■■■* " - Philadelphia, TUESDAY EVEKINCi. FEBRUARY 7.1797- ft We are happy to learn that the Philadelphia Ga will be continued by, Mr. Andrew Brown, h S«B of the late Mr. Andrew Brown ; he is a ' you; g gentleman of bandfome acquirements, and, we d< übt not will merit a continuance of that d.l tinguifhed public patronage which the Philadelphia Gazette has so amply enjoyed. Married, lad Thursday evening by the Ri«bt I Re*. Dr. White, Dr. F. Young, »f thi» City, ti M Miss Frances Holibav, of Bermuda. a — . P The Eastern Mail had not arrived .when this t< Paper went to Press. tl — c Yesterday arrived here, in a felp from Marseilles, | t Monf. de Montpenfier and Monf. de Beaujolois, bro- „ thers of Monl d'Orleans. u _ b They have left Frauce with a passport from the Ex ecutive Directory, to come and reside amongst "the good friend* -nd aUie» ot' their country. COMMUNICATION. a The expreflion that Archduke Charles would prove J the bed segociator for this country was e nough never used by tile gentleman to whom it is a scribed by a Jacobiu gazette. However that may be, it isaJmelt as easy to'vindicate as to misrepresent it. In the ftrll place the Archduke Charles would not r leave the terms entirely to the i-reucluhemi'elves, which the more than half Frenchman whom the party would n employ directed Mr. Jay to do in 782. t But the question really is this, Do the fuccefles of the Auftrians tend to the good or evil of this country as it l'efpedls France? the uncontrouled power of France has excited her to abuse the rights of the Ita lian and other dates. Tfie fame caul'e has led her to 1 attempt to cut off the trade of England with this coun- 1 try. This is the true motive of all her conduit, as t the declarations of the French thenafelves have clearly t proved. Now do oujr-patriots chul'e to avow their mi- f abated wifees that France may so on conquering and fSTßmjOTitrll the trade and independence ot-Amenca are as low at her feet as that«f Tufcany and Sardinia !,. 1 With less power fee will no doubt effeit mere mode- t ration and treat neutrals better in proportion as fee c comes down again from the imaginary throne of unit verfal dominion te that level winch will oblige her to r'efped the rights and fulfil the duties prescribed by the laws of nations. Not wifeing to fee my native cotln try, plundered and oppressed as it is, I wife success to those who are fighting our defpoilers androbber's. May France keep her independence and gain finally that li berty winch fee ha 3 so much abused and outraged ; but may her power never be so augmented as to put our rights and sovereignty at her mercy. , F»r the Gazitti or the Unitid Statis. THE WARNING No. 11. INDEPENDENT of the commands of hnnor, 1 the cooled calculations of intered forbid our becu- 1 ming the inltruments of the ambition of Fiance, ! by associating with her in the war. The question ' is no longer the establishment of liberty on 1 lie ba /' iisof republican government. This point the en - mies of France have ceased to dispute. The ques tion now is whether (he (hall be augraudixed by mew qui fit iocs, and her enemies reduced by dilmem 1 tie i„ a ra»v render her,the jnillrefs of Europe, and confuquently in a great measure of America. This is tru y the lemaiuing fubjeft of contention. ' They who understood the real strength and re sources of France before the prelent war, knew that (lie was iturinfically the moil powerful nation of Europe. The incidents of the war' have dis played this fa£t in a manner which is the a(W»ifh ment of ,the W'rld. If France tan finally realize • "Her present plan of aggrandizement, she will attain to a degree of greatness and power, which if not counteracted by internal disorder, will tend to make her the terror and the scourge of nations. The fgirit of moderation in a date of overbearing pow er is a phenomenon, which has not yet appeared, x and which 110 wile man w ill expect evet to fee. It > is ceitain that a very different fpitit has hilhorte marked the career of the new republic ; and it is tiue .0 truth to add, that the arden', impetuous, and military genius of the French, affords perhaps less profpeft of such a spirit in them than in any 'other people. 'Twere therefore tontrary to our true intercft to aflift in building up this colossus to the enoimous iize at vyhich (he aims. ,'Twere policy as (hort ' fiflH'-f * ff "*'" f '****J a fubfervit 1 icy to her views as the price of her clemency. This at bell would be but a temporary lefpite iroiri the rod ; it indeed that can be called a rtfpite, which is of , itfelf the lacrifice of a real to a nominal indepen dence. These reflections are not designed to rouse a spi rit of hostility against France, or to inculcate the idea tlt#t we ong)>» of choice to participate in the ; war agaifift her. They are intended merely to for tify the motives of honor, which forbid our (loop ing to be ccmpclledj either to submit without resis tance to a viuual war on her pari, or'to avert her blows by engaging in the yvav on her fide. When it was the opinion, 'hat France was defend ing the caute of Liberty, it was a decisive argu-. mcnt againlt embaikirig with her in the contest, that it would expose Us to hazards and evils infinite ly difproportioned to the afiiltance we could render. Now that the question plainly is, whether France /hall give the law to mankind, the addition of our opposition to her plan could have too little influ ence upon the event tojufti'y our willingly encoun tering the certain dangers and mifchiefs of the en terprise. 'Tis our true policy to remain at peace, . if we can, to negotiate our fubjeds of complaint as long at they (hall beat all negotiable, to defer a refortjo arms 'till a lad effort of negotiation fliall < have demonstrated that there is no alternative, but i the surrender of our sovereignty or the defence of 1 it—that the only option is between infamy or war. ' But if unhappily this period (hall ever arrive, it I will impose a (acred and indispensable duty—to wieet the contest with firwnefs, and relying on a I just providence, confidently to commit the iflue to c the God of Battles. While it is a cenfolation to know, that oar go vernment, on this as on other trying eccafions, will aft with perfefit prudence, and will do every thing f that hoi,or pnmitj to prefenrc peace; Yet it is uot i « tn he forgotten that there is a point st which for- . „ bearai ce must flap—beyond which moderation ! T were bafet-efs—where we must halt and nuke a stand for our rights or cease to pretend ta any. wi When the'indifcriminate seizure of our veffeta by British cruisers under the order of tbe sixth of sri Novrmber 1793, had bfought otir affairs with B Great Britain tu a crisis, which led to the measure th of fend i ig a special etiv<»y to that country to ob- • tain relief and reparation, it was well understood N that the iffuc of that miftUn was to determine the ea question of peace or war between the two uations. In like manner, it is to be expected that our execu- fe tive will make a solemn and final appeal to the justice arid filtered of France, will infilt in mild but ex- h« piicit terms on tbe renunciation of the pretension to intercept the lawful cojnuierce of neutrals with li the enemies of France and the inilitution of some ca equitable mode of ascertaining and retributing the u lodes which the exercUe of it his inflicted «pon our ai merchants. If the experiment (hall fail, there will ai be nothing left but to repel aggression and defend t| our commeree and irrdependenee. The refoluti <n * to do 1 his will then be imposed »« ihe government ci by a painful but irrcfiftible neceflity, and it were F an outrage 'o 'the American name and character to c: doubt that the people of the United States will ap- pi prove the refolutioH, and will support it wilh a con- w ftancy worthy of the jtidice of their cause, and of ei the glory they have heretofore delerved and acqui red. I" No: let this never be doubted! The servile (1 I minions of France—thole who have no fenfibihty in to injury but whea it comes from Great Britain, h who are unconscious of any rights to be protedted vi itgainft. Franee, who, at a moment when the pub- ,(1; lie Ufety more than ever demands a drift union be- ai tween she people and their government, traiteroully labour to detach them from it, and to turn againlt 2 the government foi pretended faults, theA-fentmeiit which the real opf.rcffu.ns of France ought 10 in- t( spire—these wretched men wilt difccvcr in the end, b " that they arenas irtfignificant as they are unprinci fa pled—'l ney will fina that they have vainly flattered w themselves with the co-operation of th# great body it of tho(e men with whom the spirit of party has hitherto associated them—ln such an extremity the F adventitious difcrimii.ations of party will be 101 lin fa the patriotism and pride of the American charac- F ter. Good citizens of every political deaomiiia- h tion will rcmembtr that they are Ameiicans—th»f d when their country is in danger, the merit 01 de ir merit of particulnv measures is no longer a question —that it is tbe dmy ot alt to uni e then efforts to J guard the national rights, lo avert na'ional hub miliation, and to withltand the imposition of a si yoke. The true and genuine spirit of 17761 9 not the vile counterfeits of it which foofteudifguii j> our eyes and our eirs, will warm every truly A me- v. rii an heart, and light up in it a noble emulation to n maintain inviolate the rights, and uniuilied the ho- u J nor of ihe American nation. It will be proved, to the confuQon of all falfe patriots, that we did not C break the fetters of one foreign tyranny to put an f; those of another. It will be piove'.l to ihe world that we uoderftand our lights and have the V coiwage to defend them. li But there is tiill ground tohtve that we IhalNiot 1 t>c~n.ivcii 10 liiis clifagrrcrrtric-extttmity. l'hemoie f r deliberate calculations ot Fiance will probably tef f ' cue us from the prefer.t embarrafsiiient. I. (Jio.per- u feveres in her plan, Ihe mult inevitably at'd all. the - neutral powers to the numbei of herenemies. How ( will this fulfil the purpose of destroying the com- y - merce of Great Britain ? The commerce «f those 1; powers with Fiance will then intireiy cease, and be turned more extenflvely into the channels of Great 5 Biitaiu, protedtcd by her navy, with the co-opcra- i t tio'o of the maritime fofce of those powers. The r e relult will be the reveift?of what is projc&ed by - c the mcrfute. The comrri;rce and revenue of 'Bri- r tain will in all likelihood be augmented rather than ( I dirainifhed ; and her arms will receive an important ci reinforcement. u Violent and unjust measures commonly defeat v s theii own purpose. The plan of Starving France ' was of this delciiptiun and opuattd againd the ~ views of its projedtors. The plan nuw'adoptcd by France of cutting u.ff the trade of neutrals with her j etilmies, alike violent and /Ur'jtiH, will 110 doubt I I ) end in limilar difapp»intment. Let us hope that i\ it will be abandoned, and that ultimate rupture j will be avoided—but let lis also contemplate the ! pt>fl»bility of the contrary and prepare our minds r seriously for the unwelcome event. . . AMFRICUS. j f >f GAZETTE or the UNITED STATES j ' ~ MAKINK LIS!', jt A Swedidi Barque, in 70 days from Gibraltar, "j 1- has arrived at Maieus Hook, with the Americans e , released from captivity at Algiers. e ; Yederday arrived at the Hook, the brig Tryal, ( '- Cap;. Kriox, from Hamburg. We have recived v >- papers by this none later than the 14th I- I of No v cmber. ! - r A small (hip from Port-au-Prince, and a large J j white bottom.(hip, are also arrived in the Dela- \ - waie—names unkntrwn. j f 1- Ihe ship Fame, Jones, in 68 days from Lon- j ' , don, is arrived at Marcus Hook.—Captain Jones j - (when 6 days out) spoke admiral ElphinUone, t . from the Cape of Good Hope, with a Duteh (loop 1 1 e of war : admiral Elphinftone knew nothing of a; ' r Sp.mifh war, until he met the Fame, although he , ' - had boarded a Spanilh frigate the day before la c - the Fame came ten passengers. , Norfolk, January 26. ' s Yesterday arrived here the brig Betley, captain 3 Timothy Baker, 21 days from St. Martins. The 1 captain informs, that 10 fail of Americans had been t carried into *hat port previous to his failing ; some f of which were condemned, some under, and others . waiting for trial—among whom we are enabled to t (tare the following : > Ship Sally, of New Yoik, captain John Bayne, i from Demarara bound home—vessel and cargo con > demned.- Brig Mary, of New-York, captain from Barbadoesto Turfs-Jfland^-waiting for trial. I Brig ,of Sheepfcut, (Mad.) eapt. Craw ford, from St. Bartholomews to Georgia—waiting 1 ] for trial. 1 1 i . Schooner ,of Newbern, fN C.) Captain Tinker, had clearer' out fiom St. Martins to St. Bartholomew!.— baek by a privateer a:»d waiting for trial. j Q ; Schooner Elizabeth, of Norwich, capt. Brown, * 1[)( from Demarara bound to New-York. "Captain f ]r liiown detained in irons an board the privateer, and tio the fehoonei waiting the privateers ai 1 al. co ' ! Left there, tl)e sloop Jenny, captain kogers, of J. Norfolk, put in theie in diltrefs, was felling her earpo. _ j Brig Sally, capt, Adams, of Wilmington, (Del.) p r , ' felling her cargo. M Schr. Patty, Capt. Stafford, of Bafton, felling thi her cargo. P u Captain Baker also informs, that the American ' 1U lndiaman, the Ruuidick, of Providence, (R. 1.) mt capt. J. Ab»r;i, from ihe Isle ot France, wai cap tured by a French cruiitir on the 26th December, and carricd into St. Marlins. On the ift of Janu- lia ary, a't 3 o'clock in the morning, she was cut out by thi te Bci mudian Jugger Experiment, and carried off. — The above brig Beifey was taken by a French cruizer ou her passage from Wells (Mass ) t« Cape In Francois, carried into St. Martins, and vessel and cargo condemned ; the -Captain and crew were plundered of their ' ventures and cloaths : the brig Oi was bought in by the captain on account of the own ers. Came paflenger in the brig Betsey, Captain John #<u Hall, of the fchooatr Rebecca of Baltimore, (captured and carried iut« St. Martin's.) who also informs, that he was plundered ot every thing lit had, .y the prize ma fie r and crew put on board his do vessel, and part of his crew put un board a priiou _ .ship, who were obliged to work in the day-time, and at night were put in irons. Yesterday arr.vd the brig Bell, Captain Jeffray, j[ 2t days from Cape Nichola Mole—infoims, jij That the brig Pej>gy, Capt. Kiiby, of and bound cit to Philadelphia, trorn Porl-au Prince, was taken th. by a French privateer of 12 guns, in Caucus pas sage ; alierwards re-takeu by a BriiifU man of . wa- , apd is now in Mole St. Nicholas. Captain Kiiby was detained on board the privateer. Su Also, that a (hip from Salem «iit taken by a French privateer to windward of Turk's lfland pas sage,—a Bii'ifh sloop of war heaving in fight, the Frenchman quitted her, and rounding too under her Hern, poured in several broadlides, which woiin ded tour of her men. The sloop wat carried her intovthe Mole. Ycllerday arrived the schooner Barbara, Capt. JoTeph White, jun. in 18 days from the Havamia ; c f by her we learn that the owner of the ship GjJden «f Age, (mentioned as i apiuied in our paper ot the di gill mil.) had give-n lrrurity tor the vessel and car- ' J go and was to ftil 111 a day or two. The Spaniards c ', would not allow her cundemnatiou in the Havan -11 a, and her pipers had been lent on to St. D«- O mingo. m Yelterday put bark in diflrefs the brig Patty, c,pt. Lee, having fpuiug a lesk on her passage faom this pert to Londonderry. t l, Jjn. 21, Ipoke thc'ichr. Success, of Beverly, i n (-■apt. l'olter, 'lays out, who informed thai he w had fallen in with the brig Thomas, captain lfrael p ( Done, then 75 day* out fiom Jamaica ; and the " (Toop Nmty, captain lfnac Ettick, from Antigua pl for Baliimore ; boih of which capt. F. supplied v< with provilious. They had loft two hands. It Alfxa^J)*!a, Jan. 31. m C pt.iin Wattles, of the Paragon, arrived heri ycfterday from Martinique and St. Thbtnas', the ' latter place he Irft the sth inlla'nt. C?ptain Wattles left several American vessels at r < St. Thomas', araongll which were fomc that put h< in there in diltrefs, of this description is the fchoo ncr COl aclia, Thomas, Irom Jamaica to New-York —she had been out 93 davs—Alfo, a ship com manded by Capt. Seawood, frism Surinam, and a ship of New-Bedford, Capt. Toby, from Amlter dam. The afyer Capt. Wattles left St. Thomas' he was boarded by a Fr-.-ich privateer, ef 14 guns, and treated politely. Capt. Watts, arrived at Annapolis, in 19 days from jSt Martins, makes mentioil o' the capture of the a bove vefli-1, but. not of her having been cut out by the English. He fays file was the property of Clark and Nightingale, of Providence ; and that her cargo was ! valued at ico,ooel. Newport, Jan. 14. F I.afl Wednesday arrived here the ship America, Ol t ney, in II days from Charleston. Capt. Olney in- a , loruis that the (kip Three Friends, Capt. Bradley, of ft i Boston, in coming over the bar about half an hour be- 1- ! fore him, and just before night, struck ; and from the j tempeftuoufnefs of the weather he is apprehensive the ! veflel and crew muff "have been totally loft. ' PURSI/ANT to a fttiolve of the Board of Truftecs of 1 > ; Wuhihton Academy, in Somerset County, and ■* • State of Maryland, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, .' That the office of Principal Teacher 111 the said school is ' vacant. A GENTLEMAN qualified to teich the higher Greek and Latin daffies, Geography, and the Mathematics, with . such other bianches of literature as are usually taught ia such schools, would meet with liberal encouragement, and, it is believed, would obiain a very eligible feulemrnt. FOl the at j prcfent, the TruUees would be willing to contract with a per- h _ ion capable ot taking charge of a Grammar S. hool. As this Institution is provided with buildings fufficlest to accommodate the principal and his family, and from seventy ) to eighty boys; a library, an excellent philosophical and ma. 3 thcmatical apparatus, globes, maps, Ac; has refpettable j i funds, and is situated in a plentiful and agreeable part of the country ; nothing teems wanting to make it runk among the " j mod ufeful seminaries in ihis part of the Union, but a suitable * charj6«r 10 piefide in it. PropofaU may be addrcfTed to the fubferiber, iu Princess- A::ne, in the neighborhood of tVe Academy, or to Doctor Mastis L Hatniz, Mo B.J, north Third-lbeet, Phila delphia, or to the Printer hereof. ' EZEKIEL HAYNIE. : January 10. Feb. 7. tu&f 8w 1 A PARCEL OF VERY FINE f< \ St. Croix Sugars and Rum, p > JAMAICA iriRITS, and LAGUIRA HIDES, , For Sale by ' Feb. 7.—§2\r JAMES YARD. 70' BE SOU c The Time of a smart, active, young Negro Wench, i BETWEEN 13 and 14 years of age, and just h-jd the small c 1 *pox. For terms, apply at Mr. WILLI AM BAjCTER's, in v » j south Front-street, No. Jt2, belaw Almond-ftreeu i { Icbmary 7 BOSTON, January 17. LEGISLJTUHE OF MASSACHUSETTS. Addrrfs to the Prejident. Yesterday Mr. Cboper moved the appointment of i .joint committee of the Senate and HnUie to draft a re» »fpe£lful address to Present Washington—exi»ef* fire of the nioft per tret approbation of his adrainiliVA* tion —the extreme regret experienced. 011 lir.Uiiig our country about to he deprived of his eminent fervicea, and our fervent jviflies that he may find the most per fe<J| happiness ill his retirement Mr. Cooper oblerv ed, he should have made this motion in the iaft leffion —had not the hajfe with which that session prevented hi"' —he had experienced an oinxisty that Maj r aehufrtts should have taken the lead in teil /ying the-gratitude, that the labors of that gfcat'man for the public good, had iiripreffcd on every feeling heart; but asieveral legislatures, actuated by a spirit of com mendable emulation, had seized an eailitr morrient to prefer their addrelfes, it was now ouf duty to follow these virtuous examples^ The motion palled unanimously j and Mefirs. Wil liams, Otis and Euilis, were appointed uu the part oi the House. The Lyceum, for free Debate, In Mr, Poor's School :Ro m, Chtrry Jlreel, b<twttn Third and Fourth Streets, North. Adjourned Qutjlioh. Oii Wednesday evening, the Sth February, will be continued the debate 011 the fallowing " Ought a Rcprefentatiite in a Republican Govern' ment to aft on important mt afurc from the rejult of hit own judgment, i f from the will of bis Conjlituents le gally exprejjed ?" I he chair will be taken at 7 o'clock. Admittance for ladies and gentlemen, x-Sth of a dollar. February. 7. £2 Dr. Perkins INFORMS the Citii ni of Philadelphia, that he has takes lodgings tor a few days, ac the Indian Queeß, in 4tk hfeet. He will be happy »o wait on any persons iu this - city, between the houn, of 9 ;.ud l, who wilh to latisfy theßifelveaoi the efficacy of his JPATMKr MET A Lire POINTS, And will operate gratis for the relief of the poor th« inftrusnents, and the right of ullng them, are for sale at his lodgings. Subjoined, are Ext rails from a Pamphlet, containing ma ny remai'kahl* c. Fes, attcfted by charailEtsof the high' elt refptilaiiility. Extrads froiu Letters to ihe Author of the Metallic Discovery, Piirpont, Edwahos, Elq Ilifiriet Attorney for the flat* of Connecticut. V'- Now-Haven, Ootober 7, 1796. Dear Sir, / I should have written you last week, had I then been able to ascertain ccrtain fads, the rumour of which I had heard. A Mrs. Beers, a near n'eighbour to me, the wife of Lben Beers, and daughter of capt:.in Samuel Hoggins, of this town, had been, ior tourteea veeks, exceedingly dillfelTed with the Rhcumatiim, to lut.h a degree that for fourteen week* pr viotn to the 19th of lu'l month, she had net been able *. walk across tile room even with crut ches. lave only once, when file made out with thu a (lift. ance of crutches to hobble part of the way aero s her loom. Ou the 2vtli o! September tail, she procured a set of your metallic fubftanccs, acdin less than an hour after ihe had begun to ufc them, in the manner dir. vHcd by ) ou, she roft from her chair, and walked about her house, and on the next day she went abroad to her neighSourc, having thrown afidc her ct utches. I have this d..y paid htr a vi.il in company with her father, and Timothy Jones, Elq. who lives in the flreet where fee rcfties and direflly or>- posit- to her residence, and with Capt. Abel Btlrrett, Vrho ia her nex* neighbor, and lives, within eight yards of her door. I requested her to relate her cafe over in their profence, which she did, and these gentlemen all -with on« voice, supported, from their own knowledge, her flory. It is a duty which yen owe yourfclf and the world to pro mulge this event. I am, very refpe&fully, t .Your obedient f»rvant, PIER PONT EDWARDS. N. B. She fays her fever-has left her, her app&ite has returned, and (he is in a fair way to be reflored to uerfe& ; health. February 7, dlweotf College-Hall. t Readings and Recitations, Ararat, Critical, and Entertaining. Oi) TUESDAY, February, 7th, At 7 o'clock, will he delivered The EFFECTS of AMBITION and GUILT, Exemplified In the ch»ra<sler of , Satan, As difplaved by Mi tton, With Recitations of tile most striking of his fpeeehe* j and soliloquies, and moral and critical observations on th* character and the author. On Thursday, The above fttbjedl continued, and exemplified is tht. Fall of Man. Tickets tobe had of Mr. Poulfon, ju*. at the Library ; - at mr. M'Elwee's looking-glass-store, No. 70, S. Fourth s street; and at Mr. Carey's, Bookseller, Market-street— Half a dollar each. Peter Borger, No. 129 Mulberry-Street, E ILJ AS imported by the brig Tryal, captain Robert Knox, I X X and the Good Friends, captain Smith, from Hamburg, 7000 Empty French bottles, * so© do demijohns, s 346 do. filled with beans and lentils, 100 Hand Engines, [ 10© Ps. Platillas, » too White Rolls— 1 — ALSO— i Several boxes with decanters and tumblers, half pint, pine » and quarts—o«e invoice of Nuremberg toys— . fauff-boxfs, lookirijj-glaffes, <scc. v 100.©00 Q lilis of differenr qualities, ) i£o Boxes Window Glass. 7-99-11 f ON HAND 10 Qr. Casks Sherry Wine, » 4 do. Brandy, : aoo Cases bell Holland Gin, : 200 Boxes Red Wi.ie, containing 12 bottles each, : One .bale of Flannels aflurttd, and 30 Ps. Cloth, Fresh Prunes in boxes and barrels. r February 7. tu *f' All Persons having Demands Against the Estate of the late Thomas Franklin, . deceared, aie deftred to bring in their accounts for lettlement ; and those indebted to make immediate payment, to ISRAEL PLEASANTS, ") WALTER TRANKLIN, or £ Execu - SAMUEL R. FRANKLIN, S tor,> January M th, 1796. eo2yf Washington Lottery. TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. ,47, Chefnut- where a correct Numerical Book isktrt for publi inrpe<alOn. Also Canal Lottery Tickets tor sale or ca ll changed for prizes diawn in the Washington Lottery, of a which the 54th and 55th days returns are received, 0" Ths Business of a Broker carried on as usual. Jansary it. tt|tf
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