WEDNESDAY, December 6, 1815.

Several other members, to wit: from the state of New-Jersey, Lewis Condict; from the state of Pennsylvania, John Sergeant; and from the state of North-Carolina, William C. Love, appeared, produced their credentials, and having severally taken the oath to support the constitution of the United States, repaired to their seats.

Mr. Ruggles presented the petition of a committee of the Boston hat manufacturing company, representing a casual loss by fire, of a large portion of their capital, and praying a partial remuneration by remitting the national dues upon the proceeds of their labour and enterprise; and also for protecting duties against the importation of that article: which was received, and ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That the petition of the legislature of the Mississipi territory, for an admission into the Union, as an independent state, presented on the twenty-first of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, be referred to Mr. Lattimore, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Cannon, Mr. M Lean, (Ken.) Mr. Strong, Mr. Noyes, and Mr. Lumpkin.

On motion of Mr. Taylor, of New-York, Resolved, That the house do now proceed to the appointment of the standing committees, pursuant to the rules and orders of the House. And

A committee of Elections was appointed, consisting of Mr. Taylor. (N. Y.) Mr. Piper. Mr. Sharpe, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Vose, Mr. Barbour, and Mr. Law.

A committee of Ways and Means was appointed, consisting of Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Burwell, Mr. Taylor, (N. Y.) Mr. Moseley, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Ingham, and Mr. Gaston.

A committee of Commerce and Manufactures was appointed, consisting of Mr. Newton, Mr. Murfree, Mr. Baylies, Mr. Parris, Mr. Chappell, Mr. Boss, and Mr. Sargeant.

A committee of Claims was appointed, consisting of Mr. Yancey, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Goodwyn, Mr. Davenport, Mr. Lyle, Mr. Stanford, and Mr. Chipman.

A committee on the Public Lands was appointed, consiting of Mr. Robertson, Mr. Creighton, Mr. Clark, (Ken.) Mr. Hall, Mr. King. (Mass.) Mr. M.Koy, and Mr. Sturges.

A committee for the District of Columbia was appointed, consisting of Mr. Tucker, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Irwin, (Penn.) Mr. Savage, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Taylor, (S. C.) and Mr. Brigham.

A committee on the Post Office and Post Roads was appointed, consisting of Mr. Ingham, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Breckenridge, Mr. Throop, Mr. Conner, Mr. Caldwell, and Mr. Langdon.

A committee on Pensions and Revolutionary claims was appointed, consisting of Mr. Chappell Mr. Comstock, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Milner, Mr. Southard, Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Wilcox.

A committee on the Judiciary was appointed, consisting of Mr. Nelson, (Va.) Mr. Ormsby, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Wright, Mr. Wilde, Mr. Gold, and Mr. Sergeant.

A committee on Public Expenditures was appointed, consisting of Mr. Murfree, Mr. Gholson, Mr. Champion, Mr. Thomas Wilson, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Nelson, (Mass.) and Mr. Wallace.

A committee of Accounts was appointed, con sisting of Mr. McLean, (Ohio,) Mr. Rudd, and Mr Betts.

A committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business was appointed, consisting of Mr. Condict, Mr. Bradbury, and Mr. Maclay.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole House on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr Condict reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the state of the Union under consideration, and come to several resolutions thereon, which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where they were again read, and concurred in by the House, as follows:

1. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to foreign affairs, be referred to a select committee.

2. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the military peace establishment; to the organization of a corps of invalids; to fortifications and the protection of the inland frontier, and to military academies, be referred to a select committee.

3. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to naval affairs, be referred to a select committee.

4. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to an uniform national currency, be referred to a select committee.

5. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to roads and canals, be referred to a select committee.

6. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to a national seminary of learning within the District of Columbia, be referred to a select committee.

7. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to a classification and organization of the militia, be referred to a select committee.

8. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to an alleviation of the burdens imposed by the necessities of the war, and the ge

neral subject of revenue, be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.

9. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to manufactures, be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Macon, Mr. Wilkin, Mr. Gholson, Mr. Atherton, Mr. Sheffey, and Mr. Sharpe, were appointed a committee pursuant to the first resolution.

Mr. Johnson, (Ken.) Mr. Barbour, Mr. Moore, (S. C.) Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Desha, Mr. Champion, and Mr. Hulbert, were appointed a committee pursuant to the second resolution.

Mr. Pleasants, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Parris, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Boss, and Mr. McLean, of Kentucky, were appointed a committee pursuant to the third resolution.

Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Macon, Mr. Pleasants, Mr. Hopkinson, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Tucker, and Mr. Pickering, were appointed a committee pursuant to the fourth resolution.

Mr. Creighton, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Ingham, Mr. Condict, Mr. Lovett, and Mr. Alexander, were appointed a committee pursuant to the fifth resolution.

Mr. Wilde, Mr. Sargeant, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Sheffey, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Savage, and Mr. Ormsby, were appointed a committee pursuant to the sixth resolution.

Mr. Clark, (Ken.) Mr Taylor, (N. Y.) Mr. Kerr, (Va.) Mr. Piper, Mr. Moore, (S. C.) Mr. Breckenridge, and Mr. Forney, were appointed a committee pursuant to the seventh resolution.

On motion of Mr. Wright,

Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to an arrangement of the militia expenses incurred by the several states, without

the previous sanction or authority of the government of the United States, be referred to a select committee.

Mr. Wright, Mr. Barbour, Mr. Rice, Mr. Powell, Mr. Smith, (Penn.) Mr. Lyon, and Mr. Cilley, were appointed a committee pursuant to the said resolution.

On motion of Mr. Taylor, of New-York, Resolved, That the said committees have leave to report by bill or otherwise.

A message from the Senate by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary.

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a resolution for the appointment of two Chaplains, of different denominations, one by each House, who shall interchange weekly, to continue in office during the present session.

The said resolution was read and concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Taylor, of New-York, Resolved, That this House will, to-morrow at twelve o'clock, proceed to the election of a Chaplain, on their part.

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

THURSDAY, December 7, 1815.

Several other members, to wit: from Massachusetts, Samuel Taggart and Laban Wheaton; from New-York, Asa Adgate; and from Pennsylvania, Hugh Glasgow, appeared, produced their credentials, and took their seats, the oath to support the constitution of the United States, being first administered to them by the Speaker.