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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



save fuel, give a more general boat, 

 and prevent chimnies from smoak- 

 ing. Dated December 4, 1804. 



Mathew Gregson, of Liverpool, 

 upholder ; for a method of cleaning 

 feathers for beds, and hair, wool, 

 down, and other the natural corer- 

 ing of birds and animals, from their 

 animal oil, in the most perfedl man- 

 ner, and in such a way as to render 

 them more healthful, sweet, and 

 pleasant for use. Dated December 

 4, 1804. 



Stej:hen Pasquier, of Wilderncss- 

 row, Charter-house-squarc, in the 

 county of IMiddlesex, professor of 

 languages; for his new-invented 

 manufacture, system, or method of 

 writing, printing, engraving, draw- 

 ins, painting, stamping, working 

 •und using certain chara6lers, figures, 

 instruments, and machines, for fa- 

 cilitating correspondence and other 

 Jiterarv operations. Dated Decem- 

 ber l<j, 1804. 



William Everhard, baron von 

 Doorncck, of Wells-sfi-eet, in the 

 county of IMiddlesex, for certain 

 compositions formed by uniting an 

 absorbent or detergent earth with 

 other ingredients, so as to render 

 the same more eifeClual in washing 

 or scouring, and for various pur- 

 poses to Avhich soaps or detergent 

 earths are now applied. Dated De- 

 cember 19, 1S04. 



Joseph William Mayer, of Soho- 

 squarc, in the county of Middlesex, 

 esq. ; for improvements upon bits 

 of bridles. Dated December 19, 

 1804. 



Samuel Guppy, of the city of 

 Bristol, merchant; for additions to 

 and improvements on machines for 

 cutting, heading, and linishing naiis, 

 and the mode of Morking thereof. 

 Dated December 19, 1804. 



On the best Method of providing for 

 Cottagers and Mechanics. From 

 Archdeacon Plymlcjj's Agriculturai 

 Swvey of Shropshire. 



Cottages, or houses for labou- 

 rers and mechanics, have been inci- 

 dentally mentioned in the last chap- 

 ter. In addition to Avhat has been 

 there said, I would premise, as I did 

 with regard to farm-houses, and as 

 I would upon any other subject of 

 civil polity or domestic economy, 

 that general rules are to be cau- 

 tiously received and sparingly fol- 

 lowed; that local situation may 

 make this or that plan the best. 

 For instance, many old houses, es- 

 pecially if framed together with tim- 

 b(fr, are worth repairing, though, 

 tiicir outward appearance may be- 

 speak a great degree of wretched- 

 ness or decay ; for they can gene- 

 rally be made more comfortable 

 than a new house, and at less ex- 

 pense. I am much more anxious, 

 that houses of the description we 

 are speaking of, should be kept in 

 clean and good repair, than to pre- 

 scribe any particular form. I would 

 only suggest the impropriety of 

 making them, or indeed any other 

 objedt, bear an outward appear- 

 ance intended to contradi6l their in^ 

 ward use — all castellated or gothic- 

 ised cottages, all church-like barns, 

 or fort-like pig-styes, I should con- 

 ceive to be objeftionablc. They 

 are intended to deceive, and they 

 tell yon that they are intended ta 

 deceive. It is not pleasant to en- 

 courage any thing like deceit; but 

 in these instances imposition cfl"e6ted 

 is rarely gained; it amounts only to 

 imposition attempted ; or could the 

 deceit sacceed, it would only pre- 

 sent a prospcc-l with fewer proprie- 

 ties 



