ERICSSON'S STEAM FIRE-ENGINE REVIVED IN AMERICA. -When I left New-York, it was rumoured that the several insurance companies of that city had determined to have fires put out thereafter by steam.-They were having built a powerful steam fire-engine, to cost 6,000 D. It was building on a plan of Ericsson's, the inventor of the transversal screw-paddle for steam-ships. The engine was to weigh a little more than two tons, to have the power of 120 men, and to throw upwards of 30,000 pounds of water per minute, to the height of above 100 feet. Its power, and the quantity of water to be greatly increased over that which I have stated. It was to be called Exterminator.» Able engineers are of opinion that it will perform the work of at least six of our best engines, and it will have the advantage of a power that will never be worn out by fatigue. The bore to which the hose will be attached is fifteen inches and three-quarters in circumference, and the mouth of the pipe will be much less, giving a great impetus to the volume of water, and throwing it to a greater distance than our best engines. It is so constructed, that, should it be necessary, three or four streams can play from the engine at the same time. The engine will be stationed in the fifth district, probably at or near Burling Slip. It is to be drawn by a pair of strong horses, and attended by a driver, an engineer, and a fireman.-Le Cras's United States and the Canadas.

A PASSENGER-PROPELLED LOCOMOTIVE

REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE.

-On Saturday last, a very successful trial was made at Holywell (Flintshire) of a carriage coustructed by Mr. P. Williams, surgeon, of that place, to run on common roads, and to be propelled by the passenger or passengers. Two men propelled themselves in it, with little difficulty, up a hill of a considerable rise, at the rate of at least 6 miles an hour; for a good walker could not keep pace with it, and even had to run to follow it. On a level they attained a speed of 12 and 10 miles an hour, and returned down the first mentioned acclivity at the rate of about 15 miles an hour. The experiment was most satisfactory, and justifies the opinion that this carriage is probably the best combination of power which has been yet applied to such a purpose.

The parties to whose use this carriage seems most adapted, are young people and invalids. The exercise of propelling it is of a nature to call into operation all the columnal muscles in a most effectual manner, and thereby to give great tone and vigour to the muscular system. Invalid ladies and gentlemen may have it worked by servants, whilst they themselves are simply occupied in guiding it. The propulsion of the carriage may be aided by the effect of the wind acting on a revolving umbrella, kite, or sail. With little fatigue, it will certainly convey two or three individuals, on a good hard surface, at the average rate of about 8 miles an hour. By 60 revolutions per minute, a rate of speed will be attained of upwards of 10 miles per hour. A pony may be applied when it is considered desirable not to use the machinery.

A FLOATING MANUFACTORY.-Amongst the strange craft to be seen navigating the Ohio, is a floatiug Glass works." "A large boat, says M. Le Cras, is fitted up with a furnace, tempering oven, and the usual apparatus proper for such an establishment. It is on full blast every night, melting glass ware which is retailed all along shore, as the Works' float down the stream. »

LIST OF NEW PATENTS.

Henry Barclay, of Bedford-row, for a composition or compositions applicable as tools or instruments for cutting, grinding, or polishing glass, porcelain, stones, metals, and other hard substances. April 30; four months to specify.

John Robinson, of Watney-street, Commercial road East, engineer, for improvements in windlasses and capstans. May 3; six months. John Railton, of Blackburn, machine-maker, for certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for weaving. May 3; six months. Godfrey Wetzlar, of Myddleton-square, Clerkenwell, for improvements in rendering fabrics waterproof. (Being a communication). May 7; six months.

Joseph Warren, of Heybridge, Essex, agricultural implement maker, for certain improvements in ploughs. May 9; six months.

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Francis Prime Walker, junior, of Manchester, coal-mercbant, for certain improvements in the manufacture of candles, candlesticks, or candleholders, and in the apparatus connected therewith. May 9; six months.

George Haire, of Manchester, gentleman, for certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for sweeping and cleaning chimneys and flues. May 9; six months,

Thomas Edge, of Great Peter-street, Westminster, gas apparatusmanufacturer, for certain improvements in apparatus for gas-water and other fluids. May 9; six months.

Samuel Hall, of Basford, C. E., for improvements in the combustion of fuel and smoke. May 9; six months.

Jacob Wilson, of Wigmore-street, Cavendish square, upholsterer, for certain improvements in bedsteads. May 9; six months.

William Sanderson, of Aldermanbury, London, silk-manufacturer, for improvements in weaving fabrics to be used for covering buttons. May 9; six months.

John Melville, of Upper Harley-street, esquire, for certain improvements in propelling vessels. May 11; six months.

John Browne, of Brighton, gentleman, for improvements in the manufacture of mud-boots and overalls. May 12; six months.

Thomas Williams, of Bangor, smith, for an improved churn. May 17; six months.

William Brunton, of Neath, Glamorgan, C. E., for an improved method or means of dressing ores and separating metals or minerals from other substances. (For the colonies only). May 19; 4 months. Joseph Gibson, of Birmingham, manufacturer, for certain improvements in axletrees and axletreeboxes. May 23; six months.

John Bennet Lawes, of Rotherhampstead, Hertfort, gentleman, for certain improvements in manures. May 23: six months. John Bishop, of Poland-street, Westminster, jeweller, for a new or improved construction of brake apparatus applicable to railway carriages. May 23; six months.

Thomas Middleton, of Loman-street, Southwark, engineer, for an improved method of preparing vegetable gelatine or size for paper and also an improved mode of applying the same in the manufacture of paper. (Being a coumunication.) May 23: six months.

William Tudor Mabley, of Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, mechanical draftsman, for improvements in machinery or apparatus for making nails. (Being a communication.) May 23; six months. Benjamin Cook, junior, of Birmingham, brassfounder, for improvements in the construction of bedsteads, both in metal and wood. May 23; six months.

Frederick Goos, of Manchester, jacquard machine-maker, for ertain improvements in the jacquard machine or apparatus, to be used or employed in looms for weaving. May 23; six months.

Sir James Murray, of Merrion-square, Dublin, Doctor of Medicine, for an improved method of combining various materials in a manner not hitherto in use for the purpose of manure. May 23.

James Pilbrow, of Tottenham, engineer, for certain improvements in steam-engines. May 23; six months.

William Geeves, of Old-Cavendish-street, gentleman, for improvements in machinery for cutting cork. May 23; six months.

James Stewart, of Osnaburgh-street, gentleman, for improvements in hinges for piano-fortes and other purposes. May 24; six months.

Thomas Waterhouse, of Edgely, Chester, manufacturer, for a certain improvement or improvements in machinery for carding cotton, wool, flax, silk, and similar fibrous materials. May 24.

Joseph Duce, of Wolverhampton, lock-manufacturer, for an improved lock and key to be used therewith, and an improved slide bolt for the said lock, applicable also to other purposes. May 24;

six months.

James Boydell, junior, of Hope Farm Works, Dudley, for improvements in the manufacture of keel plates for vessels, iron gates, gate-posts, fencings, and gratings. May 24; six months.

James Potter, of Manchester, manufacturer, for certain improvements in machinery for spinning cotton, flax, and other fibrous substances. May 25; six months.

Peter Kagenbusch, of Whitby, York, for an improvement in the dyeing of wool, woollen cloths, cotton, silks, and other fabrics and materials. May 26; six months.

PERMITTED TO BE PRINTED,

St. Petersburg, July 15th, 1842.

P. KORSAKOFF, CENSOR.

Printed at the Office of the «Journal de St. Petersbourg. »

FITZ-BOODLE'S CONFESSIONS.

PREFACE.

GEORGE FITZ-BOODLE, ESQUIRE, TO OLIVER YORKE, ESQUIRE.

Omnium Club, May 20, 1842.

Dear Sir, I have always been considered the third-best whist-player in Europe, and (though never betting more than five pounds) have for many years past added considerably to my annual income by my skill in the game, until the commencement of the present season, when a French gentleman, Monsieur Lalouette, was admitted to the club where I usually play. His skill and reputation were so great, that no men of the club were inclined to play against us two of a side; and the consequence has been, that we have been in a manner pitted against one another. By a strange turn of luck (for I cannot admit the idea of his superiority), Fortune, since the Frenchman's arrival, has been almost constantly against me, and I have lost two-and-thirty nights in the course of a couple of score of nights' play.

Every body knows that I am a poor man; and so much has Lalouette's luck drained my finances, that only last week I was obliged to give him that famous grey cob on which you have seen me riding in the Park (I can't afford a thorough

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