Percival Moses Parsons, of Stamford-street, London, civil engi neer, for certain improvements in steam-engines and boilers, and in motive machinery connected therewith.-Sealed 31st May.

Alfred Brewer, of Surrey-place, Old Kent-road, London, wireworker and felt manufacturer, for improvements in machinery for manufacturing paper,-being a foreign communication.— Sealed 1st June.

Charles Clark, of No. 1, Great Winchester-street, London, merchant, for an improved pyro-hydro-pneumatic apparatus, or means of generating, purifying, and condensing steam and other vapours, and of extracting from vegetable substances the soluble portions thereof; as also the application of parts of the said apparatus to other heating, evaporating, and distilling purposes.-Sealed 3rd June.

John Tappan, of Fitzroy-square, London, for certain improvements in machinery for preparing and spinning hemp and such other fibrous materials as the same is applicable to,-being a foreign communication.-Sealed 5th June.

Joseph Beaman, of Smethwick, iron-master, for improvements in the manufacture of malleable iron.-Sealed 7th June. James Boydell, Jun., of Oak Farm Iron Works, near Dudley, iron-master, for improvements in manufacturing bars of iron with other metals.-Sealed 7th June.

Robert Alexander Kennedy, of Manchester, cotton-spinner, for for certain improvements in machinery for grinding or sharpening cards used in carding cotton or other fibrous material.Sealed 7th June.

John Martyn Roberts, of Bryny Caeran, Carmarthenshire, for certain improvements in machinery for preparing, spinning, and winding wool, cotton, flax, silk, or any other fibrous bodies.Sealed 8th June.

Charles Hancock, of Grosvenor-place, London, artist, for certain improvements in printing cotton, silk, woollen, and other fabrics. -Sealed 13th June.

George Robins Booth, of Hanley, mauufacturer and chemist, for a certain improved mode of applying heat, from various combustibles, to manufacturing and other useful purposes.-Sealed 15th June.

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New Patents

SEALED IN ENGLAND.

1843.

To William Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancerylane, civil engineer, for certain improvements in obtaining copper from copper ores, some part or parts of which improvements are applicable to obtaining certain other metals contained in some copper ores,-being a communication.-Sealed 30th May-6 months for inrolment.

William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancerylane, civil engineer, for improvements in the method or system of constructing boats and other vessels, which the inventor intends to denominate the "Mondotian system,"-being a communication.-Sealed 30th May-6 months for inrolment. John Tappan, of Fitzroy-square, Middlesex, Gent., for certain improvements in apparatus applicable to flues or chimnies, for the purpose of increasing the draft therein, and promoting the combustion of fuel,-being a communication.-Sealed 30th May-6 months for inrolment.

Thomas Forsyth, of Salford, Lancaster, engineer, for certain improvements in machinery for making bricks and tiles.-Sealed 1st June-6 months for inrolment.

Pierre Frederick Ingold, of Buckingham-place, Hanover-square, watch-maker, for improvements in machinery for making parts of watches, and other time-keepers.-Sealed 1st June-6 months for inrolment.

William Henry Fox Talbot, of Lacock Abbey, Wilts, Esq., for improvements in photography.-Sealed 1st June-6 months for inrolment.

Martyn John Roberts, of Carmarthen, Esq., for certain improvements in machinery for preparing, spinning, and winding wool, cotton, flax, silk, or any other fibrous bodies,-Sealed 1st June-6 months for inrolment.

Fennell Allman, of Salisbury-street, Strand, surveyor, for certain improvements in apparatus for the production and diffusion of light.-Sealed 3rd June-6 months for inrolment.

Junius Smith, of Fen-court, Fenchurch-street, Gent., for improvements in machinery for sawing wood.-Sealed 3rd June -6 months for inrolment.

William Brown, of Glasgow, merchant, for improvements in the manufacture of porcelain, china, pottery, and earthenware, and which improvements are also, in part, applicable to the manufacture of paper, and to the preparation of certain pigments or painters' colors.-Sealed 3rd June-6 months for inrolment. Richard Farmer, upholder and cabinet-maker, and Joseph Pitt, plumbers' brass-founder, both of Birmingham, for certain improvements applicable to fixed and portable water-closets, and beds or bedsteads, a part or parts of which improvements are also applicable to raising and forcing water.-Sealed 6th June -6 months for inrolment.

Robert Smart, of the Commercial-road, Bristol, ship-owner, for improvements in paddle-wheels.-Sealed 8th June-6 months for inrolment.

John Burns Smith, of Salford, cotton spinner, for certain improvements in machinery for preparing, carding, roving, and spinning cotton and other fibrous substances.-Sealed 8th June-6 months for inrolment.

Carteret Priaulx Dobree, of Putney, Surrey, civil engineer, for certain improvements in the manufacture of fuel.-Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrolment.

Henry Page, of Cambridge, painter, for certain improvements in the mode of painting, graining, or decorating with oil and other colors.-Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrolment.

Henry Austin, of Hatton Garden, civil engineer, for a new method of glueing or cementing certain materials for building, and other purposes.-Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrol

ment.

Edward Joseph François Duclos de Boussois, of Clyne Wood

Works, near Swansea, engineer, for improvements in the manufacture of lead, tin, tungsten, copper, and zinc, from ores and slags, and other products, and in the manufacture of their alloys with other metals.-Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrolment.

Ernest Lentz, of Eastcheap, Gent., for improvements in machinery for raising and forcing water, and other fluids, which machinery,

when worked by steam or water, may be employed for driving machinery, being a communication.-Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrolment.

Alfred Francis, of Vauxhall, Roman cement manufacturer, and Isaac Funge, workman, in the employ of the said Alfred Francis, for improvements in the manufacture of ornamental tiles.— Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrolment.

Samuel John Knight, of Water-side Iron-works, Maidstone, founder, for improvements in kilns or apparatus for drying hops, malt, and other substances.-Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrolment.

Thomas Wells Ingram, of Birmingham, Warwick, engineer, for improvements in pressing and embossing wood, and other materials, in order to apply the same to various useful purposes. -Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrolment.

Samuel Sparkes, of Wellington, Somerset, foreman and superintendent of a woollen manufactory, for certain improvements in machinery for carding wool, cotton, and other fibrous materials. -Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrolment.

John Tappan, of Fitzroy-square, Gent., for certain improvements in apparatus for grinding and polishing cutlery, and other articles, whereby the deleterious effects on the lungs and health of the workmen, produced by the dust and metallic particles arising from the said operations, are entirely, or to a great extent, obviated,—being a communication.-Sealed 10th June6 months for inrolment.

William Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery-lane, civil engineer, for certain improvements in the preparation of paper, designed for bank notes, government documents, bills, cheques, deeds, and other purposes, wherein protection and safety from forgeries or counterfeits are required,-being a communication.-Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrolment. William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancerylane, civil engineer, for the novel application of certain volatile liquids, for the production of light, and improvements in the lamps and burners to be employed for the combustion of such or other volatile liquids,-being a communication.-Sealed 10th June-6 months for inrolment.

John Galley Hartley, of Narrow-street, Limehouse, Middlesex, mast and block maker, for certain improvements in paving and

covering streets, roads, or other ways.-Sealed 13th June-6 months for inrolment.

Frederick William Eggleston, of Derby, confectioner, for certain improvements in the combustion of fuel and consumption of smoke.-Sealed 15th June-6 months for inrolment.

Henry Bessemer, of Baxter House, St. Pancras, engineer, for certain improvements in the manufacture of bronze and other metallic powders.-Sealed 15th June-6 months for inrolment. Prosper Antoine Payerne, of Paris, now residing in Tredeagersquare, Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, for certain improvements in keeping the air in mines and other confined places, in a pure and respirable state.-Sealed 15th June-6 months for inrolment.

Thomas Johnson Irvine, of Peckham, Lieutenant in Her Majesty's Navy, for certain improvements in packing cases, boxes, trunks, portmanteaus, and other articles for containing goods, which improvements may, under certain circumstances, be applicable to the preservation of life.-Sealed 15th June-6 months for inrolment.

Thomas Mitchell, of Dalton, York, dyer, for a certain machine and apparatus for increasing and permanently fastening the face or gloss of all kinds of woollen, worsted, and fancy cloths, by the application of steam alone, without immersing the goods in water.-Sealed 15th June-2 months for inrolment. Thomas Richard Guppy, of the Great Western Iron Ship Building and Steam Engine Works, Bristol, civil engineer, for certain improvements in the building of metal ships and other vessels. -Sealed 15th June-6 months for inrolment.

George Edmund Donisthorpe, of Bradford, York, top manufacturer, for improvements in combing wool and other fibrous substances.-Sealed 15th June-6 months for inrolment. John Oliver York, of Upper Coleshill-street, Westminster, engineer, and William Johnson, of Horseley Iron Works, Staffordshire, iron-master, for improvements in paving or covering roads, streets, and other ways or surfaces.-Sealed 15th June -6 months for inrolment.

Samuel Mason, of Northampton, merchant, and Caleb Bedells, of Leicester, manufacturer, for improvements in the manufacture of boots, shoes, slippers, overalls, and clogs, and in improvements in machinery or apparatus used in such manufacture,