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other person of the same name, or shall vote in any county in which he does not reside, or shall Tote or oner to vote in virtue of & certificate of naturalization granted to another person; and any person convicted of any of the aforegoing offences in a court of law shall not only be punished as aforesaid, but shall be incapable thereafter of voting at any election in this State, or holding any office or appointment of any nature or description under the Constitution or laws of this State, or under any ordinance or laws of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. The amendment was rejected. Mr. CRISFIELD, moved to amend said report by adding at the end thereof the amendment offered by him on yesterday, being in these words : "Laws should be made for ascertaining by proper proofs the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established." Mr. PARKE, moved to amend said report by inserting after the word "person," where it occurs the second time in the third line of the third section, these words "legally declared." Mr. RICAUD, (the hour growing late) desired to move that the committee rise. Mr. TUCK moved to amend the motion so, that the committee should rise and report the bill and amendments to the Convention. Mr. CRISFIELD bad no objection, be said, to to the motion, if he did not thereby lose the opportunity of offering the amendment he had indicated. Mr. TUCK included in his motion, he said, amendments adopted and pending. The CHAIRMAN expressed some doubts whether the motion of the gentleman from Prince George's (Mr. TUCK) was now in order. Mr. TUCK waived his motion, therefore, but gave notice that if the motion to rise did not prevail, he would renew his own. And the question was taken and decided in the negative : ayes 36—noes 39. the committee refused to rise. Mr. TUCK then renewed his motion that .the committe rise and report the amendments pending and adopted. The question was then taken on the motion of Mr. TUCK, and decided in the negative without a division. So the committee rose and reported the bill and amendments to the House, and the committee of the whole was discharged from the further consideration of the subject. On motion of Mr. CHAMBERS, of Kent, the report and amendments were ordered to be printed, and the further consideration thereof was postponed until Monday next. Mr. BRENT, of Baltimore city, gave notice that he would to-morrow move the following order, an a substitute for that offered by him this morning: Ordered, That the standing rules of this Convention be so amended as to apply the previous question without restriction and without debate to the matter then pending, and to such amend-ments thereto as may be offered consistently with existing rules, after the toll for the previous

question has been sustained, and in voting on the matter pending when the previous question is sustained and the amendments thereto as afore-said, the previous question shall then be exhausted. And be it further ordered, That all rules which allow this Convention to resolve itself into committee of the whole be rescinded. Which was read. And then the Convention adjourned. THURSDAY, January 33d, 1851. The Convention met at 11 o' clock. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. GRIFFITH. The roll was called. Aquorum being present, the Secretary proceeded to read the journal, and made some progress when, on motion of Mr. MAGRAW, the further reading was dispensed with. Subsequently a verbal error was corrected, on motion of Mr. KILGOUR. The President laid before the Convention a report from the clerk of the commissioners of tax for St. Mary's county, relative to fees and per-quisites paid the Attorney General and his Deputies by said county. Which was read and referred to the committee on the Attorney General and his Deputies. The President also laid before the Convention an account of the clerk of Charles county court, for services rendered under the resolution of the Convention of 15th November. Also, an account of the clerk to the commissioners of tax for Charles county, for services rendered under an order of the Convention. Which were referred to the committee on Accounts. Mr. RIDGELY presented a communication of E. Smardon and others, of Baltimore county, touching public education. Which was read and referred to the committee on Education. ' Mr. STEWART of Baltimore city, offered ithe follow order: Ordered, That the President of this Convention be authorized to pay to the Printers and Reporter of the Convention, from time to lime, such sums of money as may be due to them respectively according to their contracts, upon the certificate of the committee on Printing Mr. CHAMBERS of Kent, asked for some explanation in regard to the delay in the printing of the reports. Mr. WEBER, made an explanation as to the causes of the delay with which Mr. CHAMBERS expressed himself satisfied. And the order was then adopted. THE RULES. Mr. BRENT, of Baltimore city, called up the following order, which he bad offered immediately before adjournment yesterday, as a substi-tute for that offered by him at an earlier period of the day. "Ordered, That the standing rules of this Con-