To Richard Birkin, of the parish of Basford, in the county of Nottingham, lace manufacturer, for his invention of certain improvements in machinery for making lace, commonly called ornamented bobbin-net lace.Sealed 11th May-6 months for inrolment.

To Richard Wilson, of Blyth Sheds, in the county of Northumberland, builder, for his invention of improvements in making or manufacturing fire-places, slabs, columns, monuments, and cornices, such as have heretofore been made of marble.-Sealed 12th May6 months for inrolment.

To Thomas Grahame, of Nantes, in the kingdom of France, but now of Suffolk-street, Pall Mall, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, for his invention of improvements in passing boats and other bodies from one level to another.-Sealed 13th May-6 months for inrolment.

To John Ashdowne, of Tunbridge, in the county of Kent, gentleman, for his invention of improvements in apparatus to be added to wheels to facilitate the draft of carriages on turnpike and common roads.-Sealed 13th May-6 months for inrolment.

To Wheatley Kirk, of Commercial-street, Leeds, in the West Riding of the county of York, music seller, and manufacturer of piano-fortes, før his invention of certain improvements in piano-fortes.-Sealed 14th May -6 months for inrolment.

To Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, engineer, for his invention of certain improvements in machinery for spinning and doubling cotton, wool, and other fibrous substances.-Sealed 17th May-6 months for inrolment.

To David Fisher, of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, mechanic, for his invention of an improve

ment in steam-engines.-Sealed 17th May-6 months for inrolment.

To Henry Walker Wood, of 29, Austin-friars, in the city of London, merchant, for his invention of certain improvements in certain locomotive apparatus. -Sealed 17th May-6 months for inrolment.

To James Brown, of Esk Mills, in the parish of Pennycuick, North Britain, paper maker, for his invention of a certain improvement or certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for making paper.-Sealed 18th May-6 months for inrolment.

To Thomas Beck, of the parish of Little Stoneham, in the county of Suffolk, gentleman, for new or improved apparatus or mechanism for obtaining power and motion to be used as a mechanical agent generally, which he intends to denominate Rotæ vivæ.-Sealed 18th May -6 months for inrolment.

To Piere Barthelemy Guinibert Debac, of Brixton, in the county of Surrey, civil engineer, for his invention of improvements in railways.-Sealed 18th May6 months for inrolment.

To Henry Elkington, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, gentleman, for his invention of an improved rotary steam engine.-Sealed 23rd May-6 months for inrolment.

To William Watson, of Leeds, in the county of York, dyer, for his invention of an improvement in dyeing hats, by the application of certain chemical matters, never before applied to that purpose.-Sealed 24th May6 months for inrolment.

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Recent Patents.

TO WILLIAM CROFTS, of New Radford, in the county of Nottingham, machiné maker, for his invention of certain improvements incer tain machines for making figured or ornamented bobbin net, or what is commonly called ornamented bobbin-net lace.--[Sealed 20th November, 1834.]

THIS is one of the many patents for making lace recently obtained on behalf of a wealthy firm in Nottingham, which is considered by the trade of so sweeping a character, as to aim at a monopoly in the manufacture of a certain kind or pattern of figured net called honeycomb open work, whether produced by the means hercin proposed, or by any other means or machinery that has been heretofore employed, or which may be hercaster devised for a similar purpose, excepting one particular kind of machine (the traverse warp), which has been

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