C. Dempster, of Lawrence Pountney-Hill; for improved cordage. Sept. 15. G. H. Palmer, of the Royal-mint; for a new arrangement of machinery for propelling vessels through the water, to be effected by steam or any other power.-Sept. 15. A. Eve, of Louth, Lincolnshire; for improvements in manufacturing carpets, which he intends to denominate Prince's Patent Union carpet. Communicated to him by a foreigner.Sept. 15. İ. Lukens, of Adam-street Adelphi; for an instrument for destroying the stone in the bladder, without cutting, which he denominates Lithontrepton. -Sept. 15. Sir T. Cochrane, knt. (commonly called lord Cochrane), of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; for a new method of propelling ships, vessels, and boats at sea.-Sept. 15. C. Jacomb, of Basinghall-street, wool broker; for improvements in the construction of furnaces, grates, and fire-places.-Sept. 15. stoves, W. Duesbury, of Boasal; for a mode of preparing or manufacturing of a white from the impure native sulphate of barytes.-Sept. 29. J. Martineau, the younger, of the city-road, Middlesex, and H. W. Smith, of Lawrence Pountney place, in the City of London, esq.; for im provements in the manufacture of steel. Communicated to them by a foreigner.-Oct. 6. Sir G. Cayley, of Brompton, Yorkshire; bart. for a new locomotive apparatus.-Oct. 6. J. S. Broadwood of Great Pulteney street; for improvements in small, or what are commonly called square piano-fortes.-Oct. 6. T. Howard, of New Broad-street: merchant, for a vapour engine.-Oct. 13. N. Kimball, of New York; merchant, for a process of converting iron into steel. Cominunicated to him by a foreigner.-Oct. 13. B. Saunders, of Bromsgrove; for improvements in construeting or making of buttons.-Oct. 13. T. Dwyer, of Lower Ridge-street, Dublin; for improvements in the manufacture of buttons.-Oct. 13 J. C. Daniel, of Stoke Wilts, for improvements in machinery applicable to the weaving of woollen cloth. Oct. 13. provements in locomotive or steam carJ. Easton, of Bradford; for instructing the roads or ways for the riages; and also in the manner of consame to travel over.-Oct. 13. W. Hirst, J. Wood, and J. Roger- Lanelley; for a consolidated or com- improvements in the apparatus for Lambeth; for improvements in the L. W. Wright, of Prince's-street, construction of steam-engines.-Oct. 21. street, Middlesex: practical chemist, H. C. Jennings, of Devonshirefor improvements in the process of refining sugar.-Oct. 22. provements in the construction of T. Steele, of Cambridge; for im diving bells-Oct. 28. J. and S Seaward, of Poplar; for a boats, craft, and all kinds of vessels, new or improved method of propelling on canals, rivers, and other shallow waters.-Nov. 1. W. Ranyard, of Kingston, Surrey: brush and handle-Nov. 1. tallow-chandler, for a circumvolution provements in the machinery for V. Royle, of Manchester; for imcleaning and spinning of silk.-Nov. 1. J. I. Hawkins, of Pancras Vale, Middlesex; for improvements on certain implements, machines, or apparpreserving of books, whether bound or atus, used in the manufacturing and unbound.-Nov. 1. J. Ridgway and W. Ridgway, both improved cock, tap, or valve, for drawof the Staffordshire Potteries, for an ing off liquors.--Nov. 1. T. Seaton, of Bermondsey; for improvements on wheeled carriages.Nov. 7. G. Hunter, of Edinburgh; for an and application of wheels.-Nov. 7. improvement in the construction, use, T. S. Brandreth, of Liverpool; for wheel carriages.-Nov. 8. an improved mode of constructing S. Brown, of Old Brompton, Midchinery for making or manufacturing dlesex; for improvements in macasks and other vessels.-Nov. 8. W. E. Cochrane, of Regent-street, Middlesex; for an improvement in cooking apparatus.-Nov. 8. J. W. Hiort, Office of Works, Whitehall; for an improved chimney or flue, for domestic and other purposes.-Nov. 8. C. L. Giroud, of Lyons, in the kingdom of France; for a chemical substitute for gall nuts in all the different branches of the arts or manufactures in which gall nuts have been accustomed or may hereafter be used. -Nov. 8. J. Wilks, of Rochdale, and J. Erroyd of the same place; for an engine for cutting nails, sprigs, and sparables, on an improved system.-Nov. 8. J. J. A. M'Carthy, of Pall Mall place; for new or improved pavement, pitching, or covering, for streets, roads, ways, and places.-Nov. 10. B. Cook, of Birmingham; for a new method of rendering ships' cables and anchors more secure, and less liable to strain and injury while the vessel is at anchor.-Nov. 10. B. Cook, of Birmingham; for improvements in the binding of books and portfolios of various descriptions. -Nov. 10. making or setting up of hats or hat bodies. Communicated to him by a foreigner.-Nov. 17. A. Count de la Garde, of St. James's-square; for improved machinery for breaking or preparing hemp, flax, and other fibrous materials. Communicated to him by a foreigner.-Nov. 24. J. Eve, residing at Liverpool; for an improved steam-engine.-Nov. 24. H. King, of Norfolk-street, Middlesex, and W. Kingston, of the Dockyard, Portsmouth; for improved fids for top-masts, gallant-masts bow-sprits, and all other masts and spars to which the use of the fid is applied.-Nov. 26. R. J. Tomlinson, of Bristol; for frame-work for bedsteads and other purposes.-Nov. 26. M. Lariviere, of Princes'-square, Kennington: for apparatus or machinery to be applied to the wellknown Stamp's Aly-presses, or other presses, for the purpose of perforating metal plates, and for the application of such perforated metal plates to various useful purposes.-Nov. 28. W. Pope, of Ball-alley, Lombardstreet, for improvements on wheeled carriages.-Dec. 3. J. G. Deyerlein, of Mercer-street, Middlesex; for improvements on weighing machines, which machines he denominates German weigh-bridges. Communicated to him by a foreigner.ing, -Nov. 10. S. Parker, of Argyle-street, Middlesex, and W. F. Hamilton, of Nelson-street, Surrey; for a certain alloy or alloys of metals.-Nov. 12. E. Bowring of Goldsmith-street, London, and R. Stamp, of Buxted; for improvements in the working, weaving, or preparing silk and other fibrous materials, used in making hats, bonnets, shawls, and other materials. - Nov. 17. J. Guestier, of Fenchurch-buildings, London; for a mode or modes of making paper from certain substances, which are thereby applicable to that, purpose. Communicated to him by a foreigner-Nov. 17. A. Lamb, of Prince's-street, London, and W. Suttill, of Old Brompton; for improvements in machinery for preparing, drawing, roving, and spinning flax, hemp, and waste silk.Nov. 17. G. Borradaile, of Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, for an improved method of The same, for improvements in ma. king, mixing, compounding, improvor altering the article of soap.Dec. 3. H. Berry, of Abchurch-lane, London; for an improved method, in dif. ferent shapes or forms, of securing volatile or other fluids, and concrete or other substances, in various descriptions of bottles and vessels.-Dec. 3. E. Edmonds, of Bradford; for improvements on machines for scribbling and carding sheep's wool, cotton, or any fibrous articles requiring such process.-Dec. 3. J. Beever, of Manchester; for an improved gun barrel.-Dec. 3. E. Luscombe, of East Stonehouse; for a method of manufacturing or preparing an oil or oils extracted from certain vegetable substances, and the application thereof to gas light and other purposes. Partly communicated to him by a foreigner residing abroad. - Dec. 6. J. P. Beaven, of Clifford-street; for a cement for building and other purposes. Communicated to him by a foreigner.-Dec. 7. F. Halliday, of Ham, Surrey; for improvements in machinery to be operated upon by steam.-Dec. 9. J. C. Dyer, of Manchester; for improvements in machinery for making wire cards for carding wool, cotton, tow, and other fibrous substances of the like nature; and also improvements on a machine for shaving and preparing leather used in making such cards.-Dec. 9. R. Addams, of Hammersmith; for a method of propelling or moving carriages of various descriptions on turnpike, rail, or other roads.-Dec. 14. ; M. Ferris, of Longford, Middlesex for improvements on presses or machinery for printing cotton and other fabrics.-Dec. 14. J. A. Tabor, of Jewin-street Cripplegate; for means for indicating the depth of water in ships and vessels.Dec. 14. Patents granted in Scotland, in 1824. W. Busk, of Broad-street, London; for improvements in the means or method of propelling or moving ships, boats, or other floating bodies.-Aug. 4, 1824. M. Bush, of Westham; for improvements on machinery or apparatus for printing calicoes, and other fabrics. Aug. 13. J. Foot, of Church-street, Spitalfields; silk manufacturer, for an improved umbrella.-Sept. 1. R. Lloyd, of the Strand, and J. Rowbotham, of Great Surrey-street; for hats upon a new construction.Aug. 30. W. H. Horrocks, of Stockport; for a new apparatus for giving tension to the warp in looms.-Aug. 31. J. G. Bodmer, of Manchester; for improvements in the machinery for J. L. Bradbury, of Manchester; for throwing silk, cotton, wool, linen, or a new mode of twisting, spinning, or other threads or fibrous substances.Sept. 23. J. Parkes, of Manchester: for a method of manufacturing salt.-Sept. 25. J. Heathcoat, of Tiverton; for improvements in the method of preparing and manufacturing silk for weaving and other purposes.-Sept. 29. P. Chel, of Earl's-court, Kensington; for improvements on machinery wool, waste silk, or other fibrous subfor drawing, roving, and spinning flax, stances.-Oct. 25. S. Broadmeadow, of Abergavenny; for a new and improved method of manufacturing and purifying inflammable gases, by the admission and admixture of atmospheric air.-Oct. 29. provements in power-looms for weav J. Smith, of Old-street, London; washing, cleansing, and whitening, for improvements on a machine for cotton, linen, silk, and woollen garments, or piece goods.-Nov. 6. for improvements in masting vessels. proved steam-engine.-Nov. 6. H. Schroder, of Hackney; for a new J. Head, of Banbury; for improvements in machinery for making cord or platt for boot and stay-laces.-Dec. 2. ANTIQUITIES AND MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE. ROMAN Boat. In making the common sewer in London-street, Glasgow, from the part near the Cross down to the Molendinar Burn, there was found lately, at the depth of about ten feet, the remains of a boat lying in a bed of blue clay, which was covered and surrounded by fine sand, like that found on the shores of a navigable river or wide frith. Some of the clinker nails, used as fastenings, and found in the wood, which was fine oak, had become quite black from long immersion under the earth. The caulking appeared to have been wool dipped in tar. Some years ago, when the common sewer was cutting in the Stockwell, a boat of a similar description was found a little above Jacksonstreet; which would indicate that these two places where the boats have been found, were then the line of the shore of the frith, or bed of the river. These boats must have lain for many centuries in the places where they were found. The workmanship would indicate, that they were formed by a people considerably advanced in civilization. It is probable they were constructed by the Romans, about the period of Agricola's expedition into Caledonia, nearly 1740 years ago; at which period there seems little reason to doubt,that the greater part of the ground on which Glasgow now stands, and all the low lands on both banks of the river, to a considerable distance, were covered by the waters of the Frith of Clyde. The Jesuits' College at Stonyhurst.-The Jesuits, when they were driven from Liege, and their property confiscated at the French Revolution, sought an asylum in England, and were presented by the father, or grandfather, of Mr. Weld, the present owner of Lulworth-castle, with the house and 100 acres of land, at Stonyhurst. They have since purchased 100 more. They are also tenants of no inconsiderable quantity of land, although the produce of the whole is insufficient for the wants of their establishment. The society consists of superiors, missionaries, and teachers. The first of these are few in number: they are the governors of the establishment, and have the whole direction of its affairs. One of them is called the president. The missionaries are priests whoofficiate in different chapels in the neighbourhood, where there is no resident priest; and are also ready to succeed or assist those who are at a greater distance. The teachers have each the care of a particular school, and are under the direction of one who is called a superintendant of studies. There are also what are called prefects, who have the superintendence of the scholars at their studies, their sports, and in their walks. The number of scholars are about 200: the greater part of them are Irish, but there are foreigners from every part of the globe. Each scholar pays 50l. per annum. Two hundred (and this number has been sometimes considerably exceeded) produce 10,000l. Their real property may be valued at 40,000l.; including the gift of Mr. Weld, and what they have themselves expended on the purchase of land, and the improvement and enlargement of the building. Their annual revenue may therefore not unfairly be stated at 12,000l. Their gains must have been very considerable to enable them to lay out 30,000l. in about twenty years, and there is no reason to suppose that they are, at present, at all below the general average, yet they are soliciting subscriptions towards building a new chapel (asking for contributions even of their surgeons and physicians), to and physicians), to which they themselves magnanimously subscribe 300l. In the course of the five and twenty years that Stonyhurst has been in possession of its present owners, an entire change has been wrought in the religious character of the neighbourhood, the majority of its inhabitants were not then Roman Catholics, the preponderance was on the side of the Protestants. At the present time the Protestants are reduced to less than one-seventh of the whole population of the district. Of course the College," as it is called, gives employment in one way or other, to a great number of persons and none of them are Protestants. Intermarriages between Catholic and Protestant families have been most numerous in the neighbourhood: and this we know to have been the most prolific source of what they term conversions. The refuse meat of 250 or 300 people, the cast-off clothes of nearly the same number (for they provide the scholars with an uniform dress), must either be given away or sold for very little; and it is the general understanding of the neighbourhood, that nobody must look for any thing in the former way of disposal, without, occasionally at least, appearing at mass. Professor Mezzofanti of Bologna.-The following amusing account of this celebrated linguist is given by the baron de Zach, in one of the early numbers of his Correspondence Astronomique, Geographique, &c. :-" This extraordinary savant is very truly the rival of the celebrated Mithridates, king of Pontus. This professor speaks thirty-two living and dead languages, not in the manner of the learned jesuit Weittenauer, but with a perfection truly surprising. Professor Mezzofanti introduced himself to me by addressing me in Hungarian; he paid me a compliment so well turned, and in such good Magyarul, that I was surprised and astonished to the last degree. He then spoke to me in German; first in good Saxon, and afterwards in the Austrian and Swabian dialects, with a purity of accent that raised my astonish |