New Theatre. THIS EVENING, December *4, Will be presented, a Comedy, called She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Warrell Young Marlow, Mr. Moreton Hardcaftle, Mr. Morris Ha (lings, Mr. Fox Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Wignell Diggory, Mr. Francis Landlord, Mr. Varley Jeremy, Mr. Blijfctt Mrs. Hardcaftle, Mrs. L'Eflrang: Miss Hardcale, Mrs. Morris Miss Neville, Mrs. Francis Maid, Mrs. Meehtler After which will he performed by the Freneh compa ny, (being thfir second appearaace,) a celebrated CPEKA in two arts, called Les Mordores. The music by monf. Fridzery. Le Baron de Recourt, IS. Bottekoni. Sr» Sock, M. Viellard. Michel, M. St. Mare. Hans, M. Po'tgnand Le Brigadier, M. Lavencr Odile, Mile- Tejeire On Monday Romeo and Juliet, with entertain ments. On Tuefdiy George Barnwell, with Harlequin's Invasion. Box, OneDoTlar twenty-five cents. Pit one Dollar, And Gallery, half a dollar. Tickets to be had at H. & P. Rice's iook-ftore, Ko. 50 High-Areet, and at the Office adjoining the Theatre. Places for the Boxes to be taken at the Office in the front of the theatre, from 10 till 4 o'clock, and from 10 till 4 on the days of performance. The Doors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the Curtain rife precisely at 6 o'clock. Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to fend their servants to keep places a quarter before 5 o'clock, and to order them, as fson asHhe company are seated,. to withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permit ted to remain. riVAT RESPUBLICA! FOUND Yesterday afternoon, ia Second, between Arch and Race-streets, A small sum of money ; whoever has loft the fame, may have it by proving their property, and paying for this advertisement.—Apply to the Printer. Dec. a 3. « 3t . FOUND, By a Gentleman, a SUM of MONEY. The owner may have it by applying at the Indian Dec. 21. *j WANTED, A MUSICIAN, Who is capable of composing Accompaniments to Songs for an Orchestra. He must have no ether en gagement as a composer. Enquire at the Office of this Paper. December ja. Clocks and Watches. , LESLIE and PRICE, ' No. 79, Market street, Philadelphia, ! HAVE IMPORI ED, by the late arrivals from London, a large aflbrtment »f WARRANT E D 1 WA i CUES, confuting of horizontal, capp'd and jewel'd Gold Watches, with fecoitds, of superior workmanfhtp and elegance ; also capp'd and jewel'd C and plain Gold Watches ; capp'd & jewell'd, capp'd, < seconds, day of the month, and plain Silver Watches ; eight day & chamber Clocks; elegant French Clocks * with marble frames ; eight day and thirty hour, brass Works, &c. December 22, 1796. d 2m Just Arrived, Per fchooncr Daphne, Captain Morse, from Aim- Cayes, " A Cargo of Sugar and Coffee. u Aljo, per, brig Betsey, Captait. White, from the IJle at of France, 72 Hogsheads, 1 puncheon, and 25 caniflers, of Batavia Sugar 45 Hog(heads Pepper of Malabar 65,000 lb. Coffee s.veoo Cotton 4>ooo indigo For Sale by " F. Coppinger, Jim *.o. las* South Front-street December ai j wl This Day is Publilhed, Porcupine's ™ POLITICAL CENSOR, For NOVEMBER, 1796. CONTAINING Wi OBSERVATIONS cei On the Insolent and Seditious Notes, Nc (Attacking the sovereignty and independence of the United States) D Communicated to the People, by the late French 1 minister, ADET, December 21. » T a,i< ■ ■ ■» " Cul On Wednelday, the 28th inlt. Fai At 4 o'clock in the evening, will be fold at public a "' auction, (if not before disposed of at private sale) ' at the City-Tavein, <1»J All that capital mansion-house, (tables, oHt-houfes &c ti " a«tl threi* contiguous trails «f land situate on the Weft-fide f ° r of Schuylkill i« the township of Blockley and county of 1 Ph: ladelphia, generally known by the name ofLanfdown and containing 199 acres lei perches more or less and a melTu- * age plantation and trxft of land in Blockley township a- P forefa d adjoining l.anfdown, containing 64 acres one perch. The premises are so well known as to need no particular Wl defcnption. Few fear, i n America can compare wi-h Lanfdown for convenience and elegance; it commands a vanety of rich beautiful profpefls and is remarkably heal- A thy. Terms .Hale will be made known bv that P " IU Ln ICKUN| ? Attornies in cd 1 ROBERT /. GR.FFITH, 5 Jam« o^E D «- "■ StaStfc N«T COLLEGE-HALL. Readings and Recitations, » ' Moral, Critical, and Entertaining. Mr. F E N N E L L _ „ Refpeafjlly informs the Public, that • TUESDAY EVENING, December 17, at seven ' o'clock, will be delivered An Explanatory Address. After which will be recited an Allegorical Poem, in three parts, called The CAy E of NATURE; Or, A Picture of the Virtues, Views, and Paflions, of the Human Mind. Orcafional admission tickets to be had of Mr. Poulfen, Jun. at the Library; at vlr. M'i'lvec's looking-glass-store, No. 70, Sotirh Fourth-ftrcet; and at Mr. Carey's, Book seller, Market-llreet. December 24 A few hogsheads of choice N. E. Rum, and a quantity of LARD, forfalej impa- Enquire at No. 71, North Water-street. . irated December 24 j IW THOMAS DOBSON, At the Stone House, No. 41, South Secend-Jlrtct, Philadelphia, HAS FOR SALS, A large and very general aflortment of STATIONARY Drawing and Writing Best and fcoond Swan Quills Papers. Black and red Ink Powder Antiquarian Ditto Liquid Ink rUin- Doable Elephant Penknives •Atlas, Desk knives uin's Elephant Superfine red and black Seal- Imperial iug wax, Super Royal Belt vsrmilion and coloured ollar. R oyal wafers Medium, Large and small office wa lore, Demy v lers ; the ££j ck Red tape broad, middling is. 1 hin ditto narrow 1 the tto Elailic gum, in bbttlcs or from h,ck Post Le^ tcr P iccc * Ditto plain Pounce the 5- tto Ivory pounce boxes Ditto lined Cocoa and bone ditto their Po . ft Iv ory paper-knives and Pi" 0 gUt Black sand ™ Mourning iand box« 8, japanned mit ? Ite ? Pr lined Lignumvitze and common Our.ter's scales Small Post cap fire Brass dividers I ■ Best English and American Leaden preffers Foolscap, various qualities Black l*ad pencils Superfine Pot hiding ditto . Second ditto Japanned card racks ana Blossom and grey Blotting Writing parchment Faper Ditto vellum ime, Wrapping paper Morocco writing delkj ' j for Letter files and laces Spanish tambour ditto Paper cufes, various fires An elegant variety of ebony ' '• Bonnet past-boards ink ftandifhes 1 , Large, middling and small < Merchants Account Books, pewter ink ftandifhes , . , viz, Larj;e, middling and small . Ledgers, Angle or double, counting-houle ink-pots nan ruled for 1. s. d. or dolls. An elegant aflortment of 1 4 & cents, ot Imperial or Su- ehryUal and wedgewood < per Royal, with or with- philofophicat ink-pots 1 out croi's lines Ink-glatfes various sizes Journals, Day Books, In- Leather & paper ink-piocet 1 tto volee 800k ®' Account cur- for the pocket re nt Books, Sales Books, Small gilt-vifitingcaris c this Letter Books, andPecord Blank meffagi-cards, large t Books, of Impsrial, Su- and small, gilt and p'ain ( per-royal, Royal, Medi-Boxes of marking-types for t _ um, Demy or Foolscap, linen. cross ruled or plain. c Receipt Books Bills of lading,large & small 1 Bank Books Bills of exchange K Memorandum Books Elegant copperplate ditto Bill of Lading Books Cultom-houfe entries Bill Books, payable and re- Manifefts 'n „ c <jiv a t,k Seamen's articles 1 ~ Bank-Check Books, of vari- Blank bonds 1 nd ous sizes and for different Judgment bonds a !?1 /-. Judgment bills a I d Cyphering and Copy Books Mortgages 'd, Common place Books Arbitration bonds r ' ■ _ „ Apprentice's indentures ' ks Best Dutch Quills, No. I, a, Powers of attorney '' ass 3> 4 and 5 [Bank checks, &c. &c. &c. December 17. - Delaware and Schuylkill Canal a — P "The Stockholders are hereby notified, that the an- w nual Eleilion for Officers for the enl'uing year, wiil lr be held at the Company's office, near the Bank of the 'r United States, on the firfl Monday in January next, v< <lc at 10 o'clock, a. m. / • By the Board of Managers. of m.-i ~, - - WM - MOORE SMITH, Sec'ry. J* Philadelphia, Dec. 1, 179 6. foeStlD hl Washington Lottery. £ TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or ft exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. ,47, Chefaut peet, where a corred Numerical Book is kept for public mfpe&ion. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for sale or ex- a rt changed for prizes di awn in the Walhingtoo Lottery of to _W li 461,1 and 47th days returns axe received. ' nil Cr The Business of a Broker carried on as usual. hi, , A SHARE in the NEW THEATRE to be fold n on rtafonahle terms. ttstf Dancing I CX MR. FRANCIS of the New-Theatre, in conjunction with Mr. B\ RN, late Ballet-master, and principal dan- un cer of Covcnt-Garden Theatre, London, now of the fp: New Theatre in this city, opened their Academy at Mr. , n Oeilers Hotel on Tuesday, December 13, where thsy f nr propose to teach, in the mott new and approved methods- , Dancing m its various uleful and ornamental branches' jI" reccnt attention to the dances of London ,ll< and Paris will enible him to complete this branch of P» . education in his scholars in the most finilhed flvle. Favsrite Scotch reels will also engage their particular C ot , attention. | The days of teaching for their young pupils are Thurs days and Saturdays, from three o'clock in the afternoon as • f 00 Thursdays, from fix till nine, ti,u lor thole of a more advanced age. a b Fpr farther particulars enquire of Messrs. Fraoais Drf , and Byrn, No. 70, north Eighth-street. Pi ** Private tuiiien as usual. Philadelphia, December 16, 1796. oaw 6 cn a * nd Any Person ed i Whs is well acquainted -with the River WOl MISSISI P P I, a d< And will give Dire&ions for failing into the fame j'"! that can be depended on, (hall be gc-naroufly reward ed tor his information, provided he will I ca ve the "" g directions with Mr. John Febno, printer, Philadelphia tlon or Edmund M. Bl«i.t, Newburyiort. P * b nvam quel — .x ~ — - ■-« CONGRESS OF rat UNITED STATES. » — HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES* Conclusion oj th: debate on the address in anfv/er j- evcc to the Prtfident's speech. Thursday, December 15- Mr. Sitgreave, said he wished to propose an a mendment in the fourth fc&ion of the address. It [Eons, had been thought that the committee bad not ex pressed with fufficient strength the desire of the . house to preserve harmony with the French repub -ftore' '' C * an arn£n dnAent had accorJingly been agreed Book- ,0 » to cncreafe the force of the pafiage. For his own part, hefaid, he had no objection to the use of themoft emphaiical cxpieffions of desire to pre serve peace with that country ; but he thought um, there was a sentiment which it was equally import ant to have expressed as unequivocally, and in al strong terms, viz. that it, from any unfavorable Iw circumstances, the harmony heretofore subsisting betwixt this country and the French republic, should be interrupted, that'the people of this country are Qrctt, determined to aflert themfelve, again ft all aggres sions, ihe resolution to assert onrfclvcs in this way, ought alwaya, he said, to be in as llroiig tof as the desire for peace. This determination, it was true, was already cxpiefled in the anfwe-r ; hut finee the amendment had been made, it was s aot fufficiently Itrong. Mr. S. supposed that the abftraA importanee & propriety of this would be evident, in order to aid any negociation which the executive might un- Sea - dertake ; but he was led to give additional weight rarei l ° hi ' ar S Ulßent what had fallen from the gentleman who brought forward the amendment to wa- 'his clause. They had been tol<3, that whatever ignorance might be- pretended, that all the griev & ances complained of by the French government re , or felved 'hcmfclvcs into a diflatisfadion of the British I treaty , that this had been the cause of a suspension : of of their minuter, of the orders far ' capturing of our yeflels, &c. and that these will j con'tinue until they receive fatisfadlion. If this ' was ically the cafe, he, for his part, did not expect a favorable issue to the nepociation. He should mon hope it would not terminate in peace. If harmony could not be preserved, except we abandon the contrast which we have made with Great-Britain, he trusted the termination would not be an aban donment of our honor and of our rights. A» there had been attempts made, Mr. S. observ ed, todiawa line between the government of this country and the people, artfully insinuating that the acts of government were not in unison with the any voice of the people, he wifked it unequivocally to appear to the world, that whatever differences of mil opinion there might be in th t house, in one fenti -U ment ' at least, all were united, viz. in opposing " t ? s ,llc a £grefiion« of any country. That this fenti of ment of asserting our rights, should be expressed ; ood "it' l firmaefs, but moderation, was essential to the peace and honor of our country. I Mr. S. therefore moved to strike out the words , ,c " from «« while" to «« countryman," towards the , conclusion of the paragraph, and to insert, ,' at , rge the fame time that we aflureourfdves that your just . in confidsnce in the pattiotifm, felf.refpedl and foiti- , for tude of our countrymen, will not in any event be ( disappointed, and that they will not on'any occa- < tall f,on tor g et what •» to the character and govern. , ment of our nation." Before he laid this amendment on the table, he i would observe, in, confirmation of what had been c ftaied by the gentleman from Maffachufett, (Mr. L Ames) that the answer leported was the result of , aceommujation aud compr«iraife ; but, as addition- f al emphafi, had been given to the defiie of harmo- - iiy and peace, he was desirous that a Jike additional force should be given to the other part of the fen tencc. Mr. Nicholas said the proportion of the gentle- v — man j"' l fat down went to the pledging 8 at all events to support the executive in the dif- o pute with the French government. He was not willing- to do this. He had purposely .voidedfay- a •iil ing any thing in this debate on the difpure subsist- )i he ing betwixt this country and France. He was c- ei ct, ven iilent when he heard an insinuation made that OI the mifunderflandiag between the two countries was fomented by American citizens in Paris. He si had meant, indeed, at feme future time, to have - called upon the gentleman who made this assertion for information, as he certainly knew the circum >r fiance, of which he spoke ft, confidently, to be ic "r C ;. " e confill « re d the dispute with France, 'a, , D t- a [ ub J e « n °t yet ripe f or dif.uffion. They were t Df told by the Prelideut that he reserved hi, commu- ,'h mcatlon on this fubjed* to a future period For f hi, part, he had never yet .ead the French mini ft" fter . note having been but a few da ; ,in ,hc city, u it had not fallen m his way. He l.ad no doubt ihc he executive would fettle the buhnefs amicably with h n the Fiench republic ; but he should think iiimfelf m unpardonable to pledge himfelf to any thing re- ™ ,e fpcdling it at present. He tuonght the proceedinir r. an extraordinary one; he believed however the Z X form, of the house admitted of a remedy for a bu- j n .. f ' nef ' of th " k,l,d > a t»» : « was by clllintr for F , the previous queftioa. He therefore moved the If f previous qucftion. Mr. Hartley said he was not present when the U " communication of the President was received ; but m« he thought they were not called upon to g„ so f, r 1, 'Z L 1 of hi, colleague proposed. He c l a 'Tr V / a ! d bf < areful , '°* they went into of a business of tlus k.nd, The fubjed was not at L present npe. The President was at this time oro bably fettling the matter amiiably. He hoped the def gentleman would therefore withdraw his motion intl and „ot force .t upon the house. When .here feenv b c ed to be a dilpofmon of unanimity, he hoped it hea wou d not be dil urbed by this motion. They had | a dehcare part, he said ,0 afl. The world was M, armed at all point,, and we were not. If war was n ' declared against France, he should wish that it m.ght be done unanimously. He hoped the rao . nr tion v/oul j be withdrawn. qU eW 00 sal v/ 01 *SS? Mr. Sitgreaver. said he was sorry that Lis rtlotiorl had created in the mind of his colleague any thing like alarm. In the fame breath in which he had emphatically declared that he concurred in i : .e wi(h to cultivate peace and harmony with tin; ifwer French Republic, that gentleman came forward ' and said if war wai declared he hoped it would fie done unanimously. He had ft*'ed they had no information on the fubjeff. Was there anything in this resolution, he asked, which required infoi. ma- mation. It was stated by the President that dif- I. It fereneeshad arifea which he regretted. He alio t ex- slated it to be his wish tc cultivate peace and h r f the iHony with the French Republic; but he (late* :pub- that, in pursuing this, he (hall not forget what ia greed due to the chara&et and government of our na r his tion. e use The amendment he had proposed conveyed no pre- o'her fentimeut, and ought by all means to be com ught nedted with the earned wish expressed for peace, port- There was nothing about declaring war or wish« in al i"g for war, but that we (hould in any *vent not rable forget what was due to our national character. \ sting There was nothing offenfive or irritating agairrt J lould the French Nation, or any other nation in this, y are Any feutinieat of this kind must arise fiom the gref- gentleman's own feeling, and not from his propo. this fition. He was glad the yeas and nays had ro*g called for ; if they had not been called, he himfelf tion, wouU had made the motion. ver ; In answer to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. was Nicholas) hi would just fay,'that this houle, or this country were not pledged, this resolution, e & to do any thing which we ought not to do. rto Mr. Claiborne hoped the motion of the gentle un- fan from Pennfyivania would not be put,' as it ight carried with it an afpe£t, and he vviihed by the a" means to preserve peace with the French Re it to public. ever The Speaker reminded the house that the pre •iev- viousqueltion had been callcd for and that gentle t re- men must confine their observations te that object. itifh , Mr. W. Smith said gentlemen might as well lion | be muzzled, if they were not permitted to speak ; their fentiraents. W'jl j The Speaker infilled upon the gentleman con this ( fcning hi in felt to order. ? c & Mr. W. Smith said herofetogive his reafona ' in favour of adopting the propoied amendment, °"y and against the previous queliioni seemed to think that at some time it might be am, proper to enter into such a resolution, tut not ian- novv , He conceived that this was the proper time, and would give his reasons for that opinion «»- — because it refpeAs the fubjed before' tbero, the this j answer to the Prefident'* addiefs, and because the | fomethtHg of the kind seemed to be called for, to the i declare that we did not depend entirely on the juf rto j tice and moderation of the French Nation j that or I we were determined to i'upport cur Executive ia ["'* maintaining the dignity of our country, and that ">g | we were not so alarmed by the note of their Mini nti ; fter, as to throw ourselves upon the mercy of that 4 | nation. l " c Gentlemen said they had no information on the fubjeft. He alked thtm whether the French Mi r. nllte ( r had not appealed to the people of the Uni t*e ted b'.ates ? And whether it was not proper for at them to speak on this occafioa ? He Hates that his, . nation is offended with ours, and that the meal'mW ti- which that Government has taken will continue Hn be till our Government returns to hfelf by a i nnate Ci " ofesniua. In his opinion, Mr. Smith said, 'this rn " w " the proper time lor thole gentlemen who con cetved that government had maintained fts neutral, e it/ with wiidom and Hrmnrfs, to come forward and ■5" declare it ;to fay to the executive it might depend f r - upon that house for fupp-m. There was no threat -0 n 'ng, he said in this. The threat did not come J " from us ;it came from the French Government. I he French Mimftei had laid great stress upon the treaty with Great Britain, which he conliders as a :,i " violation of reutraliry, and a just cause of offenee. If this idea was pursued, he laid we must b«ve war |«. with one nation or the other. Would not, then, 'es gentlemen fay to the Executive you inay rely ' up if. on uj. r,t Mr. Smith said he had made these obfervationg y. and had endeavoured to cotih e himfelf within the 1 ft. line of order (about which he had been hampered) f. endeavouring to Huwthat the motion of his friend at ought to be agreed to. es The fpeakei read the rule of the hoßfe on the le fubjeft ot order. Mr. Hartley said that he wiflied to withdraw hit oppofiuan. He now saw the neceflity of the mo " lion of his colleague, and should support it. 5c Mr. Harper conceived it to be ftriaiy in order " ;° " le " that the propoM declaration was proper to '« be puffed at this time. If he had a right idea of 1 the previous queflion, it could not have an effcA to '. r dt bate. He ft lo uld therefore, go on to ' "ate ore or two thing, whi.h he thought impor- Y, taut, and he would begin by declaring, that it he >e believed the resolution went to the oledgioy the x ' house to any particular measures they hereafter might fee reason to disapprove, he would not only •- vote for the previous queflion, but ag.inft the mo. UO " i!to gether. If he underfrood the motion, it WCm no ,u » her to fay, « we join you in wish " mg to prefeive the nio |i f.ncere amity with the e J r -" C^ re ?: b ' ,C ! but if ail 'o attain it fail ; it (hou.d happen, that notwithftandinp alhthe # e MH ,IOI, M V PeiC 7 " nnot be P rcfervfJ ' vve shall ( e hold ouifelves bound to support yoii.'* If p'entll. '■ men examined the amendment, they wo.'d find it eoßtaine# no more than this. If this w. s the de." caration, he would ask (a number desired to to w cL t PC;, v e . r j Whai ' er Ml - in order. Th« • Jendem/ CP " , iD> P ofiible • Hr j if- mea '" t0 a ''P y wl,at hiid laid. He ? ed him to go on) Mr. Harper said it vas' '5 ; -ntenuoH to Jew that the main 'question ou" betaken, and appealed to the feeiings of every I ? C honourable feelings of patriotiir vhich diflingnifhed American c4,r/whether 'l' l * was an improper declaration ?If it were im, A F°^ r ' U , d . niifconceived their duiv He should thick it lbe dccpe(i d|f . racf tQ b . g u t I ine$ mo And f feel. fafd 't! u s " nnmcnt was honourable, he woLld I CoUia not bc i" which it would be improper i 0 exp lc f, i t .
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