products of the distillation of coal tar, --being a communication. 2403. Louis Prosper Reynaud, of Paris, for an improved buckle. 2404. John Sootheran and John Carr, both of Pickering, Yorkshire, for improvements in reaping machines. 2405. Michael Jones, of Lidlingtonplace, Camden-town, for improvements in rifles and other firearms, whereby to insure greater accuracy in the use of the sights.

2406. Henry Fley, of Cross-street, Wilderness-row, for improvements in signal lamps.

2407. James Morris, of Clapham, for improvements in holdfasts and guide pulleys for the cords of venetian blinds for windows.

The above bear date October 4th.

2408. Charles Tuckett, jun., of the British Museum, for an improved method of ornamenting book covers, which is also applicable to other purposes.

2409. Charles Callebaut, of Paris, for improvements in sewing machines. 2410. Thomas Wimpenny, of Holmfirth, Yorkshire, for a certain improvement in machinery or apparatus to be employed for spinning cotton and other fibrous substances. 2411. William MacNaught, of Manchester, for certain improvements in steam-engines.

2414. Auguste Brocchi, of Paris, for an improved waterproof cement or composition.

2415. Thomas Rickett, of Buckingham, for improvements in locomotive engines for common roads.

The above bear date October 5th. 2416. William Clegg, Thomas Wild, and James Tomlinson, all of Rochdale, for improvements in certain machines for preparing cotton and other fibrous materials. - [Dated October 6th.]

2417. Richard Medwin Hands, of Coven

try, for improvements in dressing or giving lustre to silks, ribbons, and other fabrics, also to threads and yarns.

2418. William Salter Parkes, of West Bromwich, for a new or improved washing machine.

2419. William Beare Caulfield, of Cole

Harbour, Blackwall, for slinging and raising sunken or stranded vessels. 2420. William Kennard, of Southgateterrace, New North-road, for improvements in hanging window sashes. 2421. William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery-lane, for improvements in knitting machinery, and in the mode of operating the same,-being a communication. 2422. Edward Westhead, of Manchester, for improvements in generating steam, and in apparatus connected therewith.

2423. John Platt, of Oldham, for im

provements in machinery or apparatus for forging or shaping cranks on bars of metal.

2424. Arthur Sarjeant, of Peckham, for an improvement in malt liquors. 2425. William Yates, of Bromley, for improvements in steam-boiler and other furnaces, and in apparatus connected therewith.

The above bear date October 6th.

2426. Bernhard Samuelson, of Banbury, for improvements in harvesting machines.

2427. Matthew Paris, of Hill Side, Wim2428. James Henson, of Parliamentbledon, for improvements in fire-arms. street, Westminster, for improvements in the manufacture of chains for coupling or connecting the carriages, waggons, and other vehicles on railways, applicable also to various other purposes.

2429. David Cope, of Liverpool, for improvements in drums, kegs, casks, and like packages, and in machinery or apparatus employed in the manufacture of the same.

2430. Samuel Whitaker, of Liverpool,

for improvements in the construction of fluid taps or cocks. 2431. George Hill Underwood, of Manchester, for improvements in finishing and stiffening textile fabrics. 2432. Edward Joseph Hughes, of Manchester, for improvements in the preparation of certain coloring matters, and also a process of printing and dyeing woven fabrics, yarns, and other substances,-being a communication.

2433. John Adams Knight, of Symond's Inn, for an improved lathe for ribbon looms,-being a communication.

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2434. Henry Bright, of Sandwichstreet, Burton-crescent, for an improved guard or cutwater for ships or vessels, for the purpose of lessening or preventing injurious effects resulting from collision.

2435. William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery-lane, for certain improvements in springs for railroad cars, locomotives, and carriages,-being a communication. 2436. William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery-lane, for improvements in the treatment of ores and coal,—being a communication.

2437. Louis Julien Olivier Jolly, of Paris, for improvements in the means of winding up and setting watches, -being a communication. 2438. Joseph Calkin, of Oakley-square, for an improved apparatus for protecting the upper portion of the face from the inclemency of the weather, dust, or otherwise.

2439. William Clark, of Chancery-lane, for improvements in cleaning or separating gutta-percha from extraneous matters, and in apparatus for the same,-being a communication. 2440. William Clark, of Chancery-lane,

for improvements in driving straps and belts,-being a communication. 2441. John Henry Johnson, of Lin

coln's-inn-fields, for improvements in railways or tramways, and in carriage-wheels to be used thereon,— being a communication.

2442. Edward Gardner, of Maidstone, for improvements in machinery or apparatus employed in the manufacture of paper. 2443. Walter Hood, of Glasgow, for improvements in ladies' trousers, drawers, or other under clothing.

The above bear date October 8th. 2445. Jonathan Edge, of Bolton-leMoors, for certain improvements in steam-engines.

2446. Edward Worthington, of Manchester, and Robert Mills, of Rochdale, for improvements in apparatus for preventing the retrogression of railway carriages on inclines. 2447. George Price, of Wolverhampton, for an improvement in the manufacture or construction of metallic armour for vessels of war, land defen

ces, shields for ordnance, mantellets, &c.

2448. Charles Stevens, of Welbeckstreet, for improvements in atmospheric railways,-being a communi

cation.

2449. George Price, of Wolverhampton, for an improvement in metallic targets.

2450. George Waide Reynolds and Enoch Dance, both of Birmingham, for new or improved machinery for the manufacture of baskets and wicker work. 2451. Robert Anderson, of Liverpool, for improvements in apparatus for economizing and regulating the flow and passage of fluids for flushing water-closets.

2452. George Reid, of Liverpool, for improvements in ventilating houses, buildings, ships, and structures generally; and in apparatus for ascertaining the state of the atmosphere in the said houses, buildings, ships, and

structures.

2453. Richard Hands and Richard Med

win Hands, both of Coventry, for improvements in lustering, stretching, and finishing silks, and other yarns or threads,-being a communication. 2454. James Chandler, of Creek-road, Deptford, for improvements in glass gauges for indicating the levels of liquids contained in vessels of any kind.

2455. Joseph Stockley, of Newcastleon-Tyne, for improvements in apparatus for grinding, smoothening, and polishing plate glass.

2456. Joel Haywood Tatum, of New York, U.S.A., for improvements in the manufacture of candle-wick. 2457. Gaetano Bonelli, of Milan, for improvements in electric conductors and apparatus for transmitting telegraphic despatches.

2458. Francis Danby, of Exmouth, for an improved anchor.

2459. Arthur Granger, of High Holborn, for a better and cheaper kind of embossing press, for embossing or stamping paper, linen, and other articles.

The above bear date October 9th.

2460. John Ramsbottom, of Crewe, Cheshire, for an improved mode of lubricating the pistons and valves of

steam-engines and other machines actuated by steam. 2461. Thomas Barnett, of Beverley, Yorkshire, for improvements in machinery for drying grain, roots, and seeds, and for roasting coffee, cocoa, chicory, malt, and other vegetable substances.

2462. Charles Wheatstone, of Hammersmith, for improvements in electro-magnetic telegraphs, and apparatus for transmitting signs or indications to distant places by means of electricity; and in the means of, and apparatus for, establishing electric telegraphic communication between distant places. 2463. Aaron Hobson and James Hobson, both of Wirtemberg-street, Clapham, for an atmospheric trap for the prevention of smells arising from cesspools, drains, water-closets, urinals, or any other place where smell may arise.

2464. William Clark, of Chancery-lane, for improved signalling and indicating apparatus,-being a communication. 2465. Desmond Gerald Fitz Gerald, of Cambridge-street, for improvements in breech-loading firearms.

2466. John Scott, of Sunderland, for an improvement in the manufacture of anchors, and an improved apparatus to be employed therein. 2467. Arthur Maxfield, of Nottingham, for improvements in the construction of water-closets and urinals, together with flushing apparatus connected which said flushing appatherewith; ratus is also applicable to the watering of gardens, the cleansing of windows, or for other purposes. 2468. Richard Hornsby, jun., of Grantham, Lincolnshire, for improvements in machinery used for washing, wringing, mangling, and churning. 2469. George Tomlinson Bousfield, of Loughborough Park, Brixton, for an eraser and pencil sharpener,-being a communication. 2470. George Frederick Stidolph and

John Stidolph, both of Ipswich, for improvements in organs.

2471. Timothy Whitby, of Milbankstreet, and William Dempsey, of Great George-street, both in Westminster, for improvements in apply

ing springs to railway trucks, and to railway and other carriages.

The above bear date October 10th. 2472. Charles Stevens, of Welbeckstreet, Cavendish-square, for an improved crinoline protector, or double petticoat,-being a communication. 2473. Frederick Collier Bakewell, of Haverstock-terrace, Hampstead, for improvements in furnaces,-being a communication.

2474. William Mattieu Williams, of Handsworth, Staffordshire, for an improvement or improvements in crayons, for writing, drawing, and marking.

2475. John Silvester, of West Bromwich, for a new or improved steam pressure and vacuum gauge. 2476. Thomas Wilson, of Birmingham, for improvements in paper files or holders.

2477. Jasper Smith, of Abbey-street, Bethnal-green, and Thomas Taylor, of Wellington-row, Bethnal-green, for improvements in the manufacture of chenille, and in machinery for that purpose.

2478. William Barker, of Cornbrook, for certain improvements in steamengines.

2479. Etienne Joseph Hanon, of Paris,

for improvements in the manufacture of vegetable albumině.

2481. John Coleman, jun., of Woburn, Bedfordshire, for improved apparatus for raising and stacking straw and other agricultural produce.

2482. Jasper Wheeler Rogers, of Robert's-town, Kildare, for improved means of, and apparatus for, collecting the excrement of towns and villages, and for facilitating the drainage of houses.

The above bear date October 11th.

2483. John Aaron West, of St. Helen's,

Lancashire, for improvements in treating solutions containing sulphate of soda, also metallic and other matters, and in obtaining products therefrom.

2484. Richard Archibald Brooman, of Fleet-street, for improvements in machinery for cutting and packing cigars,-being a communication. 2485. William Edward Newton, of the

Office for Patents, 66 Chancery-lane,

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December 1st, 1860.

for improvements in the manufacture of furniture nails or tacks, and other articles provided with metallic pins or points,-being a communication. 2486. William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery-lane, for an improved fastening for window shutters and blinds,-being a communication.

2487. Jasper Wheeler Rogers, of Robert's-town, Kildare, for improvements in the mode of, and apparatus for, preparing peat for fuel. 2488. Thomas Wilson, of Birmingham, for improvements in breech-loading firearms, ordnance, and projectiles. 2489. Benjamin Rhodes and George Rhodes, both of Nottingham, for improvements in machinery, and in apparatus connected therewith, for the manufacture of bituminous pipes and

other articles.

The above bear date October 12th.

2490. John Blackwood and William Blackwood, both of Craigton, Dumbartonshire, for improvements in apparatus for washing yarns or threads.

2492. John Henry Johnson, of Lincoln's-inn-fields, for improvements in the production of colors for dyeing and printing,-being a communication.

2493. George Wearing, of West Bromwich, for certain improvements in the manufacture of saucepans formed of cast-iron, and which said improvements are also applicable to the manufacture of general cast-iron hollow

ware.

2494. Samuel Reston, of Liverpool, for

an improved rotatory engine. 2495. William Clark, of Chancery-lane, for improvements in lubricating apparatus,-being a communication. 2496. Richard Archibald Brooman, of Fleet-street, for improvements in lenses,-being a communication. 2497. Martin Deavin, of Crystal-ter

race, Rotherhithe, for an improvement in gymnastic apparatuses known as see-saws, and an improved mode of working the same.

2498. Horace Welch Harding, of Regent-street, for an improved combined sandwich-case and drinking flask.

2499. John James Russell and Burdett

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Lambton Brown, both of Wednesbury, for improvements in apparatus used for supplying steam from steam boilers or generators.

2500. Thomas Carlyle Hayward, the younger, of Highbury-park North, for improved ship's signals for day and night.

2501. James Higgins and Thomas Schofield Whitworth, both of Salford, Lancashire, for improvements in machinery or apparatus for preparing, spinning, and doubling cotton and other fibrous materials.

The above bear date October 13th.

2502. Weston Grimshaw, of Lytham, Lancashire, for certain improvements in apparatus for superheating steam in locomotive steam-engines. 2503. George Davies, of Serle-street, for an improved method of, and apparatus for, refrigerating and freezing, 2504. Joseph Thomas Webster, of -being a communication. Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, for an improvement in driving the spindles of doubling frames.

2505. Cable Brennand and John Brennand, both of Manchester, for improvements in ornamenting lappets, petticoats, window curtains, blinds, and similar articles.

2506. Samuel Roberts, of Hull, for

improvements in steam-engines. 2507. Charles Stevens, of Welbecksteeet, for an improved machine for cutting out bricks and drain-pipes,— 2509. Isaac Merrit Singer, of New being a communication.

York, U.S.A., for improvements in the construction and fitting of steam vessels.

2510. Alexander McDougall, of Manchester, for improvements in materials or compositions for destroying vermin on sheep and other animals, and for protecting them therefrom. 2511. William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery-lane, for improvements in tools or machines for the manufacture of certain kinds of metallic tubes,—being a communication.

2512. Charles Burn, of Delahay-street, Westminster, for improvements in tram-rails for street railways. 2513. Charles Burn, of Delahay-street, 3 B

Westminster, for improvements in the permanent way of street railways. The above bear date October 15th. 2515, Joseph Bent, of Newhall-street, Birmingham, and Joseph Luckock, of Harborne, Staffordshire, for certain improvements in ladies' clasps, and which said improvements are also applicable for connecting or holding waistbands, belts, and other articles of dress.

2516. John Bergen, of Long-lane, West Smithfield, for improvements in chimney pots. 2517. Charles John Burnett, of Edinburgh, for improvements in breech or muzzle loading ordnance. 2518. Richard Roberts and Thomas Edward Symonds, both of Adamstreet, Adelphi, for improvements in marine steam-engines, and in machinery and apparatus connected therewith.

2519. William Edward Newton, of the

Office for Patents, 66 Chancery-lane, for improvements in constructing railways,-being a communication. 2520. John Louis Jullion, of Tynemouth, for an improvement in the manufacture of paper.

2521. John Louis Jullion, of Tynemouth, for improved machinery for making fences,-being a communication.

2522. Sidney Frankau, of Bishopsgatestreet Within, for improvements in plugs for smoking pipes.

The above bear date October 16th. 2523. Francis Xavier Kukla, of Pentonville-road, for improvements in apparatus for heating stoves by gas. 2525. William Henderson of Alderley Edge, Cheshire, and Jonathan Down, of Alderley, Cheshire, for improvements in obtaining copper, silver, tin, and several other metals, from their ores or any other natural or artificial compound containing one or more of these metals.

2526. Joseph Ridsdale, of the Minories, for improvements in apparatuses for signalling, particularly applicable to marine engine room telegraphs. 2527. James Palmer Budd, of the Ystalyfera Iron Works, Swansea, for improvements in the manufacture of terne plates.

2528. William Clarke and Samuel Butler, both of Nottingham, for improvements in the manufacture of fabrics in twist-lace machinery. 2529. William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery-lane, for an improved mode of preserving hops, and fitting them for storage and transportation,-being a communica

tion.

2530. Alfred Vincent Newton, of the

Office for Patents, 66 Chancery-lane, for improvements in lamps,-being a communication.

2531. Daniel Augustus Leyshon, of Brockmoor, Brierly-hill, Staffordshire, for an improvement or improvements in coating certain forms or articles of iron, steel, or zinc. Frederick

2532. Henry Alexander

Duckham, of Terthewey Lodge, Junction-road, Holloway, for improvements in gas-meters and regulators.

2533. William Sear, of Wolverton, for 2534. Robert Garmany Mc Crum, of improvements in cartridges. Milford, Armagh, Ireland, for improvements in machinery or apparatus for preparing cards for jacquard machines.

2535. Gavin Young, of Glasgow, for an improved hemming and binding gauge for sewing machines.

2536. William Eades and George Worstenholm, both of Birmingham, for certain improvements in screw stocks and dies for cutting or forming metal

screws.

The above bear date October 17th. 2537. Archibald White, of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, for an apparatus for drying hay, corn, and roots, and other things. 2538. Thomas John Marshall, of Bishopsgate-street Without, for improvements in the manufacture of paper, and in machinery or apparatus for effecting the same.

2539. Alfred Bertrand Jacout, of Rheims, France, for improvements in

water meters.

2541. Edward Habel, Jonas Holzwasser,

and Edward Burns, all of Manchester, for certain improvements in steamengines.

2542. Henry Williams, of Weston