On motion of Mr. BATES, of Plymouth,

Ordered, That a committee of five be appointed, in connection with the Messenger, to assign seats to members of the Convention, as contemplated by the nineteenth rule.

The PRESIDENT read a communication from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing the following Order, adopted by that body:

Ordered, That the members of the Constitutional Convention be invited, during its session, to avail themselves of such privileges of the Library of the Commonwealth, as the members of the legislature are entitled to.

Mr. ABBOTT, of Lowell, presented the Memorial of James Russell, of West Cambridge, claiming a seat in the Convention; which was referred to the Committee on Elections.

The PRESIDENT announced the Standing Committees, as follows: On so much of the Constitution as is contained in the Preamble and Declaration of Rights.

Messrs. Sumner, member for Marshfield, Parker, of Cambridge, Hallett, member for Wilbraham, Hillard, of Boston, Allen, of Worcester, Gray, of Boston, Huntington, of Salem, Rockwell, of Pittsfield, Dana, member for Manchester, Bell, of Somerville, Williams, of Taunton, Burlingame, member for Northborough, Marcy, of Greenwich. On so much of the Constitution as relates to the Frame of Government, Elections by the Legislature, &c.

Messrs. Allen, of Worcester, Upham, of Salem, Wilkinson, of Dedham, Appleton, of Boston, Gourgas, of Concord, Hale, of Bridgewater, Morton, of Fairhaven, Plunkett, of Adams, Davis, of Plymouth, Livermore, of Cambridge, Bliss, of Longmeadow, Nash, of Williamsburg, Hoyt, of Deerfield.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the Senate.

Messrs. Wilson, of Natick, Beach, of Springfield, Stevenson, of Boston, Morton, of Andover, Thompson, of Charlestown, Morey, of Boston, Keyes, member for Abington, Hobart, of Foxborough, Howland, of New Bedford, Whitney, of Conway, Hooper, of Fall River, Conkey, of Amherst, Dawes, of Adams, Alley, of Lynn, Pomroy, of Rowe, Waters, of Millbury, James, of South Scituate, French, of Canton, Tilton, of Chilmark, Crowell, of Dennis, Easton, of Nantucket.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the House of Representatives.

Messrs. Griswold, member for Erving, Butler, of Lowell, Hale, of Boston, Burlingame, member for Northborough, Alvord, member for Montague, Schouler, of Boston, Earle, of Worcester, Bullock, of Royalston, Sargent, of Cambridge, Warner, of Wrentham, Kinsman, of Newburyport, Ide, of Attleborough, Eaton, of Pelham, Parsons, of Sandisfield, Hurlburt, of Lee, Wood, of Middleborough, Aspinwall, of Brookline, Weeks, of Harwich, Carter, of Chicopee, Meader, of Nantucket, Norton, of Tisbury.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the Governor, &c.

Messrs. Davis, of Worcester, Crowninshield, of Boston, Brown, of Dracut, Hopkinson, of Boston, Tyler, of Pawtucket, Loud, of Dorchester, Denison, of Coleraine, Bradbury, of Newton, Boutwell, of Lunenburg, Huntington, of Becket, Stephens, of Gloucester, Miller, of Wareham, Langdon, of Monterey.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the Militia, &c.

Messrs. Oliver, of Lawrence, Chapin, of Springfield, Underwood, of Milford, Tyler, of Boston, Churchill, of Milton, Prince, of Winchester, Abbott, of Danvers, Strong, of Easthampton, Bumpus, of Plympton, Stacy, of Gloucester, Fellows, of Lowell, Winn, of Woburn, Swain, of Nantucket.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the Lieutenant-Gov

ernor, &c.

Messrs. Cushman, of Bernardston, Wilkins, of Boston, Graves, of Lowell, Storrow, of Lawrence, Gardner, of Seekonk, Cole, of Cheshire, Tileston, of Dorchester, Bullen, of Northampton, Cooledge, of North Chelsea, Bigelow, of Grafton, Eames, of Washington, Crosby, of Orleans, Perkins, of North Bridgewater.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the Council, &c.

Messrs. Hallett, member for Wilbraham, Giles, of Boston, De Witt, of Oxford, Walcott, of Salem, Wales, of Randolph, Adams, of Lowell, Brown, of Medway, Buck, of Lanesborough, Kuhn, of Boston, Hobart, of East Bridgewater, Packer, of Leyden, Curtis, of Egremont, Durgin, of Wilmington.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the Secretary and Treasurer, and the Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, Sheriffs, Coroners, Registers of Probate, and Notaries Public, &c.

Messrs. Bishop, of Lenox, Weston, of Duxbury, Eliot, of Boston, Hall, of Haverhill, Bates, of Plymouth, Perkins, of Malden, Brinley, of Boston, Paine, of Brewster, Walker, of Roxbury, Eaton, of South Reading, Orne, of Marblehead, Penniman, of Chelsea, Knight, of Peru.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the Judiciary, &c.

Messrs. Morton, of Taunton, Choate, of Boston, Huntington, of Northampton, Bartlett, of Boston, Bishop, of Lenox, Greenleaf, of Cambridge, Sumner, member for Otis, Lord, of Salem, Abbott, of Lowell, Chapin, of Worcester, Hathaway, of Freetown, Lowell, of Roxbury, Leland, of Holliston.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the University at Cambridge, &c.

Messrs. Knowlton, of Worcester, Sprague, of Boston, Sumner, member for Otis, Briggs, of Pittsfield, Huntington, of Northampton, Beach, of Springfield, Putnam, of Roxbury, Braman, of Danvers, Train, of Framingham, Greene, of Brookfield, Ward, of Newton, Marvin, of Winchendon.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the Encouragement of Literature.

Messrs. Briggs, of Pittsfield, Frothingham, of Charlestown, Blagden, of Boston, Lothrop, of Boston, Perkins, of Salem, Mason, of Fitchburg, Chandler, of Greenfield, Copeland, of Roxbury, Foster, of Charlemont, Thayer, of Uxbridge, Cogswell, of Yarmouth, Coggin, of Tewksbury, Wilbur, of Taunton.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to Oaths and Subscriptions, Incompatibility and Exclusion from Office, Pecuniary Qualifications, &c.

Messrs. Butler, of Lowell, Parker, of Boston, Simmons, of Hanover, Payson, of Rowley, Lawton, of Fall River, Eustis, of Boston, Gooch, of Melrose, Denton, of Chelsea, Goulding, of Phillipston, Kingman, of West Bridgewater, Wallace, of Palmer, Hurd, of Brighton, Knight, of Marblehead.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to the Qualifications of Voters, &c.

Messrs. Walker, of North Brookfield, Hubbard, of Boston, Hood, of Lynn, Morss, of Newburyport, French, of New Bedford, Phinney, of Barnstable, Thomas, of Weymouth, Cook, of Boston, Aldrich, of Barre, Morton, of Quincy, Warner, of Stockbridge, Phelps, of Monroe, Clarke, of Holyoke.

On so much of the Constitution as relates to Amendments and Enrolment.

Messrs. Nayson, of Amesbury, Stetson, of Braintree, Upton, of Boston, Wood, of Fitchburg, Paige, of Boston, Duncan, of Williamstown, Allen, of Brimfield, Wheeler, of Lincoln, Sherman, of Chicopee, Viles, of Lexington, Kellogg, of Hadley, Paine, of Brewster, Nute, of Lowell.

Mr. RANTOUL, of Beverly, submitted an Order concerning the Senate, and an Order concerning the House of Representatives, which were referred to the committees having those subjects in charge, and were ordered to be printed.

The Order offered by Mr. HOOPER, of Fall River, on Monday, relative to the number of votes required for an election, was referred to a special committee.

On motion of Mr. WILSON, of Natick,

Ordered, That the committees to which have been referred the several parts of the Constitution, be instructed to meet at ten o'clock, on and after to-morrow, until they make their final reports, or until otherwise ordered by the Convention.

The Order offered by Mr. BUTLER, of Lowell, yesterday, prescribing a form of notification to the town of Berlin, came up for consideration. Mr. BARTLETT, of Boston, moved to amend by substituting the following:

Ordered, That the Secretary, in notifying the town of Berlin of the vacancy in the Convention, be directed to forward to that town an attested copy of the Order adopted by the Convention upon that subject.

On motion of Mr. KEYES, member for Abington, the consideration of the subject was postponed until to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. WILKINS, of Boston, the Committee on Elections were instructed to inquire if any vacancy or vacancies exist in the Boston delegation; and if any, to consider and report what measures it is proper to adopt in relation thereto.

On motion of Mr. WILSON, of Natick,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill of Rights be instructed to consider the expediency of providing that—

No distinction shall ever be made by law between resident aliens and citizens in reference to the possession, enjoyment, or descent of property; and that

No person shall be imprisoned for debt arising out of, or founded upon, any contract, expressed or implied.

On motion of Mr. THOMPSON, of Charlestown,

Ordered, That the Secretary of State be requested to furnish to the Convention such statistics as may be upon the records of his office, relating to the population, ratable polls, and valuation of the several towns and cities in the Commonwealth.

On motion of Mr. EARLE, of Worcester, the list of Standing Committees, with the places of their meeting, were ordered to be printed. The PRESIDENT announced the appointment of the following gentlemen as Monitors :

First Division-Messrs. Cushman, of Bernardston, and Prince, of Winchester.

Second Division-Messrs. Hall, of Haverhill, and Train, of Framingham.

Third Division-Messrs. Morton, of Fairhaven, and Bumpus, of Plympton.

Fourth Division-Messrs. Bates, of Plymouth, and Gilbert, of Plainfield.

Fifth Division-Messrs. Churchill, of Milton, and Dawes, of Adams. Sixth Division-Messrs. Greene, of Brookfield, and Schouler, of Boston.

On motion of Mr. LIVERMORE, of Cambridge, the President was authorized to appoint a Committee on the Pay Roll, and a Committee on Leave of Absence.

Mr. ABBOTT, of Lowell, from the Committee on Elections, submitted a Report on the subject of vacancies, which was placed in the Orders of the Day, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. TYLER, of Pawtucket, moved that when the Convention adjourn, it adjourn to meet at half-past three o'clock to-morrow, but the motion was rejected; and then, upon motion of Mr. LELAND, of Holliston,

The Convention adjourned.