%i>e <ga;ttte. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVEWING, MAY .8. Itorjldtl frotv the " COURIS* BKS De. A #A»T£»IE^J." l~fi£ following letter, written by an em! prant of diltinftion, who hut withdrawn to liaden, was intercepted : " You may rely on it (fays the author) that the Ccar Paul detella the republican no tioas ; hi* and oVtlinate disposition will serve the cause of king*. Ido not think of peace, although the count d'EkeUetn it at Paris on the part of the emperor. This Hiinitter of the moment is the friend of the emigrants; he has penfioaed foveral of them ; 1 do not know a man more anti-demociatic than he. From these data you will conclude, my friend, that the cabinet of Vienni do*s not wifli for, and that it will n«t make, peace. All that it does it to dazzle the eyes of the populace, and to throw all the blame of wilh ing to continue the war on the French go vrrnmcHt ; so that we are to expett new ftrugglet and more battles." Moliere has ludicrously made hit phy sician reverse the position of the heart; and anatomists have proved, the anoma's of nature, the verification of hit fancy. In the fafhionable world, at great a change Kas taken place in our own time ; for the heart that used to pant above the tucker, now beats bclcw the waijl. Every thing it perfeftly tranquil at Paris. The inferiptiont of citizent on the register of eieftions are more numerous than at any former period of the revolution, and the elec tions promise to be condudted without tu nnvlt or cabal. The (hock which has been given to the public credit of England, will contribute efTcntially to the consolidation of the power of the French government, and to the prevention of any clandiftine efforts at this ciitical moment to i nard the march of the conftitutien. [A'. T. Alinerva.] Our cflrrefpondent obfervtt, and not, per haps unjustly—That since the Prefident't Proclamation convening both houses of C»n grefs, cor.jefturehas been endeavouring to fix upon the measures to be adopted in our present embarr»ffed fitualion of affairs. One opinion is, that an Embargo will but a (lep so fatal to the country interest, would not meet with general approbation, nor would it, if long continued, be favorable to the Treafury—lf it be temporary, or made to last one, two, or three months enl\, it could not produce *ety feriou3 evils to those on whom it would be meant to operate, but the efleits would-be pretty sensibly felt by us. Yet, unltfs an embargo take place, and while thcreexillsa possibility that veflels may go and return fafe from the Weft Indies, many will rifle (hipments, and of courfc hazard their credit, and with it the intsrefls of those they arc connected with. One con sequence must be, that cauntry produce would fall to nearly the old prices, and enable people to livefomething cheaper than at pres ent ; but then Weft India produdtions would rife out of all ptoportion to the fail of ours. On the whole, an embarga seems to be as little to be wished as the capturing of our reflels—both are pfegnant with evils—To avoid both seems however, impracticable. What then is to be done ? Some fay, dif- s patch a special envoy to France, as we did to Great-Britain—but he must be of principles congenial to those of the Direftory, or he will experience the fate of general Phckney. If we fend Mr. Jefferfon or Mr. Madison, or any othej, whose politics are of the fame .cast, we may perhaps get a treaty, but it will be little better than a declaration of war. fiance, elated by her fuce.efles, will not listen to any terms (horl of an abfnlute renuncia tion of our treaty with England. ]f the ambassador makes fueh a treaty, we fltould certainly refuf* ratifying it, and then war en fuetmoft inevitably. There is no alternative. In the mean time, while the envoy is gone, vigorous preparations for defence ftiould be (joing forward, and our readiness to repel in sult, be co extensive with the disposition, on the part of others, to give it. After the patience with which depredations on our property has been borne, and after evincing a strong desire to maintain peace at the ex pense of almost unbounded facrifices, the FtopLE, by whom are meant to be understood REAL AMERICANS, would cordially unite in a very sincere abhorrence of their unrighteous oppressors, and those who ad vocate them—Against the former they would aft with the energy of union if haltihty be c:me necefTary—The latter would probably be compelled to seek an asylum in their vorite country, or undergo the treatment ex peri.nced by the enemies of American inde pendence at the beginning of our revolution —This wonld be perfeflly reasonable ; for no man who is a friend to the enemies of his country, and an open enemy to that country, Ihoold, in timet of trouble, when their un derhand contrivances may be detrimental, be permitted to live there. [JV. T. D. A.~\ LONDON, Afarch 15. I Ministers have a Yind of precedent for the )jte n& of council, which their adherents have not yetqnoted, in their juftification, and as it happen ed in the good timet of Charles 11. it would un doubtedly have peat weight. This wis when the famous lord Shaftefbury advised.the kirg to (hut up the exchequer. The miniftert liavj, indeed, done much mere than that desperate minijter at tempted, lor by their profufion they leave every department of thepoblicfervice in arrear, and by requiring the bank to flop payment, they have at or.ee refufedtp pay the just demands of the public debtflr, and raptcioufly fuzed on a 1 the property of individsals in every deposit to which their grasp coald extend. The people in London flock in crowdt to the bank to demand payment in specie. Paris, on the other hand, it perfcflly tranquil. The people here crowd a» where but te the tavern and the theatre. Some of the Paris papers gi*es the title ef mis. fionarieito the who were landed ia Walri —No doubt from the fimitarity »f «hjca which they had in view with those which have dilated an 4 diftinguiihed moll mi£Donaries— a spirit of dc vallatiou and plunder. Mii'lfti rscompli'.in th-t the hancft inJtfctetion of Mr. Windham has frequently proved hurtful to tlteir cause. His late contemptuous obferv.vion about the favingt of candle ends and bits of cheese was thought rather personal to ibme who have fnpported this just and necefTary war, but who now hefitateat the eipenee, as they are in danger of beirg feratehed. Chenier, the poet and metrber of the council »f five hundred, lately fought a duel with citizen Kxibourg; Chenier had thought proper ta treat some civi'ities which the latter had (hewn to his miitreft, in rather a choleric maimer, which the odier resented hy a box on tie ear, and a kick on the screech. The poet claimed the privilege of ink and lampoon upon this inl'nlt, bat was informed by his friend that the muses had nothing to do with the affairs, andhismiftrefs r«fu!ed to fee him any mere until he had added tne trophies of the . herp to the laurels of the poet. Chenier challeng ed his adversary, wham he severely wounded, and he is sow employed ill recording his victory in " Pindaric ode." Petition for the dismissal of the present Minijlry. Guildhall, London, March 24. ADDRESS AND PETITION. Yesterday being appointed for the hold ing of a Common Hall of the Livery of the city of London, the Guildhall about twelve o'clock was crowded with the Li verymen, in the place allotted, and all the galleries round that end where the Lot tery is drawn, were filled with ladies and gentlemen At one o'clock the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and other City Officers took their places, and it was impossible not to observe with what ardour and acclamation Alder men Combe, Skinfter, Newman, and some othert were received, when they bowed in passing the Livery, while marks of insult ing disapprobation were shown to others. The Court being opened with the usual formalities, the Lord Mayor opened the proceedings by faying, that in consequence of a requiiition made by a competent num ber of Liverymen, he had convened"them to take into consideration a motion to be made, " That an humble Address awd Pe " tition be presented to his Majesty upon " the present »larming state of public as " fairs, and praying him to diftnifs his " present Ministers from his Councils for " ever, as the firft step towards obtaining " a speedy, honourable, and permanent " Peace." This fubje£t, his Lordship said, he would leave to their decision, without making any observation whatever. Mr. Waddington then came forward. He was delegated, he said, to present to them that day, a motion of the utmost im portance to themselves and to their coun try. A system hatl for a longtime part been pursued, of erefting a barrier between the crown and the people, but he trusted that the time was now arrived when the ave nues of the. throne would once more be opened, never more to be closed. There was once a time when Eriglllhmen knew how to claim their just, hereditary, and in defealible rights, and knowing how to claim, they knew also how to aflert them. But unhappily of late, measures had too fuccefsfully been taken to (hut the mouths of the people, and in proportion as their voice vaa ftifled, were their grievances encreafed. They had seen, from time to time, all their liberties abridged, their public meetings prohibited, and even an attempt made to defeat theunqueftionable right of the Liverymen of London to as semble in. Common-Hall that day. The period was at length arrived, when their misery or happiness depended on them selves. He would forbear at present to dwell on the dreadful calamities which the Minilters of the crown had brought upon their country. If he were difpol'ed to do so, they were far too numerous for recapi tulation ; and it was not now his purpose to reproach the frailties of human nature. The Livery of the City of London would not this day cry out for punilhment, tho' they must claim redress:—They fought not " indemnity for the past," but " security for the future." It was, however, impossible for them to (hut their eyes against the inipoveri(hed, graded and miserable condition to which the nation was reduced. They must fee the horrors of a deftruftive war, devour ing up their resources—the nation depopu lated, bankrupt, and yet these very Mini lters, who brought this mighty nun upon them, (till retain their places, and pursue the fame course of measures. They could not forget the conduft of these Ministers in the memorable 27th of February, and observing all these things they must imitate the spirit and vigour of their ancestors.The only remedy for these complicated evils, was peace; but peace, while the present administration continued, was not to be expected. Feeling then the present, and dreading the final misfortunes that threat ened them in the climaxot'thefe measures, he (made no doubt of their unanimously concurring in the motion lie was about te propose. He then moved the Address and Petition to his Majesty, as already stated, and was seconded by a Liveryman, whose name we do not know. On the (how of hands, it appeared to be carried unanimously; but on a more fcrutinous examination it was found that there were five or fix hands held up against it. The Lord Mayor then declared that the question was carried in the affirmative. Mr. Waddington aga'm catne forth with a Petition to his Majelty, which he said, he (liould propose without any comment; for comments could only oblcure that which needed no elucidation. He then proposed the Petition to his Mafelly, couched in ve ry (Irong language, expressing that they approached the Throne in deepest affliction, and after enumerating all the effects that flowed from the miscarriages of the pre sent war, and after ascribing them all to the tnifcondutt of his Majelly's Ministers, humbly solicits him as the only means of procuring a peace, so much wished and wanted by the nation, to difmtfs from his Councils forever his Miuilters and secret advisers. Mr. Alderman Skinner seconded this mo tion in a very temperate and fenliblefpeech. He confidcred the happiness of them to de pend in a great ineafure on the adoption of the Petition now presented to them. He had been for upwards of thirty years a Li veryman of that city, and never did he know any question agitated, that approach ed in importance the subject that was now before them. They saw the ruifl that was brought upon the country, a ruin so nearly, complete, that it was difficult to think how that completion could be averted. The most likely means of avertiugit would obviouflybe a peace, but the atlminiftr*- tion of the country was wholly devoted to .the continuance of the war. J/e had re- ' volved this subjeCt very i'oridufly in his mind, and he would tell them what was the result of his deliberations—He was sure that they would never think of ascrib ing to him any other motives but those of the public welfare, with which was con nected intimately, that of thi Corporation to which lie had the honour to belong. In the whole of his public conduct they could perceive nothing which had any other ob jcCt than the difeharge of his duty, and the forwarding of their interelts. That was his highelt honour,, his greaftft gratifica tion, ■ and the only reward that he ever did cr ever would accept. To conlider the llate of national affairs, to which he before aimed, it would be ne cefi'ary to contrail the circuiiiftances of the country, as they flood at the commencement of the war in 1795, with its present situa tion. In the year 1792, the debl-of the na tion amounted to about two hundred and twenty mil lions, the interest for Which was about nine millions three hundred thousand pounds, or there-about. The annual ex penditure was about sixteen millions, its income as much, and we were going on ve ry well. Since the present war the debt of the country had increased one hundred and feventy-five millions, and upwards; and the whole of it at present was four hundred millions, the interest upon which was it millions and upwards. Our annual expen diture was twenty millions, to defray which we had about sixteen millions of income.— Taking the cafe of the country then as men would that of an individual, how was it possible, withoul bankruptcy, that things could be made to go on ? But, unfortunate ly, a national bankruptcy had already taken place, and bad as our situation was at pre sent, what were our prospeCts for the fu ture ? Of the loan of la.it year v three mil lions remained yet unpaid, asd, of course, itill to be provided for. The Minister had just concluded another loan of twelve mil lions, and Ihould the war continue, mult before Michaelmas raise forty millions more. This was a serious and alarming confederation. In 1792, the Consols were at 90 or 91; at the present moment they were at jo and under all these accumulated difadvsntajes of bankruptcy, decay of trade depression of credit, &c. &c. how thecoun try was to be retrieved, was aconfideration which could scarcely be looked at without the utmost dismay. He congratulated the company on the al mofl perfect uftaniinity which they display ed on the motion firft proposed to them; and this led him to fay a little on the nun t;er in which the decilions of Common-Halls had frequently been treated. He had heard it often aliened, that the sense of the Com mon- Hall did not convey the sense of the Livery of London. This he undertook positively to deny. He was then addrefling upwards three t/nufand gentlemen, who ap proved the measures propol'ed to them With almofl perfett unanimity. The Livery of London consisted of from eight or nine thou sand persons who had beep summoned, and called upon by public avertifement to attend this meeting. When three thousand of this number appeared, with only a very few j individuals to oppose them, he maintained that their fejntiments > thus publicly given, were those df that Livery of London ; be cause, if there was any considerable num- : ber of a ditFerent opinion, the Hall, the re gular place for giving their decision, was j open-to receive them. But it wasalledged that a ballot in the refpsCti've Wards had generally contradicted the opinions expres sed in the meeting of the Common Hall. How were these ballots conducted ? Under the inspection of persons in authority from j the Treasury, the Ctiftoms, the Bank, the India Houfe—ln fine, under such controul, that the Liverymen, without ruin to them selves, were not at liberty to vote in favour of their real sentiments. Upon those grounds he was warranted to maintain, that the Common-Hall alone pronounced the real sense of the Liverymen of London. Before he fat down, there was one subjeCt more, which, though not connected with the present one, he would nevertheless in cidentally mention—This was the plan now nowgoingforwardsfor building Wet Docks at Wapping. The success of such a mea sure would irretrievably ruin some thou sands of the families of worthy citizens. He spared ho paiirs or endeavours to oppose it, and any of them who should call upon him at any time, should find him a fleady afliflant, ready to devote his time and his labour—every exertion within his means to defeat the scheme of the merchants. This speech was received with the loudefl applause. Mr. Alderman Newnham fpokc In so low a tone of voice, that we could colled but very little of a speech which he read from a Iheet of paper. He said, however, that he had been one of that Livery about 50 years, and always observed that progressively, from time to time, one or othsr of our privileges had been occasionally frittered away. But the strides made towards dtfporifm in the last few years exceeded all that had been in tho many preeeeding ones ; -and it was only by some vigorous exertions, to which the busi ness of the present day might be a prelode, that the liberties of the people could be re llored, and the country preserved from de- ItruCtion. He enumerated, under five dif ferent heads, the progrelfive invasions made by Government on the rights and intereftsof the subjeCt, and concluded by recommend ing the adoption of the present motion. The opinions of the worthy Alderman corresponding with those of the meeting, and his venerable age produced a refpeCtful silence in the Hall during his Speech, which was fcarcdy audible. Thequeltion was then put, and carried, with the fame acclimation as the former one. Mr. Waddington moved, That the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheiiffs, and City mem bers be rcquefted to present this Petition to his Majelty on the throne. Mr. Hanfon,faid, as the City of London had of late so little access orintercourfe with the Throne, he was happy in the opportu nity of seconding the present motion—which was carried as before. Mr. Taddy moved, that it be signed by the Town Clerk ; which being seconded, was also carried in the fame manner. Mr. Hanfon, after some farcaflical remarks on the conduit of those who endeavoured to prevent the present meeting, and palling an eulogium on those whose honorable perse verance produced it, moved the thanks of the Hell to the forty-three independeat Li verymen, who have so honorable defended the rights and privileges of the City of Lon dwn, which vvafi fecorided and cjtuea as the formei. Mr. Har.fon next said, that he had another motion to propose, which he doubted not they would cheartully assent to. It could not so soon have escaped their remembrance, that for the advantages which might relult from their prefeut meeting, they were ii debted to the conllitutional conduit of the Common Council, who refilled every allure ment and every influence ihat could be used, in order to secure them in their undoubted privileges. They had lately been aflembled for a purpose of a molt extraordinary nature. When petfons met for objeCts of advantage to their country, they might propeily be called a Council ; but when they aflembled for purposes averse to their liberties and in* terefts, they might with equal propriety be denominated a Cabal. In this fort of def ciiption, the gentlemen alluded to, refufed to be included, and he therefore moved the thanks of the meeting to the Common Coun cil of the City of London, for declining to give «ny opinion on the propriety or expe diency of calling a Commou Hall. Mr. Wm. Smith, M. P. molt cordially se conded the motion of thanks to a set of gen tlemen, through whose means he had an op portunity of addrefling them ; for if he had been precluded from addrefling them then as a Liveryman, as-he law now Hood, he should not have in his power of addrefling them, or any other meeting, so numerously attended, at all. The conduit of the Com mon Council on that oc«afion was tlrongly contralied with that of their worthy chief magillrate (for whatever he might think of this strange proceeding, he must call him worthy while fitting in that chair.) Speak ing, however, as a citizen of London, he could not forbear to fay that the conduit of the Lord Mayor, in endeavoring to (hield his refufal to aflemble a common hall, under the fan&ion of an opinion of the court of com mon council, did meet, and should ever meet with his highelt disapprobation. He had known his lordlhip for many years, and must do him the juitice to fay, that as a private gentleman hi* life was iireproachable ; and as a merchant he had always displayed the diligence, punctuality, and integrity which beeame that character. Some-time after wards he went into another cotirfe of life, and became a servant of the executive gov ernment. In tnat capacity also he conduct ed himfelf very meiitorioufly ; and by his ceconomy and honesty saved several thoufaad pounds to the public purse, which, it was well known, had been plundered by his pre decefiors.. But, unfortunately, it seemed that, in his present situation, he aould not entirely divest himfelf of the other chara&er of a servant of the executive government. The voice, however, of the common coun cil recalled him to a better recollection. He congratulated the meeting on the una nimity which, with the exception of five or fix gentlemen, sow prevailed amongst them. He honoured those few gentlemen, for the firmnefs they displayed in support of their opinions, though in truth he mult fay there was nothing besides their firmnefs, for which be could honor them. When only so few persons amongst 9000 of the Liverymen of London could be prevailed upon by any in. fluence to come forward in the face of their fellow citizens, and oppose the business of the day, it was fair to infer, that amoogft the whole 9000, there were no naore than those five or fix individuals, who sincerely entertain ed sentiments averse to the present proposi tions. Whatever may afterwards be effected by influence, compulsion, or corruption, more powerful than the other two, it could never be supposed to express the sense of the Liv erymenof London. He expeited the happielt effeCts to flow from the refolutioni of this day, which would evince to the whole kingdom that the metro polis was sincere and ardeut.in its wishes for peace, and would not cntruft the conclusion of it with a set of men who had conducted the war with as much inconfideration and folly as they had originally engaged it. It was well known that there generally prevail ed through allthe nation, a desire for peace; but this was the firft time that it had been publicly and explicitly avowed by any great public body, and he hoped that the example o»se given would fpeediiy be followed by all the great towns in the kiggdom. The lord mayor next presented himfelf, but was, at firft, exceedingly ill received. He did not mean, he said, that day to have troubled them with any iddrefs, but he ho ped his fellow-citizens would refleCt, that if their firlt magillrate would not attempt to defend himfelf when attacked, he was un worthy the situation to which they had cleCtcd him. He thanked not the honorable gentle men for the compliments he paid him—the honor and integrity of his character needed no tellimony from him. He had been forty years a member for the city of London ; and the propriety of his conduit in that capacity, as well as in private life, he believed, no man would gainsay, for no man did he ever do an injury. What opinion his fellow-citizens en tertained of him, was proved by their eleCting him into three fucccflive Parliaments; and their sense of the manner in which he dif chrfrged his duty as their representative, was (hewn by the thanks which he had the honor to receive from them. He had been employ ed in the service of the executive government, and was entrufled with an important part of the public purse. Did he difeharge that trull honettly ? Witness, after the length of his important employments, the feantinefs of his fortune—and what temptation for mal-ad miniftration was there in a man, who covet ed neither honors nor emoluments. How dared the honorable gentleman to then aflert, that he was a man incapable of diftinguilhing between his gratitude to the executive government, and his duty as chief magillrate of the city of Louden ? He was no longer a servant of the executive govern ment, and he would not fay at the fame time that he was unthankful for the confidence they reposed in him. But his fortune was not mended by that confidence—he owed every thing to hi* fellow*citizens, and his liljjtieft ambition was to difcTiarge the c'»ti<r» of hi 9 high offiue with justice, with liboality, and with honor. As to the immediate fub jcft of the charge raade agaiofl him, he would lay th»t when the requisition was made to him to call a common hail, "ha thought it proper to take Come time to consider of it. 'Ha afterwards conftilted the cotltt of com mon council merely as frienas, whose advice might be of fctvice to liitn ; but determined that ultimately his <\wn judgment should go vern his decision. It (bould also be cunfider ed that in consulting the court of common council, he was by no means singular, as his predeceflors had done the fame on hmilaroc cafions. His lordlhip concluded with pro feflions of attachment to his countiy and to the livery of London. The quefiion was then cut, and carried in the affirmative. Mr. Hanfon reminded them of the refolu tien of the last hall, and its reprobation of money being sent out of theeountry without the confert or knowledge of Parliament, at a time when it was fitting. They inftrufted their representatives upon that occafien ; but some gentlemen in that lituation represented their constituents, some represented the tpi niftry, and others represented themselves. Mr. Aldeiman Combe, on that occasion, re prefeHted his constituents, and had his col leagues done the fame, we might not now have been reduced to a national bankruptcy. He then proposed the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Alderman Combe, their worthy rcpre fentative, & .was fcconded by Mr. Waithman, which was carried in the fame manner as the other propofllions. Mr. Waithman moved, That the resoluti ons be printed in all the morning and evening papers, which was seconded by Mr. Cjx, and agreed to. The Court then adjourned. Chocolate and Mustard Manufactured as nfual, Ginger and Pepper ground Shelled or Pearl Barley Bhiladelphia Porter, Beer, Ale and Cyder London Porter Taunton and Bsrton Ale Red Port and other Wines, eithe bottled, or by the pipe, quarter-calk or gallon—suitable far exportation or home confumptien— For Sale by John Haivorth. No. 98 south Front ftrjet. May iS th+w Millinery Room, No. 136 Market-flrcet. MISS CHXYSTAL TAKES an early opportunity of acquainting her Friends that (he has received by the William Pinn, a,variety of NEW MIL LINERY, Ice* which flie hopes to be able to fcew them in a few days. May 18 J jot Brig Gayosa On Saturday, the 10th inft. At the Merchants Coffee- At 7 o'clock in the evening, SHK will be in good order, having been just hove down, and may take in a cargo im mediately, and b« sent to feaat little or no cx penfe. Inventory to be fees, and terms made known at the time of sale. Philad. May ig. $tS , To be rented, And PojJrJJion given immediately, A large, commodious Stone Dwelling-House, STABLE, Coach-Heul'e and Garden, situate at the lower end of Germantowjif about five ->n.d a half miles from the City. Apply to JOSEPH SHOEMAKER, No. 120 North Second jlreet. May 18 4 Landing, From the schooner Swallow, Donne, majler, from Gonaives, at Clifford's wharf, 340 Bags COFFEE, 24 Bales COTTON. For Sale b) 'John Clark. No- 55 north Water-street. May 18 § Caution. THE Public are hereby forewarned against trufhng the ftep-daughterof the Sublcrib er, and her mother, his second wife. Repeated mifconduA compels him to forbid any person to give them credit on his account, as lie will pay no debts of their contracting after this date. LUNO BROWN. Philadelphia, May r6, 1797 iS—th3t Lailson's Circus, South Fifth-Street. The Performances at the NEW CIRCUS This Evening, May 18, Y\ ill begin by a Gi and Parade of Equeftriai* Performers of both sexes. A Grand Display of Horfemanlhip. Mr. Lailfon will pick up several Handker* chiefs in a single tour round the Circus. The DUEL ON HORSEBACK, In a forcible manner. A Pantomime on Horfrback, c _.d .The DEA I H OF BUCEPHAi.tiS. After which, the laughable scene of the Tay lor and his Horse. » By desire of a refpe£lable number of perfonl, (for th < last time) the evening's entertainment to conclude by a grand hiflorical pantomime* called The American Heroine. Box, one dc? ar. Pit, half a dollar. ; The doors will be opened at half pad five o clock, and the performances begin preciftly at seven. N. B. No person can be admitted in the centrt of the Circus, which is exclulivcly appropriated to the Equcflrian Exercises. No person can be admitted without a ticket, which will fcrve for the day only. Days of performance, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
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