A motion was made by Mr. Livermore, and scconded, to postpone indefinitely the farther consideration of the resolution aforesaid.

And debate arising thereon,

An adjournment was called for: On which The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.

And the House adjourned until to-morrow morn♣ ing, eleven o'clock.

THURSDAY, February 15, 1810.

A motion was made by Mr. Burwell, and seconded, that the unfinished business of yesterday do lie on the table.

And the question being taken thereon,

It was determined in the negative.

The House then resumed the consideration of the said unfinished business, and the question recurring on the motion to postpore indefinitely the farther consideration of the second member of the resolution,

Mr. Speaker decided that the said motion to postpone indefinitely was, at the time the same was under consideration, out of order.

A motion was then made by Mr. Ross, to amend the said resolution by striking out the words "delivering a lecture on," for the purpose of inserting the word "explaining."

And the question being taken thereon,

It was resolved in the affirmative.

The question was then taken upon concurring in the second and last member of the said resolution,

And determined in the negative,

SYeas 55.

Nays 61.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Willis Alston, junior,

William Anderson,

Ezekiel Bacon,

David Bard,

Burwell Bassett,

Adam Boyd,

John Brown,
Robert Brown,

Joseph Calhoun,
John Clopton,
Howell Cobb,
Orchard Cook,
James Cox,

William Crawford,

Richard Cutts,

John Dawson,

William Findley,

Barzillai Gannett,

David S. Garland,

Thomas Gholdson, junior,

Peterson Goodwyn,
James Holland,

Jacob Hufty,

Richard M. Johnson,

Walter Jones,

John Love,

Aaron Lyle,

Robert Marion,

Alexander M'Kim,
William Milnor,
John Montgomery,
Nicholas R. Moore,
Thomas Newbold,
Thomas Newton,
John Nicholson,
John Porter,

John Rea, (Pennsylvania)
Matthias Richards,

John Roane,
Erastus Root,
John Ross,
Ebenezer Sage,
Lemuel Sawyer,
Adam Seybert,
Samuel Shaw,

John Smilie,

Dennis Smelt,

Those who voted in the negative, are

On motion of Mr. Troup, the question was then stated on concurring in the first and second members of the said resolution: When,

Mr. Speaker decided, that, a question being divided, one part affirmed and the other rejected, a question cannot be put upon the whole of the resolution as originally proposed.

From which decision of the chair an appeal was made to the House by Mr. Troup, and being seconded,

The question was taken, "Is the decision of the chair correct?"

And resolved in the affirmative,

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

A motion was made by Mr. Upham, and seconded, that the House do re-consider their vote of yesterday, upon the first member of the resolution under consideration..

A motion was then made by Mr. Gardenier, and seconded, to put the question on the resolution, as amended,

Mr. Speaker decided that the motion of Mr. Gardenier was not in order, as the question must be first taken on the motion first made.

From which decision of the chair, an appeal was made to the House, and being seconded,

The question was taken, "Is the decision of the chair correct?"

And resolved in the affirmative.

The question was then taken to reconsider their vote of yesterday upon the first member of the resolution,

And determined in the negative.

The question was then stated from the chair, that the House do agree to the said resolution amended to read in the following words:

"Resolved, That when this House shall adjourn on Friday next, it will adjourn to meet on Monday." A question was raised by Mr. Sheffey, whether it was in order to put the question upon the resolution so amended.