Dying Cloth in the Piece. It is universally known, that when cloth is dyed in the piece, the colour only fixes itself on the two surfaces, and hardly penetrates the middle of the cloth, so that when it is cut, the inner part appears white, or, at most, very faintly coloured, which is an incontestible proof that it has been dyed in a piece. Some colours, the cochineal scarlet for example, can only be properly given to the cloth after it is manufactured, because the operations of carding, spinning, and fulling, would destroy the beauty of the dye: on this account, the cochineal scarlet is the dye which sinks the least into the texture of the cloth, and shows the white seam very distinctly. The count de la Boulaye Marsillon, director and professor in the school of the Gobelins, has contrived a very simple and ingenious process for remedying this inconvenience. He supposes that the water, with which the cloth is soaked before it is immersed in the dyevat, resists the introduction of the colouring matter within its fibres, and compels it to remain and be fixed on the surface. The author of this invention proceeds then in the following manner: he fixes at the bottom of the boiler a kind of rolling press, the two cylinders of which are parallel to each other, and of course are as long as the breadth of the cloth to be dyed, and may be fixed at any requisite distance from each other, according to the thickness of the cloth. The cylinders are entirely immersed in the colour bath. At opposite extremities of the boiler are fixed two winches, the axes of which are parallel to those of the cylinder. The piece of cloth is then wound round one of the winches, and is wound off to the other, passing in its way through the cylinders of the rolling press, which are set so close to each other, as to press the cloth considerably. This operation is continued backwards and forwards, from one winch to the other, till the dye is of sufficient intensity. The effect produced by this contrivance is obvious; the pressure of the cylinder forces out of the cloth the water which it had imbibed, and the colouring matter being instantly presented to it, meets with no obstacle to its thorough penetration. Improved Cooking Apparatus.-M. Lanare, director of the Athenæum of Languages, has invented an utensil, which he calls autoclave. M. Lanare engages to dress his dinner in less than half an hour, and lately made the experiment with complete success before a numerous company. He had put into the vessel a piece of meat, vegetables, and as much water as is necessary for a dish for five persons. The vessel was placed over a fire, which was kept up by some pieces of charcoal. In twenty-six minutes the vessel was taken off, and left a few minutes to cool; and the reporter affirms, that the broth was excellent, and the meat thoroughly done. It is not necessary to open the pot to skim it, so much as once during the boiling; for at the end of the operation, the scum is found at the bottom of the vessel, and does not mix with the broth. The advantage of this autoclavian cookery are, 1st. That the soup is excellent, which is very natural, because the apparatus is hermetically closed, and nothing therefore is lost. 2nd. That the produce is much increased by the quantity of jelly yielded by the bones. 3rd. That the cookery is far more expeditious than in the ordinary kettles, &c. This mode of cookery will be highly advantageous, to the poor in particular. Smoke Burning-We congratulate the public on the complete success, in every view of the subject, which has attended the trial of Messrs. Parkes' apparatus for consuming smoke at the steam boilers of Messrs. Horrockses and Co.'s factory, Preston. The adoption of the plan entirely removed the nuisance of smoke, and the experience of five weeks clearly proves, that a saving of fuel is effected more than sufficient to counterbalance the first cost of the alteration. It is well known to scientific manufacturers, that the steam-engine upon which this experiment was made, has been supported upon as little, if not less, fuel than any other of equal power in the kingdom, upon the old principle; the result may, therefore, be deemed a full demonstration of the advantage of the plan, as a measure of economy. Messrs. Horrockses and Co. are proceeding to alter other engines upon Messrs. Parkes's plan; Messrs. Paley and Co. are also adopting it at their works, and there can be little doubt, but that, in a very short time, the town will be entirely freed from the nuisance which has heretofore proceeded from the numerous steam-engine chimneys within its precincts. 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