crrr dancing assembly. THE Subscribers arc informed that tne Ualli in conapliirent to the President of the Uflite States, will be given at die New Theatre on Wednesday the r6th in ft an t. Thomas W. Francis, " Thomas Rutland, Matthew Pearee, Wm. Macpberson, \ M rs , James Gibson, Jonathan Williams > Stephen Kingston, Samuel Murgatrbyd, jan. 10. . N. B.—Carriages are to set down with their horses heads to the weft, and take up firing the east. , . Subscribers who may not have received their cards, will pleafc to fend for thern t ,: » O EUers Hotel.—No lady or gentlemaa admiflible with out delivering the card at the door. NEW-THEATRE. The Managers refpeftfully acquaint their Subscribers, and the Public, that the Theatre will be opened immediately after the Ball to be given on the i6th Inft. WIGNELL & kEINAGLE. Jan. 11 _ This day Published, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFUCE, The EsSArS under the Signature of VIRGINIENSIS, On the Alien and Sedition Laws. f Price 25 cents, izmo.J IT i« perhaps futile to expefl to work conviilio" in the minds ol so inveterate and vi ious a cl..fs o men, as the Democrats of America, by any argu ments however forcible, or any display of truth, however irrefifliMe: Theft writings arc, how ever, calculated t»pro4uce a more important and ufeful tffe.3, by placing the fiibjeil in its true light be fore honeit men, who are uninformed, or have been itiitinformed as to the na|o~ e and obje&s cf those bills, jan. 15 TO LET, THE large House in Souchwark, lately occipied by Mr. Henry Mitclell ; apply to Isaac Wharton. Jan. it §_ Insurance C?»ipany cf North America* A MEETING of the Stock-holders is to be held at their office on Thursday next, at n s'clock, A M. agreeably to adjournment. Eden. Hazard, sec'y. Jan. If. dt1 7 JOHN SHIELDS, MOST earnestly solicits all hit Creditor?, prior to the 13d day of August, 1797, that have not furailhed their accounts, to render -hem to him before the lath instant, as after that day they will be excluded from his flrft dividend. January j dtiily. Bank of Pennsylvania, December 31, 1798. The Stockholders of the Bank of Pennsyl vania arc hereby notified that their Annual meeting will be held at the Bank on Friday the ift day of Feburary next at 10 o'clock. By order if the Board, JON A. SMITH, cafbur. jan 12 dtlftF. Lost, this Morning, A CHECK, No. 87a, on the Bank of the United States, for 175 dollars, dated the nth and drawn by Bond and Brookes, in favor of J. B. Bond : Also a five dollar note of the Bank of the United State- Payment of the check is ftopp:d. Whoever will deliver it to the fubferibers at the corner of Market and Sixth llreet, ihall re ceive the five Dollars in reward. BOND & BROOKES, jan. 11. 1 § "WILL BE SOLD, ■dt Public Vendue, on the 17tb Infant, in the evening, Two Tradts or Pieces of Land, SITUATE in the state of Tenneflee, one of them lying and being in the county of Sutnner', on the Head-waters of Flinns creek, containing one thousand seven hundred and fourteen acres, and the other situate in Hawkins county, in the fame state, containing five thousand acres. Conditions of sale will be cafli, to be paid on thf execution of the deed. Information, relative t-> the titles, may b« had on application to Jofliua B. tßond, no. —, corner of High and Sixth streets, Philadelphia Shannon Polk, Ancfrs. Jan. 8 dt!7jy. NOTICE. THE public are hereby cautioned Sgainft purchasing twoTradli of Land in chettate of Tenneffe-, advertised for sale on the evening of the 17 th of January by Shannon and Folk. The ■ conditions of trust by which Jiltua B. Bond be caire in auywife interefled in them not having been complied with, he can have no farther title, daim, or demand to them—The fubferiber is de termined, therefore, to contest his, the said Bond's light in every stage. SAMUEL MINNICK jan. I.t. dtl 7J ■January i 4 f6, 1799- AT a meeting of the President and Ma nagers of the Philadelphia and Lancaster i ufnpike Road Company, a dividend of five ilSllars per (hare is declared for the last fix months, which will be appropriated agreea ble to a refclution of the Stockholders the 12th of June, 1797. Extract from the minutes. WILLIAM GOVETT, Scc'ry. "wanted. Genteel Board £j? Lodging, FOR two single Gentlemen, in a refpeitable pri vate lamiiy, where they can be accommodated vviih a fitting room, the situation mudbein South Second or I hir l-ftreetf, between Walnut and Pin» ilieeis.—Enquire No. 17, So»thSecond-ftreet. M- . l3t ALL PERSONS ~~ Wfin have demands against the liftate of Alex andfh Ross, House Carpenter, late of tnif City, dcecalcd, v. ill plcafe to exhibit their accounts, pro pc»lv arteftcd ; and those who are indebted to laid L.iare will p : «afe pav the fame to ALEX -vNDER LEE, A dminijlrator. No. a 6, Christian street. 3« , %i)e dsajette. S PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAb'UART 16 The following is from the Critical Re view, a Democratic publication. NORTH-AMERICA. THE negotiations between the American and French republics have excited so much attention, that our readers will not be dif . pleased if we enter into some detail upon the . fubjeft. An important meflage from the president • of the United States, was communicated, on the 19th of March, to the two legislative " aflemblies. The substance of it may thus . be stated. Though the exertions of the American envoys for the adjustment of all differences were sincere and unremitted, .there \ was no ground of expectation that the ob [ jests of their million would be accomplished on terms compatible with the honor or fafe tyof the nation. It was therefore neceflary that the two councils Ihonld adopt such mea sures as would tend to the protection of fea faring and trading citizens, to the increase of the stores of war, and the defence of ex posed portions of territory ; and (hould pro vide supplies for defraying extraordinary ex pellees, and compenlating the deficiencies winch might be occationed by depredations on commerce. They were particularly con jured by the proficient to manifelt, in all their proceedings, such zeal, vigor, and concert, . in defence of the national rights, as might be proportioned to the danger with which those rights were threatened. / At the desire of the houle of representa tives, the president submitted the dispatches of the envoys to' the infpeftion of the legis lative body. The contents of these papers are curious. Frcnr* th-fe documents it appeirs, that ge neral Pincfcney and his diplomatic associates (Marlhall and Gerry) were treated, 011 t,heir arrival at Paris*, with great difrelpett j that some observations made by the president f in a fpeech'to the cengrefs had given offence to the direftory J , and that an apologetic explanation was demanded, as a preliminary to negotiatory conferences. The perl'on who intimated this demand, added, that a sum of money would be necciTary to secure a favorable reception from the direftory, and that a considerable loan would alft lie ex pedient. Another ageru, the confidential friend of the minifler Talleyrand, inform ed the envoys, that, when an explicit apo logy Ihould have been made, the French republic would prepare for the completion of a treaty, which Ihould place the two states in the the fame predicament with regard to each other, in which they flood in the year 1778 ; or, in other words, a treaty which would allow the French the fame advantages that were enjoyed by the Englifli in their trade with the fubje&s of the United States; but that an eflentinl part of the agreemerit would be the advance of money. This loan, he observed, might be so disguised, that the British court, which might otherwise consi der is as a breach of neutrality, woulch not be offended. When he was alked whether the direftory might not be induced to recede from the demand of an apology, he replied, that he knew only one mode of application which would ten; c them to wave it that was, the offer of money. The spirit of for did rapacity which was thus exhibited, dis gusted the envoys; and having expressed their surprize at such demands, they request ed time for consulting theit employers, pro mising, that, if the French would desist from all captures of American Chips, one of the three should make an immediate voyage for additional inftru&ions. The agent was diflatisfied with this proposal, and reverting to the requisition of an apology, he flefired to kno# whether the miniflers were ready to comply. They answered, that they had no power to invalidate any part of the Presi dent's speech : that such an attempt would cxpofe them to the risque of recall ; and that even if they Ihould disavow the offenlive pas sages, tlie public opinion refptAing the public opinion refpe£ting the truth of the imputations would ftil: remain the fame. The former ot the two agents, in an inter view which took place soon after the signa ture oft'* definitive treaty with the emper or* affirmed, that the directory had, since that peace, alTumed a higher and more deci ftve tone towards neutral powers than had before been used, and intended to treat* as e nemies all nations which (hould refufe to af fill the French. He therefore urged the ex pediency of submission ; but Mr. Pinckney declared that he could not acquiesce ; and that if the French should attack his country men, they nuift have recourse to the bed means of felf dr-fence. The agent now re newed the demand of pecuniary advances ; ! and he did not scruple to fay, that the rulers of France had no regard to justice, and that money alone could influence them. The en voy ftliw relisted ; and when the Frenchman warned them of the danger of refufal, and boasted of tlu powo' of his country, they re plied that they were fully sensible of those points, and wilhed to he on friendly terms with the nation ; but that America would not purchase the friendfhip of any state by the Surrender of her independence ; that (he had a right to be neutral ; that to advance money to a belligerent power would be to *ln October, 1797. fl n May, 1797. t The remarks that displeased the French were those which referred to the aggressions committed by them, and which were followed by a spirited exhortation to the congress : such attempts (said the president fought to be repelled with a decision which shall con vince France and the world, that -me are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colo nial sense of fear, fitted to be the miserable instruments of foreign influence, and re gardless of national honour, character, and interest.' deviate from her neutrality ; that to agree to such a loan, • under the faftatid coertion of France, would be to relinquish the go vernment of herfelf, and lubiviittoa foreign government imposed by force and that, if Ihe could tamely fuffer her rights to be invad ed, her reputation would be irretrievably loft. A private conference f on followed be tween Mr. Gerry and M. Talleyrand. The French minifterpropofed,that 50,000 pounds sterling .Ihould be given without delay by way of douceur ; a*d that one of the envoys Ihould return to America to procure the as sent of the congress to a loan ; but he de clared, that, in the mean time, the directory would not receive the two other ministers, and that the commercial depredations were not to be discontinued. This arrogant and domineering behaviour could not be expeCted to prove fuccefsful. The friend of Talleyrand afterwards m?de an attempt which he termed ' a last effort to serve' the effvoys, though ?! tended to the enforcement of ignominious terms. He called their attention to the litivation of thi United States, and to the power of France. He hoped that they would not deceive them selves with the idea of a full ability of retilt anre, on the part of their countrymen, but would refleCt on the fate ot Venice, which njight soon be that of the American repub lic. They might perhaps trull, he said, to the probability of a league with Great-Bri tain ; but such confidence would be fallacious. An army of 150,000 men, commanded by the gallant and able Buonaparte, might be erinbled to invade this island ; in which event a complete couqueft would ensue : or, if the invalion (lionld not take place, the alarm which the menace of a defceijt would diffufe through tbe realm, would occaiion such enormous expences as would drive the mi nistry into a peace. But, even if the Engli(h should be able to continue the war, and the Americans should join them, they would not have any opportunity of inflicting much in-* jury upon France. On the other hand, the advantages which the United States might derive from an acquiescence in the dt fires of the French, would be very conliderable, and, in cafe of the deftruCtlon of the Britifli go vernment, would be particularly great, as the wealth and arts of the English would pass over to America. The delegates of the congress were un moved by these representations, and disdain ed the thoughts of fubmiflion. They re plied, that the treatment received by the Americans from the French proved an ill return for that friendfhip of which the for mer had given unequivocal testimonies, at a time when the latter were threatened with ruin by a confederacy so powerful and so decidedly hostile, that it was tven dangerous to be on terms of amity with them. To a state thus friendly, 1 what (said the. envoys, in a style of manly, indignant, and jiift reproach) is the conduit and the lan guage of France ? Wherever our property can be found, Ihe seizes it, unprovoked, (he determines to treat us as enemies ; and our non-refiflance produces no diminution of hos tility against us ; she abuses and insults our government, endeavors to weaken it in the estimation of the people, recalls her own mi nister, refufes to receive our's; and, Wheti extraordinary means are taken to make such explanations as may remove ings, and such alterations in the exifting're lations of the two countries as may tend to produce harmony, the envoys who beSr these powers, are not permitted to utter the ami cable wishes of their country ; but it it inti mated to therein the haughty style of a mas ter, thit unlets they will pay a sum to which their resources scarcely e xteijd, the United States may expert, like Venice, to be| erased from the lift of nations ; that France will an nihilate the only free republic upon earth, and the only nation in the universe which has manifeftpd for her a cordial friendfhip 1' This short statement exhibits a (hiking picture of French insolence, ingratitude, and iniquity. In this unsettled state the negociation re mained during the winter. At lengjh the envoys being again desired to declare,' whe ther they would accept or rejeit the offered terms, Messrs. Pinckneyand Marshall chose the latter part of the alternative. Their de parture from Fnance was the colifequence of their refufal; but Mr, Gerry, it is said, has been permitted to remain. All parties must unite in condemning the conduCl of the French on this Occasion. Disgusting haughti ness, unprincipled rapacity, and gross injus tice, mark their proceedings. The Ameri cans, on the contrary, have teftified a regard both to prudence and honor. They have ftu. dioufly labored to avoid a war ; but, if they should be driven to that extremity, they have both the spirit and the power to defend themselves. Circuit Courts of Nisi Prius are to be held by the Judges of the Supreme Court of rennfylvania, as follows, to wit : •By Chief JuJlice M'Kcan and Judge Shipper,, On Monday i s th April, a, y ork , for Yo , k m *2d Lanc*ftcr, Lancaster T ~ Carlisle, Cumberland Tuesday, 7 th May, Hutitingdmi»Huntin S don Monday .3th Lewis Town. Miffl.n *°'h Sunbury, Northumber], E ? th Lycoming, Lycoming By Judges rentes and Smith. On Monday i s th April, at Bedford, for Bedford County 22< * Greenfburgh, Wcftmorl. aoth Pittsburgh, Allegheny 6 h May, Wafnmgton, Wafhinpt. >3 ; h Green t Pa 2 5 . Union Town, Fayette Tuesday 2 8th Chamberfbnrg.jfranklin 1 he Senate and House of Representatives at a joint meeting, have appointed Peter Bavnton, Efq, Treasurer of this Common wealth for the ensuing year, by an unani mous vote. Printing Work, Of Every Kind, EXECUTED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE, jit the Office as the Gazette of the United St Arts. OA. 13. dtf . Hate jforeigtt Articles By the sbip LiBERTr, Bit.tr, arrived at New-York, from Lherpofl* DUBLIN, Oct. 25. Lord Cornwallis has at length determined to a£t rigorously against the rebels. His last amnesty expired yefterdav, and to-morrow, 1000 men march towards Wexford, to fet tle that miserable country. In an address presented to him 011 Thurs day from the Nobility and Gentry of that county, the following strong fact was stated : " O' 53° persons relieved by the Coinmil fioners for aiding the fuffering loyali.'ts, 452 have been the widows of murdered county of Wexford Piotc-ftants." His Excellency as sured them that such measures had been tak en, as promiled to relieve that unhappy coun ty- 1 . , The daring and defjierate ravager Holt, after having so long set the powers of gov ernment at defiance—-and rioted in the blood and plunder of the lttyal inhabitants of the Counties of Wicklow, Wexford,' Carlow, and Kildare, has, we hear, recently had the audacity to fend proposals of capitulation to Government, for the pardon of Jiimfelf and hi. gatjg, finding such measures arc on foot, as to render his (Jeftruftion utterly inevitable; but those ] )pofals have been treated with the contempt theydelerve. Such decilive steps willbe immediately tak en towards this sanguinary miscreant and his rapacious follower:, as well as towards the numerous petty gangs who have for some time past perpetrated nuroberlefs murders and robberies in his name, as nnift by a terrible example convince wretches of their descrip tion, that the justice of the Country cannot long, with impunity, be trifled with. VienNa, oa. 17. According to the latest intelligence receiv ed from Malta, it is reported that the French were still occupying the castle St. Elmo, though they offered to capitulate, which was retufed by the Maltefians, and requested to surrender at discretion. Tl.eir number which amounted to 5000 men according to the de claration of General Buonaparte, is at pre sent greatly decreased. The national cock ade is at present every where torn off from the French, and the arms of Malta again re instated ; it is however for the present with out foundation, that the Ruffians landed, »r were even seen before Malta with the English, or conquered Valette, though it is expected that it will take place before long. The news that forty thousand Ruffians which arc to serve as English auxiliary troops against Holland, were embarked at Revel, was also in circulation. When this paper went to prefi it was re ported that intelligence was received that general Buonaparte had surrendered himfelf with his troops by capitulation. This wants special confirmation. ITALY, Oi£t. 11. The declaration of war on »he part of En gland against Genoa, has caused the greatest fenfatibn, as it is certain that the Genoese trade will greatly fuffer by it. It is reported that an English fqnadron has already blockaded the port of Genoa, and the port of Spezzia is garrisoned by French troops for its protection. LONDON, October 17. The river is at prefcnt unusually crowded with merchant ships—.Their number is com puted to amount to upwards of five thousand. Oar naval force for the protection of the Weftetn coaftof Ireland consists of the Tri umph, Saturn, of 74 guns, and the Poly phemus and Lan lhe Frenc h commander in chief, Brune i' arrived on-the 21ft ult. iit Turie, from Mi lan. His journey is thought to have for i s objeft, the bloody scenes which took p'ace j 011 the 16th ult. between the French ai.d IPiedmontefe troops, in which the latter were supported by the inhabitants—The j citv of Turin has caused jooo livres to 1 c ! diliributcd amoiftg the Piediuontefe foldie: s j who contributed to the restoration of trau- I quility. The fortrefs of Alellcnandria, and li-veral more on tl - .e Piedmontefe frontier?, are iupplied with provisions, and, and put | farther in a state of defence. The States of Bavaria have voted provi ' fions for the eftablilhment of an army or 25, 000 men, which is to be commanded by Count de Sedwitz. Letters from Frankfort of the 2d instant state, on the morning of that day, general Joubert had set off for Paris, in consequence of peremptory orders from the direftory to that effeft. General Staader, the commander in chief of the army of the Empire, has ordered the whole train of artillery, removed to Brau. nau, to join him without d?lay at Fricd burg, and that 20,ec0 Austrian, have re ceived orders to advance towards Ulm. The Dublin mail of the 17th arrived this morning ; it is Angularly barren of newt. The following articles are all we could col left from it : Early on Thursday morning a detach, ment of the Duke of York's Highlanders, commanded by major Meredith, fell in with Holt and his party, at a village near the Glen of Finmal. The darkness of the morning favored the escape of the rebels, except 17 who were killed and one wound ed from the latter, who was made pri soner, some ufeful information has been ob tained. Holt was ftot through the thigh, and wounded in the foot, but contrived to crawl t« some distance from the fcece of a ii.m, when meeting with a horse, he was just jble to mount, and thus for the present eluded the puniftiment that awaits him. Neill, one of the leaders of Holt's bandit ti, has been apprehended in a house near Baltinglafs, concealed between two beds he was drefiVd in the coat taken from the C «rk mail guard, and had about 401. in ca(h and notes. The Dublin mail of the 18th continues due. The Waterford Mail of the 17th ar rived, but did not bring any intelligence worthy mention. The state prisoners in Ireland have recei ved notice to prepare for their departure America. Ennifcorthy, in the connty of Wexford i. reported, but we hope witboot foundation! to be n«w in the hands of the Rebels Sixteen out of the twenty parts ' Q f the commerce between Europe and Asia are said to be in pofTeffion of Britain. A paper has lately been ertabKfhed in Pan, by some of the Representatives who oppofethe D.reftory, and is condnfted by those whose names its title bears. The bro ther of Buonaparte also frequently writes fl'n "r Cal fd Corr-rfpondence of the Representatives of the People, Su. venotteefofthe Sambrtand Meufej Dei faix (of Mont Blanc) Dethier (of the Our. Co'.'#™ Dtp °' i " wi,h A Pari, paper of the nth state, the ar nval ofpart of Admiral Nelson', fl„t at Hero - Whc,T the Hero of the Nile was himfclf exnefted tn ST home. The king of Naples went cut to sea mare than two league, to meet the Eng. of *« guns one of the French (hip, which efeat - 1 "«~ 5,00 c troops on board. The fixT" srva? *?? the Adriatic, which France wrested from fed lo kavt been 5 ° Z '' m f "gP°- ,h, m, gate, which escaped after tW • viftory are confidently reported"^have in h" ta /r the Col,ofr "> of 74 gun,! «n her passage up the Mediterranean! S is now SSSfy:a^war^r^' Leatnip Tt, r! ® with the H.infeatic cruiferl' th *" one from Rr Cap , tUred three vessels- an( j a t k: rr i '?'" n • a c °nd from Hamburg and a third bearing P ru( r la n colours. B«4.nV"\Kr, ,hc ■ j ; h si she p CB,tl ° n at hiS fuc " much tor the Pans accounts of Buonaparte. The Journals add that Muftapha. late Governor of Belgrade, had raised at Philo poppoli, the standard of revolt against the Porte ; that a revolt had taken pi ce in Nj olia ; and that a general ferment ex'ifted throughout theTurkirti Empire. The lat ter intelligence is ir< a degree confirmed by t e Hamburg Mail, which adds, that in the Neapolitan tcrritorj-.t'-e French Emiffarie* iave contrived to prejudice thepeople ag.inft the new leviss of men. At Portice, St. Oeorge, and other places, the lafurgent* have appeared in great numbers : but hopes are entertained that order will soon be re