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was ripe. The second crops of grass were good and plentiful, but 

 they were very generally spoiled by the continual rains. 



October was tolerably fine, with frequent light showers of rain and 

 hail, accompanied with heavy gales of wind. Ice and snow ap- 

 peared on the ground on the 8th in several parts of Hampshire, — 

 a very early beginning of wintry weather. 



November was rather dry and fine, and alternately mild and cold, 

 with great changes in the temperature of the atmosphere, and blus- 

 terous winds towards the end. In the night of the 23rd, and on the 

 24th, three inches in depth of snow fell here, which was unusually 

 early for so great a quantity. 



December was rather dry, cold and cloudy, except a f^w days ; 

 the piercing N.E. winds closed the year by an induction of hard 

 frosts, and thus gave an early advantage to skaters and sliders to 

 pursue a pleasant exercise on the ice-bound marshes, moats and 

 ponds. 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



To F. Westby, Leicester, cutler, for his improved apparatus for the 

 purpose of whetting or sharpening razors, penknives, or other cutting 

 instruments. — Dated the 26th of November 1829. — 2 months allowed 

 to enrol specification. 



'l"o J. Marshall, Southampton-street, Strand, Middlesex, tea-dealer, 

 for his method of preparing or making an extract from cocoa, which 

 he denominates, Marshall's Extract of Cocoa. — 10th of December. — 

 2 months. 



To B. Goulson, Pendleton, Lancashire, surgeon, for his improve- 

 ments in the manufacturing of farina and sugar from vegetable pro- 

 ductions. — 14th of December. — G months. 



To C. Derosne, Leicester-square, Middlesex, gentleman, for cer- 

 tain improvements, communicated from abroad, in extracting sugar 

 or syrups from cane-juice and other substances containing sugar, and 

 in refining sugar and syrups. — 14th of December. — 2 months. 



To W. Hale, Colcliester, Essex, mechanist, for his method of rais- 

 ing or forcing water for propelling vessels. — 12th of January 1830.-— 

 C months. 



To J. Carpenter, Willenhall,Wolverhampton, Stafford, and J.Young, 

 Wolverhampton, locksmiths, for their improvements on locks and 

 other securities applicable to doors and other purposes. — 18th of 

 January. — 6 months. 



To W. Parr, Union-place, City-road, Middlesex, gentleman, for his 

 method of producing a recijirocuting action to be applied to the work- 

 ing of pumps, mangles, and all other machinery to whicli reciproca- 

 ting action is required or may be applied. — IBlh of January. — 

 4 months. 



To E. Dakeyne, and J. Dakeyne, Darley Dale, Derby, mer- 

 chants, for their machine or hydraulic engine for applying the power 

 or pressure of water, steam, and other elastic fluids to the purpose of 

 working machinery and other uses requiring power, and applicable to 

 thcit of raising or forcing of fluids. — 21st of January — G months. 



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