arrangement of this inkstand, the front is a circular glass plate, with a dipping-place, which turns in a fluid-tight joint, and allows the dipping-place to be raised up against the stop, as before, while the main body of the inkstand and its contents remain stationary.

The claim is, 1. To a mode of constructing inkstands by applying a force-pump below the surface of the ink, in the vessel containing the ink; 2. To a mode of constructing inkstands by causing the ink vessel, (or part thereof,) containing ink, to move partly round, and, by the gravitating property of the ink, to supply ink to an inkholder for use.

Moses Poole, of Lincoln's Inn, Gentleman, for improvements in steam baths and other baths. Enrolment Office, January 13th, 1842.

A room is constructed in a steam-tight manner by being lined with sheets of lead or zinc; on one side, near the floor, there is an opening, furnished with shutters, by which' the admission of atmospheric air can be regulated at pleasure, while on the opposite side of the room, near the top, another opening, similarly fitted, is placed for the escape of the impure heated air and steam. Light is admitted at the top by a double sky-light. A boiler (of copper is preferred) is furnished with a safety-valve, and also an apparatus for supplying it with filtered soft water. Steam is generated in this boiler under a pressure of from 10 to 20 lbs. upon the inch, for the purpose of supplying steam to the bath, and also for heating a quantity of water contained in an elevated cistern. Another elevated cistern contains a supply of cold water. Within the room or bath there are three rose heads, one above the other, connected with the hot and cold water cisterns in such a manner, that by regulating the cocks, a shower of hot or cold water, or of any intermediate temperature, may be obtained from either of these rose heads; so that a person may apply a shower of cold water to the head, warm to the stomach, and hot to the feet. The mode of using this improved bath is as follows:-The bather, on entering the bath, prepares himself by first subjecting his body to the shower from one or more of the rose heads, gradually increasing the temperature; steam is then gradually admitted, until the bath attains a temperature of 80° or 100°. The floor is of wood, perforated with a number of holes for the escape of the water from the rose heads, and provision is made for the bather to sit or lie down; flexible tubes are also attached to the steam pipes, by means of which jets of steam may be directed to any part of the body. The steam bath having been continued long enough, the hot shower bath is again resorted to, gradually decreasing the temperature till it approximates to that of the external atmosphere.

The claim is, 1. To the mode of producing a steam bath by the application of steam (generated under considerable pressure) within

a room so arranged as to allow of a sufficient circulation of fresh atmospheric air, as above explained; 2. To the mode of combining the use of a high-pressure steam bath in a ventilated room, with a rain douche, or water bath, whereby the skin is prepared before and after a steam bath, as above explained; 3. The mode of regulating the temperature of douche baths, whether rain or voluminous. William Hale, Engineer, and Edward Dell, Merchant, both of Woolwich, for improvements in cases and magazines for gunpowder. Enrolment Office, February 12, 1842.

These improvements consist in the construction of covered cases and magazines for gunpowder of cast or wrought tin, whereby cases containing gunpowder will not be chemically or injuriously acted on by the powder.

These cases are made six-sided, so as to possess considerable strength, and at the same time, to allow of a number of them being packed closely together. On the top there is a cylindrical neck, on which a male screw is cut or formed, blanks or spaces heing cut in three equidistant parts, to admit corresponding projections on the inside female screw of the cower to enter. The cover is held to the case by a quadrant-shaped bolt or pin, which prevents, its being detached when the case is opened. Ou the inside of the cover is placed a leather or other washer, so that on placing the cover in its place, and turning it partly round, a close joint is made. These cases may be cast in moulds of either sand or metal, or they may be made of wrought tin soldered up. By this means, say the patentees, a covered case or magazine of any required size may be made, which, from the peculiar character of the metal, will retain gunpowder with great safety, and without the metal of which it is composed being prejudicially acted upon by the chemical properties of the gunpowder.

The patentees state that they do not confine themselves to the exclusive use of tin. But they consider tin, in an unalloyed state, to be best adapted for this purpose.

PERMITTED TO BE PRINTED,

St. Petersburg, April 15th, 1842.

P. KORSAKOFF, CENSOR.

Printed at the Office of the Journal de St. Petersbourg."

BARNABY RUDGE.

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CHAPTER THE TWENTY-THIRD.

The secretary put his hand before his eyes to shade them from the glare of the lamp, and for some moments looked at Hugh with a frowning brow, as if he remembered to have seen him lately, but could not call to mind where, or on what occasion. His uncertainty was very brief, for before Hugh had spoken a word, he said, as his countenance cleared up : Ay, ay, I recollect. It's quite right, John, you needn't wait. Don't go, Dennis. »

Your servant, master,» said Hugh, as Grueby disappeared. « Yours friend,» returned the secretary in his smoothest manWhat brings you here? We left nothing behind us, I hope ? »

ner. "

Hugh gave a short laugh, and thrusting his hand into his breast, produced one of the handbills, soiled and dirty from lying out of doors all night, which he laid upon the secretary's desk after flattening it upon his knee, and smoothing out the wrinkles with his heavy palm.

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Nothing but that, master. It fell into good hands, you

see. »

« What is this!» said Gashford, turning it over with an air of perfectly natural surprise. Where did you get it from, my good fellow; what does it mean? I don't understand this

at all. »

A little disconcerted by this reception, Hugh looked from the secretary to Dennis, who had risen and was standing at the table too, observing the stranger by stealth, and seeming to derive the utmost satisfaction from his manners and appearance. Considering himself silently appealed to by this action, Mr. Dennis shook his head thrice, as if to say of Gashford, - No. He don't know anything at all about it. I know he don't. I'll take my oath he don't; and hiding his profile from Hugh with one long end of his frowzy neckkerchief, nodded and chuckled behind this screen in extreme approval of the secretary's proceedings.

It tells the man that finds it, to come here, don't it? » asked Hugh. I'm no scholar, myself, but I showed it to a friend, and he said it did. »

It certainly does,» said Gashford, opening his eyes to their utmost width; really this is the most remarkable circumstance I have ever known. How did you come by this piece of

paper, my good friend? »

« Muster Gashford,» wheezed the hangman under his breath, agin all Newgate!

Whether Hugh heard him, or saw by his manner that he was being played upon, or perceived the secretary's drift of himself, he came in his blunt way to the point at once.

"

Here!" he said, stretching out his hand and taking it back; never mind the bill, or what it says, or what it don't say. You don't know anything about it, master, no more do I, -no more does he,» glancing at Dennis. "None of us know what it means, or where it comes from: there's an end of that. Now, I want to make one against the Catholics, I'm a NoPopery man, and ready to be sworn in. That's what I've come here for. »

Put him down on the roll, Muster Gashford," said Dennis.

approvingly.

That's the way to go to work

end at once, and no palaver.

H

right to the

What's the use of shooting wide of the mark, hey, old boy! cried Hugh.

My sentiments all over!» rejoined the hangman. «This is the sort of chap for my division, Muster Gashford. Down with him, sir. Put him on the roll. I'd stand godfather to him, if he was to be christened in a bonfire, made of the ruins of the Bank of England. "

With these and other expressions of confidence of the like flattering kind, Mr. Dennis gave him a hearty slap on the back, which Hugh was not slow to return.

ness.

No Popery, brother! cried the hangman.

No Property, brother!» responded Hugh.

Popery, Popery," said the secretary with his usual mild

It's all the same!» cried Dennis.

し

It's all right. Down with him, Muster Gashford. Down with everybody, down with everything! Hurrah for the Protestant religion! That's the time of day, Muster Gashford ! »

The secretary regarded them both with a very favourable expression of countenance, while they gave a loose to these and other demonstrations of their patriotic purpose; and was about to make some remark aloud, when Dennis, stepping up to him, and shading his mouth with his hand, said, in a hoarse whisper, as he nudged him with his elbow:

Don't split upon a constitutional officer's profession, Muster Gashford. There are popular prejudices, you know, and he mightn't like it. Wait till he comes to be more intimate with me. He's a fine-built chap, an't he?»

"A powerful fellow indeed!»

"Did you ever, Muster Gashford, whispered Dennis, with a horrible kind of admiration, such as that with which a cannibal might regard his intimate friend, when hungry, did you ever »—and here he drew still closer to his car, and fenced his mouth with both his open hands - see such a throat as his? Do but cast your eye upon it. There's a neck for stretching, Muster Gasford ! »