A motion was then made by Mr. Key, and seconded, to re-commit the said bill to the consideration of a committee of the whole House, for the purpose of amending the same, by striking out the sum of forty-nine thousand four hundred dollars for expenses of intercourse with foreign nations, and to make the appropriation exclusive of the mission to Russia.

Yeas 29.

And the question being taken thereon,
It was determined in the negative,Nays 91.

The

yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

The residue of the amendments of the committee of the whole House to the said bill, were then severally concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read the third time to-morrow.

Two messages in writing were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Edward Coles, as follows:

"To the House of Representatives of the United States.

"I lay before the House a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, conformably to their resolution of eighteenth January, one thousand eight hundred and

"I lay before the House a report of the Secretary of War, conformably to their resolution of January twenty-second.

"February 1, 1810."

"JAMES MADISON.

Ordered, That the message and the report of the Secretary of War accompanying the same, be referred to Mr. Newton, Mr. Milnor, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Winn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hale, Mr. Pickman, and Mr. Mumford, to consider and report thereon to the House.

Mr. Roane, from the joint committee for enrolled bills, reported, that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Harry Caldwell and Amasa Jackson, Jeremiah Reynolds and Levin Jones," and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon,

Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bill.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

The several orders of the day were further post. poned until to morrow.

And the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, eleven o'clock.

FRIDAY, February 2, 1810.

A motion was made by Mr. Johnson, and seconded, that the House do now adjourn.

And the question thereon being taken,

Yeas, 10. It was determined in the negative, Nay's. 61.

yeas and

The nay's being demanded by one fifth of the members present,

James Breckenridge,

John Brown,

Robert Brown,

William Butler,
Joseph Calhoun,
John Clopton,
James Cochran,
Joseph Desha,
James Emott,
Jonathan Fisk,
Barzillai Gannett,
Gideon Gardner,
David S. Garland,
Edwin Gray,

William Hale,

Daniel Heister,

Robert Jenkins,
Richard M. Johnson,
William Kennedy,
Philip B. Key,

Herman Knickerbacker,

Joseph Lewis, junior,

Aaron Lyle,

Vincent Matthews,
Archibald M'Bryde,

Samuel M'Kee,
Alexander M∙Kim,
Pleasant M. Miller,
Thomas Moore,

Jonathan O. Moseley,
Thomas Newbold,

Joseph Pearson,

Benjamin Pickman, junior,
Timothy Pitkin, junior,
John Porter,

John Rea, (Pennsylvania,)
Matthias Richards,
John Roane,
Ebenezer Seaver,

Adam Seybert,

Samuel Shaw,

Dennis Smelt,

John Smilie,

John Smith,
Samuel Smith,
Henry Southard

Richard Stanford,

James Stephenson,
Jacob Swocpe,
Samuel Taggart,

Benjamin Tallmadge,

John Thompson,
Uri Tracy,
Jabez Upham,
Robert Weakley,
Ezekiel Whitman,

James Wilson,

Richard Winn,

Robert Witherspoon.

Mr. Love, from the Committee for the district of, Columbia, made a report on the petitions of the president and directors of the banks of Alexandria Potomac, Washington, and the Union Bank of Georgetown, referred during the present session, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

A motion was made by Mr. Dawson, and seconded,: that the select committee appointed yesterday on a message from the President of the United States, be discharged, and that the said message and accompanying documents be referred to the committee on the military establishment.

And the question being taken thereon,

It was determined in the negative.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole House, on the bill for the benefit of the estate of Samuel G. East; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Cutts reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

Ordered, That the said bill do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Bassett, and seconded, Ordered, That the committee of the whole House, to whom is committed the bill for incorporating the protestant episcopal church, in the town of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia, be discharged from the consideration thereof.

On motion of Mr. Love,

Ordered, That the said bill do lie on the table.