NEW THEATPvE. £T The Public are refp«&f»lly informed, that the Doors of the Theatre will open at half an hour after FIVE, and the Curtain rife precisely at half past SIX o'clock, for the remainder of the Season. _ Mr. Wignells Night. On MONDAr EVENING, April 18, Will be presented, A celebrated PLAY, interspersed with Songs, in three \ ails, (never performed Were) called The Mountaineers. [Written by George Co!man,jun ] Oftavian, Mr. Moreton, Virelet, Mr. Green, Killmallock, Mr. Marjball, Koque, Mr. Wignell, Muliteers, £ Me t irrs - Dar J e i' H ' a ~ re "' Ro! " £ tins, and Roivjon. I.ope Tocho, Mr. Francis, l'erequillo, Master T. Worrell, Goatherds, \ MeHVs. BUJfett, Dollar, I and Morgan. r Mrs Harvey, Mrs Bates, Mrs De J Marque, Mrs Doßor, Mrs Lege, remaies, < & ow f on> Miss Oldfield, Miss MMourne, & Miss IVillems • Bulcaziu Muley, Mr. Whitlock, Oanem, ' Kr. Beete, Pacha, Mr. Darley, jun. Sadi, Mr. Harwood, Moors, MefT. Solomon & Mitchell. Zorayda, Mrs. Whitlock, Floranthe, Mrs. Francis, Agnes, Mrs. Oldmixon. Previous to the Play, A new OVERTURE—composed by R.Taylor. The Mulic of "the Songs, Duetts, Glees and Choruffes.by Dr. Arnold. The accompaniments by Mr. Reinagle. With new Scenery, Drefles, and Decorations. The Scenery designed and executed by Mr Milbourne. The 2d A-dfc will conclude with A SPANISH FANDANGO, Composed by Mr. Francis. The principal parts by—Mr. J, IVarrtll, Miss Wil lems, Miss Milbourne, Miss Gilajpie Mrs Demarque. To which will be added, A COMEDY, called High Life below Stairs. Lovel, Mr. Hlgnell, Freeman, Mr. Beete, Sir Harry, Mr. Francis, Lord Duke, Mr. Har they can not, account, be-permitted to remain. CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednesday, March 16. Debate on Mr. Livingften's resolution continued. Mr. Findley was glad to find the present debate coolly conduced. He hoped in what he should fay upon the fubjedt to follow the example of modera tion ; he fheuld not, he said, go largely into the difcufiio.i, as it was difficult after so many gentle men had spoken ably upon the fubjeft, to occupy new ground. He said it was not Itrange that a va riety of opiniens was held on so important a fub jedt. There was a considerable difference in the opinions of gentlemen who opposed the measure j and he was glad to find they did not now infill up on quite so high ground as they set out with. It was at firlt said that the power of the President and Senate to make treaties was unlimited; that that house had no discretion in carrying treaties into ef fect ; and that though they might have opinions as citizens upon treaties, yet they oughf to have none as members of that house. It was somewhat remarkable, he said, that the arguments used upon the occaflon, lay so widely from the question itfelf. The motion was for cal ling for certain papers from the President relative to the late treary with Great Britain. He would remark, that if these papers related to the affairs of the UniSn, they had a right to them ; it was there fore his opinion that the President had not a right to refufe litem, if they were called for. There was one advantage in freaking upon the subject in this itage of the debate that there was not at firft. It wad now admitted that a rcafonable 'conftruftion was to be given to the clauses of the conftittition, which were appaiently at vaiiance With each other. His opinions on the fubjett were much the fame as thoie of the gentlemen from Virginia who spoke fu ably jrelierduy. It was not dtmed, 1 e said, that all legislative powers are veiled In Congrefs—r'uy arc fattly lodg ed theie ; such as levying of ta*cs, regulating com merce, &c. alio the power of carrying all those into cflcft, and ciit tiler fotvrrs. The power of the Ex ecutive, he said, had often been objected to because ii vva» two Mteiifive, but he never before heard it VIVAT. RESPUBLICA. Governments must be pofTefFed of the priociples of clf-prelervation. J s the taking away of power from the legislative the bed way of preserving the oovern mrnt u s the United States ? It would not do to tell 'J 1 * tha: because the President and Senate were ilcctcd, & consequently representatives of the peo- Jjle as well as tnem, that therefore they were fafe i„ their hands. Those checks, he said, were not made f.r that purpole; and if the powers proposed now to be e.labhfhed, were vested in the President and Senate, they (hotfld have It fc security for their liber' ties than G. Britain, less than almost any other na tion. But if they conceived that they were of the lame materials with other uatiuns; that they could complained of as being too narrow. The business of making treaties being partly executive, it was not convenient that the power of making them (hould be placed in the legislature, but it did nut fullow that an unlimited power should be plated in the hands of the executive. When the treaty power was placedfin the General Government, it was ne ceflary it should be paramount over all the conftitu tions and laws of individual (tales, which gave rife to the clause in the conditution, that " the conlli tution, laws and treaties (hall be the fwprcnpe laws of the land, any thing in the conftitutioa and laws of any ilate to the contrary nat withflanding." Jn one place it was said treaties made by " the Presi dent and Senate," and in another, " under the authority of the United States." How that dif ference in the exprtffion happened he did not know. By " the authority of the United States" it was reasonable to suppose, that all the autliorify veiled in any part of the government of the United States, was meant. He believed it was fully in (.he power of the President and Senate to make allfuch trea ties as were authorised by the laws of nations : but fi'nce the fixteentli century, commercia. treaties have come into use, affecting the inu%nal concerns of nations, by which a value is given and received which was not before contemplated. The power of regulating commerce was placed in the legisla ture by the conflitutio.i. Foreign commercial re gulations could not perhaps be carried into tffedl, except in the form of treaties. But he did not be lieve the President and Senate had the power to form such treaties without theii consent; to be lieve this, was to transfer the power which had been placed in them by the con'ftitution ; forthey could exercise it no longer than another branch of the government chose to permit them. But, he said they had not the power to dispense with, or trans'- fer, their legislative authority ; it was a trust depo sited with them to be exercised for the benefit of their constituents. He would enquire how far it was pra&icable for the legislature to exercise the power placed in it with relpe£t to commercial regulations. It had been called absurd. But if fads and experience were recurred to, it might no! appear so. Heil&uld be told that they were not to be influenced by the conduit of foreign nations. He believed that trea ties in every country must be made by the-Sove reign authority, He ill what hands it will, to give it validity. It was not long since that limited go vernments made treaties; but since it had been the pra&ice, all fueh governments give to treaties the fandlionof sovereign authority. Holland and Bri tain were mentioned as examples. Inconveniences, he said, there were, but the business was by no means imprafiieable. ! He said the gentleman just fat down had comba ted the idea of a treaty being partly valid, and part ly invalid. He mentioned, as an inftanee, of part of a treaty being accepted, and part rejedted, the treaty of Utrecht, the commercial part of which was never carried into efFe&. It had been said that the praftiec of Great Britain could be no rule of. practice for them. It was objected that their con stitution was made up of use and cudoms. He said a pradlice founded on experience became the strong er for being so founded. According as nations eorae to understand their liberties, he said, in the fame proportion would they grow into cenfequence. Calcs would occur, he said, where commercial regulation* would be necessary to be entered into "by treaty ; but it was always understood that such re gulations must receive the fandtion of that house be fore they were in law. But this was denied ; arid tho' it was not allowed that the Prefidentand Senate could turn them out of their house, yet they could do their business. If doubtsiarofe on the conftruaion of the conlli tution, the mod obvious meaning mufl be given to it. If the d oft rine in- favor of unlimited treaty pow er was to prevail, they could not remain afTured of any thing but the fotms of the conftiiution. The gentleman lalt up had said, if they checked the go vernment any more it would (land ft ill. They did 1 not wish any more enecks, and thev had now no more than was enjoyed by other nations. A great deal had been said about the opinions held about the time of pafling the conflitution. He believed the i.pini ons then held were unfavourable to the extent of powers placed in the President. Both the Fedtralift and Fedcralijl Farmer supported the do&rines he in lifted upon. It was said this was a new doarine • he could not have believed that a contrary opinion would be held in that house, had he not heard it. He referred to the Pennsylvania convention, in confirmation of his opinions ; but, he said, owing to some "range condua, the arguments used on both lides of the queflion were never publi/hed—the ar guments of the minority being fupprefTed ; on which account, fucha number of fubferibers withdrew their names from the newspaper which published the de bate, that it was given up. That the legislature had a check on the treaty power was not denied bv any one. 1 The gentleman from Rhode-Island yellerday took a new ground, with refpeft to the small (tales. He wasfurprtfed to hear particular states mentioned, or that it (hould be the interest of any ft ate to pass a way legislative rights. This, he said, was the firft treaty (except Indian treaties) made under the new government, and it was important to have the point of right fettled. Small states had an advantage over large ones; they had more representatives in propor tion to their numbers, and consequently more power in the government. He did not suppose any d.fcri minarion would have been attempted between differ ent states of the Union. not always have men of inflexible virtue in their ex ecutive they ought toexercife that jealousy of pow er which may be fce.n in various parts r-f the conli tution. He was not even sure that all the with which, their government was poflclleu, were fufficient to guard against the encroachments of power, rt was his opinion that they ought to have a formal check over the President. Th«s was what lie had always contended for. A number of arguments had been made ule ot which had not been replied to, and which he ap prehended would not be replied to. A gent email from Maflachufetts had made a comparison between the members of that hoiife and those of the Sena.e ; that the latter were men of tried patriotism and vir tue ; but that the former were obfeure individuals from remote parts of the Union ; but, he said, if matters were examined there might be found ex ceptions in both cases If the gentleman rises again, he begged he would fay what use he meatit to m>e appoint ment of a committee to enquire of the bank of the United States whether they Were willing to let the sum of 3,800,000 dollars which they had ad vanced to government by way of anticipations, remain on new loans as tafual. After some obfervatio'ns on the nature and pro priety of the enquiry from Meflrs. Gallatin, Swan wick, Hillhoufe, Harper, Sdkgwick, and Living fton, and the sum being Itruck outj it was agreed to, and a committee was appointed to carry the enquiry into cffsdl. The house then rcfolved itfelf into a eommittee of the whole on the state of the Union, and Mr. Muhlenberg having taken the Chair, and read the resolution for carrying into effedt the treaty with Great Britain. Mr. Nicholas delivered a fpecch against, and Mr. Swift in favor of the resolution. The committee then rose and had leave to fit a gain. Mr. Goodhue moved that the houferefolve itfelf into a committee of the whole, on the report of the committee of commerce and manufactures on the petition of the Boston Humane Society and others, which they went partly through, but not having finilhed the business, they had leave to fit a gain. Adjourned. EXECUTIVE DrRECTORy. PARIS, 2d Nivofe. The executive dire&ory to the mmiflers. " The executive diiefto'ry, Citizen Ministers, have thought proper to recommend by means of the Minister of the Interior, 10 all the adminiflra tious under his fupeiintendancfc, a severe economy ; they are particularly prevented from creating offi ces or employments which /hall not be of demon strated nectflky-, they are forbidden in a word to go into any expence which (hall not be absolutely necessary to the public service ; tiiat which the exeeutive diretlory have recommended to the minis ter of the interior ought equally to apply to the different parties who are conne&ed with each of you. But, citizens ministers, the true means of coming at this salutary end is not so much by or dering as by fitting yourselves the examples. Ii is in the luperior adminiflration that the molt austere reform should be established, and presently every other will model themfclves after them. Too long did a confpiting court and the factions that suc ceeded to it before the eflablifhment of the lepub ic create a crowd of useless employments, and per mit horrible depredations to raise up a set of crea. tures, or to fatisfy powerful solicitations, and even yetacr.nvdof ulelefs men fill the offices, for no other realon than to spread corrupting luxury and devour the substance of the Hate ; it is no longer possible to fuffer such corrupting abuses. " You certainly have not yet had time to re. lorm them, bin the moment is at length arrived, to cut them off with a prompt, inflexible and steady hand j the executive directory trusts you will era ploy all your efforts in seconding this their im. mutable will, and their indefatigable fuperinten- " In free countries, government owes to indi vidual, the example of order am] of economy, vir tues with which public felicity ajid pnvate happi ness can never have exigence. Decorum and a digmty proportioned to the extent and »pulence of Ration, are neeeffary, it is due to „ ie J il|tenance thp ° C ' a , ' I b . ut we a °g>* not to confound ; 3 parsimony in the number and n the tram of peifons employed in the offices, that he nation pays not to represent but «o serve it, heir labor, ought to be honorably rewarded anH he.Halarie. fuffi clcnt ta the m< J enance families ; but they ought not to become a fubjedt nuhl r °".' an d dif ° rders > a " d to bring th/rc public to rum by an mordina.e expence. S liefe principles, citizens mioifters, 2re ro dottbtour.; animaied like us with .he defi'e of favnig your country you feci how much it is incum bent upon you to give to the public mind it, true ° n on a p oUlt so capital, and to pu, at thc r ime lime every pit of the adminiflration 0 f t ), e epwblic into fucK order that the annual revenue' ihallat last f irpafs the expences, by this meant He (hall restore confidence, and with it credit. " It is in order to fulfil this object without the (hortelt delay, citizen* miniftcrs, that the executive directory charge you forthwith to fulrait to their infpeaion the number, and the exad compofctions of your offices, as wcli-as the names of all the perfoi, that are employed there, a note of the business with which each person is charged as we!! as the amount of his salary and appointments. Piefcntlv by a powerful concurrence . f miud and adtio,,, the expenses of the adminjftratiori will |> r rescued with in their jult limits, and its aflivity will he doi:l ,Vd by the simplicity of its proceedings, but at the fame time,citizensmiriilttis, the diicftoiy think it their duty to recommend to you flro.gly to maintain with the greatcfl severity this order when once e stablished ; not to forget that a civil officer ought not to be removed when he discharges his duties • and that no fear, no hope, no solicitation, though it might be made by meh the moll eminent in their v funaions and powers, ought to make you deviate from the line which will be pointed out for the good of the country. . (Signed) REWBELL, President. By the Executive Directory La GARDE, General Sec'ry. December 13. If we may judge by the last letters from Basle, the return of Monsieur Barthelemi will not be the means of suspending the negociation for percc ( This minister has been' forfometime ufeltfs at Basle as the other Plenipotentiaries had left the place. The Envoy# of HefTe Caflel, Wurtembetg, and the Palatinate took their departure 011 the 7th of De cember; the Prussian Ambalfador with all hitfuite, left it the Thursday after, and he was to be followed immediately by all of the agents from the different Hates of the empire. They give as the oiienfible I reason for their retiring, the hauteur and the exeef five demands of the French, but the better reason without doubt tho news of the late events u pon the Rhine. December sr. Tiie Journal which, without being official, approach es nearest to the official Gazette, has, on the occasion of the King of England to his Parliament, piinted ob servations, the tone of wfrith announces that they had good authority for their insertion. " If the English Minifler doe.s net deceive the peo " pie," fays this Journal,*" if he is f.ncerely defirotij " of Peace, it will be easy for him to obtain it. ft is " certain that our Government, touched by the tefti '! litanies of affeaion of the English people towards " the French, will consent m lieu of all reparation and " indemnity to the refpeilive restitution of France and