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STATE OF THE ARMIES.

The following is the state of the respettive armies
in Poland, according, to the latest and mist authentic
acrieest—" The left wing of the French main army
is stationed on the Nigit, and its positinn reaches
over Elhingen, Rraittisberg, along the left !tinre of
the Passarge, up to Gutstadt. The centre is
placed somewhat in the rear, round Preitssi•ch Hol-
land, Leibstadt, and Mohruogen. From (;utstadt,
the army stretches itself in strength above Allen.
stela, and the right wing maintains, a'inve
burg, a communication with the let. %v.:lg of the
army of Marshal Pelli:C•4 A, whose sir .t is on the
Bug, and from thence to the mouth of the Narew.
Ehe left wing of the French has, in its whole front
along the Passarge, a number of intrenchments and
batteries, by way of coveting. Before the centre
and the right wing, are ra.t forests and morasses,
se that an attack on this side cannot he made with-
out great difficulties. 'En provide against acci-
dents. there is be:ind, between the Passarge and
the Vistula, an intermecli,e- pn.itinn on ire Dre-
wentz, behind which !nag az ies have been esteblished.
—wOf the Allied Army, thy tight w:ng is formed
by the Prussians ; this wing is stationed by the
Heff, and is stretched long the right shore of the
Passarge to Wormdit. The advanced guards are
at this point separated by nothing but the river,
which, at a small distance from the mouth is nar-
row. and in many places in shallow as to be
waded over by deserters. Ihe territory occuoird '
by the Prussians has hitherto been rattler spared.
—An excellent spirit is prevalent in this corps,
which is composed of troops who were not pre-
sent at the engagement in Saxony, and of the relics
of the great army. It will one day be known what
this corps has eftefted during the last six months,
what it has suffered, and with what firmness it has
contended with its destiny. The position er, the Rus-
sian Army begins at Worrndit, and is stretched over
Heelsherg, Bartenstein, and Schippenbil. In the
last i‘lace are the magazines, from which principally
the Prussians receive their forage. This country has
suffered exceedingly. The Russian army has an
advanced guard before its right wing, its centre, at,i
its left wing. Harem AM PLarow commands the
last wing, and has pushed his parties even to Or-
telsburg, where, latterly, frequent skirmishes have
taLen place, while, in every other part, there has pre-
vailed a sort of at mistier. Since the arrival of the
Emperor At.axa riblia in Prussia, it appears that a
considerable corps of Russians has been stationed
not far from the Narew ; this has pi obably occasioned
the movements of M A 4sem h. Besides the leading
armies of the hostile powers, there is to be noticed,
on the rut of the French, the corps besieging Dant.
tic, under Marshal Ler. eavet. It coasists of
French, Poler, and Rat en troops. Further, the
corps before Calberg, of French, Italians, and the
German contingent troops. In Silesia, under Prince
J Lao its, are the Bavarians and the WirtembcrAhers.
Hese the fortresses of Neisse, Cosel, Glare, and Silber-
berg, are still to be conquered. Betwixt the Elbe
and the Eastern Ocean, an army of observation is
colleffing togetheh under Marsnal BRUNE ; it is to
consist of Dutchmen, Spaniards, and Frenchmen.—
Another army of observation stands on the bound-
aries of Italy and Germany, and is connecied with
another corps in Dalmatia."

A numerous ?skybox of the Whig Club dined, on
Tuesday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate.
street; HACYCY CHIIIITIAH COMIIR in the Chair.
After dinner the usual toasts were drank ; among
others, the health of Sir insects BWID(Tr, and the
Eleaors of Westminster. having been banded up
to the chair by Mr. CLITTCID, was proposed,
when Me. W. SMITH begged leave to submit a few
remarks on the subject He had no obj.,ftion to
drink the health of Sir frearsurs BUM:HITT, as a
friend or an individual. but by no means wished
that it should be coupled with the Eiedors of
Westminster, as that circumstance would imply
the concurrence of the Westminster Eledors
with the sentiments avowed in the Baronet's late
address. He had voted himself for Sir Faancts
BUIWITT, but condemned, in the must positive
terms, the condo& of Sir Faa wets since his Elec-
tion, and would certainly have withheld his vote,
had he expeded that the F.leaors would have been
insulted by such an Address. After some observa-
tions from Mr. Customs, in which he took strt
opportunity of complimenting Mr. SMITH on his
political conduA ; the Cue is mats said, be thought
it his dusty, from the situation he held, to pr 'pose
the toast that had been handed up to him ; but
Gentlemen were at liberty to drink it, or not, as
they pleased. The toast was accordingly drank by
about 40 or fifty, with some buzzes. Several new
Members were balloted, and the evening spent with
the usual harmony.


Llll9 INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCLRY—Jest z.

ATTOINZT-OLCIR•L, ag4,4li NEWCOMIIL,

•nd (Viva.

In this case, which exciQvery groat public in..
Wrest, as well as uncommon anxiety in the patties.
the Attorney. General. on the information of thu
Rev. Richard Linden. and several of the parishion-
ers of the parish of Stint LOOM, Cl-rkeswell. was
Plaintiff, and the Churchwardens, Richard New-
combe, John Bullard. the Rev. Henry Foster, extil„
other inhabitants of she said parish. were Defend-
ants. The matter in issue has been strenuously It,.
gated for Near three years, in this and the Soits ual
Court, the nbjeti beisig to try the validity of an
eleCtion in that parish. had in the year 1804, between
the two clergymen abotrenantad, for the Vicarage
of Clerker.well.

Mt. Foster was returned by the ChTirchwardens
Is the successful Candidate. and theinfosmation and
bill in this case were filed, to try the validity of
that Eleaicm, and praying an injunftion against
the Bishtip of London, to restrain him trona grant-
ins; a beers, to Mr. Foster for offiziating as the
Vicar, pursnant to such EleEtion. he modes of
investigating the merits of this Eleaion were very
unusual. as suggested by the bill ; thee were either
to go before the Masser tc exam•ne the validity of
all the votes, or to try by a y each vote sepa-
rately ; a proceeding. which must be attended with
infinite expense, delay. and inconvenience to the
_ _

It appenn.d, that at the dissolution of monas-
teries. tne i:rioseity ot dispute rame into the hands of
tee Crown ; arid on the sad of June, 1E56. 4 died
ot pia:chase was obtained by the parishineers, and
inhabitants of she parish, in trust, to five several
trustees named therein, and to their heirs fo
ever, whu were at all times to tiled a Vicar upoa
every vacancy, with a turn of 41. 1 is. 6J. yearly,
as a stipend for the Curate. It happen d that in
the year 1770. in the case of the Rev Mr: Sellon,
a similar case to the present had been agitated
between the parishioner; ot the same parish, and a
decree pronounced by the Curt of Exchequer
in favour of the Plaintiff which dirsctly ap-
plied to the present case, as contended tor by
the Plaiatiffs' Counsrl. The Churchwardens were
charged with partiality and con uptiim in the
Election, and much turned on the true meaning of
the words "inhabitants" and' parithionett," wads
the Cd4iscsLusit observed, would, to an ingenious
mind, admit firty dif:etent construttions ; bat the
is or payinginot heretofore much disputed arrinn g
Lawyers, became here curiously interesting. Mr.
Kmcielios, for therlaintiffs, contending, that paying
did mean having paid. The Cd•NcILLOA oil-
served, that that might be a Welch constrtihion of
the term; while Mr.KICH A IIDS contended, that. like
the case in certain Floroughs, paying scut and lon,
to entitle a voter, he must have been sir previous
months a reside; t, and have aCtually paid ; it did
here mean, Navin{ paid the Church and Po ar's rates,
so that it did admit that coastruaion in English, as
well as el.: I, ad in Latin likewise.
Sir SA :toe a c for the Difiturlants, on
the r.4tr • for i'ily argued, that the term " pay-
ing" only signiied here a liability to pay, or to be-
ing a J and burn iurously refuted Mr. Rich-
aids's CJ.lEftlalatl of the term, by stating, that if
the term " paying' could mean" having paid." the
Chancellor must prepare his mind, if he could. to
consider him (Sir Samuel), then in the midst of
his argument, as not at all speaking, but as having
already spoken ; a circumstance, he thought, whit:
it wool I require much ingenuity in any Counsel to
persuade his Lordship ot. Sir Samuel Hominy,
followed by four other Counsel, two of whom sub-
stituted his argument for t. t. .11't the time
of the Court, congr.culated the pariststomis ui
Clerkenwell upon toe near approach, he hoped, of
the final termination of a loft, vindiaive, and
litigious contest, carried on under the semblance or
colour of religion, like other cases of the kind, upon
rheir lips, without the slightest tincture of it in
their hearts ; he added, th..t no prootsf partiality
or corruption whatsoever appearegaiost the
Churchwardens, in the eledion or return; and that
even .t there had, the Court had no jurisdotion
over that question, as it could not aa as a
Comm:tree of the House of Commons ; that this was
not a case ot a chalky or donation, but a private
purchase, as to the stipend; and that the elettion was
concluded not only wail the utmost fairness, but
with unusual caution; that the Decree ot the Court
of Exchequer was unintelligible, and should not be
deemed a precedent; that the Defendants should
have their cos:s ; and that, it any ground had ex-
isted for the Plaintiffs to come us this Court, under
the Deed of Purchase, or the trusts thereto, such
ground had been completely wave) by themselves,
previous to the elation, by certain resolutions regu•
lating the eledinn. passed at a Vestry, composed of
above 1000 passim, and which both candidates
unanimously sent round to every parishioner, with-
out a single individual finding fault wish, or ob-
jeaing to any one of them.
Tote Coca PICCL I.oi being of this opinion, dismiss•
ad the lamination, with costs.

COUR I' OF BING'S BENCH, WILST!diNSTILIL, JUN[ S.

HOLYHEAD PACKETS.
TMB [VIM O. ANSI, COLLINS aNd OdifPl.
This was a reserved ease, upon an appeal against
the Order of the Court of Sessions of Wales, as-
sessing certain Poor's.r.ites, to be paid by the De-
fendants, as inhabiiants of the Parish of Holyhead,
in the Island of Anglrsea.
Mr. Hooters, a, in support of the Order of Ses-
sions, proceeded to state, that the D:lendants, in this
case, were the Captains or Commanders of the
packets which carry the mail between Dublin and
Holyhead, and were assessed to pay certain Nor's-
rates upon personal property producible within the
said parish. The main question was, whether these
ships were of that description of local and visi-
ble proprty within the parish. as came watin the
awaning of the Statute of the 43J of Eba.beth
He, therefore, meant to contend the point, upon the
principles of therm of the King e. Whirr.
Lord Et; eisaciaaoaso observed, tbat there had
been much extraneous cod collateral matter intro.
duced into this ease ; such as these Captains alerting
with Fad weather of Sea, the wind at soc.. a point,
and their being chliwt .

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them going out of their track ro Park.:
to take up some great persn:.age ~r ar. • • '
, •
going to take Mr. Lees, S-. er.oy to /
fice ; and many other circ um •• erten, wit :, • •
rant to the question before he Court. i
snip wished the argument to be confined sale•y toi
the question before them ; and, as the .a.e of the
King v White was I•!ie.i upon in support of the
Order of Sessions, hr wished to hear the ~ber side,
as to that point.
Mr. PANIC,, on the ether side, contended, that
frown a recent case of the K.ng e. Collisson, al-
though the Court did not come to any final decision,
they seemed to throw nut saute observsu ions,
which went to sltake the eas. or the King o. White
in a consid-iruble degree. In the present case, the
Defendants entirely considered the Post Office as
their master, they beihg bound to sail at their
express desire for a stipulated salary ; and as the
principte was admitted. that all Wary 'or personal
labour is not rateable, so in this case the party were
not rateable. The way in which any profit arose
from these packet boats was from a mere casual
adventure, in carrying passenge,. from Dablio to
Holyhead and hack, which the Governna, it -itiht
restrain at any time, by suspending or dismissing
such Commander frown their service. With respeek
to the Register Ad, it did not aired this case, as
none bet trading vessels carrot rinc-r the meaning 4
that Ad, a'l King's ships, and vessels employed its,
the King's service, being ex mr.
. Mr. Assn r, on the same side, contended, 'iron
general principles, that ships were not rateable. as
they certainly were not permanently visible a i bite
the parish, and as it was alai,- by voyage Jo the
ocean that they became pi-tido:live, for as long as
they remained io port they mist be unprodartire ;
and being much utterer absent from pert than is
port, they were not that description of property
which be considered Ir•eal and visible pen.
party, rateable irscrrtain proportions. Ir also be=rg
clear t`,a• all vessels lselongiaa to the Crown are glut
rateable, and these ships in go-stir-a being free trop
all harbour duties, all port duties, Itatt house, fee.
for which exemption the Post 05ce allows a certain
stipulated salary; and, therefore, under all these
circumstances, first, that ships are not property
rateable; secondly, from the particular set vice in
which t.,ey are employed for the public benefit ; he
'abashed they were rut kcal and visible pro; erty,
such as was subject to Poor's-rates.
Lord Et.I.ENNUSOU,III. in giviog judgment, ob• -
served, that he could not see any ruminator betimes*
this case and the case of the Ki g, v. White. 'Me
question being whether the Defendants are inhabit.
ants of the parish in question ? and whether these
vessels ate local and visible rateable pr.-petty, within
the rneanin of the Att ? Tl.e p it toi reguaratien
Wei tato ely out ct the case. It is evident it was local
and visible property, within the parish, fit a great
part cf the year. The party tiers makes his CUM.
trail with his passengers at si .I,mead ; he is paid
at Holyhead by the pa;seliaeirs coming from Dobien;
it is therefore a personal property, producible
within the parish, and therefore rate role noiltr the
statute of Elisabeth.
The rest of the Court concurring in opinion with
his Lordship; then:stator ter! Og, aside the rata. as
discharged, and the order of .4e-/ides isthras4:— •
Tag KIM°, V. SARAN UAL.
This was a conditional rule, on othaif of the
Defendant, to (push a convidion for keePing
Lattle4io, or pr sate Lo:tery, contrary to t ,e Aft.
Mr. MAARYIT r, in support of the rule, objected
to the convidion, upon these grounds ; k rosy tire
conviction did not set r.ut the names of the Informer,
and of the person apprehendin3 the offender, ac-
cording to the AO, so that the party could not know
to whom the penalty was to be paid. in order to her
enlargement; secondly, the eonviflion did not
set out that the MAgistrate before wenn it took
p=ace, was the Magistrate belonging to that para.
cular Pollee-01:e ;'thirdly, ei4t the statute re-
quired that the p :nun against whom the intormatian
was granted, should be immediately taken into cus-
tody ; when, in the present case, he wa. not appre-
hended until three weeks after; and. lastly, that it
did not appear that any LutleaGa or private Lottery
was discovered.

The COMMON SCIUSANT, in support of the .
eonviaion, stated that Le had only received his
brief, as he left home for Court, this morning, and
was not prepared to argue the points as he coup
wish, he therefore requested the indulgence of tt e
Court for a future day. wh.ch was accordingly
granted.
ems ciao s. She eossetsstonaas of seems for
lot cotery of son
This came on upon special argument before the
Court, upon a return to a Meadoonsg, directing the
said Commissioners to appoint a new rate for the
support and repairs of certain parts of the sea wan,
in that county. Instead of obeying the .tiredamrs,
the Commissioners made a return to Inc writ, that
they could mit comply. In c.nseqiience of some
necessary documents 'acing wanted to lay before the
Couit, the special argument was postponed to a fu-
ture day.
At one o'clock Lord Ennciraoanvon sat at Nisi
Prow, when the folios/mg, among other Causes.
was disposed of :
WILLIAM WILLIAMS e. MARY
This was an anion upon a Bill of Exchange of
1771. and for work and labour amounting to I •71.
The Plaintiff was a carpenter. formerly residi
at Rathbone-place, and the Defendant a wad--r.
keeping a public house in Oafesrii-road. .1 he B!I
of hxchange was nut given in evidence; but the
other part of the charge was proved.
In answer to this case, it appeared that ih.fPl3lnt*
if, soon after the death of the Defendarn's hos•
band, insinuated himself into her good grAces,
the way, (as she was now a single woman), of look-
ing alter her property for het. He came to reside
in the house, used e..instantly to serve the en stonier
with liquor, and was in the habit of niing rb • h.c..:se
a his own, going to the tilt. and taking rti- con:ecn
ofit to pay labourers, &t. He went so tat as to ogee
marriage to this lady, until some inqnisitive fiend of
hers, discovered that he had a wife and family rebid-
ing in Rethbone place ; but being separated t:
these, he proposed to live with toe D f-nda-1. At
one time she give him the note in question, upa
condition that it was not to he demanded, until
after her death ; and he bad almnar

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