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. Ile would 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would he void, and every other consideration superseded.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
aetnal 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%11101:R1 TERRITORT TO

relax A CoNYTITUTION AND *TATE a;DVERNAIi:NT, AND
/OR THE ADIII,IAION 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 Lei•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.