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Mr. Hawkesitey’s MACHINE FOR 
PRODUCING A CONTINUED SLAVER. 
On the x4th of July, letters patent 
were granted to Mr.JoHn HawKESLEY, 
of Arnold, in the county of Nottingham, 
-worfted-manufaéturer, for an improve- 
Ment in a machine for producing a con- 
tinued Ylaver, in combing wool, cotton, 
ilk, mohair, hemp, &c. &c. 
The machine to which Mr. HawkeEs- 
‘.EY’s improvement is adapted, is a 
eircular /oom, for which a patent was - 
obtained, many years ago, for heating 
the combs neceflarily employed therein. 
Mr, HAWKEsLEY. has inyented.a pot, 
which is well calculated to perform that 
‘operation with facility. 
This comb-pot is in the form of a fmall 
cafk, and jn the fides of it are fquare 
choles, placed one over the other in rows, 
all round, fufficiently large for each of 
them to admit a comb. The infide is 
filled with coals for the fire neceffary to 
heat the combs; and from the top iffues 
a {mall flue, to carry off the f{moke. The 
pot is moved round on a pivot and focket, 
which are attached to the bottom,. by 
the affiftance of a pair of handles. 
Mr. Cross’s Tan-Pirt. 
On the 6th of April, letters patent 
‘were granted to Mr. RoBERT Cross, 
-of- Quaker Brook within Houghton, coun- 
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ty of Lancatter, tanner, for the inyen- 
tion of a new pit for tanning leather. 
The round tan-pits, which are at 
prefent generally in ule, are rejected by 
Mr. Cross, in preference to thofe of 
a fquare conitruétion. ‘Lhe inner part, 
Mr. Cross direéts to be covered with 
fheet-lead, to prevent the wooze, or 
tanning material, from leaking out. 
The lead ta be covered with inch cut. 
deal, and a thick lining of coarfe woollen 
cloth, to prevent the wooze and the 
lead from coming into contact. Under 
the pit, Mr. Cross places a fire, which 
heats the fides as well as the bottom of 
the pit, and, by means of two four-inch 
diameter meta} pipes, conveys the heat 
to two other pits, placed on each fide of 
the firft. Thefe are direfted to be made 
in the fame manner, as the firft pit. The 
pipes heat the wooze fuffciently for 
tanning the fkins of which the leather 
is made. 
The wooze muft be frequently ftirred, 
to prevent a contraétion in the grain of 
the leather, from the heat of the pipes, 
By means of two valves, the heat of the 
Pipes can be ftopped at pleafure. 
Mr. Cross afferts, that by this pro- 
cefs, leather can be tanned in one-fixth of 
the ufual time, and at one-third of the 
ordinary expence. 
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REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
A Collection of favourite Songs, fung.by Mr. 
: Dignum, Mr. Denman, Mrs. Franklin, 
-Mafter Welfh, and Mrs. Mountain, at-Vaux- 
hall Gardens, compofed by Mr. Hick. 3s. 
Bland and Weiler. 
Thefe Songs, which are ballads, and 
eight in number, appcar to have been 
awritten fomewhat carelefsly. We know 
‘how highly we ought to appreciate Mr, 
Hook's abilities 1n vocal compofition, 
and have often dwelt with pleafure on 
his many .proofs of thems; we cannot, 
however, indulge ourfelves in greatly 
praifing the prefent work. The Vaux- 
hall Songs before us certainly carry with 
them evident marks of the compofer’s 
facility in this {pecies of melody; they 
are, however, too flight and unfinifhed 
to add a fingle fprig to the bays he has 
already carned. 
The firft fong of this colleétion, called 
“ The Linnet,” and fung byMaf. WeELsu, 
poffeffes fome degree of attraétion ; the 
ftyle is perfectly fimple, and in accord- | 
ance with the words. The fecond air, 
“ If a body loves a body,” fung by Mrs. | 
sFBANKLIN, 15 alfo well fuited co the 

words. but they are coarfe and commone 
place. 
The fucceeding melody to “ What can 
a lay dv?” is of a more pleafing caft, 
and expreffes the burthen of the fong to 
great advantage. ‘The -fourth, -*+ Here’s 
the pretty girl [ love,” fung by Mr. Den- 
MAN, is a fea fong, and 1s diftinguifhed 
by much juftnefs of character. ** Orvbi- 
ther can my William firay ?” fang by Mrs. 
FRANKLIN, is not without novelty : 
with the firft eight bars of the- melody 
we are agreeably ftruck ; they are pleaf- 
ing and ftrongly expreflive. The fe- 
venth, “ T'otber day as I fat in a fbady 
retreai,’ fung by Mrs. Mountain, is - 
not marked with any peculiar character. 
The eighth and laft, * Wah Mury dear I 
love to jivay,” fung by Mr. Denan, is 
an attraétive metody, and much in the 
ftyle of the author’s more original and 
more refpectable efforts, 
Three Sonatas, with favourite Alrs‘for the piano- 
forte, and Accompaniments for a violin and 
violoncello, compofed by Ada:thew Camidge. 
8s, Prefton and Son. 
Mr. CamiIpGE, in this his fifth work, 
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