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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



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figure was deposited on a granite pedestal 19 feet in lieight, midway be- 

 tween the ^Ylute Tower and the green fronting the flight of steps leading 

 from Traitori'-gate. The figure'is about eight feet high. Ilis grace is re- 

 presented uncovered, attired in a plain military coat, with a cloak loosely 

 suspended from the shoulders by a cord and tassel. 



Rcstorath7is nt Camhriilfre.—A correspondent of the Atlmtteum sends 

 the following notes relatiiif^ to improvements now taking: phice at Ciun- 

 bridpe : — The principal interest continues to be concentrated in Jesus Col- 

 lege Chapel, Cambridge, where the work of restoration is still proceed- 

 ing,— slowly indeed, but on the whole satisfactorily. I hail hoped long 

 ere Ihis to havt* been able to announce its completion; but funds have 

 tlowed in tardily ; while ihe didiculty and expense of the work have been 

 enormously increased by the unexpected failure of the N.E. Tower Fier — 

 whicii having for the last three centuries been propped up by the masonry 

 with which Bishop Aicock filled up the ai:^!e arches (like a man who has 

 accustomed himself to the support of a stick until at last he cannot stand 

 without one\ when this was I'emoved began to show alarming symptoms 

 <if speedy downfall. At first they tried to patch up the broken pier by 

 ashlar-work (as one puis splints to a broken leg), but in vain; the super- 

 irirund>ent weight crushed the new stones as it had dime the old, and the 

 whole seemed to be coming down on the heads of the renovators, — as it 

 were to appease llie manes of liie good old IJishop. The rii^ht course now 

 would have l)een to have underpinned the tower « ith timber shores, and 

 have removed the faulty pier, rehuilding it from the foundation,- — as has 

 been accomplished so successfully at Hereford and Armagh, umier the di- 

 rection of the late Mr. Cottiugham. But more timid counsels prevailed 

 at Cambridge; and INIr. Salvin contented himself with building an internal 

 buttress, and tiliing up the lower part of the arches with a wall — thus in 

 part undoing his owe work, and altogether making rather an unsightly 

 botch. Much time and money have been consumed in these operations, 

 but meanwhile the other works have not been quite at a standstill. The 

 large naked-looking east window has been replaced by three exquisite 

 lancets, — the eastern gable has been raised to its original high pilch, — and 

 the flat plaster ceiling has made way for a lofty carved roof of limber, 

 well according with the upwaid soaring tendency of the lines of llie 

 architecture below. By the munificence of one lay member of liie college, 

 to whose exertions this work of restoration owes much, the chapel has 

 been provided with a beautiful organ, for which Mr. Pugin has ilesigned 

 a very rich case. The same architect who has succeeded Mr. Salvin in 

 the superintendence of the work, has furnished an elegant oak screen to 

 he erected at the entrance of the choir; which, together with the rich 

 stalls to be arranged on either side, are the work of Uattee, the wood 

 carver of Cambridge. Painted glass is understood to be in progress for 

 the eastern triplet; and the five lancets to the south are to be filled in a 

 style corresponding with the Five Sisters at York, by Dr. French, the 

 Master of the College. It is to be hoped the four lancets opposite will 

 not long want the same appropriate decoration. The exterior of the 

 chapel has been left untouched, with tne exception of the elevation of the 

 choir roof; which, now that it is crowned with Pugin's favourite ridge 

 ornament of metal, has a very stately appearance. So much for Jesus 

 Chapel. Of the others, Magdalene, of which 1 have already t-poken on a 

 former occasion, has bad its noble roof of carved oak, which has been 

 brought to light by the removal of a fiat plaster ceiling (as represented in 

 Le Keux's *' Memorials'*) thoroughly repaired, — and the east window, 

 which had been bincked up by a plaster altar screen, opened and restored. 

 On the removal of the screen, fragments of exquisite niches were dis- 

 covered behind it, which had been pulled down to make way for this 

 modern excrescence. One of these has been already restored in the 

 most admirable manner, and the others are in progress. The win- 

 dows are to be filled with stained t;la5S ; and new and appropriate 

 stalls and other fittings are to be erected under the active super- 

 intendence of the Dean of Windsor, the present Master of the College. 

 The Chapel of Christ's has lieen decorated with a very gorgeous east 

 window of painted glass, by the munificence of Miss Caroline IJurney, — to 

 whom the Uiiiversity is already largely indehted in other w;)ys. The window 

 is designed to he a memorial of her brother, — who was a member of the 

 college. The artist is Mr. Clutterbuek, of Stratford-le- l5ow, who has suc- 

 ceeded admirably in the difficult problem of filling a large perpendicular 

 window with an historical sulject. That subject is tlie Crucifixion — and the 

 effect is rich without conlusion. The other windows will soon be filled by 

 the members of the college. 



L.IST OP PffJS'W" PATENTS. 



GRANTEU IN KNGLAND FROM NOVEMBER 23, TO DECEMBER 21, 1848. 



Six Months allowed for Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed. 



Pierre ArmaDcI Lecomte de Fontainemoreau, of Sl(inner*s-place, Size-lane, City, for 

 certain iinprovemfiits in the process of and apparatus tor treating fatty bodies, ami in 

 the application of the products thereof to various useful purooaes. (A communicaiiun.) 

 Sealed Nov. 2-i, 



John Goueher, of Woodsetts. Yorkshire, agricultural machine maker, for u machine 

 for thrashing corn and other grain. — Nov. 'lb. 



John Lane, and John Taylor, of Liverpool, engineers, for improvements in engines, 

 boilers, and pumps in rotary carriages, in propelling vessels, in the construction of boats, 

 in extinguisbing fire, and in brewing.— Nov. 29. 



Edward Schunck. of Rochdale, Liuicashire, chemist, for improvements in the manu- 

 fr^cture of malleable iron, and in treating other products obtained in the process. — Nov- 

 2\i. 



William Rolhivell I*omax, of Banbury, Oxford, engineer, for improvements in machines 

 for cutting hay and straw into chatf, and lore utting other vegetable subslar.ces.— Nov. 29. 



Jonah Davies and George Davies, of the Albion Iron Foundry, Staffordshire, iron- 

 founders, for improvements in steam-engines. — Dec. li. ■ 



Uobei t Burn, of Kdinburgh, for an improved roller gin, used in separating the seed 

 from cotton. — Dec. 2. 



Francis Hastings Greenstreet, of Liverpool, engineer, for certain improvements in hy- 

 draulic engines, — Dec. 2. 



John Armstrong, of Edinburgh, brass-founder, for improvements in constructing 

 Water-closets. — Dec. 2. 



George Aroistrouif, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman, for certain improvements in 

 steam-eng nes. — Dec. 2. 



Fieiierick Collier Bakewell, of Hampsttad, gentleman, for improvements r c making 

 communications fmm one place to another by electricity. — Dec. 2. 



William Young, of the firm of Henry Baniierman and Son<*, of Manchester, mtfrchanl' 

 for ceriain improvements in machinery or apparatus for winding, bailing, or spooling 

 tbread. yard, or other bbrous materials. — Dec. 2. 



Nobert Nelson Collins, of Oxford-court, Cannon- street, druggist, for certain improved 

 compounds to be used for the prevention of injury to health under certain circumaiences 

 — Dec. 2. 



James Taylor, of Furnival's-inn, gentleman, for improvements in propelling ships and 

 other vessels. — Dec. 2 ; two months, 



John Henderson Porter, of Adelaide-place, f.ondon Bridge, engineer, for an improved 

 mode of applying corrugated iron in the formation of fire-proof floots, roofs, and other 

 like structures. — Dec. 2. 



John Daley, of Norihampton. iron-founder, for certain improvements in the construc- 

 tion and arrangement of stoves for cooking, and other purposes. — Dec. 2, 



Thomas Drayton, of Re? nt street, practical chemist, for iniprovements in silvering 

 glass and other surfaces. — Dec. 4. 



James Young, of -Manchester, manufacturing chemist, for improvements in the pre- 

 paration of certain mateiials used in dyeing and printing, — Dec. 9. 



John Gardner, of Wokingham, engineer, for improvements in girders for bridges and 

 other structuves. — Dec. 9. 



William Ironside Tait, of Rugby, Warwickshire, printer and bookseller, for an im- 

 proved nietliod or methods of producing outlines on paper, pasteboard, narchment, pa- 

 pier mach . and olher like fabrics. — Dec. 9. 



Andrew L;imb, of Southampton, engineer, and William AlUoft Summers, ot Millbrook, 

 Southampton. t;n{'ineer, for certam improvements in steam-engines dud steam-boilers, 

 and in certain apparatus connected there^vith. — Dec. 9. 



John TiUton, of 20, South Audiey-street, London, mechanic, for certain improvements 

 in the construction and arrangement of certain parts of buildings. — Dec. S*. 



Cbristt'pher Nickels, of Albany-road, Camberwell, gentleman, for improvements iu the 

 manufacture of gloves, and articles of dress and furniture. — Dec. I). 



Wdliain Palmer, of Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, manufacturer, for improvements in the 

 manufacture of candles. — Dec. il. 



George Lawrence Lee, of Holborn, Middlesex, lithographer, for improvements in pro- 

 ducing ornamental designs.— Dec. I>. 



Edmund Hartley, of Oldham, Lancashire, mechanic, for certain improvements in ma- 

 chineiy or appa-atus to be employed in the preparation and spinning of cotton and other 

 fibrous substances. — Dec. 11. 



Joseph Eccles, of Bloorgate Fold Rlill, near Blackburn, Lancaster, cotton spinner, and 

 James Bradshaw and William Bradshaw, of the same place, watch makers, for certain 

 improvements in, nnd applicable to looms, tor weaving various descriptions of pUiin and 

 ornamental textile fabrics. — Dec. 15. 



W'illian Wharton, siiperintenflent of the carriage department of the London and 

 North Western Railway Station, Euslon-square, fir certain improvements in the con- 

 struction of vehiil s used on railways, or on other roads and ways.— Dec. 15. 



Henry Walker, of Gresham-street, London, iieedle manufacturer, for certain improve- 

 ments in the process or processes of roanulacturir)g needles. — Dec. l'>. 



William Wihi, of Salford, Lancaster, moulder, for ce-tain improvements in rotnry 

 Steam-en>;ine5. — Dec. Hi. 



Alfred Vinient Newton, of Chancery- lane, for improvements in casting printing types 

 and othtu similar raised surtaces, and also in casting quadrats and spaces. (A conimuui- 

 cation.) — Dec. 1(5. 



William Clay, of Clifton Lodu-e. Cumberland, engineer, for certain improvements in 

 machinery for rolling iron or other metals, parts of which im[irovements are applicable 

 to other machinery in which cylindera or lolitrs are used. — Dec. IG. 



Joseph Deeley, oi Newport, Monmouth, engineer, for improvements in ovens and 

 furnaces. — Dec. Iti. 



Edward Smith, of Kentish Town, window blind manufacturer, for irnprovements iu 

 window blinds, and in springs applicahle to window blinds, doors, and other like pur- 

 poses. — Dec. 1<>, 



William Major, of Culchett, near Leigh, Lancaster, manufacturer, for improvements in 

 looms lor weaving,' certain descriptions ol cloths. — Dec. Hi. 



John Cartwright, of Sheffield. York, tool maker, for an impioved brace for the use of 

 carpenters and olKers.— Dec. Ki. 



John Clinton, of Greek-street, S'oho-square, professor of music, for improvements in 

 flutes.- Dec. l(i. 



John Travis, and John M'Innes, of Liverpool, lard refiners, for improvements in pack- 

 ing lard. — I>ec. li>. 



Wild am Cuitaiu, of Retreat-place, Ilomerton, gentleman, for certain improvements in 

 the method of manufacturing Brussels tai e.iitry, Tmkey, and velvet, or cut pile carpets 

 and velvets, silks, linen, mixed cioths, aurl rugs of all descriptions, by which method 

 less warp is required, and perfect and regular figures or patterns are produced. — 

 Dec. It;. 



Thomas Dickins, of Middlcton, Lancaster,. «*ilk manufacturer, for certain improvements 

 in machinery or apparatus for warping and beaming yarns or threads composed of silk or 

 other tilirous materials, — Dec. 21. 



William Wilkuison, ot Dudley, Worcester, manuf.icturer, for a certain improvement or 

 certain improvements in the cuustruction and manufacture of vices. — Dec. . 1. 



James Henry Staple Wilds-nith, of the City-road, London, experimental chemist, for 

 improvements in the puriliciition of naphtha {culled wood spirit and hydrated oxide of 

 Metbytel, pyruligneous acid, nnd eupion, and certain other products of the destructive 

 distill.'-.iiou of wood, peat, and certain other vegetable matters, and of acetate of lime 

 and shale, and in the purification of coal tar and mineral naphtha, likewise spirit being 

 the products of fermentation. — Dec. 21. 



Charles Augustus Hohn, of King William-street, civil engineer, for improvements iu 

 piinting. — Dec. 21. 



John Penn, Greenwich, Kent, engineer, for certain improvements in steam-engines. — 

 Dec. 21. 



Pierre Arnja d Le Couijjte de Fontainemoreau, of ^ outh-street, Finsbury, London, fur 

 certain hygienic appariuus and processes for [ reventing and curing chronical and other 

 adections, and to prevent or stup ceitain epideuiic diseases. (A couimunitaiion.J — 

 Dec. 21. 



