The said resolution was read,

And the question being put, Shall the rules be suspended for the purpose of introducing the same?

It was decided in the affirmative, (two-Yeas,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are-

The rules being suspended, Mr. Payne offered his said resolution, and.

moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, and the said resolution was agreed to.

Mr. McKay moved that the rules be suspended for the purpose of calling the committees for reports: which motion was agreed to.

Mr. Dargan, from the Committee of Claims, reported bills of the following titles, viz:

No. 493. A bill for the relief of Stalker and Hill;

No. 494. A bill for the relief of John C. Stewart and others;

No. 495. A bill for the relief of the legal representatives of John Lawson, deceased;

accompanied by a report in each case: which bills were severally read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House

to-morrow.

Mr. John A. Rockwell, from the same committee, made adverse reports upon the petitions of James Warman, of George B. Read, and of Samuel Worthington: which reports were laid upon the table.

On motion of Mr. Grinnell,

Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Ed. Harris Miles, for changing the name of the "barque Pons;" and, also, from the consideration of the petitions of the mayor and city councils of the cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia, and of the board of health of Philadelphia, relative to medical and surgical attendance on board of emigrant ships, &c.; and that they be laid upon the table.

Mr. Thomas Smith, from the Committee on Public Lands, made a report upon the petition of John Spencer, accompanied by a bill (No. 496) to provide for the final settlement of the accounts of John Spencer, late receiver of public moneys at Fort Wayne, Indiana: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Rathbun, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill (No. 497) for the relief of Benjamin Metoyer and Francois Gaiennié, deceased, as sureties of Benoit Laurents, [late receiver of public moneys at the land office at Natchitoches, Louisiana,] accompanied by a report in writing: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Joseph Johnson, (by leave,)

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of restoring to the pension roll the names of James Wamsby and Samuel Z. Jones, of the State of Virginia.

Mr. Dunlap, from the Committee on Public Expenditures, made a report upon the memorial of Henry Elliott, accompanied by the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Clerk procure of Henry Elliott the condensed annual statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States from 1789 to 1829, to be paid for out of the contingent fund.

Mr. Albert Smith, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made an adverse report upon the petition of Abraham Forbes: which report was laid upon the table.

Mr. Jacob Thompson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 43) entitled "An act for the relief of Elijah White," reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Haralson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which the subject was referred by a resolution of the House on the 30th June last, reported a bill (No. 498) granting a quarter section of land to each officer, non-commissioned officer, private, and musician of the volunteer force called for and received into the service of the United States under laws passed at the present session of Congress, and to each non-commissioned officer, private, and musician of the regular army of the United States in the service on the 7th day of May last, to encourage enlistments into the regular army of the United States, and for other purposes: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

On motion of Mr. Boyd,

Ordered, That the same committee be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of John A. Webber, relative to his compensation as military storekeeper at the Watertown arsenal; the citizens of Knox county, Indiana; the citizens of Williamson county, Illinois; the citizens of Columbiana county, Ohio; the citizens of Christian county, Kentucky; the citizens of Pope county, Illinois, relative to a national foundery at Fort Massac; also, the petition of citizens of Louisiana, relative to a military road from the Red river to the Sabine river; and that they be laid upon the table.

Mr. Niven, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of the widow of Elijah Bragdon, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 499) for her relief: which was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Niven, from the same committee, made an adverse report upon the petition of citizens of the State of New Hampshire relative to an alteration of the law relating to the medical staff of the army: which report was laid upon the table.

Mr. Isaac E. Holmes, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 54) entitled "An act for the relief of Nathaniel Phillips," reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said act be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Stanton, from the same committee, to which the memorial on the subject was referred, reported a joint resolution (No. 44) concerning the snagboats on the western rivers: which was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Stanton, from the same committee, to which was referred the memorial of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Memphis, Tennessee, reported a bill (No. 500) for the establishment of a marine hospital at Memphis, accompanied by a report in writing: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Maclay, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of Seth Lamb, accompanied by a bill (No. 501) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to test Seth Lamb's improved paddle wheel for ocean steamers: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Bayly, from the same committee, made an adverse report upon the resolution of the House of the 19th of February last, relative to fitting for sea the ship-of-the-line New York and the frigate St. Lawrence: which was laid upon the table.

On motion of Mr. McClernand,

Ordered, That the Committee on Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of the New York Institution of the Deaf and Dumb, and the petition of the citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for a grant of land for the support of the deaf and dumb; and that they be laid upon the table.

Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report upon the petition of Lewis C. Sartori, accompanied by a bill (No. 502) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Schenck, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of James H. Conley, accompanied by a bill (No. 503) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

. Mr. Schenck, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of William T. Walthall, accompanied by a bill (No. 504) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting to the said committee a communication from the minister of Portugal, alleging that the ad valorem duties upon Portuguese wines, contained in the bill now before the Senate, "reducing the duty on imports, and for other purposes," will (if said bill become a law) violate the third article of the subsisting treaty between the two countries: which letter, &c. were laid upon the table.

Mr. Caleb B. Smith, from the same committee, to which was referred the joint resolution (No. 36) to create a board to ascertain and determine the amount of each of the claims of the citizens of the United States against Mexico, reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said resolution be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Truman Smith, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 68) entitled "An act to provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and one," reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Rhett, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of Cornelius Manning, accompanied by a bill (No. 505) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Rhett, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of Catharine Hodges, accompanied by a bill (No. 506) for her relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Brodhead, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom

was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 49) entitled "An act granting a pension to Richard Elliot," reported the same with an amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Brodhead, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of Elizabeth Fitch, accompanied by a bill (No. 507) for her relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Seaman, from the same committee, made adverse reports upon the petitions of Elizabeth Martin, Anna Smith, Hannah Norton, Ann Pearsee, Abigail Bodfish, Mary Bentley, Thomas Hargas, Abigail Doughty, James Taylor, Jacob Olinger, William Hilton, Relief Gibson, Nancy King, Benjamin Hall, Jacob H. Bunner, John Stephens, John Boreman, and Anna Yarrington: which were severally laid upon the table.

Mr. Seaman, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported bills of the following titles, viz:

No. 508. A bill for the relief of Thankful Reynolds;

No. 509. A bill for the relief of Elizabeth Calkins;

accompanied by a report in each case: which bills were read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-mor

row.

Mr. Seaman, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of Amos Hunting, accompanied by a bill (No. 510) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and

Ordered, To be engrossed, and read a third time to-day.

The bill being engrossed, was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill.

Mr. Preston King, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report upon the petition of Jonathan Hoyt, accompanied by a bill (No. 511) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Preston King, from the same committee, made a report upon the petition of John Van Slyck, accompanied by a bill (No. 512) for his relief: which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Preston King,

Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Samuel Graves, and that it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Also, that the same committee be discharged from the consideration of the petitions of John A. Rogers; of the widow of Fabius Whiting; of Marcus Spaulding; of Ransom Mix; and of John H. Goldsby; and that they be laid upon the table.

Mr. Preston King, from the same committee, made an adverse report upon the petition of James Monaghan: which was laid upon the table.

Mr. Preston King, from the same committee, reported the following resolution; which was read, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That leave be given to withdraw the papers in the cases of Giles Landon, J. Nye Hall, Margaret C. Hanson, Jehial Tuttle, and of Lieutenant Wendell.