tice, humanity, true principles of patriot
ism, the duties of morality and the best
iiiterella of our country require us to de
precate, aud, if potiible avoid.
I have endeavored to examine and con
sider the fubjeit with candor. I have
formed mjr opinion upon serious delibera
tion ;-.nd feel an impression of duty when
the queftionTkallbc takcu, to vote againit
(he proportions.
(Debate to be continued.)
NEW-YORK, February 26.
A brig which left Bourdeax the 27th
Dec._ is arrived at this port. McffisTou
rons and other paflengers report, that at
their departure there was in the prisons
401- yooo persons, and that the guillotine
was in conitant action—that the Mayor
and two officers of the municipality were
the iirft victims—that a seal was put on
the houses of all the merchants, and it
was believed that this measure would be ta
ken in all the commercial towns in I''ranee
—in each of the houses under seal, four
Sans Culottes are quartered at four Francs
each per day.
M. Raba has already been forced to
pay a voluntary contribution of 500,000
livres, and it is expedted that Meiiers. Bo
iiafe will be taxed one million.
For a long time the inhabitants have
been at eight ounces of bread per day. It
was without question that another naval
force would fail for this part of the world
to convoy the (hipping of St. Domingo,
which had taken refuge here'.
They were allured that the Commerce
of -Nantes had prop*fed to the Conven
tion to fell the colonial produce with
which those veflels are loaded, and to re
place their cargoes with grain and flour.
PHILADELPHIA,
MARCH 3.
The following is the resolution See.
which passed the House of Reprefcnta
tives of the United States, on the 24th
lilt, refpefting the Treasury Department.
Refclved, That a committee be appoint
ed, to examine the state of the treasury
department, and that they be inftru&ed
to report to the House, generally thereon,
and among'other tilings more particularly:
id. Whether the form of keeping the
accounts be calculated to effedhiate the
dispositions of the public monies, as pre
fctibed by law.
2d. Whether the cafli receipts, from the
domestic resources, have exceeded, equal
ed, or fallen fliort of the domestic cash
expenditures, from the establishment of
the government, to the firft day of Janu
ary, one thousand seven hundred and nine
ty-four, remarking the dates and amounts
of any excess, or deficiency, quarterly.
3d. Whether the finking fund, at the
time of its establishment, consisted of cash
or bonds; fpecifying hi the latter cafe, as
nearly as may be, the several dates, at
which any funi or sums of such bonds be
came payable.
4th. What proceedings have been had
under the laws of {he fourth and twelfth
of Aug lift, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety, authorizing loans of money,
and what authorities weie given for !hole
proceedings: That they also ttate, in dol
• lars and cents, the grcfs principal of debt
in Holland, produced to the United States,
by the said loans, and the ptecife amount
of the principal of the foreign debt, which
has been discharged thereby : what porti
on of such loans has been drawn to the
United States, at what dates, and by what
authority; in what manner such drafts
have been applied ; under what forms and
checks those drafts were made, and whe
ther the monies raised thereby, were im
mediately deposited in the treasury; if not,
what places, and to what amount, were
such monies deposited ; how much time
elapsed after such loans, before the said
monies came into the treasury ; whether
a complete fulfilment of our engagements
to France, was, in any degree, obviated
by such drafts : whether any portion of
the French debt remained unpaid, at the
end of one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-two ; and whether any balance of
the said debt is yet unpaid : And that the
committee do also report the date of the
firft information to this House, communi
lating the said drafts; and whether any
call of the House was made upon the trea
sury department, which embraced the idea
of a previous disclosure thereof.
sth. That the committee be also in
ftru&cd to report the whole amount of
the exiting debt of the United. States, dlf
criminatieg the dorreitic from the foreign
debt, and fpscifying the arroupt of do
mestic debt, bearing a prefect interest of
fix per centum ; the aniotmnt bearing a
present interest of three per cent, and "the
amount deferred : That they also report
the increafc or drcreafe of the whole debt
of the United Spates, and the operation
of the finking fund, to the end of the year
one thousand seven hundred and ninety
three.
Ordered.,
That Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Hunter, Mr.
M'Dowell, Mr. Giles, Mr. Greenup, Mr.
Dent, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Irvine, Mr.Beat
ty, Mr. Van Cortlandt, Mr. Niles, Mr.
Swift, Mr. Malbone, Mr. Coffin, and
Mr. Wingate, be a committee, pursuant
to the said resolution.
THEATRICALS.
[The following was not received in season
for Saturday's Gazette.]
OBSERVER—N°. V,
LAST evening, at the New Theatre,
were exhibited to a cronded and brilliant
audience, the JEALOUS WIFE, and
the LIAR. The Obfervcr accidentally
overheard a gentleman and lady remarking
upon the players, and from some emphatic
words, was induced to listen to their dis
course. The gentleman with much fang
fro':d, observed upon one and another—
This is not a Yates, a Palmer, a Wrighten,
a Kemble, a Henderfon, or a Siddons.
The lady told him Mrs. Whttlock was fil
ter to Mrs. Siddons—Egad, fays the gen
tleman, is this the famous Mrs. Wh'tlloci ?
why (he has not a feachure of Mrs. Siddons ;
damme but Mrs. Siddons petrifies the au
dience ; why this woman, why (he has no
eyes, no face, no killing tout cnjcmble, no
true ban ton about her : pfliaw ! only fit
for boor 6 and bumkins. The gentleman,
as the Observer supposes, had, or pretend
ed he had, an acquaintance with European
Theatres and a£tors ; for upon a queition
from the lady, whether Mrs. Siddons ever
a fled in comedy he said yes, he had of
ten feert her in comedy, it was her forte,
(he drew cror.ded audiences in the charac
ter of Bchidera, in Venice Preferred, and
many other of the belt comedies fh the
Englifli language. The lady observed,
that Venice Preferred was a tragedy : No,
no, said he, Venice Preferred is a tragical
plot, but that plot was discovered, and
saved the State, and so all turned out
well—egad that makes it a comedy.
Of Mrs. Francis, in Harriet, he said,
why fne does not top her part at all :
damme, I like to fee all the characters on
fire ; that's the bon ton. Similar observa
tions and sentiments he exprefled upon all
the exhibition ; the music was a bore, and
even the Theatre itfelf was as gloomy as a
Dutch funeral.
Refletting upon the opinions of this
Standard of Tojlc, the Observer began to
feel drongly induced to pity thefc poor
Players, who had taken so much pains, to
gratify and improve us, and at the fame
time to obtain the means of an honelt liv
ing for themselves ; for if these lentiments
become general, he said to himfelf, the
Theatre mud be (hut.
Some such ideas mull have occurred to
the lady, as (he observed to the gentleman,
" Why, teally Sir, I think you are too
hard upon thefc people, for if yourfenti
ments spread, you will undo them ; and
if they are not good Players, they are
said to be honett, good chara&ers—and
deserve not severe treatment." Egad,
said the gentleman, I do not know that
—chiefly call off, I believe, from the
Theatres in England—and as to charac
ter, damme, if I believe any of them have
too good characters.
This brought to the Observer's recol
lection, a pafiage in his favorite author
jEfchylus:—
"'I his is the (late of man! In prosperous for-
tune,
" A shadow, pafling light, throws to the
ground
" Joys, baiclels fabric : In adversity
" Comes Malice, with a fpunge, moistened
in gall,
" And wipes each beauteous character away."
The Obfervcr, is in justice bound to
add, that since then, he has obtained in
formation from indisputable authority, that
this company of players, are persons of ir
reproachable chara&ers, as men and wo
men ; and as performers, many of them
have not left superiors, and forne jnot equals,
in Europe.—The persons who are now on
the stage in England, the Obferyer only
knows, by hearsay; of the former actors
he had some knowledge ; and would just
mention to modern travellers, that he will
dete& their ignorance, and punish their
insolence, whenever their empty sculls,
flu'll attempt to use " the Jpungc moijlened
•with gall." This will only apply to a*
certain class of modern travellers, and let
such be cautious, as the Observer will
handle them without mittens.
Mrs. IVhitloci's articulation, is so per
fjdtly just, her face, her eye, and indeed
her whole attitude and gesticulation, come
f > near the model the observer had figu
red to himfelf for an adlrrfs, that he mud
do a violence to his own feelings, not to
declare, that altbo' Ihe may not be equal
to Mrs. Siddons, yet (he is so equal to
any expectations, we have entertained in
America, that the fealt of feeing and
hearing her on the ftagt, the Observer
hopes will frequently be repeated.
Mrs. Francis, in the part of Harriet,
was reserved, shewed little action or ani
mation, this the Observer, heard faulted
by many—but he ventures to aflert, that
nature, was much better exhibited, in that
th%n it could have been by more anima
tion. In the Obferrer's opinion, Mrs.
Francis, acted; what the author meant by
the character of Harriet; and in the cha
racter of Miss Grantham, she certainly
evinced her accurate knowledge of the
author's meaning, and there, put on ani-
mation enough.
The Observer presents his moll refpedt
ful compliments to the Ladies who attend
the Theatre, and begs them to take no
tice of Mrs. JVhitlock and Mrs. Francis,
when they speak a sentence, mark their
modulation, their accent, and, as occasion
offers, endeavor to form their own pro
nunciation ; this will be adding profit, to
amulement, and the price of their tickets,
instead of producing a talent, proper to
be hid in a napkin, will produce a ufeful
haneft of an hundred fold.
March I ft, 1794.
Captain Vanlife is arrived here from
Martinique, in a short passage—We hear
he brings accounts of a large number of
American vefiels being there—that pro
visions were plenty, and the force on the
Island so refpeftable as to be under no
apprehcnfion of the English.
The consideration of Mr. Madison's
Resolutions was this day postponed to
Monday next.
We are informed the embargo in France
on American veflels is taken off.
BOSTON, February 22,
We are happy at all times to give cir
culation to intelligence, in which honora
ble notice is taken of our countrymen. In
a late London paper, mention is made,
that the Grand Majlcr of Malta, hat
eftablilhed in his principal city, a magnifi
cent AJlronomical Observatory—to which
he had invited the most celebrated Astro
nomers of Europe. " Of the apparatus,"
fajs the account, " is an Orrery, of the
invention and conftruftion of the celebra
ted and ingenious American, Mr. Joseph
Pope."
The gall of bittcrnefs lately poured out
on the Massachusetts members in Congress
is but the dregs of the old phial. For fix
years Meflrs. Ames, Goodhue, Sedg
wick, &c. &c. have been the theme of
calumny; butat three feveraleleftions when
the '« VOICE OF THE PEOPLE"
is most emphatically pronounced, we have
seen them honoured with the increasing
fuffrages of their fellow citizens, as the
reward of their independence and patrio
tism. They know, that from them their
conflituents ftili expect a continuation of
that conduit: They bid them be unmov
ed by the clamour of competitors, and
unshaken by the arts of those who would
difTolve the Union, destroy justice, intro
duce domestic infelicity, and entail on
their country the horrors of an unnecessary
foieign war !
COMMUNICATION.
The Funding System of the United
States, has long been the stalking horCe
of the antitederal scribblers. But though
the Legislature of this Commonwealth
have recently pafled a Funding Law pre
dicated on cxaßly the fame rate of interejl,
and totally excluding every' idea of
difcrimirtaticn, not one solitary word of
complaint is uttered. The fame may
be said of the Bank of the United States.
It has been thundered in our ears as perni
cious, as dtftru&ive of liberty, &c. yet
we fee Banks daily established by.the State
governments, and from the pen of censure
not one drop of ink has been (hed. Think
ye, the public doth not discern tliefe things ?
NEW THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, March 3,
VVi'l be perfoi med,
A COMEDT, called the
Schoolfor Scandal.
Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Bates.
Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Morris.
Joseph Surface, Mr. WigneU.
Charles Surface, Mr. Chalmers.
Sir Benj. Backbite, Mr. Finch.
Crabtree, Mr. Harwood.
Careless (with afotig) Mr. Marlhall.
Rowley, Mr. Warrell.
Moses, Mr. Francis.
Snake, Mr. Green.
Trip, Mr. Moreton,
Lady Teazle,
Lady Sneerwell,
Mrs. Candour,
Maria,
At the end of the Comedy, a new Comic
DANCE, composed by Mr. Francis,
called
The Scheming Clown,
Or, the Sport/man Deceived.
By Mr. Francis, Mr. Darley, jun. and
Mrs. De Marque.
To which will be added,
A COMIC OPERA, called
The Poor Soldier.
With the original Overture and accom
paniments.
Capt. Fitzroy, Mr. Darley.
Father Luke, Mr. Finch.
Dermot, Mr. Darley, jun.
Patrick, Mr. Moreton.
Darby, Mr. Wignell.
Bagatelle (with a
song in charaSer) .Mr. Marlhall.
Boy, Matter J. Warrell.
Norah, Miss Broadhurft.
Kathleen, Miss Willems.
Boxes, one dollar—Pitt, three quarters
of a dollar—and Gallery, half a dollar.
,%* As inconveniencies to the public have
arisen from the Box-book being opened on the
days of performance only, in future attend
ance will be given at the office in the Theatre
every day from ten till one, and on the days
of performance from ten till three o'clock in
the afternoon. Applications for Boxes, it is
refpetffully requested, may be addressed to
Mr. Franklin, at the Box-G(nce.
The Doors will be opened at 5 o'clock,
and the performances begin at 6 o'clock pre
cifcly.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to
fend their fervar.ts to keep places, at half an
hour pad 4 o'clock, and to order them to
withdraw, as soon as the company are seated,
as they cannot on any account be permitted
to remain in the boxes, nor any places kept
after the firft adl.
N. B. No money or tickets to be returned,
nor any person admitted on any account
whatever behind the scenes.
The managers request, to prevent confu
fion, servants may be ordered to set down and
take up with the horses' heads towards the
Schuylkill, and drive off by Seventh-street.
Pi-vat Refpublica.
JUST PUBLISHED,
AND SOLD BY
H. & P. Rice,
No. 50, High-Street,
( Price One Dollar)
The Gentleman's
Pocket Library.
CONTAINING,
I. The Principles of Politeness.
i. The Economy of Human Life.
3. Rochefoucauld's Moral Reflexions.
4«Lavater's Aphorisms on Man.
5. The Polite Philosopher.
6. The way to Wealth, by Dr. Pfinkiin.
7. Seleit Sentences.
8. Detached Sentences.
9. Old Italian, Spanish and English Pro
verbs.
10. A Tablet of Memory.
March 3. ' 4 t
AVIS.
LE habitant infortune* dc la Coionie Franpife
de Si. Dominguc qui dans I'inccndic da
C<»p font vnu» chcrchcr un afilc d?n» Jes Etats
Unit (but tiiformes que la Republiquc leur ac
co'de un paftage pour France, lis font invites
cn conlcqutnce a fc prefrnicr a c«*i cffct d'in a
huit j«>uis chcr les Consuls Se a gene de la Re
puM que dan* Irs differ nts Pons des tnuUnu.
A Philadelphia le 10 Vcn<o*_i'an »4
la Republiquc Franpife unc & indivifibic:
(*8 Fcvrier, 1794. vteucftifg) '
Le- Miniftre dc la KtpuU«o«
*
JH. FAVCHET.
The editors of new/papers tn the United dta/et gre
icquejlcd to inftrt tit abevt nctice in their paper. 8:
Mrs. Morris.
Mrs. Francis.
Mrs. Shaw.
Mrs. Cleveland.