1.
JlrttcUigence.
jfjorei
3V, February \z.
By a private letter from an officer at Serin
' gap^ jul, > I'ectMvni by the last (hips, we learn
tfcjt a distribution of prize money ftad been
in the following proportion,, viz.
Pago. fas. L.
The commander in chief, 3,000,000 120,000
ajor-General, second
in command,
General Officers, each
Colonels, each
LWut.Colenels, each
JSajoTi, each
Captains, each
Subaltern*, each
The fee pad iiftribmion ■wasfhcrtly.expefl
eito be made, and the third and last abotit.
NavetJibe'.
HOUSE OF LORDS,
February ij.
>Ii3S*GE FROM T.-.E KIN'O.
» Hs trajefty acquainted the House, that
fee is uo'v employed in concerting such mea
liires and engagements with the Emperor of
Germany, the Eleflor of Bavaria, and other
princes of the empire, as may best tend to
strengthen their joint efforts, and material
ly Conduce to the advantages of the com:
jnon cause. That his majefiy will, when
those treaties are completed, order them to
be laid before the house ; but in order to in
sure the benefit of this co-operation, his ma
jetty is desirous of authoring his minifler to
make advances as may be necefTary for
the pyruofe. His majffty therefore reeom
rcends it to the House to concur in enabling
bim to carry the fame into effeft." '
This me&age met t!>e «jfc>rebation of the.
H«ufe»
HOUSE OF COMMONS,
'February 24,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer difchar
g*d his unpleasant duty of delivering, for
the approbation of the Hotife, his fcbenie
for the Budget or Taxes of the year. The
disagreeable nature of this taflc has been
niueh foftened by the encreafing trade and
profyerity of the country, as well ashy thofs
diredt andefficient contributions which couid
alone have enabled the kingdom to meet the
expenditure of the prefertt war 5 and it will
Wrike fime aflonifhment into the unwilling
bosom of our enemies, that in the eighth
year of the crurl and extended hollilities they
feave imposed upon us, the ftcvrrnment
ftiouli have to impose tixes to no greater
amount th-sn the funv of 3jo,<siol.'
f his sum, in the ptefent state of our
wealth, luxury and resources, we can {carce*
ly state as a charge upon the people. What
is imposed upon rum and brandies, and par
t'ttolarly upon Britilh diftflUfy, is a mea
sure Of regulation as well as of finance, and
« tfa(Oa«l of the heiltll UiJ ni.ml. *}r€
people. We cannot but hope that tbefs du
ties will check the confurftption of these un
wholesome liquors, nor doubt but the reve
nue will recei*; more from the tax than it
is taken at—2}o,oool. are raised Upon these
deftruflive commodities.
The next tax, and, what is farprifing,
the only one that remains, is laid upon the
high priced tea?, and confequt nt'ly the poor
apd the economical are exempted from its
operatic ns* This burthen will not be felt
upon the IJioulders where it fills, and is no
Biore than five percent upon the breakfafts
of the rich ; not as they are procuredat the
-growers, but ar the sales of the East India
Company, before the duties attach to them.
We have already adverted to those dire<3
and efficient taxes which have rendered the
•new iropofitions f« fight and imperceptible.
The income tax, and the convoy bill, pro
duce eight mi(lidr,j and a quarter.
The bank charter dirainilhes the sum to
fcm provided for to the amount of three mil
lions, but the surplus of the consolidated
fuiid, which is the result of general prosper
ity, diminilhes the debtor account in no left
than five millions and a half. Thef<* fujns
added to a loan of eighteen millions and a
half, procured at a rate of interefl infinitely"!
beneath the le£a! tarif, leave only 350,000!.
to be provided for in the manner we have
fpecified, and the -whole arrangement and
prov'.'ion lor the expenditure of the year,
has the rare fortune of imposing no new
hardfiiips or privations upon the people, and
of (hewing o»r refourtes to our allies
and our enemies, without burthening
our commerce or interfering with private en- '
joyment.
CITY 09 X. ON DON »ETIIIOK
The Lord Mayor presented z petition
from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, See. and
Livery of London, in Common Hall alern.
bled, praying that the House might take
the speediest means of concluding a peace.
Lord Hawkeftury baring alked how ma
ny names were signed to the petition, it
appeared that the number was veiy small.
The Lord Mayor said, be was not aware
that any objections would be made on the
gronnd of a small number of signatures, and
then moved that the petition do lie on the
table.
Sir John Andtrfon said, he had no ob
jeflions to Jet the petition lie on the table,
but he thought it his duty tb state, that the
contents of that petition was not the idea
of the city of London, but of a faction,
confiding, he was very glad to fay of irery
few persons, » might be perceived by the
few signatures it contained. At the time
the quellion for fending this petition, had
firft been put in the Common Hall, be con
ceived it to have been carried in the nega
tive, but tV Chief Magistrate thought dif
ferently, and said it was carried in the af
firmative. A great coufufien then took
place ; tSser4 was a load cry fordi'ifion
which however the Lord Mayor would not
grant, but fail} he woold put the question
a fecund tisne. Meanwhile the beadle* a d
other officers who (loud at xHe doors, con
ceiving the bnlinefs to be over left the pla
ces where they bad been ftatianed, and by
that means gave an opportunity to numbers
of persons to entcrthe hall who had no.right
ro co:ne there. The question being then
put was carried in the affirmative, A re
quiGtion being thert made for a poll, the
Lord Mayor refuted it, ar,d said, he had
followed the opinion of persons who were
near him. A counter-petition was imme
diately after signed by seven hundred per
sons, which flioull be prefettted to ihat
house in a few days : the petition then pre
sented contained no more than Efty-feven
Jfigaaturet-
37>Ott3 14,03! V
if,ova ' 16,800
10.000 4,000
7,303
4>2S«
-a,iSo
T,oßo
1 *i7-W
«6o
43®
I.sid Grenville on Friday paid a V.fit in
fjim to the ci-devant Duke of ©titans, at
his house in Sickville street, Piccadilly.
The Duke of Orleans had arrived in town
three days before j and his firft visit was
made to Monsieur, at whom he had requtfl
ed an audience. On Thurfdiy the Duke
waited 011 bis Royal Highness, and being
introduced into his clofct,i he adjreffed him
by faying, '< that he had come to afl£ forgive
' ness for all his faults,' which he hoped Would
b - forgotten They were the effect cf error,
and were chiefly to be attributed to the evil
councils of an intriguing wwian, ( Afjdem
de Genlis) who bean entryfted with the
-care of his education." He :;dd?d—" that
he was ready to Hied the lad drop of his
blood fur the reparation c>f his errors, and,
in defence of the rights of his lawful Sove
reign. My brothers (continued lie) whoffl
I hay# left-.indifgofed at Clifton, participate
in my sentiments, and will hallen to offer
| to your Royal Highness the fame pro'tefta
■ tions of their repentance.
Monsieur then embraced the Duke, and
r-plied, " he had -no doubt .nf-t'ie. lincerity
of the profeffions ' he. had just beard. He
received tliem with pleasure ; but he recom
mended to the Duke to repeat them to the
King bimfeli', and he fhouid have great fatis-.
fadlion in forwarding his tetters to Mitlau."
As soon as this conversation had end*d,
Monsieur and the Duif went into
ing room, where wercaffeiijbled leveral emi
grants of thfii4t difbiitVion, before whom
the Cuke of Orleans begged leave alio to
make a recantation of' his «error». H; then
expressed his wifli to fee his uncle the Duke
lie Bourbon 1 the intended vifn was soon af
ter trade, and a reconciliation took place in
the fame raWner as ,w>Yu Monsieur.
On Friday, the L)ukc of 0 -leans again
waited on Monsieur with the letter to Louis
the XVIJIih, at Mittau, which was forward
.ed 011.the fame evening. Monsieur recom
mended tVit anotoer lhould lie written, sign
ed by each of the three brothers, and in (till
stronger. terms, which the duke promised to
fee exeouted, immediately On their coming
to town
On Saturday the Duke de Monpsnsieur
and the Count De Bccmjiloix, the younger
brother, of the Duke as Oi-.'cjhs, arrived at
their refidefrce in SackiiHe-ftYeet, from Clif
ton, near. Briflo!, where one. of them bad
been confined several days by illneis.
February 9.
3 be prefetvation of an empire which for
ages awed the world, has recently been at
chieved by the (kill and valour of an ineon
fiderable detachment of Britain*. - Gigantic
diftord, the foe of liberty in the fi;arb of Re
publicanism—the iron hand of French fra
ternity, received its molt fatal blow under
the walls of Acre ; nor have the galUvnt
spirits, whole glory, refirfted upon each in
dividual of their country, has hitherto been
tlwir only reward, relaxed nt the service of
civilization. The following- letter, to whicb
we attach entire credit, relates a viftory
whi<jh, if we do not greatly err, will be, or
has been,-the prelude to the fubnuffion 'of
the French in Egypt. ' ■
Constar.'tAople, half past $ o'clock ct nigbt,
" I ha\[s recalled my letter, and allowed
ten minutes to add to it, that an expr?fs ar
rived here an hour finte, that Sir Sidney
Smith, on the ifl of November, made a feint
in Damietta, when, drawing the attention of
the trench to that point, he attacked
tVem with irrifitUble valour where they were
vulnerable, commanding in person, and car
rying all before him- The loft »f the enemy
confided of two thou (and French, killed,
wounded, and prifonert. In rowing to ,th:
attack, the ftroakfman of Sir Sidney's barge
was elofe to him. Icannot give you par
ticulars, but you may depend what. J have,
related is a T ApT.' 1
Extract of another letter, Dec. it.
The prrfent cha rider of the Porte is ex
emplified ill the length c£ time, a compara
tively iiiconfiderable bind of marauders irave
been permitted to devaluate some of the
richest provinces of the empire, and to para
ge with terror Wje whole of it; whilst even
the anjeiety natural to fucb a state ha: not
incited to the eftablilhment of a means of re
gular communication. Lord Elgin, how
ever, Tends in a few days to the Grand Vi
zier, his secretary, Mr. Morier, a gentleman
particular qualified to transmit a ditail of
the Turkifli operations. Gen. Koehler and
the Britilh officers .go from hence for the
fame deftinatibn. is dnes "Dr. H. McLean,
I who attended the Embaily from England,
to analyse the nature of the plagiie, and for
similar researches, and who, it is said, is ap
pointed Physician General to the army.
I have already poffrflsd you of the high
favour in which the Enslift are held, and
which is manifefted upon aH pofiible ocea
fions. The government gave to them tight
rich pelices on the late presentation, a dr
cumflance never known before, the number
seldom exceeding one or two ; and this laO
gallant aCtion of Sir Sidney Smith, who was
Wednesday., Dec. 1 i, 1799
before looked
Englift amongst
The violence of the debates in the Inl
■Joufe of Commons, and of the resolution
if private faftinns in Dublin, is general;
md jultlv coiiudered as the rxplofirn o
iefpair. Op ofition is near its end, if v<
It will be seen by our private correfpon
denee, that thcfe persons who have oppofec
country, ihal incorporation which they
have fruittfa'.y combated. As {con as the
principle, tbc-efore, of Union, has been
agreed to, it is exp«<3ed, t> at none but
p-ofefied Scp-iratjjlt will oppose the govern-
COURT O*- KINC's BENCH,
February is
The King) v. Tandy and Morres.
The prifonera being agoin brought lip,
the counsel for the prisoners moved to poll
pone the-proceedings till next term, upen
a suggestion chat they had not tiaie to con
fer tha cafe of their clients. The Court
declared thai there ws*bo ground te post.
pone the proceedings on this account.
The prifopert then offered Wy the coun
sel a plea in bar of award of execution, and
offered an aSiavit made- by the prisoners,
stating thai several tfitpeffes material for
their defence wereabfeot,at Hamburg, and
that the attendance of those wjtneffea could
not be protured before next term.
The At. Geo. declared hit readintfs to
accede to eny rtafonable propefel by which
the priConeri couid ii*T«
of making their defence; rot with (lauding
the utter inefficiency of the affidavit, wish
ing to (hew to the country that the pro
cee lings wer( candudted with equity »nd
deliberation, he consented to tbc adjourn
ment desired. •
The prifonera counsel gave great credit
to ftie can ionr of tbe Attorney General.
The procetdir.gj being adjourned to next
term, the prifontri vtic remanded,
FALMOUTH, Feb. i 7,
Arrived this diy the (hip Mercury, of 16
sjuds, 40 men, captain Richards, from
Leghorn, at'trr a pillage of 36 days, laden
with lilkf. ffc.ns, bri'mftone, Sec. Oa the
a6th ult. (he recaptured the Jufttna (l>anifli.
bark) from Leffhorn, with a valuable ciifgo
on board,, which (h? ordered for St.ing*te
Cr»ck. On the 30th rh* fell in with Le
Pegale French privateer of 16 guns and 70
men, which after a ffiort action (he captursd
and fret for Dartmouth.—pn "thi 4th tftft,
while the captain and mwe were below, two
foreigners 'belonging to ihe Mercury knock
ed down th; ce4tipej,.ai>ireleafrdthe Fteinh
prjibnerj, who took peflsffion of the Ihip.-
Qn. the 6th, tke Doris frigate, with a sloop
ft '*'"■> bore inftgbt; the Frenchmen being
tnuch' alarned, and getting-off their £u»rd,
Richards and.Maw, watching ttfcir
opportunity, again. secured the" Frenchmen,
and took pc&effion of the flnp, and brvOgftt
her in..bere. . •„ .
... . -
FUOM THE LONDON GA2ETTE,
' .February -tS.
. (Mmiralty Office, frt tB, ißco.
Copy qf a leucnfram tlaptain Joshua Sidrttj
Ifortm, coir.vtendtr cf bis Majesty's sleep
ftlirj, to Evan Jfojbcan, Esq.
Plymouth Sound, Feb. ■).
Sir,
Finding bis Majefiy's Oiip La Loire has
not ardvtd stthis port with the Pallas Na-.
tional frigate, having lent a duplicate of my
.proceeding's lijt. captain Newman, 1 1 conceive
it my. duty to forward yea another for the
information »fmy Lords Commissioners of
the Admiiakyj-ivith the additional fttisf&c
tion of informing you, that the Pallas was
captured-elufe in with the Seven Iflandi, by
L#„ Loire, Railleur, Harpy, Banae, and
Fairy, Having bsen joined in the eight of
tlie 6th, at nine o'clock, by La Loire, I de;
fifted giving further particulars, concluding
ctpt. Newman would state the further pro
ceeding of the Fairy and Harpy. The bsd
trefs of the weather obliged roe to put ia
here, my (landing riggimj, &c. beirrg much
Cut. lam attxidus to I'aVe the post.
I have the honor to be, See.
J. S. HORTON.
Hit.Mxjefiy'* iloop Fairy, jth Feb. t2oo,
Sir,
In compliant* with your ordeF of the 3d
mfl. his Majesty's sloop Harpy in company*
having weighed from St. Aubin's Bay at 6
A. M. I proceeded to reconnoitre St. Ma
lots, and at half past 11, Cape Frehci bear-.
S. E. 5 or 6 miles, I difcovcred.a ljirge (hip
running down.clcfe along: (hare to'the welt
ward, which I very fooii made out to be a
large frigate, and as flic did net answer the
private fignalj I concluded (he was afltliefflv,
but being so close in fliore I fa* there was
no chance of bringing her to I there
fore judged it neceftary to tack, with the
hopes of decoying her out from the land,
which fully answered ray wilhej, as (he im
mediately gave chace to us.
At I o'clock the H.irpy having foredclofe
under my stern, the enemy arrived within
p'iftol {hot, wlven a dole a&ion commenced,
and continued tin til a quarter before 3, whep
the enemy Oiade all fail from us. .Aafoon
as the' datnpges the Fairy and Harpv had
fuftaijied in their rigging and fails (which
were y«ry caniiderable) were repaired, wt
made all fail in purfuifof har ; at 4 o'ciotic
three ftrange-Ciils were-difcovmd from the
mart-head 1e the 50'tthwstrJi *liich I jucijed
to be a (­n of frigates, to whom
I made * figrial for an enemy, »t 9 were join
ed by his Majesty's ships L» Loire, Danae,
and Railleur, in the chace.
I muff now beg leave to acknowledge the'
very ?ble affiflance and support I received
from Capt. Buzely in the Harpy, whofpeaks
in the highest terms of his officers and Ihip's
company, and t cannot conclude without ex
pressing, ir. the iriofl particular manner, the
exertions aiid good conduct of the officers
and Ihip's company under my command,.and
wivhoumny drfpj}rageKlent<tQ the reft of the
officeiF, I trust I niy be allowed t" men
tion Mr. smith> (firft Ueutensfrt of the fairy)
as a very aftive gond officer. Annexed is
a retnrn of- the killed and woindci I have
the honor to be> &c.
J. S. HORTON.
Capt. D'Auvergne, (Prince of Biiillion]
Senior Officer at Jerfejr.
Fairv—Four Seamen killed. Capji
fiorton.. (lightly wounded. Mr. Hughes,'
Piir'Per, broken arm.. Six Seaman, foyr
["batlly ; and one reported fittce 14(1 evening;.
[ HaVpv.—One feamati kilV-d-. Three
fearoen woOlnded.
P. S. 1 hjive the fatisfa&ien to inform
;.sou, tliat his Majesty's ship Danae, four or
|ve m,iles to N. W. captured one of the ene
my's cutters this morning (Feb &.)
Copy of a letter from Capt. Tames Nfwmap,
CnmmanJer of His Majefty'iShip L a Loire,
to Evan Nepean, Esq.
Sir,
I .have the honor to acquaint their T.ord
fftipspf the capture of the French National
Frigate La Pallas, Citizen Jaque Epion,
Commander, by His Majesty's {hip under my
command, after a close aftion of two hours
and ten minutes, close in shore under Seven
Islands, when! flic was supported by a bat
tery. I was molt gallantly and ably fecond
td by Capt. Turquand, of his Majesty's
stoop Railleur ; and to the Captains of his
Majesty's (hip Fhnae, and Fairy and Haipy
Hoops, I feel indebted for their every exer
tion to come up with the chace. I cannot
too much applaud the tondu&of the officers
and crew under 'my command, as well as
Lieutenant Krinitziri of the Ruffian Navy ;
and though I with not to particnlarife, I
cannot let this opportunely escape of recom
mending my Firfl Lieutenant (Mr. Ray»or)
to their Lordftiip's notice, as an officer
whose services I hive witnefled on other
trying cccafions.
j The Pallas is a n <w frigate, neVes atfea
! before, mounting 42 gutu, eighteen; ftine*
and thirty-fix pounders, wa» bound to Bred,
vi&ualled lor five months, and had 3 men
,on board. I inctafe a lift of killed and
l\ wounded, and am, Sir. &c.
JAMES NEWMAN NEWMAN.
Lift of lilhd and IVoun Jed on board hit Maje-
Jly'sJhip La Loire in aSion tuith La Pallas.
Two Seamen killed. Three Midfliipmen,
16 Seamen (one of whom is since dead of his
wounds,) and one Marine wounded.
Ntimes of the Mid/hipmen IVwnded.
Watkins Oliver Pell, Francis William
Eves, John Allen Medway.
(Signed)
JAMES NEWMAN NEWMAN.
A List of Ulled and W outided on board his
Majesty's sloop liailleur, ttSider my com
mand, in action mtb the French Frigate
La Dallas, on tbe 6tb Feb. ] 800,
Kiiled>—Tfir. William Prothers, Mid
fiv.pmtn ; Alexander Fergufoi:, Gunner's
Mate.
Wourtded—Robert Priftg, Yeoman of the
Shee:s ; William Wilde, Private Marine ;
John M'Mullin, tiy, Benj. Grtfoa, Or
dinary Seaman. (Siyned)
W. TURQUAND. Capt,
■Just Arrived,
tot. sale bt tn iilicnuiii.
th£ cargo
Of the Ship Caktok,
Richsrd Dale, Commander, from Canton,
eoKStSTJNO OF
Bobea
Souchong
Hjrfon Skin »
Young Hyfoa
and.. Hyson. .
[nankeens.
Sugar of ill quality
China Ware.
TEAS.
Caffi'a,
Fans.
An affortmcot of SiU:.*.
WILU.NGS b- FJIAN'CIS,
No. 21, Penn Street.
••• . . d.
April 14,
F«r Sale,
The Cargo of the ship M<tlly\Copt din Swain,
Jrom
GONSISTIiI-'IS OP
SUGAR in v. hole and half cancifter*,
Geribon Coffee, - . •> ~~
BlaU Pepper,
Sapan Dye Wooa,
Ebony, and
Thirty two bales of "Cftttor. Yarn.
ALSO» Tl?£ SAIB
n JTTfsv smip
MOLLY,
BURTHEN feur thtufand three
barrels ot Fiour, aaouat 6 ; iZ
nine pounders, with fli#t and small arme com pleat
and is newly coppered to the beuds with pateut
copper. Apply to
NICKLIN (IT GRIFFITH.
tu.thScfa.tf
March 15.
gCT" LETTERS for the Amiable, Til-,
iinghaft, far Liverpool, wi'l be received at
the Bar of the Coffee House until to-inarrow
morning (Saturday.)
Wanted to Charter,
£gsr A VESSEL,
; .Of tha burthen of 180 to aoo tons,
to load for Hamburg.
JACOB SPERRY to* CO.
Who bane for sale a variety of
German Linens—Alio Tapes, Oil Cloths,
Decanters, Tumblers, Window Glaft, 8 by
10, Coffee Mills, &c.
Ajiril ij d6t
FOR BRISTOL,
THE SHl>
MANCHESTER,
INTENDED to rerurn an early
Fall Ihip—will take freight if applied for im
mediaKly
Thomas Mvirgatroyd Iff Sous.
3i, Dock StrME.
spril 17
LANDING
At lValnut Street Wharf,
THE CARGO
Of th#> Daniih brig Fricndfhip, Capt. P. Owncs
Former, from Archangel,
Coojj/likg of
140 ton? clear h<Stnp
45 tons bar itoA—aflorted, flat and fqmire
jO bales Rufljaduck
10 do. Ravens do
For Sale by
THOMAS KETLAND.
AI.SO,'
For Freight or Charter to Hamburg»
SAI» UKIG
gjSL FRIENDSHIP.
* !i * n com P' ctc ° rtlcr ' aocl car
ry about a,400 barrels.
April ai.
IMPORTED,
In tbt ship Jean, Daniel As Pbersor. master*
from Canton, an Assortment of
CHINA SILKS,
Cenfifting of
Black and coloured Lutestrings
Black Sattins
BI»ck Scncha'ws
Black and coloared Sewing Silki
Nankeens, Fans, &c.
Also on band.
INDIA MUSLINS,
Guzzecnas
Gurrahs
Cotras t
Bjfu!s, &c and
India Bandannas.
For Sale by "
ROBERT SMITH W Co.
No. jB, South Frent Street. .
April j,
IMPORTED
//» the Harmohy, capt. KoUocl from Calcutta,
AND FOR SALE,
Bj John Miller, Junr. No. 80, Dock-
street,
Coffaes
Bafcas
Emerties
Guzeenabs
Mamoorirs
Fine Handkerchiefs
Doreas
Black PeiTians
Hyson Teas "J •
Heavy Pepper >of excellent quality.
Sugar J
Block Tin of the best kind.
dlto, by the ship Pennfyhania,from Batavis,
JAVA COFFE & SUGAR.
April 17. ,
INDIA GOODS.
ALEXANDER J. MILLER,
No, 106 South Front street, opposite tb*
Custom House,
HAS J»ST KECKJVED, »
Per the ship Harmony, captain Koliock,
from Calcutta,
Garralis Superior,
Garrahs Berboom,
Do. Catwa,
Gazzunahs,
Baftas,
CofTacs,
Manioodies,
Fine plain Mullmu'ls and Hand'fi.
ALSO,
Per the ship Jean, captain M-Pherstn,
from Canton,
Whfte Nankeens,
Yellow Do.
Lutelirings Mid Shenfliaws,
Sewing Silks,
Hyson, Young Hyson and Hyson Skin
Teas of an excellent quality.
April 22. dtf
NOTICE.
"■pHE Creditors of the late house of Irivin k
Rryfon, of Lexington, Kentucky, are
'hereby informed, that a dividend of such mo
mcsot that firm, as have lieen received hy As
fubfcriWer, will be made on the twentieth daj'
ot May next, among those creditors who (hail
tiave before that time furnilhed their accounts
properly ittelied to
WILSON HUNT.
April at
the partnership of
ISAAC Iff EDWARD PENINGTON,
SUGAR REFINERS,
Expired the ill instant.
The BuGxeft it now conduced by Edward
Pennington who is authorized to fettle all ac
counts relative to the said partner^fip.
ISAAC PENINGTON,
EDWARD PENINGTON
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