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Resolution appointing Chauncey F. Cleaveand justice of the peace for New-London CO ialo On '"e table. r r

 Resolution appointing James A. HoVey Justice ot the peace for New London O., lost ,m

 Report of committee on judiciary on blll tor a public act to confirm deeds, read and accepted ana

 Report off same committee against bill for public act for detecting and punshing trespasses' read and accepted, and bill lost.

 Report of same committee on bill for public act constituting and regulating courts, read and accept ed, and bill amended and passed. .

 Report of committee on state prison, on the petition of Leonard Kennedy, IT, aud others relative to me chanic labor in the state prison, read, with resolution appointing Clark Bissell, Increase Wilson, Alfred Smith, Jeffrey O. Phelps and Richard Hne con- mtee to hear the petitioners relative to matters con aned in theft petitions and 10 report at the next ses sion of the General Assembly. .

 MT Backus made some remarks in explanation of the report.

 Mr. N. A. Phelps had hoped the subject would be acted upon at the present session. lie thought mo request of the petitioners reasonable in the main Some branches of mechanical industry had been se- riosy injured by the competition m the state Prson

 MT N. 0. Kellogg offered an amendment giving the committee judicial powers to make thorough n vestigaton of the system of prison abor-amendment adopted with additional amend dment that they also inquire into the expediencv ot using labor saving ma chimes, and report laid on the table, ana Soo copes ordered to be printed.

 Resolution that this House adjourn on Tuesday next. read and amended by cchnnS'ng Tuesday to Wednesday, and laid on the table.

 Report of committee to whom was referred me peu' tion of Joel lawes and others, for alteration 0i char, ter of female institute. in favor of said petition, read and not accepted, and petitioners had leave to with draw.

 Report of committee to whom was referred Teso- ution respecting tho issue of post notes by the ou satonic rail road company, that said company mad not exceeded the powers given by the act of ncorpo

 It appears from this report that the whole amount of post notes issued $964 400. The amount o notes outstanding is 44soo ; ,.., ,.... ,,.,o no, SO many notes outstanding as were authorized by tho charter, into or $lO,Ooo. The committee therefore were unanimously ot opinion that the interference of the legislature was not necessary.

 Mr Fitch of Bridgeport said that these post notes were not issued for the purpose ot crcuaton' being chiefly of large denomnation.

 MT. Trott said that although the committee agreed that the company had the power to issue such notes, yet in their opinion it's exercise was ot very question: able utility. These notes in some cases had passed into the hands of contractors and sub-c0ntractors, and from them into general circulation: They were not such currency as the people required, ana there was much dstrust of them manifested, ,,

 MT. s. Raymond said that he introduced tho reso- lution merely as matter of inquiry. Now that the information desired had been communicated, he had no proposition to make the object being accomplished

 Report accepted.

 Report of committee on petition of John P. Trott and others for alteration in the medical law with re- solution repeating SO much of the present law as pro hibs the collection of lees by those nos regularly licensed, read, and aboshng all quallica' tiOn " ,.u after the word resolved, and insert that all botanical physicians after the study of two years, should be placed on the same footing with the members Of the Connecticut Medical Society. =,

 MT. A. smith wished only that all be treated with equality. All should be obliged to study for reason able length of time, whatever system of medical prac' tics-Tneral or vegetnhe' they adopted IT. ,horoh, the petitioners had heretofore been treated with great contempt. Why should not these physicians receive a compensation for their seryicesr people choose

 MT. G. Kingsley of Wndham remarked that there was class of doctors in his vicinity who profeseed to get their knowledge by immediate revelation from

 Heaven He thought they should be ,ha, Se 6 m 'e he recommitted. Motion lost. House adjourned.

 Afternoon.-House met at two o'clock.

 Resolution appointing justices of the peace tor WipdhHm county nn Sssd .,;.., of ,h, ,,,,,, or New. Haven county read, and amended by adding the names of - Porter and Isaac s. Johnson, and md erasing the name of John Peck, passed,

 House resumed the cOnsderation of bill relating & which Messrs. N. A. Phelps Latham, Bissel, and G. Kingsley, participated, and bill passed.

 House resumed the consideration of the bll! on edu- cation, and b passed to third reading and laid on lbe table that the committee on education to whom was referred resolution relating to the expenses of the board of commissioners ot common schools might report ~

 Amongst these was letter from Henry Barnard, 3d. the secretary of the hoard in reply to certain ques tions addressed to him by the committee; The sec. retary states that under the act ot lSs the expenses second $, ,7S2 s9 for the third $l 400; the average little less than Sl5sO. His own salary was for the first year $ss5; for the second $Io95 for the third been spent in his duties for these three years except 97 days. The extra expenses were. for the same time ms follows for travelling, $547 75; postage. $9s 69 printing, $2S statlonery' va DusnS HsS see printing, $29; stationary, SIS during the present year the expenses will not be far from S4oO the aye. rage being S594 A MT. B: has expended from his

 Mr. A. Smith stated that the committee were unan- mous in this report Report accepted and hi!l passed

 House resumed the consideration of the bill relating to the Hartford bridge company.

 On motion, the ayes and noes were ordered, ayes l04 noes 5O Report accepted and petition granted.

 House resumed the consideration Ot the alteration of the medical law. Lost by 52 to S7

 House adj. till halfpast this evening.

 Evening Ssss,on-Resoluiion paving 10 Joseph Pratt, Oliver H. King, and Samuel C. Selden $50 for services in examination of county prisons, passed.

 Report of committee on judiciary on bill to amend the charter the city ct New. Haven, read and ac cepted and bill read second and third times and pas sed.

 Report of same committee on bill respecting the in- specton of leather, hides and skins read and accept ed. and bill read third time and passed.

 Report of committee on new towns and probate districts on bill constituting the town of Salem pro bate district. read and accepted. and bill read third time and passed.

 House resumed the consideration of the bill relating to county courts. MT. C. Bisee explained in detail the provisions of the bill. Bill read third time and passed.

 Resolved that Nathan Minor be appointed judge of probate for Salem district.

 House resumed the consideration of the bill relating to Senatorial districts Moved to amend the bill by erasng the town of Windsor in the lst district and inserting Pennington, amendment lost.

 MT. Goodrich opposed the bill on the ground that the Senate was already sufficiently large.

 MT. Nichols moved to amend so that tho Senate should consist of 2t instead of 24.