%i>e <ga;ttte.
PHILADELPHIA,
THURSDAY EVEWING, MAY .8.
Itorjldtl frotv the " COURIS* BKS De.
A #A»T£»IE^J."
l~fi£ following letter, written by an em!
prant of diltinftion, who hut withdrawn to
liaden, was intercepted :
" You may rely on it (fays the author)
that the Ccar Paul detella the republican no
tioas ; hi* and oVtlinate disposition
will serve the cause of king*. Ido not think
of peace, although the count d'EkeUetn it
at Paris on the part of the emperor. This
Hiinitter of the moment is the friend of the
emigrants; he has penfioaed foveral of them ;
1 do not know a man more anti-demociatic
than he. From these data you will conclude,
my friend, that the cabinet of Vienni do*s
not wifli for, and that it will n«t make, peace.
All that it does it to dazzle the eyes of the
populace, and to throw all the blame of wilh
ing to continue the war on the French go
vrrnmcHt ; so that we are to expett new
ftrugglet and more battles."
Moliere has ludicrously made hit phy
sician reverse the position of the heart; and
anatomists have proved, the anoma's
of nature, the verification of hit fancy. In
the fafhionable world, at great a change Kas
taken place in our own time ; for the heart
that used to pant above the tucker, now beats
bclcw the waijl.
Every thing it perfeftly tranquil at Paris.
The inferiptiont of citizent on the register
of eieftions are more numerous than at any
former period of the revolution, and the elec
tions promise to be condudted without tu
nnvlt or cabal. The (hock which has been
given to the public credit of England, will
contribute efTcntially to the consolidation of
the power of the French government, and to
the prevention of any clandiftine efforts at
this ciitical moment to i nard the march of
the conftitutien. [A'. T. Alinerva.]
Our cflrrefpondent obfervtt, and not, per
haps unjustly—That since the Prefident't
Proclamation convening both houses of C»n
grefs, cor.jefturehas been endeavouring to
fix upon the measures to be adopted in our
present embarr»ffed fitualion of affairs. One
opinion is, that an Embargo will but
a (lep so fatal to the country interest, would
not meet with general approbation, nor
would it, if long continued, be favorable to
the Treafury—lf it be temporary, or made
to last one, two, or three months enl\, it
could not produce *ety feriou3 evils to those
on whom it would be meant to operate, but
the efleits would-be pretty sensibly felt by
us. Yet, unltfs an embargo take place, and
while thcreexillsa possibility that veflels may
go and return fafe from the Weft Indies,
many will rifle (hipments, and of courfc
hazard their credit, and with it the intsrefls
of those they arc connected with. One con
sequence must be, that cauntry produce
would fall to nearly the old prices, and enable
people to livefomething cheaper than at pres
ent ; but then Weft India produdtions would
rife out of all ptoportion to the fail of ours.
On the whole, an embarga seems to be as
little to be wished as the capturing of our
reflels—both are pfegnant with evils—To
avoid both seems however, impracticable.
What then is to be done ? Some fay, dif- s
patch a special envoy to France, as we did to
Great-Britain—but he must be of principles
congenial to those of the Direftory, or he
will experience the fate of general Phckney.
If we fend Mr. Jefferfon or Mr. Madison, or
any othej, whose politics are of the fame
.cast, we may perhaps get a treaty, but it
will be little better than a declaration of war.
fiance, elated by her fuce.efles, will not listen
to any terms (horl of an abfnlute renuncia
tion of our treaty with England. ]f the
ambassador makes fueh a treaty, we fltould
certainly refuf* ratifying it, and then war en
fuetmoft inevitably. There is no alternative.
In the mean time, while the envoy is gone,
vigorous preparations for defence ftiould be
(joing forward, and our readiness to repel in
sult, be co extensive with the disposition, on
the part of others, to give it. After the
patience with which depredations on our
property has been borne, and after evincing
a strong desire to maintain peace at the ex
pense of almost unbounded facrifices, the
FtopLE, by whom are meant to be understood
REAL AMERICANS, would cordially
unite in a very sincere abhorrence of their
unrighteous oppressors, and those who ad
vocate them—Against the former they would
aft with the energy of union if haltihty be
c:me necefTary—The latter would probably
be compelled to seek an asylum in their
vorite country, or undergo the treatment ex
peri.nced by the enemies of American inde
pendence at the beginning of our revolution
—This wonld be perfeflly reasonable ; for
no man who is a friend to the enemies of his
country, and an open enemy to that country,
Ihoold, in timet of trouble, when their un
derhand contrivances may be detrimental, be
permitted to live there. [JV. T. D. A.~\
LONDON, Afarch 15. I
Ministers have a Yind of precedent for the )jte
n& of council, which their adherents have not
yetqnoted, in their juftification, and as it happen
ed in the good timet of Charles 11. it would un
doubtedly have peat weight. This wis when the
famous lord Shaftefbury advised.the kirg to (hut
up the exchequer. The miniftert liavj, indeed,
done much mere than that desperate minijter at
tempted, lor by their profufion they leave every
department of thepoblicfervice in arrear, and by
requiring the bank to flop payment, they have at
or.ee refufedtp pay the just demands of the public
debtflr, and raptcioufly fuzed on a 1 the property
of individsals in every deposit to which their grasp
coald extend.
The people in London flock in crowdt to the
bank to demand payment in specie. Paris, on the
other hand, it perfcflly tranquil. The people
here crowd a» where but te the tavern and the
theatre.
Some of the Paris papers gi*es the title ef mis.
fionarieito the who were landed ia Walri
—No doubt from the fimitarity »f «hjca which
they had in view with those which have dilated
an 4 diftinguiihed moll mi£Donaries— a spirit of dc
vallatiou and plunder.
Mii'lfti rscompli'.in th-t the hancft inJtfctetion
of Mr. Windham has frequently proved hurtful to
tlteir cause. His late contemptuous obferv.vion
about the favingt of candle ends and bits of cheese
was thought rather personal to ibme who have
fnpported this just and necefTary war, but who
now hefitateat the eipenee, as they are in danger
of beirg feratehed.
Chenier, the poet and metrber of the council »f
five hundred, lately fought a duel with citizen
Kxibourg; Chenier had thought proper ta treat
some civi'ities which the latter had (hewn to his
miitreft, in rather a choleric maimer, which the
odier resented hy a box on tie ear, and a kick on
the screech. The poet claimed the privilege of ink
and lampoon upon this inl'nlt, bat was informed
by his friend that the muses had nothing to do
with the affairs, andhismiftrefs r«fu!ed to fee him
any mere until he had added tne trophies of the
. herp to the laurels of the poet. Chenier challeng
ed his adversary, wham he severely wounded, and
he is sow employed ill recording his victory in
" Pindaric ode."
Petition for the dismissal of the present
Minijlry.
Guildhall, London, March 24.
ADDRESS AND PETITION.
Yesterday being appointed for the hold
ing of a Common Hall of the Livery of
the city of London, the Guildhall about
twelve o'clock was crowded with the Li
verymen, in the place allotted, and all
the galleries round that end where the Lot
tery is drawn, were filled with ladies and
gentlemen
At one o'clock the Lord Mayor, Alder
men, and other City Officers took their
places, and it was impossible not to observe
with what ardour and acclamation Alder
men Combe, Skinfter, Newman, and some
othert were received, when they bowed in
passing the Livery, while marks of insult
ing disapprobation were shown to others.
The Court being opened with the usual
formalities, the Lord Mayor opened the
proceedings by faying, that in consequence
of a requiiition made by a competent num
ber of Liverymen, he had convened"them
to take into consideration a motion to be
made, " That an humble Address awd Pe
" tition be presented to his Majesty upon
" the present »larming state of public as
" fairs, and praying him to diftnifs his
" present Ministers from his Councils for
" ever, as the firft step towards obtaining
" a speedy, honourable, and permanent
" Peace." This fubje£t, his Lordship said,
he would leave to their decision, without
making any observation whatever.
Mr. Waddington then came forward.
He was delegated, he said, to present to
them that day, a motion of the utmost im
portance to themselves and to their coun
try. A system hatl for a longtime part been
pursued, of erefting a barrier between the
crown and the people, but he trusted that
the time was now arrived when the ave
nues of the. throne would once more be
opened, never more to be closed. There
was once a time when Eriglllhmen knew
how to claim their just, hereditary, and in
defealible rights, and knowing how to
claim, they knew also how to aflert them.
But unhappily of late, measures had too
fuccefsfully been taken to (hut the mouths
of the people, and in proportion as their
voice vaa ftifled, were their grievances
encreafed. They had seen, from time to
time, all their liberties abridged, their
public meetings prohibited, and even an
attempt made to defeat theunqueftionable
right of the Liverymen of London to as
semble in. Common-Hall that day. The
period was at length arrived, when their
misery or happiness depended on them
selves. He would forbear at present to
dwell on the dreadful calamities which the
Minilters of the crown had brought upon
their country. If he were difpol'ed to do
so, they were far too numerous for recapi
tulation ; and it was not now his purpose
to reproach the frailties of human nature.
The Livery of the City of London would
not this day cry out for punilhment, tho'
they must claim redress:—They fought not
" indemnity for the past," but " security
for the future."
It was, however, impossible for them to
(hut their eyes against the inipoveri(hed,
graded and miserable condition to which
the nation was reduced. They must fee
the horrors of a deftruftive war, devour
ing up their resources—the nation depopu
lated, bankrupt, and yet these very Mini
lters, who brought this mighty nun upon
them, (till retain their places, and pursue
the fame course of measures. They could
not forget the conduft of these Ministers
in the memorable 27th of February, and
observing all these things they must imitate
the spirit and vigour of their ancestors.The
only remedy for these complicated evils,
was peace; but peace, while the present
administration continued, was not to be
expected. Feeling then the present, and
dreading the final misfortunes that threat
ened them in the climaxot'thefe measures,
he (made no doubt of their unanimously
concurring in the motion lie was about te
propose.
He then moved the Address and Petition
to his Majesty, as already stated, and was
seconded by a Liveryman, whose name we
do not know.
On the (how of hands, it appeared to
be carried unanimously; but on a more
fcrutinous examination it was found that
there were five or fix hands held up against
it.
The Lord Mayor then declared that the
question was carried in the affirmative.
Mr. Waddington aga'm catne forth with
a Petition to his Majelty, which he said, he
(liould propose without any comment; for
comments could only oblcure that which
needed no elucidation. He then proposed
the Petition to his Mafelly, couched in ve
ry (Irong language, expressing that they
approached the Throne in deepest affliction,
and after enumerating all the effects that
flowed from the miscarriages of the pre
sent war, and after ascribing them all to
the tnifcondutt of his Majelly's Ministers,
humbly solicits him as the only means of
procuring a peace, so much wished and
wanted by the nation, to difmtfs from his
Councils forever his Miuilters and secret
advisers.
Mr. Alderman Skinner seconded this mo
tion in a very temperate and fenliblefpeech.
He confidcred the happiness of them to de
pend in a great ineafure on the adoption of
the Petition now presented to them. He
had been for upwards of thirty years a Li
veryman of that city, and never did he
know any question agitated, that approach
ed in importance the subject that was now
before them. They saw the ruifl that was
brought upon the country, a ruin so nearly,
complete, that it was difficult to think
how that completion could be averted.
The most likely means of avertiugit would
obviouflybe a peace, but the atlminiftr*-
tion of the country was wholly devoted to
.the continuance of the war. J/e had re- '
volved this subjeCt very i'oridufly in his
mind, and he would tell them what was
the result of his deliberations—He was
sure that they would never think of ascrib
ing to him any other motives but those of
the public welfare, with which was con
nected intimately, that of thi Corporation
to which lie had the honour to belong. In
the whole of his public conduct they could
perceive nothing which had any other ob
jcCt than the difeharge of his duty, and the
forwarding of their interelts. That was
his highelt honour,, his greaftft gratifica
tion, ■ and the only reward that he ever
did cr ever would accept.
To conlider the llate of national affairs,
to which he before aimed, it would be ne
cefi'ary to contrail the circuiiiftances of the
country, as they flood at the commencement
of the war in 1795, with its present situa
tion. In the year 1792, the debl-of the na
tion amounted to about two hundred and
twenty mil lions, the interest for Which was
about nine millions three hundred thousand
pounds, or there-about. The annual ex
penditure was about sixteen millions, its
income as much, and we were going on ve
ry well. Since the present war the debt of
the country had increased one hundred and
feventy-five millions, and upwards; and
the whole of it at present was four hundred
millions, the interest upon which was it
millions and upwards. Our annual expen
diture was twenty millions, to defray which
we had about sixteen millions of income.—
Taking the cafe of the country then as
men would that of an individual, how was
it possible, withoul bankruptcy, that things
could be made to go on ? But, unfortunate
ly, a national bankruptcy had already taken
place, and bad as our situation was at pre
sent, what were our prospeCts for the fu
ture ? Of the loan of la.it year v three mil
lions remained yet unpaid, asd, of course,
itill to be provided for. The Minister had
just concluded another loan of twelve mil
lions, and Ihould the war continue, mult
before Michaelmas raise forty millions
more. This was a serious and alarming
confederation. In 1792, the Consols were
at 90 or 91; at the present moment they
were at jo and under all these accumulated
difadvsntajes of bankruptcy, decay of trade
depression of credit, &c. &c. how thecoun
try was to be retrieved, was aconfideration
which could scarcely be looked at without
the utmost dismay.
He congratulated the company on the al
mofl perfect uftaniinity which they display
ed on the motion firft proposed to them;
and this led him to fay a little on the nun
t;er in which the decilions of Common-Halls
had frequently been treated. He had heard
it often aliened, that the sense of the Com
mon- Hall did not convey the sense of the
Livery of London. This he undertook
positively to deny. He was then addrefling
upwards three t/nufand gentlemen, who ap
proved the measures propol'ed to them With
almofl perfett unanimity. The Livery of
London consisted of from eight or nine thou
sand persons who had beep summoned, and
called upon by public avertifement to attend
this meeting. When three thousand of
this number appeared, with only a very few j
individuals to oppose them, he maintained
that their fejntiments > thus publicly given,
were those df that Livery of London ; be
cause, if there was any considerable num- :
ber of a ditFerent opinion, the Hall, the re
gular place for giving their decision, was j
open-to receive them. But it wasalledged
that a ballot in the refpsCti've Wards had
generally contradicted the opinions expres
sed in the meeting of the Common Hall.
How were these ballots conducted ? Under
the inspection of persons in authority from j
the Treasury, the Ctiftoms, the Bank, the
India Houfe—ln fine, under such controul,
that the Liverymen, without ruin to them
selves, were not at liberty to vote in favour
of their real sentiments. Upon those
grounds he was warranted to maintain,
that the Common-Hall alone pronounced
the real sense of the Liverymen of London.
Before he fat down, there was one subjeCt
more, which, though not connected with
the present one, he would nevertheless in
cidentally mention—This was the plan now
nowgoingforwardsfor building Wet Docks
at Wapping. The success of such a mea
sure would irretrievably ruin some thou
sands of the families of worthy citizens.
He spared ho paiirs or endeavours to oppose
it, and any of them who should call upon
him at any time, should find him a fleady
afliflant, ready to devote his time and his
labour—every exertion within his means
to defeat the scheme of the merchants.
This speech was received with the loudefl
applause.
Mr. Alderman Newnham fpokc In so low a
tone of voice, that we could colled but very
little of a speech which he read from a Iheet
of paper. He said, however, that he had
been one of that Livery about 50 years, and
always observed that progressively, from
time to time, one or othsr of our privileges
had been occasionally frittered away. But the
strides made towards dtfporifm in the last
few years exceeded all that had been in tho
many preeeeding ones ; -and it was only by
some vigorous exertions, to which the busi
ness of the present day might be a prelode,
that the liberties of the people could be re
llored, and the country preserved from de-
ItruCtion. He enumerated, under five dif
ferent heads, the progrelfive invasions made
by Government on the rights and intereftsof
the subjeCt, and concluded by recommend
ing the adoption of the present motion.
The opinions of the worthy Alderman
corresponding with those of the meeting,
and his venerable age produced a refpeCtful
silence in the Hall during his Speech, which
was fcarcdy audible.
Thequeltion was then put, and carried,
with the fame acclimation as the former one.
Mr. Waddington moved, That the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, Sheiiffs, and City mem
bers be rcquefted to present this Petition to
his Majelty on the throne.
Mr. Hanfon,faid, as the City of London
had of late so little access orintercourfe with
the Throne, he was happy in the opportu
nity of seconding the present motion—which
was carried as before.
Mr. Taddy moved, that it be signed by
the Town Clerk ; which being seconded, was
also carried in the fame manner.
Mr. Hanfon, after some farcaflical remarks
on the conduit of those who endeavoured to
prevent the present meeting, and palling an
eulogium on those whose honorable perse
verance produced it, moved the thanks of
the Hell to the forty-three independeat Li
verymen, who have so honorable defended
the rights and privileges of the City of Lon
dwn, which vvafi fecorided and cjtuea as the
formei.
Mr. Har.fon next said, that he had another
motion to propose, which he doubted not
they would cheartully assent to. It could
not so soon have escaped their remembrance,
that for the advantages which might relult
from their prefeut meeting, they were ii
debted to the conllitutional conduit of the
Common Council, who refilled every allure
ment and every influence ihat could be used,
in order to secure them in their undoubted
privileges. They had lately been aflembled
for a purpose of a molt extraordinary nature.
When petfons met for objeCts of advantage
to their country, they might propeily be
called a Council ; but when they aflembled
for purposes averse to their liberties and in*
terefts, they might with equal propriety be
denominated a Cabal. In this fort of def
ciiption, the gentlemen alluded to, refufed
to be included, and he therefore moved the
thanks of the meeting to the Common Coun
cil of the City of London, for declining to
give «ny opinion on the propriety or expe
diency of calling a Commou Hall.
Mr. Wm. Smith, M. P. molt cordially se
conded the motion of thanks to a set of gen
tlemen, through whose means he had an op
portunity of addrefling them ; for if he had
been precluded from addrefling them then
as a Liveryman, as-he law now Hood, he
should not have in his power of addrefling
them, or any other meeting, so numerously
attended, at all. The conduit of the Com
mon Council on that oc«afion was tlrongly
contralied with that of their worthy chief
magillrate (for whatever he might think of
this strange proceeding, he must call him
worthy while fitting in that chair.) Speak
ing, however, as a citizen of London, he
could not forbear to fay that the conduit of
the Lord Mayor, in endeavoring to (hield his
refufal to aflemble a common hall, under the
fan&ion of an opinion of the court of com
mon council, did meet, and should ever meet
with his highelt disapprobation. He had
known his lordlhip for many years, and must
do him the juitice to fay, that as a private
gentleman hi* life was iireproachable ; and
as a merchant he had always displayed the
diligence, punctuality, and integrity which
beeame that character. Some-time after
wards he went into another cotirfe of life,
and became a servant of the executive gov
ernment. In tnat capacity also he conduct
ed himfelf very meiitorioufly ; and by his
ceconomy and honesty saved several thoufaad
pounds to the public purse, which, it was
well known, had been plundered by his pre
decefiors.. But, unfortunately, it seemed
that, in his present situation, he aould not
entirely divest himfelf of the other chara&er
of a servant of the executive government.
The voice, however, of the common coun
cil recalled him to a better recollection.
He congratulated the meeting on the una
nimity which, with the exception of five or
fix gentlemen, sow prevailed amongst them.
He honoured those few gentlemen, for the
firmnefs they displayed in support of their
opinions, though in truth he mult fay there
was nothing besides their firmnefs, for which
be could honor them. When only so few
persons amongst 9000 of the Liverymen of
London could be prevailed upon by any in.
fluence to come forward in the face of their
fellow citizens, and oppose the business of the
day, it was fair to infer, that amoogft the
whole 9000, there were no naore than those
five or fix individuals, who sincerely entertain
ed sentiments averse to the present proposi
tions. Whatever may afterwards be effected
by influence, compulsion, or corruption, more
powerful than the other two, it could never
be supposed to express the sense of the Liv
erymenof London.
He expeited the happielt effeCts to flow
from the refolutioni of this day, which would
evince to the whole kingdom that the metro
polis was sincere and ardeut.in its wishes for
peace, and would not cntruft the conclusion
of it with a set of men who had conducted
the war with as much inconfideration and
folly as they had originally engaged it. It
was well known that there generally prevail
ed through allthe nation, a desire for peace;
but this was the firft time that it had been
publicly and explicitly avowed by any great
public body, and he hoped that the example
o»se given would fpeediiy be followed by all
the great towns in the kiggdom.
The lord mayor next presented himfelf,
but was, at firft, exceedingly ill received.
He did not mean, he said, that day to have
troubled them with any iddrefs, but he ho
ped his fellow-citizens would refleCt, that if
their firlt magillrate would not attempt to
defend himfelf when attacked, he was un
worthy the situation to which they had cleCtcd
him. He thanked not the honorable gentle
men for the compliments he paid him—the
honor and integrity of his character needed
no tellimony from him. He had been forty
years a member for the city of London ; and
the propriety of his conduit in that capacity,
as well as in private life, he believed, no man
would gainsay, for no man did he ever do an
injury. What opinion his fellow-citizens en
tertained of him, was proved by their eleCting
him into three fucccflive Parliaments; and
their sense of the manner in which he dif
chrfrged his duty as their representative, was
(hewn by the thanks which he had the honor
to receive from them. He had been employ
ed in the service of the executive government,
and was entrufled with an important part of
the public purse. Did he difeharge that trull
honettly ? Witness, after the length of his
important employments, the feantinefs of his
fortune—and what temptation for mal-ad
miniftration was there in a man, who covet
ed neither honors nor emoluments.
How dared the honorable gentleman to
then aflert, that he was a man incapable of
diftinguilhing between his gratitude to the
executive government, and his duty as chief
magillrate of the city of Louden ? He was
no longer a servant of the executive govern
ment, and he would not fay at the fame time
that he was unthankful for the confidence
they reposed in him. But his fortune was
not mended by that confidence—he owed
every thing to hi* fellow*citizens, and his
liljjtieft ambition was to difcTiarge the c'»ti<r»
of hi 9 high offiue with justice, with liboality,
and with honor. As to the immediate fub
jcft of the charge raade agaiofl him, he would
lay th»t when the requisition was made to
him to call a common hail, "ha thought it
proper to take Come time to consider of it.
'Ha afterwards conftilted the cotltt of com
mon council merely as frienas, whose advice
might be of fctvice to liitn ; but determined
that ultimately his <\wn judgment should go
vern his decision. It (bould also be cunfider
ed that in consulting the court of common
council, he was by no means singular, as his
predeceflors had done the fame on hmilaroc
cafions. His lordlhip concluded with pro
feflions of attachment to his countiy and to
the livery of London.
The quefiion was then cut, and carried in
the affirmative.
Mr. Hanfon reminded them of the refolu
tien of the last hall, and its reprobation of
money being sent out of theeountry without
the confert or knowledge of Parliament, at a
time when it was fitting. They inftrufted
their representatives upon that occafien ; but
some gentlemen in that lituation represented
their constituents, some represented the tpi
niftry, and others represented themselves.
Mr. Aldeiman Combe, on that occasion, re
prefeHted his constituents, and had his col
leagues done the fame, we might not now have
been reduced to a national bankruptcy. He
then proposed the thanks of the meeting to
Mr. Alderman Combe, their worthy rcpre
fentative, & .was fcconded by Mr. Waithman,
which was carried in the fame manner as the
other propofllions.
Mr. Waithman moved, That the resoluti
ons be printed in all the morning and evening
papers, which was seconded by Mr. Cjx,
and agreed to.
The Court then adjourned.
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far exportation or home confumptien—
For Sale by
John Haivorth.
No. 98 south Front ftrjet.
May iS th+w
Millinery Room,
No. 136 Market-flrcet.
MISS CHXYSTAL
TAKES an early opportunity of acquainting
her Friends that (he has received by the
William Pinn, a,variety of NEW MIL
LINERY, Ice* which flie hopes to be able to
fcew them in a few days.
May 18 J jot
Brig Gayosa
On Saturday, the 10th inft.
At the Merchants Coffee-
At 7 o'clock in the evening,
SHK will be in good order, having been just
hove down, and may take in a cargo im
mediately, and b« sent to feaat little or no cx
penfe. Inventory to be fees, and terms made
known at the time of sale.
Philad. May ig. $tS
,
To be rented,
And PojJrJJion given immediately,
A large, commodious Stone
Dwelling-House,
STABLE, Coach-Heul'e and Garden, situate at
the lower end of Germantowjif about five
->n.d a half miles from the City.
Apply to
JOSEPH SHOEMAKER,
No. 120 North Second jlreet.
May 18 4
Landing,
From the schooner Swallow, Donne, majler,
from Gonaives, at Clifford's wharf,
340 Bags COFFEE,
24 Bales COTTON.
For Sale b)
'John Clark.
No- 55 north Water-street.
May 18 §
Caution.
THE Public are hereby forewarned against
trufhng the ftep-daughterof the Sublcrib
er, and her mother, his second wife. Repeated
mifconduA compels him to forbid any person to
give them credit on his account, as lie will pay
no debts of their contracting after this date.
LUNO BROWN.
Philadelphia, May r6, 1797 iS—th3t
Lailson's Circus,
South Fifth-Street.
The Performances at the NEW CIRCUS
This Evening, May 18,
Y\ ill begin by a Gi and Parade of Equeftriai*
Performers of both sexes.
A Grand Display of Horfemanlhip.
Mr. Lailfon will pick up several Handker*
chiefs in a single tour round the Circus.
The DUEL ON HORSEBACK,
In a forcible manner.
A Pantomime on Horfrback, c _.d
.The DEA I H OF BUCEPHAi.tiS.
After which, the laughable scene of the Tay
lor and his Horse. »
By desire of a refpe£lable number of perfonl,
(for th < last time) the evening's entertainment
to conclude by a grand hiflorical pantomime*
called
The American Heroine.
Box, one dc? ar. Pit, half a dollar.
; The doors will be opened at half pad five
o clock, and the performances begin preciftly
at seven.
N. B. No person can be admitted in the centrt
of the Circus, which is exclulivcly appropriated to
the Equcflrian Exercises.
No person can be admitted without a ticket,
which will fcrve for the day only.
Days of performance, Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday.