The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-04-14 00:00:00

would hare exploded, and set fire to the parts about it ;I but those who first saw the fire stated that it nas not in that Fart of the bnil.iing where it would have firs: I.ppeared, if it had been caused by the combustion of in t:mit:sable (spoor. ludepenriewly, then, of all specula tun on each side, and suppoang tliat to he equal, let the •:ury look at the facts sworn h.. The place where the bee was seen, the colour, the smell—ail of these cerr cir , tinstances against the lea: teUilit NI to be made nut on the other side. Il e wou ld tow leave the case in the I ands of the Jury, quite satielied that their verdict ts uuld be a just one. The Lotto CIIIEP .111:1111^11 immediately procin•ded to address the Jury, and, after stating to them the various, pleas st hit+ had been put upon this record, recapitulated the whole of the evidence which had been adduced from' the cumin. urenient of the trial. Ilitving finished the reading of his notes (a task that occupied inure than three Iwurs), he drew their attention to those points ou disentangled from the technicality of pleadings, their ; . /sszcirlit tV.S to he exercised. The first 'repaints world use, whether or not the premises had been accurately and s described? because, if the negative of that Ken. established, the policy of &tannins.r would he void, and every other consideration superseded. The next issue which they could have to try related to the manner in which the fire bad broken mit, and to its pr..hable Miff*. With regard to this subject, it was not cirtraordinar) to tinil it involved in mystery ati.l doubt.— tlamities of this nature rould seldom be traced to their aetn a l origin. They usually took place in the darkness ut night, and a hidden spoilt might produce conflagra tion. lint he email not avoid expressing his surprise 0 , at two individuals •-31011er, whose business uas to light the fire, and the watchman who was yip all night, hid not been called. They were faithful servants, will retained in the employment of the plaintiffs, and were. all they had been itavrmed, present in court.— Sure he Was that 'vets' man of tam iiiii ion sense, out of a Court of Justice, auni I, if seeking for information, loose expected to derive it from persons in their situation. W ith regard to those details to which they had lis tened, as to the time amt manner in which the fire had broken out, it nimbi be needle,. 1. , r him to recall them tu their remembrance.'these nowt he still fresh in C.eir winds, together tt the subsequent statement of twu of the witnesses, that they perceived neither any smell arising from the fire, nor any peculiarity in the • oltitir of its flame. lie now came to the last and most i!nrortant question on which they would have to delibe i mie. It was, did the new process produce an increased n.. 1; of lire ? On this important point they had heard the evidence, he won't(' not say of the most intelligent, but ut . Ji intelligent men in cionnical and scientific pursuits as were tu be found in this country or in Europe. But they had, nevertheless, left the Conti in a state of utter uncertainty ; and the too days during which the results of their experiments had been brought into comparison, were days, not of triumph, hat of humiliation to science. '1 tie constellation of brightness which hail shone upon P.m left them in a stale of half-knowledge more full of, doubt than a state of perfect ignorance. It nas the, ravince of the Jury to decide, and be begged them to torte their own opinion it ithout reference to any that f.•• might he supposed to entertain. If they, run, knind t..eir doubts still prevalent, whether with sore or less a•surance, they untold remeniher, that it u to. shovel averred the increased risk make nut that propo si!iou satisfoetorily. Any leanin,; to either side ought t.) hr guarded against, if ' • ; but, if the difficulties should appear so great as to prevent their forming a de 11'1'nri upon clear and conclusive grounds, that leaning seight to be in favour of a private individual, rather than tl•at of a public c,snipany. If, on time other hand, they Were satisfied, nr cent.' not resist the wight of evidence by which the ease of the defendants was supported, tier would disregard es cry other cunsisleration, mod find t! eir verdict accordingly. The Jury then retired, and, after bring absent about 1. ilf an hour, returned, and delivered, through their iireinan, a verdict for the plaintiffs, by which they found, in the first place, that the premises hail been cur r •cfly and sufficiently tiererihesl; in the second, that the tire did nut origina., is the place where the new process was carried on ; and, in the third, that ho in • • d r s't was cansed by the introduction of that process.— ra:nages, ,2l:U1. AN ACT TO AUTPORISE THIt PEOPLE OF )11%1 1 101:R1 TERRITORT TO relax A CoNYTITUTION AND *TATE a;DVERNAIi:NT, AND /OR THE ADIII ,I AION OY INT.' THE UNIOI ON AN Vett. ►uUTINU WITH THE ORIGIN IL STATLs, •Y 9 To 1.8011181 SL IYV.ItY IN CERTAIN TEIIRI Toltllo4. Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Re presentatives of the United States of America. in C9ngress assembled, That the inhabitants of that portion of the liksonri Territory included within the boundaries hereinafter designated, be, and they are hereby authorised to form for themselves a Constitution and State Government, and to as su me such name as they shall deem proper ; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into (ho Union, upon an equal looting with the ori ginal States, in all respects whatsoever. Sect. 2. relates to the precise boundaries. Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, tleit•all free white male citizens of the I;nited States, who shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and have resided in said territory three months previous to the day of election, and all other persons (mil tied to vote for Representatives to the General Assembly of the said territory, shall be qualified to be elected, and they are hereby qualified and authorised to vote, and choose Representatives to form a Convention. Inc L e i•i,tatefintan. "TU BRITISH ST%TE‘3I , O4" If imconroutATßD WITH " THE S, c.. 1. And he it further enacted, That the members of the Convention thus duly , elected shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to meet at the seat of Government of said territory, on the second Monday of the mouth of June next : and the said Coflivention, when so assembled, shall have power and authority to adjourn to any other place in the , New York Papers arrived this morning to the NOW. territory, which to them shall seem best for the 19th March : convenient transaction of their business; and which Convention, when so met, shall first determine, by (/ante . II TE COMMERCIA A L DVERTISER or 15TII MARCH) 1 a majority of the whole number elected, whether CONG RESS. it be, or be trot, expedient at that time to form a . sesmii arrAins.--11EASAUIL FROM THE PRESIDZNT. Constitution and State Government for the people ; " I transmit to the Senate copies of sundry papers, within the said territory, as included within the having relation to the treaty of the 22d of February, ' cundaries above designated, and, if it be deemed 1,419, between the United States and Spain, which have expedient, the Convention shall be, and here- been received at the Department of State, and have not ,y is, authorized to form a ConsCtution and State Government ; or, if it be deemed more ex- before been communicated to the Senate. " Waskingtva, March S." " J.turs Nlomiter." redient, the said Convention shall pro% ide by ordinance for electing Representatives to form a The message and documents were read, sod 1,000 Constitution or frame of Government ; %vhich copies printed. STATIESIIAN.” LONDON: EMMY EVENING. APRIL 14, 1820. THE STATESII.3 said Representatives shall be chosen in such manner, and in such proportion, as they shall designate ; and shall meet at such time and place as shall be prescribed by the said ordinance; and shall then form for the people of said territory, within the boundaries aforesaid. a rtinstitntion and State Government: Provided. that the same, when ever formed, shall he Republican, and not repug nant to the Constitution of the United States ; and that the legislature of said State shall never inter fere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the hums fide purchasers ; and that no tax shall be imposed on lands the property a the United States: and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. Elec. Z. And be it further enacted, That, until the next general census shall be taken, the said State shall be entitled to one Representative in the Home of Representites of the United States. See. G. And be it further (•nacted,That the follow ing propositions be, and the same are hereby olfer ed to the Convention of the said territory of Mis souri, when formed, far their free acceptance or ;e -jection, which, if accepted by the Convention, shall be obligatory upon the United States. First. That section numbered sixteen, in every township. e n d when slid) section has been sold, or otherwise disposed of. other lands eginitalent there to, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the Slate for the use of the inhabitants of such township for the use of schools. Second. That all salt-springs, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoin ing to each, shall be granted to the said State, the same to be selected by the Legislature of the said State, on or before the lint day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. and the same, when so selected, to be used under such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the Le gislature of said State shall direct. Third. That five per cent. of the net proceeds of the sale of lands lying within the said territory or State. and which shall be sold by Congress from and after the Ist day of January mitt, after deduct ing all expenses incident to the same, shall he re servtal for making roads and canals, of which three fifths shall be applied to those objects within the State, under the direction of the Legislature there of; and the other two-fifths in defraying, under the direction of Cowress. the expenses to be incurred in making of a mad or roads, canal or canals, lead lag to the said State. Fourth. That four entire sections of land be, and the same are hereby granted to the said State, for the purpose of fixing their sent of Government thereon. Fifth. That thirty-six sections. or one entire township, which shall be de.•ignated by the Presi dent of the United States, together with the other lands heretofore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for the use of n Seminary of Learning, and vested in the Legislature of said State. to be appropriated solely for the use of snch Semiotic" by the said Legislature. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That, in case R Constitution and State Government shall be formed for the people of the said territory of Mis souri, the said Convention or Representatives, as soon thereafter as may he. shall cause a true and attested copy of such Constitution, or frame of State Government as shall be formed or provided, to be transmitted to Congress. Sec. R. And be it further enacted, That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, tinder the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes. whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is here by, for ever prohibited : Provided always, that run• person escaping in'o the same, from whom labour or service is lawfully claimed, in any State or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labour or services as aforesaid. il a re4 6, Is2o. (.lpprovetl) J 111 Es MoNaor. (PROM THE PAPER •I Tilt 16111 PARCH.) Extract of a letter, on board the Macedonian frigate, off Panama, Dec. 2J : " After a passage of eight days from Valparaiso, we arrival at Lima on the 9th Nov., Iluwhed with the i , !er of ha►•in passed Admiral Cochrane, while blockading the port of Calao, notwithstanding his public assertion that he would sink us, should we attempt it.—Our officers are much pleased with Lima." BAT OF PANAMA, JAN. 6.—Our Captain, owing to the hide depredations committed on our dag by Lord Cochrane, is anxious to receive official instructions from the United States; lie has written to the department, stating that the ship would be at Panama again in thr month of April next, so that, in the wean time, dis patches might arrive. %IMPORTANT.) IMPARTMENT OE STATE.-WARIIINGTON, DEC. IC, ISI9. Sin—With reference to the question proposed by the C'otnmittre, whether the executive consider the Florida treaty as a subsisting one, valid, according to national law, I have the honour to state, that the Presi dent considers the treaty ur the 43d of February last ac obligatory upon the honour and good faith of Spain. mitt at a perfect treaty (ratification being essential for mality), but as a compact Spain was bound to ratify, no an adjustment of the ditfereners between the two na tions, which the King of Spain. by his full power to the Minister, hail so long promised to approve, ratify, and fulfil. As there is no l'utort of tisancery between na tions, these differences can be settled only by agreement or by force. (Signed) Joitx QUINCY ADAMS." DEPARTMENT or STATE. DEC. 21. The following has been addressed to the Committee of Foreign Relations:— `• Sir—ln answer to the question contained in ynur letter of the 10th, I have the h unuttr to state, for the inforniatiJn of the Committee— " I. That information has been received by the Go vernment of the. foiled States,thungli not through adirect channel, that another motive, besides those alleged in the letter of the Duke of San Ternado, to Mr. Forsyth, did operate upon the Spanish Cabinet to induce the withholding of the ratification of the treat•, namely, the apprehension that the ratification would be i 11111 l e 'Gately filled by the recognition of the United States of the S►►uth American provinces. "2. By all information which has been obtained of the prospective views of the French and Russian Govern ments, in relation to the course which it was by them thonglit probable would be pursued by the United States, it is apparent they strongly apprehended the im mediate forcible occupation of the Florida, by the United States, on the non-ratification by Spain of the treaty within the stipulated time. France and Rlstia have both most earnestly dissuaded us from that course, i in -not by y regular communication, hut by friendly ad vice, account of its tendency to kindle a general war, w %..-11 ;iiey friar would be the consequence of a war heiween the United States and Spain ; that by exercis ing patience a little longer; by waiting at least to hear the Minister who was announced as coming to give and receive explanations, could not fail of obtaining ultimately, without resort to force, the rights to which it mita admitted we were entitled. lint measures of violence might nut only provoke Spain to war, but would change the state of the question between us—would ex hibit us to the world as aggressors. It is not expected that in the event of a war with Spain, any European power will openly take a part in it against the United States; hut there is no doul,t that the principle reliance of Spain will be upon the employment of privateers in France and England, as well as in the East and West Indies, and upon our own coast, under the Spanish sag, but manned from all nations. " 3. The inclosed copies of letters contain information with regard to the subjects mentioned. In the month of September, a corps of 3.01M1 men at t:veil at the Ha vanna'', from Spain; one-third of wh are said to hive already fallen victims to the disease ; but we are assured that no part of this force is intended to he employed in Florida. " At the time when Captain Reid left Madrid, Mr. Forsyth had no positive information even of the ap pointment of the person n hi, is to come out as the Mi nister. Indirectly we have been assured that he might be expected to arrive here in the course of the present month. (Signed) " . ./onyt Qctscv Au.tms." The opinion which we expressed yesterday, er -4treedllgrThe Greenock affair, has been amply cur- ' roborated by subsequent accounts. They add, in deed, to the magnitude of the affray, and the fatal sacrifice of human' lives with which it has been attended, but they show the whole to have been a detached fact, arising out of peculiar,' and chiefly local circumstances and feelings, and totally unconnected, in its origin, with the insurrectionary movements at Paisley and Glasgow. It is, therefore, calculated to excite more regret than alarm. It will also, no doubt, be followed by a satisfactory investigation into the nature and merits of the case. Had it taken place in England, melancholy experience would have left us but little hope of seeing an inquiry set on foot ; for we have such clear-sighted Magis trates and Grand Juries Cat they discover truth at once, without the tedious process of an in vestigation. But in Scotland, where the autho rities have eyes and ears for the people, as well es for themselves, a different course will be punned. They know that a denial of in quiry is, in almost every case, a denial gjvatiee. They know, too, that to oppose contemptuous M A. DVI. 111.16. I • Dublin ✓ Waterford I (iurroseg sod Jersey .. ▪ (iollenhoirrsit U Hamburg-1i PRICE OF• I:TUCKS TII 11 Bask Stork 3IV 3 per Cent. Red. 61.1101 3 tier Cent. Wl* Si per Ceut. 771, j; 4 per Cents. RI2I per rt. Na%) 103! 103 Long Ann. In 1:,-13 Imp. 3 per Cent. ,1nn.13131 APR. DV?. llolland I Flanders 111 Prance . 11 Lisbon U Mn lla [MY AT ONE 01.:LOCK. India Stock 9164 Dittoßond.' sta. pas. Old A nnultira Ea. Rana. fkl. ha. Ss. Ms - Ditto Vow. (nunlnin ('on. kir Ar. OS! Lott. Tickets XiII Ills. 4/4. 'l' ilence to popular complaints, is not to aVas p pular ferment. They conceive that polies never stand before rigid, and that the n o.i err„. tual mode of promoting order and Pace is t , prose that redress may be obtained, ir'!er,e it is due, by a legitimate appli c ati on , stitutional authorities. Such, at least, h at , been the principles on ss Inch their e n d„,, t has hitherto been visibly regulated. We are t:,e•,. fore• justified in believing that they will not Re , others less honest and less salutary, now th at opportunity has arisen for establishing the sup tr ;,., wisdom and excellence of their own. They institute an inquiry, and the result will, we trfm . set this unfortunate affair in its true light, and tat all parties that justice is attainable without law.- rection. This morning, at six o'clock, the Slieriff of Lon don and Middlesex, the two Uty Nlarsh o t,, and several of the City Police, went to the Tower an d demanded the bodies of the state prisone . r 3 eon _ fined there ; they were brought down handeu<eti. and put separately into a hacks -coach, ei t a it i n number, accompanied by two Pelice-ollicer s , conveyed from thence to Newgsfe. eKwted by two troops of Horse Guards: the, were rre e i, e i t by Mr. Brown, the Governor, and I.tit into separsto rooms. Mr. Wetherell has been applied tn. nn the p art of the State prisoners, to undertake Oa it defelce. but, owing to his avocations iu the Court of Chu/- eery, be has declined doing so. A highly respectable associaticii or member , of the House of Commons is said to be forming, so le will act independently either of the Ministers o f the Opposition. A letter from Mr. Hutton appeared yetterdayi s a Morning Paper, which we were told was "a complete and convincing answer to the idioms attacks on that gentleman's character." n om and substance of this letter is, " that ea errry point alluded to in my evidence at Yo;k, I poss es corroborative proof, on the oath& of numerous api unimpeachable witnesses." To this, all taut we can answer is, why was not this orroboratire proof brought forward in its proper place! Why was it not subjected to the same test with that at Mr. Hulton, of Hutton t The part (Attie eve wkieh Mr. Hulton was called to prove was by far the most material ; and most assuredly no elideace ever stood more in need of corroboration than that of the gentleman in question. 17e understand that, at the levee on Saturday las;. his Majesty pre*ented a got! ritith to the Duke of Wellington, as Colonel of the Mom This makes the third gold stick on the establishment of :ire Royal Household. The Rept' Crowns were taken down to Bei 'ton for his Majesty's inspection, on ac,couut of the ehsags which it is essential to make in the ;AMMAN. Our readers are aware that the Ileur-de-lys is an longer applicable as an emblem of pretence, dam the words" of France" are omitted in the stykmd title of the King of the United kir.gdom. It is supposed that the rose, thistle, and shamrock, n a bouquet in union, will be substituted in the mit, of the ancient emblem. .9 1 ," ~1.4 D Advices have been - mceivearrthe Gtr from Santiago de Chili, dated sth November, by which it appears, that the Spanish line of battleship, the Sant Elmo, had arrived safe at Valdivia, where she found Colonel Sanchez (a Royalist) in cos mand of that place with 800 men, hod am ad vanced post of 700 more on the Biobio, in perfect understanding with the Araucanian Indians. The La Prenba had also reached. Guayaquil in pellet safety. Lord Cochrane's several and unexpected repulses from El Callao had set that party to reset in the capital who are opposed to British interests, and those intrigues had been revived against hia which gave rise to the difl;culties he had to ow tend with when he first arrived from England. An article from Dresden oimmimicatee the atrocious murdt r of " the distinguished painter aid excellent man, Professor Kugelgen." On the pith ult. he went out, with the intention of tisitieg he vineyard in the neighbourhood of Loschwitt, art at five the following morning his body was hasil by some domestics of the family, ttriiiped Moat to modity, with many wounds in the head. lOW picion has fallen upon the workmen employei d the vineyard, two of whom have been tamable custody; but nothing has transpired to coollillid conjecture of their guilt. The King, whoa pi , ' ticular esteem the deceased enjoyed, has seat re ward,. from his private pewee, of 1,000 SOK lA' the discover l y of the murderers. Intelligence from St. Petersburg!' states, "tie late British Secretary of the Embassy, N. Claw major, was buried on the 20th ult. All the brie Ministers attended the funeral. Sir Daniel Bayiry. the Consul-General, acts, at present, as ebor d'Affaires. The ad-vices from Calcutta of October last state the crops of rice abundant, and the mandolins rof sugar and of saltpetre to be wonderfully Wm.: the demand and price above all moderate stalliS" for these bulky staples of their production, ow* to the ruinous depressed state of freight, dowel the rage for sending out ships to India. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at d. East India House, when the new Directocs elated on Wednesday last, viz.—Jamb Bosanque42" seph Cotton, Edward Parry, Thomas Keid, YAP Item Wigram, and William I'. 'Money, Esqrs-_, 11 .. 11 the.oaths and their seats. George Aberer".", Rob:naon and Thomas Reid, Egos. were ewe ' Chairman and Deputy Chairman for Ike Yor suing. - The arrangement for the return of tr. se lf s f to Covent-Garden Theatre is not yet Greenroom report says, that Mr. Youog MP° still higher terms than those of his late e NI I 7 r.- . .