370 The New Patents, Mr. 
S° The Battle of the Nile.” The words confift- 
ing of the celebrated lines dchvered before their 
Majefies, at Weymouth. Compefed by an 
Amateur. Is. Rolfe. 
Thefe well-written lines, though not 
accompanied with mufic {fo perfectiy me- 
lodious, as they are eafy and elegant, are 
yet given with much propriety and force of 
effect. The paflages are natural, have a 
clofe communication, and form an air 
charasteriftic of the fubject. ; 
The Weftminfter Volurteers’ March, as performed 
by theirs and the Duke of Yorks band, com- 
- pofed by T. Effex. © is. : 
Longman and Clementi. 
We find fome novelty and a refpectable 
degree of martial boldne{S in this piece. 
Wedgwoed’s Matinfatory. ~ [Now 
The parts are put together, with an ad- 
drefs which belpeaks a thorough know- 
ledge of the military band, and the ar- 
rangement tor the piano-forte is well ma- 
naged. 
Sawney Bean's Song, fung by Mr. Helme, n- 
Harleguin Highlander, or Sawney Beans Cave, 
compojed by J. Sanderfon. 145. Rilzy. 
Sawney Bean's fons, is very properly 
compofed in the Scotch ftyle. ‘The na- 
ticnal characteriftics of the melody are 
particularly ftriking and happy. Mr. 
Sanderion has been fo attentive to the ca- 
ledonian fcale, as to tranferefS it but 
in very few inftances; and the general 
efrect is confequently that of genwiite 
{coten. 
.o 
Ds eee 
Tue NEW PATENTS Aately exroiled. 
Mr. GRENSELL’s FOR A METHOD OF 
" . MANUFACTURING COPPER, &c. 
N Oétober 1798, a patent was granted 
to J. GRENSELL, of Dulwich, mer- 
chant, for an improvement in the method 
of manufaGuring Copper and Tinned 
ware. 8 
This improvement coniifts in werking 
feveral tilt or trip hammers of different 
fizes on the fame fhaft, fe asto be able 
to make veffels of every fize by the fame 
apparatus. In very large Coppers where 
a rong lateral working hammer is re- 
quired, Mr. G. makes ule of a frame, 
on rollers, for the convenience of moving 
4t about, compofed of two uprights and 
acrofs plank, to which is fuipended zz 
equilibria, 2 bar of iron or of wood fhed 
with fteel. This engine, fimilar toj the 
battering-ram of the ancients, 1s worked 
in the fame manner, and is doubtlefs an 
infirument of great power; we queftion 
however whether this new application of 
zn old and well known machine ts capable 
ef being legally appropriated by a pa- 
tentecs ae? aes 
Mr. Bosquet’s For a METHOD OF 
PRESERVING SHIPS, &c. 
In June laf, 2 patent was granted to 
#LBRAHAM BosQuer, of Lambeth, Sur- 
ry, Efq. for a method, by the application 
af which, his majefty’s navy and all trad- 
ing vefiels may derive durability found- 
nefs, ftaunchnefs, and many other adyan- 
tages. 
The immenfe ravages committed by 
rats on board of fhips, among the provi- 
fions and cargo, have long bee a fubject 
of vain-regret by merchants and com- 
manders ; for as thefe deftrudtive -animals 
havea fafe retreat between the planking 
and lining of the fhip, it is wholly im- 
poflible to get rid of thems It has alto 
been equally impoflible, by the moft accu- 
rate caulking, to preferve a veflel free 
from bilge-water, which not only, by its 
putrid vapours, contributes effentially to 
the unhealthinefs of a fhip, but rots the 
wood and iron work in a very confiderable 
degree. Thefe inconveniences Mr. B. 
propofes to remedy by. filling up the fpace 
between the planking and lining with 
pitch tempered fo as te be more tenacious 
and durable, by a fimall mixsure of tar, 
glue, bees-wax and tragacanth: this is 
to be poured in hot, mixed with cork- 
cuttings, bulrufiies, old junk, and other 
licht materials, im order to leffen the re- 
quifite quantity of pitch: both ‘the rats 
and the water will thus be effectually 
ftopped out ; even the flarting of a plank 
will not be attended with fuch a certainty 
of deftru€tion as at prefent,. and the 
weight of the pitch will operate as fe 
much ballaft, with the advantage of oc- 
cupying as nearly as pofible the centre 
of motion. 


ERRATUM:-—In 2 few only of the prefent number, page 337, line 39, for makes the: 
Glk Rick, read does not make the filk ftick. 
" We are concerned to find, that through inadvertence, a claufe has been admitte 
ed in the 
Ya Magazine, in an account of French Manufactures, implying ‘* that the manutacture of 
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the late Mr. Wedgwood is'on the decline.” On the contrary, @e are affixed from vide ubted 
authority, that it was never in a more profpereus Hate. 
