1827. 



Political Occurrences. 



tngal (into which language it has, we are 

 told, been very ably translated), has set hun- 

 dreds of aspiring spirits on the watch. The 

 ultras, indeed, of France, profess to hold it 

 in contempt ; and lo discover beneath the 

 broad fruitful surface of its principles, a sort 

 of substratum of democracy and revolution j 

 this opinion, however, is, by good luck, 

 confined to the Jesuits ; the majority of 

 Fiance have a different tone of thinking on 

 the subject of its merits as a composition, 

 and its liberality is an official declaration of 

 principles. With respect to our commercial 

 distresses, we are pleased to have it in our 

 power to state, from the first authority, that 

 though slowly they are yet surely ceasing ; 

 a gentle re-action has taken place within the 

 last few weeks : the great northern manu- 

 facturing districts have put on a more cheer- 

 ful appearance; Manchester presents no 

 longer the squalid scenes of abject wretch- 

 edness, which it displayed towards the close 

 of last year. There has been a brisk de- 

 mand for most of the staple goods of the 

 place (cottons in particular), the consequence 

 of which is, that the greater part of the 

 operatives, are once again in full employ. 

 Nottingham is, by all the provincial accounts 

 we have hitherto been able to glean, busy 

 in exporting its local manufactures; Shef- 

 field is full of business, and Preston (more 

 wonderful still), contented. At Glasgow, 

 however, we cannot conceal the fact that 

 distress is superlatively great, probably un- 

 equalled at any former national cr.sis of 

 suffering. Hundreds, both there and at 

 Paisley, are perishing from absolute want ; 

 so much so, that a committee has been des- 

 patched by these unhappy, destitute opera- 

 tives to London, with the professed view 

 of organizing, under ministerial sanction, 

 some plan to ensure emigration. The sub- 

 ject, we understand, will be brought fully 

 before the House, at an early period in the 

 ensuing session ; but at present a disinclina- 

 tion evidently exists on the part of govern- 



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ment, towards it. We refer the reader, for 

 further particulars respecting the benefits 

 likely to result from emigration, to an able 

 article (probably from the pen of Mr. 

 Brougham), in the present number of the 

 Edinburgh Review. He will there find the 

 advantages and disadvantages very fairly 

 canvassed, their merits carefully summed 

 up, and an adroit deduction drawn from them. 

 With respect to Ireland, we have little or 

 nothing in the shape of intelligence or spe- 

 culation to communicate. Messrs. Shlels 

 and O'Connell still continue unimpeded in 

 their -vigorous and eloquent opposition to 

 Protestant ascendancy. The former e-pe- 

 cially, seems nervously solicitous to stir up 

 the already inflamed minds of his country- 

 men to desperation, if we may judge at lea t 

 from his eloquent, but misguided speech, in 

 explanation of some points in the character 

 of the late Irish revolutionist, Wolfe Tone. 

 On the continent all is tranquil ; but it is, 

 we fear, the tranquillity that precedes the 

 tempest ; the hush that heralds the volcano. 

 France holds out the right hand of amity, 

 while with the left she conceals the poig- 

 nard ; Spain professes to be penitent, pretty 

 much after a fashion of her own; Portugal 

 has received, but without any manifest signs 

 of exultation, the late promised support of 

 British troops ; and Russia, gigantic, vaunt- 

 ing Russia, casts an eye, timorous but vigi- 

 lant towards our Indian possessions, of 

 which she hopes to effect the conquest, 

 through the medium of Persia, whose fate 

 she has already half-sealed. America, 

 jealous of our reported attempts on the 

 Havannah, as an indemnity for the loans 

 owing to us by its present occupant, 

 (Spain), has despatched an agent to England 

 to remonstrate : and we fear that clouds are 

 lowering fearfully in this distant quarter ; but 

 at present all is surmise, a few months will 

 decide whether the world is to be fired, or 

 peace preserved . 



PATENTS FOR MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL INVENTIONS. 



List of Patents lately Granted. 



To Thomas Morrison, Esq., of Vale- 

 grove, Chelsea, for a process of rendering 

 bools,|shoes, and other articles, water-proof 

 Sealed 22d Dec ; for inrolrnent, 6 months. 



To David Redmund, of Greek-street, 

 Soho, engineer, for certain improvements in 

 the construction and manufacture of hinges 

 22d Dec ; 6 months. 



To Elijah Galloway, of the London-road, 

 engineer, for an improved rotary steam 

 engine 29th Dec ; 6 months 



To John Whiting, of Ipswich, architect, 

 for certain improvements in window sashes, 

 sashes and frames 9th Jan. 1 827 ; 2 months 



To James Fraser, of Houndsditch, for an 

 improved method of constructing capstans, 

 and windlasses. IHh Jan. ; months. 



To James Fraser, of Houndsditch, engi- 

 neer, for an improved method of constructing 

 boilers for steam engines llth Jan.; 

 months. 



To William Wilmot Hall, of the United 

 States of America, and of Westminster, 

 attorney at] law, for a new invention of an 

 engine for mooring and propelling ships, 

 boats, carriages, mills, and machinery of 

 every kind 15th Jan. ; 2 months. 



To William Hobson, of Stamford-hill, 

 gent., for an improved method of paving 

 streets, lanes, roads, arid carriageways 15t4i 

 Jan. ; 2 months. 



To James Neville, of New-walk, Strand, 

 Thames, Surrey, engineer, fora new invent- 

 ed carriage, to be worked or propelled by 

 means of steam 15 Jan. ; 6 months. 



To William Mdson, of Oxford -market, 



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