'he d.fgracsof ihe nation, are llil! fuffcred to fab (ill in i^ngiand. Major genera! lord Catheart is now within as English mile of Bremen, and it is very probable he will soon take up these quarters, as we move forward. Orders are issued sot the immediate diflribution of a blanke.t per draroon, through the two re maining brigades, which mikes 11s conje&ure that the moment of our embarking (head quarters 1 mean) is more remote than it was thought some davs tack. I'he lad news from Heielberg mention terrible firing about Manheim. HOUSE OF COMMONS Monday, November 23 After seven petitions wer~ presented againll the J ferlition biil and three in favor of it. A motion was made to adjourn the further con futation of thfc bill til! Wednesday next. Mr. Fo:; moved as an amendment, that Tuesday fe'nnight, be fubllituted inltead ; and, after remind- * ing the Right Hon. Gentleman of his mistake, in I fuppsling last Monday that the meeting in Weft minlter did not speak the fenfeof the pari(hes v he contended, that delay could not be desired for the • purposes ot misrepresentation, because mifreprefen tarion might prevail for a moment, but mull be de . tested by delay. The more debates were held, the greater was the dislike of the bills, though this Adminiltraiion was diltinguilhed for extraordinary means of spreading #heir opinions. Difaullion, which was the means of counteracting mifreprefen tation, was all that he desired. When ail attempt was made to change the limited Monarchy into an abitrary one, he wished it done all at once, thai the design might be understood, rather than by separate* measures, which, by making the poison more plea sant, rendered the deftruftion more secure. He therefore hoped, that if the bills did pass, it would be without alterations, that the nature of the Minis ter's views might not be concealed but appear ia all their odious nakedness. . Never did man wifli more sincerely than he for a true declaration of the people's opinion. The pre sent moment was a crisis in his public life. If the people preferred slavery, and the bills to liberty and the Conllitution, he would continue to love them indeed, but it was not in the frame of his nature to be the iervant of fcich a people j and he trufled, that he could retire with fomt confutation to private life. If otherwise, it would remain one of his du- ties boldly to tell tkem truths. Should the bills pass by the mere influence of the minister, contrary to the great majority of the nation, and he was aflc- Ed without doors, what was to be done*lie vvou-ld fay, " This is not jiow a question of morality or duty, but of prudence. Acquiesce in the bills on ly as long as you are compelled to dofo. They are bills to deltroy the Conllitution, and parts of the system of an Administration aiming at that end." (Hear! Hear, Hear!) Mr. Fox said, he knew the mifconftruftion to which such sentiments were liable, and he braved it. No attempt of the Stu arts called more for nppofition than the present bills - and extraordinary times called for extraordinary de clarations. He moved, that " to-morrow week" be fubllituted in the motion for " Wednesday." The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, Mr. Fox's lait declaration could not be mifconltrued, and he thanked him fur-making it, that the public might fee him felting up his own judgment again!! that of the majority,of the House, attempting the' diUolutioii of Society, anr> persuading the people, of Englatid to have recoiirfc to the sword if they thought they could succeed" by it. Let him no: imagine, boivevcr, that Engliflomen will want Spirit to fnpport the laws. The Right Hon. Gentleman would probably find the law too (trong foi him ; but if that (hoiild not be so, he hoped that he would find the valour that (hould aid the.law. Mr. Fox would not retratSl a iyllable of his afler tions, which, he said, the Right Hon. Gen'leman hadfo riuiclimifreprefented. He had Hated merely,' that if bills to dellro'y the Conltituiion were pa (Ted the ienfe of the majority of the nation, he would give the advice which he had mentioned. He would Hand and abide h)T his words, he was then willing to have taken down, il required. The words might be strOng, but 11 rang measures called for strong words. Mr. Windham denied that Mr. Fox's explana tion h.id mended his alfertion, which was so plain a discovery 4jr liis intentions, that he had not, for fpme time, heard any thing with so much plcafure. People would now fee the neceflity for a vigour ftrjnger than the laws. ( Here a cry of take down his wo;ds I) Mr. Windham explained that%e meant ftronget- laws than the present, and that the taws 'hould be supported by means not wanting upon »Fier occasions. (A cry of N >te the words I) Mr. Windham replied, that he weuld repeat the words she cauld, and concluded by expressing his hope hat the country would not be so abje&'as to fub n.'t to the Hon. Gemlercvan. Alderman Ntmilum dated, that the'meetings the bill were not all fairly held, and that Mr. Mainw.iring had not been heard at Hackney, r himfelf at Guildhall. . Mr. Siftridati thought that the Hon. Alder )an had liixlled his brother freeholders, and ar ued, that all meetings in the metropolis and the eighhourhood had been fair, at one of which the iord Mayor, who had been friendly to the bills, ad acknowledged that the meaning of his confli- •ents wag exprefled. Mr, Sheridan offered to jSfcribe his hand to all the declarations of Mr. ox, from whom Mr. Wyndham should have known ftter than to expe£t a retradlion. Wlien 'plot 'rgiiig mintllers meditated astacks upon the Con itutiun ; when the Secretary at Wdr had made >"nc!on, the fejjt of the Parliament,,a garrison.and ®f a vigour rtore than the Jaw, lie would ad- IX every man to" refill the eftablifhinent of the Item o>f terror in this country. No Bi'itilh Ro •fpierre he hoped, would ever ttoniineer over the yiple of England ; Robespierre, who had hat-, (I the people of France with his pretended plots 1 he could not visit the .Mavor of Paris wi hont contemptible rtretehes would they be?—Nn oilier aifwereoald be given to the people. Ministers would not always fe;l the fame courage as i; t pre sent tor pet fevering in their plan:*. Mr. Wiiberforce said, that such declarations were liable to very different opinions, Sud expres sed his disapprobation of them. It was like telling the enemy, that they were ready to take up aims. Mr. Grey repeated Mr. Fox's words, and laid, that he was ready to fubferibe them, and give them t<> the clerk. He considered the bills as the last blow aimed at the dellrnftion ofthe conftitutian. Mr, Fox, he contended had said nothing but what was asserted at the time of the revolution. Mr. Fox's amendment was then rejected, and the original motion carried without a division. Mr. Rolls read an address fiom Devonlhire in support of the bills. At half pall one the House adjourned, after a ds'oate of uncommon warmth, the cries of Hear, Hear! during the last ipeeches of Mr. Fox, Mr. Windham, and Mr. Sheridan having beet) louder from both fides of the House than we remember to have ever heard them before. LEGISLATURE of MASSACHUSETTS, VIRGINIA AMENDMENTS. In a former paper we mentioned that the amend ments proposed by the Legislature of to the Conduction of the United States, relpefling the power to make treaties, were sent by his •ex cellency the Governor to the Legislature. Tliey were read in Senate, and sent down to the House without any proceeding thereon. In the House it was moved, that they be committed, which was negatived, and they were ordered to lie on the table. Thursday, February 4. Mr. Fiflc moved, that the Refelutions of Vir ginia be taken into confideratiun orcommi.ted. Dr. J.it vis feeonded the motion. Considerable conversation ensued j at the close of which, 4 o Ciock, P. M. was afiigned for taking the motion into confederation. At 4 o'clock, the. business being called up, it was moved by Mr. Williams, that it be farther postponed until the next day, at 11 o'clock, on account of the indisposition of Dr. Jaivis. [The Doctor,aboirt 3o'clock, was taken with convulsive fainting fits, and wa3 so indisposed as not to be able to attend in the House. He has recovered con.'iderablv, but has not yet been able to take his feat.] The postponement took place accordingly, Fiiday, February 4. Agreeajly to affigmncnt, the House 'oak Rfr. Filk's motion made yerterday, into crotli.-ieisti..:-. Af.er confiderabie tic} .ate, that gentleiiia.; wiiii d>ew bit motion, and a(ked Wave to lay the r<>!iuw- ing on the table, viz I fiat a committee be raised to take into con sideration the expediency of obtaining amendments to the Gotiftlmtion of the United States, i:i a conlKtutiomil way." This motion being feeonded, a debate enfiv-d.' ft was advocated by Mr. Ffflt, Dr. Thornton, Mr. Slocura, Mr. Edwards, aud fcveral others : and was opposed by Mr. S-wail, Mr. Tudor,' Mr. Strong, Mr. Williams, Mr. Bills, Mr. Parker, and others—and the coition being taken, fliall leave be given, palled in the negative. A. motion to enter the numbers on the joiirn.il being also negatived. Mr. Fifk moved to re-con lidei the lirli vote. 1 his motion renewed the de bate, and the question, (hall ihe former vote be re considered ai d leave given to lay the motion rn the table : w;:s finally taken by yeas and nays and were YEAS 46—NAYS 98. So the motion for re conlideration palfcd in the negative. It was then 'moved, that it be entered on the communication of the Virginia Refulves, read and sent up, which paffcd. - LEGISLATURE or NEW-YORK. The ABOLITION BILL was again ca!!ec! up in Committee of the whole ASSEM BLY ycftevday. Several amendments were pro pofedand rejected. Ihe queflion being put on a retaliation which'went to the freeing children who should be born of (laves after the -day of it was negatived by a majority of two—tl.rre nays 32, ayes 30. 0 P biladclphia, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY Ij, 1796. Yesterday arrived here the trig Flora, Captain Stevens, 20 days from the Kavanna. Left there the Bacchus,, and the Governor Brooke, of Phila delphia, The (hip Liberty, Capt. Ramage, of and from Philadelphia, arrived at Falmouth on the I tth'Nov. and the brig Lavinia, Charnock, Philadelphia, passed Deal on the 18th Nov. jmed] On Friday lau, Mr. Thomas Folv/ell, Merchant of this City j and on Sunday his remains were interred in the Friends Burying Ground. From a Correfpondcnty The Resolution reqjiefling the President to lay the Indian Treaty before the Honfe, duly authen ticated, calls in queltidn the propriety of the prac tice which was begun and pursued throughout the whole of Mr. Jeftrfon's administration cf the oHice of State ; and without any question or objefKon until the above inftanci of quibbling complexion* Die law conltituting the department of date (hews | that the mode adopted by the present ojficei is [ therein exaflly pointed out. The confulur con vdntion with France, formed old government, was communicated to the legislature by Mr. J-FFer fon in the iame manner, and the neceflary leo-iflativc provilion made without any obje&ion. Five Indlfen Treaties adjulling boundaries and granting moneys have also been carried into effect by the alt ho' the communication to the Honfe, has been ;irccyfely is in th,- ms- nf K.- -r was unn&eflary, ar>d fup;ifluotis —It fliews, of •1"W l.;tk irnpoi tance,names, preceden's and laws vc, v.'.eH iliey [-a,, be conveniently fct alide for panicuiar vurpofts. Ail authentic copy of the following Proceedings of the LegiflSuuc of the State of Rhode-/(land, was communicated in a letter from hi* Excellency Governor Fenner, to a jreotleman in this city, received on Saturday last, viz. STATE of RHODE-ISLAND, Vc. In GENERAL ASSEMBLY, House of Representatives, February SfJJtcv, 1796. WHER E ASattempt« Irffve been made to dimi nish the confidence ef the people in the President of the United States, by misrepresenting the mo. t'ves.which determined him in the execution of his C . c ' Ul ' t ' 3 ' '•">he President l.iouul. be deemed equivocal, and to rescue ou-r republican chara&tr from the imputation of in gratitude, Rcfoh'rd, as the opinion of this House, That attempts to leflVn the we!!-grounded confidence of the people in the Prcfident of the United States, have a tendency to injure the caufc of liberty, by weakening the influence of one of its principal Defenders; they, thrrefuje, merit and meet our pointed difapp-ohation. llej.ilvcd, 1 hat the fame disinterested devo tion to his country, which characterized George Washington as commander in-chief of our ar mies, h?s evidently diftinguiflied him as our Chief Pefalvetl, That, in the opinion of this House, the Prcfident in ratifying, and the Senate of the United States in coufcnting to and advising the ra tification of the Treaty, lately negociated by John Jay, with G.eat-Britain, weie y&uated Ly one motive, a regard to the peace and prosperity of their country. Refil-teJ, That we conceive it to be our duty, as the organs of ihe people of this (late, to de dare, that the Pkssidfut of tuf. United Sutzs HAS NOT CEASED TO RESERVE WELL OF HIS COUNTRY Frbraury. 4, I 796, Voted, £:c. Nhn. Con, ELISHA R. POTTER, Speaker. A ILLI AM Clerk pro tem. Ir> the HOUSE of MAGISTRATES, ' I.csi! the fame day, and concurred, Nemine Coniradiccnte. By order. HENRY WARD, Sec'ry. "■ww 'Tttt— BY THIS DAY'S MAIL. NEW-YORK, Fcbuiary. 13. Ye flu-day arrivad at if-it port, the fchnoner D:f;.a?eh, Williams, from Bourdcaux, which place 'he left on the 2811*1 Nov. by whom we hive been favored with the fallowing mofl IMPORTANT rtnd INTERESTING extradl : Cxtra£tf>f a letter from a gentleman in Bourdeaux, to his friend in this city, Nov. 28. " We have AUTHENTIC intelligence this morring, that Picliejtru has ENTIkELY DE FEATED the AUSTRIAN ARMY, and ta ken all their artillery," See. [,V. T. Argus. Mr. M'Lean, You are to puhlilh the enilofed advic es received this day from Cadiz in your Gazette, ptefuming they may prove interelling to the mer cantile part of your lubfi ribers. Extrail of a letter from James S.'mpfon, Consul of the United States at Gibraltar, t6 Jos. M. Yzna*li, Consul General at Cadiz. Dear Sir, ~ " I have not any of yourregaided favours un der answer ; therefore have only to fay, 1 have this morning received a letter from Mr. Donaldfon, at Algiers, in wbjch he recommends our difcou ■"aging vedels of the Uniied States going up the Mediterranean, becaufc of their danger from the cruizers of Tunis and Tripoli ; who no doubt will now be more aftivc, since they may expect the number of American veflels in these seas will be coniiderably augmented. " Let this fei vc for your guidance, and be as sured oi the unfeigned elleem of your's, &c." Mr. Yznardi would recommend to all Mailers of veficls bound up the Mediterranean, to touch at Cadiz, and receive his advice, which w ill be molt cheerfully given. We haveagainthe melancholy ta/k. of announ cing the death of another valuable citizrn in that ofDoftor WILLIAM PITT SMITH, whooi : ed early yefter'day morning,' in the prime of'his life. This City has never perhaps sustained so hea vy a loss, in rrfprit Io proftrf»>nali!nd uleful cha rhflers, in the fame fpa'ce of tin-t, as in rhr quick ly furceeding 'death* of Doflfors NI'CHOL and SMITH, both of them eminently afitive ayd* ftic ccfsful piaftitioner».V ' - - Arrived at this Port. Ship Minerva, Seymour, Aux-Cayes ljdays, Big Difpatch, Bowls, Cadiz 60 Schooner Hirjm, Bolton, Savannah, 15 Sally and Kitty, , do. T7 . Sloop Happy Couple, ,Windfor,N.C. 15 To the Public. Miniature Painter from Paris begs leave to inform the public, that his hodrs of 4 attendaace for jbe from 8 in the inorming in th< jnre-jraitti Rickelt: s New Amphitheatre, CHESN-C r-STREE r. J uefday, February 16, Will be presented, a grand rtifplay of horsemanship, Ey Mr. Rickettt, Mr. V. Kkkctis, ' Mrs. Sp.nacuta, Mr. Langley, and Mr. Sully, Clown to the Korfe manihip. Mr. Ricketts will perform the Manual Exert:fe on horfecack in full speed, in the character of ati AMERICAN OFFICER, And go through the different manoeuvre as t ho' on the ground. Ground and Lofty Tumbling, -? y a Com pjny • f I'eriOTT.cu from Sadler', Wells. - r * Kxcketta Will, hv particular dtfire, exhibit the laughable fccne of the ! Taylor riding to Brentford. And for the fifth time, RICKETTS'S NSW PAN TOM I MI, called, The Triumph of Virtue- ■ Oil, HARLEQUIN IN PHILADELPHIA. 4.+ The Doors in future to be opened at FIVE and the Entertainment to begin at SIX o'clock. *»* Boye*. one dollar—l'it, half a dollar. ' * i\EW theatre. BY PARTICULAR DESIRE. On MONDAY EVES'IKG, February i Sf Will b„- presented, A COMEDY, called Every one his Fault. Lord Norland, M r . H' ithik, Sir Robert Ramble, Mr. IVi^nell, Mr. Solus, M r . Morris, Mr. Harmony, Mr. Bqtcs, Captain It win, Mr. Morelui, Mr. PI and, Mr. Green, Hammond, Mr. Warrdl, jun. }! or « r » Mr. Worrell, Ldward. Mrs. MarJ'wll. Lady Eleanor Irwin, Mrs. Whltlock, Mr;. Placid, Mrs. Sh.tu, Miss Spinlter, Mrs. Bates. Miss Wooburn, Mrs. Morris. . A"" 5 " f the c - me ''y, (for the 3d time) A GRAND DIVER J JSEMENT, composed by Mr. v Francis, called The IVarrfor's Welcomc-Home. \\ ith an introductory fymphonv of military music. T,he „ P ri "cipal cheraaers by Mr. Fraruis, Mons. Lege,' Mr. Warreli, jun. Mis. tilufpis, .Mrs. lie Marque, Miss Milbourne, and MifsWi'lcms Messrs. Doclo'r, Darley, jun. T. Warrell Mitchell, Mor gan, &c —Mrs. Do Mailer Vr'arrrll. Norah, Mrs. fVarrcll, Kathleen, Miss Willcms, ' 0" Tlie Public are refpeafdlly informed, that the Uoors of the Theatre will open at a quarter after FIVE o'clock, and the Curtain rife precisely at a quarter after piX— Until further notice. BOv\, One Dollar—PlT, of a Dollar— and GALLERY, Haifa Dollar. Plates tor che Boxc* to be taken of Mr. Wells at the Front of tfye Theatre. TICKETS to be' had at H. and P. RICE' S Book-Store. . • O- 50, Ivlarket-btreet; and at the Office adjoining the The- No money o, ticket, , 0 be icturned ; nor lny pcr f cn , on any tceounl whstfoever, admitted behind :he scenes. Ladies and Gentlemen are reqjefted tcTfend [heir servants , in keep p.ace, a quaiter before five o'clock, and <>,der Hum f,>o " as lhe co "»pany u seated, to w i hdrj,»; „ ihev can. not, ob any account, be permitted to remain. 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