63 Manufaëures and Uſeful Arts. Jan: Greathead, of Shields, Life Boat. This invention has been the means of pre- ſerving the lives of many ſhipwrecked mariners, and has therefore deſervedly engaged the attention of this diſcerning inſfitution.

Coals are, fortunately, juſt now, at an unuſually reaſonable price in London, Cheapneſs of fuel/has been juſtly condidered by all writers on ſubje&s of public economy, as the very ſon] ol manufacturing induſtry, We may, therefore, conſider the fa& which 1s here mentioned, as for this ſeaíon, éx- tremely auſpicious to all the manutadures in this metropolis.

The Rev. Mr. Edmund Cartwright has obtained, in his favour, an A& of Parliament, extending to a ſecond term of 14 years, the duration of‘his patent-right to the exclulive uſe of his invention for combing wool.

The following are the proportion of the ingredients in the famous mortar of LORIOT,

Fine fliceous and, i s 3 Burnt bricks, G& y S Slaked lime, 6 2 s 2 Lime: flaked and recalcined 2

There is found in France, a lime containing manganeſe, with which a mórtar may be made that hardens to the molt extraordinary firmneſs and tenacity.

The town of Buckhaven, on the coaſt of Fifeſhire, in Scotland exhibits, at

reſent, a remarkable inſtance of the enriching powers of the induſtry em- ployed in the herring-fiſhery. It has been almoſt entirely rebuilt by the fiſher- men, occupying it. From a dirty fiſhing village, the abode of the molt iqualid miſery, it has now become a ſnug neat little town. The families of the fiſhermen poſſeſs almoſt all ſome accumulated property, yet are now ac- cuſtomed to live comfortably. Six men in a ſingle fiſhing-boat, took, one morning, not long ſince, a cargo of herrings, in the ſpace of hx hours, which they immediatly fold for gol. ſterling; and then returned home to Buck- haven to dinner!

A Mr. Leekey, of London was a proprietor of a manufaétory for ſpin- ning linen-yarn by machinery wrought with a ſteam-engine, which ſtood on ground that was neceſſarily to be cleared, in order to make room for the eréQions of the Wet-Dock Company. The A& of Parliament by which they are incorporated, authoriies them to pull down ſuch obſtru&tions to the accompliſhment of thcir, undertaking, upon making fair compenſation to the proprietors. The Company offered Mr. Leekey, a compenſation of 4000 ſterling. He ſued them at law: and a Jury gave a verdi& of 4000l. more, in his favour.

In the Linen-ManufaGories at Perth, bed ſheeting is woven witha ſhuttle which runs on ſuall follers. A. pair of ſheets of the fineſt.linén coſt not leſs than 71. or 81. The table-clochs and napkins manufaQ@ured at Perth, are prefered by the beſt judges, to the finelt which are made in any of the de- partments of the French Republic.

Stéam- Engines, firſt eſtabliſhed in France, by Meſſrs. Perier; within theſe laſt fiffeen years, are, there, far from having been yet improved to the. per- fe&tion,-or applied to, the extenſive utility to which: they have attained in England. This js one of the inſtruments of manufa@ure which the French are, now, the-molt ſolicitons 10-improye afterEngliſh. example.

We can fi(

ate, üpon the beſt authority, that the foreſts in France have been ch a degreë conſumed, and that the ſtrata of pit-coal are ſo very little wrouglt, as to make the moſt intelligent and patriotic perſons in that country entertain the moſt ſerious fears for the fate of all their manufactures which depend much upon the uſe of fuel,

“There-is no one manuſaQure at preſent more flouriſhing in Great Britain than that of glaſs. Tt was firſt introduced in England by Sir Robert Manſel and others towards the end of the reign of James the Firſt. The workmen and conduétors were procured from Venice. The glaſs-works were eſtabliſhed