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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



[April, 



MISCELLAXEA. 



Improvements is Liverpool.- Most of our readers are aware of the con- 

 templated alterations in the vicinity known for many years as the New 

 Haymarket. which, being now numbered amongst the things that were, the 

 surrounding straggling houses, timber-yards. &c. are gradually disap- 

 pearing ami giving place to magnificent edifices, which will impress upon 

 strangers entering the town some idea of its immense wealth, extent, and 

 importance. The facade erected at the terminus of the Liverpool and Man- 

 chester and Grand Junction Railways, was the first great step towards for- 

 warding this desideratum. The well known skill of Mr. Elmes, of London, 

 having been called into requisition, (whose designs have met with universal 

 approval) we may with becoming pride and pleasure look forward to the 

 completion of the Assize Courts and St. George's Hall within the time stipu- 

 late). From the top of St. John's-lane, extending along the west side of 

 Lime-street to Ranelagh-street, a distance of between four hundred and five 

 hundred yards, the entire range of houses, sheds. &c, are to be pulled down, 

 the space widened, and buildings of suitable magnitude erected, which, when 

 accomplished, we may with some degree of pride point to this locality as the 

 centre of attraction in the good old town. Amongst the improvements above 

 alluded to. we have been favoured with an inspection of the plans and eleva- 

 tions for an extensive and first-rate hotel, in the plain Italian style of archi- 

 tecture, which will be situated at the corner of St. John's-lane and Roe- 

 street, the entrance facing the colonnade of the Assize Cous's ; and certainly 

 a more desirable situation could not have been selected. The arrangements 

 are to be on the mo t approved modern scale, and a handsome structure, we 

 have no doubt, will be erected. — Liverpool Mini. 



Livekfool. — The works at the intended Albert Dock and warehouse, on 

 the west side of the Salthouse Dock, are rapidly advancing. Tin- operation 

 of piling is at present the principal occupation, and for this purpose several 

 steam-engines have been erected on the ground. Excavation is also going 

 on in the centre of the ground, and building in other parts. The entrance 

 into the Salthouse Dock is already formed, and the piling for the sea-wall 

 is advancing. Several hundreds of men are employed on the works, and all 

 seems to go on with great order, expedition, and precision. 



The Royal Exchange.— Great progress is now making in placing the 

 sculptured coping above the columns, as well as over the other parts of the 

 building. The transition is more striking i n account of the elaborate work- 

 manship being all performed ere the stone is raised, and but a short time is 

 now required with the improved machinery at command to fix it at once in 

 its position. 



The Art's — A canal is in the course of formation for the purpose of irri- 

 gating the plains of Provence, in the summer months, with the waters which 

 pour down from the Alps. Eight hundred labourers are at work on the 

 canal, on which 1,200.000 francs have already been expended. 



Claughton and Birkenhead Waterworks. — The spirited company con- 

 nected with this enterprise, which will confer the most invaluable boon on 

 the inhabitants of Birkenhead, having, after immense labour, found abun- 

 dance of water, the first stone of the works about to be erected was laid by 

 Fohn Jackson, Esq., on Tuesday, 14th March. Hie engine, which is thirty- 

 horse power, is now in course of completion by Me srs 'ones and Potts, of 

 Neston. The buildings are to be erected by Messrs. Walker and Craven. 



Grand Railway Junction. — A contract for forming the junction between 

 the Manchester and Liverpool and the Manchester and Leeds Railways, at 

 Hunt's Eank. has just been made between Mr. Paulina, of Manchester, and 

 the former body. It will be carried on arches some 18 or 20 feet above the 

 level of the streets : its route will be through Salford. Report states that 

 ■bo col tract is for something mar £70,000, and that the work is to be com- 

 pleted :i all in September next. This will unite the towns of Hull and Liver- 

 pool by one continuous railway, and prove the means of saving at least ten 

 days in the transit of goods, when contrasted with the canal conveyance. — 

 Liverpool Mail. 



M hinery for Exfortatiox. — We understand the machine-makers of 

 Lancashire and Yorkshire are busier than they have been for some years, 

 their orders being principally for the continental market ; indeed, ever since 

 the rider in council was issued permitting the free exportation of cotton ma- 

 chinery, the trade of machine-making for the use of our foreign rival man- 

 ufacturers has been more extensive than ever. 



Mechanical Improvements. — An ingenious application of the common 

 reading-desk to the purposes of newspaper reading lira been recently con- 

 trived by a Mr. Joseph Schlesinger, an engineer, at Birmingham. It con- 

 sists of a sliding stand, which supports a ligh frame rued at a convenient 

 angle, and capable of holding one or several newspapers by means of an iron 

 cramp, which is opened by a lever. This apparatus will be a perfect luxury 

 for clubs and offices. 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



(From Messrs. Robertson's List. J 



GRANTED IV ENGLAND FROM FEBRUARY 28, TO MARCH 24, 1843. 



Six Months allowed for Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed, 

 John Heathcoat, and Ambrose Brewin, of Tiverton, lace manufacturers 

 for " improvements in the manufacture of ornamented net or lace." — Sealed 

 Feb. 28. 



Gottlieb Boccius, of New-road, Shepherd's Bush, for " improved arrange- 

 ments and apparatus for the production and distribution of light." — Feb. 28. 

 George Bell, of Dublin, merchant, for "improvements in machines for 

 drying wheat, malt, corn, and seeds, and for bolting, dressing, and separating 

 flour, meat, and other Hie substances." — March 1. 



John Frearson, of Birmingham, machinist, for " improvements in fastenings 

 for wearing apparel." — March 2. 



Thomas Simpson, of Birmingham, manufacturer, for " an improvement in 

 buckles." — March 2. 



Masta Joscelin Cooke, of Gray's-inn-square, solicitor, for " improvements 

 in the manufacture of artificial fuel." — March 2. 



John Keely, the younger, of Nottingham, dyer, and Alexander AUiott, of 

 Lenton, bleacher, for " improvements in machinery or apparatus for drying 

 or freeing from liquid or moisture, woollen, cotton, silk, and different fibrous 

 materials, and other substances, and also for stretchiny certain fibrous ma~ 

 terials." (A communication.) — March 2. 



William Walker, of George-yard, Crown-street, Soho, coach-smith, for 

 " improvements in the manufacture of springs and axles for carriages." — 

 March 2. 



Charles White, of Noel-street, Islington, engineer, for " improvements in 

 machinery for raising and forcing fluids." — March 2. 



Robert Stirling Newall, of Gateshead, Durham, wire-rope manufacturer, 

 for " improvements in the manufacture of wire-ropes, and in the apparatus 

 and arrangements for the manufacture of the same." — March 7. 



William Newton, of Chancery-lane, civil engineer, for " improvements in 

 machinery or apparatus for making pins." (A communication.) — March 6. 



James Pilbrow, of Tottenham, engineer, for " improvements in the appli- 

 cation of steam, air, and other vapours and gaseous agents to the production 

 of motive power, and in the machinery and apparatus by which the same are 

 effected."— March 7. 



William Betts, of Ashford. Kent, railway contractor, and William Taylor, 

 of the same place, plumber, for " improvements in the manufacture of bricks 

 in id tiles." — March S. 



William Kenworthy, of Blackburn, Lancaster, cotton spinner, for " im- 

 provements in machinery or apparatus called ' beaming or warping machines.* " 

 March 11. 



Charles Chilton, of Gloucester-street, Curtain-road, and Frederick Braith- 

 waite, of the New-road, engineer, for " improvements in machinery for cut- 

 ting or splitting wood for fuel and other purposes." — March 16. 



Arthur Chilver Tupper, of New Burlington-street, Middlesex, gentleman, 

 for "improvements in the means of applying carpets and other covering to 

 stairs and steps, and in the construction of stairs and steps." — March 16. 



Alexander Angus Croll, superintendent of the gas-works, Brick-lane, Mid- 

 dlesex, and William Richards, of the same works, mechanical inspector, for 

 " improvements in the manufacture of gas for the purposes of illumination, 

 and in apparatus used when transmitting and measuring gas or other fluids." 

 March 16. 



Angier March Perkins, of Great Coram-street, engineer, for " improve- 

 ment* in the manufacture and melting of iron, which improvements are appli- 

 cable for evaporating fluids, and disinfecting oils." — March 16. 



John Thomas Betts, of Smithfield Bars, gentleman, for " improvements in 

 the manufacture of metal covers for bottles and certain other vessels, and in 

 the manufacture of sheet metal for such purposes." (A communication. — 

 March 16. 



Frederick Cook Matchett, of Birmingham, manufacturer, for " improvements 

 in the manufacture of hinges." — March 16. 



Martyn John Ro'jerts, of Brynycairan, Carmarthen, gentleman, for"i'»i- 

 provements in the composition of ink, blacking, and black paint." — March 16. 



James Malum, of Huntingdon, gas engineer, for " improvements in the 

 manufacture of gas retorts, and in the modes of setting gas retorts." — 

 March 16. 



William Laycock, of Liverpool, merchant, for " improvements in construct- 

 ing houses anil such like buildings." — March 16. 



Wakefield Pim, of the Borough of Kingston-upon-llull, engiueer, for 

 " certain improvements in the construction or formation of buoys or other 

 water marks." — March 18. 



Alexander Simon Wolcott, of City-terrace, City-road, machinist, and John 

 Johnson, of Manchester, in the couuty of Lancaster, machinist, for " im- 

 provements in photography, and in the application of the same to the arts" — 

 March 18. 



William Barker, of Manchester, millwright, for " improvements in the con- 

 struction of metallic pistons." — March 20, 



Solomon Rolinson, of Dudley, Worcester, roll-turner, for " improvements 

 in the manufacture of shot." — March 20. 



Joseph Needhain Taylor, of Chelsea, captain in Her Majesty's navy, and 

 William Henry Smith, of 33, Fitzroy-square, civil engineer, for " improve- 

 ments in breakivaters, beacons, and sound-alarms ; also in landing or trans- 

 mitting persons and goods over or through strata or obstructions of any 

 nature, all of which may be used either separately or in combination." — 

 March 21. 



Andrew Barclay, engineer and brass founder, Kilmarnock, Scotland, for 

 " improvements in lustres, chandeliers, pendants, and apparatus connected 

 therewith, to be used with gas, oil, and other substances, which invention is 

 also applicable to other purposes." — March 24. 



Gregory Seale Walters, of Coleman-street, merchant, for " improvements 

 in the manufacture of chlorine anil chlorides, and in obtaining the oxides and 

 peroxides of manganese in the residuary liquids of such manufacture." (A 

 communication.) — March 24. 



Alfred Hooper Nevill, of Chicester-place, Grays-iun-road, corn dealer, for 

 " improvements in preparing lentils and other matters for food." — March 24. 



