the site of the said college and buildings thereon, to the chancellor, master, and scholars of the said university, in trust for the principal and other members of Magdalen-hall, for the purpose of their removing to such site; and to enable the said chancellor, masters, and scholars of the said university, and the president and scholars of Saint Mary Magdalen college, to do all necessary acts for such removal. An act to extend the provisions of an act of the 1st of the reign of James 1st, entituled, 6 An Act for the better relief of 'the creditors against such as shall become bankrupts.' An act to abolish the punish ment of the pillory, except in certain cases. An act to regulate the binding of parish apprentices. An act for establishing the use of an hydrometer, called Sikes's hydrometer, in ascertaining the strength of spirits, instead of Clarke's hydrometer. An act for enabling ecclesiastical corporate bodies, under certain circumstances, to alienate lands for enlarging cemeteries or church-yards. An act for granting to his Majesty a certain sum out of the consolidated fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain monies therein mentioned for the service of the year 1816, and for further appropriating the supplies granted in this session of Parliament. PATENTS. PATENTS, From November 1815 to June 1816. George Morton, for a mode of attaching horses to four-wheeled carriages. Joseph Baader, M. D. Knt. of Bavaria, for an improved plan of constructing rail-roads, and carriages to be used on them. James Dutton, jun. for improvements in fulling mills. Allan Taylor, Daniel Gallafent, sen. and jun. for an engine for raising cold and hot water. George Young, for a method of making a peculiar species of canvas for military and other purposes. John Malzi, for an instrument called a metranome, or musical time-keeper. Marquis de Chambonnes, for a method of conducting the air and regulating the temperature in houses and other buildings. Christopher Dihl, for improvements in distillation. James Lee, for improvements in his methods of preparing hemp and flax. Samuel Clegg, for an improved gas apparatus. Davis Redmund, for a machine for the manufacture of corks and bungs. Robert Kinder, for a method of propelling ships, boats, and other vessels. Robert Dickinson, for an im provement in the hooping of barrels. William Adamson, for a principle by which a horizontal wheel may be so moved about its axis by water, as to give it a greater power than in any other position. William Plenty, for an iinproved plough. John Millington, for improved machinery for propelling floating vessels in the water. John Budgem, for a process of reducing rags and other articles in making paper, after they have been used, into their original state. John Geo. Drake, for a method of expelling the molasses out of, refined sugar. William Baynham, for a composition for making leather and other articles water-proof. Joseph Munton, for improvements in the construction of firearms, and in shoeing horses. Francis Turrell, for a wheelguard. George Fred. Muntz, for a method of abating smoke, and obtaining a valuable product therefrom. John Wood and Joshua Wordsworth, for improvements in ma chinery for spinning. Bryan Donkin, for a method for effecting processes in which a tempe temperature above that of boiling water is requisite. John Leigh Bradbury, for improvements in spinning machinery. P. F. Montgolfier, and H. D. Dayme, for improvements in a machine which acts by the expansion or contraction of heated air. P. F. Montgolfier, for improvements on the machine called Hydraulic Ram. William and Daniel West, for methods of applying power and motion to presses and other mechanical apparatus. James Dawson, for improved means of producing motion in bodies wholly or in part surrounded by water or air. Enoch Tonkin, for a globe-reflecting stove for light or heat. John and William Fitkin and Joseph Barton, for a new truss. Samuel Jean Pauly, for an article for making without seams any kind of clothing; covering for umbrellas, &c.; and cushions filled with atmospherical air. Samuel Brown, for improvements on the swing plough. Robert Cameron, for a new machine for manufacturing paper. Emerson Dowson, and John Is. Hawkins, for improvements on grates and stoves. Uriah Hadock, for a new species of paint for the exterior of houses, ships, &c. William Macnamara, for a method of manufacturing glass. Henry Osborne, for a method of producing various cylinders. William Lewis, for a machine for fulling cloth. Joseph Turner, for an improved rotary engine. William Atkinson, for a method of forming blocks with bricks to imitate stone. John Woodhouse, for a method of forming the ground for roads and pavements. William Stenson, for an improved engine to be worked by steam, &c. William Lassalle, for a new contrivance for improvement in the construction of machines or instruments in clothing or other manufactories. George Bodley, for an improved metallic engine, to work by steam or water. John Collyer, for a machine for shearing woollen cloths. John Rangeley, for improvements in his bydropneumatic engine. Robert Copeland, for saving in the consumption of fuel. William Threadgold, for a machine to prevent obstructions to the passage of smoke in chimnies. Richard Banks, for improvements on wheeled carriages. Benj Rotch, for a flexible elastic horseshoe. Daniel Wilson, for improved apparatus in distillation. Thomas Roxton, for an improved John Sorby, for an auger of lock. improved construction. Jean Sam. Pauly, for improve James Younie, for prevention of ments in fire-arms. smoky chimnies. Abraham Rogers, for a method for saving the consumption of fuel by the setting of boilers, &c. William Simmons, for improvements applicable to keyed instruments. Richard Fr. Hawkins, for a me thod thod for carrying tunnels or archways under rivers. Philip Taylor, for a method of applying heat to liquors, and in several processes. Francis Richardson, for improvements in fire-arms. Christoph. Dihl, for improvements in the making of mastic or cement, and applying it. George Dodgson, for improving the construction of extinguishing engines and forming pumps. Isaac Hadley Reddell, for improvements in the means of lighting the interior of offices, &c. Robert Kemp, for improvements in the manufacturing of cocks and keys. James Heathcoate, for improvements in the machinery for making hosiery, or frame-work knitted. John Ransome, for improvements on ploughs. William Shand, for improvements in the construction of artificial legs and feet. John Foulerton, for improvements in beacon buoys. Edward Light, for improvements on the harp-lute. John Burnet, for a convolving iron axle-tree for the reduction of friction and animal labour. John Hawkins Barlow, for im provements on tea-urns, tea-pots, tea-boards, or tea-trays. John Barlow, for a new cooking apparatus. John Towers, for a tincture for the cure of coughs, &c. Henry Warburton, for a method of distilling certain substances and manufacturing their products. A GENERAL BILL of all the CHRISTENINGS and BURIALS within the BILLS of MORTALITY, LONDON, Buried 10104. Christened in the 10 parishes in the city and liberties of Westminster 5027-Buried 5136 Abo tive and stilborn..... Abscess. ▲ ged. Ague. .... ....... Apoplexy and suddenly DISEASES AND CASUALTIES. 1299 Quinsy 8 Rash 15 Rheumatism 61 Rising of the Lights.. 56 Scrophula. 14 Scurvy. 4 Shingles 1 Killed by falls and several other accidents... 13 Killed by Fighting. ... Killed by swallowing a Shil 56 234 Jaundice. 76 Spasm ........ 19 Jaw Locked. 2 St. Anthony's fire.. 6 Leprosy 1Stoppage in the stomach ... ... 43 ling I ........... 7 Killed themselves ......... 50 26 Murdered 1 Overlaid. 2 Poisoned 1 Scalded.. 417 Suffocated. 5 .... Thrush. 89 .... 327 ... 11 195 ..... 5 Mortification. 786 | Palpitation of the heart.. Christened, Males 12,132-Females 11,449-In all 23,581. | Buried, Males 10,105-Females 10,211-—In all 20,316. Whereof have died, 1 Palsy ....... 1955 Ninety and a hundred.. 168 Increased in the burials this year 756. • There have been executed in the city of London and county of Surrey, 25; of which number 16 only have been reported to be buried within the bills of mortality. Total 3,4 |