New Theatre. THIS EVENING, January 7 , Will be presented, a celebrated COMEDY, written by the author of the Dramatist, called The Rage ! (As performing at Covent-Garden Theatre with the grtateft apptaufe.) Gingham, Mr. Wignett Darnley, Mr. Moretan Sir George Gauntlet, Mr. Fox. Ken. Mr. Savage, Mr. Norwood Sir Paul Perpetual, Mr. Warren FI u fc, Mr. Francis Keady, Mr. Worrell \\ aiter, Mr. Barley, j«n, Wizard, Mr. Blijett ' >' <■ -S, Mr. A.organ y* ' n » Mr. Warre/l, jun. Groom. Mitier'Warrell I-dy Sarah Savage, Mrs. Oldmixon Clarah Sedley, Miss L'FJlrange Mrs. Darnley, Mrs. Morris After which will be performed bv the French Compa ny, a celebrated COMIC OPERA, called 4 Blaize et Babet. (Themulicby M. Gretry.) ' Le Seigneur, M. Viellard B'aize, M. St Mart Mathurin, nn Amateur Jacquiere, M. Bouchonj. Delorme, M. Poignasd I.cjiz, jlf. La-veney Fayfana, MeJTrs. J. Worrell, Morgan, Mat donald, T. Warrcll, Ac. Eabet > Mile Terfeir, £ lie > * Mile. Sophie • Payfans, Mrs. Mecktlcr, Miss OUfield, Miss -*'rtde>fen, Mrs. Dodor, Miss L'Efl range,. Miss Milbourne. gT On Monday, by particular desire, the Comedv £ the CHILD OF NATURE, with LOCK AND KEY, and other entertainments. * 0" Box, One Dollar twenty-five cents. Pit one Dollar -Ano Gallery, half a dollar. £5 Tickets to be had at H & P. Rice's Sook-ftore, The Hlgh ' lUeet ' aad " the office adjoining the T he Doors of the Theatre will open at j, and the Curtain rife precisely at 6 o'clock. P'aces for the Boxes to tie taken at the Office in the front If the theatre, from 10 till i o'clock, and from ' lot ■. 4on the days of performance. 1 Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to fend their 1 -fervams t«> keep places a quarter before 5 o'clock, and 1 to order them, as f .on as the company are seated, to 1 v ithdraw, as they cannot on any account be permit- , ted to remain. r VIFAT RES PUB LICA! ' . College-Hall. f Readings and Recitations, j A. oral, Critical, and Entertaining. MR. FENNELL | Refpeilf'jlly informs the Public, that ' THIS EVENING, Saturday, January 7,at 7 o'clock; r Will be delivered, v (Firsr fart) PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS, a including feleftions f rom Dr. Young— on e « Man, Cl Litk. ft Procrastination. tl (R'petiei) rr-r ■ (* E CON D PART) CI The Miferrtj of Human Life, Tkompfon h The Beggars Petition, . Dr. Perc.val fc n^flTH y T ma "' Goldsmith c DomtfUc Happmefs, Thompson ° „ . f™'RD PART) f. 04e on St. Cecilia's Day, p._. 11 Alexander's Feast, Dryden bt — 7 th On Tuesday next will be delivered, fcleaions ' he »>c'>ned to honor the undertaking with ,n f their patronage, are refpeflfully requested to fend their names and receive their tickets. Sn i' a K dmiffion tick " s tobe hati of Mr " ore Jun. at the Library ; atmr M'Elwee's lookingW.-ftore « I South Founh-ilreet; and at Mr. Carey's, Book- j ' fcder, Market-street— Half a dollar each. dlt To the Public. fer , col "T-HE Exhibition of Elegant Prints of the Revofu x tion of France, and Generals Buonaparte, Piche grue &c opened some days past, at the fouth-eaP cor- ' nC ner of High and 1 hird llreets, formerly Cook's house, wei having given general fatisfaflion to all those who have rai l rV t^™P" e,or tlkes the ,ibcr, y informing deb the Publ.cthat he has added to the fame, a large and Sta beaut..ul Plan of Pans (the newest extant) containing con a complete v ,ew of the city itfelf, its suburbs environs, f„. -villages, houfM, heights, woods, vineyards, lands, „ nleadows, &c geometrically ,drawn, by Mr. RoulTel, ® chief of the Engineers ; real locks of the hair of the , 1 late Q"«»fof France, Madame, and the Dauphin, lhe may alio beTeen. In confequenee of the House beinr acct l°nd' h e r / Ve r ,ime ,e ethib!t,the Prints® whi; and, by the advice of his friends, he mean, to open e- Stal vecy day in the week,, from 9 'till dusk. J Admiflion, one quarter of a Dollar. . January $ » thii • ___£l fettl Wanted on hire, K r « A Cook, male or female—alfo a man fervaaf to at tend in a private family and perform the duties b»- fa 7 longing to the dining room. None need apply who tcl not underftandaiidhave not beeaacctiftomed tothe and j.'Z, K "'"" °<■'tl.. ' 70 taw2w ■ ' accoi 1 Bank of the United States, ,cm F January 2nd, 1707. "PJ" 1 The DireOor. have this day declared a Dividend of & '°' Sixteen Debars on each Share for the lafl fix month? vvfrf V hich will be paid to the Stockholm after the Jath' New. ' n " 4nt ' G SIMPSON, Caftisr. iin mi CONGRESS OP the UNITED STATES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ritten Friday, December 30. Debate on the report of the committte of ways and means, on the un fettled balances due from h the individual dates to the United States. [Cominued.j Mr. W. Smith said he could not agree to the propofiiinn of the gentleman from Virginia, tho' eventually the means recommended might be proper. The fubjeft before them, he said, was a very deli cate lubjeii, and ought to he treated with every degree of candor. He was glad that the gentle man from New-York had spoke upon the fubjeft with a degree of moderation which did him credit. The difculiion was an unpleasant one, and could »> scarcely fail to excite a degree of irritation in the house, which, however, it would be desirable to ' as mpch as poflible. For many years, Mr. f S. fubjedt had {)een undi-r confideratioj, and it was much to be desired, that it could now mpt. rol, g hta close. He knew no better mode of dbing this thin the one propnfed, vis. thSt the debtor Hates fliould be informed of the Aims with which they flood charged, and that payment should 1 be requested in such a way as fliould prove moll agreeable to them. Mr. S. said he should not follow the gentleman from New-York (Mr. Willi.ms) through the whole of his observations, because he did not think them iflauve to the fubjea before them. Seme of them roigUt have been properly enough fuauett *'• ed when the fuhjeft of balancing the accounts was before the hoofe fce believed, indeed, they were brought forward at that time. He would mention mrs ome / atls rtla " ve to the business, with nhich per- Miss , p * me g ent lemen might not be.aoquainted. In the year 179®, it seemed to be the general with that an adjuflment of debts and credits betwixt edy th* general government and individual Hates with ND refpeft.tothe late wai, n lo uld take place; that balancer should -be struck, and those dates which liar W f' e fero "£ ht debtors Ihould pay, and those who were found to be creditors should receive what Dre, *y as '"•ported to be just ; and, in order to facilitate 1 the the business, a great deal of compromise took 1 place, lo that it was at length agreed upon with a 1 the good deal of unanimity. In order to give the 1 the ™ °PH ortuni, y of bringing forward all their 1 om c.aims, the commissioners were inverted with chan < eery powers. After the business had gone through 1 leir the committee of the whole, the was only one 1 md question which occasioned any difaiflion, and upon ' to this the yeas and rays were taken ; this was the 1 ratio by which the states should be chawed. On a 4 I motion toftiike out this ratio, it was loft, to r 10 ; and what was remarkable, one half of ihe " reprefents'ives from the state of 'New-York voted 1 for the existing mode, andthe other half for ft ik v ing it out. [Mr. S. here read an extrefl f rom the a journals.] It did not at that time strike the mem: " bej;s from that date, that the ratio adopted would injuie them. Whether subsequent events had made 8 it unfavorable to' them or not, was not now the c question, but whether those states which had been {{ kj reported debtors should be called upon to pay what '' was due from them. it Mr. S. said this business might be compared to n an arbitration betwixt individuals, where full pow- " ers were given to the arbitrators; for after all that could be said about the exertions of individual states, was brought forward, it was agreed to put 8 the matter into the hands of three' commiiSonets ll to make an award. The award was made and ac- c: cepted by Congrefi. Whatever obieftioßs were li >n held against it, should have been made at that time cc th e l /' e awar( * bad been carried into effed. Any K 1 in c ° n, P' aint4 n,w brought forward against the princi- nf p . es , ind ™ ode of 'rt'lement, were certainly ill tfl >e r y quefl'on now was, which is the Ta n best way of completing the business ? He though' va the mode proposed was the best. It appeared, by lf the report of the committee, that the following M h were the debtor states, viz. New-York, Pennfy* :- vania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North- N Carolina. The whole debt was 3,5 17,584 dollars, fr < of which 2,740,000 was owinjr by- New-York ' The interest of the debt, viz. 844,218 dollars be- ,h ' , "ig added, made the whole 4,361,802 dollais. I _ OIIr P re f«t embarrafled fituatioß, said Mr. ce! Smith, this money would be very acceptable. In 'X , | order to meet the demands of the public creditors, th; II » was well known that recourse mud It had to ad- brt ditional revenue. It would, therefore, be very de- P ai Arable if the debts could be collected, as it would Co serve to lessen that sum which must otherwise be Sti colleftcd from the people. Orthis money J he said, cre might be ufefullly employed in providing for the Yo • defence of the country, cither by means of a navy, ,he increase of arsenals, or otherwile. Indeed, there ma were many beneficial objefls to which the money f,t)l might be applied ; and he doubted not, when the onr debtor da es knew the situation of the United tor! States, those who were able to pay, at loft, would ,va( come forward cheerfully, and pay the Aims due on from them, in such a way as should be mod ag'ree. U " able to themselves. gin; Mr. Smith said, he should suppose, that even the debtor states themselves would vrifh to have tbefe l,ou accounts fettled, as it must be unpleasant to them whi;n claims were made from them upon the United war Mates, to be told they were in debt to the union. mt " n He remembered an instance in the last frfDon, where afidl this was the cafe with refpe& to New-York. Tile Mr fettlemcnt ,now desired, would do away such difa- b , ut 1 greeabls insinuation, in future. As to the date of „, C ™ New- York, he should be the last person who would ay any thing that would be disagreeable to that prod I -ale, as it was a state of confequenee in the union, have and entitled to every degree of refpe& ; but gen- P ro P tlemen mull know that the finances of that state tr "?- were in a mod flourifhing cohdirion ; that tLey had abundance of wealth. [Mr. S. here enumerated an account of their riches, J When, he said, they con- £ tempi.,ed the situation of o'her states, with debt. Mi upon their fhouldeis, to pay the intered of which, the c, & for the support of their civil establishment, they its bt were obliged to tax their citizens, he did not think New-York would fuffcr much by paying the debt notd ,' >" question. The state of S. Carolina, be said was ■53? -it present cor.fideratsly in debt. for the payment of the interest of which,'and their civil lift, they were obliged to have recourse to tlireft taxation on their land> wlulll the state of New-York had no taxes at "all,' though he understood the legislature had re commended a tax to be laid, in order to accustom ways people to the payment of a tax. from Ihe only Mr. S. said, was whether any material injury could arise from the application proposed to be made to the debtor dates for pny ) the ment. If they had any well founded obje&ions tho' to thepajmeHt »f the refpeftive balances, they eper. would of coarse make them ; if not, they would deli- dsubtlefs propose some mode of payment. But, every Mr. S. said, if it was the opinion of the house, :ntle- 'hat these debts ought at once to be cancelled, let bjeft j l be dsnc. Something ought to be concluded on, edit. order ro put an en"d to so unpleasant a business. :oa!d Mr. Harper said it was very easy to fee hy the the turn of the present debate, that no very amicable e to or fortunate iflue would rcfult from the demand Mr. 'hey war e about to make, upon New-York. He tio», nßt believe that state would be prevailed with now to P a y the demand in question, and he did not node of any mears of coercing them to pay. He ; the always oppsfed to threats, when he was not n. with hie to ftn'ke, or to make a demand which he could ould "at enforce. He had no doubt-that the settlement molt wasjuft and, and that that state was realty in debted in the sum ipecified ; but if they disputed man the d it was his opinion they ought not to make erne 'he demand at present. He would not cancel the , e ft. debt, as, at lome future period, they might go in was '? "ffociation on the fubjefit. He wilhed to get vac rid of the business without a deeffion. He (hould tion therefore move that the committee rife, and he per- w " ll,d afterwards move, that it be discharged from in a fo r ther consideration on the fubjeft. vith Mr. Con hoped the committee would not rife, vixt rtle gentleman from S. Carolina seemed to think ' n,h that a period might arrive when it would be pfoper 1 hat to negotiate on'the fubjeft, but not at present. If ' lich 'he gentltman had stated any reason why he thought , B f e any future period would be more propir than the • hat p'efent for a settlement of I the business, perhaps he 1 are m, £ flt have concurred with him in opinion • but ' }o fc not having stated any, he was opposed to having f , a the business joflponed. The pn.pofitian, Mr. C. j C r j, e said, went bo farther than to ask the several deb'or a >eir " a,^ s » w h«her they would pay ; and, until this : an . quell ion was put, they did not kuow bui they were i " igh ready and willing to pay He did not think this j £ >ne was the time to conlider what measures (hould be I , ion ta Ken provided the (fates did not pay. It ought I r the not '° he supposed they would refufe to do what ■ , n a was just. A number of the debtor states indeed ! f to mi nnt be considered as creditor states, (luce the mo- • ■ ,he ni T 'hey owed, did not amount to so much as " f( j their share of the whole debt would be, provided it !•' was not paid [Mr. C here compared the fpecific !' h e I amount of the debts of different states with their I m- f ,are 'he debt, to (hew that it would be their ** lid "'tereft that the balances (hstild be paid 1 The " de gentleman from New-York (Mr. Williams) as was Z h e I common with perfqns over zealoiit, had leaped be- , en fore he came to the stile. The question wn, not iat how the balances (hould be fettled ; that fettle- U ment had been wade, and the payment of them was , W to now fh c question. He hoped the committee would not rife. p; at ■ Mr. Williams said he did not expect to have l'' la) J heard the obfervatioss which had fallen from the , ut I gentleman ' a ft up j for his part, he was persuaded , „ the representatives of the debtor states could make , c . calculations for themfrlveg • but he hoped calcula- y re lions with them was nat the object ; the justice and " „ t equity of the measure would he trusted be their 1W 'y the gentleman from Con ; nefticut to enquire whether fomc states had not paid ill I 'he"" ipecie requisitions at about one third of their le . value, whilst New York furniflied them at tbe full I value. cu y ~ ln ,?'' f4Ve ' to ,he gentleman from South Carolina f " g Air. W. observed, that he was fenfitSfe aid was wan. . M Bl v but he 1,0 P cd that hecaufe y New-Wk had funds, they were not to be taken V , I from them right or wrong. The gentleman was , however m.ftaken {. faying there were no taxes in "" . that state. If he would examine the laws of New- . York, he would find the Wty and town expen- °, U . ces were raised by ,»x arrd 45000 dollars annual- ° bi „ ly bef.de,. Mr. W. said, he had flattered himfeif T , ,hat 'he gentleman from Carolina would net have - br ?''ght fsrward this fubjeft, as that state had been ! . paid for the frigate ouilt there unauthorized bv 1 Congress, which had been of no use to the United . States, and the allowing that charge made ihem a ' , " ed l " or "ate. With refpeiSt to the funds of New . York, he hoped they would remain with tVm as , the fruit of industry and frugality. .The gentle- P , U; . man had observed that one half of the delation from New-York had voted for the rule of auporti. th " . onment, that the conmniffioners aded as arbitra- C °" tors, and that the award was accepted. Mr. W aS was of opinion the aft and proceedings had there on, was unauthorized by the confticution of the M ' I United States, as it was a departure from the ori Wtr ginal contrafi, and that the state of New York pay had never accepted of the award, and was not dcbl bound thereby ; and notwithHwiding the gentle W "' man asserted that the state ought not to Came for mlll ward now and fay we will not afride by the fettle- aC !° ment, Mr. W. believed many awards had been set J*""' aside, and that this to be entirely done ,w» fol,r Mr. Craik said he (hould not have risen on this td but for an observation which hJd fallen from the eeo' in E 1 tlcman from Conneaicnt. He (hould be for the corn- "ific mittee s nfuig and agamft their having leave to fit a- and gam, hecaufe he did not know that any good could be and « prodiced by the proposed application ; but it migfct H have a contrary effect, and he did not think this was a .1 proper time to make uneasiness in any part of the cmin I tqr. Nothing; he said, would be gained by th, meaf- m 'K !: I v l'\ and wh >' ftould they expose their weakness and in ; ability to carry their demand. intoeffedW He hoped adde. they (hould not, and that the committee would be dif- prop charged from a father consideration of the fubi '<3 1,1 Mr. Dearborn, said, he had no great obietfinn m • i" 1 the committe; 1 if.ng ; but a Very ftrone oUedJion to its being refulcn leave to fit again. The fubjea be rorr them, he said, required full inveftieation H* <11.1 fo fct not doubt but the state of New-York aad other states Ml would aft like individuals in limilar fituatious, viz 'hew honeftlyafldfairly. What had been said «),<,»< r | K ' char,. Nt of mo:!e of fet'lemont iad nothinp o-to with :h; ires were eiK question. The referees hau iettied -lie bbfinef. ac their corikigto mutual agreement j they had heard the taxes P a ' ties ' ma(,e the award, and execution was about :o ° | issue. But at this time, one of thefc parties came for -1 re " ward and obje&ed to the mode oflettlement. What i.tom he asked, would be thought of an individual who (ho'uld so ad ?He believed but very indifferently. Taking it ether for granted that the ft ate of New-York-would aril |,v e stion an »P ri ght individual in the fame eircumftances, he liad great hopes frem the proposed application Nor tions Could he trer co,lfent [0 ,ax his conftituems until some mode was taken tecolled these debts, as he thought^ th 7 them jull. Indeed he conceived it to be a refi.itio* ould on the debtor states ttf doubt 011 this fubjeift ; and to But, fuppofetfie application wouldeccafion urreafinefs and aufe, difcentent, was to impute unworthy condud to those > ] et states. He believed they would adl as thty ought, and lon tb ? mone y wab 1101 immediately paid, some compro tf. ' mife wou!d take P llce - i But, he said, it was not ret* ' • fonabie to suppose, that the people of Massachusetts, '1 whilst 1,i50,000 were due to thein on this fettlcment' able would consent to be taxed to pay their (hare of the land debt, whilst other states were debtors, and were not He called upon to pay the money which ihey had received •vith But °f the Treatury. If the committee rose, therefore* not be 't would have leave to fit again. He Gilbert w - s 1° favour st the committee'* 3tn. r ' fi . ng ' He WBS fur p rift " d to hear gentlemen suld ° b jf a to a " ® 3tam ' nat,on of the principle upon lent "'"ich the accounts in queftisn were feitied. He in- thought no man could confcientiotifly fay the let ited tlcfi,cnt W3 » a fa''"one' when he saw the date of ju]J New-Yoik charged with a greater balance than all rra _ the other Rate- put together. And fco.uld it be „^ e supposed that New-York" would pay this ?It could the not be ex )» eiaerf * But gentlemen the quefti in- wa ' " or nnw ll(, \ v ( he settlement was made. What J Mr. G. exclaimed, was there never a jud'r mcnt reversed, or an arbitration (et alide ? Gentle* h£ men would not fay so. But w>.ere, he asked, wa» the evidence of its being an award ? Where wer« the remissions of all the parties ? Yet if these ife. 7 f ' e P roduce egregious millakes, or unfair con ink Would he fuffi ient to set it aside He ho per P £ d ' £ WaS tbc " a ' atc '" >ur committee would life and have leave to fit again. »ht r " hoped the committee would rife the ?",? baVi ' eavf ,0 a !! 8 order-that the fub hs }<* ™'ght be fully difciiffd He said he had much Jut T"" m ° re ,lia,l fllc 'hen late hour would . permit him to enter upon. He w»uld jtili menti £ | on that lie (hould object to the nature of the law 1 to * : and the mode of i » execution. Hiuto ere i"" deman «! upon the (late of New York, ex- ' h . # cept it had given it. full coniem, by it. re'preK he I , Cf ; tatIVC V but h 7 means of it. leg.fUure : for he rl . t | did nqt know of any authority which the leprc iat ! ' c '' tat,v « of any state had to bind that Jlatc 1., pay •ed ! r r K'° Und wuuld he, that if the bu -10. t . e w . as oon fi'crcd a. an arbitration, the tiuht a, « rtal « c »f«. to set aside the award. Were the/ lit r ° t " ld ' Ja,d M '" L - 'hat it was the iritereH of sic some of the debtor Hate, that these balances IhouM cir i pa ' and ' w ", ,, l !l5 famt hreath, that it was no eir n,a, te r whether the (mlemem was fairly made or he not " Hc 1105 expert to luve heaid Inch ici:ti a( men,. Apply the cafe, said he, ,0 individual,. ' Was the award ,n all cases of arbitration iina l » Were not the party si di Bg ;, M f agricve.l a, [,> my |e _ to make an appeal ? Yet the date of K T cw Yo.lc aj was bound to pay, whether the accounts were fair w yer unfairly fettled. A gentleman had taken the paiisto prove that tt would be an advantage ail ve hc deb ' or ' X 'W New-York, that the ha :ie ," Ce ® aioU,d be P^ ,d - Doubtless, fail Mr. L. . d he advantage would he great, if fifteen states could te ? W . ,be,r . d 1 cl " l, p° n °' ie ; hn; could :h«y just. a - y fl 'HV tvcd " 0t - HcHid "Ot metn to |d refleA con.miffioner,,l }ut he believed hat ir 'o an imtaenfe .moon, such a, n _ would not have been allowed in afty CMflrf of juiiice, [d Zl r* b> ' Credito ' -hah had ir them .rector, .uftead of debtors. H W ,j ed, therefore, a s the waiter had not had a | u |] d,f. . fit agai'n emmttce would and have leave to /, ,he rp " k,r ' said ,hst he fliould V Ymk r' C '° tht <".« N.' n York, ,f they l.ad contested themselves wi h de clarijg that they were unwilling to pay t |, e IT n nited State; the debt which upon a fettlem nt of - ' he accou the Aa.es had been awarded to b. " r Hf (h<,t,id he said, haw observed the fame line.of conduct, if these gentle »en had gone no further than to 'el! thehonfr a „rl ' the w»rld that thev were nVf, A ,I „ e a " d e « l '-'ey wete rich, and to boast that 1 Km T e " T re P / J M rou » than their neighbors I r.rsfii his own part he could net paffivclr nermir • pu'.atiou to pass unnoticed. That the T, t'T ; those gentlemen f. h 9pp i ly Uc ' thier, far wealthier than his own h contest 0, deny, but he would ad!^,"',! 0 ' '* was afcribable, as had been said ,t • V ',£ indudry. The treafurv of New LI Mr. D. said, an oJ^V were annually taxed to fuppoft their pay the i.terelt and part Jf the min l .° debts. If ,hev were V P»ncipal of their were fj,)' 1 " o '' "fted their reputation cf good faifh Hv "77 acknowledge their just debr«: rc %^- to ..ti,-. g „cr, ! >. di fc h i;r,f™' ,T(*;r d ,"* fouices {hould enable them— -Vv v, j ' , rC " to enrich the treasury of lit n^V '"£ f'otn it. creditor. th cir :„ ? U w»''hold crificed tothef s |f tp J/J r j ,a J^ d '. ." or <*- and claims of those who had . tufted , 'l 6 a "d confided in their j«ffi cc " iClr abllu X might probably have boa fled „fthl' wealth, more especially if to fuel, added another not more meritorious, , h „ Z „ propnating to thei, own cxclufi.e .fe 'L / f valuable propeny ,he back e , crown lands fi;/J