Nstr Theatre.
On FRIDAY EVENING, December is,
W 'ill' be Arefenteti,
A COMEDY, in four a£U, called
The Child of Nature.
f-From the French of Madam Genlia, by the author of
Every one has bh Fault.
Marquis of Almanza, Mr. Wijnill. »
Count Valantia, Mr. Mtrcton.
Duke Murcia, Mr. Warren.
Seville, Mr. Wmrrell.
Grenada, Mr. Worrell, inn.
jft Peasant, Mr. Cooper,
id Peasant, Mr. Mitchell.
Marchioness Merida, Mrs. Morris.
Amanthis, Mrs. Merry.
-End of the Comedy, a new Pantomime Pallet Dance,
{coinpofed by mr. Byrne) called
Dermot and Kathleen,
Taken fom the favorite opera of the Poor Soldier, art
performed luttb univetfal applauje. upwards of too
nights at Covent-Carden Theatre. -
Patrick, Mr. Worrell, jun.
Dirby, Mr. Blifett.
Father Luke, Sig. Doflor.
Mother Kathleen, Mr. Francis.
Norah, Miss Mi'lboiirne-
And the parts of Derront and Kathleen,
. By mr. and mr». Byrne,
ieing their feeond appearance in America.
To which will be added, a FARCE,never performed
here, called
Animal Magnetism.
Marquis de Laijcy, Mr. Mo r Hon.
JL.a Fleur, Mr. Har<wood.
X)ocstor, Mr. Francis.
Picard, Mr. M'Dmald
Francois, Mr. Warreli, jun.
Jefcry, Mr. Blfrtt.
G#nftance 9 Mrs. Har-vey.
Lifette, Mrs. Frnncff.
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twenty-five cents. Pit one Dollar,
Gallery, half a dollar. j •
£jF Tickct6 to be had & P- Rice's Book-store,
No. 50 High-street, and at the Office adjoining the !
Theatre.
The Doors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the
Curtain rife precisely at 6 o'clock.
PUces for the Boxes to be taken at the Office in the
front of the theatre, from to till o'clock, and from
JQ till 4 on the days of performance.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to fend their
servants to keep places a quarter before 5 o'clocTc, and |
to order them, as soon company are seated, to ,
withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permit- ! (
ted to remain.
No or tickets to he returned # nor any i
"person, on any account M'hatloever, admitted behind (
the fecnes. 1
FIFAT RESPUBLTCA! f
Stated Meeting of f
The American Philosophical Society, l
WIL.L. b« held at their Hall rert Friday evening-at ?
6 o c.ock j when the annual Magellanic Premium is to be 1
•Warded.
The Society arc also desired to meet at their 11*11, ©n !
Saturday next at 11 o clock, in the forenoon, to proceed
from thencc to the, 1-refbyterian Church, in High-street , f
where an eulogjum to the memory of their late President, f
Dr. David will be pronounced before
them at 12 o'clock. Dec 14
—— —. t
Notice.
IT AVJNQ Prppofals to communicate, of great import-
XX anee, both to those to whom lam indebted, and to 1
znyfelF, I request the favor of all perfoii# who Jxave dc- a
mands acraixift me. to meet at the City-Ttvern on Friday c
next, at 6 o'clock in the evening.
_ . JAMES GREENLEAF. I
Philadelphia, Drcerrtber r y 1796.
Hibernian Society. c
A dated meeting of the Hibernian Society, will be held
It Mr. M'Shane't Tavern, rhird-ftreet, on Saturday the
17th inft. at 7 o'clock in the evening.
Supper will be on the tabic at half after nine. r
Dec - MATHEW CAPEY, Secjy. ' „
N^v-England Rum, Salmon, Beef,
Chocolate, Rice, Boston mould and dipt Candles, a
few quarter-calks of Sherry Wine, aud a few barrel of tr
Cyder—for file by I
Ezekiel Hall, e>
No. 42, North Water-street. y<
December 14th, 1796.
FOR sale, ~
At Whitefides' Tea Ware-House,
. , No - 99» N»rtb Second Street.
i?P er{a ' ? filyfon Skin. Yl
«yfon, < Freth Teas. J Souchong r
Young Hyson, J sri
ttawtm. ! c:
A Genteel House.
FOR SALE, a new, conv<ni.-nt, thrrec-ftory HOUSE, of
«tuate in Fifth, near S P rHce-ftn-ct. Poffcfliou may be
had ia two months, when i« will be finifhed in neat B ,
modern style. For aj piy at No. io, ; , ruci .. tl "
jticct, or 109, So, Watcr-ffrcct.
December 8. , ,l
■■ §* th<
W A N T E D, wil
As Cook, in a private family,
A YOUNG WOMAN wT,o can produce good re f ° C
«ommcndation» of an unexceptionable charadler Fn
-lU'-~ of the Printer.
November r-. y 0
Jult Landing, * \
jit South JJreet wharf, from rm board //5s [hi[> Srrlr.
ley, Captain Hodge, from St. Peter/lurr,
The following Goods :
Riiflla Sail Dhclc, firfl quality.
Do. Mieeting do.
Do. Diaper. J
Do. Huckaback. pat
D* Cralb. . an< j
Do. Mould Candle,, 4, s and 6, to the lb. of the as r
Enghlh fizc. r
Do. White Candle Tallow. ? '
. Do' White Soap in small boxes. t:m
Do. Cordage of fine yarn. Con
Raven*, Dnclt. toc
lfinglaft, ,ft and ; fß d fort. are i
Horse Hair uncurlt d. S
Ruflia Bar Iron. " Ul
Do. Hoop Iron. dees
Do. Nail Rods. inha
10 Tons Oakum and Jimlt. on tl
«t. reterfburg Clean Hemp. pmv
For Sale by altift
vcv.Uru Phiii P s > Cramond, & Co, I
§ noj'fc
w—iwinjmmj'wv-'. or..*-*, - m i sun
October 18.
Kxtrnflsfrom the fpceeL of the lord lifMenant of
. Ireland, on opening the lrifh ParKainent, OSo
bcr 13.
" My lords and gentlemen,
"I have his majesty's commands to sequafnt you
' V that he has thought it neceflaty to require your at
tendance in parliament at this early period, and to
rcfort to your deliberative, wisdom at a time when
the ambitious projects of our enemies hare threat
ened to interrupt the happiness and prtifperiry of
his people, hy making a dcfcent on this kingdom
and Great-Britain. And nltboagh his mij.rly
looks forward with the utrnoll confidence to the
fpiri', loyalty, and ability of hi. faithful people of
Ireland to repel ftich an atij, k, it will yet become
nee, your wisdom to neglect no precautions -which may
preclude the attempt, or fccure the fpeedieQ means
cis turring it to the conltifion of tlve enemy..
-DO ' III! mjjrfty Jias been graciously pleafrd to di
rect an addition to "be made to the regular.forces in
this kingdom, by troops feot from Great-Britain,
the greater part of which are already arrived ; and
in pttrfuance of his majesty's commands, I have
also encouraged the loyal and zealous clifpofition
which has generally displayed itfclf, to aftociate in
arms under his majilly's authority for the better
ica. property, -and the preservation of tran
quillity and good order.
Ned " My lords and gentlemen,'
The expediency of the vigorous menfnres
which you have adopted in the 1 ft feflion of parlia
ment has been amply proved by the .tmtrages,
which they were inten«ie»! to suppress, having in a
great mcafnre fubli led. I am, howevet, to lament
that in one pait of the country good order has not
yet been entirely relUred, and that in other dif
tniils a treasonable system of fecrct confddeiatirw,
by the adminiflering of illegal oaths, rtill continues,
altnough no means within the reach of government
tar. a * c ' cft untried to countetaft it.
j " The prosperity and of the king.
If' I I°|?' unproved by your meritorious care,
! (l ' l, """in uunimfaired by the prcjfure of the mar;
he and 1 trull to your unremitting attention for the 1
further advancement of our national prosperity." I 1
HALLOWELL, Nov 26.
cir I.aft Saturday afternoon Henry M'Qaufland,
nd (who is confined in gaol in this town for the murl
it° I Wing of Pittfton, and burning
" j Church there, in Otftober 1794, had hfs trial at
ny 1 Wifcafiet, July, 1795> judgment was fufpen
nd ofl ftippofil ion of his being infanc) after ha
ving Solicited Mr. Pattidge, the gaoler, for three or
four days to tome into hisrtjom and clean his (love
- —he accordingly went in and took the a flics out & '
(arriedthem to the door,and while he was doing this,
, his child, about two years old, followed him in, t
at and M'Csufland, a» ufui.l, careflVd the child—Mr.
then ftept out for to carry atoay a
on the ashes in, and M'Caufland immediately feircd k o
ed ' ar g e cl "b which he ha*d concealed in his bed, and n
t, ftrutk the child on the head ; the mother, wfio ti
it, nood near the door, heard the blow and flew to the 0
re chfld, but did not reach it before he had repeated b
- the blow on the head ; it was apparently l.fVlefs,, tl
b«t revived in about ten minutes, and there trq il
t . hopes of its recovery, although the scull appears
to to have been craekcd by the blows.—Whllft the 0
e- attention of the family wns taken up with tlie »
>y child, M'Caufland rail to the door and attempted
P n' bUt W3 ' P reVfr "lt is fjppofcd tha' tl
M Caufland intended to have killed Mr. Pjtricige «
- and make his escape ; but, perhaps, feaiing he ta
could not efTeft this, he struck the child.
Ie , "
n efl '° n e for a "eprefenntive in the pl
, Conprets of the United States, for this dUfrift c om- f
_ mences in the different wards of t&is City.
t At a meeting of the. AlTociated Underwriters in er
* I Clty it being unasimoufly agreed til
,f tr.exprefs the thanks of that lfody to capt.Sharpe, la,
•"» Britannic majefly's packet Swallow, f nr his he
exeruons at tl,c late fire-the following letter was , h
. yeftcrclay addrefled te him by their president. „
John FiRRERs, fec'iy. if
SIR, New-Yoik, Dec. 10, 1796. "o
The Associated Underwriters of the city of New-
York, take the opportunity,-before your depatturc C o
tram this port, to express the sense that they en
tcrtam of the feryiccs you rendered the commercial i„
iriterells of tn.scity, by your ready affiHatice nnd |
exertion, at the fire which happened in the night | hot
. of the Bth infi. to which null be attribute, a h a ,
great degree, the fafcty of a number of veffei, fr u m pi/,
the consequences o{ that calamity. F - J
.k IhhrC > r thc f "" n,T ° { r ou to difttibMte an'
the enclofedfum among thofeperfons who aided you
with their services on that occ^fion.
. I beg leave to fuhferibe myfrlf, in behalf the As- fie
fociation, Wrh much refpeft, fir, rcp
Your vety obedient servant, to '
<r » SANDS, president, dila
John Sharpr, efqwire, commander ( i
01 his Britannic mojefty'a packet »
Swalluw. 1
wer
To which captain Sharpe retuined the following (Jan
answer. 6 J
sre, . -
It gives me infinite fatisfaftion to find ,h at any
and H"ft 7 a' ' he 'ft
and distressing conflagration, fhot.ld be considered witl
so , e df g"e, the attention of elofi
efpc«a..le a 1 body of merchants ; at the fame that
time I beg to affiire you, on that calamitous occa firft
fion, I felt ,t no Icfs my duty than my inclination, met
to exert my bell endeavours to flop the rapid pro- mem
grefsof an enemy, which threatened the total de- Frer,
Itiuflion of so great a commercial city. I feel, si, tI) , 1
deeply for tl,e very heavy lofTes which many „ the oj
inhabitants of New.York mult have experienced mi*
on the occasion, and lament tjiat it was no, i„ my „ e ®
Knee. rendCred thCm mOTe #fftaual " id
m<• rr no ; u m i' to fxrrcf ' to y° u ' h ° w mu ch i f rc i par M
"'debtedto Dr. Wm. Dache, for hi. inde . inya
595 fatijsMt exertion* and r.Sifta.ice on board the two
firfl (hips traufported from the fl<unes.
Nt 0 f she funs of money whicFf you have so liberally
Ogo- vo ' ft 3 -'be dlflributed agreeably t« your vrifhes.
I have the honour\o be,
With the utmost refpe£t, fir,
t y o ,i" Yonr mod obeuient humble servant,
„r«. ... J. OHN SHARPE.
nd to s Britannic majefiy't packet Swallow.
w ; ien Comfort S inbs, esquire, president
treat- '''" Alfociated Underwriters.
ry of, Dec. t2, 1796.
*dom '< _ —
ij.rly r ' Saturday. Nicholas Low, esquire, president
1 the °/ t ' le Un.ted lnlurance Company, went on board
pie of 'he Britifli packet Swallow, at the desire of the
come CQm P» n y. to offer their thanks to captain Sharpe,
may bm lli; "Of being on board, Mr. Low left the fob
leans lowing note—
' Mr. Low called to have the pleasure of paying
o di- re 'P <r<^9 t0 captain Sharpe, nnd the gratifica
e« in *' on com rtHinica; ing to him the acknowledgments
tain, "f ,l,e United Infnrance Company, in which Mr.
and * jaw ,las ~!r honour to preside, for his exertions at
have t * lc !® tc fclaneholy and dillreffing fire ; but molt
ition particularly to return the grateful thinks of the
:c in cc ; ,n p a iy captain Sharps, for preferring the (hip
etter * V^al ilcia, in which the company arc interelied as
tran- ""detWriters, from deftruiSion. Mr. Low wiflied
also to know from captain Sharpe, the names of
the persons who assisted him upon that occa/ion, in
"ures or^fr that lie might make them a pecuniary com
rlia pctifation."
ige*, 'tis captain Sharpe has since returned an an
in a w er, littiilar to :he one addrtHed to the president of
nent tlle Aflociated Underwriters, and in which he xc
not kn owledges the receipt of the pecuniary donation
dif- ®entioned in Mr. Low's note.
i' ln , ! ' —
ues, j 3 roeeting of the President and Directors of the
lent New-York Infnrance Company.
Resolved unani'moufly, that the exertions of cap
ing. tam Sharpe, of bis Britannic majelly's packet
are, Swallow, and his officers and crew, in prelerviog
ar . the (hipping in the harbour of New-York, during -
the calamitous fire on Friday morning the 9th inli.
" deserve the thanks of tins company.
An extract from the minutes.
By order ot the president and (Jire&ors, I
BAN. PHCENIX, fee'ry. 1
<nd, J — ~. | <
Xj CONGRESS of tsi united states. \
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVFS.
ha- v
;or Wednesday, December 14. ,
ove A communication wa3 received from the Secre
: Sc tary of theTreifury, with apian for direst taxes. n
his, Tbe petition of Mr. Hill was re-committed to 0
in, the committee of claims.
4r. The report on the petition of Thomas Lloyd, P
»ar and Thomas Carpenter was taken up in committee fl
da of the whole. The report contemplates, that each ®
ind member (ball be provided with . copies of
4> the debates propoftd to be publiflied, at the choice c
the of each member. - The report was rejected, 19 mem- "
ted hers only rising m the affirmative. The report of f !
:fn, the committee of the whole agaioft the report of "
cr<> the feleft committee was agreed to, c<
ara he order of the day in committee of the whole, cl
he on the draft of an answer to the Prefid. nt's fpeecls li
lie was then taken op, Mr. MiJlilenberg in the chair. u
ed On motion of Mr. Venable, the word interior in ai
,at the fecund paragraph was (Iruckout and the word w
ge iL'eJlcrn fubitituted, so as to read—" and to main- 01
he tain the tranquility of the -wejlern frontier."
Mr. Giles did not approve of the expressions eon- fr
tamed in the reported answer to a very important P 1
and delicate part of the Preiidtnt's address. The
he present he said 'was a very important crisis of our 9'
affairs with refpeft to France. He considered a "<
uipturchctweenthiscountry ard France as a threat- 01
ening danger, and in that view he did not altou-... vv
the. approve ot theclaufe io the report that had re- ,0
e, lat,*, to the fubjefl. lW was fojne diffic«ltv, •>'
" 3 h , e fu amending the paragraph ;he would
as incrcrorc oftcr an smendmeni more wiin a view of nc
expreffiug hit objedion to the report, that it micrht,
if the committee concurred with him, be recom
muted. He wished th, house to express unequi
voeaUy their wish for a preservation of peace with to
the trench Republic, that was the ohjea of his re<
»- motion, and he conceived the of it Q,t
re cou.d he hell modified by a recommitment for
His motion was to introduce the words marked ' lio
»l m Italics into the following sentence; Ihe
d » Your endeavors to fulfil that wist, au J t y a // ' l an.
it honourable mem, to prefers peace Wio rt nJ e , ht I
a harmony and aJcßion -which havt hmtofore so hat,- me
n pilyMM'J let ween the French RepMic and the U- j he
e melt'n!" ihtrcforc '° ''"tej-eft our ! the
" M , r - Smilh T - S. C. had no ohjeflion to the a- \l<
. mendment. He considered it as merely an ampli- rbi
- ncation of the fent.ment already toinained in the bee
report He believed it was the wish of every one to
to preserve peace ; and he could not objeff , 0 in r
dilating on that fubjeft in the answer, if it was the wna
wi(h of any one member. v j
Mr. Ames wiffied to know whether the motion t'»,
went to concluding the paragraph with the words of I
above dated, orwhether the remainder of it was to I
hand as in the report.
Mr. Giles fi'ggefted that there might be a dif- vine
tirct amendment introduced to the latter part of for
the paragraph after the present had been d fp.fed of. Inc.
Mr. -snes w.fficd the .mentions of the member dc£l
with refnea to the whole paragraph might he dif. be c
„He ' a well fitio
that members when they agreed to amplify the that
part °/ ,! ? e clause f1,0,,!d underlbud what r,as on v
meant to be a, teredin the latter part. By the a
mendment great reliance w*. to be placed on the crisis
French for the maintenance of harmony, and if cd t
Uft P ara g ra P h was to be ft ruck out, ens r
none would seem to be placed on ourfelvej. It curre
n»ght be more patriotic, in the opinion of some If
gentlemen to pU-e this great reliance on a foreign sense
nation, and little on ourselves j but for his own the I
part this was not hi 9 opinion.
Mr. Giles said that he had no idea of propofin* 'hat .
"inyamendment to the remainder of the clause £ 0 f ..
two sny manner com eAed with the prefenf. He wifli.
Ed the House to exprefo in the firft instance une.
crally qutvacally their feotiroems with refpea to the pre
ifhes. (ervation of peace, and not leave their opinions oir
this important head tg be deduced hy conftruflion.
He did not wi(h this to be done by referring to
ant, what the President had exbrefled j but that the
E. House Ihould express their Swieleelings on the 6c
llow. carton.
He contemplated, he said, fdbmitting another
amendment after the present one was decided.
Though he conceived no connection between the
two, yet he would here, he said, mention it by way
ident of information—Thi« amendment was to the lit
oard ter part ot the sentence. The drift of it was, by
the a trifling alteiation, to express the reliance of the
irpe, House on tha mutual justice and moderation of the
■soU two nations for a continuance of harmony, and
not a reliance on the moderation and justice of
ying France only.
fica- The question was put upon the firft amendment
lents and agreed to, nem. con. as was also the second *.
Mr. mendment.
is at Mr. Parker ohjefied to the last claafe but one
nod in the report in which Americans are msde to stile
the therrtTelvs the fretjl and mojl nation in
(hip the ruirld. He meved for striking out those words
(1 as observing, that though the fact werefo, weouoht
Hied not to be the heralds of our own praise.
sof Mr. Harper wilhed to make a motion that would
, in fupercede the last, it was to strike out of the istter
om- pa; tof the additfa, all that part which related to
the Prefideftt's services, talents, virtues, &c. and
an- to fubflitute one paragraph expressing fentitnents of
t of refpeft for his much mure concisely
ag- We could not catch the words of the fubftiiute'
ion as it was but once read. *
Mr. H. observed, tha: he did not make this mo
tion, bee.:life he himfelf difapprored »f any thinfc
the contained in the report as it flood ; but the fublti.
tute he proposed was more simple and coneife ; and
ap- in this way he conceived the fer.timems would be
ket expressed with better effect on the public mind
wg and more fu.taljy to the dignity of the House an 1
ing »t the character addressed. Amplification, he re
nil. traiked, ofien dimii.ilhed the force of expreffiom
Mr. Giles said he had oLjeflions to fere,,l p . ra
■graphs o. the report; to the whole of it from th.
sixth clause inclufire. He wished the whole of that
to e flruck out and the report recommitted, not
_ doubling but that the committee will be able to
Si! { rr rd Tr" a fl,ape more
With thefee.ingsot the House, and more agreeable,
indeed, to those of the President.
wn^'"'f rtl .' ,h ( S - C 0 wifl,cd ,M know whether ft
, be ,n , order ta strike out clatifei of
the report already agreed to.
re . n>e Chairman decided that such clauses as had
e3 . not been amended might be moved to be ft ruck
Mr Harper was opposed to (Iriking „ u t for the
d ' Trbfe H p ood "doners, hefaiil,
" r J ' C p, "" D S off an " lfw « to the Pre. '
e(l fident till to-morrow, when it could as well be
o{ done to-day. The committee of the whole, he
ce conceived, were as well qualified to make any „-
n . me. dment now as ever. When all the parts of a
of yftem were to be weighed and balance* orw .
of ter of fa ft to be eoliedted, a reference to a Meo*
committee was neccfTary'; but on t),e present
f. a ° n he ™uldf;e n .° fucl > necessity ; tvcrvlnforma
•ll ee" an7fh ry ° f ,h ' e
T- U '' Jnd thc y wcre now as competent to decide on
; n any amendment as they ever would be, and they
1 he motion was declared to be on .Iriking out
n - 'nclufively, as that motion fu
nt pfroe'lrd that of Mr. Harper, as ft included more.
" aul f / r' J called for a division of the
Jr question, so that a separate motion should ba cut
3 Z par ' g ? ph - r He W3S °PP-fe» to ftriklg
w" chL P , 'u' M '"Z' ot ' h < Ho <4
« n «tved ought at this time particularly
he H"r v. adlTrt<:d '° 'he address of
'' 1,11 rt - elca,on o{ the President and
Id ?«> the glowing language then used ; why should it
'/ e°fion bC " gl ° W ' ng ° n the P rt f«' o,:
1" . , A ', th '' S P"f'cularly, the House onght not
to be backward He conceived th„ no objeflion
h to language ought to operate a, an inducement to
, recommit. It was impossible to use such a phrase.
1 U ';' bc P frfcil, y agreeable to every per- .
I ~l f j' le ifitiments exprelfed were not ofejec.
i j , ne h °Es d . an y "rbal criticisms would r«, t
| heotem.d a fufficient inducement for (Inking out
7 ! and recommitting. s uc
' | Mr " Gi, « fald not objea to every fe„,;.
" : rnent exprefTed £ the portion of the reporl whfch
; i™d°rV°n, n c u out: he u * d °°
, the address (hould be complimentary, bin wiftied it
to be so with,n the bounds of modJr'ation afd 0 f!
V". would state the parts which he conceived
• objectionable. He objeaed to the 6th paragraph
because he conceived it unnatural and unbecoming
to exult at our profpenty by patting it pointedly
in ('omparifon with the calamities of Furore It
was not neceflary , 0 tell persons unfortunalely in.
thtnli:°y aC Th"^ Hat "7 Were f ° mud ' ha PP ! «
of the house. ' °° f '' 0 " W " h ,he bufinef «
In the next place, if he stood alone in the opi- 4
mon, yet he would declare, that he was not con
viDcecl that the administration of the government
for these fix yeais'laft past bad been wife ?P d fi!Z -
Inceed he had opposed every measure of theirs ref
praing our foreign relations,, aad unless he could
be convinced that he had been wrong in th.t 000 l
fition, he could not be made to feel the exitercr f
that wisdom. If the measures of thlt admfnift",;.
on with to foreign powers had been wife
we fhou,d not have been brought to the pre-'ent
ed the r f , W ' rd ' >m and firmnef » conduct
ed the affairs of the nation to a c.-rif lß which threat
curred" 1 " " lha " a " y that ha " oc
If the report had been f 9 framed a. to express a 1
Ik P a " Mtlfra ' virtue and uprightLfs of
rose ' t r m ' , \ t have obtained the unanimous
rose of the houle ; but .t was lo be expeaed
that many of the members should so far l o se fight
of Itlf refprtV a, to condemn by one „tc the