s*°f» ".he Minagcfg—l ;/cr t „ ,».• t- a:: MtjwSf&wi that was tit ire q ....»; (jr.ifliduring tiie lad season, ! ■ A i j»-.i -A. u'j v begun to ih-iw ttfelf in j ;....- —! r i.it of announcing some f ••••.,u.itc pppmW'phty i:> the papers and t bill*, and the money is pockated, « g;;i lit-' .13uiicP.ee fifugly enclosed within * Hv? v '1 of the Theatre, they are ft fatly its'. rrwsdjKy Mr. WigrteU* or in a 3 no* pl .y b.!l delivered 13 thsm, to be fu grail', that the announced Play c L un.ivtnJtibiy po.'tponcd, and some worn t peuorrtuoce substituted in its place, a Surely the public have a right ex- v p*ck, *:>dto receive, the far which theY have paid their rrv \cy; »n;l. r..)l be s»bli,,. ' to let through a )i :• tiramgc -cither did not Us.-L- at all, cr p.vhaps ha-'e feexi, by «i>e 'a.'f ftrelTs', a dozen times be fore. Uliavoidable accidents will pro i ice unavoidable postponements and disappointments, but the thing happens 1 t:K> often to be '-hits accounted for ; and , at U-d'l the public hapre a right to know, ( and bv latislicd with, the reason of such MnJuct ; and not be trifled with, and vnnofed upon, becatlfe some acfur is tak-« 1 with a flight 01 pretended head ach—or, what U more frequently the cati.-, becaaie fume miff among them felvcj have let tiiem by *.he ears. Let t'ic perfurrrar.ee of the " Moum/ikg £kidk" in thelaft feaion, be ietr.2!r.ber ed and btit be remembered, that be-j J •lid •- n» ay other instances, " Julia" was «i" n. 'iced three times before it j 1 r/ai pert Julia was a new play : ( ati lS cxc.itvd mV.cn ;fteritit.ii, and always ( t a full brute. Among others, n "nc or the times, I went with a large ®avtjr to fte it—at (be moment wfien tiie cm'.isla -.vaf. iy rlfc, M-. Wignell informed "3 it was portioned. But he iv,is ft far fruei givi ijr any reafbrt for it, j •''•at it wis (fifpiatcd whether he had real j ly f;ii'i so, •l itiil " jan: Shore," wlych i' nut m finale jjerfon in the house had ' gone to lee, vas commenced and la- ' toured through. This was so frequent- j ly done towards the close of the season, , j Visit the toffet'9 were filled, that it was i 1 vain to expetr any play from its being a.owu iced in the bills. Which of these jjrntkmeti w.jnld chtife to pay before hand for a bottle of wine, and receive for' hi*money a bottle of vinegar, with 1 .eve«4o pultte a a "analogy, and an atlu- j lance that he naj abo'tl- of fo'metbing. i FAIR PLAY. UNITED STATES. BOSTON, anuary 6. f r iclory over ths S ianiariJs. , ; t'-K fining of the Convention of "):tjbe-, Th'.iriot in the name it tee of Public Safety, ob r i't has been lately reported, jjr . •,•!, in the Wetlern Pyrenees, . i -Indeed that they had late i •■ iwric ;ed a check : Attend to the • ith ! i<ttt bas jilft been received, it tht >ai fh army in attacking our 4 ops, have met a conspleat defeat. Their lines and important redoubts were forced—two thoufsnd Spanfsrds reded on tbe field of bettle, and two thoufend h - ho..died were taken priforters. The Lis on our part was only 50 killed. '• We have taken fifty piects of can »ton, the ammunition waggons, and a great.number of fwoids and muskets. In fine, we are in pofleflion of tke fa ir.-.us fouadarict of Hri l eife and Aiy, t.liirnated to bave w'# i" ereSioa jj Hliliioim. CAPTUIIE OF VENLOO. On the 29th of o£tob-r, Merlin of. Douay, in the name of the Committee of Safety, reported to the Convention, (bat Venloo fell into the power of the lYen«h, two days before, after a (iege of four days. The garrison was allow ed the honors of war. The advantage in the redutStyon of this place (he fays) is imtnenfe. THE REBELS. A lettir frota Port St- Maloes, of October f6th, mentions, that three co lumns, of our attacked the quar ter of the Olone Sables, of the Rebels, and have made a dreadful (laughter a- Oiong then. We are yet ignorant, of the mimber which haVe fallen under the viflorious and brave Republicans. It is confidrrable. One of their chiefs, how cvei, has been found among the slain. Fi.'e thoufar.d of these rebels, who witnefTed the caroage of their brethren, threw down their arir.s, and demanded quarters. Fatigued with fighting with- JUt success, aud in want of every thing. STOCX3RIJ3GE, fam&ji. Extradl of a letter from a gentleman in lVris, { StaLe of New-York) to the Edi tor of thi« Paper, dated December, 5:794. " The Indinn treaty closed a short I ■ -♦ .... t"rru*- "fiuoe. '2 i.e r.itives were extreme-| j ly pleated with C<>l. Pickering, thefiiper- < in.rruJjjM. The I-.idia.r are i.ow lavoar- • ibly inc ined wovenam£u! of r Uiiitcd btutes. Tp use the language of one Qntuias, whom I have seen since the treaty, " they have all.be.come yankecs— ' " they have tipn.'d for Washington—now " they are all Washington Indians." t " The issue of this treaty witl be highly advantigeous to this new Country—we are in high' fpirits-.-Emigrants will now flsck in, as formerly—and lliould the In- 1 diaui, at an after period, wish to break ' the league by which they are holden, we are able to raise an army of our own which will scatter them like chaff." , ; t 17. « t ~ i ' g, .. 1 The Leglflature of New-York aflem- ' bled at Poughkeepfie, adjourned on the , 15th to meet in the Capital on the »ift in- ' ftant. _ 1 Extrad of a letter from Norfolk, January 3. " The Thetis frigate has been on (hare .0 the southward of our Capes. She was got off with very eonfiderable damage, to 1 the amount, it is supposed, of 10,000!. & | upwards. The Cleopatra has also sustain- , ed eonfiderable injury, having encounter : ed a very severe gale of wind whilst tow ing the Thetis into Hampton Road " At a meeting of the distributors to the ' families of the City Militia who marched j 011 the late expedition to the Westward, 1 the following statement was exhibited,and ordcfcQ to be publiihed : 1 __ • State of the Subscriptions received and diftrihuted fbr the relief of the families of the City Militia who marched'on the late expedition against the Insurgents. "Dollart. \ There Ims been col'-iVd from ths } . . ' t contributors to this fund, 5 ° And expended, in relieving about one hundred & eighty-four per sons and families as follows, viz. In North Mulberry Ward, by G.Haga, 1161 14 Sbuth Ward, by |Andrew Gever. - • uppti iiLUWJUi, uy W- Montgomery, 40 ? High ftreet,by M.Hutchin fon, 47 5° North Ward, by Jas. Ash, 150 Middle Ward, by lfrael ► Whelen, 118 37 Chefnut Ward, by J. Stille, 15 Lower Delaware, by An , drew Bayard, 6 South Ward, by Nalbro' ' Frazier, ig Walnut Ward, by James Cox, 18 Dock Ward, by Levi Hol lingfworth, 407 ' 1 New Market, by Daaitl Smith, 650 -3249 By order of the Meeting, ROBERT RALSTON- P , ' > ON Thursday last the Gentlemen of ! the firft troop of Philadelphia Light horse . dined at the City Tavern. The afternoon was spent with their usual harmony and p conviviality, and the following Toads , were drank, aflourHhof the trumpet ac. companying each. I. Congress and the people—may the former always pursue the public good,and the iatter conform to the will of the raa : jority. а. The Prcfident of the United States —may he long live to enjoy the plaudits of a free and happy people. 3. The Governor and State of Pennfyl " vania. 4. The Republic of France—may her . glorious struggle soon terminate in a free ( and happy aonflitution. 5. Governor Lee, our late worthy com : mander in chief —may "his former atchiev . ments never be forgotten, and his late ex | ertions ever be applauded. б. The late patriotic army, by whose exertions licentiousness was fuppreflbd,and ' good crder'reftorcd. 7. Col. Hamilton —may his ftrvices ne ' yer be forgotten ; and when he retires from {public life, may his molt sanguine eapeflations be gratitied. 8. General Kofciufto, and his virtuous army —may vidlory soon crown what they have long ftrugglcd for. a. Governor Howell, and thanks to him for his patriotic exertions. 10. Confufion to the enemies of our country, whether they afiume the simple 1 '' r» J girb of democracy, or the splendid rdbc o. ?i iPoowcy. 11. Gen. Frelinghuyfeo, and our bretl «■ ren of thr legion. ra. Prosperity to our agriculture, com merce and raanufadlures. It. Kepublicanifm and her concomi tants—pezie, liberty and fafety. 14. The American Fair. tj. The whole family of mankind— may slavery, that bane of facial happiness be bandhedfron; the e.irth. Mr. Fenno—will you be so good as to a£k those Gcatlemen who have no petitions to Co'ngrefs and are mere spectators who attend only for amusement—to give room for others who are more immediately in terested in the debates of Congress espe cially to those who are petitioning for the repeal of such adls as they dont like, 01 to those who have very" doubtful claims : In both cases it is very ufeful for the petition ers to be in the Lobby were they can give a hint to a member teaze or adviie at may best suit. Be allured that if this hint is not attended to, a petition will fooa be presented to.Congress to aflign a convsni ent place for such petitioners. By this Day's Mail. NEW-YORK, January 13. [Received late last evening.] Extraß of a letter from Martinique, to a Merchant in this City, dated Decern . 1794- " We are informed by the Comman der in Chief Gen. Vaughan, that the Engli(h fleet is arrived at Barbadoes with a coolidevable army ; and that we may expeit 10 fee them here to mor row—Therefore, all danger is thot' to be at an end relative to English proper ' ty in these fcas. We have already among 1 these Islands, nine fail of the line, and 1 ahout eleven frigates, exclusive of armed cutters, &c. so that the islands aie sur rounded by our cruisers. In a few days we (hall in all probability repoflefs our felveg of all Guadaloupe, and then we 1 shall be in perfect security, as the ' French will not have a lingle port or Island in these seas to flicker therafelves in." ARRIVED. 1 Brig Couger, King Amsterdam, 84' , r Newry Sloop Dolphin, Clark Antigua Polly,'Gilman Richmond Brig Venus, Howe, arrived at Jama ica, in 15 days paflage. LONDON, October 31. ™ Ihe FimiSyffleiMßy 'ikperibteed Ime at one time- of near two per cent ; but why or wherefore, we are at a lot to ima gine. The journey of Mynheer Fagel to this country, to explain the wishes of the Dutch to treat for peace, was the only motive that could be aiiigned for this rife. We believe that M. Fagel, come when he may, will find it difficult to persuade our court of the necessity there is to treat for peace. M. Eagel is expected in London this day. A rumour prevailed yesterday that Lord Howe's fleet had fallen in with fix fail of French men of war coming from the Meditteranean,snc had captured them. We could not trace this report to any au thentic fourte. 1 The Mr. Adairi. lately arrived here on his way to Holland, is not the son of Samuel Adams, asliat d in l'omc of the papers, but the son of ic'nA' ame, late Ambaflador to Great Britain from Ame rica, and now the (Jni ,f ted States. Mr. Adams is appointed Re e gdent at the Hague for the United gtate6. .> November 6. The following is a correal lift of the s proposed eftablilhment of the prince of . Wale's household : Mistress of the Robes, and to wait in her turn ; Lady Townfend. Ladies of th,e Bed Chamber ; Lady Caer narvon, Lady Cholmor.delty, Lady Jersey. Lord Chamberlain ; Lord Cholmendeley. Miller of the Horse ; Lord Jersey. s Vice Chamberlain ; Colonel Thomas. s 1 Maids of Honour; Miss Bruhi, Mils Poijite, Miss Coleman, Miss Erlkine (Niece to the Chancellor.) . Ladies of the Bed Chamber ; Mrs. Charles Fitzroy, Mrs. Vernon (Sifter to Lady Harcourt,)''Mrs. Pelham, e (Married to Lord Pelham's second son) Mrs. Hervey. Extract of a letter from Portsmouth No vember 4 " Lord Cranftoun has fuperceded Capt. Hope in the command of the Bellero " phon. " 1 PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE AMSTERDAM, O&ober 20. : " The spirited conduit of our mj giftrates again 11 ihofe infamous wreteh s es, who, fer the purpofe..of avenging 1 pretended private injuri«, would aval' therofelves of the present critical situation >tion of this country, to deftrey its con stitution, and deliyei it up into the hand?. : of a rapacious enemy, defer ves and re : ceives the highest praise from every true n friend to our commonwealth. Citiset: j Staphor.'l, wh<; r with three othr cinj. | leadei t oJjbu:' Jscr.bir.s, in open def_-. 1 ; *i.ce ■>: to; sa.e proclamation a;*...»»» 1 j 1 thd framing, figaing, au«a prcfttitli?g^if : E •li!hinds of addrefTes, tending to inter- t fere in the affairs of government, otr g the 16th inftjnf, defiled tu pi eLeut oee j to our magistrates, figncd by 5600 (.1- j tizens; tiic main purport ut .viiich was, j 111 a threatening tone, to oppose the 111- : tended great inundatiim, adiilillion vis foreign troops into &c. t have been put in a flat; of arrest, and are to be criminally prosecuted as the v dillurbers of the pabiiir peace, and ene- j mies of their pountry. AnOtlier of t their chiefs, the ex penfionqrv Vircher, , one of tiic Kioil enraged pajriot; during n our dillurbances in 1786, and a leading f member of the revolutionary committee at that time, is said to have made his c escape. Tnough the Carmagnol sac- () tion is daily more and more dwindling into infigniiicance, yet oar nngiltrates cotuinue with the utmoli vigilance to their manoeuvres, and to encreafe j the means of preventing :ny kind of commotions from convulling our city. The number of our regular troops, chiefly.compofed of the late garr'fonsof , Valenciennes Bois k-Duc, Hulil, Ike. \ amount at present to at least 6000 men, ltrong patroles of whwh are conltantly parading through our ltreets, and guard ingthe principal Jacobin hau.;ts, wliich have lately been llript of a confidetsble qaantity of arms and ammunition. The town houf? is protedled by a numerous j cijrpsof armed inhabitants, and njonc , gfts admittance, without having ferae 1 particular bulinefs to tranfa£l. The loyalty of thc lower and mod numerous ( elafs of the people, is unimpaired, and every public place refour.ds with loyal songs and exclamations of " Oranjr ho ven." Gu«Wres continues to be put in a j ' state of defence. The day before yes terday the French sent a crumpet to 1 Thiel, proposing to that city to receive j the sick belonging to the ci-devant gSr lifon of Bois-le-Duc. This propor tion having bwn accepted, the French have given ordcis not to fire upon the 1 boa's going down ;he river from Creve- 1 ccevr, because.they were charged wiih ttiefe lick.': T, ~rr —-t J Every thing jilnoiinces, that a firm ! resolution fas been taken, todifpute the ground, inch'by mch, in Gneldres..— Batteries are raifmg oji the banks of the Lek, on the fide of Ulreeht. The in habitants of theepvironsof Bois-le Due, have been furnmoned by the French to time; in default of which the}-will be fold for th* profit of the Freneh Re- i . public.. By several letters from Switzerland, we learn, that the commotions at Mar seilles, and in the whole province of Provence, arc of a nature far . more se rious and alarming for the present rul • ers of France, than they.are represent ed to be by the committees of govery m- nt in their report to she Convention. ' We cannot wonder that the inhabitants of these are at the utmost height of despair; when we recoiled, that Marseilles, whose commerce, be fore the revolution, afforded a net an nual gain of fourteen millions of French ■ livres, and spread abundance through a I whole province £ which on account of its fine aromatic productions and want of corn, w*s commonly called, " La Igtieux parfumee—the perfumed beg gar,"according to a late report of Lin det, it at present subsists by patriotic gifts; and of course the whole neigh- ! bouring connt-rv,-which depended upon her extensive trade, now lingers in the utmost misery and want. By a foreign (hip arrived from the Cape, we learn, that fo»r English (hips of war block up one of the harbours of Isle of France. AUGUSTA, Dec. 10, A most attroeious attempt to fire the town was made on Saturday night last near eleven o'clock —the flames made their ap pearance In Mr. Innes" warehonfe and Mr. Birche's stable at the fame time ; by early aid, no material injury accrued ii. the last 'instance t but unfortunately U.e lire had got so far a-head at Mr. Innes' that to prevent its spreading farther wa: the only pradicabie objef., and this by the very ex traordinary exertions of thr persons \tfho aflembled upon the alarm being piv«n, was effe&ed ; the loss is said to be auout 1500 dollars. EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD In addition to the appropriation tntde by tli« Legislature (s©o« dollar#) as a reward for the discovery of the i*uudiaries who attempted on Saturday lsfiKorfirt the town 'is fubfcribedby sundry i»iubi'*nt« and or thers; the fubferiptipn i« io hands of rhe Printer of this Paper, and the mon<.y w ; ll be forti, 1 oop 'Ve fame prin ciples on which the State Reward miybi paid. i BEtttfUDA, Dcc. ■(->. j suite# J v -;c the | Fauity, C.Jlft from >ifta • :L-y.iwith tha mtliert ITH-1I <i£ thuM-rdicls taken by the j tees fhig Cjttftn. of t . . gnus, out ofThi'adeiphia.— Th«*'n : re ;.s fallow—iiliip Betty Cat) Francis Garden', maftcr,-frJm Po ••• Prince, bound 19 London, with fu i taken i« lat. 27, 45 N. lonj.. 6 W. on the litI) of Norcii'.Jci; j. ttiftfesii, from Demraia. l<* M ; i, v b :r a h, in Hollaing the i6th Soic with 500 hhtis. fugai, oc. &c. Erjg ]• actor, Gave>s : fm,n Den , S ' to ditto,-with tugar, &c — The tecr, with the above prizi% ar.r! nifli brijr also taken by Iter, are -o. (or Cayenne. It is fuppofet! fh no coitimiffion, but . was ffoinp -ia <»: one at that place. She was chiefly r,i» ned by Americans, TRENTON, January 15 The votes in the counties cf f !• Efiex, Mid(!!«fex, Somerset and berland, r.ijd the townfiiips of Tre. .«■ and Maidenhead in Hunterdon c nt and Northampton, ChefterfieU' Nottingham, in Burlington, foe ; fentatives in the C.onj<refs, f; m.: follows :—Aaron Kitchell, 249? j rathan Dayton, 2205; James .1 i/Sj; Thomas Hincterfrw, Ifitac §?>tth, 1484; Ebenezer .• 1460; John J3earty, 143?; Bleomfield, 1197; Thomas :r, son, 838 ; James Schtiremsn, "- Marjf. Thompson, 604 ; Lsnibe i ?< waKader, 382 ; R. Smitt, 319 Jon f than timer, ziS ; John Harang, Charies Stev.arJ. 198.1 and a ft\. tering votes. —In EfTex and . r counties, Aaron ICitchell has ikt votes to supply the place of A Ctiiirk deceased. MARRIED—at George To«r ft. Thoina-; Peter, of that Toy. n, tu M Patty CtUUs, of Virginia. An Adjourned Meetii / ■ the Pennsylvania Society for pr< the Abolition of Slavery &c. &c. a, t held at the usual pfcee 011 Scco d L next, the rcth inlt. its jalclort m; u ■_ eilmg. James Todd, Se< *y. ift nx), 16 PRICE OF STOCKS. 1 6 per Cent Ifj 1 iogf Cent ' n, 1 Defer reJ Bank of the United States 24 Pennf/lvania' 25 North America, 4.C *r J * ; NEW THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, IVill be Prefenttd The OPERA cf Inlde & Yaric To which will be added The COMEDY of The ; CRITIC f O R A Tragedy rehea Box one Dollar—Pitt jof a Do! . Gallery J a dollar. Ticket» and places for the Bo*t: to taken of Mr. WttLs, at the Theatj ! from TfN'till one, .nid on of pr anee frpm TEN'tillthff.e o'clock. A'lfo at Rice's Book/lore, No. so, r and Carey's No, 118. Market ftre:t. The public ar refpeftlully inlornf till further notice, doors will : ilai five and the performance I m six o'clock, ptccifely. Vivat Refpubli< a AT THE Car 4 y Narl Fa£l&i No. 59, north Front flreet Webster, Adgate & W Have corij/a.nly for fafe, Cotton, Wool, and Machine Care Of all Kinds, Cut Nails of all sizes, Floor Brads, Sprigsai d Tacks, Fullers Shears, Gun Flinu a-nd >V Hats, A quantity of kiln dried Indian t- : .1 barrel* A new Edition of Philai ?!f Harmonv> containing both the firff .1 cond parts, heing the nmlt f tern of Killss and the b«ft colefl Pi; Tunes now in un, Alf" for Sale, A Complete set of Machinery for making Ci r<J Oi) » ltnpu>ved Conftructic r ' o<*. J »'■
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