Morning Star

CONGRESS.

Saturday, April 26.—The Senate did not sit.

In the House, Mr Boon moved a suspension of the rule, in order to introduce his resolution for the adjournment of Congress, after the 31st of May; but the motion was rejected, 91 to 57, two thirds being required. A motion, made by Mr Polk, to suspend the rules in order to take up the appropriation bill, was also rejected, 92 to 60. The House went into committee of the Whole on the bill for the compensation of Mrs Decatur, which was amended and reported and the House adjourned.

Monday, April 28.—In the Senate, sundry memorials from different parts of the country on the subjects of the deposites, and the currency, were presented. Mr Clay submitted a resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to the quantity and location of public lands sold last year. Mr Bibb resumed and concluded his remarks against the reception of the Protest, and the questions promulgated by that instrument. Mr Grundy then took the floor, and the Senate adjourned.

In the House, the whole day was occupied with memorials and petitions, chiefly in relation to the bank and the deposites.

In Senate, Tuesday, April 29th.—Mr Bell presented a memorial from Somersworth, in the State of New Hampshire, signed by 452 citizens of that place, and another from Dover, in the same State, signed by more than 500 of its citizens, both complaining of great and unparalleled distress. The memorial was then read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.

Mr Grundy addressed the Senate on the subject of the President's Protest, in defence of the Executive Proceeding, until 4 o'clock, when the Senate adjourned.

The House was occupied during a great portion of the day in a discussion relating to the General Appropriation Bill.

The proceedings on Wednesday are deficient in interest. In the Senate Mr Clay addressed the Senate on the Presidential Protest, until a quarter after three o'clock, when on motion of Mr Wright, the senate adjourned.

In the House—Mr Adams gave notice that he should ask leave to introduce a bill to-morrow, forbidding the corporations of Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown, from issuing promissory notes below the denomination of ten dollars. A large portion of the day was occupied in a discussion of the details of the General Appropriation Bill.

The National Intelligencer says, that among the morning business was the Report of a Bill by Mr Bell of Tennessee, further to extend the Judicial system of the United States. It proposes that the S. J. Court, shall hereafter consist of a Chief Justice, and eight associate Judges—five of which shall constitute a quorum.