Widnes Examiner. — 1883-01-27 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

ENGLISH PATENTS.—The following patents amongst others published in the Commissioners of Patents Journal We sealed during the week ending January 20th, 1883 : John Ealington Chaster, Manchester, electrician improveMtitts in telephonic apparatus; Adolph Isidor Rath, Mancheater, waterproof manufacturer, for improvements in lifesaving and swimming apparatus; Andrew Dix and Thomas. Renry Dix, Rock Perry, for improvements in apparatus for checking cords of blinds and other articles required to be Pulled up or down: John Barraclough Fell, Spark Bridge, Uiverston, for improvements in locomotive engines for railwaya; Henry Lancaster, Pendleton, engiueer, for improvements in steam traps; Eustace Carey and Ferdinand Hurter, Widnes, alkali manufacturers, for improvements in the manufacture of hisulphite of soda; James Hargreaves, Whines, chemical engineer, for improvements in therm° dynamic engines; Henry Morris, Manchester, for improvements in apparatus, for adjusting ventilators, and for indicating the state of the temperature at any given place at a distance from such Place' Thomas Singleton, Damen, for improvements in the .ponstruction of looms for weaving; John Cowan QatiMn, engineer, for improvements in telephones, --List supplied by George Davies, C.E., Patent Solicitor. 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester. .„ M. IRVING BISHOP IN LIVERPOOL: EXTRAORDINARY ANemEsrr.—A remarkable scene was witnessed in the large °Pen space ill front of the Adelnhi Hotel, Liverpool, about °tie o'clock on Saturday last. Mr. W. Irving Bishop, the celebrated thought-reader, had announced his intention of *taking a public exhibition of his skill in the direction of l'eading thought—the particular experiment being to find a 13,14 Which had been hidden some hours previously in a Place within a radius of 500 yet& from the hotel. In Order to add interest to the event, it had been arranged that isle sum of £lO should be banded to the Royal Infirmary by Bishop if be failed in the experiment, and by Mr. W. • dYman, a well known local dentist, if the experiment suead. A crowd of about 15,000 persons had assembled in taff of the hotel, when punctually at one o'clock Mr. (i," °Pi duly blindfolded and attached to Mr. Ladyman ap,"° bad hidden the pin) by a piece of thin pianoforte wire. Peared upon the steps of the hotel. After pausing for a d..`Tent apparently to cencentrate his thoughts, Mr. Bishop • trrued off at a rapid pace and made his way forcibly the crowd, dragging Mr. Ladyman after him. Geeat the• ct rent prevailed amongst the spectators, who cheered th heaitatrted thought-reader as he passed along. Without ettget en Mr. Bishop directed his way along Ranelaghto : Qxre°pattucharlotte-street, and through Clayton Square and fouad the Hotel, where he mounted to the first storey then retu enthusiast' rn e pin on the outside ledge of a window. He rued to tho Adelphi Hotel, where he received an 4cknowledle Ovation. Having to appear on the balcony in the ,„__ gment, he stated that he was happy to have been ~,_ftind..iseo.aftitsi)oeflsoeficrurnrianrgy.a donation, small as it was, for the i'vcoutturtetthh:t wards statedihtiZ Every precaution was taken to Infirmary. fides of the experiment, and there can be no was entirely maintained. Mr. Bishop afterNadi not Only of immediately upon placing himself in contact with mr. o dtvh emraomutlei et: pictureZa,abut o of t h in exacthis sownspot where tic the e Pin was b secrete e taken b M •d. It is to be observed also that rout y r. Bishop was precisely that followed Mt.LadYnlan in Conveying the pin to its hiding place.  Mr. Forster gives a denial to a rumour that he has received a letter threatening to blow up his house. Mrs. Stanger, the wife of the German baker whose disappearance some months ago is known as the St. Luke's mystery No. 1, was brought up at the Mansion House, on Monday, on a charge of perjury. It is alleged that the prisoner had given false evidence on behalf of the man Stumm, who is suspected of having murdered her husband. She was remanded.