not improb-i'■ Tt tnat Lord MftiiUl'f- b.'lie bury was ia cofrefpandeace with either a offer. Britiih ageut at iTdi'n.i, or with the Imperi- T al coramiSioner, as we know, that, he was fente in the habit of fending and receiving co,uri- a cir< ers direffly from Lisle to Vienna and else- Dut< where ; and it is p«>bable that this ,was a remi difpatcb forward-id to him from Italy m the has t idea of brs being (till in France, and which niarlc the Direftflry sent after-hfm to England. -J had We mention this a* a probable conjeifture ; D'A and it is likely that by this means ministers use o have received an account of the precise state Swis of the- important negociatious at Lisle. T Otftobcr rt. liave M. Define, the French courier, acconi- 00 tl pa,lied by Mr. Shaw, the King's Meffrir- t T t< ger, set out yesterday evening for France, us tc with the answer of the British Cabinet to prob dispatches received from the Exe«utive Di- peac redloryon Tuesday morning last. Nothing T has yet officially transpired relative io the deat nature of this reply, but the reports "hi the A nainiftetial circles are ia some degree favor- Irel. able to the wishes of the friends of peace. Bie A council of all th« cabinet ministers was _ 1 held yesterday morning at Lord Grenville's iiav< office, when the answer for the dispatches j St. from the French Dire£Wy was fully deter- aifo mined upon. Oftober 7. y on Paris journals up to the +th in ft. were re- ing ceived in town yesterday morning, and we to r have felefted from them the most interesting aad extrafts. The fnoft impisrtant intelligence tem they contain is an order of the Executive pea Dire&o'ry, dated the nth of Sept. which 1 fully coirfirms th- opinions we have so fre- frot quently delivered of the 6nreafonable and fort exorbitant pretensions of our ambitious ri- Val val. Nothing (hort of a complete reditu- whi tion of all the possessions taken by England is a 'from France and her allies during the course ef the war, will now fatisfy the avidity of Bai tbe French faflion ; and these concessions La they call upon iu to eflablifli as the basis of Bai Ov> lord Malmcfb'ury's re- Dei fufal to accede to this pyopofition, he was Ra prdered to leave Francfc in 24 hours, aud re- R;° tum to his court in order to obtain the re- P'« quifite powers to treat on the grouads alio- At ded to. Hence the sudden ruptufe of the Mt negociation, 3nd unless the French Direfto- tv from cooler'confideratrons bt induced to relax the rigour of this principle, there are but faint hopes left that the negociation will ' soon be renewed with any effe£t. To such humiliating conditions the pride of England ■= can never bow ; we have therefore only to Ex prepard with fpirft and with vigour to meet an alternative which our earned endeavours for a peaee have been unable to avert. a J Letters from Udina of the 10th ult. state conference took place the preceding day, a between the Austrian and French plenipo tentiaries, and that the French troops had ha orders to fend back to Ferrara their 1 ' their wometr and children. The whole ar- ' my was to be ready t© Jriarch on the zjti lel ■ult. " a From Milan and' Genoa that an v « attempt haS been made to overturn the new Ligurian Republic; but the patriot, affiil ed by the French, soon succeeded In crush- ca the ififurre&ion. The Tat eft letters from Vienna, which reached Hambro'on the 28th ult. informs 89, that gen. Meerfeldt was arrived from v ' Udina, not with the treaty of peace, but » with the Ultimatum erf the French Direfto- W. ' c< The Hamburgh Mail which beeame due lt «tl Wednesday, arrived yesterday evening; it J" brings intelligrtice of the moil gloomy na- '■ ture from Vienna, Udina, and otiier parts 0 of Italy, from which it may be inferred, ° that the War will be profetuted by the em- '< peror with incrijafed fury. On the 1 oth inft. Buonaparte publilhed 0 an order, according to to which 6000 Nat tional Guards, cavalry and infantry, diftin guiflied by tri-coloured cockades, will be efiablilhed in Fritili. J The Court Gazette of this day contains an account, that the Austrian troops 011 the t fide of Iftria have not only taken pifTeflion of the Islands of Venlia, Arbe, Cherfo, Lufin-grande, Ofero, lately under the Ven- { etian government, but likewise of the re- , niaining part of' Venetian Dalmatia. ' Major-General Ruckavina entered Caftel Nuovo on the 20th of August, and Cattaro ( on the-23d, at both which places he was le- ceivcd by the inhabitants with every testi mony of joy and fatisfaftion. P. S.—There is evtry reason to fnppofej that the Ultimatum of Gen. Buonaparte, brought by Gen. Meerfeldt, is of that na ture, that the renewal and most vigorous prosecution of the waris to be feared. Ihe preparations for war are carried on with in creased attivity. ' By this day's Mail. ■ NEW-YORK, December 7. The British frigate L'Oifeau, Captain i Brisbane, had arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, from the South American Station, where (he had engaged, and heat off, two Spar.ith 40 gun (hips, in which afttpn lhe had received considerable damage. .* Sir John Shore* Governor General ot I Bengalis returning to England ; having«- - j ijcrned his office in consequence of iU health. : Lord Hobart has also resigned the govern ment of Madras. Lord MornmgtonSuc ceeds the former, and General George Har ris the latter. • The celebrated Mrs. Abmgton has re turned to the EngWh ijtage, after an ab sence of many years. The army of the Prince of Conde is llateil in the last Englilh prints abfclutd)' i taken into the pay of the Emperor of R ullia. If so, the probability of the Emperor s taking a further part, in cafe hostilities are renewed, increases. . c Q„;,k The Britiih Captain Sir. Sydney Smith, is mentioned as' having been offered by the French government in exchange for a Cap- t»in, and 400 seamen. We can fcarce.y b.'licVe in the fuch an \\ offer. ' _ ries < The escape of a number of thf Deputi« fenteoeed for trar.fpoftatlon from France, is a circumilance ofmuch ctiriofity. General* mclu Dutertre who was suspected of having been mors remtfs in his charge of them, and airefted, has been acquitted and appointed to a com martd on .the Rhine. In Paris, the seals CO had been taken oft the house of Baiffy , D'Anglas, and his wife enjoyed the free T ufeof it ; although "his escape and arrival in the i f Switzerland w'ds then known. bnari she circumilance of the Diredtory, who cofru have hitherto preferred the ftri&eft secrecy A otj the proceedings at Li(le, giving public!- der, ty to their late arrets, on that fubjeft, leads confi us tc confider,them as having given up all lonie probability of the negociation ending ia to fii peace. _ l ' ie ' The king of Prussia is stated to be on his The death bed. | the A new. expedition, against England or go, : Ireland, it appears, is again talked of at C Bred. . tee c The British troops ia and near Lisbon tions have t ikfn poflefiion of and £arrifoned Fort gran St. Julian, whiuh commands the harbor,and Mai also of all the other ports ; And it is repor- ferie ted to have been hinted to the court of Lif- 'd ifti bon, that E?rl St Vincent, notwithftand- ivkii ing the French treaty with Pottugal, means l -°\ r to refit his fleet during the winter at Lisbon; audi if not mdlefted, w/ill certainly not at- ° a tempt to molest the Portuguese, who ap-. pear rather jealous on the occasion. The perions condemned to trnnfportatiqn ; from France, who were condutled to Roch fort, embarked on board the vessel ceiled La ■ Valliante on the ift Vendemaire(2ift Sept.) " E ' i which failed the next day. The following j is an exadt lift of their names : rl Lafond-Ladebat, Brotier, " r Barthelewv, 1 roricon-Ducou- Larue, ' Wiilot, [dray, Barbe-Marbois, DofTonville, . Berthelot-Lavillcurndis, Bourdon, and 1!lv Ramel, Letellier, Barthel- « er Rovere, emy's Valet de 1 Pichegru, Chambre, who Aubry, voluntarily ac- 101 Jturinri , companied hit matter. be ' Xiie <sa?ette. £ PHILADELPHIA, ■ a bl FRIDAY FVENINO, DBCHfifBEA 9. f u ( —r , V . , _ - ■■ 1 KxtraS of a letter from Charhjlon, Siuth Ca- a rolina, dated jWr. 20, 1797* 1 . " The citizens of this State being much e alarmed from some unplafant circumstances which have juft,taken place in Charleston, I have the honorto address you on the fubjeft. « A difeovery hag been made of the most 0 J horrible plot, which was to have been put 1 in execution lad night, by a number of French negroes and mulattoes—Nothing m ' } less than firing the city in fe*ral places, and 0 a general roafiacre of the inhabitants. Se- f ven of th?nj have been apprehended and are now on trial, cm fnrh evidence as wdl con- lt demn them to death. Among them is their S 1 ; captain or commander, a bold, refolllte ne gro. The massacre could not have been ef- h fefied with'oiit use of arms, which by the f 1S l«ws of this state, people of colour are pre- „ vented from having in their possession, „ which induces the belief that some defpetate j. Frenchmen from the Weft-Indies are also concerned—However, I flatter myfelf,front , e the vigilance of the citizens, it will be pre-- 1. ,'t vented. A battalion of the Charleston mi a- litia are on duty every night. The extent t, of the plot ii not yet known, whether any ' J of our (laves are concerned, or merely the n . foreign negroes." Two of the party crwicerned in the a- „ ■d bove bufine'fs have been hanged and o- d a- thers banished. 1 v b e Capt. Burnham arrived at Bollon in 55 days from Hamburg, reports that hostilities f ns had commenced between the Emperor and x he the French. 00 rhs House of Reprtfi ntatives of thii State, yff- ; °' terJay prbceedcif to elcA'itsStanding Commirteev, :n ' such as Committee i f Wayt ind Means, aC'om re- mit'i- of CiiiniK, aCmTmittee of Actounti, a Commit tte of Rev sal and Unfinilhed Bufinefii, &c. 1 l e l Th*Houfe has adopied the Rules of la!l felTion. , Several petitions were prcftnted and read from ■ Gorman and Printers, praying for different T parts of the buliiief. of the House. The Mcntgo- aidry Eleflion, whkh was in dispute, from two 1 candidates being within a vote of «ch other (Mr. j f c Bcllev* having 806 votes, and Mr. Pauling 805, . ' and the returning officer declining to determine the matter, front a belief that a vote fcelongi'ig to the aa " Irtrcr, had been passed to eni of the other candi 3US rt» teß ) was decided !ly a vote of the House, 37 to 'he 2,8 in favor of Mr. Co!lew -The Committee ap in- pointed-to wait upon the Governor. (9 inform him .hat of boili Houfo were affembleJ. and ready to receive any comnfl'jiiicatiens wrhich Ije pleased to make to them, have not yet report'.*. Co-day the Printers will be determined up on. The British packets are, in future, to f»oeeed iireilto New-York, infteadof touching at Ha'i lax, as'they have heretofore done. ;a ' n Several mad dogs have lately a)ipcred in Eliza 00d beth-Town J4. J. and fomeperfons were bitten by iot), them, but no had have yet appeared. two ~ she CJ-Oa Sunday next, there wdl be Chan ty Sermons and Collections, forenoon and of afternoon, in Chrifl's Church and St. le rj*e- tcrs, for the Poor of thofc Churches, ith. A Charity Sermon will be preached em- by the Rct. Mr. Neale, next Sunday, in St. fuc- Mary's Church, at 10 o'clock, A.,M. for iar- the benefit of the poor of the said Church. PRICE L> a STOCKS, re- Philadelphia, 2sth Nov. 1797. ab- 6 per Cent. 16/10 to t 7 /. i per C'snt. . 10 /4 f o6 Deferred 6 percent. 1 V" , BANK United States. 23 per a. advance, 'tely . I'cnnfylvanii, 15 Ae ifTrn. North America, S° rfo ror's Iwl'urance Co. Pennlylvania, lharcs ftreent. . are N. A (hares SO do. COURSK OF IiXCHANGE. ..1 On London, at 30 Jaysffir" ir ■ nit "' at &o days <>s ' the ai 90 (lays Cap- Amaerdam, per guilder 4° 1- I L nr> .lav, We have receivea by the, a so- the Ai ries of a London paper called IHt Oa- j t i^ t RiER, from September 18 October t 7^ inclusive. Som: extrach foil >'. v, and arrive 1 more will be* publi'fhid to-morrow. Th, __ ♦ Mefr FRANCE. COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED, ' °f £ September 2«. The direftory, by a muffjg«, proppfed to ' the council to abolish all benefices and can bnarits in ci-devant Belgium— Referred to a copunittce. -53 s t ;:, r - . - After having heqrd EfchiUirsau?: the el- 21 der, reporter to the commiftA appointed to ' I, P et consider of the territorial division of the to- 7 lonies, the council divided St. Domingo in- '' to five departments, viz. theNorth,the Weft, Ul ''£ the South. of Leogane, and Savagnac, 3 llt " j The chief places of these departmen'tj are, 7 tf | the Cape, Port Republicanf-Cayes, San-Ya- V e rc go, and Santo Domingo. rn!""l Chapelain, in the trame of of the comtt- L i a '' l tee of Succoui s, proposed the following mo- 0,1 l h tions :—I ft, That the 3,500,000 livres COOIC granted as succours to the departments of Maine et Loire, Deux Sevres, La Loire In- . ferieure, and La Vendee, Ihould be thus "d iftributed-: , Mjine er i.oir?, i,iit,'~oo Deux Sevres 514.000 J' om Loir* lrtferi.-ure, 7^9, La Vendee 10 .6.030 fed by The succours (hall -be given in the form other of a reduftion of the contrTWutions. will c mercL COUNCIL OF ELDERS share. September 26. A Mclfage from the Direftory was read, mmtm refpefting the deplortble state of the finan- ces, upon which diftrtfils of the Republican finances, the enemies of the Republic had D I fvrmed their >iaricidal hopes of overturning day, It. ' .< MAS The Meffagc, after having enforced the of th necessity of art immediate attention ,4,0 the gent! financial,embarraffment? of tht Republic, ities, invi»«-d the Conucil to. take into early confi- to si deratilxl the Ye olution rtf the Council of Five Hundred on this fubieft. A t Gauthitr moved, " That no delay be al- from lowed after to morrow, but that the Report two be then presented." 1 It e ! Vernier, Member of the Commiflion, ob- atte served, " that it wa3 yesterday only they had j eart come to a decision on the resolution allud» I felt ed to, and that the Reporter would not be mou able to bring ia a well digested report on a whe fubjeA of such importance in lef» than three lava ; dayg .». . ftre< The jSropofition of the latter was adopt- I incl , ed. tht s September 27. I utte [ The motiqn for paying funeral honouri to 1 bur the memory of General Hoche was agreed I iflai to. 1 11101 The remainder of the fitting was employ- tow c ed on the discussion on the Resolution of the 1 ral _ month of Meffidor, refpeaing the Refugees I thi; j of the Colonies. I The Reporter of the Commiflion moved I Gu, the rejeftion of the resolution, inasmuch as I it favoured the return of the Colonial Emi- I ij. grants. I Rallier spoke in favour of the latter, and ty f] "said, that in emigrating thty yielded only j foil ie to the imperious pressure of hard neceflity, g that they never abetted the enemy, and that gr< j, their misfortunes were their only crime. jEf La Veaux said, that if there were any J kof them innocent, their number very ° small. He then inveighed against the per- an e _ fidyof the Planters, who had betrayed the C ~ Colonies into the hands of foreigners. n 'j The resolution was then put and rejec- | "y t« d - of 10 LONDON, OAoher 4. rIS It is not true that colonel F. I'tempted to com- F l ' a- p-j [ an y violence on h;-* own person. « fter th'' j H O- duel on Sunday, rendered HBodleft through the j w; (Irong p:.ffioK> which agitated the parties, they I »p were both put under arrest by the:rcommanding 1 officer, and nothing further has occurred. 1 . >5 t olonel F was mairiedfome year* ngo to Miss ln ies Henuber, the daughter of a German gcn-leman, " nd who was rt fidi-nt in England in a diplomatic cha- jy raster, and who was honcred with the ago I p of h«r majeay. By this lady he ha. several ckil- - dren.and for iheir4ntere(l itis fettled that thecom miflioa of tha colonel (hall be allowed to be fold. v < m- October 5. 1, » Yesterday evening a cabinet couacil was I w Bcc. to take into confidcrationthcdiTpatch- I on * es received by Lord Malmelbui"y from the I u om . French eommifiioners, and to frame an an- si bo- fwer ' with which the Frcnch courier now P wo in waiting here will mod probably be char- J I Hr. ged this day. v c I 1 OS, N ew relations are forming between Sar- tl t i' c dinia and the Batavian republic. M. Bofli, v ,'di a distinguished iiterary charafter, is nomina- k -to ted charge d'ajfaires at the Hague, bavin- I ap- been in the fame capacity at Peterlburgh. 1 him Citizen Declue, the French melTinger, 1 r and after being detained at Spring-Garden cos- t fce-houfe, is at pre sent with a king's raetTen- c ger at Pimlico, debarred from - the inter- j \ course of private acquaintance in thi6 count :eed tr y t jH his departure. [a i " Mr. Pitt's tax on feather-beds is a new proof of his being an enemy to the repose of Kxa- " lan!tipd - . 11 by "" ■ I gazette marine list.\ . - - '• «.! 'and PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. " Arrived'at Marcus Hook the fch'r Mary I -hetl Hunt, 30 dayifrom St. Thotnas. , , St Left'.Were 1 for ship PoHfmonth, Mcmt, Brisr Sufanhah, Lewis Dittcf. - _ I Sloop , Horfbrough, Ditto Capt. hunt j ,W informs that the Jhip Clot/tier, Gardner,,for \ ,6 Liverpool, and about 4° f/I W' 1 " ''M Reedy Island on Tuesday laffoJfea. ranca. fwn (hips, two or three brigs, tfc. ri- 1 "• mained at the Island,, supposed to be bound up. ° e ; t Capt. H. saw a brig and several fmall,r 0. vessels ajhore near Salem. The brig Maria, S her er, from Charle- \ A flan, andfeh'r Sctfotver Laic, fr.m Rtcb % mend, got up from, the Pointlajl evening. a 0 ! Thefh'ip Manchejler, Shewel , armed at 4° Cower; tie brig Drfpalch, R.ricr,af Jo. and the Mary, Earl, to Hamburgh, at Dave'-, : 'SHI on the IJI of OdJcr ; all of and from PRia< | delbhia. ' ■ j Will < ''the brig Nymph, Rofs; from Ph'Janl'lplM arrived, at Dublin clout the lelh of Srfeinbn . The flip Bti/kl, captf Snd.'h, on her /«/- Jagefrort Honduras to Lltidon, picked vp the (few of the Jlip Hunter, capt. Gctllighaa, of IVstfiington' N. C. who foundertd on her T pajfove from Liverpool. S»av! T'i«fc]b. Flying Fish, I ce, frotnhenceto Jeremie, left the Gapes Oct. 2Ctb, under A^{] convoy of the Hir.d of 20 guns. Three days after, in a gale of wind, loft the convoy —2 Bth at 2 A. M. Lat. 31, long. 69, was, upset hi afquall : out of 17 iifwiwoatd, Sft C p 1 1 were drowned in the Cabiii, thereitoiinder got 011 the bottom. Next morning the vef ftl righted, but the hatches under water — R v tt 31ft one of the pafl?ngers died bp the wreck —7th Nov. one sailor and two paflfengers Vere walhed off—9th Nov. the brig Der- £j w daurhaufft, Meyers, from Hamburgh for Charlellon, fell in with the wreck, aud took off the captaiii j jnate, and 3 bands anu the cook the only persons. saved. With rofl Arrived at New-Tori fed Britifo Packet, Quten Chfrtutte, Clemens, the Manchejler /. merican, Hip is arrived 10 1 from Philadelphia in 34 days. She was cha fed by a privateer, and it is said all htt'rs and other papers were thrown overboard, which V will of course occasion much incowoeniency to the ' merchants, as large remittance in hills, lank - v ' : Jharcs, 11c. were supposed to be on board, P London paper. BALTIMORE, Dec. 4. K Departed this life, about \ z o'clock, this 01 day, in the 26th year of his age, Mr. ThO mas E. Clayland, one of the proprietors ,!<}, • of the Ealtimore Telegraphe. In this young Pi : gentleman were centred many amiable qual- the , ities, ,which promised considerable advantage a ®.^ -to fpciety. ' No. f the" A volcano, we learn by a gentleman just - from Guadaloupe, made an irruption about t two monjbs ago, in the Sulphur Mountain.* Jy] It emitted for a few days notliingbutfmoke, - attended with violent concussions of the w f D d I earth, the Ihocks of which were very sensibly fi?u 1- 1 felt in Bafleterre. The whole top of the of £ e mountain afterwards fell into its crater, a I when it vomitted forth a large quantity &f lar , •e lava and a Dies, with the litter of which the | gra i ilreets of Bafleterre were covered several I t- inches deep, and some eoffite plantations in , the vicinity of the volcano were -yj I utterly destroyed. It eontlnued to j V ;o I burn violently when our informant left the J er < :d island, and the bhiee from the top of the fw mountain was plainly to be seen from the fr I town Bafleterre. Hug.uts had feut feve- ni( te ral naturalists to make their obfrrvations on opt es I this phenomenon. * The Sulphur Mountain is in the island of « n ;d I Guadaloupe, about 7 miles from Bajfeterre, v\ r as I for li- SAVANNAH, Npv. 14 gn At an eleftion held in and for the coiin id Ity of Camden, on Monday the 6th inft. the CVI ly I following persons were eledled, viz:— y, Delegates for Convention, James Sea- p at I grove, James Gunn, and Thomas Stafford, I Esquires. v , ny I For Senate James Seagrove. ry j For Representatives, Thomas Stafford er- and John Jamiefon, Esquires. ye be 1 d: I Anscdot l (from a French Paper). One, :C " day Prince Charles of Lorraine, Governor j - j of the low Countries, brother-in-law of Ma- j j ria Theresa &as sick. He had sent for his >m- physicians, and they were long in coming. tb<- IHe was good natured ; he paid well and the was Tcr y m frrved ; and this is very natural. hc y They at length arrived. The Prince was a j little out of humour, however, with wait ers 1 i"g long- They made their appearance. ian, j " Come away (said he) : Charles, attend" ha- j y ou know that a firtilar found in several _ French words sometimes gives rife to whim- ( fical mistake*. Physicians are men who are Id. I very eafilyhurt. Charles, attend, raised in j their minds quite a different idea from that a was which the Prince meant toconvey"Char- F :ch- I batons," murmured they to themselves ; and the up bristled their perukes, and in great >yrath an- fcrathed their pates. Your Lordfliip is low pleased—We know not why ? Would your J tiar- I Lordlhip be so good as mention how we r have defervtd? —and: as they said this 3ar- I their meager carcases bowed under their offi, velvet robes, and their bleated eye-lids twin- , ina- I kled with an appearance of great concern. irinT I How! What is the matter said the Prince? 1 h. I But your Excellency fhonld consider that ' ger, men like us—our fcicnce—in fine the 1 cos- I the title of Charlatan. The' Prince burst (Ten- I out a laughing. Their mistake was so iter- whimsical, he laughed so long and so hear oun- tily, that he was cured ipftfaSo. new The City Dancing Aflembly, fe of I Is unavoidably poftponcd till the 14th i»ft. Dec. Philip Nicklin Sjf Co. ST. HAVE FOR SALE, »| At their Stores on Walput street V* harf, i. HavannahSagars, whitcandbrown I hhdt. Jamaici do. Mary I 3°°° pieces of broad Nankeens I Imperial Tea, in quarters and eighths of chei.s I Quifkfilvfr in tubs j Madeira Wine in pipes and hoglheads '> f"~ I I'encriffe Wine in pipe?- ward j Old icd Port Wine in hogiheads 1 SailCanvafs, uflorted, No. I to 8 ij f I 8 cases of Manchester Goods, confiding of Ditnitie?, " 1 Muflinets.Ginghams.Thickfctts.Corduroys.&c. | r i f°r j loc crates Queens' Ware, affortcd 'S left, j Nails, alTortcd I Bla k quart Bottles r l. I Yellow Ocro in caiks ' , I A quantity of writing S'ates, (late Ink Stands, Jcc. r V ,i' 1 icc quarter enft's Gun Powder mailer J hone aljufor SALE or CHARTER, I TheJhip MOLLYburthen 340 tons, a lharle- ! d un d*oinplet«ly fitted. Rich- (l The brig AMAZON, burthen 1300 bar rein, may be ready .or ft ain a few days. red at Vhe whole of the above veifels to *>*. f « n at Li. and Wa'nut ftr:« Wl arJ. i *'• .NEW THEATRE, Will one!: (vi MONDAY cyorf'ng .'Hxt, IX'- :r, With ?, C*dfA«reu. i v ca!jc«.l IvOBIN HOOD j 0r 9 Sherwood For eft* RFSIbRHTS /AT' THE FORFST. Robin Hood Mr Darley Little John Mr Wigndl ■Siarict . Mr Francis Bowman •*• • Mr Warrell Archers, Meffi'S. B.liflet,T.Warrell, t)odor,' LaftVrty, Sully &c. Allcn-a-Dale, Mr Warrell, jan. Stella , Miss L'Eftrange Sticpherdefies, Mrs Harwood, Mrs Doctor, Miss Anderfan, &c. fISITO&S TO TH£ FOttSiT. Riittckin Mr Bernard, (Eeinp fiis firft. appearance in Philadelphia) Friar Tuck Mr Warren Edwin Mr Marflia!} Clolinda Mrs Warrell Anette Miss Milbottrne Angelina Mrs Oldmixon With the original Overture, by Bau-rigarten The raft of the MvHc and Arcnmjiwiiiaients, compo fedby with adiitionil airs by Mr. Rei- The which will be aided, it Comov, in two aSti, called, THE LYA R. Old Wilding, - - Mr. Warren Young Wilding, - Mr. Bernard Sir James Elliot, - Mr. Warrell, jr. PapilUon, - - - Mr. Marshall Servant, - - Mr. F. Warrell Mili Grantham, - Mrs. Francis Miss Godfrey, - - Miss L'Eftrangc > Kitty. - - - Mrs. Do&br. Box, <me Dollar ; Pit. tbr;.- quarters of a Dol lar ; and Ga'leif, half a Dollar. €r The doors of the Tlisaire will open at .five, and the curtain rife precifcly at fit o'clock. Places, tor the Boxe* to be taken at the Office ill the front of the Theatre, from to (ill 2 o'clock ifcd from lotjl) 4"dfl thtrdtys of perf jrmn.ee.. Tickets to be had at H. and Rics's book-!torc. No. 50 Mark:t-ftre«t, and at the Oftiea.adjoining , the Theatre. . VTf'AT Jl/18 PUBLIC A BALL. MR. BYRNE', firrt Ball «"U be on Tuefd»y> evening nest, nth December, at O'Ellcr.* Hotel, when several new Country Dances for the eiifuiug season wiH be introduced, compofi'd, and figures adapted, by Mr. Byrne, for amafemefct of tke coriipany in genera!. The Dnurs to he opened at fix, and the Ball commence at seven. Gentlemen's T eke',» one do!- * lar each, tohe-had at D'£U«rss—Ladisk' Tickets, I grattt, fsr the season, of Mr. and Mrs. Byrne, i | No 114, north Sixth fireet. D.-c 8". j" DANCING bCHOOL. J "ITTIL.LIAM M'DOUGALL prefenu hi*. , >| VV molt refpe.ilful compliments to hit form. : j er employers and the citizens in general, a>d re ; turns his mod grateful thanks, for the very , I bountiful encouragemeut he has expetienced for these twenty-five years past; takes this opportu nity of informing them, that his school is now 1 open, at hit Elegant Ball Room, ' in South Fourth-Street, between Chefnut »o3 VYalr.uf-ftreets. To begin at xo in the rooming for young ladies, and 6 in the evening for young gentlemen. 1- His firll Ball %* ill be to-morrow g' evening, Saturday, the 9th inft. Dec. 8. aawtf. l * PhiladelphiaandLancafter 1 urn- 5 ' pike Compananjr. .j nnHE Stockholders are hercfiy notified, that the J aniiual Election for Officers for the ensuing year .will be held at the Comp Office iu Phila dlphia, on the florid MoniUy in -January not, at ia o'cl-ck, a. m. Wm. GOVETT, Sec'ry. Ie Deceml er 7 ats m&wt7] . ' ROSS W SIMS ON, HAVE FOR SALE, g. A few bales Baftas, Coffas, and id a quantity of Bengal COTTON Bengal SUGAR, in tags and boxes Jamaica, "J ? St. Vjncents, > RUM. and Bengal j 30b calks RIPE, rod A parcel of (hip building RED •al Oft it. s._ Geenteel Boarding & Lodging. lre ,\ Family may be accommodated With a Dravv tn il lag Room, two Bed Chambers, and fjitable iat accommodation for fervauts —at no. 53, north Jr _ Fourth street. D c i —* tt9 "J Samuel Pleafants iff Sons, ' . , A r o. 7f, Sevth Secc,nd-Jlrccl, 13 TT AVS received a supply of Seal'onable GOODS, >ur which they are now opening for sale, on wt rcafonable terms- OSt .—4V, his ; 's ir James Richard Smith, ~n* npAKE the llber'y of informing their frier' 1 * :rn - I and the public, that they have remove their ce? Hore to N"o. 54, South Fro~*frcet. nrxt d«or to Ed hat ward Fox', Auction f.opm, where they have at the this time for sale, a large and general aOortment of nrft European £s* Eojl India Goods, fn Many of which are }uft imported in the Clothier, William Penn, &c. &c. :ar " Oft. * 7 . J__ f, ~~ Uriah Smith,. No. ao, north Third Brect—has tor sale, A neat and general aflortment of Broad Cloths,Kerfeymeres,Napt and Drab Coatings. also, A variety of Gentlemens' fafbionable fancy Waiti coating, silk Hosiery, &e. ' wn December j. House and Lots, in Bordentin. TO BE SOLD, 3. halldfome two story House. wftt the Lot on which it is rredted fitu.trd ah(UU thei middle of the 1-eautiful and heaithy Vi lage of Borden'own. The house « forty tvro Tcet front, and in neat order. The lot, covins lities, acre, and is one hundred feet on tbc mam &c. n r cet, and extends with the fame breadth tuhwt flreet Also, a lar s e Lot, containing near 1) four acres, fepar«.ttd from the former h; back itiieet.. One third only of the purchase inoney wittbe re quired upon executing a deed, and lor the re maiftder, fach credit w.ll be g-en ermaychufe. This property will.be fold free •• all incumbrances, and an indisputable titU giv.at ns, a For further particulars enquire either of Dr. William Burn's residing in Bordcntown ne.r. )ba , th , een at Cop-eyancer, no. 144, Ivlarket-ftrec^ IC. Decum^ er s-
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