New Theatre. THIS EVENING, February »?, TX7.IM. bc preferred, (for the third time) a celebrated VV NEW COMEDY, (written by the author of Colum bus» ihe Children in the W«§d, &c.) called The Way to get Married. performed at Covent-Garden Theatre 39 nights, without intcrmiflion, the fir ft feafbn ; and since, upwards of 150 nights, with unbounded applause.] Tangent, Mr. Moreton Ned, Mr. Bliflett Toby Alfpice, Mr. Harwood Postillion, Mr. T. Warre 1 ! Capt. Faulkner, Mr. Cooper Undertaker, Mr. M'Donald Ca;iltic, Mr. Warren Jailor, Mr. Mitchell Dick DaAtall, Mr. Wignell Solicitor, Mr. Morgan M'Queery, 'Mr. Prigmore Officer, Mr, Warr. 11 Landlord, Mr. Darley William, Mr. J. Darley ■Shopman, Mr. J. Warieli Julia Faulkner, Mrs. Merry , Clementina Alfpice, Mrs. Francis Lady Sorrel, Mrs. L'Eftranjre Fanny, Mrs. Doftor. End of the Comedy, A NEW ti mLLET D '.I<CE, (Cempofed by Mr. Byrne) called The Bouquet. I* which will be introduced, the favorite tambourine DANCE. The principal by Mr. and Mrs. Byrne, Mr. Warrell, jun. and Mils Milboume To which will be added, a Farce in two ealled The Village Lawyer. Scout, Mr. Harwood Justice Mittimus, Mr.Warrei Snail, Mr. Francis blucpface, Mi. Bliffctt Charles, Mr Darley, jr. Kate. Mrs. Doflor. Mrs. Seout, Mrs. L'Ellrangc. * m * The Public are informed, that there will be no performance on Wv.lnefday, cm ac count of the preparations for THE GRAND PANTOMIME OF The Death of Capt. Cook ; t Which will be brought forward on Thursday next, under the direction of Mr. Byrne—with s?sw Seen ery, Drefles and Decorations. Box, One Dollar twenty-five cents. Pit Seven Eighths of a Dollar, and Gallery, half a dollar. Coliege-Hall. Readings and Recitations, Moral, Critical) and Entertaining, TO-MORROIV E VENING, TUESDAY, February 21, At 7 o'clock, Will be recited, I The GEh IU Sos AMERICA, - ANODE, r Inscribed to hiiExcellency George Washington. b after which, Seletflions from the most interesting scenes in the Tragedy of a Venice Preferv'd. I Tickets to be had of Mr. Poulfon, jun. at the Library ; atmr. M'Elwee's lookirig-glafs-ftorc, No. 70, S. Fourth ■ftreet; and at Mr. Carey's, BookfeUer, Market-street Half a dollar each. / WANTED, " Pennfy'ivania Bank Shares, p For which Gajh, cr *ppr»ved Notes at 60 days, will C ' be fiven, at the option of the Seller. V February 20—$ Apply at this office. & For Sale, G ATRAC 1 0 F L AN D, fc CONcaining 320 acres, in Harford county, 5 miles dif- oi tant from Belle-Air, 27 from Baltimore : the im- rc -provements are, a two-ilory brick dwelling-home, finifli- v ed in a genteel mainer, with stone kitchen and cellar; * a barn, and other convenicnc out buildings; a GRISI'- '' MILL, lately built, in a good stand f.r country or mer chant work ; apple-erchard and other fruit-trees; 30 a- ci eres of prime timothy meadow ; and nearly as much more may be made from ths conveniency of watering; So acres of woodland, well timoered. The fields are well'laid off, and under good fence : the litiution is very pleasant and C< ■ healthy. The whole »f this property may be had for so 35«ol. Two thirds in hand, and the remainder in easy ol payments, 22j01. would be taken, all caih, Possession cc might bejliad in 60 days after contract, and an indisputa ble title given by ROBERT BRYARLY. 01 February 4o — g< Sales at the Horse-Market. ■ P; On iTcdnefclay, the lid injl. at I I o'clock, ( l Will be f»ld, be A pair of Grey Horses and an Elegant hl Coachee, u With plated Harness, complete. The Horses ate in their j 3 ' in good order, and go {equally well in carriage, ia chair ajad saddle : Che Coachee is partly new, and ip-per- he -feA repair EDWARD POLE, auctioneer. th N. B. The Coachee and Horses will be shewn on appli cation at the office oi the Philadelphia Gazette, No. 29 i Chefnut street. February 20 tf ■ _ en Robert Smith & Co. gr No. 58 South Front-jlreeti « HAVE FOR SALE, /£ A Quantity of Long Nankeens, wl ALSO, An assortment of India Goods, yu AMONG WHICH ARE, go Bandanos j Pullicates Slsck and colored Pcrfians wf Gurrahs ha Punjams th Baftae., pr , Coffaes Humhims, ike. together with A general assortment of European Goods Suitable for the ensuing leafon. February 20 mw&fjw For CHARTER, the Danish brig ' ' Friendship, Lorentz Matzen, Mtijhr, TT A strong, new veffeh, with a Mediteiraofian Fafs.bur- J then about 240 tons. For terms apply to ' February 19 —§ PHILIPS, CRAMOND & Co. 1 1 Notice. A ( THE ELEPHANT will leave town positively ear- ' '.y in March. , Adirittanie —one quarter of a dolJar. ] Children—half price. j N. B. An ELEPHANT TOOTH weighing 54 pounds to be fold. Enquire it the place where the°Ele {.hznt is kept. l r eb. 10. d ] From the ( Harr\jlurgh) ORACir. cd THOMAS PAINE, m- I have read your angry letter to George "VVafh itigton, and cannot but confefs that appearances arc somewhat againfl the General, and indeed the iut whole American people, in having made no at -3 tempt to rescue their old friend from tilt mercilels clutches of the little J.icobin, Robespierre. But my 1( good fir, lam sure you will excuse us, when I in ld form you, that our apathy 'to you, w 4l entirely 1 owing to our admiration of the glorions caufc in which you were a&ing so itiuftrioßs a part. Yes, flr, to our enthusiastic admiration of gallic virtue y and patriotism. I fee you are forprized. But have a little patience. You mull know, (him, that in the "excels of our zeal, we had adopted the maxim (fo> hoirtd when applied to a despot, hut so charming when applied- to the people) thill " the French i could do no wrong," and of course tvery ißflafure ■ th<*y took was faiifiified, as if coming from Heaven 1 itfelf. ' T Vox populi, Vox Dei," you know. It is true, indeed, that during the eontells ofy«ur ; j patriots, we were alwjyi confoundedly muzzled to 1 find who was in the rijjht, 'till the gonlian knoc [ ' was cut by the guilietiwe ; and then, ir, all our douhts vanished in an inflant. Hsnce tlis tremen- ' ; dons instrument, which obtained so nany nick names in Frauce, was literally the chopper of our : logic> our unanswerable logician,- and iifaliidle cii- c tenon of moral and political reftitude. ' lt Thus, for a long time, we were fimjle enough ' to foppofe that Louis the XVlth, thoigh a king, f wa» a patriot. But his fad fate, at length, convinced c us of our error. Briffot and his party «ext became a j our idols ; but the guillotine, by takrHf off (in a bout 30 minutes, I think it was, fir,) and ' 1- twenty of these philefophical noddies 01 the revolu- a ttonary Qjaixotes, transferred the palm of civifm to. 1 Robespierre and hisaffociates. And long did they _ reign unrivalled in «ur affe&ions. Yes, "fir, in the ' very height of the " Age of Rreafsir," at the very * time, as yau tc:l us, this sanguinary democ*at was *' taking his viftims by hundreds in a night, cut »f the Luxembourg, and guillotining them before the 1 next evening. At the very moment perhaps that lie F was penning the sacrilegious memorandum, which 1 devoted you to the guillotine, " for the interest of America as u .-11 as Fiauae," (as the fly rogue ex- v prcfiei it) we were toafling him in our civic cups, $ and crying him up as the paragon of patriots and * republicans. Tis true, we heard of your deplora ble cafe ; but we then thoii_jht you no better than Briffot and the reft cfyour ariftocrafical colleagues, and who the Devil could fnppofed, that you r would at lall have out patrioted the author of your l ' imprifunmcnt, and have emerged, to. unite your voice to that of the guillotine, to tell us what'a do« ' he w-s ! 6 I You make a terrible pothp about your being an American citizen, your being a constitution-monger in Fraace notwithstanding. But how in the name 0 of w«nder were we to have fufpefled this, Mr. " Paine, after the affair of G'deon Henfield ? If, how- c ever, we have committed a mistake in the bus.ness, you have to thank the new do&rine of expatriation " for it. A defirine which has been very current aTiroKg-üB-«iictrmc-inrre or urener-arra tnrWofetaiS r Gideon. Upon this new fanglcd system, one never " knows where to have you. You may be a citizen of America to-day, a fubjeft of England to mor- 111 row, and a citizen of France ®n the-day following. ® For as you have wifely observed of nations, that h: they have only to will it to be free, and they are so; so a man now a days, has only to will it to be a tc citizen of any country he pleases, and he is one. And after the brilliant fceues in which you were engaged at Paris, we took it for granted, you will ed to be a citizen of France, and ttiould have as foott dreamt of your being an American citizen, as of commodore Barney's being one, with his three colour'd cockade, and cavalier menaces of taking m our veflels wherever he can catch them. • But though I have hitherto been in the apolo- ba getieal (tile, I have a crow to pluck with y«u, Mr. T Paine, before I leave you. Don't yau think, then] (though you are as equality man) that you have th been rather rough with a character which Hands so all high in the world as that of the Preiident of the llc United States? If indeed you have the claims of In private friendihip upon him, which yau fay yau lts have, I have only to lament, that it is so, and that tr< hers unfortunately in the predicament described in wi the proverb, which fays : « He that olays with a a! 1 dog will be bitten by fleas." 'Tis an homely one, kl Icon fefs ; but between republicans, 'twill do well tel enough, and you are a dealer in proverbs and epi- 8° grams. cr You conclude your epistle with remarking, that th « the world will be puzzled to decide, whether be th (Gen. Washington) is an apostate or an impostor, re ' whether he has abandoned good principles or whe- tH ther he ever had any." Sappofe before you put your cafe, y»u had ascertained what true liberty and ial good principles are. From your known abilities, ki do you not think it would have much assisted the world in making their decision ? But though you have not thought proper to do it, I have »a doubt, that all good men will thir.k it a necessary enquiry, co previous to a determination of your queflion. ln American Republican. ,J ' ; Marrifburgh, February, 1797. oe HARRISBURGH; February 8. The Free Debating Society of Harvifburgh m et fi,i next Monday evening, at Mr. Montgomery's.— lel The question for the evening is " What can be ' ai proposed, wiich, if carried i«-to effeft, would prove tio most beneficial to Harrifburifh ?" th. 50 boxes Spermaceti ~ do A few dozen ot Engliih Porter in fmail casks, I bale cf Cloalc Camblets, Hair-bines, Crapes, Poplins, Sattinet, Laftmg, &c. &c. ch A few ftnaU packages of Calcutta and Madrafe Goods, ccnfifting or Pungim Cloths, Gurrahs, Humhiims, wl Guzenahs, Tickerys, B.ftas, Co flaw, Baihar, Baai- Fr danna and P.Jljcat Handkerchief,, Choppi Romals, Putna Chintz and TafTatie» ; 1 bag of black Pepper, and t box of w hitc Sugar : For SALE, by 6 ' wh JOSHUA GILPIN, (Jia _ , >Ne. 149, South Front-street. February jo. - k'" j > FRENCH REPUBLIC. €0 UN Cll, OF FIVE HUNBK ED. 251 Biumaire, Nov. 19. 1 he report yellerday prefcuted by Danr.su, on jfh- the made of renewing a third of the convention, and | ices ° n the mode of dirfributing the new deputies named the by the departments, is a specimen of wifdorn, im partiality, and the most deliberate refleftieu. He lels spoke upwards of two hoHi s, and prcfented a num my ber of conliderations appropriate to the fubjedt, but jn- which it is impoifible to give in detail, ely The firft queflion he oonfidered was—WJiether, in on the principle of the decree which unites Belgium cs, to France, the nine departments who took no fbare tue in the last cle&ion, ought on the firft of Germinal jvc to name the whole number of deputies whom rhey 1 t| )e are authoiifed choofe in confequencc of the ex- ' tf 0 , tent of their papulation ? 1 ng- He referred to tiu conflitution ; which deter- 1 lC h rtsines, that the lcgiflative body Uiall be renewed ? lre I one-third every year ; in confcquence, 250 mem- { en ! hers go o»'. on the jft Germinal; if ci'devant i j Belgium should app«ir;t the whole number of depu- i mr ; "« » proportion to us population, it would fend t0 ! 22; the number of members to quit the legislative r i ot body would in amount to ■infteacl of ur : 2 7 2 > the number of those received would ex- t ] >r) . I ceed the thirdftipulated by theconftitutlon. f, k. The reporter admitted that the departmentuni ur ted to the republic, from the moment of union, ac quired an inconteftible right :a crtucur in t-he fe-r- 1 mation of the lcgiflative body ; i.ut the Pinion of jh Belgium is porterior to the convocation of the lalt g> afTemblics; the right of appointment could on 'y apply to what had not yet been determined, and not to what had already been ascertained a Cannon then entered into a long explanation of id principles which had influenced the committee, u_ and concluded witii proposing a plan on the follow -10 ing grounds : .y i. Diawing by lot on the 15th Ventofe, be cn st . the ex-conventionalists who nre to go out, but Jraw ry with ctfpc£l to the wholj iiuaiticv of KS iind not by depuration. B f 2. Concurrence of all the departments, including le . the United departments, to form a third of the de ie ptities ui proportion to the extent of their pspula .j, tione. ot J- . Declaration Containing that, in conformity 1- with the constitution, all the citizens who were not s> members of the lad ele&oral aflemblies, cannot be this year named el'Sors. 3 . Ordered to be printed. . ' in 1 Frimaire, Nov. 21. j, Sj Richard, the organ of a commiflion, presented a lhl report npon the means of fuppi effing robberies an'd 1T burglaries, which have of late multiplied to an iH finite extent. g Extradl of the process verbal of the fitting as the lB 10th Frimaire, Nov, 30. (Official.) ;i The Executive Direftory admitted into the hall ie "f its fitting the prince of Belmonte-Pignatelli, r . minister plenipotentiary of the king of the two Si cilies. He made the following speech. s> . she king my mafterorders me, citizens •direc n t9r *' to confirm to you his fentimens of sincere lt friendfhip and high consideration of"the French re -51 *-* wftiy jutt c«nt«mea"viiTr ~ , r iraufmit them fvfiemnly to prosperity. Fulfilliug this n honorable task, and fulfilling it towards you, whose inodera'ion and wifdotn are personally known to , air, my mind looks joyftllly -forwatd, and forms the it j"ppieft preiagrs for the general peace of Europe. . Miy this peace soon reconcile, solidly, the grand in a terclls cf nations, and cro-wa the wishes of bomani ty I" e ie P'efident, Barras made the followinff an swer : " s Monfcigtfeur, the minister plenipotentiary of the » ln S ° L le | wo Siciliej, the Executive Direftory «s - lleard w ith fatisfafiioc the affedlionate fen'i- Vlh l ments you teftify to it on thp part of the king of Vi£ the two Sicilies. AfTure him, Monfeigneurthe sm - aflador ' °/ a fi"«re fiiendflup knd attachment. J i 1 iis P rom, fo 'S inviolable ; it is founded on finceri thf fiHt of "'publican virtues. Up to .his time , the victories of tue French nation have attradfed > alltheittention of astonished Europe Therepub- " . he is known by its laurels and its triumphs oi»'y. rea, f In peace übe will ft,U admired by the constancy of beli t its friendlhip and its fidelity in the execution of a 'oo t treaties. The Executive Dire&ory ihvites, by its to ' , wilhcs that day of peace, that delightful day, when 1 ai .' the hostile governments, after the example of the , king of the two Sicilies, abjuring their horrid fyf- t)wr j tem, will at length confeut to extinguish the blood thir ■ K oieti tljr chi sos difccrd ; and these wilties will be rea< crowned if all the ministers cbirgcd to bring about t thl3 S en f ral peace, bring into this honorable mrffion are , the L'ntiments, and the zeal you have employed in , re.cilablilhing a good uaderftauding between the ' • C " i two nations." , nia t In the public fitting, the minister for foreign as- to'c j fairs count Balb«, ansbifiador of bis majelly the wh< , king .of Sardinia, who exprefTed hjmfelf tbus ; Ext . " CITIZENS DIRECTORS, I " T ' !c k 'og my master has never been ;he ene , m y of y°' Jr nation, dr of y«,, r govenment. A- " ot , concurrence of tinforuinate circsmilances put arras T" in his hands. In the course of the warfare he has Z been necessitated to wage, he has conftintly been my dciiroui of peace. As loon as the happy moment pf'( arrived, he forrendered himfelf to you without le- de£j icrve, and without any other security than his good t faith and yours. You have since done justice to bis ' . feniiments and his conduct; he makes iou a Ami . ar return. Hisintereft, which is that of his na- a !^ c . tion, commands him to be attached to you ; and aw ii ihe intercft of Fiance, citizens directors, without this doubt, makes ydii desirous to fui round youriclves mat \vith friends. The friendfhip of the two states is sum , 1, L lcreforc placed on the most solid baiis. I am caf!l charged to cultivate it ; and to the end that there n ! ' ma y cno difficulty, to disavow the proceedings fi r ft , which have taken place with refpeft to the iaft luab French ambassador. foBI 1 I have the honor to present to you my creden- "tere: tials. You will find in them the confidence with dire which my king honors me. By meriting yours, I " shall endeavor to jollify his choice. 0 yeai Reply of the Pi efident. "M. the ambaffadar of the king of Sardinia, the valu principle* of moderation of the Prince 0 f P'-j h» prepared for the king of S-rdini, the of the French nation. It is therefor, . • l cm on . fatisfa&ion that the executive diredtory" adoubic and teftiraony he gives of his attacl » ent to ik"'*" ' he Tied he. Affufehim M. the ambassador , rc P ub ~ ltn- find from the French government a'• a W) " He the feutiraents of friendfhip he has chargcTyo™ nm express. OLao La you to but " May the love of peace, th? m,, king of Sardinia now tastes, jwnetratr"", t wh,ch the ler, the .heartof all the enemies of the mp,e » the cries of humanity, and the calamW i ! Ma y warn them that enough and too mi,r h fu ° llat!on8 > * ,e fortunately inundated the earth !If t h» °°''' hat un< na! forts the French nation have made to malm!""''" 8 ef I ley qaeft of its liberty, open the ' C ex- by v,Tories there is a more pJ M / jng t , more worthy of its grandeur. It is that , er . magnanimity, removing the veil from'<'»«" 1' •',? place all the nations in the lift of it- j " V T' 11 l d j"ftjoyfully engraved there the king J w m " republic is a stranger to policy ; r - TU of j hasentrufted to you the task of main.LL harmony between the two nations. Be w, f /° d that the diredtory will facilitate to you all rkf ed fulfilling this honorable million." meAns it- 1C " LONDON. i ***s&&££?** H '°'°°° ° 6 tZ* <"**«**. j ]P& to augmentations. 7,500 ° ° rt"a a Joffi n,eSl ° re<JutedW r OlllCtf 18, ' sZ's°°5 Z 's°° O o upou account of do. e ' 4>s°° o o for Scotch roads 5 4 gMrdt"""" borfj • " B'B7t 8 ' 87t ' 6 ' of I,M f„. i— ces " 1, 0 marines. for quartering foldicrs. S 0 O for full pay t0 r _ officers. * 7 PtrnUlnCrar r "" 1,000 ° ° f-officers Wei" the fe,vice 0 f he ftatcs general. I '7 » for aiWancrs t» ' neral, secretary at war, & c " >e «5M73 I 7 for oidii.ary of the navy . 768,10® O O for buildings and rebuild!,-,, of Mips of war. 1,009,024 9 2 far ordrnoce land fervicf no, a .114,553 '9 9 ordnance ! a ,J f er , i ' ce> provided for in i^oc. 73. 8 30 o 3 for ordnancefeafcrvice iiotpta. vided for in 425,366 to 6 for ordnance land service, not ' e provided for iu 1796. 7,000 o O for the civii. ftaUifhment of the ! * province of Upper Canada. 5,915 O o for the civil etfablifliment of No. va-Scotia. 4.553 o o for the civil eftablifoment of ' New Brunfwick. e lijoo <3 c fur the civil efUbliflimert of the TT' " " r"R >r\ " r * O oTor the civil establishment of ' b Cape Breton, e 1,232 10 o for the civil eftabliftment of 0 Newfoundland. 4, ico o o for the civil e.lablilhment of the Bahama islands. 580 o o for the falirry of the chief jvif. tice of Bermudas. 600 o o for the '{alary of the chief jus tice of Dominica. 5>5 2 3 10 0 for the civil-cflablifliment, &c. e of New South Woles. f tm ""I*l* HJIL'JM.; _■ ■ AND • PPhiladelphia Daily Advertijer. PHILADELPHIA, FebruarTTO. ! . COiMML'NfCA^rON. Thomas Paine's writings have been pxteniively . read, and have persuaded great numhci s 111 Europe to f believe that kingiy government is bad and ought to be f a'oolifhed. The chief argument to bring kis readers , to this .conclusion is this—the .American form is iuc rpAfiil and fVvrc ig -*'wl His letter to the Frelident has spoiled all this fine w.ork of making pro/elytes to Republiranifm. For in • that he rrprsfeo's our Conftit'jton as a poor, flirnfy 1 thing, a bad Copy of a corrupt original, and iti'elf al ; ready corrupted and degejierate. Yet this writer and the Democrats of this country ! are the vfcry lou/ieit accusers of the Federali/is as Anu repoblican. As the Federaliijs maintain the rfouti tioii of a Republican form apd the Democrats calum niate it, the charge one would think rryglff be strongly retorted tlias. Citizen Dem.orrat*, who is nioft likely • to change our Republican form of government, you who do not like it, or we who do ? Extradt of a letter from HariiJburg, ( Safquehaiina) Feb. 9th, 1797. " After a long and severe wirfter," and a colder ha* not been many years past, we-have th£ple3fure of an- . nouncing to the public the retreat of General be, jvni» for Several weeks has closely blockaded bs, and laid the country unsier contribution.—This common ene my to our commerce, began his retreat at the jpJjruach of'GeneraVTbaau, oil the 3d inft. by partial aild fnull detachments, and we have reai'on to expeet trom his progreffivc arrangements thjt his retreat wdl be order ly, and with as little devlftatiou, as tHe nature of cir- CUmfiaricessviU permit.—As usual however a vast num ber of »ld fettUrs and planters have been carried oif; auiong variety of thinga f'' I "Jfi"'' as non-ooond box, diirefledfor Ha vrc-ile-C-race, with this curious label on the?outfide : " A receipt how to make powder for proje&ors, which will re&ity the fumes of an empty itomach; and »i!spate their airy caftlcs."—This extraordinary appearance being d*'t6« ed to a refpe<Slable company in or near Havre-de- Grace, it will be forwarded to the proprietors by the fir ft fafc conveyance, and we cannot doubt but its va luable consents will be comnaun'catcd to the public as soon as the nature of the cale will admit, by the dinu terefted, patriotic and enlightened body to whom it is direiled. ■ .. , , „ " N. B. A box of this defcriptinn was advertiled UK year, and a cor.fiderable reward was offered to e paid in either Morris' and Nicholfons rot s, or • - son's notes, but there is great reafbti to believe in.t valuable property hsj act beea recovered.
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