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Pillika Coilst-of Irktei ton
compel them to'grant the !lecture. The Magistrate'
offered subsequently to grant the limner bet neitl cr
the owner nor tenant if the house :dal the necessary
steps td obtain it, until after the period for licerising
was expired, and the hOuse remained empty.
Mr. TOPPING and Mr. LITTLIOALB. on the other
tide, contended, that the defendant had himself re-
fused, and had influenced his brother Magistrates to
refuse a license for this house, which had been a pub-
lic-house from time immemorial,* refusal made under,
circumstances which must infer private pique; *ad
110 t arise irom public principle, and trusted their
Lordships would send the case to be inquired into by
a Jary, especially as the defendant in his affidavit had
not expressly negatived the charge of malice which
had been made in the affidavits on the other side.
The Court said, thodgh they did not approve of
the conduct of the defendants, ,there was something
wrong in the other party in threatening, end neglect;
ing to obtain their license, when it appeared they
might have had it if they had attended. Under these
circumstances, and especially as the party might be
proceeded against by indictment if there wis good
ground for it, they should discharge the Rule fur
Criminal Information, hut without costs.
Till KING 9. INHABITANTS OF BURTON-UPON.TIHENT.
This was a question as to the legality of an Order
of Session made for the removal of a female pauper
from one country parish to another. The pauper had
gsiaed her settlement by marriage; and the objection
to her removal to her husband's parish rested on the
alleged illegality of the marriage. The husband, it
appeared, had, previous to his marriage, been in the
army, but had deserted, and went to reside in the
village where the pauper, then a single woman, lived.
Here, for the better disguise and security, he changed
his name, and after a residence of 16 weeks, married
under his assumed name. It was now contended,
that this was not a legal marriage, and therefore
could not confer a settlement.

Lord ELLINSOROUGH, however, held, and the rest
of the Court with him, that this was a legal marriage.
The pauper had resided 16 weeLs in the place.whetis
he was married ; he had obtained a name by reputa-
tion; and under that name he was married. If lie
had assumed a name, it certainly was not for the
purpose of deceiving the young woman whom he was
about to marry, but it was for the purpose of avoids.
ing his Majesty's service. The, marriage therefore
was valid, and a legal settlement was gained under
it ; the Order of Session. therefore, for the removal
of the pauper and her children to the husband's pal
rich was good, and must be affirmed.

SHERIFFS COURT, FEBRUARY 8.
BRAY V. CLARK AND ANOTHER.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, for
illegal distress of goods, in which it appeared that the
defendants bad issued a warrant in error, and levied
a sale. Remonstrances were repeatedly given by the
plaintiff of the injustice of the proceedings, but dis-
regarded. The defendant had suffered judgment to
go by default, and the Jury being nuw called on to
award the dathages, returned a verdict of All&
and costs.

the proposed Bill for establishing Trial by Jury,
in Cicil cases, in Scotland, was taken into con-
sideration last week by the Faculty of Advocates,
who determined that the unanimity of the Jury was
not necessary, but that cases might be decided by a
majority of the impanelled.
The Calico Printers in the beighliourhood of
Carlisle, who have so long been combined together
against their own true interests and that of their em..
ployers, which are so intimately connected, have re-
turned to their work, having become sensible of their
error, and thrown themselves entirely upon their
masters' clemency.
A circular letter has been addressed by Mr. PEEL
to the Magistrates of the•principal ports in Ireland,
stating what has been already made known here, that
for the purpose of enabling the merchants and manu-
facturers of the United Kingdom to avail themselves
.of the earliest period of the opening of the markets
of the United States, directions have been given to
the Governors of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and
Bermuda, to permit British vessels arriving at any of
those places from the United Kingdom, with goods
intended for the United States, to proceed to the ports
of those States as soon as the Governors shall have
received due informUtion of the ratification of the
treaty on the part of the American Government, and
with a view of enabling the Merchants to dispatch
vessels to the colonies above mentioned, there to wait
the ratification of the treaty, it has been recommend-
ed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
appoint convoys from the United Kingdom for Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, and Bermuda, at the earliest
Bible period that the season will permit.
•ROTAL ACADIMY••••LECTURIS ON PEMINTiCTIVZ....•
M Tunisia delivered his concluding lecture yes-
. evening. The subject of lien and shade,
web ,had been commenced in the farmer lecture,
wee continued in this. The former part of the lec-
ture was chiefly devoted to observations on reflection,
in ebe eourse of which Mr. Turner remarked, that in
highly polished bodies, such as bright armour, the
light is very strong and narrow, the shade is very
.dark, and as also narrow, and they have-vutoereue
reflects. In dim bodies, . however, as old rusty ft.
moor, the contrary of this effect is observed ; the
light is weaker, but broader ; the shade is lighter,or
at least there is not so great a difference between the
light and shade of such bodies as there is between the
light and shade of polished bodies, but the shade is
broader, and the number of reflects diminishes, in pro.
portion as the dimness of the body increases.
It bad been said that water. in a general sense, was
possessed of the same properties as polished bodies,
but there are striking differences, with regard to its
colour, its motion, and its want of reflects; Mr. Tur-
ner entered next into the different accidences of light
and shadow in glass globes filled with liquids, which
he demonstrated by some very beautiful drawings..
He next proceeded to make some judicious and-very
useful observations on back rounds and ;Wild per.
spective.
in the comic of the lecture the Professor remarked,
that parallel perspectiie being expressive of simpli-
city of form, it is more suitabk fr r subjects in which
grandeur is required than oxides.' perspective. Nu.
wieaons angles and ersecseoei destrdy emptier), of
form, and are 13401,, "kited *to those subjects in which
contrast and verba .nrerequiiiite.

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