Chapter IV: Part IV: now issuing

Britain’s Hymn, 2 editions, 3d. and 1s. 6d.
Departure, 3d.
Song of Night, 3d.

GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS IN PIANOFORTE PLAYING, with English and French words. 5s.

This work is entirely different from those of a similar kind, which have chiefly in view the great agility of fingers, the elegance of performance, and the difficulty of execution; while, on the contrary, the greatest pains have been taken in this work to make it as simple as possible for the understanding even of children, or all those who are unacquainted with the Pianoforte.

The following Compositions are to be published successively:—

MUSICAL GRAMMAR. Theory of Chords, of Counterpoint, of Imitation, Fugue, and Canons. In sheets, 3d. each.

THE ART OF SINGING, or Guide for the higher practical part of Execution.

A COLLECTION OF AIRS, DUETS, and CHORUSES of the Opera “La Jacquerie” (Poor Conrad), with English, French, and German words.

THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST, an Oratorio.

London: Published at the Repository for Mainzer’s Publications, 340, Strand.

PUBLICATIONS.

On Saturday, the 7th of January, 1843, will be published, the First Number of a New Weekly Periodical, price 4d. or stamped, 5d. to be entitled the

ILLUSTRATED POLYTECHNIC REVIEW. This Journal will be devoted to Science, the Fine Arts, and Literature. Each Number will contain an Essay or Essays on some branch of Science or the Fine Arts, together with other highly-interesting matter. The Review will be printed on a fine Paper, with a new Type, and will comprise 48 closely-printed columns, 4to. The whole to be illustrated with numerous fine Engravings, by the first Artists.

Letters, Essays, Works for Review &c. to be addressed to the Editor, 143, Strand, London, where Advertisements will be received.

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Will be published on 1st January, 1843,

LAXTON’S BUILDERS’ PRICE-BOOK for 1843, containing upwards of Ten Thousand Prices and Memoranda connected with Building. The whole has been carefully revised and corrected agreeably to the recent alteration of the price of materials in consequence of the New Tariff. A great variety of additional prices have been given not before published, together with some useful Tables. Seventeenth Edition. Published in a convenient size suitable for the Pocket. Price 4s. bound in cloth, or in the form of a pocket-book, price 5s.

To be had of the Author at his Office, 10, Fludyer-street, Whitehall; John Weale, Architectural Library, 59, High Holborn; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., and R. Groombridge, Paternoster-row; Hebert, 88, Cheapside; and Miller & Field, 6, Westminster-bridge-road.

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NEW WORKS NOW PUBLISHING BY H. G. CLARKE & CO. 66, OLD BAILEY, LONDON, Agent for Ireland, S. J. Machen, 8, D’Olier-street, Dublin, AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

THE ENGLISH WIFE; A Manual of Home Duties, designed as a Sequel to the English Maiden. 12mo. cloth, lettered. Price 4s. 6d. Silk, 6s. Morocco, 8s.

CONTENTS.—Bridal Hopes and Joys. Family Arrangements. Domestic and Social Duties. State of Mind necessary to the due Discharge of Domestic Duties. On the Care of Health. On Healthful Food and Drink. On the Care of Infants. On the Training of Young Children. Leisure Hours. Conclusion.

THE ENGLISH MAIDEN; Her Moral and Domestic Duties. With engraved Title, designed by Gilbert, engraved by Gilks, fcp. 8vo. cloth, lettered, price 4s. 6d. Silk, 6s. Mor. 8s.

“A little work well worthy, from its good sense and good feeling, to be a permanent and favourite monitor to our fair countrywomen.”—Morning Herald.

“The book is one of the best fitted for presents to young women, in any rank of life; its price putting it within the reach of MOST; its tendency calculated to be beneficial to ALL.”—Sherborne Mercury.

THE LADIES’ WORK-TABLE BOOK,

Containing full Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needle-work, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting, Crochet, &c. Illustrated by upwards of Fifty Engravings. Imperial 32mo. Cloth, gilt edges, price 3s. 6d.

THE LADIES’ HAND-BOOK OF FANCY NEEDLE-WORK AND EMBROIDERY,

Containing Plain and Ample Directions whereby to become a perfect Mistress of those delightful Arts. 3rd edition, with Illustrations. Imperial 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

“The directions are plain and concise, and we can honestly recommend the volume to every reader.”—La Belle Assemblée.

THE LADIES’ HAND-BOOK OF PLAIN NEEDLE-WORK,

Containing Clear and Ample Instructions whereby to attain proficiency in every department of this most useful employment, with Explanations of the various Stitches. By the Author of the “Ladies’ Hand-Book of Fancy Needle-work,” &c. Imp. 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

THE LADIES’ HAND-BOOK OF KNITTING, NETTING, AND CROCHET,

Containing Plain Directions by which to become proficient in those branches of Useful and Ornamental Employment. By the Author of the “Ladies’ Hand-Book of Fancy Needlework,” &c. 3rd edition, with Illustrations. Imperial 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

“A more useful work can hardly be desired.”—Court Gazette.

THE LADIES’ HAND-BOOK OF BABY-LINEN,

By the Author of the “Ladies’ Hand-Book of Fancy Needlework,” &c. Imperial 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

THE HAND-BOOK OF PAINTING IN OIL,

With an Appendix, containing Sir J. Reynolds’ Observations and Instructions to Students. Imperial, 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

“A work of great utility to the Young Artist and Amateur.”—Polytechnic Journal.

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ANNUALS, FOR 1843.

A LOVE GIFT for 1843.

Royal 32mo. cloth, price 2s. 6d. White Silk, 3s.

“A pretty little volume, bound in pink and gold, containing extracts from our English poets, both ancient and modern, upon a subject which ‘rules the camp, the court, the grove—man below, and gods above;’ all universal love—and those who wish to learn what poets have said upon this all-interesting subject, may find it here.”—Era.

THE BALL-ROOM ANNUAL for 1843.

Comprising, in addition to the most Fashionable Quadrilles, Galopades, Mazourkas, &c. of the Present Season, the Steps used in the Strathspeys and Highland Reels, as danced before her Majesty and Prince Albert, on their recent Visit to Scotland. Medium 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

THE CHILD’S OWN ANNUAL for 1843;

Illustrated by upwards of Thirty Wood Engravings. Fcp. 8vo. handsomely bound, price 4s. 6d.

HARRISON’S GARDEN ALMANAC and Floral Calendar for 1843.

The Floricultural Department by JOSEPH HARRISON, Editor of the “Floricultural Cabinet,” “Gardener’s Record,” &c. Foolscap 8vo. price 1s.

CLARKE’S GUIDE BOOKS

To the Exhibitions in and near London; Free Galleries of Art in and near London; a Guide Book for Visiters, by H. G. CLARKE. Fcp. 8vo. sewed, price 1s. 6d.; containing the National Gallery, Dulwich Gallery, and Greenwich Hospital Naval Gallery.

The National Gallery; a Guide Book for Visiters. Price 4d.; abridged 3d. and 1d.

The Dulwich Gallery; a Guide Book for Visiters. Price 6d.; abridged 4d. and 2d.

The Naval Gallery at Greenwich Hospital; a Guide Book for Visiters. Price 3d.; abridged 1d.

The Royal Gallery, Hampton Court.—Nearly ready.

THE LIFE OF SAINT IGNATIUS,

Bishop of Antioch; being No. I. of the Lives of the Fathers, Saints, and Martyrs of the Early Christian Church, Imperial 32mo, price 1s.

LETTERS TO A YOUNG LADY

On the Advantages of Early Piety. Imperial 32mo. cloth.—Nearly ready.

CONTENTS.—Personal Advantages of Early Piety. Domestic Advantages of Early Piety. Early Piety as a Preparatory for the Duties of Active Life. Early Piety as connected with the Immortal Destiny of the Human Race.

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MOSLEY’S METALLIC PENS.—The decided superiority of these Pens over all others has long been acknowledged by the Public, and MOSLEY and Co., by anxiously embracing every opportunity of improving their manufacture, have at length brought them to such a state of perfection, as utterly to defy competition. M. & Co. in returning thanks for the very liberal support they have received, would beg at the same time to observe, that us few persons can write with the same description of Pen, they have manufactured a great variety of kinds, being thus enabled to suit the hand-writing of all.

MOSLEY’S PENS are sold by all stationers, and other respectable pen dealers throughout the Kingdom, and Wholesale at No. 8, Hatton Garden, London.

To guard against the many spurious imitations palmed upon the Public, every genuine Pen is stamped “RICHARD MOSLEY & Co. London,” and it is requisite that particular attention be paid to this circumstance, as the name of MOSLEY has been marked upon articles of a worthless description, the name being wrongly spelled, or the Christian name left out—“RICHARD MOSLEY & Co. London,” is the only genuine stamp.

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BENTLEY’S Patent PORCELAIN LETTERS, for shop-fronts, hotels, merchants, shippers, &c., are 23 per cent. cheaper than the projecting; they are the most beautiful and imposing to the sight possible, and by far the most durable of any yet introduced; it is a fact worthy of remark, that every new letter that has been brought out within the last ten years has been Bentley’s invention: also Bentley’s newly-invented Zinc and Brass Shop Window Plates, both flat and circular, with raised letters, without a particle of wax, which never get out of order. The Queen’s, Prince Albert’s, and the Prince of Wales’ coats of arms in wood and metal. Observe.—The only Manufactory is Bentley’s, 234, High Holborn.

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LETTERS FOR SHOP FRONTS.—Use Mason’s Imperishable ones, made in patent Iron-stone China, which have stood the severe test of 20 winters’ exposure in front of their manufactory at Fenton, in the Potteries.

To be had of Mr. Wager Brameld, Agent, 16, Norton-street, Portland-place.

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GREAT COMFORT TO INVALIDS.—FYFE’S Patent Hermetically Sealed Commode Pail, forming with its mahogany seat and earthen pan, a completely air-tight, inodorous, portable chamber closet, for 1_l._ 6s., in a neat japanned box, 2_l._ 4s., in a handsome mahogany enclosure, 3_l._; rendering a sick room, at all times, as fresh and comfortable to enter as a well-appointed drawing-room.

Sold at Fyfe’s Repository, 26, Tavistock-street, Covent Garden.

Also,

TREDGOLD’S WARM ATMOSPHERIC AIR STOVE, filling the whole area of a Church with a uniform warmth in two hours from lighting the fire.

Orders from the country, with a reference in London, immediately attended to.

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PATENT TRANSPARENT VENTILATORS.—The increasing patronage afforded to this invention, which has been extensively introduced into the palaces, public offices, most of the principal banking and club houses, and many private houses, warehouses, offices, &c., has induced the proprietors (FAIRS and CO.) to an effort for their more general adoption, in furtherance of which they have prepared a graduated and greatly reduced tariff of prices, which will be forwarded, post-paid, on application to Fairs and Co., 22, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square; the Factory, 15, Gillingham-street, Pimlico; or Messrs. Bunnett and Corpe, 26, Lombard-street, where orders are also received. Fairs and Co. are also Manufacturers of the Improved Zinc Sashes, now so extensively used for Churches and other buildings, which supersede the use of copper, at a much less cost, and in which the most elaborate designs may be executed.

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WILLIAM SUGG AND CO., No. 19, Marsham-street, Westminster, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS, GAS ENGINEERS and FITTERS, Makers of Improved Patent Gas Meters, Manufacturers of every description of plain and ornamental bronze, brass and iron work, for OIL or GAS. Fan lights, passage and lantern, plain or ornamented, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation. Casting for the Trade.

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BIRD’S EYE MAPLE PLANKS, lying in the West India Docks, for sale in any quantity: also a Case of very superior Satin-wood Veneers. Apply, prepaid, W., 340, Strand, London.

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THE PATENT FIRE PUMP AND ANTI-FRICTION PUMP.—They are both simple and cheap, and not so likely to get out of repair as the common Pump. The Fire Pump combines, without any alteration, the common domestic Pump, the Lifting Pump, and the Force Pump. The Fire Pump is adopted by her Majesty’s Board of Works, and one is fixed in the House of Commons. Patent Water-closets, Portable ditto, Self-acting ditto, &c. &c.

Freeman Roe, Plumber, Engineer, &c., 70, Strand, opposite the Adelphi Theatre.

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SMITH’S PATENT IMPROVED WATER-CLOSET combines all the requisites considered indispensable to form a perfect machine of this nature. In its action it is rapid, certain, and complete; simplicity of construction (the want of which in every other kind has been the fruitful and constant source of so much perplexity) is the distinguishing characteristic of Smith’s Patent Improved Water-Closet.

The value of these Closets has been confirmed, after the severest tests in which they could be subjected, by persons holding important situations in various public institutions, and must be considered conclusive in a matter so nearly affecting the comfort and convenience of the establishments under their care. Such is the confidence of the Patentee in the completeness of this invention, that he distinctly holds himself responsible for the perfect action of every Closet fixed under his own superintendence, and undertakes to remove, free of expense, any that may be found not to fulfil the conditions of his prospectus.

⁂ See “Mechanic’s Magazine” of Sept. 17th, 1842.

Prospectuses and Testimonials may be had of the Patentee, T. SMITH, Plumber, Northampton; or Hayward, Tyler, and Co., Brass-founders, 85, Upper Whitecross-street, St. Luke’s, London.

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PATENT PERRYIAN PENS.

PRICES ACCESSIBLE TO ALL WRITERS.

JAMES PERRY & CO., Manufacturers to Her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert.

Have just introduced a new variety of their excellent Metallic Pens, in boxes containing one gross, &c., in cases containing a quarter of a hundred, and on cards; all of which are manufactured under the protection of their Patents, suitable for every description of writing, and superior to all the ordinary Steel Pens in general use. J. P. & Co. strongly recommend Bankers, Merchants, Exporters of Metallic Pens, and all large buyers to make trial of these articles, in the full confidence they will be found to possess more of the necessary elasticity for the production of good writing than any other Pens at a similar price.

Pens in Boxes.

DOUBLE PATENT LARGE BARREL PENS, in Boxes, containing one dozen with Holder, or in Boxes of three dozen each, Fine or Medium Points.

DOUBLE PATENT SMALL BARREL PENS, in Boxes, containing one dozen with Holder, or in Boxes of three dozen, six dozen, or twelve dozen each, Fine or Medium Points.

DOUBLE PATENT PENS, No. 2, in Boxes, containing three dozen, six dozen, or twelve dozen each, with Fine, Medium, or Extra Fine Points.

CURVE-CUT PENS, in Boxes, containing three dozen, six dozen, or twelve dozen each, with Fine or Medium Points.

Pens on Cards.

DOUBLE PATENT LARGE BARREL PENS, with Fine or Medium Points.—Nine
Pens with Holder.
DOUBLE PATENT SMALL BARREL PENS ”
CURVE-CUT PENS ”

Pens in Cases containing a Quarter Hundred, with Holder.

DOUBLE PATENT PENS, No. 2, with Fine or Medium Points
RAVEN BLACK PENS No. 2, ”
BRONZE PENS No. 2, ”

_The Following Sorts of the Perryian Pens, manufactured by JAMES PERRY & CO., are Sold on Cards as Usual._

_s._ _d._
RAVEN BLACK PENS, with Fine or Medium Points per Card 1 0
NATIONAL PENS, Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4, with Fine or Medium
Points ditto 1 0
OFFICE PENS ditto 1 0
FINE OFFICE PENS ditto 1 0
NATIONAL PENS, Nos. 7 and 8, with Fine or Medium Points ditto 1 6
DOUBLE PATENT PENS, with Fine, Medium, Broad, or Extra
Fine Points ditto 2 0
UNDER SPRING PENS ditto ditto 2 0
FLAT SPRING PENS ditto ditto 2 0
SIDE SPRING PENS ditto ditto 2 0
THREE-POINTED PENS ditto 2 0
ELASTIC FOUNTAIN PENS, with Fine, Medium, Broad, or
Extra Fine Points ditto 2 6
INDIA-RUBBER SPRING PENS, ditto ditto 2 6
REGULATING SPRING PENS ditto ditto 2 6
ELASTIC HOLDER, with appropriate Pens ditto ditto 2 6
FOUNTAIN PENS ditto ditto 3 0
SCHOOL PENS, for Large, Round, or Small Hand, per Packet 2 0

N.B.—Each Card and Packet contains NINE PENS, with suitable Holder.

DRAWING and MAPPING PENS, per Card of Six Pens, with Holder 3 6
LITHOGRAPHIC PENS ditto 3 6

PATENT PERRYIAN ELASTIC HOLDER.

The Elastic Holder is so constructed as to impart an agreeable softness and flexibility to the Pen, rendering it so unconstrained in its action as not to fatigue the hand. This Holder facilitates the progress of the Pen over every description of paper. It may be had with the Perryian Pens, at an advance of THREEPENCE per Card; or separately, at THREEPENCE each. Each Holder is stamped with the words “PATENT, PERRY, LONDON.”

PERRYIAN LIMPID INK.

This Ink has a flowing property peculiar to itself, and does not corrode Metallic Pens as other Inks.—In Bottles, 6d., 1s., and 2s. each.

BLACK INK POWDER, 6d. and 1s. per Packet.

LIMPIDUM, for neutralising the ill effects of the usual Inks, when used with Metallic Pens, Sixpence per Packet.

Writing Paper; Silver, Albata, and other Pen-Holders and Pencil-Pen Cases, adapted to the PERRYIAN PENS, at the usual Prices.

⁂ £20 Reward will be given, on conviction, for information of any Person or Persons infringing any of the Proprietors Patent Rights.

☞ Sold by all Stationers and Dealers in Metallic Pens, and at the Manufactory, 37 Red Lion Square, London.

DOUBLE PATENT PERRYIAN FILTER INKSTAND.

JAMES PERRY and Co., Manufacturers to Her Majesty and H. R. H. Prince Albert,

Having effected considerable improvement in their FILTER INKSTAND, have now the pleasure to announce that a Second Patent has been granted to them for such improvement, which they have united with their First Patent, under the title of “DOUBLE PATENT PERRYIAN FILTER INKSTAND.” The eulogy bestowed on the _Patent Filter Inkstand_ by the public journals, and the preference obtained for them over the common Inkstands, were almost unprecedented. The present novel and scientific method of supplying Clear Ink to the Dipping Cup, and returning it into the reservoir, is exceedingly simple, the action being now performed by merely lifting up the lid to obtain a supply, and shutting it down to withdraw it; in this state it is protected from dust or other injury in any place or climate. When the Inkstand is filled, it is always ready for use, and the writer will have a regular and daily supply of Clear Ink for four or six months.

No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. No. 4½.]

TESTIMONIALS.

It possesses the advantage, from being air-tight, of preserving Ink for almost any period of time.—_Times._

One of the most useful inventions of the present day that has come under our observation.—_Morning Herald._

It is really most ingenious, and not in the slightest degree liable to get out of order.—_John Bull._

Very ingeniously constructed to keep the surface of the Ink at a uniform level, where it is presented to the dip of the Pen.—_Morning Post._

We have tested the PERRYIAN INKSTAND, and have every reason to be perfectly satisfied with the trial.—_Atlas._

PATENT PERRYIAN GRAVITATING INKSTAND.

_As Cheap as the Common Inkstand._

This neat and novel invention is exceedingly well adopted for general use; it preserves the Ink in great perfection for months together, without the trouble of refilling; it excludes dust, &c., and at any moment the writer is supplied with Ink in the most perfect state.

The Patentees strongly recommend it to the notice of Bankers, Merchants, Solicitors, Government Offices, Public Companies, Shops, Schools, &c., as a great improvement over the ordinary Inkstand, both as regards convenience, and considerable saving of Ink. This Inkstand will be found invaluable in keeping the Ink always clear and fit for use in every climate. It is of a cylindrical form, with a gravitating action, adjusted so as to supply the Dipping Cup with Ink, which can be returned into the Cylinder when not in use. Economy, cleanliness, and usefulness are secured by it, and it cannot get out of order.

☞ Sold by all Stationers and Dealers in Metallic Pens, and at the Manufactory, 37, Red Lion Square, London.

“THE BUILDER.”

THE BUILDER.—This Journal will be exclusively devoted to the interests of Builders, by which term must be understood all that numerous and wealthy portion of persons connected directly or indirectly with Building. It will partake of the character of a Trade Journal or Magazine, and also fulfil the objects of a Weekly Newspaper, by giving a faithful and impartial abstract of the News of the Week. The Conductors will not discuss the question of general Politics, nor will they enter upon Political disquisition at all, unless any measure should be proposed affecting the class whose interests they will always support and defend. Upon such occasions, and upon such occasions only, will their paper be political. It will be of no party, unless, indeed, the advocating the true interests of all classes connected with the Building Business, from the Labourer to the Architect, can be so considered. A portion of

“THE BUILDER”

will be occupied by Essays on the Building and Furnishing Arts in all their various and numerous branches. It will contain the designs of Ancient Buildings and Works, and of those of our own day—not mere pictures or views from which nothing is to be learnt, but plans, sections, &c., which, while they will be rendered perfectly intelligible to workmen of ordinary information, it is hoped will not be below the notice of the Architect and the Amateur.

When we consider how numerous and important is the class to whose interests this Journal is dedicated; a class of British Artisans numbering at least half a million; a class whose trade-education distinguishes them in intellect, knowledge, and wealth, it can only form matter of surprise, that while the Clerical, Medical, Legal, Military, and Naval, the Artists and Literati, and other classes have their public organs of opinion and information; while the Gardeners and Agriculturists, Railway and Commercial and Banking Companies have each their mouth-piece and record; the religious sects, and all Politicians their special advocates that this most numerous, most intelligent, and most wealthy, should have so long remained without this bond of the Press; to instruct and inform, to disseminate knowledge as to discoveries and inventions, to advertise wants, and form for it a general nucleus of strength, light, and union.

Amongst the Tradesmen, Manufacturers, &c. who are particularly interested in

“THE BUILDER,”

both as a medium for obtaining information, and for Advertising their own productions and requirements, we may enumerate the following:—

Architectural Authors and Publishers
Asphalte Companies
Artificial Stone Manufacturers
Auctioneers and Agents for Buildings, Land, Timber Sales, &c.
Bath, Portland, Granite, Yorkshire, and other Stone Merchants
Brass Fender, Rods, Plate, &c. Manufacturers
Brass Founders
Blind Makers, Venetian and others
Booksellers
Bent Timber Manufacturers
Brokers, Consignments, Sales, &c.
Bronzists
Builders’ Cards and Advertisements
Building Material Dealers
Carpet Warehouses
Carvers
Cabinet Makers
Chimney-piece Manufacturers
Cement Manufacturers
Carriers, Canals, and Vans
Clerks of Works and their Employers
Clock Makers and Bell Founders
Coppersmiths and Braziers
Contractors and Contracts
Drawing Schools, Academies, and Schools of Design
Engineers and Workmen
Estate and House Agents
Fender Makers
Founders and Furnishing Ironmongers
Fire-proof Materials
Fencing,—Iron, Wood, or Stone
Foremen wanted
Glass and Lead Merchants
” Manufacturers, Plate and Stained
Gas Fitters, &c.
Grindstones, &c.
Houses of Call
Insurance Companies
Iron and Steel Merchants
Iron and Tin Plate Workers
Iron Bedstead Makers, Safes, &c.
Land Jobbers, and Sales for Building, &c.
Lamp Manufacturers
Lath Renders
Lead Merchants
Lime Merchants and Burners
Locksmiths and Bellhangers
Lock Manufacturers
Loan Societies
Mathematical Instrument Makers
Machine Makers, Engines, &c.
Metallic Sash Makers—Springs, &c.
Mechanics’ Institutions
Mechanical Instrument Makers
Millwrights and Millstones
Modellers and Carvers
Marble Workers—Chimney-piece Manufacturers
Nail Merchants
Oven Builders
Paint and Colour Merchants
Papier Maché Manufacturers
Paviours
Picture Frame and Gilt Moulding Makers
Patents—Patent Agencies, &c.
Plasterers and Plaster of Paris
Pump Makers, &c.
Pencil Makers
Prices Current—Timber, Lead, Iron, &c.
Publishers, Printers, &c.
Railway Companies
Registration of Designs
Roman Cement Makers
Sales—Timber, Land, Houses, &c.
Scagliola Manufacturers
Saw Mills, Sawing, Saw Makers
Stone Quarries and Merchants
Slate do. do.
Staffordshire Tiles, Bricks, Pipes, &c.
Ships—Imports, Exports, Emigration, &c.
Steam Engines, and Boiler Makers
Stove Grate Makers
Tool Makers
Turners
Ventilating and Warming Buildings
Upholsterers
Wire Drawers and Workers
Water Closet Makers
Wood Paving Companies
Wood Letters
Window Blind Makers—Transparent, &c.
Workmen wanted
Zinc Manufacturers, and Door-plate Makers
Zincography and Artists

The following presents a list, taken from the census of 1831, of the building and connected classes in Great Britain only, and of these only the male adults of 20 years old and upwards:—

Architects and Engineers—No number given.
Agents—None given.
Auctioneers 2,823
Bricklayers 29,653
Brickmakers 10,184
Builders 5,204
Carpenters 103,238
Cabinet Makers 21,774
Carvers and Gilders 2,854
Chair Makers 802
Ironmongers and Ironfounders 10,411
Land Jobbers 651
Lime Burners 3,122
Masons or Wallers 49,159
Marble Cutters 1,732
Nailors 1,882
Painters 15,653
Plumbers and Glaziers 11,999
Plasterers 9,683
Sawyers 19,181
Slaters 4,539
Turners 5,905
Upholsterers 2,932
Undertakers 1,121
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314,502

To which, if we add for Ireland, for apprentices and increase of population, we shall have a number probably far exceeding half a million!

That this description of paper has been long a desideratum, is evinced by the history and character of the associations of years past. The struggles on the part of masters and men, and the attitude taken by the public towards both, required an interlocutor of this nature to promote a good understanding, and to secure equity and justice to all. With such an auxiliary, what waste of time and funds had been avoided—what noble projects carried out—what petty strife suppressed—what distractions kept down. Our dignity would have been maintained, and our cause ennobled.

But more than this. How many of the claims of humble merit have slept in this interval for the want of a friendly expositor, or a common vehicle of publicity? And how many valuable inventions have languished wanting encouragement, or died still-born in the obscurity of their birth? How many toilsome wanderings of the artisan in search of employment might have been avoided?—how many common benefits have been withheld?—How frequently the hand of brotherly charity undirected, and the worthy object frustrated of its aid? In the glut of work in one quarter and its scarcity in another, how promptly would

“THE BUILDER”

have adjusted the balance? Its columns at all times open to inquiries, and the office for reference, would have solved many difficulties, and facilitated many purposes of good.

But “better late than never.” The present effort will be under the chief conduct of one who, from his experience and practice, has derived means and opportunities of knowing the wants, and understanding the interests, of the class to whom he has the honour to belong. And it will be the object at all times to enlist in behalf of this enterprise the talent and services of all superior minds and zealous hearts in the various kindred professions.

The paper will be of a convenient size for being bound as a book, and so that the essays and illustrations may be separated and preserved. As before stated in respect of the political department, the Editor will endeavour to steer clear of partizanship. But times may arise when a fearless advocacy of trade interests will require him to oppose or support the party in power; on such occasions he will claim for himself the right to assert his views, and those of his class, in a manly and temperate manner.

The illustrations will consist of views, plans, elevations, and sections of ancient and modern buildings, and of parts of buildings, so as effectually to describe their peculiar excellencies;—of working drawings and diagrams for the carpenter, mason, cabinet-maker, &c. &c.;—designs of manufactured articles and implements used in building;—of improved associations and architectural arrangements, whether in the cottage or the mansion, the villa or the palace, in the farm, the village, and the city; in short, there will be no subject in art or science connected with building and the furnishing of buildings that will not be sought after to be introduced here.

As a medium of Advertisements, its merits will be obvious: the list already given comprehends a large number of those to whom such a paper as this offers always the only proper vehicle. But there are many besides to whom it will be a welcome organ. In the matter of contracts for building, of business to be disposed of or sought after, of workmen wanted or seeking employment, and in all such pertaining to the class of builders and cabinet makers, it will at once form a perfect scheme of publicity, thereby encouraging many to advertise, in the certainty of their advertisements being read, and many to read in the same certainty of finding an answer to their wants.

All communications to be addressed to the Editor of “THE BUILDER,” No. 2, York-street, Covent Garden.

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TESSELLATED PAVEMENT.—WYATT, PARKER, and CO. respectfully call the attention of the Public to their Specimens of Tessellated Pavement which may be seen at Albion Wharf, Holland-street, Surrey Foot of Blackfriars-bridge.

The Tesseræ for forming this Pavement or Flooring, being composed of similar material to that used in the manufacture of porcelain, and highly vitrified, are imperishable. They can be had of any size and form, from cubes of a quarter of an inch, and with the colours burnt throughout the entire body. If required, they may be gilt similar to those on the tombs of Edward the Confessor and Henry the Third. They are prepared to execute designs for these floors, or to dispose of the small Quarries or Tesseræ by the gross, to such persons as may wish to execute their own floors. These Tesseræ may be united on the floor with Roman Cement, Lime, and Pozzolano, Plaster of Paris, or most of the Cements now in use; or prepared in slabs, and laid with the same facility as Portland Stone paving.

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ENCAUSTIC or INLAID ORNAMENTAL TILES, for paving churches, halls, corridors, &c.—WYATT, PARKER, and Co. beg to acquaint the public that they are now prepared to execute PAVEMENTS with these beautiful tiles, manufactured in imitation of the best ancient examples from the Chapterhouse, Westminster, Winchester Cathedral, Romsey Church, Great Malvern, &c. Being made of the famous red Staffordshire clay, they are of a less porous body than the ancient tiles, consequently are more durable, and will bear the roughest usage to which a foot-pavement can be subject, and are therefore more economical than any of the marbles and stones now in use for similar purposes. W. P., and Co. also have a great variety of other tiles of various colours for flooring, and white glazed tiles for the sides of stoves, dairies, baths, &c. Specimens may be seen at Wyatt, Parker, and Co.’s wharf, Holland-street, Surrey Foot of Blackfriars-bridge.

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ARTISTS, PRINTSELLERS, and Others are respectfully informed that C. F. Brelefeld has formed a large Collection of new and elegant Designs for Picture Frames in the Improved Papier Maché. The superiority of these Frames consists in their having all the effect of old carved work; many patterns represent exactly the finest carvings of the 17th century. The small parts are far less liable to injury than putty work. Papier Maché being a remarkably tough and hard substance, it never shrinks, and takes gilding very freely; the frames do not weigh one quarter the weight of others, and the price is below that usually charged.

Many specimens are now on view at C. F. Brelefeld’s Papier Maché Works, No. 15, Wellington-street North, Strand, where also Pattern Books may be had, price 14s., consisting of a variety of Patterns of Picture and Glass Frames and Window Cornices, already executed, and on sale.

“PICTURE FRAMES.—We direct the especial attention of all persons interested in this subject to the frames for pictures manufactured by Mr. Brelefeld; they are of Papier Maché, and the advantages they possess over the ordinary composition frames are so strong and so numerous, that they must inevitably be brought into general use. They look exceedingly attractive, and are in reality as much so as if they had passed through the hands of the carver, and been produced at about ten times the expense. The gilding tells with very brilliant effect; and no matter how elaborate the pattern may be, they have a clearness and sharpness that we have seldom or never seen obtained in composition.”—Art-Union.

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TO CIVIL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, AND THE PUBLIC.

THOMAS PEAKE’S TERRO-METALLIC MANUFACTORIES, Tunstall, near Newcastle, Staffordshire. Depôt, Albion Wharf, Holland-street, London, per Messrs. Wyatt, Parker, and Co.

The manufacturer and his late father have conducted the present business since 1808, now thirty-four years. He begs to remark that, during that period, the articles have supplanted other materials to a considerable extent provincially; and experience leads him to believe that they will be more generally adopted in the metropolis, as they become known.

T. P. had the honour to supply roof tiles for lodges, villas, &c. at Chatsworth, and he believes they are not excelled in efficiency or appearance by any tiled roofs in the world.

Pipes instead of Parget for chimneys, either circular for masonry, or 14 by 9 in., and other forms and sizes, not to injure the bond of brickwork; Grecian, Italian, pan, plain, and ornamental tiles, instead of slates, for roofs, with tiles for the hips, valleys, and ridges, a desirable substitute for lead, those for ridges with pyramidal points, lilies, &c.; paving tiles, 6, 7½, and 9 in. square, blue and red, to lay in checquer; skirting tiles; garden edging tiles, very neat; channel tiles; sough grate tiles; drain shell tiles; conduit pipes, of various diameters, from 3 to 16 in., with dead or socket joints, also conical, to fit one within another—the 12 and 16 in. are well adapted fur small sewers. Great numbers of the different sorts and sizes of these pipes have been used upon the railways, especially the London and Birmingham, the Great Western, and Birmingham and Gloucester lines. At home and abroad they are preferred to lead, iron, &c., to convey water for domestic use. The paving of this material, whether square or oblong, is clean, efficient, and durable; it is well adapted for ground floors in general, for outyards, footpaths in towns, &c.

Bath Depôt—Mr. W. Davey, the Quay. Bristol Depôt—Mr. G. S. Burroughs, Canon’s-marsh. Isle of Wight—Mr. Ent. Paxton, Ryde. An early call is most respectfully solicited.

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ORNAMENTAL GLASS, Wedgwood Vases, China and Earthenware.—APSLEY PELLATT, only surviving partner of the firm of Pellatt and Green, many years since removed from St. Paul’s churchyard to the Falcon Glass Works, Holland-street, Blackfriars, which is the only establishment in London where every operation connected with glass manufacture (as blowing, cutting, engraving, stoppering, &c.) may be seen in full operation every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. For a description, with engravings, see Penny Magazine, No. 572. The extensive show-rooms contain a large assortment of decanters, wine glasses, desert services, toilet and smelling bottles, medical and philosophical glass ware, crystal renaissance chandeliers, massive, highly refractive, and decorated with large arabesque ornamental drops, easily cleaned; also girandoles, candlesticks, &c. The china and earthenware comprise breakfast, dinner, desert, tea, and chamber services, from the best manufacturers; together with an extensive selection of Etruscan, Italian, and other vases, modelled and executed by the most able artists at Messrs. Wedgwood’s works, at Etruria, including his celebrated chef-d’œuvre copy of the largest Etruscan vase in the British Museum, the Portland vase, &c. Printed lists, with sketches, may be had on application.

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SMITH’S PATENT DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTION DOOR-SPRINGS are warranted to be the cheapest and best.

Patent weather-tight Fastenings and Cill bars for French casements, which render the French windows perfectly dry, and make a secure, cheap, and invisible fastening. Improved cramps for laying floors.

Manufactory for Iron and Brass work of every description. Depôt for the Patent Wire, Rope, and Sash Line, 69, Princes-street, Leicester-square.

London:—Printed by Messrs. J. L. COX & SONS, 75, Great Queen-street, Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields; and published by FRANCIS NEWTON, at the Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden, where all Letters and Communications for the Editor are to be addressed.