the prsbability was, that he would not be able to return in a week, perhaps a fortnight from this time, the confequetice will be a farther po!l p-Mic meqt, or else what becomes of the principle ? He did not fuppofethat any new light would be thrown On the fubjeiSt. He was opposed to tiie motion. 4 Mr. Hartley was in favor of the motion, he re marked that bv one dav'sdelay important and in terfiling dii'clofures.of fafti may take place. Mr. Gsli.itin infoimed the HouL- that it was in vain to expect any fur. her difolofure of fids. The ftatcment of the Committee contains nothing more than wai fubltmtially p.ibHl'ned by the Governor fix months ago. • Mr. Hartley stated one particular relative to 18 lHtfouud v:>tes given for Mr. Morris, which he slid had not been mentioned by the Governor. Mr. S'.vanwick again urged taking up the re port this day. Mr. Parker fta'.ej vaiiotjs particulars in favor of tl pirftponemrnt tintif bespoke oil ge neral principles, he considered the business as pecu liarly fit listed* he had no doubt that if the decision is now made, the House will probably have to go over the ground again ; for the probability was, that when this new decision of the Committee of Elections *ras known to the people of the Diflricl they would come forward wish a petition to the House for a new election. Some further remarks were made and then moti on for a poftp'inement being put was negatived. O i motian of Mr. Macon the Honfe voted that a feat be aflitraed for Mr. Richards within the bar. Mr. Richards took a fxit accordingly. Mr. J. Smith slated foine diffic;:i'v relative, to the mode of exprefit->n adopted by the Committer, his objection appeared 1 o be againfl: the words " duly elected " to decide in this way would pre clude any future enquiry relative to the (übjeiil (hould any petitions be brought forward. It was moved to amend the clause vf the report to read thus— Rt!olvcd that John Richards is entuled totake his feat in this Honfe as one of the Representatives frotti the State of Pennsylvania. This motion was agreed to rem. eon.—. Mr. Richards was then qualified and took his feat as a member of the House. Mr. S. Smith prefenied a refutation to the sol lowing purport—that the Secretary of the Treasury reporttothe Houfea comparative view of the Ton nage employed between the United States and Fo reign Countries in the years 1790, '791, 1 752, 1793, and 1794, also a companion between the" Tonnage of the United States in 1790, and 1704. Tins resolution was agreed to, Mr. Bourne pre fen ted a tefjititionto the sol lowing purport. Tliat the Secretiry of the Trea sury lay before this rlodfea ftitement of the goods wares, and merchandize irnpotted annually with their value into the United States finec the jatli September 1789, to the y3.11 1794 disci i.ninating the amount of the ai : icles imported in the veffeltof the United States from those imported in foreign veflels. This refohitlon was agreed to Mr. W. Smith of the Cwiivr-ittee of ways and means, reported an apptypriaiion lull for t e year 1796; which was twice rradj and committed for to-morrow. A report of the Committee of eleeliofs on the contested election of Jolw Clopion, one of the members from Virginia, was read —It Ih.t?s that Mr. Clopton, is entitled to a feat in the Hotift. This report is made the order of the day fur Wednesday. A petition was presented from Jabcz Bowen, cotnmiffioner of loans for the (late of Rhode-[flan J ; read and refered to the Committee on the petition of Nathaniel Appleton. Mr. Brent piefentrd the petitions of Charles Grass and Amos Thompson, which were read and retrrrd to the Committee of Claims. Adjourned. From the Columbian Centinel Trut ! Accurate ! Official ! " C 3* We reqtiefl the undivided attention of the Reader to the following : It. is an excellent antidote to the poifwn contained in Mr. Fauohet's intercept ed letter ; and a faithful tranflution. Mr. Russell, AMONG :he virions motives whxfi have been urged by <»ur Jacobins, to ertfangle the United States in the politics of Europe, and render them subservient to the views of France, none have been mote fuccefsfully applied than those of gta'itude to that nation, for the ftippofed difintereltednefs with r c.n had illy it ly ;et»- and the which {lie took part in our late revolution \ The wi felt ilatefmen, and thufe whose means of ! obtaining information entitled them to the confi dence of America, uniformly declared, that a re { ,gard to her own intereil and a gratification of her j pa Sons folcly dire&ed the fubtte'politics of France, I in her conduct toward this country. A publica ' tion by the national convention of the manuferipts | found in the cabinet of Loois XVI. abundantly ! confirms the idea. mo -1 for ictn- The mlc :Kofe 1 fei.d you the translation of a memorial of Mr. Turgflt, to thi late King of France, taken from that publication. It {hews that fear and hatred oi England the only grounds of her conduct.— Injury to Britain was all (he hopeii for—fafety to herfelf and Spain the peculiar and sole obje&s of all he I politics. and •ji in rea only. im- ■» . Xxtratt fro*} a Memorial ps Monf. Tnrgot, inti. lletl, Reflections occalianedby a memorial com munic.ited toth? Olotiut <3e Vergennes, upon'the manner in ..which France - and Spain aught to rejard the conffqnencea of the quarrel. between Gi ■cat-Britain and her Colonic*, dated April; this le cu- •eaves nittee' fa&s A. D. 1796. THE author makes, at the end of tliii long m?m«irial, an exact recapitulation of his ideas, as follows—ift. li| tracing with the Count de Ver (jeancs the different ways in which the quarrel be. tweeir Great-Britain and her colonies may be ftip. pofc«l to terminate : It appears to mr, that the event, the mofl desirable for the interelt of the two Ifopej mighj an hi) 'fc'ft ej faffs' crowns (France and Spain) would be, that Eng land should overcome the refinance of her colonies, ind fwrcr thern to foomit to her yoke ; because if the rolonie9 aie subjugated only by iiie ruin of ali their resources, England will lose all the advanta ges hitherto derived from them, -in peace, by the increase of her commerce s in war, by the use (lie is able to make of their forces, ft", on the con trary, the vanquished coloaies preserve their wealth, and their population, they will retain the Courage and the do lire of independence, anil will compel England to employ part of her forces to prevent them from revolting anew. The supposition of an absolute reparation of the mother country from her colonies, appears to me infinitely probable. There will result from it, when the independence of the colonies is entire, and acknowledged by the English themfvke-', a c„m plete revolution in all the political and commercial relations between Europe and America, and I firm ly "believe that all countries having colonies, will be forced to abandon all authority over them ; to leave them an entire freedom /oi commerce with all nations, and content tliemfelves in partaking with others qf this freedom, and in maintaining, with their colonies the bonds of friendfhip and fraterni ty. If it is an evil, I believe there 1 t-xiil sno to prevent it—that the only part left us will be to submit to absolute necessity, thence to derive our confutation, 1 have developed some motives «f consolation, from-an appreciation of the benefits of colonies to their parent countries, rather lower than is com monly adopted.—p his is the fnbjedt of another memorial immediately following the one here tranf latcd.J I have aifo ob.'-rved, that in such cafe there 7 ► would be great dan.gsr to those powers, who ftiould qbltinatelv refifl the course of events ; that after being ruined by efforts beyond their means, they would behold their colonies eatially, escape from them, and bccome their enemies inltead of remain ing their allies. I have dwelr, in particular, upon the impor- ' tance to Spain, that she now fixes her reflexions « upon the pnfiibility of this event, and familiar ; izes herfelf beforehand, with the idea of a to- ! tal chancre of hj?r fyfltrri, in the adminittration of j her commerce, and m her rtlatitins ti> her co|o-1 nirs A toco' c: ration, ab.ve all tilings, and ar ip.-me- ■ diate reconciliation between England and America, ! appears t<? rr.c the noly event that can threaten the ! two crown*.rv : tll ar.y ftldden danger. Se?ondly—ln the examination ot t!.i3 I liave obfrved that it is twofold—that it tr.ay cfmt from England or from Spain ' ' • -'; s • On the p»rt of E iglao the Count <!t Vcrjjen- I m s appeirs to mo to i>e fntiaiied, that the pre- ( font mmi Iter hisno holtile views—l tht.ik with ' a'fo t 1 ■ t;,. • >,r>t a new ni'ni ier wo'do :■ o*. corn j nsenec a war, '.1: | t » had <-:mp!?ated with Aiiicm-s. l'iori their inability to c::n-ii.tich a peace ; 1 beiio- we shall not be difiurhrd in the course of tl ii ve r. 1 have rcfie.t d oil the doTe'Cr.t fcafur.r. >n w'nuh ! our failoi with hose of England, jrr rsp-ilt-J, I in t!ieirtu:n. to He iurpriled by tl.e Vival 1 1 have <>'Tei ve•. 1 [ i>at "tli!3 reg-.;l;'.r, nut? Pc- MO'i would deler:ri:ie the time when Eitgl.iiH "r i intend 'o < orriV nee hil ilu ICS, and tliit it • <li■ ! furi.iih t« in the means of dif:ovcriivr her vi< w 6 , the pi-cautions (he then takes —In relation to Sp 'e . I have f?.id that there is to be feared, on her part, too great confidence in her own force's, the T.ilpa thy ajrai lft the Britidl power, the just relentment which the Catholic King feels against the proceed ings of this power toward him, and the obttacles that these dtfpofniorts - would interpose to a ecun filiation, if any dilpttte or act of violence hould happen between the Spanifli a;id Euglift com nto.J. •eis. 1 have laid, lastly, that it is equally important not to be furpiized by England, aid not to be hur ried *way by the ardour of Spain—and I have in fitted upon the nccefiity of encreafing, and main taining between our two crowns a confidence, with out reserve. As to the measures to be taken by the two crowns, to prevent the danger which may threaten them, my manner of thinking is precisely the fame as that of the Count D'Vergen.nes, On the neceffi'y of reje&ing every plan of aggression on our part. — ' In the fit ft place, by moral reasons, so conform able to the manner of thinking, recognized by the two monarchs, [n the feeoud place, <'» account of the fiate fti which the King finds hi} finances, and his lard and sea forces, the want of time to regenerate all the branches of his poiv.-r, and the d inger of perpetu-' ating our weakness, by making a premature use of our forces, In the third place, by the decilive reason, that a war,offenfive on our part, would reconcile the mo ther country with her Colonies, by giving to the miniller a pretence for yielding, and to the Colo nies a motive to bend to hii piopofitions, that they mMit gain time to consolidate, and to mature their plan, and multiply their means. We hear that the Indians have not yet left this city, as they are to visit Ricketts's Circus this even ing. It' rauft be highly entertaining to llranjrers, to feethofe aborigines express their furprjze a; the different performances exhibited at that place of amufrment. A Correfpondtnt. Extract of a letter to the Editor dated Gharlcjlon, " I received your favour of the lßtVi De#. with Mr. Randolph's vinJication, for which I thank you. The papers brought us great quantities ef information, foreign and domestic. Our horizon ■seems to be brigUtning, and evecy friend to order, and to republican jjovi rnment mud rejoice to per ceivc the vessel of (late getting frMy into port af ter so many ru2e tempers. If jam not triftaken, to-morrow.J Philadelphia, TUESDAY EVhNING, JANUARY 19, 1796. fS. C.J January 4 i things are getting Into better train tfian tli»y hsve been for a lon j time. The honest men of both parties will perceive the dangen of furcigo inter I'.ieuce in our country, dud wiii unite to repel f» dangerous and fruitful a source of calamity. In this country, Potwilbft-mdnijf appearances have been unfavorable, there is a growing dffpoii tion to rely upon the wisdom and integrity of the government, and to confide in, and fapport its rtiez !ttres. Mmy of the leading ra-.n who took a large share in the deliberations of the fiimnjer in rel.it'on to the treaty, concede that thc-y took, up the fttt>- je£t too nattily and tinadvikdlv, 2nd altroli every man in this City avows freely a detertjiinaiion to flip port the treaty to the lail entrcirwfyv now that it lias becomc an aft of the £ovrrr:meiit» It this temper thould extend itfelf and become fixed in the Amtrican rpirrii, it will demon fi-*t e. to the world, the poflrflion of a moderation o; character, un known to other nations—and wirm dif:uilions of public meaßtres, prevents to final adoption will produce falutaty truths, in the conduit of miitj, without furnifhinfr indications of a refra£t~ry spi rit. Great fatijtaCiion prevails in the probability that the French nation will he likely to frt down in quiet under their new Constitution, which contains principles and anangements prumife (labil ity." eoMMumc/iriotr. Gatty's hydraulic' mrchine fliowing the circulation of the blood to and from the heart is an •ingenious thing. He exhibited it in Chtfimt- Street on Friday in a small crowd, and diltributed his cards. Mr. Wipnell, the manager of the ele gant New Theatre, very neatly-exchanged a Ticket to his Theatre with this itinerant philosopher for one of his cards of address—Poor Gatty seemed to think that his ■addrtfi was of more value than he had imagined—and whether hit cards were ex haftfted, or that he thought their value beyond giv ing aw3y—he distributed no asorc. Every enlight ened effafion of the hear; ought to belong to the public.—For the public ftoek of generous fenftbi lity is,certainly augmented in proportion as such pleasing little incident! are known. At a qa?rtei]y meeting of the Society for the inflitution and fripport (>f FirßdaV (or Sunday) Selwols, in the City of Philadelphia, the diitri&s of Sußthwark and the Norvhern Liberties, held ifl month l 2th, t 796, the following Harmed persons were elefited Officers thereof for tfie en filing year. Willi:, ir White, PrtficVnt. Benjnmm Say, Vice-Ptefideat. Clmles Marshall, Treasurer. Gourde x Wil!i,iri>s, Secretary. FO.l THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. Mr FENN'O, 1 hat the L.-gifTaturc* of Ne-.v Hampfli're, Vcr. mon', Counedicut, New-York, New-Jersey, Peftn fylvauja, Maryland and North Carolina, avl the Coagicis of the United Stntes are oompoftd i f tGNi'RAMt;ss; s, st.ucc.4KDs and slates, is de- ii-.infi'nrni by Scipto in the Aurora of ibis aior.i ! '(_ — [ht tol|->wirw are lils word? : " Your anfivcr to ilie mcfisjje of the p'tfi !en t nut lhat lively fenjibility as to uir pref'-rit (i: nation, w4>kh mitrht j'.iftly fiotri the nr/an of our confidr-'c". It tvrts too quid) to «ri-ln»' Lack an aflc • tliat 'lie United States were in a fruition eminently profperous.—Tliey are so, in .appearance, to the ignorant, to the sluggard, or to tl:c slave — But to tlie watchful and tfie wife, they mu!t appear, in a fituaiion lingulatly critical*' PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. A R RIV CDi Ship W.niisrufun, St, Übe>, 42 -Barque Csefar, Spntfwood, Brilloi, 56 Snow loduttiy, Millfr, Bremen, via Ramfgate, 56 Schooner Be!fey. Freeman, Martinique, 21 Sloop Merrimack, Carlton, Portsmouth, N. H. 33 IThe baiqtie Csefar failed from Bristol the I r;h of November, and left there the (hip Wilmington, '! Captain Mariner, to foil for this port in two or three ' davs. . Captain Williamfon, when 8 days out, spoke the bi iff Maris, Capt. Price, 14 days from St. Übes, for BaitiV.ore. Captain Miller, of the fn<uv industry, informs, that from 20 to 25 friil of American velfels, put ib to Ramfgatc, (England) in distress, all of which failed from '.hence previous to his departure, for different ports in the United States—among them was the Jay, far New-York, which failed on the 9th November. Tejlcnl'.'j arrived the Barque Co:fur, Cap!. Spof wood, from firiflol, in 56 (lays—By the Ccefar tve have Tbe"\ imes of -the I 2th, from which the following articles are extraded : LONDON. Yefh'rdjy morning arrived Mr. Major, a king's messenger, from Bade, and Mr. Ballet, from the Btitifli army on the Continent, lyno Hamburgh mails reached the Poll-Office soon after. In the evening two more mails arrived. We are sorry to fay that the packet having on board the fir ft njait, is loft about a league from Yarmouth, but the crew is saved These mails have brought ns advices of the roofl important nature 5 no lefs-lhan the complete de feat of the French armies in thfc differentpofts oc cupied by them on the right banks of the Rhine. •The two armies of Clairfayt and . Wurmfer have liothXycceeded in their plans of attacking to force the enemy across the If hine } after having experi enced a greater loss, in 'partial':artacka, than if .they had been defeated in a pitched battle. . i It appears, we hav» already remarked, that the origin of all the disasters experienced by the French was, in cnnfequencc of General Clairfayt Slaving, violated the .line of ma iked out ;by the fruffians. On thetithttlt. Gen. Ciairfayt imadea forced march t»f 18 hours, along the moun» ■tains near Afchaffenbonrg, over a neutral Unita ry,and fixed his camp on the plains near Franckort. —The left wing of Cen. Jourdan's atftiy beco- m!n£ thus ertpofrd, lie onftffcd an Jnfuftt reti'?»f, 'eavuirr liis artillery,, bag.gpge and to Auiliians. It js Ir.ipoftble to calculate the loft of th« Frem.-h jinnies; but* as v\e kno-.v that there were alm''''- d.iily flcirmilhcs and battles sot ■eigfyrrr irbYn the U'h to the }Qth ofOdtijficr, a«tl that <>n m>f occaliun the Fruv-R were routed, it may pajily Lni supposed their loss is imrtu-rfc. While Ofneral GfcHrfayt urn* pUrfutpfr tnans <m the Luwr Khne, Gen. Wuritifrr on the l Bth ult. attacked the French poils near and carried the Tort »f the NcekiirJoy aflauju O i this occasion the French Gvnera! An imot .way prisoner. £ Furthlt Exiraffs to morrcr.i\] NEW THEATRE. On U'EDNESbjr EfSNtNGi January ;o, Will be [ireKiitfd, A COMEDY, <n!M, The RIVALS. Sir Anthony AbfoSute, tJaptaiu Aliioluie, tauiklandi Acres, iiir XjutiUs ©'Trigger, ia^, David-, Coaclinian, Boy, Mrs. Ma la prop) Mrs ihaiu, L'ydia Languilh, lilrs. Marjhal!, V Julia, Mrs. Fronds* Lucy, (fivfltime) Mrs, Doflvr. To which will be added, , A SPEAKING PANTOMIMiT, (writtenby the lat€ David Garrick) called, Harlequin's Invasion OF THE REALMS OF SIIAKESPEAR2. With the original mufic—*the accompaniments by M/< Giliingbarn. With an entire aew Medley OvchurS.by Mt.XcinagU. Harlequin, Mr. F,ancr, Mercury, (with Tongs) Mr. hlar/oa/l, 1" orge, Mr. Moretoni Bounce, Mr. Green, I'rontin, IV*r. Harvjood, , Taffy. Mr. Brett, Bog, Mr. Darirj, jns. S.mon, Mr. ,'Vgne/l, Snip, . Mr. Bares, Abraham* Mr. E i/feit, Juitice, Mr. H urre 11. C. icr, Milter Wat re!!, Padlock, Mr. ii'arrejl, jufl. Fairy, v, i!i a long, Miss Sai'eattr., Coluinbinc, of the irairy group, Mils Gilaffvc, l>;)Uy Snip, M-s trcncu, / Mrs. Snip, Mrs. Sukey Chitterlin, M.f» H'irut/is, Old Woman, with a forg, Mr. liarley. In the cc.urfe of liic Pjutt'omime will be a variety o£' new Sceu<-ry and Machinery. The C.c---m ry dmijjiK-d itsd'extmudby .Yiri luubturm. BOX, One Dollar— PIT, Thrcc-Fo'urtba of a Dollar— »nd GALi.MOV, Halt a Dollar, , 1 he Pabiic a'e relpcfliu'h' informed that the Deon ot the Theatre v.'jl! b; open at F. v Vh, and ihc Curtain rite prrciicly as. SIX o'clock. Place* for tie Boxes to be iakchicf Mr. We-IIS, at the Front of 'Uic Theatre.. f ICKE'TS u> be. ha<i at H, P R;CE's Bo'>k-Store. Vo. Markec-Stiect; and at the Ofiict adjoining the The- aire. i.a.ilrs ard,Gentle invn art 1 rcqieflcd'to fend their servants In keep place* a quarter before o'clock, and older liiem as footi hs the com;*vny is fftatccL to wi.Hdra'.v ; as they can not on any account, he o 'rrßatn. No money or ticke « ro l>c ic UMied ; nor an-,- perfoll, on arty acrouni whaHoever, admitted brhn-H rhe ftr-irs, _ , Vli'AT itRSPVBUCA. PROPOSALS, fOX PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION MI L L'A R; s ELEMENTS BAYS- LAW OF INSURANCE. "I'HE present publication (hall, \y additions to thi fmiU A Treatise puhliihcd in Britainin 1787, be augmented to the size of two volumes reya! , coiiS ing of at lead 600 pages each, oil a fat air pica typv . It had been fuggelled to the compiler, by many persons conversant in t.ie law and practice nf lofttrance, that a complete compilation of the autttrtiin vn this ftng'.c Jiijrft would be of s,reat u'tility ; to which petfons particularly interested in this one brafich of law might have recourf", ilia-cad of being under the necessity ot purchasing and turning over a variety'of voluminous p lli«uti6.ib. To aufwer thisend ot conveniency, it is proposed to de. r tine the firit volume of the present work to the reception of a vi=ry lull colleilion el aittUrii 'cs,- not in a Rate of abridgment, a» was the cale in the furnair edition; and which couli never fuperl'ede recoutfe to the originals) but to be infertedw butim from the moll approved original compilations, and .arranged in the mode whicl appears eafi.(t for confnlta tion. This Fitfi Volume, or Dictionary of Authorities, will comprehend, ilfc. The ancient Marine Ordinances ef tht Foreign fiatet of Europet which form the corn&ort l<;iv of IrfuraHce. A$ prdent it is untor«inau that a eolle&ion as thefe-s scarce ly to be found any where cii'e than in that scarce and boolc, Mageu's ElTay, in t\vo voluttict, 4to 2J. The Statute Law of Great-Uxitaln ii regard to Jr. 'furances. Ihe American legislatures have hitherto don# nothing upon th : s fubjecSt. 3d. A very full collection of the reports 9f cases in t e qourts of England and Scotland, and of tioii of the States-©!' America so far as they can be This will form by tar the greatest as'well as the moil im portant juirt of the firl't volume. By means of his friendt at the Eng/iih bar, the compiler hones to bring forward a number ot repots of adjudged cases ficver before pub liihed, so as to make the scries on this fubje& more com plete than any nmy extant, t Thefccond volume will cor.fift of an Institute, or Ele mentary Trcatifc, on a plati something similar to that of the former edition ; but with great addition of new mat ter; so as to extend this part oi the work to about double the former size. A more practical arrangement will also be studied.. I he whole will be attended with very full Indexes of the different part 6. ' Pri :eto fubferibers fix dollars and one half for the two volumes in boards. 1 he work will be put to the press whenever a fufficient nnmber of fubfcriptionshave been obtained to indemnify the publisher for the adual expence of publication. SubferytioKs trill be received by "Thomas and all lis BoohfHlers in Philadelphia. J.inuary x^, A Cargo of St. Übfcs Salt, ? , i&% SALE, B* \ 'Phi!ipt, Craimnd & Ct, $ January 19, Mr/ JWs: r;,") Mr Tilvreiarif Mr. VSig'icii Mr, TitUeS, Mi. H r bitlock t Mr. Marjßalt, Mr. Francis, Mr. r/arrell, Maiter T. JVafrell< A NVW EDITION OF OF THE 2aw6w-.
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