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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[January, 



passed from tlie scene of his earthly labours ; but he has bequeathed to all 

 who knew him the memory of a good example— he survives in the affections 

 of his friends— and the numerous splendid works he has left behind, may be 

 regarded as so many monume.its c mmemorative of his genius. 



The number of elegant or splendid structures designed by Mr. Hamilton, 

 particularly in the west of Scotland, is very great. Independently of Hamil- 

 ton Palace, the princely seat of the Duke of Hamilton, which is enough of 

 itself to stamp his reputation as a great architect, he produced the splendid 

 Royal Exchange of Glasgow j the Western Club-house ; the British Linen, 

 the Glasgow and Ship, and other magnificent banks; Toward Castle, ihe 

 seat of the late Kirkman Finlay, Esq.; Dunlop House, Ayrshire, the seat of 

 Sir John Dunlop. Bart.; the elegant structure of Lennox Castle, the resi- 

 dence of John Kincaid, Ksq. of Kincaid, so much admired by all professional 

 men: and numerous other buildings, remarkable for their taste and effect. 

 Mr. Hamilton was also a competitor for the New Houses of Parliament ; and 

 although his design was not adopted, it was so highly esteemed by the Go- 

 vernment that it was rewarded with a prize of 5002. In this competition he 

 was the only Scotch architect who was successful, although several of them 

 sent in two or three different sets of plans, while he submitted only one. In 

 July, 1840, Mr. Hamilton was entertained at a public dinner in this city, 

 when he was presented with an elegant service of plate, together with a con- 

 siderable sum of money enclosed in a gold box. a distinguishing proof of the 

 estimation in which he was held by his fellow-citizens. Mr. Hamilton is 

 succeeded in business by his son, who possesses, we believe, much of his 

 father's fine architectural taste and talents. 



NEW CHURCH, BROADWAY, WESTMINSTER. 



This church, designed by Mr. Poynter, was consecrated on 14th Decem- 

 ber, by the Bishop of London. This edifice is the first of the recent Gothic 

 churches erected in the Metropolis, which is built with stone. The exterior 

 is lace 1 wiih K ntish rag, with Ba h stone quoins, windows and dn 

 anil the whole of the arches and of the moulded and carved work within side 

 is also of Bath stone. Another peculiarity is the undisguised ad &pl 

 cast imn columns to the style of architecture, which is that of the hi 

 of the 13th century. The early tracery of the east and west windows is of a 

 highly ornamental character. The chancel is raised by six steps above the b y 

 of the church, and forms an apsis, the ceiling and walls of which are richly 

 decorated in colours. There is also some very fine stained glass, and the font 

 is one of the most elaborate specimens of carving that has of late been exe- 

 cuted. The general effect of the building, both externally and internally, 

 is strikingly ecclesiastical, and exhibit the skill of the architect in a 

 the materials to produce the greatest effect without too large an expenditure in 

 labour. As the neighbourhood in which this church is situate will 

 undergo a very beneficial alteration, in pursuance of the contemplated im- 

 provements in the property of the De I of Westminster, it has 

 been designed with 'a spire, which will place it among the most important of 

 molern ecclesiastical edifices. The proposed height is 200 feet, but it has as 

 yet advanced little beyond a fourth of that elevation for want of funds. It is 

 to be hoped that those who are disposed to encourage ecclesi .slical architec- 

 ture, will not suffer the work to languish from this cause. 



LIST OP HEW PATENTS. 



(From Messrs. Robertson's List.) 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 28, 1843. 



Six Mont/is allowed for Enrolment, unless othencise expressed. 



James Connell. of Dublin, gent., for " improvements in the manufacture of 



,.' candlewiclts." — Sealed November 24. 

 Richard Garrett, of Leiston Works, Suffolk, agricultural implement maker. 

 for " ini pro vmeiiis i'i machinery, far drilling thrashing, find cutting agricultural 

 produce." — Nov. 25. 



John Frith, of Sheffield, architect, for " improvements in the manufacture of 

 cannon.''— Nov. 25. 



William Irving, of Regent-street, Lambeth, engineer, for "improved ma- 

 chinery and apparatus for cutting and carving substances to be applied for inlaying 

 and other purpost s. — Nov. 25. 



Edward Tann the elder, Edward Tann the younger, and John Tann, of Mi- 

 nerva Terrace, Hackney-road, iron-safe manufacturers, for " improvements in 

 larks and latches, and in iron rooms, doors, safes, chests, and other repositories." 

 —Nov. 25. 



Alexander Vivian, of Gwennap, Cornwall, gent., for " an improved apparatus 

 f or dressing ores." — Nov. 25. 



Joseph Rock, jun., of Birmingham, factor, for " improvements in locks and 

 latches. — Nov, 25. 



George Edmund Donnistborpe, of Bradford, York, top manufacturer. " for 

 " improvements in combing wool and other fibrous substances." — Nov. 25. 



William John Hay. of Portsmouth, operative chemist, for " improvements in 

 producing light by percussion, for signals awl other purposes. — Nov 25. 



Thomas Drayton, of Brighton, gent." improvements in coating glass with sil- 

 ver for looking glasses, and other uses" — Nov. 25. 



John Richard Lund, of Cornhill, chronometer-maker, for " improvements in, 

 tin- construction of compensation balances of chronometers. — Nov. 25. 



James Cooper, of St. John-street, Clerkei.well, prov sion merchant, for 

 ' of peculiar construction, and on apparatus for the purpose of preserving 

 various articles of provision far the use of families. — December, 5. 



John Hicks, of Bolton-le-Moors; Lancaster, engineer, for " improvements in 

 steam-engines, and in apparatus to be connected therewith, for driving machinery, 

 part of which improvements arc applicable to forcing, lifting, ami measuring 

 water. — Drc. 5. 



Joseph Robinson, of Old Jewry, solicitor, for " improvements in the construc- 

 tion and modi of working engines by the agency of air or gases for obtaining or pro- 

 ducing motive power. (A communication. J Dec. 5. 



William Wardrope, of Welneek-street, surgeon, for " improvtmtnts in the 

 forms, or construction of hooks and cues fur fastening dresses, and for other uses." 

 'Dec. 5. 



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

 ing certain metals from ores and other compounds of these metals some part, or 

 parts of which improvements are also applicable to obtaining another product, or 

 lucts from such ores or compounds, (A commun cation). — Dec. 5. 



Lawrence Holker Potts, of Greenwich, doctor of medicine, 'or "improve- 

 in the construction of piers, embankments, breakwaters, and other similar 

 • —Dec. 5. 



.1 lin Reed Hill, of Chancery-lane, civil engineer, for " improvements in a 



i or machines, for letter-press printing. — Dec. 8. 

 William Brockedon, of Devonshire-street, (> een square, gut., for "im- 

 provements in th> Pills "'"I me, Heated lozenges, mill in preparing 

 or In a.'ing black lead — Dec. 8. 



Joseph Lamb, ol Manchester, spindle and fly manufacturer, for an - im- 



provemeo is in machinery used fa , ' -.pinning cotton, 



wool, Hat als. — Dec. 8 



John Bishop. Poland -street, Westminster, jeweller, for " improvements in 



paving roads, streets, and other places. — D«. 8. 



ipher Nickels, "f York-road, Lambeth, gent., for " improvements in 

 apparatus for facilitating the cut t ' of materials for making gloves 



-Dec. 8. 

 William Baddeley, of Lombard-street, for " i 

 (A c immunication.) — Dec. 8. 



Schottlaender, of Si. Swifh'm's-lane, merchant, for " improvements in 



. ,1 and other fabrics. — Dec. 8. 



Si i I :i f . i Birmingham, wine merchant, for "im- 

 provements in the manufacture of gl ks for ihe 



easily applied, and more effectually retained in ., where 



Hip/ids tire used : also in the manufacture ofarti h S, and .'he applica- 

 tion of the same to that P ' SO as to 

 secure the cork : Uus for extracting such corks when required to 

 d — Dec. 8. 

 Henry Vingoe.and William Henry Vingoe, of the town of Penzance, Corn- 

 provements in apparatus for planting or selling, drilling 

 or dibbling corn, grain, seed, pulse, ormanure, parts of which improvements arc 



, . , . 

 ■ -1 ne, mi ch one il draft! man, for "im- 

 provements in Ihe manufacture of cyanogen, and its compounds, particularly the 

 prussiates of potash and soda — (A ci mmunication.) — Dec. 13. 



I Ireal Russell-street, engineer, for •' improvements in ap- 



phi'iii:' heal to brine. Or 0/',. u 'I in vessels. — Dec. 13. 



Henry Purser Vaile, of Blackfriars-road, genl , for " improvements in manu- 

 ■ ■■■' I eiili oilier matters, for the covering if floors and other 

 surfaces — 1 I 



Kirby, of Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park. Esq. for " improvements in 

 materials for, and in the modes of applying coverings to coffins for the dead. 

 Dec. 13. 



William Y'oung, of Queen-street, Cheapside. lamp-maker, for ".improve- 

 ment.: in i re of lamps ami gas burners. — Dl c. 13. 

 Samuel Parlby, of Rutland Gate, Knfghtsbridge. retired major, for " tm- 



ritS in the construction of wheels far carriages. — Dec. 18. 



Benjamin Cook, jun., of Birmingham, merchant, for "improvements in 

 coating or covering the surfaces of metals if various forms, and of applying the. 

 same to a variety of useful purposes. — Dec. 18. 



Francis L'Estrange. of Dawson-street Dublin, surgeon, for " improvements 

 in hernial trusses, to prevent the descent of hernia through the internal as well as 

 the external ring— Dec. 21. 



Pierre Frederick Ingold, of Dean-street. Soho, watchmaker, for " improve- 

 ments in machinery for making purls of watches and other time keecpers, as well 

 as parts of instruments for malhemalieal . optical, astronomical, nautical and mu- 

 sical purposes — Dec. 21. 



Thomas Murray Gladstone, of New Swan Garden Iron Works, Wolver- 

 hampton, for "improvements in machines for cutting or shearing iron or other 

 metals — Dec. 28. 



Richard Archibald Brooman, of the Patent Office, 166, Fleet-street, Lon- 

 don, gent., for " improvements in figure weaving machinery." (A .communcia- 

 tioiv)— Dec. 28. 



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