Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy cause to be laid before this House, a report of the state and condition of the Navy Pension fund; the sources from whence it arises; its amount and the manner in which it is collected; specifying the sums received yearly from each state, from and after the 20th of June, 1812: and also, all the information in Iris possession, beneficial to the said fund; and in particular, that he state the sums received from the district court of each state; the particular cases from which they arise, and the state of the returns made from each court; the names of the persons, if any, in default in the performance of their duties in regard to the said fund, or in making legal returns thereof; and any proceedings had thereon, to enforce performance, and the nature and time of such proceedings.

The House took up and proceeded to consider the report of the committee on Pensions and Revoluntionary Claims made on the 9th of February last, on the petition of Mary Sullivan, and the resolution therein contained was read and is as follows, to wit:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted.

A motion was made by Mr. Barbour, of Virginia, to amend the said resolution by striking out the word not.

And the question being taken thereon,

It passed in the affirmative.

The resolution was then agreed to as amended.

Ordered, That the said report be recommitted to the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, with instruction to report a bill granting the prayer of the petitioner.

A message from the President, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of this House of the following titles, to wit:

An act to change the name of the district of Erie, in the state of Ohio.

An act for the relief of Sarah Dewees, relict and widow of William Dewees, deceased, and the heirs and legal representatives of the said William Dewees.

An act for the relief of John Rogers.

An act making farther appropriations for the construction of the Cumberland road.

An act for the relief of general Moses Porter; and,

An act to authorize the payment of certain certificates, with amendments to the two latter. They have also passed bills of the following titles, to wit:

An act for the relief of Aquilla Giles.

An act authorizing the disposal of certain lots of public ground in the city of New Orleans, and town of Mobile.

An act to repeal part of the act, entitled "An act to provide for

surveying the coasts of the United States; and,

An act confirming Anthony Cavalier and Peter Petit, in their claim to a tract of land; in which amendments and last mentioned bills they ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill for the relief of the sufferers on the Niagara frontier; and on the bill for the relief of Samuel Thompson and John Dailey; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Smith, of Maryland, reported the first mentioned bill with amendments, and asked lave to sit again on the last mentioned bill. Ordered, That the committee of the whole, have leave to sit again on the said last mentioned bill,

And then the House adjourned.

THURSDAY, April 9, 1818.

Mr. Whitman presented a petition of sundry merchants and distillers in the town of Portland, in the district of Maine, praying that a drawback of duties may be allowed on molasses imported into the United States, which may be distilled into spirits and afterwards exported.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of the whole, on the bill supplementary to the act regulating the duties on imports and tonnage, passed the 27th of April, 1816.

Mr. Seybert, from the committee of Commerce and Manufactures, reported a bill for erecting a light house upon Galloo island, near the outlet of Lake Ontario; for placing sundry spindles or buoys; and for other purposes; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole to-morrow.

Mr. Rhea, from the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, reported a bill for the relief of Mary Sullivan; which was read the first and second time and committed to the committee of the whole to which is committed the bill for the relief of Benjamin Berry.

Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, from the joint committee for Enrolled Bills, reported, that the committee had examined enrolled bills of the following titles, to wit:

An act for the relief of Daniel Burnet, Gibson Clark, and the legal representatives of Hubert Rowel.

An act for the relief of John Rodgers.

An act making further appropriations for the construction of the Cumberland road.

An act to change the name of the district of Erie in the state of Ohio.

An act for the relief of Sarah Dewees, relict and widow of William Dewees, deceased, and the heirs and legal representatives of the said William Dewees.

An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants and for returning surveys thereon to the General Land

Office, and for designating the western boundary line of the Virgi nia military tract; and,

An act to provide for paying to the state of Indiana, three per cent. of the nett proceeds arising from the sales of the United States' lands within the same, and had found the same to be truly enrolled; when,

The Speaker signed the said bills.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Holmes, of Massachusetts, submitted the following reso'ution:

Resolved, That the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to Military Affairs, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for rewarding such meritorious officers and soldiers of the revolution (as well of the militia as regular army) as may not be embraced within the provisions of the act passed at this session of Congress, to provide for certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army.

And, on the question to agree thereto;

It was determined in the negative.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendment proposed by this House to the bill, entitled "An act regulating the staff of the army." And then he withdrew.

Bills from the Senate, of the following titles, to wit:

1. An act to repeal part of the act, entitled "An act to provide for surveying the coasts of the United States."

2. An act confirming Anthony Cavalier and Peter Petit in their elaim to a tract of land.

3. An act for the relief of Aquilla Giles; and,

4. An act authorizing the disposal of certain lots of public ground in the city of New Orleans and town of Mobile, were severally read the first and second time, and the first thereof ordered to be read a third time to-morrow; the second referred to the committee on Private Land Claims; the third committed to a committee of the whole to-morrow, and the fourth referred to the committee on the Public Lands.

The House took up and proceeded to consider the bill to increase the pay of the militia, while in actual service, and for other purposes; and the same being amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow.

The amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of General Moses Porter," was read and concurred in by the House.

The amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act to authorize the payment of certain certificates," was read and concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to make valid cer

tain acts of the justices of the peace in the District of Columbia," was read the third time and passed as amended.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

An engrossed resolution, directing the completion of the survey of the waters of the Chesapeake Bay; for establishing naval arsenals, and for other purposes; was read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk carry the said resolution to the Senate, and ask their concurrence therein.

The House took up and proceeded to consider the report of the committee to whom were referred a resolution of the 12th of February, and a memorial from a number of citizens of the United States residing in the city of Philadelphia, relating to the imprisonment of Richard W. Meade:

The resolution annexed to the said report was read as follows: Resolved, That the House is satisfied that the imprisonment of Richard W. Mcade, is an act of cruel and unjustifiable oppression; that it is the right and duty of the government of the United States to afford to Mr. Meade its aid and protection; and that this House will support and maintain such measures as the President may hereafter adopt, to obtain the release of the said R. W. Meade from confinement, should such measures be proper and necessary.

A motion was made by Mr. Trimble, to amend the said resolution by striking out the whole thereof after the word Resolved, and in lieu thereof to insert the following: "That the demand made by the President of the United States upon the King of Spain for the liberation of Richard W. Meade, a citizen of the United States, detained in confinement at the Castle of Santa Catalina, at Cadiz. ought to be supported and enforced by vesting in the President an authority to make reprisal, upon a Spanish Consul in the event of a failure on the part of Spain promptly to discharge the said Meade."

And the question being taken so to amend,

It was determined in the negative.

The question was then taken to agree to the resolution recommended by the committee,

And passed in the affirmative.

The House proceeded to consider the amendments reported by the committee of the whole, to the bill for the relief of the sufferers on the Niagara frontier; and the said amendments being read, the first thereof was concurred in, and the last concurred in with an amendment.

The question was then taken, Shall the said bill be engrossed and read a third time,

And passed in the negative.

Nay91.

Yeas.................51,

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