Nzu 7jib Jrun. Oj MONDAY IVENING, January*, Wfll be -presented, An HISTOJIIGAL TX.AGEDT, (Written by Shike fpeare) called Richard 111. Henry IV, Mr. Warren Prince Edward, "Miss L' Eft range Duke of York, Matter LfEftrange Duke of Glofter, Mr. Ctoptr Duke of Buckingham Mr. Wigiull Earl m to be fiKiply this, that several individuals in the federal city, who were greatly intcrefted in its prosperity, were of opinio)*, than an institution of this kind would not only ad vance the interests of the city, but be a mean of difieminating learning ; tbey had therefore prayed an incorporation for the purpose. Why his col league should call this a national utiiverfity, and that by a mere aft of incorporation, they should pledge themselves to fapport it, was to him afton ilhing and incomprehensible. If any particular body of men fhoald apply for an aft of incorpora jion, by granting it, should they pledge themselves to carry their fiheme into effect ? The thing was too unreasonable to be supposed. Mr B. said, if he was of opinion that the in coiporatinjjr persons to leceive donations for this university would oblige their to fofter this establish ment, he should be one of the firft to object to it. He should object to it en eonftitutional principles ; because, whatever had been the praftiae of that house, he was of opinion, that imposing a revenue for fuel) a purpose, would be unconstitutional, and arrogating a right which they did not pofTets. Under the afpeft which the fubjeft Ipefore them bore, he trusted all objections to it would be with drawn. A 'free government, he said, had its foundations in wisdom, and the legislature of such a government ought to encovirage every institution which tended to infoim and enlighten the people— a contrary procedure were to ftifle knowledge, and introduce barbarism. Thc speaker reminded the house. that the ques tion of p»ftponement was before them. Mr. Swanw'ick was against a postponement, be cause he thought the question could as well be de cided then as at a future day. As the application now itood, he was ready to give it his negative, be. cause he did not think it was proper tojallow any charter to the commiffioncts. He should therefore vote against the report. H» should have wifti ed to have made some further observations on the fubjeft ; but in this flagc of the business, he wras doubiful whether they jvould be in oider, and there fore he should withhold them., Mr. Giles was in favour of a poftpooement, nnt that he wanted time to consider the fubjeft—He was ready to vote against it, but because the advo cate* of the meafuie wilhed it. He himlclf was opposed to all kiuda of corporations ; but he did think the prcfeni fubjeft had not berfn fully discussed, & wished more time to be allowed for gentlemen to bring forward the queltion in any other way which they might think would be more acceptable to the house. Mr. Vcnable said he was opposed to a poflponement. it had been repeatedly laid that there was nothing a larming or under cover in this report.—For his part, he believed it to be connected with t National Uui verfity, and that it was introduced in this fliape be cause it was apprehended it would not pass if brought into the House without disguise- Mr. V. wished the bufincft not to be postponed, be cause the Maryland legislature was then tkiiS'g, and Jhe commiflioners nightapply to it and get their bufi nels done ; for whatever might have been said to, the contrary, he believed they could as well incorporate them, as foreigners to hold lands, a navigation compa ny, Columbian bank company, Jtc. and if they could do this, he believed it would not be said, that when the federal government took peffeffion of that diflriil that corporation wouldnotbe valid. If a local seminary was only intended, he thoaght this the best way of pro ceeding. Mr. Craik believed the period for which the idl .was pal Ted which had been mentioned, would expire before the year 1800. Mr. Murray said, it weuld be no indulgence to the friends of the present measure to dispose of the busi ness then, that tuey might apply to the Maryland Le gislature ; because he believed t hat Legislature was now riien. He hoped the House would therefore agree to a poftpoaement. The question for a poflponement was put and car ried 37 to 36. Mr. W. Smith moved to call up the resolution he ytftcrJaylaid 011 the table refpefting an allowance to the fufferers by the late fire at Savann-ah ; when, on the fenle of the house being taken whether it should be taken into eonfideration or not, there appeared only 16 votes in favour of it. Mr. W. Smith gave notice he should to morrow again move to have it taken into consideration. The house went into a committee of the whole on the bill for relief of John Seats, which was agreed to wirhout amendment, taken up in the house, read a second time, and ordered to be engrofled for a third reading to-morrow. Mr. D. Foster moved that the report of the Com mittee of claims on the petition ef Willam Parsons be committed to a Committed of the woole. Agreed and made the order tor to morrow. Adjourned. Wednesday, December 28. Mr. W. Smith wifked the house to resolve itfclf into a committee of the whole on the Tefolution, which he had the other 1 day laid upon the tablr, proposing to afford fame relief to the (ufferets l.y the late fin at Savannah. FOl his part, he said, he could fee no reasonable objection which could be made to so benevolent a proportion. A gentleman in the house had got a plan of the ruins of the ci ty, it wa§ indeed a Hull diftrefsful scene. There had never occurred so calamitou» an event of the kind in the United States, or which had so strong a claim upon the general government for relief. He said they had granted allirtance to the fuflerers by fire at St. Domingo ; and surely if it were juttitia ble to grant relief to foreigners in diltrefs, it was at lead equally so when the objects were our own citizens. If gentlemen had objeiSions to the mea sure he wished they would state them. 1 lie fjiw with which he ftiould think of filliug up tjhe blank, would not be fueh as to materially affett oar finan ces. Mr. Milledge said, if the unfortunate had any claim upon gove'rnment for relief, none could have greater than the citizens of Savannah. Few hou ses, he said, were remaining of that city, and -thofc few were the leafl valuable. Not a public building ; not a place of public woilhip, or of ( public justice ; all was a wide watte of tuin and desolation, such as scarcely could be conceived, and fiich as it were impoflible to describe. He hoped some relief would be tfiordsd to distress so uuexaaj pie#. Mr. Cooper said, it was a very unpleasant thisg to come forward to oppose a measure oi this foil ; but when they looked into different parts of the union and saw the loffcs which had been fattained at New-York, Chariefton, &c. it would appear only reasonable, that if Yclicf was ifforded in,one cafe, it ought to Tie extended to another ; and if this re fclution were agreed to, he fliould cfcrtainly move to have some relief afforded to New-York. He hoped, however, the business would »iot be pro ceeded with. If the principle were a good one, it would bear going thiough with ; but it would te seen, this would, on the contrary, pmve a dsn geroiis-one. What they did to day, lie f..'d» would require repeating to sionow. If they were to 1* ke good losses by hr«, there would be no occasion for | Insurance Companies, nor any inducement t» fitiild with brick in preference to wood. Hcfcll as muck as others for the distresses of tbe people of Ssvan nah, but was of opinion it was not a proper buS» nefsfor the interference of that house. Mr. W. Smith thought with the gentleman fro«» New-Y.ork, that they ought to attend to the ptin. ciples upon which they acted, and not do a thing-, to-day which they ought not do to-morrow. He trusted the house would not beoften called upon to relieve a calamity like the present ; nor need they be alarmed at the gentleman's intention of bringing fciward New-York for relief. Charlellon, he said, had experienced great distress by fire, yet he had not moved that house for any relief. The quelHon was, whether this was not a peculiar cate of dis tress ; and if so, whether they had not the power of affording relief ? And as to this being brought forward as a precedent, it was as he hoped they fiiouid net again fooo hear of four, fifths of a whale city being burnt so ashes; but if such an inltance should occur, he should vote for affording the fufferers relief. He thought the jeftiuns did not apply. On the quethon being taken whether the house would then refolvc itfelf into a committee of the whole on the fubjeft, therfc appaaied 38 for it, and 39 against it. A (notion was then made to discharge the com mittee of the whole from any farther confideralioo of the subject. Mr. W. L> man hoped the business would not be disposed of without going into a committee of the whole. Ke thought more refpedi*6vas due to the feelings of the fufferers than to dispose of the fob jfA without diktffion. He hoped the committee would not, therefore, be discharged. . Mr. Hartley trusted the committee woyld not be discharged. He believed the dellru£tioa of Lis bon by an earthquake did not oecafion greater raif chiefs than the late fire had doae at Charletton. The legislature of Pennsylvania, which had no greater power than the general government to af ford relief to these fufferers, had given 15,000 dol. lars. Indeed he thought it more the province of the general government than of state governments, to afford-relief in such cases. He referred to what had been given to the fufferen at St. Domingo, aud to the parliament ofEnglatid having given l.icooeo to the people of Lifbun, after the earthquake there, though connected with them only commercially. Mt. Kitchell was in favor of the committee of the whole being discharged, because, if the fubjeft lay over, the legislatures would beat a loss to know whether any thing would be done by the general government, and would keep back their donations. If it oame within their power to relieve them, he should wife to do it, tut not othcrwife. At any rate, he thought it had better be determined at present whether any (hing would be done in their behalf or not. Mr. Sprigg, jun. hoped the committee, not be difdiaiged, but that they would go into the business at an early day He said he had «*>t ma»e up his mind how far they had a power to afford re lief in a cafe like the present. There was an in* ft a nice, he said, in the iclief afforded the daugh ters of the count de Grafle, as well as that given to the fufferers at St. Domingo. He wished for further time to make enquiry on the, luhje&. If there were not insuperable objections to the rac&- sure, h« hoped relief would be afforded. [To be continued.J Delaware and Schuylkill Canal. arc llereb >' notified, that the an nual L edlion for Officers for the ensuing year, wiil be held at the Company's offiee, near the Bank of the United States, on the firft Monday in January next at 10 o'clock, a. m. ' - IBy the Board of Managers. p., .. , . _ IVM - MOORE SMITH, Sec'ry. Philadelphia. Dec. J, 1796.