X|je (Sasette. ~r«. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY RV FNING, APRIL 14. "Juflum et teaacem propofiti virum, Non civium ardor pra»a jubontium, Non vultus inflanti> CyraaDi, 1 Mente quatit folida. v Mr, Slender Federalist, When Mr'. Cobbett came to Philadelphia and begm his career of political writings, he was unknown for frwne time ; but when it was generally nnderft«»d who the author was ; you may well rememoer, or if you have fnrgotfc-n, turn oulv to the files "of your deinnfritie pipers, which I have no doubt you are-iji poflMfiort of, through per feft complaifjnce ; there you will find Mr. .Cobhi tt'a-d f'tmily treated with the niofl scurrilous jerfonajities : by way ef retalia tion lie, perfdnal. When the jacobins frHmd Porcupine was *n over-match for theni in -satirical invec tive As \Vt-IJ.as. polititul argumentation, tl'.ey veiy (xavely, but insidiously, nropofed to «on.fii;n their .••iforgwiaing lead.-r, Bache, to c!ai»njtiou, jf the. federal lis would ceale tofupport Mr. Cqobett ; the David of the ledrrf.i g'overhraejjt. This trick anfwned their. pU'pofe to a hair ; a number of you 'Sender frderalifts were tiken by the bait, and damn Ibche, ard damn C»bbet wrtu roiird. Willie you were- dedroyn.g- in limplc fincet'- ity the influence of a man, vhofe talents »nd abilities v-ere a terror t0..i1l Frei i h piri trCophers ; tWy were induftriuufly (though fctretlv) supporting B.'irhe, and his infa fivous h.cceff »r Dnane, the notori' tii friends of th* French and their predatory warfarr againfl. till civilized nations. tiid Bache or Duare 10.-ife a demooiatic. fnbfcriber' for all their pcirfonal.ahufi. he.tp- On the liv.fl worthy charadlers in the Union f No, not one : the demos have de ♦eitfed you, the children of small liyht are Bot as wile as those of darkness. When the American Eagle by the pfiw. (T 6f fafcinatioll, was fluttering into the *i(!e extended jaws of the five.headed mon fli r, where was the American, I am sorry to aflc it, darid step mrvard and declare Ins fe.:rtry's danger j but this intrepid foreign- j Bolingbrcoke in his " Patriot' Kiiig"' a er did, and while We flood amazed at his i work of wonderful eloquence, fays, that courage, sir oft {ingle handed combatted the there are men, who. have a greater portion of ierociyps oooMr ; opened the eyes of th 6 the etherial spirit, than others; that they iniatuaipd Columbians, and enabled her-ea- are made for the profpe-rity-oi**nations ; that gle to perch once more on the* bought ot Ij- like guardian angels they introduce luppi berry and independence. You revile him nels to their nation, or. like malignant fpi for his patriotifin, that is, preferring' the rits scatter death and dsfolatico. The whole gpverhmen; of his native country to this ; paflage is beatiftil and altogether equal to in this he exhibits a quality |o rare among Deiriufthenes or the heroes of Marathon, emigrants, that I think he might to receive And who can- contradiit the fact t Tile the encomiums of every frtie American, and ichool.boy 16 familiar-with the names of be held tip as an example to the perjured to 15 men, who have been taken from the plough of our own Country. ltl work (hop to conduct empire. Indeed My dear fir, you were one of-thefamout tbefe wonderful characters have come for jutors, Rulli verfua Cobbett, did you think ward themselves, and with undaunted great a good man wa* 1 ecHFarily-f xprrt in his *nef« stad gig-antic hrroifrn Kitr# conduced occupation ; ora bright i frtms, a fyflematic tfl ' s wftrld.in the orbit of order and peace, thinker; or did you know that the lame ah- or have hurled it into paths, more eccentric surd (pint of innovation prevailed in the than the comets', rereading ravage, and ter praihee of ghyfic, as w;is introduced by the ror and death. French philosophy into politics, and almo (I Some ifittaphjficifiwi have attempted to ct as bad -tendency, or did ynu think it reafon'awiy tb;fc fa-fts, -and tell us os-all wr i;gfor a piin to ridicule the (importer of ideas originating in lenfation, and afterwards a dotinnC) w.' Ch he tho '.hf, anti men of forming materials for reflection ; that we the gi-eateft abilities in thi; pl-ofrfluin, thrt't . c-me into the wpfld ofintiate ideas, likeuife was evidently dt ftru&ive to the Ci- i and with an equal aptitude- of greatness ; tiac ns. Nothing leTs than banifliment and ruin. Oh jullice where art, thou fled ? Perhaps you may t'onje time, riot far dilHnt, feel that horrid rrmqrft, which the Stag in the fable experienced alter deftroyiog the branch, ft that had happily Conceded him from the 6rft party nf hunters, but being' crept fry his fmprudeflce, was discovered by the rear, ind put to death ; a just reward for hit in gratitude to hip benefartor. No one, but thtmou fordid, after receiv. ing a fi-nal favor, would with anxious in- duflry search for motives to spit in his be nefadtor's face, to rivj himself from obliga tion. The revilers of Cobbett fhall'Cnk ili- to obfourity ; while his name will be rever- Ed by every honest man, so K'tife as truth, virtue, religion, liberty and good order are refpefted. L6rd Hawfbury, in the British House ef Commons oa the seventh of February, the hotife being on the c«Mmitt£e of Sup tht f •bferred, in anfwerto Mr. Hcbhoufe. -bf to pm *way a force which couM rot be procured in cafe of a breath of treaty ; to put dotfrn the war machine, which it would lake a long time to raise agtin ; to open . tl.e ports of France, and give her commerce oppurtunity of reviving, and her govtrn "vert an oppurtunity of putting the country in a better condition to make war again— Every body mod, and he hitnfelf did re- joi'ce at the failure of Lord Malinfljury's oegociation; because the most attrocioui atUof the government with which we bad offered to make peace took placeJinct these failures. It wasJince then that they haH pra&iftd such infamies towards Italy and America; and that they had committed that perfidious, and fcandah us violation of their treaty wiih the Porte by the inrafion ®f Egypt at the very time when a Turkirti Atrbafiador resided at Paris. Everything that happenedJince tW lajl experiment, Siould make this country cautious how She nc- again. The Dutchefs of Devonlhire, it is said in a Londen paper, is to revise a new Romance from the author of Tie Monk ; but it may .be questioned whether any Lady who pre tends ts moral atid delicate perceptions, will venture to look into any romance from tie pen of such an author. tit A report that 4hfc places in the boxes are all taken for Mrs. Merry's Benefit may dtrter many of her friends from attempt ing to vilit the Theatre This Evening.- 1 he fide, and the firft rows of the front, Boxes, only, are engaged, making in the whole, not more ttan three hundred feats, whereas the boxes contain niuQ, hundred. lUi ermt igircui vigor, cctrjtifque trip. He had the fore® oi fir», and his origin watdiYine, NA I'UR AL Ar'ftocracy has had feir ad vocates. There have indeed been men, who ha*c 'fefpifea popular clamor, and have bold ly aflehed the ("uperiority of cne m»n to another.— They have ftrenuouily asserted truth in opposition to mere assertion and oh jett'ion, and have boldly advocated the ciufe of nature and virtue. ( To tliefe men we arc much indebted ; for the c'jfcoveiy or con- firniation of one mor4 or political truth of fers the hsppinefs o.' .-or fpeciei, much more tHan the refrarchrs of Newton in the material, or of Reid in the intellettiul world. deed poor tralh. {he difcipes of Equality have echoed their breams and their sophistry from one country to another, and the igno rant 'and vulgar, vho v.lways believe to b:* true, what is agreeable to their wi(t»es, have Hftened to the tickling'of style and til? co loring of argument, and have readiiy adopted the fooliib and unbounded opinion of origi nal equality. In natural society, as well as in political organization, one man will be found ftiperi or to another. What is the cause we know not. Th'S excellence is superior to any thing; derived from art and education. Na ture {items "to be the original founder. She has myOerioufly interwoven'ftronger chords in t!Ve hero's heart, than in '.he slave's, and while fopie pv.ny beings formed to bi.z and die like the ephemer , are made in Bu'ne's plirafe of u the at the bottles," others are born for greatness, and with eagle pride and nerves already in their youth-soar high, and evinte- they are not common men, nor created .for common deed*. that education produces aHftlfe"difference between man and man, and that genius and original ftrengtb of it'.ind are mere founds. Now all this may be pretty enough, but truly HelvVtiut with all his followers are sorry rrafoners. They cam. t do away fafls. Such minds, as Caifar's and Cl at han.'s, are not Common in life, nor would two p.'afnntf from their acres, educate them as you jileafc, b-come equal to the conqueror of Pompfy, or to him. who made Great Britain vich.'ri'ius a; the fame time in the four quarters of the world this superiority cannot lie fatiil'adlorily'ac eounted 'or by ?nd reasoning en The mind nod its woiideiful nature. But why (hi uld rejedt a certain truth, be- cause the re'forl of i: is uncertain or un known. There are many sublime truths in religion, and phjlofophy, which have pot been well explained. The fa efts of cohelion and gravitation have not yet, been traced to their cstifes,'lior have the affion and reac tion of matter and mind been hitherto ex plained fatiif;.fi'only. Natural ArilWracy has not received much ilivcftifrnion. Phy sical reasonS have been for the phce nomenon, and the child of frenzy and of (ire it 19 said will be always fnperier- to lt the tenth transmitter of a foolirti fate." It is Certain', that this fubjeft requires at, 'tention, aitd to be'properly examined the phyliologifl and ph'ilofojjher (hould unite their' powru. The bounds of delicacy and roo ilefly Ihould never be t'r'angrefiVd, nor do I appear any other than the advocate of truth. I knotv the importance of morality, even in the meanest of things, nor can he be conll dered a friend to human happiness, who will knowingly violate decency in the researches of truth. REPUBLICAN. I might go further, and shew that in li teratufe the fame a iff rencr hold-, .«* in po litics. But it is not neccHWy. Only let us be persuaded of the truth of the fait. In fivage life, the chirrftiiti is eaflly diftcrnable from the comnvin Indian, and myfterii-ufly alTiimes a fupcriurity, which the tiibe never conferred, or ever ref.-fed. In tb: games of youth and the frhool, one boy always heads the band and leads it oil, though no one ever bis service or opinions. So it is U mature life and in focicty. Genius will be £rft, and notwithfhnding oppsf.tiun and intrigue.it will infenfihly exercise its natural greatness, and in the camp or the cabinet, it Will invigotaK) *Mcute, conquer and over- power. 'r.>! From Russell's Commercial Gatettc. THE NARRATOK, The philnfop!iy of the pref-nt day is in- HORTENSIUS. The condition ef Church ind State in A. rcierica, is (uch as to fill, every considerate mind with the most unhappy sensations. In spite of that vanity and taftid'roufilef« which led the Federal Convention, in founding their government tc preclude any connec tion between thin, It will appear in th 6 end, even by our oyn deplorable ex&ffipie, that a •drift and indilfoluble alliance *»T feligion to. goternment, has been ordained in the na ture of things. Though formally sundered by Constitutions and Laws ; together they decline, arid together (it would teem) they are likeiy to nerilh. lam not about to tr üble irfyfelf with reiterating useless de clamations on topics which have contribut ed to heap on me the grofTift fcurrilit*, and a fucceflion of the vilest libels ; ot which it is remarkable, that they have become the more envenom'd, as continual experience has more completely fandlioned my opinions. I'o be hated for an attachment to the church, is, however, rather a prerogative than a fubjeft .of complaint ; and the abuse of knaves and fools nd dilcreet person can wish to forefend. 11l language is ever thedif-j tinguifbing attribute of mean and unmanly natures—the coward's courage, awd the vil lain's vindication. To shew that the statements Which I have so often occufion te give, as the decline, or rather absence, of religion, so far from having partaken of exaggeration, a&li tlly fell (hort of that extent which truth author ised, I subjoin a letter from my friend. The pathos of its lamentations, which the very nature of the fubjeft wag so well ci.l -'culdted to inspire, befpeaktf the ardmcy of youth. -But the picture is fiom the hand of an ancient gentleman,—though not one far declined into the vale of years. " You will oblige me, by forwarding the Reltgiifus Trait, puhlilhed by Humphreys, written by that " Champion of Religion," thr Bishop of Rochefler. I know not what work it is ; but this I know, it is worthy of attention, and fiiameful to be ignor.'.nt of it, if it proceed from the pen of Dr. Horf 'ey.—Good God ! Sir, how it shocks me when I view in this State [Vi-ginis] the condition of our churches ; those I mean, which (at present) belong to the Episcopal Church. They are a disgrace to any coun try from the ruinous state they are in, and on the society to which they belong, they fix a degree of iir.pioufneCs. The walls are all decaying and falling down.—- „ Rudis indigeflaque moles. The tombstones diffodgrd, and thrown down! hogs rooting into tbe Very graves, and the bones of .our aiicellors will in a- few years be expoled to thebeaftj of the fields, and lie ir. common on the earth with tbofe that never bad the ceremony of f pu(ture : the windows are all broken, the. dears- open every day, ' which are never entered 0.1 a Sunday, and when'bogs tfhd cattle seek a (better from, the weather, they find it in the aides and pews of oik Chnrchts—Our Paflors in general badly paid, and no encouragement held out for a fucciffinn of able rtilofrters to ex -plsrii toour people the dutie» of chriftitns, and the advantages of chriftianity. So much fdr the support and furtherance of our teligion, when no general afTeffment is im posed ! But here, fir. J,iCobinifm is triumph ant; and unless a different temper dull soon fhewitfelf, it will trample underfoot all or der, law, property, government, as it has done religion ; and on the ruins of thefefo rial bleffino-s, iffciogurate the dsefnon " an archy." From these eurfes I wish you all exemption, and am, with the greeted etleem, dear fir, yours," See. Btc. Montg-oJfier, the B*lloonift, left a legacy to the r.eopl* of Paris, which has lately been puMiflied in the Annals de Cbimir. It is the art of descending unhurt fmm high pieces. The True Briton recommends the peruful-of it to Sif.tfs and Buonaparte. The condition of this latter ruffian' appears to be a more parlout slatt at present, than any th'at he has heretofore encountered.— The Guillotjne presents itfelf a"*? the* natural finale to the drama which he is conducing". Should Justice thus overreach him, we may apply to him two lints written on another great patriot— It is tu-", that y • 4 Ain s ft nit Cartouchr et la fleur Ooerrieri, '• Lai He fur L'Echcfnuc sa vie ct sea huriers." Asinine newsmen compare the cut-throat Buonaparte to Csefar, Cromwell, Wafliing ton, See. See. Tine parallel of a low-bred ruffian, murderer and thief, is t» be found elfcwhere :-~He is " A cut-pui fe of the Empire, r 4t Who from a (hsil the pr< cieus diadem flrle <c And' put it iu histpocketj" A London artist in fpeaking 1 of a whol.r length print of Gen. WaThlngton. hy H-'-Kh from Stuart's piftiue, observes of the pain ter " that he l.r.s chosen . that import uu p~i :t of rme'v-hen he recommended a nn.on o» interefrs between America and Gre;it- Britwin." We do not recollcft any such rc ccmmendßtion. Dr, Duigenan, a celebrated Irifli writer, pronounces tie virtuous Nicrar "a Mon ger of Perfidy arid Trrafon," and " an ene n-,y to the established Religion and Conflitu tion of France." It is certain thit Neckar'i measures may be classed among tlie cliief causes that drew oil the deftruftiye Reyctu tion of that country. Vet thir man, having ruined the Government fiom wh'Ch he de rived his fortune, and contributtd to bring to a fcaffold the Monarch who piotefted him, lives in e.ife and affluence. A set of fellows, among whom one Ruff>ll a Printer, seem* to have been the principal hand, have been attempting to force upon the people of M.iflachufetts, a very improper and iH-qnalifiednian for their Governor. The attempt is likely to result in the rle&ion of an old Jacobin of the name of Gerry—the fame that was fentoHt on one of the peace undrfafeiy Ommittecs to Fnnce. CONGR E S S. HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES. Saturday, April n. Mr. Speaker hid before the house, the following letter from the Secretary of the Treasury: TIKAStjRY. DkpaRTMSNT, April i 21b, ißeo. Sir, I have the honor to transmit herewith a daU'fflrnt exhibiting- the tonnage of the (hip ping ot the United States, at the close of tbb year 1798. 1 1 his account has J>een extra&ed from the records kept in pursuance of the afts of Congress for registering and recording, and for enrolling and licenlmg fliips of ve(Tels, and is pre fumed to be correal, except that it includes a considerable number of vcflels which have been condemned or detained by foreign nations, and refpe&ing whicS par ticular information has not been obtained. I have the honor t# be, with the greatest refpett, Sir, your obedient servant, OLIVER WOLCOTT. The Hon. Speaker of the ? House of Ueprefentativcs. ) Orde red to be printed, Mr. Christie j.(k?A and obtained leave of absence from the service of the house for ten days From M >nday next—ayes 41. The house again resolved itl'elf into a com mittee of the whole on the bill to incorpo rate a company by the name and flile of the Mine atid Metal Company—Mr. Rutledge in the chair—and Mr. Nicholas's motion to ttrike oilt the third feflion, being under consideration, MefTrs. S. Smith and Parker l'poke aiyainfl it, and MefTrs. Macon and Nicholas in favor of it. * Mr. Kitchell said this appeared to him to be a very important fuojedt, and one upon which be would with to have better informa tion, which might be procured from a Mr. Hornblower, who resided in the vicinity of the mine, had werked it for many years, and had come to this country for that pur pose—he would therefore move that the com mittee rife, report progress, and aik for leave to (it again. This motion, after a ftiort debate ? was carried, and upon the question (hall the com mittee have leave to fit again, it pafled in the affirmative,—ayes, 44, —noes 33. The report of the committee of Claims, which was inftmfted to enquire whether any and what further time ought to be allowed for the fettlement'of final certificates, indents of interest, Bcc. was taken up in committee of the whole. The report, which is against suspending the limitation aft, was opposed by MefTrs. D. Fofler, Harper, Gordon, Shepherd, Dana, Hill and Reed, and advo cated by MeflYs. Macon, Grifwold, Var num, Edmond and S. bmith. The report was concurred in, ayes 42,, noes 30 ; and ■the petitions ot Henry and Sar*b Waters, and Lucas Ames, referred to this committee, were consequently rejefited.—Adjourned. | dsa3ette JLitt. c Port of Philadelphia ARRIVED Ship Cantnn, Dale, Canton Schr. Bttfey. Coffin, Baltimore Kitty Gemeny, North Carolina ro William and Henry, Tay'ior, do. 5 Slocp Cicero, Rennington, Wilmington. [North Carelina id Supply Town, Charleston, (S. C.) J4 Amity, Woodward, Portsmouth 16 The Canton failed from Canton the sth December, in company with the (hip Amer ica, Sims, of and for Philadelphia ; parted with her off the Cape of Good Hope the 18th February—in the Straits of Malacca, learned that the (hip Ariel. Coats, of and for 1 hiladrlpbia, and Eliza of Boftou, (which failed from Canton some time be fore) had put into Penang Roads, to refit, in confluence of the Eliza's loofiuk: an an chor. Spoke in the Straits the Britilh (hip of war Diomed—lrft the Straits the 31ft December. The following .vcffels were at Canton the sth December : tliip I alias, Ward, Salem Hopt, Donnalrf on, of Brfftol, N. E. Eliza, Rowan, of Boston, frorti N. W. [coalt Mary, Moore, New York D'fpatch, Br. ck, Boston Hancock, Crucker, do. from N. W [coast Off ihc Cape of Good Hope, Captain fpokc the British vtflel of war the Ju piter, a id Star sloop of war. The Philadelphia frigate, Captain De caur, has proce.-d d the-river, and will .go tofea in a few days. In palling League Island she grounded on the bar, Lut got off without damage. Saturday hi it the armed b ,ig Norfolk, commanded by lieutenant Bainbridge, •ar rived here from Havanna, which he left the firft April, having under convoy the fol lowing vcffcls : Ship Dispatch, Ward, New York Potomack, Chiif, Wattle, do. Brig Nepiane, Bofton Union, Bartlett, do< Clinton, Burr, Warren, (R. 1.) Hope, , Baltimore Gov. Cilnton, Window, Philadelphi? Nonpsreil," Ridkt I^orfoD v ~ P- k.T rtwton, /til* . .!,DOt.%, Susannah', Spencer, Two Brother*, Schr- Almira, White, Milft>rd, Hitton, Succefn, Jodci, Pu!?y, Murk, Felicity, 4e!y, Sally, Bragdeu, Newburypovt Sloop Mary, Burd, Philadelphia, and five £others names uuknowa Bojltn, dpril 8. The (hip Nancy, of this port, mounting lo guns, and having 25 m.fn, belonging to Mr. N. Fellows, and commanded by Capt. Melzer J jr on her paflage to the Havan« rah, on the 36th of February, was engaged by a French Privateer • f 14 guns and 100 irfc?, and beat her off, after being three times grappled 1 y her. The Nuicy's mall* rigging and fails were very must but. Jjhe had one man killed (Isaac. Cockran) and four wounded, among whom was the Cap» tain. March 5, was boarded from the Constitution off Cape Francois. Jamaica papersftate, that the French Ge nerals Pillarrli and Le Grand, were 00 board the Vengeance in hei late engagement with the Csnftellation. That the Captain of the Vengeance command d the frigate Ren omnru, which was taken by an English 24 ; and that an English officer, who was oil board the Vengeance at Cuad<iloupe, hyt, she mounted 62 gu: s. Flour at Liverpool, 6th February, was a Bjs per American barrel, and Wheat, h?d fold as high 24J per 70 weight. Late accounts Haw-burg, mrntioi $ the rife of and Sugar, 011 a piolpeft of" a coiitinuuncc of the war. NEW THEATRE. (NEVf.R PERFORMED HERE) For the Benefit of Mrs. Merty. This Evening, Ap*il 14, Will be presented, a celebrated Comedy, called FALSE SHAME; Or, The American Orphan in Germany. With new Scenery and Decorations. (From the German of Augtlftus Von Kotfcbue— Performed at the Imperial Theatre Vienua, and at New York, with unbounded applause. Baron Flaxland, Mr. Warren. Captain Erlach, Mr. Cooper. Wieland, Mr. Wood. Maillac, Mr. Bernard. Frslon, Mr Blitfett. John, Mr. Wjgnell. Baroßefs Flaxland, Mrs Francis, Madame Moreau, Mts. Morris. Adelaide, Mrs. Snowden. Amelia, (the American Orphan) Mrs. Merry. End of the Comedy, SINGING, by Mr. Dahley. To which will be added, A Comic Opera, (not a<sted these two years) called INKLE and YARICO. Tit original Overture & Accompaniments. Inkle, Mr. Cain. Trudge, Mt. Bernard. Wowfki, Mrs. Oldmixon. Yarico, (for that night only) Mr«, Merry. Being her Firjl appearance in that Char after. Box. on£ Drt'ar, Pit, three quarters ©f a dollar, and Gallery half a dollar.. Tickets to be had at the office of the Thea tre, and at Mr. Rice's book store, Stfuth Second Orect. Places in the to be taken, Mon day, from 10 till 4. BAYS 126 10 oO* Mr. Bernard* $ Night will he on Wed" nesday ntxt. |CT* Airs. O/dmixon's Night will be on Friday. • AND FOR 9ALK B7 TS * St'BSCkIBERS THE CARGO Of the Ship C j y r o Richard Dale, Commander, troro Canton, CONSISTING »r Bohea Souchong Hyson Skin Yoling- Hyson and Hyson. 'White I Yellow ) Sugar of 1 ft quality. China Ware, Cassia, Fans. An afloitment of Silks. WILLI NG3 FRANCIS, No. 21, Penn Street. April 14. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, a number of ' 'Journeymen Taylors. StJCH are induttriotn and w, II disposed, will meet with libera! encouragement, bjr applying to either of the fubferibets," at their refpe&ive ii>lau.& o( abode James M'Alpin, Chatles C. & J. Witf®n, JohTi Stiley, James Cummings, Selby Hickman, Thomas Hanifon, Caleb Hughes, William M'llhennfy, Kenhcth Jewell, Benjamin Sharp, Jaeob Thoma« VVillinm A(hb/, Enoch Wright, J>feph Wildes, Benjamin Shaw, John Webb. April 14 'HIE. CREDITORS arlv Of MATTHIAS SLOUGH are inform ed that a dividend is ready to be paid them by JOSEPH S. LEV/IS, Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Hospital, April 14. UW3W. Norfolk Boston do. do. Balt'mo e do. WITH VIV4TR F.SPUBL ICA. Just Arrived, TEAS. NANKEENS,
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