Patents lately enrolled. 
1811,] 
’Twas then he chronicled each itaUions speedy 
Proclaim’d the fleetnessof the courier’’s race j 
*TwiiS then appear’d, each bold equestrian 
deed, 
And all the honours of the dashing chace. 
By toils like these, he gain’d the just ap¬ 
plause, 
Due from each lover of the course and field j 
By these he earn’d what constant labour 
draws. 
That golden harvesty industry must yield. 
Yet, ah ! stern fate, he own’d thy sovereign 
pow’r, 
God’s will omnipotent, must still be done 5 
His course was stopp’d, in one eventful hour, 
’Ere yet the race of life was fairly run. 
Chill’d is that ardor nothing cou’d eclipse, 
Numb’d are those energies his bosom 
knew ; 
Mute are the themes, that erst escap’d his lips j 
The praise of friendship and affection true. 
H9 
Yet, tho’ subdu’d by Death’s resistless dart. 
His bov’ring spirit ne’er shall prove su¬ 
pine y , 
Redoubl’d ardor, shall each page unpart, 
And ftll his telentSy thro’ the Herald 
shimt 
Then patron of the turf, a long farewell; 
For thee, the sportman vents the manly 
sigh: 
Long shall each friendly tongue thy firmness 
tell; 
And tears ensteep thy babe’s and widow’s 
eye. 
So moans the bard, who knew thy sterling 
worth, 
And offers at thy tomb his willing lays; 
Receive the tribute of a child of earth, 
Who bound with cypress, chants thy latest 
praise. 
PATENTS LATELY ENROLLED. 
Communications of Specifications and Accounts of 'New Patents, are earnestly 
solicited, and will always command early Notice, 
MR. GEORGE LOWERS, (CHEAPSIDE,) for 
British Shirting Cloth. 
HIS invention ou^ht to have been 
noticed at an earlier period, but it 
escaped our attention when it was first 
announced to the public. It is well 
known that many hf our countrymen, 
and still more among tlie female sex, 
resort to calico, in preference to the Irisii 
linen, which has long been almost gene¬ 
rally used in the manufacture of the 
under garments. The objections to ca¬ 
lico are, that its texture is not sufficiently 
durable, and tliat its colour will not re¬ 
main tolerably good even while it lasts. 
Mr. Lowe, it should seem, has taken ad¬ 
vantage of the experiments of the illus¬ 
trious Fourcroy, and has produced a 
fabric, which he calls “ British shirting 
cloth,” made from a mixture of cotton 
and flax, which is said, by those who 
have given it ample trial, to be equaHy 
strong with the Irish linen, and to wash 
as well as that substanee. It answers 
likewise the purpose of calico, being, like 
that, a bad conductor of beat, and of 
course not subjecting the wearer to those 
changes in temperature which are expe¬ 
rienced from the Irish linen, by the in¬ 
valid, and those subject to perspiration 
in the common business of life. This 
article is manufactured for the patentee, 
by the Strutts, of Derby, who employ a 
Vast number of hands in the work. The 
British shirting, compared with Irish, 
with respect to the fineness of its texture, 
and its durability, is said to be but little 
more than half as expensive as that linen. 
MR. EGERTON SMITu’s, (lIVERPOOL,)/ or 
a Patent Binnacle and Compass. 
The chief otject of this invention is, 
that the same compass by which the 
helmsman is steering on deck, is at the 
same time visible below in the cabin, 
&c. thereby enabling the captain to have 
a constant check upon the steersman, 
a circumstance which, on most occasions, 
must be of great importance to the in¬ 
terests of the navy, in every vessel of 
which a correct log-book should always 
be accessible. This object is effected 
principally by the form of the glass used. 
The lamp. Or candle, which lights tiie 
binnacle, is placed in the cabin, of 
course the expence of one light is saved, 
and all the inconveniences of blowing out 
in a squally night, and likewise the trou¬ 
ble of trimming the lamp, are avoided. 
Though the light is exceedingly vivid, 
yet the binnacle shows no light over¬ 
board, so that the vessel cannot be traced 
by it in tlie night. The binnacle is so 
constructed, that neittier ram, nor snow, 
nor the spray of the sea, can enter itj and 
the compass is so formed, chat the card 
cannot 
