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 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< 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 .