1828. ] 
To Baron Charles Wetterstedt, of Com- 
mercial-place, Commercial-read, Middlesex, 
for his invention of a liquid or composition 
for water-proofing and strengthening leather 
—4th June; 6 months. 
To Richard Witty, of the Township of 
Hanley, Stafford, engineer, for certain im- 
provements in apparatus for making and 
supplying coal gas for useful purposes— 
10th June; 6 months. 
To Edmond Gibson Atterley, of York- 
place, Portman-square, Middlesex, Esq., for 
an apparatus for a method of generating 
power applicable to various purposes—12th 
June ; 6 months. 
To William Strachan, of Avon Eitha, 
in the parish of Ruabon, Denbigh, for an 
improvement in the making or manufac- 
turing of alum—12th June; 4 months. 
To John Bartlett, of Chard, Somerset, 
shoe-thread manufacturer, for a new pro- 
cess for preparing flax-thread or yarn, for use 
in the manufacture of boots, shoes, sadlery, 
and of sail, and other cloths and bagging.— 
16th June; 2 months. 
To George Johnson Young, of Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, iron-founder, for an improved 
machine for working ships, windlasses and 
capstans—21st June; 6 months. 
To Samuel Pratt, of New Bond-street, 
Hanover-square, camp equipage-maker, for 
certain improvements on elastic beds, 
List of Patents. 
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cushions, seats, pads, and other articles of 
“that kind—25th June ; 6 months. 
List of Patents, which, having been granted 
in July 1814, expire in the present 
month of July 1828. 
12.—B. L. Mertian, London, for @ me- 
thod of extracting gelatinous matter from 
substances capable of affording the same. 
16.—J. Dawson, Dublin, for certain 
means of communicating motion to bodies 
either wholly or in part surrounded by 
water or air, by the re-action of suitable 
apparatus. 
— I. Smith, London, for a spring hinge 
for doors ond gates. 
96. G. Dunnage, Hammersmith, for @ 
method of rowing or propelling vessels. 
— H. W. Vanderdeft, London, for a 
method of purifying and refining whale and 
seal oil. 
— A. Hill, Glamorgan, for improve- 
ments in melting and working iron. 
— W. Jonson, Essex, for an improved 
process of making salt. 
— W. Doncaster, London, for improve- 
ments in navigating vessels—a hydrostator, 
or mill—accelerating the motion of car- 
riages, and a dining table. 
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 
—— 
PETER MOORE, ESQ. 
Peter Moore, Esq., late M.P. for the city 
of Coventry, was the son of a respectable 
clergyman. He was born about the year 
1749. Early in life, he went out to India, 
as a writer in the service of the East India 
Company. In that service, he realized an 
ample fortune. His residence in India was 
during the administration of Governor 
Hastings ; and, upon his return to England, 
he is said to have furnished Burke and She- 
ridan with important facts and documents 
for the memorable impeachment, and long- 
protracted prosecution—a trial of seven 
years’ duration—of that gentleman. This 
circumstance naturally connected him with 
the Whig opposition; a party to which, 
during the remainder of his life, he seems to 
have adhered; many, however, in later 
years, regarding him rather as a radical 
than as a Whig. 
Soon after his return from the east, Mr. 
Moore stood candidate with the late Sir 
Philip Francis, for the borough of Tewkes- 
bury. On that occasion, they tendered the 
votes of the housekeepers ; but the House of 
Commons resolved, that the freemen and 
freeholders, only, had a right to vote; and, 
consequently, these gentlemen lost their 
election 
In 1802, Mr. Moore offered himself for 
Coventry, in conjunction with Mr. Wilber- 
force Bird ; but neither he nor his colleague 
was returned. One of the successful candi- 
dates, however, was afterwards unseated by 
the House. In Mr. Moore’s next attempt 
at Coventry, fortune proved more favour- 
able: he carried his election in favour of 
what was termed the “ freedom and inde- 
pendence”’ of that city, at an expense of 
£25,000. He was re-elected for subsequent 
parliaments, at comparatively little cost ; 
and, for twenty-five years, he was the po- 
pular representative of the freemen of Co- 
ventry. At the last general election, he was, 
much to his chagrin, thrown out. The 
majority of the electors of Coventry are 
operative silk-weavers ; and they are said to 
have suspected that, in a contest for high 
wages, their two old members—Mr. Moore 
and Mr. Ellice—had favoured the master 
weavers. The rival party availed them- 
selves of this impression ; and, by dint of 
the usual electioneering mancuvres, they 
carried the day in favour of the Tory candi- 
dates. 
Throughout his parliamentary career, Mr. 
Moore was a constant and ready speaker in 
the House of Commons. In getting a bill 
through the House, he was considered to be 
one of the most adroit and successful men 
ve known. He was at all times, as already 
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