On motion of Mr. Wilde,

The House proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by him on the seventh instant, proposing to amend the standing rules and orders of the House, by the appointment of several additional standing committees, and the same being again read, was ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Stanford,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to revise the standing rules and orders of the House: And,

Mr. Stanford, Mr. Bassett, Mr. Sargeant, Mr. Gold, Mr. Desha, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Telfair, were appointed the said committee.

On motion of Mr. Stanford,

Ordered, That the resolution of Mr. Wilde, proposing the appointment of several additional standing committees, be referred to the committee last appointed.

On motion of Mr. Sargeant,

Ordered, That the committee of the whole House be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of sundry manufacturers in the city of Philadelphia, presented and referred on the eleventh instant, and that they be referred to the said last-mentioned committee.

On motion of Mr. Easton,

Resolved, That the committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire whether any, and if any, what alterations and amendments are necessary to be made in the law giving the right of pre-emption to settlers on the public lands in the Territory of Missouri: and also, in the Territories of Illinois and Indiana.

On motion of Mr. Tucker,

Resolved, That the committee for the District of Columbia be instructed to inquire into the ex

pediency of authorizing the secretary of state, on the part of the United States, to subscribe for a certain number of copies of an edition of the laws, exclusively relating to the District of Columbia, proposed to be published by J. B. Colvin, of the said District.

On motion of Mr. McLean, of Ohio,

Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire whether any, and if any, what amendments are necessary to a law passed at the last session of Congress, entitled "An act regulating and defining the duties of the United States' judges, for the Territory of Illinois:" and also, what amendments are necessary to the act passed at the last session of Congress, regulating the general court of the Territory of Indiana.

On motion of Mr. Tucker,

Resolved, That the committee for the District of Columbia be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing, by law, for the enclosure and improvement of the public square near the Capitol, in the said District.

On motion of Mr. Wilde,

Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire whether any, and if any, what additional provisions are necessary to be made for the more effectual awarding, granting, issuing, and returning writs of habeas corpus by the courts of the United States.

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

THURSDAY, December 14, 1814.

Mr. Parris presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts, praying for an alteration in a post route.

Mr. Yancey presented a petition of sundry inbabitants of Guilford county in North-Carolina, praying that the mails may not be opened or transported on Sundays.

Mr. Powell presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Washington county, Tennessee, praying for the establishment of a post-route.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

Mr. Throop presented a petition of Thomas Johnson, praying compensation for a wagon and team, destroyed in the service of the army lately commanded by general Brown, in Upper Canada.

Mr. Hopkinson presented a petition of Charles Ross and Samuel Breck, surviving executors of John Ross, deceased, praying compensation for the occupancy of, and damages committed on an estate left by the deceased, lying in the State of Georgia, by a detachment of United States' troops.

Mr. Hungerford presented a petition of John King, stating that his house and furniture were burned by the enemy during the late war, and praying that the said house may be rebuilt at the public expense.

Mr. Stanford presented a petition of Jacob Greer, praying to be reimbursed his expenses, and that he may be allowed further compensation for completing the collection of the former direct tax, laid in the county of Orange, in the State of NorthCarolina.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Lewis,

Ordered, That the petition of Joseph Forrest, of the city of Washington, presented on the ith of June 1813, be referred to the committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Clark, of Kentucky,

Ordered, That the petition of Browing and Gilkey, presented on the 26th of September 1814, and the petition of Thomas Weathers, presented on the 4th of October 1814, be referred to the committee of Claims.

Mr. Hopkinson presented petitions of sundry inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, praying that an act may be passed establishing a National Bank, with branches, founded on such a capital, and regulated by such principles as shall secure public and private confidence,

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on that part of the President's message which relates to the subject of an uniform national currency.

Mr. Sargeant presented a petition of sundry manufacturers of hats, residing in the city of Philadelphia, praying that the duty imposed on the domestic manufacture of hats, may be repealed.

Mr. Hungerford presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Lancaster county, in the State of Virginia, praying that the duty imposed on domesbe repealed. tic manufactured brandies, may Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Sargeant presented a petition of the inspectors of the customs of the port of Philadelphia, praying for an increase of compensation.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.

On motion of Mr. Goldsborough,

Ordered, That the petition of Matthew and Elizabeth Roxburgh, presented on the 24th of March, 1812, be referred to the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

On motion of Mr. Tucker,

Ordered, That the petition of the President and Directors of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of George-Town, presented on the 19th of February 1814, be referred to the committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. M'Lean, of Ohio, presented a petition of Samuel Hall, praying for a pension.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Lattimore presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the eastern part of the Mississippi Territory, praying to be allowed further time to complete their payments for lands purchased of the United States, and that the interest thereon, for a certain period, may be remitted.

Mr. Lattimore also presented a petition of the heirs of John Baptiste Baudreaux, by Edwin Lewis, their agent, praying that their titles to several tracts of land in the Mississippi Territory, may be confirmed.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on the Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Lattimore,

Ordered, That the petition of the heirs of John Baptiste Baudreaux, by Edwin Lewis, their agent, presented on the 18th of January 1815, and the petition of Edwin Lewis and Margarette his wife, presented on the 7th of February 1815, be referred to the committee on the Public Lands.