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niclies, whicli have a very strikinpr efl'ect, the metal work beins so contrived 

 .-IS to have the nppearanc'e of one sheet ot glass. The whole of the subjects 

 have been Rut U(iin amasterly style, are beautifully ilraati and coloured, and 

 reflect much credit upon Mr.' Holder, the arlist, of Gray's-inn Road. We 

 understand that llie subjects were seleetid by the excellent taste and judg- 

 ment of the rt-ctor. the Rev. Mr, Birch, and at whose sole expense the 

 whole ha« been compUted. 



Marulchojie Pmiiif Asioeialion. — This Association for the imiTove- 

 ment of Street Pavlny; is one highly wortliy of the consideration of the 

 professions, and of the support of those interested in the parish of Maryle- 

 oone. We shall enter upon the subject of wood paving next month. 



Conservative Club.— We understand that the designs for the new building 

 are entrusted to Mr. Sydney Smirke. and Mr. Basevi, who are appointed 

 conjointly architects for carrying out the design, which it is reported will be 

 upon a mat;nificent scale. 



St. Jiisten Cornwall.— An Act of Parliament has been obtained for the 

 purpose ot effecting considerable improvement in this torn, and the Com- 

 missioners have decided upon erecting a new town hall and market. Designs 

 for which were submitted in competition, and that by Messrs. Eales and Cope 

 of Blcomsbury Square. London, has been selected by them for e.iecution. 

 The fafade is in the Italian style to be executed in granite. The cost £5000. 



Standing Orders.— \n tlie House of Commons on Thursday, 23d ult., Mr. 

 Wilson Paf.en brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, 

 namely. " That so much of the Standing Orders of ihis House as obliges 

 promoters of Railway Bills to give their notices, and to deposit their plans 

 and .sections In the months of tehruary and March, instead of the months of 

 October and November, be repealed." The motion was carried without the 

 sligh'est opposition. 



Tlii lioyiil Tar. Peninsular steamer, having undergone a thorough repair in 

 London by Messrs. Miller. Ravenhill. and Co.. who have put in new boilers, 

 thereby etfi cling a « onderful reduction in the consumption of fuel.went down 

 to Southampton, and made an experimental trip, tin ier ihe inspection of Mr. 

 Lsmb, the government engineer. She is now on duty wiih the Peninsular 

 inails. 



LIST or NEW PATENTS. 



GB.\NTED IN ENGLAND FROM 28tH MaY TO 23rD JuNE, 1842, 



Sit Months alloioedfor Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed. 



William Yodng, of Queen-street, lamp-maker, for " improvements in 

 lamps and candlesticks." Sealed May 28. 



Philip Jacob Kayser, of Oracechurch-street, manufacturer, for " im- 

 provemcnfs in the construction of lamps." May 3L 



Henry Phillips, of Exeter, chemist, for " improvements in purifying gas 

 for the purposes of light." May .'U. 



Richard Watson, Jun., of Cloth-fair, gas fitter, for " improvements in 

 draining Imid embankments, and cutting of railways and other engineering 

 works." May 31. 



Henry Wilkinson, of Pall Mall, gun-maker, for " im;)rot;cmert<« in un- 

 loading shipping, especially those vessels called colliers." May 31. 



Locis Nicholas de Meckenheim, of Vienna, but now of London, en- 

 gineer, for " improvements in the manufacture of iron." May 31. 



Henry Beaumont Leeson, of Greenwich, doctor of medicine, for " im- 

 protements in the art of depositing and manufacturing metals and metal 

 articles by electro-galvanic agency, and in the apparatus connected therewith." 

 June 1, 



William Henry Kempton, of South-street, Pentonville, gentleman, for 

 ** improvements in the manvfaciiire of candles." June 1. 



James Reed, of Bishop's Stortford, statuary and mason, for " improve- 

 ments in tiles, stating, and the construction of water-tight joints, and in the 

 covering and'easing of buildings and other erections." — June 2. 



Henry Jubber, of Oxford, confectioner, for "improvements in kitchen 

 ranges, and apparatus for cooking." — June 2. 



Benjamin AiNGWORTH, of Birmingham, gentleman, for "improvements 

 in the manufacture of glass, for the purpose of producing glass which may 

 be v-scd for the purposes to which plate glass and window glass are usually 

 applied." — June 4. 



Edmund Tuck, o£ the Hayraarket, St. James's, Westminster, silversmith, 

 for " improvements in the covering or plating with silver various metals and 

 metallic alloys." — June 4. 



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

 corn drill, or machine for sowing all kind of seed or grain." — June 7. 



John Woodcock, of Manchester, millwright, for " improvements in the 

 construction of steam-engines." — June 7. 



James Nasmyth, of Patricroft, near Manchester, engineer, for '• certo'n 

 improvements in machinery or apparatus for forging, stamping, and cutting 

 iron and other substances." — June 9. 



Joseph Chatwin, of Birmingham, lamp-maker, for " improvements in the 

 construction of cocks." — June 9. 



John Gkorge Hughes, of No. 158, Strand, general agent, for " a new 

 application of telegraphic signals, and the mode of applying the same." — 

 June 9. 



James Anthony Emslie, of the Borough and County of Newcastle- 

 upon-Tyne, civil engineer, for " certain improvements in pumps." — June 9. 



Stephen Bencraft, of Barnstaple, gentleman, for " im/irovements in the 

 construction of saddle-trees." — June 9. • 



Arthur Howe Holdsworth, of Brook-hill, Devon, gentleman, for 

 " improvements in constructing certain parts of ships and vessels in order to 

 arrest the progress of fire, and for regulating temperature." — June 11. 



Richard Garrett, of Leiston Works, Suffolk, agricultural instrument 

 maker, for " improvements in the comtruction of horse-hoes, scarifiers, drag- 

 rakes, and drills, for cultivating land. June 13. 



Thomas Banks, of Manchester, engineer, for "improvements in the con- 

 struction of wheels and tyres of wheels, to be employed upon railways." — 

 June 13. 



MoSES PooLE, of Lincoln's-inn, gentleman, for " improvements in obtain- 

 ing the colouring matter from wool, and woollens dyed with indigo." (Being 

 a communication.) — June 13. 



William Cotton, of Leytonstone, Essex, Esquire, for " an improved 

 weighing machine." — June 13. 



Daniel Williams, of Oxford, slater,for " improvements in covering ridget 

 and hips on the roofs of buildings." — June 13. 



Isaac Moss, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk trimming manufacturer, for 

 " improvements in the manufacture of covered buttons, ornaments and fas- 

 tenim/s for wearing apparel." June 13. 



William Morrett Williams, of Bedford.place, Commercial-road, and 

 of 163, Fenchurch-street, lock manufacturer, for " improvements in the con^ 

 struction of Idtks and keys, which he proposes to call " Williams' lock and key 

 improved." — -June 13. 



Henry Hough Watson, of Bolton-le-Moors, consulting chemist, for 

 " improvements in bleaching, changing the colour of, and otherwise preparing, 

 purifying and refining tallow, and certain other organic substances, mijcturet, 

 compounds, and manufactures." — June 21. 



Joseph Bunnett, of Deptford, Kent, engineer, for "improvements in, 

 pavements, for streets, roads and other surfaces, and in machinery for pro- 

 ducing and repairing the same." — June 21. 



John Dickson, of Brook-street, Holborn, engineer, for " improvements in 

 rotary engines and boilers, in stopping railway carriages, and in machinery 

 for propelling vessels, part of which improvements are applicable to propelling 

 air and gases." — June 21. 



Frederick Gye, jun., of South Lambeth, gent., for "improvements la 

 binding pamphlets, papers and other documents." — June 21. 



Thomas Gaunt, of 10, Dalby-terrace, City Road, gent., for "improve- 

 ments in the means of applying any such power as is or may be used for pro- 

 pelling vessels or carriages to produce locomotion thereof." — June 21. 



Henry Bewley, of Dublin, licentiate apothecary and chemist, for " an 

 improved chalybeate water." — June 23. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



" Connecting Rod "—TAt question of Long and Short Connecting Rads A« 

 already occupied a considerable portion of the Journal. 



Seyton's communication will appear next mouth. 



J5 G.—If the engine of 10 tons weight be of Just sufficitnt power to draw a tram 

 of 50 Ions weight at 20 miles an hour on an eren plane, it will require e8-100(As 

 additional power to convey the said train at the same r<i(e up an hiclined plane <^ 

 \tift. in the mile, and double the power up an iiielined plane of lift, m the mile. 



•■ Beale's Rotary Engine."— A. H. V.'s remcrhs on ttds engine came too late for 

 iniertion this month; we think Ihei/ had better be deferred until we have reported 

 some farther experiments that are about to be made, which will appear m tlus next 

 month's Journal. In our account of the perjormanee of the " Anil John .Icott 

 Russell ' we omitted to notice that lite distance from London Bridge to (jreeiunich, 

 performed at the first trip in 39^ minutes was against a strong tide. 



T. p. We are compelled to defer this communication until next month. 



Books Received— Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society oj Man- 

 chester, Vol. VI.; Mr. Gtantham's work on Iron Ship Building ; and '■ On the 

 Use of Mechanical Power ;" which wilt be noticed next month. 



Books for Review must be sent early in tlie month, communications on or before 

 the 20th (if with drawings, earlier), and advertistments on or before the i5i t 

 instant. 



Vols. I, II, HI, and IV, may be had, bound in cloth, price £1 each Volume 



ERRATA. 



Strawberr,) Hilt.— la our last number, the engraving is stated to be the 

 " Ground Plan," instead of which it ought to h:.ve been the ' "'nf'Pfl 

 Floor " ; and instead of letter c in the recess, it shoidd have been r ; and the 

 opening shown as a door should have been a window ; the letter e ought to 

 have been placed opposite to the window of the room C. 



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