brushes, the handle of which passes through the centre, and the hair or bristles are bound or tied round it.-May 18.

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