THURSDAY, March 27th, 1851.

The Convention met,
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Graff.
The proceedings of yesterday were read.
The President laid before the Convention the following con
munication from Henry G. Wheeler, Esq., Reporter to the Con
vention.
ANNAPOLIS, March 26th, 1851
To the President of the Convention
SIR :—I have the honor to request that you will lay before the
the Convention the following statement
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
HENRY G. WHEELER, Reporter to the Con.
The undersigned feels it due to the Convention and to himself,
to submit the following brief statement of the condition of the
fund appropriated for the reporting of the debates.
The amount appropriated for that object was four thousand dol
lars. The sum already drawn from the fund, together with that
due for debates not yet published, may be estimated at upwards of
three thousand dollars. By the 5th of April, the appropriation
will be nearly or quite exhausted.
Carrying out what he has assumed to be the general desire of
the Convention, that the sentiments of members on the topics of
Representation and the Judiciary system shrould be presented
fully to the people, the undersigned provided himself some time
since with the force requisite for that object.

When in January last, the undersigned entered upon the ex-
istirrg contract for ‘‘sketches of debates," it was his expectation,
as it was understood to be, that of the Convention generally, tha,
its labors would terminate by the fifteenth of March. That period
has passed, and the termin ation of the session is still a matter of
doubt.

In the performance of his contract, under many disadvantages,
the undersigned feels that he has discharged his obligations faith
fully—and he believes, generally speaking with satisfaction. Tire
reports have been circulated throughout the State, and the public
eye has been enabled to follow every movement of the Conven
tion. The debates have never been allowed to accumulate
forty-eight hours on the hands of the Reporter, and are now writ
ten up to Tuesday, March 24th.
As the time approches when the appropriation will yield no
further means, it will become necessary for the Convention to
decide whether the present system of reporting shall be arrested
when the fund is exhausted.
But the undersigned desires it to be understood, that in no event
will he desert his post. Although he may be compelled to re