PROVISIONAL PROTECTIONS. ments in the mode of ventilating mines, sewers, and other subterranean works, and likewise for the warming and ventilating of all kinds of public buildings. 1211. Alfred Vincent Newton, of Chancery-lane, Middlesex, mechanical draughtsman. An improved mode of manufacturing soluble silicates. A communication. Dated June 1, 1854. 1213. John Whitaker, cotton-spinner, and James Pickles, manager, both of Todmorden, York. Improvements in machinery or apparatus for opening, cleaning, and preparing cotton, wool, or other fibrous substances. 1215. Charles King and Edward Sutton Benfield, both of Chenies-street, Middlesex, wood-carvers. Improved machinery for cutting and carving wood, stone, and other materials. 1217. James Timmins Chance, of the Glass Works, near Birmingham, Warwick. Improvements in machinery for roughing or preparing the surfaces of glass. A communication. 1219. Joseph Robinson, of Denton-mill, Carlisle. Improvements in apparatus for mixing wheat and other grain and matters. 1221. George Kenedy Geyelin, of Camden-town, Middlesex. Improvements in furnaces and fireplaces for facilitating the consumption of smoke. Dated June 2, 1854. 1223. Charles Maschwitz, of Birmingham, War. wick, merchant. A new or improved instrument for paring and slicing apples, potatoes, and other fruits and roots. A communication. 1225. Edward Orange Wildman Whitehouse, of Brighton, Sussex, surgeon. Improvements in effecting telegraphic communications. 1229. John Mason, of Rochdale, Lancaster, machinist, and Louis Christian Koeffler, of the same place, dyer and bleacher. Improvements in scouring, and in washing wool, hairs, and yarns, and in machinery or apparatus for effecting the same. Dated June 3, 1854. 1231. Peter Armand Lecomte de Fontainemoreau, of South-street, London. An improved fuel. A communication. 1233. Thomas Lenox, of Pigott-street, Limehouse, Middlesex. A novel mode of reefing topsails, jibs, and other sails, from the decks of ships whilst at sea. 1235. Absalon Hippolyte Leplay, chemist, of Douvrin, Pas de Calais, France. Certain improvements in extracting and manufacturing the alcohol of beetroot, and of other sweet matters or tubers. 1237. William Edward Newton, of Chancerylane, Middlesex, civil engineer. Improvements in breech-loading fire-arms. A communication. 1239. Abel Franklin Goodnow, of New York, United States of America. An improvement in scythe snaths, or the manufacture thereof. communication. A 1241. Alfred Garratt Barham, of Bridgewater, Somerset, gentleman. An apparatus for damping or moistening the adhesive surfaces of stamps or labels. Dated June 5, 1854. 1243. Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleetstreet, London, patent-agent. An improvement in screw propellers. A communication." 1245. George Garbert, of Port Louis, island of Mauritius, engineer. Improvements in the construction of buildings. 1247. Napoléon Néron, of Rue St. Lazare, Paris, France, gentleman. Improvements in muskets, carbines, fowling-pieces, and other fire-arms. A communication. 1249. Andrew Spottiswoode, of New-street, St. Bride's, London. Improvements in the manufacture of fuel. 21 1251. Thomas Spiller, of Red Lion-square, Holborn, Middlesex. Improvements in propelling carriages when atmospheric air is used. Dated June 6, 1854. 1253. William James Baillie, of Southwark, engineer. An improved mode of propelling ships and other floating vessels. 1255. John Nicholson, of Blackwall, Middlesex, engineer. An improved ratchet screwing and drilling stock, which may also be used as a span ner. Dated June 7, 1854. 1258. John Mansfield, of Stoke, Stafford, engineer and millwright. An improvement or improvements in steam boilers. 1259. Charles Anthony Perpigna, advocate, of Paris, France. Improved apparatus for effecting the combustion of smoke in fire-places. A communication. 1260. William Edward Newton, of Chancerylane, Middlesex, civil engineer. An improved manufacture of bonnets and other coverings for the head. A communication. 1261. Peter Hindle, of Ramsbottom, Lancaster, manufacturer. Certain improvements in powerlooms for weaving. Dated June 8, 1854. 1262. John Wilson, of Albert-place, High-street, Stratford, Essex. An improved pump, applicable to mines, wells, ships, fountains, and domestic purposes, and raising melted metals in foundries, so constructed that it cannot lose water, draw grit, draw air, or freeze. 1263. Joseph Kaye, of Beeston, near Leeds, York, spinner. Certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for slubbing, roving, spinning, and doubling wool and other fibrous materials. 1264. William Alldritt, of Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, brassfounder. Improvements in lighting and ventilating. 1265. Michael Scott, of Great George - street, Westminster, civil engineer. Improvements in roofing or covering reservoirs or holders for liquids. 1266. James Leadbetter, of Halifax, York, brazier, and William Wight, of the same place, plumber, and Thomas Davis, of the same place, auctioneer. Improvements in machinery or apparatus for raising water and other fluids. 1267. Joseph Skertchly, junior, of Kingsland, Middlesex, and Ansty, Leicester, engineer. Improvements in the manufacture of gates, hurdles, and fencing, in vehicles, wagons, carts, and trucks, for common roads and railways, and in facias, entablatures, window headings, parapet, and other mouldings projecting from the brickwork of buildings. 1268. Pierre Journet, of Rue de Belzunce, Paris. Improvements in chucks for lathes. 1269. Bewicke Blackburn, of Clapham-common, Surrey. Improvements in the manufacture of pipes when applying slate for such purposes. 1270. Thomas Richardson, of Portland-place, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Improvements in the manufacture of alum. Dated June 9, 1854. 1271. Jean Baptiste Numa Erard, of Paris, France, gentleman. Improvements in the preparation of paint. 1272. Frédérique Margueritte, of Paris, France. Improvements in wet gas-meters. 1273. Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleetstreet, London, patent-agent. Improvements in machinery for cutting brads, lath nails, and others of similar character. A communication. 1274. Thomas Bramwell, of Enfield-house, near Gateshead-on-Tyne, Durham. Improvements in the manufacture of the carbonates and prussiates of potash and soda, 22 NOTICES OF INTENTION TO PROCEED. 1275. John Nelson, of Selby, York, and David Boyd, of the same place, flax-scutchers. Improvements in preparing and scutching flax, hemp, and other substances. 1276. James Lamb Hancock, of Neath, Glamorgan, medical practitioner. An improvement in cutting hay, straw, and other fibrous articles and substances. 1277. John Currie, of Glasgow, Lanark, North Britain, miller, and Robert Young, of the same place, engineer. Improvements in the treatment and grinding of grain, and the products thereof. 1278. Benjamin Cook, of Birmingham, Warwick, manufacturer. Certain improved means of ornamenting metallic bedsteads, chairs, and couches, which said improvement is also applicable for ornamenting standards for glass frames, tables, and fire-screens, cornice-poles, and other articles of furniture. 1280. Gustav Adolph Buchholz, of Hammersmith, Middlesex, civil engineer. Improved machinery applicable to the hulling or cleaning of grain, seeds, and other vegetable produce. Dated June 10, 1854. 1282. Arthur Llewellyn Dawson, of Southwarkbridge-road, Surrey, engineer. Improvements in machinery for cutting and shaping wood. 1283. Andrew Barclay and John Barclay, both of Kilmarnock, Ayr, engineers. Improvements in printing textile fabrics and other surfaces. 1284. Louis Bois, stockholder, of Paris, France. Certain improvements in looms. 1285. John Whitehead, of Preston, Lancaster. agricultural-implement maker. A machine for weaving wire-netting of iron, brass, or other material. A communication. 1286. Edwin Powley Alexander, of Lincoln's innfields, Middlesex, mechanical draughtsman. Improvements in moulding. A communication from M. De Louvrié, of St. Marc, France, engineer. 1287. Francis Puls, of Whitechapel-road, philosophical instrument maker. Improvements in electro galvanic apparatus for medical purposes, parts of which improvements are also applicable to other electro-galvanic apparatus. Dated June 12, 1854. 1288. John Young, of Wolverhampton, Stafford, manufacturer. Improvements in locks and latches. 1289. Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleetstreet, London, patent-agent. A method of producing plans in relievo. A communication. 1290. Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleetstreet, London, patent-agent. An improvement in or addition to sugar-basins. A communication. Dated June 13, 1854. 1291. Antoine Louis Péter, of Lyons, France. Improvements in treating a certain kind of indigo. 1292. Charles Henry Compton, of Bloomsbury, Middlesex, gentleman. An improved railwaybreak. 1293. William Southall, of Swan-lane, London, gentleman. Improvements in machinery or apparatus for cultivating and pulverizing land. NOTICES OF INTENTION TO PROCEED. (From the "London Gazette," June 27th, 1854.) 341. George Ayres. An improved clip or file for holding papers or other articles. 379. Thomas Telford Macneill. Improvements in drying flax, straw, and other organic substances. 386. Robert Holt. Certain improvements in ma chinery or apparatus for manufacturing bricks and tiles. 395. John Reed Hill. Improvements in machinery for pulverizing metallic ores, or other similarly hard substances. 413. Stopford Thomas Jones. Improvements to reduce and wash minerals to extract metal therefrom, especially gold. 417. James Smith. Improvements in ornamental weaving. 421. Anthony Bernhard Baron Von Rathen. Improvements in omnibuses for the purpose of adapting them to be drawn by one horse, and to be attended by one man only. 432. Thomas Settle and Peter Cooper. Certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for preparing, slubbing, and roving cotton and other fibrous materials. 433. Adolphus Oppenheimer. Certain improvements in the manufacture of mohair velvet, or mohair plush. 436. Charles Walker. Improvements in purifying water for steam boilers. 463. Constant François Bekaert. Improvements in linseed oil for painting, called "oxigenated oil." A communication. 598. Laurence Whitaker, John Diggle, and George Howarth. Certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for spinning cotton and other fibrous materials. 651. Edouard de Mars. Certain improvements in windlasses or capstans. A communication from Ferdinand Femé, of the French Imperial Navy. 976. James Hamilton. Improvements in machinery for crushing quartz and other substances. 1040. Pehr Ambjorn Sparre. An improved mode of preventing the alteration or falsification of written documents. 1146. William White. Improvements in hats and in hat blocks. 1166. Edouard Cari Mantrand. Improvements in the manufacture of phosphorus. 1180. Joseph Hipkiss. An improvement or improvements in puddling furnaces used in the manufacture of iron. 1190. Andrieu Ernest Sablons. Certain improvements in the construction of trunks, travelling boxes, portmanteaus, and other similar recep tacles. 1217. James Timmins Chance. Improvements in machinery for roughing or preparing the surfaces of glass. A communication. 1228. Isaac Taylor. An improvement in producing thin metallic shells adapted to printing. 1231. Peter Armand Lecomte de Fontainemoreau. An improved fuel. A communication. 1234. Peter Armand Lecomte de Fontainemoreau. Improvements in producing a useful substitute for leather in various applications. A communication. 1237. William Edward Newton. Improvements in breech-loading fire-arms. A communication. 1239. Abel Franklin Goodnow. An improvement in scythe snaths, or the manufacture thereof. A communication. 1242. James Bowman Lindsay. A mode of transmitting telegraphic messages by means of electricity through and across a body or bodies of water. LIST OF DESIGNS. 1255. John Nicholson. An improved ratchet screwing and drilling stock, which may also be used as a spanner. 1276. James Lamb Hancock. An improvement in cutting hay, straw, and other fibrous articles and substances. 1285. John Whitehead. A machine for weaving wire netting of iron, brass, or other material. A communication. Opposition can be entered to the granting of a Patent to any of the parties in the above List, who have given notice of their intention to proceed, within twenty-one days from the date of the Gazette in which the notice appears, by leaving at the Commissioners'-office particulars in writing of the objection to the application. WEEKLY LIST OF PATENTS. Sealed June 23, 1854. 2993. Joseph Lewis. 2995. Thomas Williams Makin. 2996. Edward Joseph Hughes. 1854. 15. John Isaiah Grylls. 61. William Littell Tizard. 923. Aimé Blavier. Sealed June 24, 1854. 2991. Harris Hardinge. Sealed June 27, 1854. 2999. Samuel Sedgwick and Thomas Dawson. 3000. Thomas Symes Prideaux. 3007. Richard Green. 3020. Claude Alphonse Roux. 1854. 4. James Gowans. 23 3600 3601 F. Lack....... 19 3602 3603 3604 29 3605 29 3606 J. Greenham ........................................... Blankney, Lincolnshire Strand Subject of Design. Noiseless carriage-spring. Thread-hoop. Harrow. Wristband. T. J. and J. Smith...... Queen-street, Cheapside......... Postage-damper. W. Andrews ............... Dublin J. Nowill and Son ....... Sheffield Teapot. Pencil-knife. LIST OF PROVISIONAL REGISTRATIONS. 24 NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. R. 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