The question recurring on the motion to adhere, Debate arose: When,

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.

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

WEDNESDAY, March 28, 1810.

Ordered, That Mr. Sawyer have leave to be absent from the service of this House, from Monday next for the remainder of the session.

The message from the President of the United States received yesterday, was read, and is as follows: "To the House of Representatives of the Unite States.

"In consequence of your resolution of the twentysixth instant, an inquiry has been made into the corres. pondence of our minister at the court of London with the Department of State; from which it appears, that no official communication has been received from him since his receipt of the letter of November twenty third last, from the Secretary of State. A letter of January fourth, one thousand eight hundred and ten, has been received from that minister by Mr. Smith: but being stated to be private and unofficial, and involving moreover personal considerations of a delicate nature, a copy is considered as not within the purview of the call of the House.

"March 27, 1810."

"JAMES MADISON.

Mr. Hufty, from the committee appointed on the seventh instant, presented a bill for altering the times of holding the district court of the United States, for the New Jersey district, which was received, and read the first timc.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Satur day next.

Mr. Pitkin, from the committee to whom was referred, on the twenty-fifth of January last, the memo rial of William Lambert, made a report thereon, which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

A motion was made by Mr. Van Dyke, and seconded, that the House do come to the following

resolution:

Resolved, That the committee to whom was refer red so much of the President's message as relates to the naval establishment, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the President of the United States to sell such of the gun-boats belonging to the United States, as he may judge unfit or unnecessary to be employed in the public service.

A motion was made by Mr. Macon, to amend the same by inserting before the words "gun boats," the words "public armed vessels and;"

And the question being taken thercon,

It was resolved in the affirmative.

The question was then taken, that the House do agree to the resolution as amended,

And resolved in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Jennings, and seconded, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be, and they are hereby directed, to inquire into the expediency of instituting and establishing one or more districts for the disposal of the lands ceded to the United States by treaties between the United States and the Delaware, Pottawatamie, Eel river, Wea and Kickapoo tribes of Indians, dated at fort Wayne on

the thirtieth of September, and twenty-sixth of Oc tober, one thousand eight hundred and nine, and at Vincennes, on the ninth of December, one thousand eight hundred and nine.

An engrossed bill for the relief of the infirm, disabled and superannuated officers and soldiers of the late and of the present army of the United States, was read the third time: When it was,

On motion of Mr. Nelson,

Ordered to be re-committed to the consideration of a committee of the whole House, to-morrow.

Mr. Roane, from the joint committee for enrolled bills, reported, that the committee had examined two enrolled bills, to wit:

"An act to make public a road in Washington county, in the district of Columbia ;" and

"An act making an appropriation for the purpose of trying the practical use of the Torpedo, or submarine explosion;" and had found the same to be truly enrolled: When,

Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bills.

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

The House resumed the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday, to wit: the ques tion on the motion of Mr. Macon, that the House do adhere to their disagreement to the amendments of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act respecting the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and for other purposes."

A motion was then made by Mr. Nelson, and seconded, to postpone the consideration of the said bill and amendments until Saturday next.

And the question being taken thereon,

It was determined in the negative,

S Yeas 57.

Nay's 66.

The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of

the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

The question to adhere recurring,

And after debate thereon,

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

And the question being taken thereon,

It was determined in the negative, {Nes 62.

The yeas
and

aays being demanded by one-fifth of

the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are