The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-20 00:00:00

AMERICAN CONGRESS.

THE SECRET BUSINESS. _
HOUSP, or .REPitItSENTNTIVEs, JAN. 16.
A Motion was made,: that a committee be ap-
pointed- to carry to the Senate the folloin.-0 Mes- •
sage : • .
" Gen:lnnen of the Senate.,
4, We transmit you a Bill which has. passed this House,entitled An Ad making-provision fig iletra)ing any extraor-
dinary E,Cpences'attthldarg the intercourse between tile United
States and L'orcign Nations,! and to winch we regitcsr.your
-concurrence. This Pill has been passed-by us, to enable the
President of the United. States to I. ommence with inure cited,
a Negotiation hwthe purchase of the Spanibb. Territories ly-
ing on the Atlantic Ocean and CAI ph of Mexico, and East-
-Warn of- the River Nlississippi. The nature and , importance
of the measure have unlaced us to ad upon the subjed with
closed doors. You will, of course, consider this cigninuni,ca-
VOil as confidential."'
This Motion-was carried' in the affirmative.

TUESDAY,- FEB. 18.•
A Message in wriing was received from the Pre-
sident of-the United States, by Mr. COLES, his Se-
,cretary, is followC,th
" To the House if Representaiivrs of thi United stutes,
On the ,i3th a stint 1 approvekt and signed tile Act, enti.
'1 " mak n;Piovibion fur del raying any Extraurdi-
na attenning fie liftemourse betwe,•ll thre United

'Sates and 'Foreign Which Ori;irtated itt thelerate
of Representatives, anti,l shall in due selison deposit' it atnon;
the Rolls in the 0 ifice of the Secretary of State:
" Feb. 03, tgz6. %4 Tri.JEFFERSON:"

On the 31st of Match the inkanCtion of Secrecy
"was; on the Motion of Dr. LEIB, removed,
,and the
whole of the proceedings are now published.

LAIV REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAv to.
Robert Baker, 'an impressed man, was brought
•up by Habeas Corpus, at the suit of his master, to
be discharged. ,He had been impressed attd taken
on board His Majesty's Ship the Pluto ; the Com,
inander of which Vessel answered in return of the
Writ, that being authorized ,by an -order -of the
Privy Council, he impressed this man; who after-
wards voluntarily.entered as a seaman on board that
Ship.
Mr. t SPiN ASSE contended, "that '.by a case in the
Term- Reports, the toaster had a right to sue-out a
Habeas Corpus to recover his apprentice under such
• circumstances ; but the Court considering, that by
the Statute -of 'Harry the Bth, the regular way was
pointed out, for• the master to apply to the Chief
.JustlCe of the King's Bench, who had the power•of
bringing up theZbOdy ; the present Writ, therefore,
Was irregular. The .rule was discharged, and -the
man ordered'to be remanded. •

THE KING V. GOVERNOR ricTor.
• The Ruletbr sheaving cause why there should not
be a new trial in this case was enlarged until next
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in person, made the
usual motion at the close of the Term, that the re-
cogniances of the several persons- bound to appear'
before the Court, should be continued.
This being the last day of Term, the .Court sat,
till a late hour, and a great variety of motions were
disposed-of; bat in consequence of the absence of
Mr:,GAiutow, who was confined by a fall from his
horse, some motions of importance were postponed.