And the Resolves were ordered to a second reading. THURSDAY, July 28, 1853. Met according to adjournment. Prayer was offered by the Chaplain. The Journal of yesterday was read. Mr. WHEELER, of Lincoln, moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the Resolve on the subject of imprisonment for debt was finally passed. On motion of Mr. WILSON, of Natick, the rule of the Convention was suspended, and the motion was placed at the foot of the calendar, in the Orders of the Day for to-day. On motion of Mr. WILSON, the Convention proceeded to the consideration of the Orders of the Day. The first subject, viz.: the motion of Mr. White, of Quincy, to reconsider the vote on the final passage of the Resolve on the subject of appropriations for sectarian schools, was passed over. The Resolve reported by the minority of the Committee on the Bill of Rights, on the subject of the right of the jury to judge of the law, &c., was next in order. Mr. HUNTINGTON, of Northampton, moved to amend the Resolve, by the addition of the following words:— But it shall be the duty of the court to superintend the course of the trial, to decide upon the admission and rejection of evidence, and upon all questions of law raised during the trial, and upon all collateral and incidental proceedings, and also to allow bills of exceptions, and the court may grant a new trial in case of conviction. Mr. DAY, of Templeton, moved the Previous Question. Mr. DANA, member for Manchester, moved that the Resolve be laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. EARLE, of Worcester, the yeas and nays were ordered upon this question, And the roll being called, one hundred and fifty-four members voted in the affirmative, and one hundred and eighty-two in the negative. So the motion to lay upon the table was rejected. Those who voted in the affirmative are :— Messrs. Benjamin P. Adams, P. Emory Aldrich, Joel C. Allen, Parsons Allen, Joseph Barrows, Russel Bartlett, Messrs. Lansing J. Cole, Seth Crowell, Richard H. Dana, Jr., Solomon Davis, Henry L. Dawes, Sidney Bartlett, Elijah S. Deming, Hiram S. Denison, Moses Dorman, Philip Eames, Lilley Eaton, Samuel Edwards, A. G. Farwell, Samuel P. Fowler, Luther Gale, Henry J. Gardner, Joel Giles, Robert Gould, Dalton Goulding, Jason Goulding, Jacob Coggin, Nathaniel Cogswell, John C. Gray, Messrs. Daniel Noyes, Messrs. Artemas Hale, A. B. Hammond, Phineas Harmon, Elnathan P. Hathaway, Charles Heard, Samuel Henry, Samuel Jackson, John Jenkins, Samuel H. Jenks, John S. Ladd, Tristram Littlefield, Isaac Livermore, Otis P. Lord, Theophilus R. Marvin, Seth Miller, Jr., Samuel Mixter, George Morey, Elbridge G. Morton, Marcus Morton, Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Josiah G. Abbott, Shubael P. Adams, James B. Allen, Josiah Allis, D. W. Alvord, George Austin, Hillel Baker, Nathan Orcutt, John G. Park, Adolphus G. Parker, George Peabody, John A. Putnam, John Sargent, John S. Sleeper, Charles G. Stevens, Increase Sumner, Thomas Talbot, Edmund P. Tileston, David Turner, Charles W. Upham, Samuel B. Walcott, Frederick T. Wallace, Samuel Walker, Cyrus Weeks, Thomas Wetmore, Benjamin White, Joel Wilder, John H. Wilkins, Milo Wilson, Josiah B. Woods. Messrs. Moses Bates, Jr., John Beal, Zephaniah Bennett, Edward B. Bigelow, Francis W. Bird, George S. Boutwell, Sewell Boutwell, Stillman Clarke, William Cleverly, Lyman Fisk, Abram Foster, James M. Freeman, Charles A. French, Rodney French, Samuel French, Richard Frothingham, Jr., Johnson Gardner, Elbridge Gates, Washington Gilbert, Charles G. Giles, Charles E. Hunt, J. S. C. Knowlton, Justin E. Loomis, Laban Marcy, Abijah P. Marvin, Charles Mason, Simeon Merritt, James M. Moore, Joseph B. Morss, Marcus Morton, Jr., William S. Morton, Hiram Nash, William Nichols, Andrew T. Nute, Benjamin S. Orne, E. Wing Packer, Messrs. Jonathan Parris, John Partridge, Jeremiah Pease, Jr., John Penniman, Daniel A. Perkins, Jesse Perkins, Noah C. Perkins, Peter Powers, Luther Richards, Daniel Richardson, Nathan Richardson, John Rogers, David S. Ross, James C. Royce, Amasa Sanderson, John Sherril, Perez Simmons, John W. Simonds, Samuel W. Spooner, Melzar Sprague, Eben H. Stacy, Joseph L. Stevens, Jr., William Stevens, Messrs. Gideon Stiles, Alfred L. Strong, Charles Sumner, Alanson Swain, Arnold Taft, Joseph Thayer, Otis Wood, William H. Wood, Ezekiel Wright. The demand for the Previous Question was sustained. Mr. Huntington's amendment was then agreed to, And the Resolve was finally passed, as follows: That there should be added to the 15th Article of the Bill of Rights the following clause: In all trials for criminal offences, the jury, after having received the instruction of the court, shall have the right, in their verdict of guilty or not guilty, to determine the law and the facts of the case. But it shall be the duty of the court to superintend the course of the trial, to decide upon the admission and rejection of evidence, and upon all questions of law raised during the trial, and upon all collateral and incidental proceedings, and also to allow bills of exceptions, and the court may grant a new trial in case of conviction. The Resolves on the subject of future amendments of the Constitution, were next in order. Mr. JENKINS, of Falmouth, moved to amend the first Resolve, by |