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the pipe would be little above the tempera- 
ture of the jet of water supplied to the head 
of the pipe by the water-pump. It is, 
however, necessary to employ rain-water, 
or river-water without any calcareous mat- 
ter in suspension; otherwise there would 
be great probability of the pipe being choked 
up. In the course of these experiments, 
the inventor several times burst the tube of 
the generator, but the effect could scarcely 
be perceived by a spectator. This capillary 
British Legislation. 
(Dec. I, 
engine seems to be in a great measure only 
an improvement on the plan of Mr. Perkins. 
‘According to the American account of this 
capillary engine, the saving both of bulk 
and weight of materials is very considerable, 
the weight of all the apparatus not exceed- 
ing the rate of twenty pounds for each 
single-horse power. ‘The smoke is also 
consumed in this engine, by which a greater 
economy of fuel is effected. 
BRITISH LEGISLATION. 
AcTS PassED in the FIrTH YEAR Of the REIGN of GEORGE THE FOURTH, or in the 
FIFTH SESSION of the SEVENTH PARLIAMENT of the UNITED KINGDOM. 
—= a 
AP. CVI. An Act to enlarge and 
extend the Power of the Judges of 
the several Courts of Great Sessions in 
Wales, and to amend the Laws relating 
to the same. 
This act gives a power to parties con- 
cerned in suits pending in the courts of 
Great Session, to obtain subpcenas to com- 
pel the attendance of witnesses, residing 
beyond the jurisdiction, by application to 
the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, 
and makes such witnesses liable to the same 
penalty for nonattendance, as they would 
incur if the cause were pending in the 
Exchequer; but it continues to the marshal 
of the Courts of Great Session, the power 
to issue subpoenas w hich he now possesses. 
It recites, that it is expedient, for the 
better and more perfect administration of 
justice in Wales, that the superior courts at 
Westminster should have the power of 
granting new trials of causes tried at the 
several Great Sessions ; and, for this pur- 
pose, enacts, That it shall be lawful for any 
party dissatisfied with a verdict or nonsuit, 
obtained or given against him in any court 
of Great Session, to apply, by motion, to 
the Court of King’s Bench, Common Pleas, 
or Exchequer, sitting in banco, for a rule to 
shew cause why a new trial should not be 
had, or a nonsuit or contrary verdict entered, 
in the same manner as if the cause had 
been tried at the assizes by virtue of a 
record of such court ; and in case the court 
shall make the rule absolute, as they are 
empowered to do, the successful party may 
obtain a stay of proceedings, by delivering 
an office copy of the rule to the proper 
officer of the Court of Great Session, and 
the action shall, when a new trial is granted, 
again proceed to trial; or if the rule be for 
entering a nonsuit or a verdict, judgment 
shall be entered accordingly. 
A transcript of the record on which such 
motion is founded, certified by the protho- 
notary of the Court of Great Session, is to 
be transmitted to the court in which the 
application is made, which transcript is to 
be granted by the officer on payment of the 
usual fee. The costs of the application are 
in the discretion of the court in which it is 
made ; but the power now possessed by the 
courts of Great Session, to grant new trials, 
&c., is still to remain unaltered; and no 
stay of judgment or execution in those 
courts is to be allowed, unless the party 
dissatisfied shall enter into recognizance to 
the successful party, in such sum as the 
Court of Great Sessions shall fix, to make 
and prosecute his application to the court 
above, and to pay the debt, damages and 
costs, adjudged in the court below, and also 
the costs of the delay, in case of failure. 
Upon such recognizance being taken, pro- 
ceedings shall be stayed till the motion is 
decided. This provision is specially applied 
to writs of dower and actions of eyectment, 
and, with respect to these, it is further 
enacted, That in case no application shall 
be made, or being made shall fail, a writ 
shall issue from the Court of Great Session, 
to inquire of mesne profits received or 
waste committed in the interval, upon the 
return, whereof judgment shall be given 
and execution awarded for the sum assessed, 
and costs of the inquiry. 
After a number of provisions, to facilitate 
the due return of writs within the jurisdic- 
tion; to extend the power of judges, for the 
examination of witnesses beyond its limits ; 
to give authority for issuing executions 
from one county Of Wales to another; and 
to enable the suitors of the courts of Great 
Session to enforce their orders in England 
by process from the courts of Westminster ; 
the statute goes on to repeal so much of 
the 13th Geo. III. c. 51, as related to ac- 
tions arising in Wales, and tried in the 
nearest county of England. By that statute, 
passed to discourage the practice of com- 
mencing frivolous suits in his Majesty’s 
courts at Westminster, in causes of action 
arising within the dominion of Wales, it 
was enacted, That where, in any personal 
action, arising in Wales and tried in Eng- 
land, the plaintiff shall not recover to the 
amount of £10, on certificate of the judge, 
or suggestion on the record, that the de- 
fendant was resident in Wales when served 
with process, judgment of nensuit should 
be 
