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fore four o'clock he came to the corner of the premises, and in a 

 moment he saw a large bodv of fire, and the window from which 

 it issued flew out. (The witness here identified the window in 

 the model.) if he had been opposite to the window he should 

 never have told any thing about the fire, for the body of fire that 

 burse or.t would have knocked a horse down. He saw no smoke; 

 he gave an alarm immediately. The flame then ascended the 

 wall of the building. He saw no light on the floor of the house. 

 It was a wet morning when he went out of his house. The first 

 person vviio came to him was Clayton the watchman, who at his 

 desire sprung his rattle. It was in the first long window in the 

 central part of the building that he saw the fire. 



John Clayton, a watchman, confirmed the testimony of the 

 preceding witness. The oidy person he saw after springing bis 

 rattle was Wilson, the private watchman belonging to the house. 

 When he was springing his rattle, he saw Wilson at the door of 

 the Mulberry-tree public-house, taking down a kind of covering 

 he had for shelter. He could not tell what became of Wilson 

 after that. When he looked in at the window, the inside seemed 

 to be all a body of fire. The flame burnt continually, and had 

 nothing particular in its appearance. He heard no explosion. 



Cross-examined. — The window from top to bottom was all in 

 a blaze. 



Examined by the Court. — Part of the premises lay in his beat. 

 He was up at the building at half-past three, and saw no fire cr 

 smoke at that time issuing from auy part of the building. 



John Young, clerk to Mr. Lockey, a surveyor, deposed, that 

 his master was employed to make a perspective drawing of the 

 premises. Witness was on the spot within three or four weeks 

 of the time at which the fire happened, and was acquainted with 

 the premises. He did not at that time know the connexion be- 

 tween the several parts of the building, but Mr. Lockey did. The 

 grinding-house is near the centre. He understood that the fire 

 broke out in the long sugar-house. He believed there was a 

 communication between the long sugar-house and the grinding- 

 house, but he really did not know whether there was anv between 

 the long sugar- and the new sugar-house. He could not say, from 

 his own knowledge, whether there was any connexion between 

 the grinding-house and the new sugar-house. (As it appeared 

 that the witness had no precise knowledge of the premises, his 

 examination was broken off.) 



Samuel Lockey, a surveyor, was the next witness called. He 

 stated that he had been employed by the plaintiffs to make a 

 drawing of their premises some months ago. In so doing he had 

 inspected every part of them, and, whilst engaged in this busi- 

 ncssj had a communication with Mr. Bishop, with regard to a 



projected 



