in that interpretation of them of which that gen-
tleman complained, Mr. DONALDSON referred to
page 52 of the Register of Debates, in which the
gentleman from Frederick is made, in express
words, to assent to the remark of the the gentleman
from Kent, (Mr. Chambers.) Such, too,
was his, (Mr. D's.,) understanding, at the time;
and he had not had the slightest idea of pervert-
ing the meaning of the gentleman from Frederick
—nothing could be further from his intention or
desire. Of course he did not now mean to con-
trovert the statement of that gentleman in regard
to the words he used, or his own meaning in
using them. He merely rose to show that he,
(Mr. D.,.) had not intentionally misconstrued the
remarks made, or which he supposed had been
made by the gentleman from Frederick.
The journal of yesterday was then read and
approved.
THE CONVENTION AND ITS BUSINESS.
Mr. GWINN rose and said, that upon consulta-
tion with several gentlemen of the Convention,
he had decided to modify the resolution of which
he had given notice, so far as to put it into the
following form:
Resolved. That the Convention will hereafter
meet at ten o'clock, and that no motion to adjourn,
shall be in order before three o'clock.
The resolution having been read,
Mr. GWINN demanded the previous question.
Mr. STEWART, of Baltimore city, asked the
yeas and nays on the adoption of the resolu-
tion.
Mr. SMITH requested Mr. GWINN to withdraw
the demand for the previous question, for a mo-
ment.
Mr. GWINN declined to withdraw.
Mr. CHAMBERS, of Kent, rose to a question of
order. He submitted that by a rule of the
House, a motion to adjourn was always in order,
and that this was a proposition to repeal that
rule.
The PRESIDENT. The chair thinks that the
last part of the order, will be entirely inoperative
and void; because every parliamentary body
can adjourn at any time it pleases. If the resolution
should be adopted, the Convention could non
obstante, adjourn the. next moment.
Mr. BRENT, of Baltimore city, called for a di-
vision of the question.
Some conversation followed on the point of
order, as to the divisibility of the resolution un-
der the rule.
Tim PRESIDENT decided that it was in order to
divide the resolution.
And a division was ordered.
The question was then slated to be on the first
branch of the resolution, to wit that hereafter
the hour of the daily meeting of the Convention,
should be ten o'clock.
The yeas and nays were then ordered.
Mr. SPRIGG. I desire, with the permission of
the Convention, to put an enquiry to the gentle-
man from Baltimore city, (Mr. Gwinn.) Has
the gentleman abandoned the pledge which he
yesterday gave that he would to-day offer a re-

solution pending that the Convention shall ad-
journ, sine die, in five weeks from this time?
Mr. GWINN. My own individual opinions
have undergone no change. But, when I rose to
offer the resolution now before the Convention,
I stated that different gentlemen had expressed
their opinion, that the business of the Convention
would be better promoted by the substitute. If
this substitute should beadopted, and if within
a few days, I shall find that it does not facilitate
the transaction of the public business, I shall then
fall back upon the original proposition of which
I gave notice yesterday, and shall introduce it.
I have postponed it for the present, in deference
to the wishes of others. Is the gentleman satis-
fied?
The question on the first branch of the resolu-
tion of Mr. GWINN, was then taken, and was de-
cided in the affirmative, yeas 44, nays 23.
So the first branch of the resolution was adop-
ted, and the Convention decided that hereafter
the daily hour of meeting, should be ten o'clock.
The question then recurred on the second
branch of the resolution, (prohibiting a motion
to adjourn before the hour of three o'clock.)
Mr. GWINN desired, he said, to withdraw the
second branch of the amendment.
The PRESIDENT said, if no objection was made,
the gentleman could withdraw it.
No objection having been made,
The second branch of the resolution was with-
drawn.
EVENING SESSIONS.
Mr. MITCHELL offered the following order:
Resolved, That after to-day the Convention
will meet every evening at half-past four o'clock.
The order having been read,
Mr. MITCHELL demanded the previous ques-
tion.
Mr. STEWART, of Baltimore city, asked the
yeas and nays on the adoption of the order, which
were ordered.
There was a second to the demand for the pre-
vious question, and the main question was order-
ed, and having been taken, the resolution, by yeas
33, nays 35, was rejected.
THE RULES.
The PRESIDENT announced the following gen-
tlemen as composing the committee which had
yesterday been ordered to be appointed, to revise
the rules, and report such alterations and amend-
ments thereto, as they might think expedient.
Messrs. RICAUD, SCHLEY, BUCHANAN, BROWN
and MORGAN.
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
On motion of Mr. FIERY, the Convention re-
sumed the consideration of the special order of
the day being the report heretofore submitted by
Mr. JOHNSON, as chairman of the committee on
the Legislative department.
The fifth section (see yesterday's Registry,)
being under consideration,
Mr. THOMAS had moved to amend it by insert-
ing after the word "day," in the second line, the