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WAR 
stables. Market on Wednesday, noted for fish, provisions, 
and all kinds of cattle', not inferior to the Leicestershire breed. 
Fairs, 18th July and 30th November, which last a week 
each. Population 11,738; 18 miles east of Liverpool, and 
183 north-north-west of London.—2. A hamlet of England, 
in Buckinghamshire; If mile north-by-east of Oluey.—3. 
A township of the United States, in Bucks county, Penn¬ 
sylvania. Population 429.—4. A township of York county. 
Pennsylvania. Population 1105. 
WA'RRIOR, s. A soldier; a military man. 
I came from Corinth, 
Brought to this town by that most famous •warrior, 
Duke Menaphon. Shakspeare m 
Fierce fiery warriours fight upon the clouds, 
In ranks and squadrons and right form of war, 
Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol. Sk'afcspcare. 
WA'RRIORESS, s. A female warrior. Cotgrave, 
—Eftsoones that warriouresse with haughty crest 
Did forth issue, all ready for the fight. Spenser. 
WARRIOR POLL AM, a town and small district of the 
south of India, province of the Carnatic, district of Tritch- 
inopoly. Lat. 11. 15. N. long. 79. 25- E. 
WARRIOR’S MARK, a township of the United States, 
in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. Population 672. 
WARRUNA, a town of Hindostan, province of Berar. 
Lat. 19. 37. N. long. 78. 8. E. 
WARSAW, a large city, the capital of Poland, situated 
on the left bank of the Vistula. Its situation is pleasant; 
its position, without being very elevated, is sufficiently so to 
be secure against the overflowings of the Vistula. The 
course of that river is from south to north ; its depth is less 
than that of the Thames at London ; its width somewhat 
greater. Warsaw is an open town, having neither gates nor 
walls. It covers a great extent of ground, the length of the 
town and suburbs being between three and four miles, 
its breadth between two and three ; but in this are included 
large spaces occupied by gardens. The population is about 
100 , 000 . 
The city, originally little better than an accumulation of 
cottages, received considerable improvements from its Saxon 
sovereigns, of the last century. Still, it is an irregular and 
unpleasant place, exhibiting a singular contrast of ostenta¬ 
tion and poverty, having, in a few quarters, mansions of 
such splendour, as to be entitled to the name of palaces; in 
others, a succession of miserable hovels. The upper ranks 
in Poland having long been accustomed to get on horseback 
on leaving their doors, the paving of th,e streets was totally 
neglected, and Warsaw long exhibited, in rainy weather, a 
depth of wet and filth equal to any of the wood built towns 
of Russia. At present, however, the government expends 
considerable sums on paving, and several of the streets are 
clean and well lighted. 
The town is divided into the Old and New, exclusive of 
four suburbs, of which one, Praga, lies on the right bank 
of the river. The Old town consists of one main street, 
with some smaller streets joining it on either side. It is 
miserably built, with the exception of a few public edifices. 
The New town is better built, and extends along the banks 
of the Vistula, in a winding form, to the extent of nearly 3 
miles, including, however, a number of gardens. The castle 
of Warsaw stands near the river, and is a large quadrangle, 
with halls where the two houses of parliament, (the diet and 
senate) hold their sittings. It contains several public halls, 
and has lately received great improvements. 
The situation of Warsaw is, for an inland town, favour¬ 
able to trade; and the improvements now adopting in river 
navigation, bid fair to give it a considerable share of com¬ 
mercial activity. The Vistula, here near the middle of its 
course, is navigable to a great extent upwards, as well as 
downwards. At some seasons, however, great inconveni¬ 
ence has been experienced from the extent of its inundations; 
at others from the shifting of sand-banks; in winter the 
navigation is not reckoned safe. The middle of summer 
is the most favourable season; and during the interval that 
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the channel is full, without overflow, it is computed that 
nearly 100 boats or barges, laden with the produce of the 
country, namely, corn, spirits, and wine, are daily sent 
down its stream. It abounds in fish, particularly the shad, 
which are frequently of a very large size. 
Warsaw is a town of very old date, but was a place of 
insignificance till the annexation of Lithuania to Poland ; af¬ 
ter which the territory of the republic being extended to the 
west, Cracow was no longer sufficiently central to be the 
capital. It was in 1566, that the diet was transferred from 
the old to the new capital. In the war with the Swedes in 
the middle of the 17th century, Warsaw was occupied by 
these adventurous invaders, who made it (in 1655) the depot 
of the spoils collected in their progress through the country. 
When Charles XII. advanced, at a subsequent date (1703), 
to Warsaw, it surrendered to him without opposition. The 
chief part of last century passed without alarm; but in 1793, 
the Russian garrison that occupied it were expelled by the 
Poles, on receiving intelligence of the success of Kosciusko 
near Cracow. That leader, when obliged next year to 
change the scene of contest, retreated on Warsaw, and de¬ 
fended it with success against the Prussians, during the 
summer of 1794, obliging them eventually to raise the siege. 
A different fate awaited Warsaw on the arrival of Suwarrow 
and the Russians. Praga being taken by assault, and deli¬ 
vered to pillage, the capital submitted without opposition, 
after this terrific example. On the final partition of Poland 
in 1795, this part of the country fell to the share of Prussia, 
and Warsaw had no other rank than that of capital of a 
province, until the end of 1806, when the overthrow of the 
power of Prussia led to the formation, by Buonaparte, of the 
independent state called the duchy of Warsaw, Of this state 
it continued the capital, until the evacuation of Poland by 
the French in January, 1813. Since 1815, it has in a manner, 
retained its character of a capital, being the residence of a 
viceroy representing the emperor of Russia; also the place of 
meeting of the Polish parliament; 320 miles east of Berlin, 
and 240 south-south-east of Dantzic. Lat. 52. 14. 8. N. 
long. 20. 2. 45. E. 
WARSAW, a post township of the United States, in 
Genesee county. New York; 260 miles west of Albany. 
Population 1317. 
WARSAW, a small kingdom in the interior of the 
Gold coast of Africa, abounding in gold. 
WARSLOW, a township of England, in Staffordshire; 
6 miles east-north-east of Leeke. 
WARSOP CHURCH, a parish of England, in Notting¬ 
hamshire; 5 miles north-north-east of Mansfield. Popula¬ 
tion 1047. 
WARSOP MARKET, a hamlet in the foregoing parish. 
WARSTEN, a town of the Prussian states, in Westphalia. 
Population 1200. 
WART, s. [peapt, Saxon ; werte, Dutch.] A corneous 
excrescence; a small protuberance on the flesh. 
If thou prate of mountains, let them throw 
Millions of acres on us, till our ground, 
Singeing his pate against the burning sun. 
Make Ossa like a wart. Shakspeare. 
A protuberance on trees.—Malpighi, in his treatise of galls, 
under which he comprehends all preternatural and morbose 
tumours of plants, doth demonstrate that all such warts, 
tumours, and excrescences, where any insects are found, are 
excited or raised up by some venenose liquors, which with 
their eggs such insects shed; or boring with their terebrae, 
instil into the very pulp of such buds. Rap. 
WARTA, a considerable river of Poland, which rises in 
the palatinate of Cracow, flows north through that of Kalisch; 
then taking a direction west, traverses the grand duchy of 
Posen, and part of Brandenburg, till it joins the Oder at 
Custrin. 
WARTA, a town of Poland on the Warta; 10| miles 
west-by-south of Warsaw. Population 1300. 
WARTAU, a small town of Switzerland, canton of St. 
Gall; 20 miles north of Sargans. 
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