New Theatre.
On WEDNESDAY EVENING, December 14,
Wilt he prefentrd,
jAn Historical Play, (never performed here) written
by Shakespeare, called
THE FIRST PART OF
HENRY THE IVth;
"Or, The Humours of Sir John Falftaff.
King Henry, Mr. L'EJlrange.
•Prince of Wales, Mr. Mireton.
Prince John of Lancaster, Master Warrell.
"VVorcefter, Mr. Fox,
Northumberland, Mr. Darley.
Hotspur, Mr. Cooper,
Douglas, Mr. Varley, jan.
Sir Richard Vernon, Mr. Warrell, jun.
Weftmoreland, Mr. Warrell.
Sir Walter Blunt, . Mr. Wignell.
Sir John Falftaff, Mr. Warren.
Poins, Mr. Harivood.
Peto, Mr.. Mitchell.
Birdolph, Mr. Morgan.
Francis, Mr. Blijfett.
Carriers, Mefirs. Morris & Francis.
Lady Percy, Mrs. Morris.
Hostess Quickly, Mrs. L'EJlrange.
To which will be added, a FARCE, in » a<sh, called
The Widow's Vow.
Don' Antonio, Mr. Morris.
Marquis, -Mr. Fox.
Carlos, Mr. Darley, jun.
Servant, 1 Master Warrell.
Jerome, Mr. Hartvood.
Countess, Mrs. Morris-
Donna Ifabelll, Mrs. Harvey.
Inis, Miss Oldjield.
Ursula, Do<stor.
Flora, Mrs. Francis.
Box, One Dollar twenty-five cents. Pit one Dollar.
And Gallery, half a dollar.
Tickets to be had at H. & P. Rice's l?ook-ftorc,
No. ye High-street, and it the Office adjoining the
Theatre.
The Boors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the
Curtain rife precisely at 6 o'clock.
Places for the Boxes to be taken at the Office in the J
front of the theatre, from 10 till 2 o'clock, and from I
Jo till 4 on the days of performance.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to fend their
servants to keep placts a quarter before 5 o'clock, and
to order them, as fuon arthe company are fsated, to
withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permit
ted to remain.
No money or tickets to be returned, nor any
perfony on any account whatsoever, admitted behind
the scenes.
ViVAT RESPUBLICA! '
1 a, —. —■' 'i.
On Wednesday, the 28th inft.
At 6 o'clock in the evening will be fold at Public-Ven
due, (if not before disposed of at private sale) at
the City-Tavern,
All that capital mansion-house, (tables, out-houfe«, See.
and three contiguous trails efland situate on the Weft-fide
of Schuylkill in the townlhip of Blockley and county of
Philadelphia, generally known by the name of Lanfdown,
containing 199 acres iei perches more or less and a mcflu
ige plantation and trafi of land in Blockley town (hip a
forefaid «djosning Lanfdown, containing 64 acres one
psreh.
Th« premises are so well known as to need no particular
description. Few feats in Amcrica can compare with
Lanfdown for convenience and elegance; it commands a
variety of rich beautiful profpe&s and is remarkably heal
thy. Terms of sale will be made known by
PHILIP NICKLIN, ■> Attornies in
AND C fact to
ROBERT E. GRIFFITH, J JaWes Greenleaf.
Dec. 11. §t2l.
For Safe,
A. capital ftafcd for business— That well known tavern,
the Ewe and Lambs, North Front Street, No. 333, in the
Northern Liberties ; a briek house containing nine fire
places, and ten rooncs well finifbed ; good stables and
chair-house, with a f'rame-houfe 011 Water street the
building stands on four lots, seventeen feet front each, ma
king a front on front-ftreet, thirty-four feet, and nearly
the lame on Water-street, and is one hundred and forty
fe«t deep from street to street, fubje<& to £8. 10s. each
lot per annum, ground rent, this property is near the hay
fcales, and public docks, easy communication with the
Delaware waters and advantageously situated for budnefs
6f various kinds.
The above premises are now rented until December |
aext at £.175 annum.—Enquire of tne Printer.
Dec, 12. §iwjaw6w.
Mrs. Grattan refpedfully informs the fubferibers 1
to the I
Ladies' Concert, i
That the firft will be 011 Thursday the ztnd of 1
December, and Mrs. Grattan takes the liberty of re
questing the fubferibers to fend for their tickets any 1
day after Thursday the 15th, at No- 39, N. Sixth .
street.
Mrs. Grattan begs leave to inform the Ladies and ®
"Gentlemen of the City, that the fubfeription-book is
■St her house, No. 39, North Sixth-street, for the re- '
ception of those names who wish to honor her with <
their commands. A fubfeription for eight nights <
sixteen dollars, including a Gentleman and Lady's ,
ticket, both transferable. Half/ fubferiptions eight '
dollars, including one ticket. Single ticket twp dol
lars.
December 7. • fI IW
Hibernian Society.
A dated meeting of the Hibernian Society, will be held
at Mr. M'Shane's Tavern, fhird-ftreet, on Saturday the
17th inft. at 7 o'clock in the evening.
Supper will be on the tabic at half after nine.
Dec. 11. MATHEW CAREY, flee'ry. v
— * L__ f
Notice. t
HAVING Proposals to communicat-, of great import- f
ance, both to those to whom I am indebted, and to
tnyfelf, I request the lav«r of all persons who have de- e
mands against me, to meet at the City-Tavern on Friday 0
next, at 6 d'cloek in the evening. .
JAMES GREENLEAF. .
Philadelphia, December 11796. «tth
—— — — i y
Old London particular Madeira Wine, v
Landing from on board the barque Eagle, Capt. Bates I
and for sale by ROBERT ANDREWS, I
No. 86, S&uth Wharves. r
November 19. codtf
To be Rented, '
A Large Vault and Cellar,
That will contain 200 pipes, situate in Walnut
between Fourth and Fifth-flrects. Also a COACH
HOUSE and STABLE, with Stalls for five horses. d
N. B. Goods Stored by the month. p
November 30. mvr f, 4 b
DUBLIN, September 29.
Sunday fe'nnight, as Mrs. Mend, wife of Mr.
Thomas Mead, of Drumcondra, near Ardee, was
walking in the garden, accompanied by her filler,
Miss Bafhfort, their attacked in a tnofr furious man
ner, by a mad dog. The animal firfl leaped on
Mrs. Mead's back, without doing any other injury.
He afterwards ran at her filler, and bit ene of her
}. arms and legs in a mod (hocking manner, and with
drew. The doji, after going a (hort diftatiae, re
turned, as if not contented with what he had done,
leaped on her, and entirely tore the nose from her
face. She has continued in a mod deplorable
(late. The animal afterwards bit eleven people in
the town, and a number of pigs, dogs, Set. He
was purfaed by a party of the Dublin militia, who
overtook and (hot him, about a trvjfc from the town.
OeVsber 1.
It is remarkable, that though veflels from the
W eft-Indies, an J bound to the fafne quarter of thf
globe, have been for some time in the river, tudoad
irg their carries of &c. they have not ta
:s. ktn on boarc ar.y beef or butter, unless for fea
llores, tho' last year, before this time, there were
large export citrus of provision for Jamaica and
the Leeward iflsnds. The chief reason afiigned is,
that such articles can he «t: twined at cheape^rates
in the psrisofthe United States of America, than
in those of this country, afpecially beef, which,
from circumstances, we hope, mull very faon fall
in price.
• NEW YORK, December 12.
Citizens or New York, you have been witnefTes
to a terrible catastrophe, ic-the sudden dellru&ion
of a rich fqusre in the center of the city, by the
devouring element of fire. To (ay thai all gener
ous hearts mod sincerely sympathise with the fiifftr
r" ers, is not duicg judices to their feelings. This
t>road wajle buildings, filled with wealth, the
e truits of industry, and the means of fubfillence for
a numerous body of good citizens, is an oecafion
e | that deeply afflifls the human mind. Are there
I any families reduced to distress ? the charitable hand
e ! of benevolence will doubtless. afford succour, and
1 every generous effort be made to replace the means
r of a&ive indudry. »
j But while you are fpe&ators of the yet smoking
■j ruins of property, and while your liberality is ex
- erted to r#lieve the distressed, do not foiget to profit
by this melancholy event : turn your thoughts to
J the means of guarding against a similar calamity ;
misfartunf'into utility. A pestilence
annually affli&ing some part of the city, fweepiiig
. away valuable men, and checking that bufintfs
which is the fuppoit of its inhabitants ; together
_ with frequent conflagrations, which prostrate the
t fortunes, alarm the families, and diflurb the happi
ness of the citizens—These are calamities that de
. 'raft immensely from the enjoyments of life, and
: retard, beyond conception, the growth and opu
s lence of this commercial city.
• It becomes you to take into serious consideration,
" what means, and whether any can be devised, to
, prevent the frequent repetitions of such dillrefling
events. Thcfe are not fubjefts to be passed over
• with flight refledion, or trifling efforts to provide
J against the return of disasters. They are fibjedls
' that involve the chara&er of the tity, the feeurity
ef property, the faiety of life, and the prelei ra
tion of that tranquility of mind, without which
life is hardly a blriSng.
Will not the government interfere to reltrain the'
avarice of individuals from thus exposing life and
property to the perpetual depredations of disease
aid the flames ? Is there no Jpirit in the citizens, •
who are the vi&inas of these difallers ? Is there no
wisdom, firmnefs and juflice in the fuperiatendinjf
adminiilration of the city, to controul the felfifh
passions, and bend thsm to th« regulations necessa
ry for the public fafcty ? Is the difference in the 1
expence of wooden walls and brick ones, an object '
of such magnitude, that the properties and lives of '
citizens mult be momently expoled, and frequently
facrificed to it ? Are a few feet of earth, on an isl
and that presents near twenty miles of good har- '
scour, so immeufely precious to an individual, that '
even a gangway cannot be spared for a fire engine, 1
to extinguish flames that threaten a whole ci- J
ty\ with dettrudion ? Must every inch of ground
be occupied by the penny-wife landholder, to the '
exclusion of light and of free air, the principle of *
man, without which he mujl sicken and die ? i
, P*rdon, fellow-citizens, these ardent expoftula- 1
tions, in a man who has less interest in the welfare
of the city than mod of you ; but whofc feelings c
are alive to the fatal policy, which has laid the F
foundations of iucalcnlable evils in every part of 1
this flourifhing metropolis., A city, now an emiryo '
of one of the larged mercantile towns on earth, c
every stone and brick of which (honld be laid for 1
perpetuity, is modly built of (light materials, and r
exposed hourly to be laid in one vail mafsof ruins!
[Hfinerva.~\
ASTONISHING IMPUDENCE. 1
[from THE ARCUS.] c
COMMUNICATION. «
If any additional proof of the hostility of our
government to the I'rcnch nation was wanting, it c
would be found in the Prejidenl's Speech. Tho* (1
since the l?ft meeting of congress, and the solemn f
ratification of the treaty, fifty vessels have been ta
ken from us by the Britilh, where owe has been tan
Len by the trench ; tho' our seamen have been t
enslaved, fettered, and exposed to contagious dif- I
orders and the sword 5 though even the maders of t
our (hips hive been ignominioufly whipped by Bri- f
tifli officers, not one word is mentioned on this sub- n
jeil in the President's address. All memory "of h
what is due to the character of our government and si
Britain," all " felf re/ftS" seems to be loft where o
Britain is in quedion ; thns we arc content to rely I
solely "on the judice and magnanimity of the Bri- ti
tifli monarch from them even common judice is
to be purchased by unworthy humiliation, and the tl
Sacrifice of «ur dearest interest. It is with their fe
conquerors only, with the French people, that we it
daie to talk of our dignity. What alas 1 Will our w
dignity avail, when put in the fcaie again ft their 6\
power? Ihe true dignity of government would c<
batrt been to have given no of offence j p
S to have construed our treaties fairly and impartial
ly ; to have filled'the delicate office of secretary of
r. (tale with foine man who underftaod the law of na
as tions, thefor«P6 of politeness, and who would not
r, have fubllituted arrogance for dignity, and unfoun
n- ded pretentions for fellrefped.
in —
ir. Notes in the foregoing.
;r Tifty to one ! Where are the proofs i The Bri
*- tiffi have not probably taken that number of veflels
f - from the Americans since the tieaty, nor condern-
e > ned one fifih of the number, containing real Atne
:r rican property. There are now lying in one French
' e port in the Well-Indie9, more American vefTels than
11 the British have condemned in two years—the car
'e goes seized by the administration—the vessels rot
° of them abandoned—the seamen dying,
>• or enduring every fpeoies of want and distress.
The mention of Capt. Jefiup's cafe, at this mo
ie ment, is uncandid ; when we have just received ad
'? vice that on the representation of Mr. Lifton, the
' British ministry intend to make an example of Capt.
Pigot.
l " The Prcfident's speech a proof of the hejlility of
e our government to the French Nation J ! ! Know,
d reptile, that a refpedt for the laws alone will save
! > you from the prompt vengeance of an insulted
8 people.
n
CONGRESS or the UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
g Tuesday, December 13.
Mr. W. Smith, from the committee to whom
referred the petitions of Thomas Lloyd, and
1 itomas Carpenter, stenographers, reported a re
* solution to the following effect, which was referred
to a committee 6f the whole lioufe'o-morrow.
* " Resolved, that the clerk of this house e*ufe
the membsrs to be furnifhed during the present
session with copies of the debates of Corigrefs,
j printed in this city, such as the members fhail chufe
j to be delivered at their lodgings, provided no high
s er price be charged for them thaD is charged to
the citizens of Philadelphia."
The bill for providing for the more effctfual pro
' mulgation of the laws of the United States, was
refcd a third time and pafTed.
Mr. W. Smith called for the order of the day
00 the answer to the Pfaident's speech.
' Mr. Giles hoped the geutleman would permit
this ftibjeft to lie over till to-morrow. The an
■ fwer contained a variety of important matter, and
he had scarcely had time to read it over.
Mr. Parker spoke to the fame effect.
Mr. W. Smith said it was unusual for the an
swer to the Prcfident's address to lie over more than
one day. He thought the fubjefts contained in it
were such as did not require much cor fideration.
Mr. Heath hoped the business would not lie e
ver. The fcfiior, he fqid, was short, and as no
thing would be done untihbe etiquette of the ad
dress was gone tnroogh, he thought no time should
be lott.
Mr. Ames had no objeflion toother business be
ing taken up before the fubjeft in queflion, in or
der to give gentlemen time to think upon it, but
he hoped they ftiould not rife without entering upon i
its confident ion.
Mr. Giles did not thjnk the object of his col
league (Mr. Heath) would be atifwered by pref- J
sing the fubjeft upon the house before gentlemen
were prepared to meet it. If ever there were a fub
jeft, he said, which required mature consideration 1
it was the present, which embraced time present, '
past and to comc. He wi(hed not unnecefi'arily to
protrafi business j but he saw in this anfwtr to the
address many things obje&ionable ; and he wished '
time to think on the fubjeft, and to prepaie fubfti a
tutes for them. He hoped therefore the business
would lie over till to-morrow. t
Mr. Sitgreaves hoped no delay would take place.
He recollected that on a former occasion when 3 1
meflagc was received from the Prefldent refpefting f
the colours of the French Republic, although k
veral members wilhed the fubjeft to lie over till next i
day, those very gentlemen who now called for de- r
lay, then declared, that to postpone the business, £
would be to lose the effect. He was of opinion 1;
that there was full as much refpeft due to the Pre- t
fident on this occasion, as was due to the French
Republic at the time alluded to. n
Mr. W. Lyman said that gentlemen seemed to
confidcr the answer to the Prcfident's Speech as
: merely a complimentary thing ; but he considered t;
|itas of quite a different nature. The President be. t
ing charged with the execution of the laws, made tl
communications to them on the fubjeft from time h
to time. The present communication introduced c
new matters to their notice, and were not gentle- ti
men to make up their minds «pon them ? The an- tl
fwer to be returned would fliew how far the house t1
eoncurred in the proposed proied*. It was not a t<
thing, therefore, that could be tranfaiaed in a mo- c
ment. And shall gentlemen be refufed a day to f<
coofider these important matters > He hoped not
The Speaker informed the House, that the firft
question would be whether the unfioifhed bnfinefs F
should be puftponed, in order to take up the an- t<
fwer to the President's speech.
Mr. Parker hoped the unfinished bnfinefs would G
not be postponed. He was not ready ro vote upon b,
the important matters contained in the address. n;
He was of opinion they (hoald *be very careful at rc
this critical juncture how they committed them
es. The President had informed them they did ui
not (land well with the French nation ; the Senate la
had already accorded with all he, had said on that
fubjeft (Mr. Parker was reminded it was not in R
order to introduce what the Seriate had done), cc
He hoped a day would be allowed for confidera- ac
tion. f
Mr. Williams said there was no precedent on th
their journals to c ountenance a delay on the pre. of
sent occasion. When a report was made, he said
it was usual to commit it to a committee of the ry
whole House ; and, if there were any different be
Opinions on the fubjeft, the answer was either re
committed or amended, and he trusted thit 00 new or
precedent would sow be made.
a!- The Speaker reminded 4he House that the quef
of lion was on poftpotfiing (he unfinifhed bufineia.
a- Mr. W ; Smith observed that it had always been
ot customary to take up the answer to the Prclideiit's
n- speech the day after it was reported, and fometimcs
on the very day. If they were bow to deviate
from this practice, he said it ffaould be for good
reasons. The fit ft reason which had been offered
r j. for a postponement was that gentlemen were not
e ] s fufficiently acquainted with the answer, and yet
T). they had proceeded to comment upon it. It would
l€ _ be found, he said, that the committee had dealt
E h only in general terms, which could not be difap
an proved. There were ouly two objects upon which
lr „ there could be a difference of opinion, viz. what
related to the Trench republic, and what was com.
g ( plimentary to the Prelident: the firft was exprcfTed
in generals, and he trusted the House needed not
0 . to wait till to-morrow, to consider upon the ex
j. prcffionß to be used towards the latter (the Speak
lc er again reminded the House of the question).
Mr. Smith said his intention was to (hew that a de
lay on the present oceafion would have an unplea
ey fant appearance. The buGnefs on a former ocea-
V) fion relative to the colours of the Frenoh republic
, e (as had already been noticed) was hurried through
;( j the House, left a failure of refpedl should appear.
He wished every refpeft now to be Ihcwn, and
_ could fee no reason for delay.- In relation u> the
unfinifhed business, it had yesterday been postpon
ed far want of information, and he did not suppose
that information had been yet obtained. He hoped,
therefore, when the chief thing in the address was
to compliment the President for his set vices, they
ihould shew their zeal by an unanimous and ready
vote.
" Mr. Nicholas thought it was not right in gen
tlemen to press the business in question upon
' the House before it had been duly considered. Nor
did he think it would be so refpeCtful to the Presi
dent, to precipitate the question, as by doing so,
e objcdlions might be brought forward, for want of
1 duly understanding the fllbjedt, which, perhaps,
'' by affording a little time, might be done away.
e For his own part, he owned lie scarcely knew the
the tnraning of the answer. The futjeft required
a confideratiori, and he thought, as to the refpeif*
which gentlemen seemed to have most in view, it
would not be lefTen»d by the delay. As to prece
' dents, he was surprised to hear them mentioned.
Were the Prelident's addreffcs always the fame
f thing i No ; they' always took a review of pad
and present ; and to talk of preaedents where cases
1 could never b* alike, were to trammel the House
in an extraordinary manner. The cafe of the Pre
fldent's message refpe&ing the French colours had
been mentioned If the House had then adled
wrong, was that any rule they should continue ta
do so ? But the two cases were wholly dissimilar.
1 The one was merely an expreflion of feutiment
' which could at once be determii*ed ; but the pre
' sent question was so much interwoven with the po- ,
litics of this country, as to require great circum
fpedtion. He hoped, therefore, tbe House would
• not be now pressed into the business. He Wished
as much as othfer gentlemen for an unanimous vote
on the ftibjed, and to make the departure of the
' Prelident from office as agreeable as he could with.
The question for postponing the unfinifhed bufi.
ness being put, it was negatived 43 to 31.
Mr. Stradwick fro™ North-Carolina (in place
of Absalom Tatem resigned) appeared and took
his oath and feat.
On a motion being made to go into the order of
the day 011 the report of the committee of claims
on the,petition of Henry Kill,
Mr. D. Foster hoped the business would be fur
ther portponed, as he had not been able to procure
the neeeffary information on the futjedt. 'It was
agreed to be pollponed.
Mr. W. Smith renewed his motion to take up
the answer of Hie Prefident't; speech.
Mr Macon objedtcd to the motion as not being
in order ; as it was an endeavour to accomplish the
fame objeftby tw« different ways.
The speaker declaied the motion to be perfectly
in order, as gentlemen might have voted on the for
mer question, from a wish to proceed with the unU
finifhed business. He added that it would be equal
ly in order to move to postpone the present buliuefs
to a day certain.
Mr. Nicholas'accordingly moved that this busi
ness should be postponed till to-morrow.
Mr. Coit hoped it would be postponed.
The committee was appointed last Thursday to
take the President's address into consideration, and
they had not reported till yesterday. He found
the answer reported 011 his desk this morning, but
he had not yet read it ; and though he had so much
confidence in the gentlemen upon the committee, a»
to be ready now to vote on the business, yet if o
ther gentlemen were not fatisfied, upon a fuhjeft of
this importance, he thought it wrong to press them
to a hasty vote. The geptlemen fay it is a thing ot
course ; but others think not. He trusted, there
fore, the motion would be carried.
1 he motioa was put and carried.
Mr. Thatcher prefeated a petition from Constant
Freeman, a Canadian refugee, which was referred
to the committee on thatfubjedi.
Mr. Madison presented a petition from Peter,
Gree, a soldier in the late war. He was Hated to
be very old, infirm and indigent, and that he peifo
nally attended with his petition for telief. It was
referred to thi committee of claims.
Mr. Gilman, from the committee of revifal and
unfinifhed business, reported the nearly expiring
laws.
Mr. Cooper presented the petitions of John .
Roth and Catliff Mefther ; the former for a re
eonfideration of hie cafe, repeating fume unsettled
accounts, rejedVed by the committee of claims last
fefiion ; the latter, for compensation forfervices in
the last war. Both were referred to the committee
of claims. .
Mr. Sherborne moved that the petittorf of Hen
ry Titcombe, refened to the cemoiittee of claims,
be referr«d to a committee of the ivliqle house.,
The motion was agreed to, and jt wastnadsth?
order of the day for Monday.
Adjourned.