Ordered, That said petition be referred to the committee on Towns and Parishes.

Mr. French from the Joint committee on engrossed Bills, reported that they have examined bills with the following titles:

An act relating to the organization of the Courts of justice. An act to incorporate sundry persons by the name of Shelburne Androscoggin Bridge corporation

An act to change the name of Piercy to the name of Stark; and find the same correctly engrossed.

Which bills were signed by the Speaker.

Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof.

Mr. Taylor from the committee on the alteration of names to whom was referred the petition of sundry persons for the alteration of their names reported a bill entitled, An act to alter the names of certain persons.

Which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That it be read a third time to-morrow at 3 o'clock, afternoon.

Mr. Wentworth from the committee on Military affairs to whom was referred the petition of the officers of the Artillery company belonging to the 32nd regiment made a report, whereupon,

Resolved, That it is inexpedient to grant the prayer of said petition.

Mr. Wilcox from the committee on Banks, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Bean and others, and of sundry inhabitants of Tamworth, and of Daniel Gale and others, for the incorporation of Banks, made a report, whereupon,

Resolved, That the further consideration of said petition be postponed to the next session of the Legislature.

Mr. Litchfield from the committee on Education, to whom was referred the bill entitled, An act in addition to, and in amendment of an act entitled an act for the support and regulation of primary schools, made a report.

On motion of Mr. Colby of Weare.

Ordered, That said committee be discharged from the further consideration of said bill and that the same be referred to the committee on Bills on their second reading.

Mr. Harvey from the committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the resolution in relation to the taxing of Locks and Canals, made a report, whereupon,

Resolved, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of that subject.

Mr. Harvey from the same committee to whom was referred the resolution as to the expediency of limiting the periods for which corporations were to be granted made a report, whereupon,

Resolved, That it is inexpedient to legislate on this subject.
Mr. Harvey from the same committee to whom was referred

the resolution as to the expediency of requiring Treasurers of Savings' Banks to give a statement of the amount of their deposits, made a report, whereupon,

Resolved, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of that subject.

The House resumed the consideration of the motion which was pending at the time of the adjournment of the House in the afternoon on yesterday, That the further consideration of the bill entitled, An act to provide for the establishment of the New-Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, be indefinitely postponed.

On this question the yeas and nays were required by Mr. Coues. Those who voted in the affirmative are

Yeas 139, nays 78.

So the bill was indefinitely postponed.

The House resumed the consideration of the amendment which was pending at the time of the adjournment of the House, in the afternoon of Wednesday last, proposed by Mr. Latham, to the bill entitled, An act to establish the rates at which polls and rateable estate, shall be assessed in making direct taxes. Which amendment was rejected.

Mr. Page of Gilmanton moved, That the bill be amended by inserting the following words, "and all jacks kept for the use of mares, be assessed at four dollars each."

Which was decided in the negative.

Mr. Gove of Goffstown, moved that the bill be amended by striking out the word "thirty," and inserting the word "ten" in the sixth line of the first section.

Which was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Weeks moved, That the bill be amended by inserting in the eight line of the first section, the words "all jacks kept for the use of mares two dollars."

Which was decided in the negative.

Mr. Colby of Weare moved, That the bill be amended by inserting at the close of the first section, the words "except buildings and real estate, which shall be estimated at one fourth of one per

Mr. Coues moved, That the bill be recommitted to the committee on Bills on their second reading.

Which was decided in the negative.

Ordered, That said bill be read a third time to-morrow at 3 o'clock, afternoon.

On motion of Mr. Beck

Resolved, That the Rev. Thomas F. King, have permission to preach in the Representatives Hall on Sunday next.

A message from the Senate by their Clerk

"Mr. Speaker-The Senate concur with the House of Representatives in the passage of a bill entitled, An act to incorporate the President, Directors and Company of the Ashuelot Bank." On motion of Mr. Sawyer of Swanzey

Resolved, That Matthias Bartlett of Newtown, have leave of ab sence after to-morrow for the remainder of the session, and that the Clerk be directed to make up his pay roll accordingly.

Mr. French pursuant to notice given yesterday, had leave to introduce a bill entitled, An act in relation to the alteration of names. Which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That said bill be referred to the committee on Bills on their second reading.

Mr. Corbin introduced the following resolution.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened, That His Excellency the Governor, be requested to appoint three Commissioners to fix upon a suitable location for an Insane hospital, in the central part of this State, and to report the same to the next session of the Legislature, with a plan or plans for the erection of a hospital calculated for the reception of one hundred patients, with an estimate of the cost, and also to report at the same time, the rules and regulations for the gov ernment of the hospital, which in their opinion are best calculated for the safe keeping and recovery of the Insane persons of this State.

Which was read a first time.

On motion of Mr. Lamprey--
Ordered, That it lie on the table.

And then the House adjourned.

SATURDAY, DEC. 29, 1832.

Mr. Jones, from the committee on Military affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Hills and others, made a report, whereupon,

Resolved, That the further consideration of said petition be indefinitely postponed.

Mr. Waldron, from the select committee, to whom was referred the returns of inventories, from the several towns and places in this State, reported a bill entitled, An act for making and establish

ing a new proport ion for the assessment of public taxes, among the several towns and places within this State.

Which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That said bill be referred to the committee on Bills on their second reading.

Mr. French, from the committee on Towns and Parishes, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Elkins and others, made a report, whereupon,

Resolved, That the further consideration of said petition be indefinitely postponed.

Mr. Harvey, from the committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill entitled, An act prescribing the mode of assessing taxes on toll bridges, made a report, whereupon,

Resolved, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of said bill.

Mr. Smith, from the committee on Agriculture and Manufactures, to whom was referred the bill entitled, An act to incorporate the Newport Manufacturing Company, reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That said bill be read a third time on Monday next, at 3 o'clock, afternoon.

On motion of Mr. Wilcox

The House resumed the consideration of the bill entitled, An act in addition to the several laws of this State, for the ease and relief of poor debtors.

Ordered, That said bill be read a third time on Monday next, at 3 o'clock afternoon.

On motion of Mr. Rogers

The House resumed the consideration of the report of the select committee appointed to appraise the stock, tools, &c. of the State Prison, and to make a thorough investigation into the affairs and condition of that institution.

On motion of Mr. Rogers-

That the Clerk be directed to procure three hundred printed copies of said report, and lay the same before the House. It was decided in the negative.

On motion of Mr. Wilson of Keene-

Ordered, That the Clerk be directed to insert said report with the acompanying papers in the Appendix of the printed copy of the journal of the House.

On motion of Mr. Gibson of Francestown

The House resumed the consideration of the bill entitled, An act to incorporate sundry persons by the name of the Francestown Bank.

On the question, Shall this bill be read a third time?

The yeas and nays were required by Mr. Smith of Rochester.