The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-02-06 00:00:00

CONGRESS.—sENATE....Doce.

The Bill So prevent the abuse of the privileges
and nun/unifies enjoyed by foreign Ministers with-
in the United States, was read., third time, and
decided by yeas and nays as follows:

Tees g;—"iaye

So the Bill was passed.
The Bill to revive an Act entitled a An Act for
the Relief of the Refugees from the Wiled% pro.
winces of Cased+ and Nova Scotia, and ler other
purposes." was referred to Messrs. &ladle,. Good.
rich, and Llot d, to consider and report thereon.
The President communicated a letter from the
Secretary of War oa,the subject of fortificatious.
Whereupon, on motion of Mr. SMITS, of Mury-
lend. the gall:ries were cleaned, and it was agreed
that the •Report he rend with closed down.—Or-
deiced that it lie for consideration.

DEC. '2l.

At:Freshly to notice given. Mr. Bradley a*Led
and obtained leave to 'snug in a lull " nuking fur-
ther prheision for the corps or esiginern ;" and the
Iollstas read. aNI passed to a ►ecoud reading..

HOGS? OF It EPRENENTATIVES.—Dte. ti.
A emoiluiteestiou FrePl trove the Srere.
tory of War, stating thr sitnstion mud stole of the
Jitte-rnt fortifications ih the thiitei Stares.

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Objection was mask to the residing of this paper,
on the ground that it would afford (Olivia] inform-
ation to the enemies of the United States, of they
have any, of their weakest points.
A question was taken on the reading of it, and
carried in the affirmative.

The rrport was rektred to the Cormaittee ou
Fortiticatious.

WEDNESDAY. OFT. '27.
The Howe it sok eft i sel: i• to a Committee or
the whole on the It e.olutious (runt the Sruate.—Mr.
BASSET wt the Chs: r.

Mr. Mies E a spoke in favour of the Itesolusion4.
The question ww then taken on the C 00000 miner's
rising and repo►tmg the resolutions to the Iluusv.
and ag►eed to—Ayes 54. Noes J 3.
Mr. Lifetimes* unwed an itulvh,iite postpone-
ment of the reaolutious—prefacing the motion by a
fee remark.. tending to whew the improjiriety of
acting upon the subject at all.
Mr. Errs then rose and spoke at some length
in answer to the objections urged against the Rtso-
lations--srlien au •djourntoent was moved and
carried.

RUPTURE WITH alt. JACKSON.
The Ronne aLpon in Committee of the whole on
the resnintio.i trusts ;4eSenvie.

Mr. Emorr enacttided his speech against it.
Mr. Gitoviria and Mr. Huss spoke its favour of it.
Anti at half past three, on the motion of Mr. Up.
NAM, the Committee rase and obtained leave to
sit pin, sod the noose adjourned.

►RIDAY, DSC. ee.
The Bill from the Senate. ►esnecting Foreign
Mlobters. was read twice, and referred to a Com-
mittee of the whole House on Tneadmv.
The Howse resolved itself into • Committee of
the whole, on the Resolutions from the Senate. Mr.
Rawirer in the Chair.

Mr. Gus.n spokeasign at 1-ngth. and with great
strength of argument. agamst the resoluti
51r. NIACOPI 11111)o-et1 the resiLlutions, but eio dif-
ferent grounds from those who had gone before him.
lie did not like t• praise the President. when he
did no wure than bra duty, and he did not like •
declaration tit. war against Great Britain at this time.
The Committee rove. reported progress, oitti had
leave to sit again. The House then adjourned un-
til TueNday nest. DeL. 46.
Mr. Goonyets called for the Order of the Das
on the ftesolusion from the Famate.—The llunse
went into Committee of the whule--Mr. Bassett in
the chair.

Mr. Kiln rose. and, in a long. lahourerl, and un-
interesting speech to favour of he Hello!otiose,
consumed the day.
The Committee then row, reported program.
and thee the Hong, adjourned.

On Tuesday evening, about &is o'clock, a dread-
fnl rsp!re,o4l of gun-powder took place at Lame
Lre:pb. in the Potteries, Staffordshire, in a joiner's
shop lielonging to the proprietors of the new col-
liery. behind Messrs. Bonnet:, BARER, and
Bsweat's manufactory. A man was pouring
ia.wder o.a .r a paper into a Celt, and by smut
tneatei it caught fire, and communi-
cated to the powder in the boar, (abort t14014m)
and the erliole New up, and lulled the man in-
*tautly ; and burnt two other men who weft in the
shop, but they are hot ftetlVellsig. The buildings
atibir.d were Val much damaged.