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at their roperiments ; bat, for what eases he kSdld not say,
this invitAtiou was nut attended to. He regretted this ex•
cesdingly, but he did not cast blame any where. The Jury, '
however, would &insider, that ail the .Pinions they bad
heard were formed wily from experiments on oil used iu a
pa►ticular manlier, and heated to a particular degree. He
would chew from the most respectable sources, snit as the
result of repeated experiments, 'bat the oil, as used on kir.
Wilson's Wan, was extremely dangerous; that, after it bad
'got to 340 degrees in a close vessel, it might be very easily
and soddenly heated to so extent not merely dangerous but
alarming in the highest degree. It dill appear that this plan
was nut adopted by any other house. It was tried by Mean.
Craven awl Beaumont; and, for what routs he would nut
now say, they declined to adopt it.
The LearliedPentlemais then euumerated s list of calcu-
teatimes of the degrees of heat which oil got by briskly is-
' creasing the fire. At some minutes past use o'clock, in one
experiment it was tit 31i0; and in a very abort lime it was
raised to SOO degrees, slid emitted flame from the tube two
'feet lung. Now if he could shew this, be would clearly esta-
blish that this nil was a moat iteinanageable and uncertain
ageut, and therefore was so dangerous as to create insiniuent
ri.k, and a greater uue than that against which the
Plaiu-
tif's had i ; and that therefore they had so right to
',elver. Ile would now go to the ease of hie Learned Friend.
It was worthy of remark, that not oue of the witnesses spoke
to cnnsiog up till after the alarm was given. Wby had they
nut called the person who gave the first alarm! He would
call that person, and he would call others, who would clearly
prove that the first of the fire came from a window iu the
warehouse In the front of Holloway.street and near the !wig
window. Indeed one of the Plaintiff's witnesses proved,
distiortly, that the lire was in the fourth window, while the
windows nearer to the corner of Union-street were not on
Are.

The Learned Csentlematt then briefly recapitulated the
facts he had stated, and which were only au outline of what
be should be able to prove; and observed, that if be satis.
fled tbeJury on those points. as he sees coaviuced be should
be able to du, then he confidently anticipated they would
give a verdict for his clients. The whole care would be ex-
plained by this—that the sugar in the warehouse had takeu
Are from the oil vessel, and flowed down towards the
corner where the pan was, and had set that plate also en
fire. He 110 M came to She third point, which was a point of
law, and he begged to stahmit it to Ins Lordship. He then
pointed out that part of the proposals which said that
insuraLces with sugar-refiners, among others, were
always subject lo special agreement. The first condition
also said, that all and every fire place, ores, cockle,
or other place by which beat was commuaicated, except
common fire-places in dwelling-house., should be mentioned
in the policy; and, if erected afterwards, that notice
of it should he given, and suck places tedium:4l on the Fn.
bey. The next cont;itinis was, that any communication by
inns or folding-doors with any building where a dangerous
business was carried on, should be always mentioned in the
policy. Now be contrasted that the Plaintiffs were bound
by this condition to give notice of their intention to raise
this stew apparatus, end that the want of that bad readered
the policy void. Why, if this were nut necessary, a man
might insure his drawing-room for 2s. and not insure his
closet, and at the same time act au oven or some dangerous
Are in the closet; but every person knew that if be did not
mention this in the policy, it would be void. He contended
that it was so in this case, mid that, in law, the policy was
void by the omission to nientiois this new apparatus. His
Lordship, if he went will, hint in point of law, would of
course give him the brurfit of it in his address to the Jury.
He would not ask It now.

Chief Justice Hat. Las observed, that be would not give
any opinion on it at present—nut because he had nut formed
one; but tee hoped that, whatever tore ibis MK might take,
a bill of exceptivas might be icuilered to him, in order that
the case might come before a higher Court. The case was
a most important one, std he did nut wish that it should ha
finally decided by himself. He would nut now give soy
hint as to what was his own opiuiuu.
[rids trill further occupied the whole .1 Saturday sad
yesterday—it is expected to finish this day : in that event
we shall give the conclusion to-ozurrow.]