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pleaded that the witness Garratt had made certain de-
clarations, in July and August, at Stockwell, and at
other tithes.
Exceptive allegation admitted.

IDA/ARDS AND OTHERS V. WEST.
This was an appeal from- the Consistory Court of St.
Asaph's, where the cause was be tun by an application,
en the part of the H,ri. Frederick West, for a faculty
to atirli“rise him to erect a gallery in the parish Chi.rch
of auk, to be appropriate i to a house belonging to
him in the parish, and to be used by himself, his fa:Lily,
and t?nlitos.

Drs. ARNOLD and PIIILLIStoRE, in support of the
decree o; the Court below, said, that thouglythe pro-
ceedings there differed a little, in point of form, from
the course observed in Doctors' Cr:mmons, sti3 the de-
cree app sled from was substantially right, and ought
to be affirmed. It is customary here, that the party
applying for a faculty, sets forth the grounds of his
claim in a r act of Court, whereupon a citation issue.:,
calling upon all persons in general, who have any (b-
-jection to the gran, to appear, and set it Nth. In the
Court of Sr. Asaph, the citation embodied the ground
of app ication; and thereupon aprarances were giver.
for Mr. Edwards and another, as Crinchwarde:.s, and
for Mrs. ,Middleton Biddulph, a parishi net, orpos:ng
the gra' t. The C' nit, thereupon, ordered Mr. West to
give in as allegation in support of the 'acuity, a mode
of proceeding (observed the Learned Advoca•e,) b)
no means convenient. However, the allegation was
given in. It pleaded that Mr. West long ago married
the heiress of the Chick Castle family, and thereby ob-
taMed the estate; that he and hi; family h,d sat for'.
twenty-one years in a certain pew appurtenant to a
mansion-house belonging to him, called the Fron ; but
that this pew is too small for his accommodation. It
then sets forth the accommodation which he requires,
and for which he is willing to give up his other pew;
and he asserts that the erection of the gallery in ques-
tion will not injure the fabric of the Church, or obAruct
the light, but will be ornamental to the building.
To this allegation answers were given by the adverse
parties ; but they were objected to as insufficient, and,
after argument on this point, the Ecclesiastical Judge
ordered fuller answers, and the present appe.:l is from
such order.
The Learned Adtocates then went through the answers seriatim,
pointing out some redundancies and some omissions.
Drs. Jesauts and Lusnuartou, on the other side, contended that
the answers were Substantially correct, though there was some irre-
gularity in the form of the proceedings, as is frequently the cave in
the country Courts.
The COURT (Sir J. NIcIiOLL) said, that the only dif-
ficulty he found in dealing with the case, was from the
anomalous nature of the proceedings. The answers,
however, were in substar.ce sufficient, and he must,
therefor reverse the order of the Judge of St. Asaph's.

The United States Navy is rapidly increasing. One
vessel now ready for launching at Philadelphia will be
several tons larger than any British ship of war, and
able to fight 152 guns ; another to be called a 90 gun
ship will fight 120 guns ; and a frigate 76 guns.
We have received Newfoundland Royal Gazettes of
the Ist and Bth of November. That of the Ist con-
tains copious and minute details of the late conflagra-
tions in New Brunswick, but furnishes little additional
information on the sulaject of that awful catastrophe.
A meeting of the inhabitants of St. John's had been,
held oa Friday the 29th of October, when it was re-
solved, " We do enter. int.. a subscription for the
putpow of procutink clothes and provisions; and
that a sessti be immediately dispatched to the proper
auth,nities at Miramichi, who shall be requested to
receive and distribute them as they m-y think most
nece.sary." A committee, c,nskting of the Clergy
and heads of houses, was appointed to carry the
resolution into eff cc. A subscripti •n being then
opened, his Excellency the Governor began it with
1001. and, in a few minutes, upwards of aro/. were
subscribed. The committee having formed ti,emselves
in o divisions, went through the town, and is a short
rime the total amount of subscriptions had reached
617/. Tenders had been advertised for to furnish pro-
visions, clothing, and necessaries, and a vessel was al-
ready chartered to take out supplies without delay.
Tuesday evening list, two rrsons were taken into
custody, at a small public•bou e, in Thirsk, on suspicion
of robbing the Skipton and Colne post.hoy of the mail
hag•, on the morning of the 22d of Novernlm last.
Th-y were committed to Noithallerton House of Cor-
rection un:il Saturday, to give time for the arrival of
the post-boy, who had been sent for. One of the per-
son; calls himself Nathan, and the other Barnett ; they
had in their possession a few shawls and sijc handker-
chiefs, a gilt and plated watch or two, &c. and one of
them had a dawker's I;cense.

SERIOUS ArFRAY WIT!! NACHERS.—TiIeicIiT morn-
ing, between one and two o'clock, as two mel were
watching Scabba Wood, situate Let ween Mehrn and
Sproarro', on the estate of Sir Joie; I, Copley, B rt.
near Doncaster, they observed apm ty poachers, and
immediately well:: to the house of Pnillips. th.e keeper,
who instantly 1, roceeded with six assistants to the spot.
On their arrival, orle of the poachers entered the riding,
and was se.zr!d by one named Isiarcroft ; the keeper
and his party then attempted to secure s, me of the
(ahem, when they were surrounded by the whole gang,
amounting to nearly thirty, who came upon them from
different directions. Poillips presented his gun to one
division of them, threatening to fire if he were attacked,
but was instantly kno:ked down, and his gun
seized and broken. A desperate attack was then made
upon the keepers, who, though so much otenumbered,
fought bravely, but were overpowered. Phillips was
severely brat about the head, and had two or three of
his ribs broken. Marcroft's head was nearly scalped,
and he is much bruised, they were both left in an ap-
parently lifeless state. A number of snares and nets
were taken up, and five hares. Several bludgeons were
found, some of them much stained uHi blood, and on
one was sticking a quantity of skin and hair. Eleven
men have been apprehended on suspicion, and were
examined on Thursday, at the Mansion-house, Don-
caster, when one was committed to take his trial, and
three were remanded.

A Supplemental Appendix to the Report of the S:lect
Committee on the Poor Rate Returns, con:aiuing an
account of the money expended for the maintenance
and relief of the poor, in every parish, township, or other
place, in England and Wales, for the three year's ending
March 25, 1822, 1823, and 1824 respectively, has just
been ;minted, by order of the House of Commons. This
Appendix exhibits the following gratifying results:

To.til of Wales; years 1822. 1823. 1824.
ending 25th March 4156,449 2 £238,404 £239,748 11
Total of England; years
ending 25th March 4,102,253 9 5,534,554 5,497,149 4

England and Wales 5e163511,70t 11 45,77g3948 £5,756,1198 I