NEW THEATRE. TO-MORROIV EVENING, February 16, Will be presented, A TRAGEDY, called JANE SHORE. Duke of Glofter, Mr. Green, '.Lord Mailings, Mr. Wignell, Catefby, Mr. HarweoJ, Sir Richard RatclifFe., Mr. Worrell, Belmoiir, Mr, Beete, Dumpnt, 'Mr.* Wbitlock, Jiarlof Derby, Mr. Francis, Alicia, Mrs. Morris, ' Jane Shoif, Mrs. Wbitlock. To which will be added, for the firft time, .Jl Grotejque Pantomime (partly Tien and pai tly compiled) called The Witch es of the Rock ; Or, EVERT WHeAe. "With a ;.ew overture, Incantation, Airs, and Cho rufles, eompofed by Mr. Reinagle. The I antomime compiled by Mr. Milboarne, and under the direction of mrjfrs* Francis and Milkourne. Harlequin, Mr. Franc : s, ill Witch, Mr, Darky, .ad Witch, Mrs. Worrell, f mfflrs. J. Darley, Rtl/oinj, \ Mitchell, Miss Wittems, i'c Mr. Rarrell, Mr. Darley, jus. Mr. Milbourne % • Mr. Beete, Sig. Jojdph l!o3or, Mr. Morgan, • Mr. Wefrrell, jun. Mr. Mitchell,. Mafh-r Wctrrell, C Mi's Willems, Miss Row/on, I Miss OUJield, 15ft- - Fruit Woman, Mrs. Roiu/q^. Columbine, Miss Milbrurne. Old Lady, M.fs Salomon. With new Scenery, Machinery, and 'Decorations.— Jnterfperfed with a varuty of mechanical changes, ®&*g'cal transitions, and whimt/ital metamorpholes. 7*o cu'iclude tvhh a IjISPLAT of The Great Falls of Niagara. The Scenery dejigried ani executed by Mr Milbourne Attendant Witches, Pantaloon, Lawyer, "Drunken Valet, Surveyor) Pero, Mife'r, Pompey, Tinker, Bricklayer, Milliners, Rickeitss New Amphitheatre, CHESNUr-STREET. THIS PRESENT EVENING, Thursday, 15th February, TTliere will be prefentcd, a general Grand Display of the moll capital ]lqiieftr 'i&n Iff Stage Performances, And, in additian to the former Scenerv, tke BEAUTIFUL PAINTING By Mr. Perouani, painter and architect from Italy, which gave such extraordinary fatisfaiftion last evening, at the celebration of The PRESIDENT'S BIRTH NIGHT, Representing the Temple of Minerva, with the Statue of that Gotfdefs of VVifdcm, in the attitude of con templating a bust of the President of the United States of America, placed on ail handforne pedcftal, and surrounded by Fifteen Figures, emblematic of the Fifteen States, holding Festoons of Flowers. The President's Statue is crowned by other Figures, re presenting Immortality and Liberty, ready to cele brate the Birth Day as this virtuous hero, whilfl an Eagle appears, flying fvriftly down, with the label in his bill, E PLURIBUS UNUM. The top of the Temple and the Architrave are orna mented with emblematical Paintings descriptive of The Victories gained under the command of IVajhington, Who ye'fterday commenced his 64th year, which is recorded by Hiftorv, fitting by the pedestal that supports the bust. The Arms of each State,are painted over each Box, and 4 the arm 3of the U. S. opposite the Stage. COMMEkCE AND AGKICULTURU appear on the front of the Stage. And several Shields for Coats of Arms of the new* States; togeiher with other Emblems of the Indian Treaties. Besides, a variety of other Paintings & Figures, that compose A Trite of Scenery extremely intrrejlibg. The whole Hoafe will be illuminated with variegated lamps, and the great Girartdole is ornamented with Festoons of Flowers. The Evening'j Awufement t§ conclude with RICKKTT.s's NEW PANTOMIME, called, The Triumph of Virtue ; ©R b HARLEQUIN IN PHILADELPHIA F 0 R S A L E, A NEAT two story frame building, situate in Fifth ftrect, continued in Southwark, which Lets at 301. per annun), fubjeft to aground rent of nos. An elegant Brown Gelding, 14 1-2 hands high, goes well in a chair or under the saddle.—An handsome riding Chair and Coachee; with harness complete. tract? of Land, situate contiguous to each other, containing about 773 acres, in Northumberland county, near the toWn of Northumberland, Surfdry tra&s of Land in Bedford county, being about 2,200 acrcs, part near the waters of Conymeaux, and adjoining Lands of Daniel Tyfon. Alfa, one other tra& in Weftmoreland county, adjoining lands of William Sitgreaves, on Clear field creek. For teims apply to SAMUEL R. FRANKLIN, No. 81, S. Water-ftrcet. or No. 72, S. Second-street. Phi]ade!phia,*Fei>. 15, 1706. Political Book-Store, No. B,foulh Front-Jlreet. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, By THOMAS BRADFOR D, A PROSPECT FROM THE CONGRESS GAI:L ER Y, During the Ssjjion btgmning the ft!) December, 1795 CONTAINING ■ Thf Prcfid«nt's Speech, tlie addresses of both Hou rs*', fonje of the debates i;) the Senate, and all the principal debates in the Hoiife of Reprefentitives, each debate being brought under one head, and so digested af-ld Amplified a* to give the reader the completed view of tht proceedings with the least poflible fatigue. With Qccajioincl Rmarit, Bv PETER PORCUPINE J lift Publtjhtd, tVetwsl Paraphrife on our Saviour's Sermon on tJSMeunt, fey Charles Crsvvford Efg. - rtjirptr's addrdi to his . /Goiljotine. » • Iflartan'.j I,aw of NatinnV. * Jwyiiier, cn the blood, lft sol. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mr. Fox begfcn a speech of the moll energetic eloquence, of which a faint sketch can only be gi ven, wi'.h warm commendations of the former speaker He said, that highly as he always ad mired the talents of tike Hon. gentleman, he was the more pleased with the d'fplay of them on the present occasion, as there was not a principle laid down in the speech to which anv man might not afTent, and yet oppoje the present bill. The inge nuity of the hon. gentleman had indeed made no inconfinerable lmpreffioii upon the house, though his arguments seemed not so much to bear on the point in difcuflion as on the general policy of legis lation. He the difficulty of replying to a speech of this nature in its utmost eiO'eni. He was not in the leali disposed, nar did he believe any sober po litician woifld bs inclined to controvert the princi ples laid down by the honourable'gentleman in the beginning<>r iis speech. About the degree of con straint which government was to iaipofe, alone, couW. any dispute arifc 1 ; that government was in its application a fyftemof restraint upofi human a&ioti, was incontrovertible. It was important, however, to c-mfider well the quantity and the quality of re straint which circumftarces required, and to prove clearly the neceffiry upon which an increase of re (traijit was to be founded. The hon. gentleman had complained that it was the temper of the time* to take every general prin ciple as meant to apply nnrverfaHy, and to fallen upon the person who employs it, all the absurd con fequenc'es which might aiife; fiom fu<. h an applica tion. Of this difpofitioH he was convinced no man had better leafoii to complain than himfelf. The hon. gentleman had accused gentlemen on this fide of the house of wifl'ug to produce this dilemma, either that the people of this country were animat ed by an universal spirit of loyalty, or tfiat they were inflamed with a spirit of difaffedl ion. He had never said that the people of this csuntry were fa completely harmonious in their political sentiments or opinions, or that no difoonlent prevailed. But it had been often Hated 011 this fide of the lioufc, and he would call upon the hon gentleman to an swer, whether he believed the spirit of difotisfae tion was greater or kfs flow, than it was previous to the war? He had never llated, bccaule ie had never brlieved, that the state of public affairs was wholly without danger. If it was allowed to be greater, to what cause was the incveafe to b> attri buted ? He was ffirely enabled to prefujme, that it was occasioned by the difcontcnts, excited by a war impolitic and unjnft, by the meafurts of J corrupt incapable adminillratinn, and to the complicated miseries aiifipg from the decay of commerce and the preflure of famine, into which the cfruntry had been plunged. The war then had produced an ef fect, dire&ly the rSverfe of that dated by ministers themselves as the chief rcafon of triumphing in its success. if, on the other hand, the grouadi of ap prehension were less, why were the Tacrifices re. quired for public fecm ity to be increased ? He ask ed pardon of the house, -for the repetition in which he indulged, but when the fame arguments are em ployed, and the fame ohjefh'ons offered to gentle men on this fidi- of the house, he could not forbear repeating his material question. With regard to the point of danger, of which the hon. gentleman was so anxious to have a fpeci fic declaration of "his sentiments, he had always staled that fonse discontent exiited, which might not be unworthy of attention, bat which would ne ver juftify the legislative remedies propwfed. The hon. gentleman had assented to treat as a paradox, the observation of his hon. fiiend (Mr. Lamoton) that the danger #>f an attack was often created by the injudicious mode of defence. If it was one, however, it was one of t'nofc which frequent expe rience proves to be true. Many political evils were tendered desperate by the absurd met'wods pnrfued to remedy, or so remove them. Was the hon. gen tleman so much more of a whig than himfelf, as to impute the whole evileof theeivil wars to Charles I. to which the nation owed its liberties, in corse quence of the conduct of that ill-fated monarch : The hon. gentleman believed all these calamities were to bCafcribed to the illegality of ship-money, or of variolic other a£ls of that prince, but he would a(k, whether there were not a body of persons, pre viously inimical to the constitution, and that the at tack upon the monarchy was rendered formidable, and even tragical in the event, by the rigorous mea fuies which tendered the breach irreparable. The hon. gentleman had also mentioned the cafe of the Americans, when that unfortunate difpnte firft was agitated, and when he heaid scraps of pam phle:s read to prove that there was a fettled design formed, to frtake off the connexion of this coun try; he had never been so unqualified a supporter of Ameriaa, as to assert that no such deiigns were entertained. He was convinced however that there were very few who had conceived the project of se parating from the mother country. By injudici ous attempts to remedy the evils then complained of, was realized the catadrophe which it was in tended to prevent. Ihe lion, gentleman had not r.curred to that fallacy so often answered, i.f which gentlemen on this fide were accused, that they as cribed the discontent to the measures of his mnjef ty's ministers. The hon. gentleman asked, did not these difcontcnts exist, before the warj to which much of the difeontents wa6 imputed, had been commenced ? Here agaisi he would recal the two examples he had alreidy employed. In the time of Charles I. there might exist causes of difiatisfac tion. Nevertheless the conduct and the extrava gant pretences of that piince, and the impolicy of his miniftirrs carried them to that height which proved so fatal to themselves. A similar observa tion, laid Mr". Fox, is applicable to what happened in America. Idonot know what are the feuti ments of the learned gentleman on that fubjeQ, but 1 put it to him whether he would conlider it an argument of any weight against that injudicious condufl of parliament Vvhich occsfioned the sepa ration of Amcrica from tlif Britilh empire, bec.ufc a let tci could be produced, written by some diffa tisfied man in Bolloti in 1764, in which he expref *d3t November 25 [_Contmued.*\ red las wish for a feparatioft ? But lie fiys, that nuch cf tlig pTiferit danger arises from a body of mvn concentrating all the ill humours and discon tents vf the country, and applying them to their own purpof;, to create diffatisfaftion to the go vernin.nt. Can the hon. gentleman, however,main tain that this is a danger which arises only from a particular conjuncture ia the times, and which h:'s no reference to the character of the government? on the contrary, has it not its chief source in their mifconduit ? Is it not from mal-admiiuflvation that it deiives its Urength and confidence? 11l humours are more apt to ifxilt in bad than in good govern ments. They will always be found to prevail in the greatest degree under the word, such as 1 con tend the present to be ; 1 need not fay that I mean the admiuillration, not the confutation. Equally falfe is the argument, that we by the line of con dufl which we adopt, give (Irength to the enemies of the conftitutioii, and afford additional grounds for those strong measures, which government are forced to adopt., in order to repel the danger ari riling from their machinations. The words of a celebrated writer, on an occalion ta which I have already alluded, are extremely applicable to the pre sent icftance'. Mr. Fox here quoted the words of Mr. Burke, recommending lenient and conciliatory meafureswith refpeft to America: " I would di vide," fays he, " not Charlelton from South Caro lina, not Bolton from New-Yoik, but those who are adverse to taxation from those whu withed a fe paration.''—ln the present irlVance coivti.mtsd Mr. Fox, I wonld adopt some policy : I wo«ld divide those who merely complain of grievances, and wish for the reform of abufes,.from those who are un friendly to the conftittitimi. I would not repress the few who may he defirons of overthrowing the cnnlUtution,nor rifle the adoption of if,eafures which may engender a spirit of general difgult. I should father endeavor lo conciliate enmity, to redress grievances, to reform abuses, to unite all under the banner of the conftitu'ion ; but by no means to widen the breach, to drive every thing to extremes, and inflame discontent to defpsir. CHARLESTON, [S. C.] February 4 Yefteriiay arrived the fchoonert atuxcnt, Campbell Gonaivcs, 9 days; fclidoner Pe"sjy, Atkius, Penob fcot, 14 days ; brig Aursia, WardeH, Boftcm, 30 days, schooner Savannah Packet, Rogers, Savannah, 1 day ! sloop Fancy, Morrifon, Savannah, 1 day; snip Ran dolph, Greenough, Portsmouth, (N. Hi) 28 day's; sloop Poily, Finch, Goniives, 12 days; brig Jun®, Moore, Portsmouth, (N. H.) 26 days. The snow Henricus, in' 52 days from Nevis, has a pilot on board ; flie spoke, the day before yeilerdny, a large (hip from Bremen, bound for this port. The ■ (hip Tafnmany, in 14 days from New-York, was at ! anchor below the fort last evening. February 5. * Yesterday arrived the fbip Tammany, Ward, New- York, 15 d?.ys; schooner Betsey, Waterman, Philadel phia, 5 days; schooner Avarice, Bound, Aux Cayrs, 25 dayi; faow Sally, Lindfay, Cape-Francois, 20 days; fchoonar Sally, Leach, Salem, 9 days; brig Deadama, How, New-Ybik, 7 days; fchooncr Philadelphia, Butler, Philadelphia, 7 days ; sloop Mary, Savage, 18 days. diedJ At his plantation,Horfe-Shoe, Philip Smith, Esq. aged 68 years ( wanting a few days). This vene rable an.d mod worthy rrnn clcfed his mortil career in such a manner as bespoke him the real and undiilVm bled Chi iftian. Sunday evening last, Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes, tlie amiable consort of Ifaae Holmes, Esq. Collector 'of the Cufloms for the port of Charleston. Last evening, Mr. Philip Hart, a member^of the Hebrew Congregation, aged 71 years. NEW-YORK, Bcbruary 23, The multiplication of people .jn this state ex ceeds all former ca'ctilations. Theycity andcoun ty of New-York, in 1784, contained but 23 oco inhabitants—the present number is 50,000. The multiplication of pro pie in the whole state fall very little short of thefrrse ratio. On the fame principles, this city \vill contain 11» 1805 1816 1826 That i% in 30 years, at the present rate of pro predion, New York will contain more inhabitants than any city in Europe, except London, Paris and Conftaminople. In 7© years the number will equal that of either of those cities. This idea is not vilionarv. The two cireum ftances that make great towns, are commerce ana snanufadtiires, and this city is to rife on commerce, The tradi of country, which is now actually sup plied from New-York, equals in extent and fer tility, that part of Great which lies to the Southward of the Tweed. Perhaps half a cen tury is not fufficient to give this country the fame (late of high cultivation as that of England. But this may be expetled in less than a century. The far»e state of improvement aid population in the country, will require a correspondent population of the commercial cities. If tlrerefore, the growth of our country flinuld not be cheeked bj- wars or other tinufual calamities, we may expect New- York in about 70 years to equal the cities of Lon don and Weftminfler, and Harlaem will be in the fuburks of the city. The territory trading to this city will then contain about 7 ot 8 millions of people. Similar calculations may be made, with refpedl to many other parts of our country. The fpi.it of extendirg inland navigation, is one mod fivorable to population. 1 will *e iture to piedidt that in one century from this djy, there will be scarcely a village in the United S'.aies, at the diilance of 30 miles from boatable wacr. The legifliture of Rhode-lfland has taken steps to open an in,and navigation from Providence river to Worcester county in Massachusetts. The Hate of Connefticvt it penetrated by rivers that will some time or other admit boats from Norwich thro' Windham to Ihe holders of Massachusetts : and ftjr the Hoofatonack, a navigation may perhaps be opened from Stratford and Deiby, to Stockbudge in Maffachtifctts. The whole nt-:ior of this Rate, New-Jersey and Pennsylvania, will be interfered with navigable \valcr ; and memoir living may fee boats at t.ur Avharves from Owfbec on one fide and the Lake of ihe woods on An aggregate statement of the ftims • btYh will be requ :ite fat the payment of iuuult, and certain reimbuifemeirts of the public debt,from the year 1795 to the year 1824, inolulive. fi'sft, cents. In 1795 4,338,972 97 1796 4,424,902 47 1797 - - 4>4 8 5>S'° 2 47 1798 - - • 4,061,302 47 1799 - - 4,138,062 47 1 Poo - - - 4,;'7* j**? 47 1801 - - 5,(503,592. 81 1802 - - 6,509,51.2 81 1803 - - 7,240,084 8f 1804 - - 6,.>60,254 81 1805 - - 6,439,1=64 St 1806 - - - '6 .'44,437 81 1807 - - 5,620,863 81 1808 • - - 4,874,171 Si 1809 - - 4,862,151 81 ißfb - - - 4,607,631 81 1811 , - - 607,631 81 1812 - ' - - 4,607,631 81 1813 - - 4,607,631 81 1814 - 4,007,631 11 815 - 4,607,631 81 1816 - 4,607,631 8-t 1817 - - 4,607,631 61 1815 - - - 4,148,608 iq 1819 * - 2,286,106 5(1 1820 . 2,286,106 5c 1821 - - 2,286,106 1°22 • 2,286,106 56 1823 - - 2,287,106 56 1824 2,063,7 6 9c Note The amount of principal of which the different species of the public cicbt iscompof ed, is as follows. Foreign 12,200,000; 6 per cent!,. 29,3 10856,86 : deferred 14,561,934. 41. 3 per cents. 19,569,909. 63 j 5-1-2 per cents. 1,848,900: 4-I-2 per ccntj. 176,000 ; unfund ed eftimiited at 1,382,837. 37 ; domeftie loans 6,2C0,000. Total debt of the United States, 85,250,638 dollars 27 cents. 0:i the principles of the foregoing ftatement.ihe foreign del>t, how funded here, will be ed in the year 1810, The 6 per cent ftoclc noir bearing interest will be all extinjjmfhed in the year 1819 : and the whole deb;, in 18.24. CONGRESS HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. By general confynt the committee went back to the difcuflion of the firll lection. A motion was made to iirike out the firft fic tion in order to try the piineiplc, whether the lots should be abfolu'.el, retted in the United Slates, or Whether thry should be mortgaged as a fund on> the credit of which the money should be bor rowed. Mr. Hilllu tife propof d a fubllitnte for the fiift rfeftioo, which contained the hilt principle, viz. that of ve(H; g the power absolute in the United States f<> far an refpefts one half xiptiie lots, which he proposed fhq»ld be at the disposal of the Uni ted States, to reimbtirfe the loan of one half the sum proposed to be borrowed viz. 250,cc0. The firft fe&ion was passed over, and a motion made to (hike out of (he second fe&ion the words " on the credit of the said Jots " Mr. Smith (N. H.) said the motion was im material to the object as he conceived the lots were by the bill, in i;s present form, perfiftly at the disposal of the United Statrs. Hi' ('-[liked t|»; idea of aflbiiating or blending business in aav manner whatever with the fifcal concerns ol the U nited States. He vvi/hed to keep the v. lie's busi ness independent and dillinft. Mr. Brent consented to this amendment. He at the lame time alluded to the observations whick l>3d bten offered from different'parts of theHoufe, f'»me of which lie remarked, had a tendency M (hake the general confidence of the people in t!ic faith of the Government relative to a final esta blishment of the feat of government on the Patovv macfe—that they went to a facrifice of the pub lic property by counteraitiiig the principles of eco nomy, and eventually ieffening the value of that property infuch mnnnei as would render the pre sent funds entirely inadequate to the completion of the public buildings. This bring the cafe, he submitted whether it would not be a (lai'i oh the faith of the government, to refufe that aid, which if now afforded will enable the cornmiffioners t<> com pleat the public edifices at the time appointed by law for removing the feat of Government. Mr. Sedgwick said that the idea of the gentle man lalt up, was not corre\ sign Wil Stai hufi the veai he a ed.- inic Trt pen frai to t Tr; to twi •whi prii j ca an< qui till ma wli