Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-08-05
CONGRESS
HoUsE or REPRESENT4TIVEs
THURSDAY, July 90.

MI Grundy, from the committee of Fo.
retgn Relations, reported the bill from the
senate TO prohibit the use of licences or pass
es granted by the government of Great Bri.
tam, without amendment and the bill was
made the order for this day.
The engrossed bill making appropriation
for the expeDces of the mission to Russia
and the engrossed bill allowing a bounty of
20 dollars to the owners, officers and crews
OF privateers for each prisoner brought into
y. ,. by them, were severally read the
pd time and passed.
~ he House went into committee of the
Whole, Mr.. Nielsen i'll the chair, on the bill
from tho Senate, making compensation for
Wagons captured or destroyed by the enc
my at Detroit. Before the committee had
gone through the bill, i! was announced that
communication from the Senate of "a conf
dental nature was in waiting on which the
committee rose, reported progress, and the
doors were closed for a few minutes when
they were again opened.
BRITISH LICENCES.
The House went into committee Of the
whole, Mr.. Hopkins of Kentucky in the chair
on the Bill to prohibit the use of licences or
sses issued by the government of G.. Bril-
- After several Intellectual attempts to a
mend the bill, the Committee rose and re-
ported it without amendment.
Mr.. Oakley moved to amend the bill so as
to extend the prohibition to the Sc OF lcen
ces granted by the government of France, as
well as those ofGreat Britain. This motion
was negatived by yeas and nays.
For tue amendment 80
Against it 70
Mr.. P6kn moved to tax privateers with
damages when they shall seize and detain
vessel for breach of this law, if upon trial
it shall appear that the seizure was without
probable cause. Negatved by large mas
jority.
Mr.. Pickering then moved tn strike out
the words" Great Britain" and insert all
nations," so as to prohibit the use of licences
Issued by any nation. This motion was like
wise negatved by large majority.
The bill was then read the third time, and
passeEEby yeas and nays, as follows:
YERS. Messrs. Aston, Anderson, Bard,
BarRt, Beall, Bib, Bowen, Butler, Caldwell,
Calhoun, Chapel, Clopton, Comstock Con
dict, Couard, Crawford, Culpeper, Davis of
Pen. Dawson. Desha, Duvail, Earle, Eppes,
Farrow, Findley, Forney, Forsythe, Ghol
son, Glasgow, Goodwin, Gourdine, Griffin,
Grundy, Hall, Hasbrouck, Halves, Hopkins
of Kentucky, Hubbard, Humphreys, Hun
gcrford, Irwin. Kennedy, Kerr, King,of N.
9. Leiierts, Lyle, Macon, M'Coy, M'Kim,
M'Lean, Montgomery, Moore, Nelson, New
ton, Ormsby. Parker, Pickihs, Piper, Plea
SAINTS, Red OF Pennsylvania, Rhea OF Ten
nessee, Rich, Ringgod, Roane, Roberts, Ro-
bertsou, Sewer, Seybert. Sharp, Smith, OF
Pen. Stanford, Strong, TannehilI, Taylor,
TeIiiir, Wilson, Of Pennsylvania, Wright,
Yancey -79.
EAIS.-Messrs. Benson, Breckenridge,
Brigham, Caperton, Champion, Chcves Cit
ley, Cooper, Davenport, Ely, Geddes, lack
son, of II. ]. Kent, of New York, Kings Mas
Lewis, Lovett. Moseley. Pearson, Pickering,
Pnkiu. Potter, Reed. Richardson, Ridgely
Ruggles, Shelley, Sherwood, Sturgcs
| Thompson, Vose, White, Wilson, of Mas
Winter--S5.