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Philadelphia,
THURSDAY EVENING, May ij, 1796.
* PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL,
sth Month 9th, 1796.
At a meeting of the Managers, the following
Gentlemen were elected Physicians, viz :
Adam Kuhn, Thomas Parke,
Benjamin Rush, William Shippen, '
C-ifpar Wiftar, Philip S. Phyfick.
Of whom, Adam Kuhn and Caspar Wiftar, are
the attending Physicians, at this time.
Tne Letter-Bag of the /hip Suffix, capt.
Philip jLiverpool, will be tak
,j,<. from the P oft-Office the 141b in ft ant. i
May 10.
From a Correfprmdent.
IT would be enough to tiifcaurage the«>;7 one
Miufelf to find his own fide turn against him. If
the prince of Soot (hould fee, as he«dc»ubtlefs will,
the Aurora of the nth, yes, reader, the Aurora,
flatting with zeal for religion and the churches,,
would not his llout heart fink and grow sick with
discouragement ? No, it would not. For in the
fame paper, he would enjoy the fight of the adver
tiienynts of the French Calendar, end the Age of
Reason. Pray, Mr. Fenno.'did not this fame Au
rora, a year or two before its late religious qualm,
contain some abusive paragraphs because a rsfpeCta
' Me clergyman prayed that error and irreligion
might not be permitted to pr«vailin France ?
COMMUNICATIONS'
THE French Jacobins may poflibly exceed the
American in the praCtice upon their principles, such
as palling sentence on good etiates as ariiloerats, and
. eonfiicating them, chopping off the owners' heads,
See. Our's indeed are yet at their Itffons, and as
things wear a bad face for their party at present,
they may not leave the midnight fchosl and begin
their experiments for some time. But for incon
fiftcney in Hating their reafous, £o as to veer with
the wind round the thirty-two points of the com- :
pass, and yet always pointing again (I government, '
and forfuch adamantine confidence in their lies that 1
truth and detection cannot pierce through, our Ja- '
• cobins leave those of Paris far behind. The jour
nal of Marat, or that of the Pert du Chene him- 1
felf, never equalled the Chronicle of Boston for
ftandingto.a falfehood after it was found out. The 1
Aurora is supported with more sense and originali- 1
ty—and therefore is not fa often and so (hamelefs- 1
ly falfe. But when has a more audacious falfehood 1
been told, or tlood to more hardily, than that which '
chargsd a certain member with calling the people c
an ignorant herd. Another member, a man of J x
sense and honor, eontraciCts it in print. Still the
Aurora (licks to it. For the Aurora, a lie well *
ftodd to is as good as the truth. Examples are not 1 1
scarce. a
THE inconsistency of our Jacobins is admira- a
ble. Their cry was, till lately, the people ought <
to ( be obeyed. Why will a junto in the government j 0
refill the voice of Gad and the people? No sooner J '<
did the people really speak, than the abuse i 3 thrown c
upon.them as plentifully as lately on the govern- tl
ment, tories, dupes, &c. The Aurora, Argus,
and Chronicle, fay Decency, Decency, when Gal- 11
latin is drawn faithfully, and only at half length. I
Not a word of Decency in remarking on the cob- e
duCt' of Washington, The majority reverence the j
majority Now the majority is on the Treaty fiftt jv'
are, the constituted authorities or their ads treated I I
with any more reverence ? There is no end to the I w
contradictions of those who are falfe to truth, to g
virtue and their country, and true to nothing but 'm
Genet and their malignant paffiuns. I c<
Ex:raft of a letter from a gentleman in Virginia to the pi
Editor. April 29, 179$* m
" I ft ill retain my former opinion, that the'people cc
of this flats are r.ot opposed to the treaty with Great re
Britain : and, that the voluminous debates, many of f
which lavour more of the logic of the Schools, than | .'
the eloquence of thefeaate, have wrought no convic- j rl
tion an their ininds, however they may have been cal- 1
culated to confound the underftantjiiig. When, plain, to
unlettered merf read the Conftitntion, and find it in f u
these word*: "That he, (namely, the Prtfident) fiiall t ; (
have by and with the,advice and cWtntofl r
the Senate, to make Treaties, provided, two thirds of I ,
the Senators present concur" ; they can never be per
suaded that they mean, "he has not the power, with a 8
jlie advrte and consent of two thirds of the Senators a
present, to make them":- or that the Conflitution is
so absurd and fenfeleft, as to admit the power of iqik- I it(
"mg treaties as before quoted, and, at the fame time, of I ] a ,
conferring on the House of RTeprefentatives, " the pow- I
er of unmaking them." I ° n
" This would make the Conflitution a& like little miilcs, I
f Who, when a pretty Doll they make, I W1
" Their enrious fingers itch to take I ag
** The pretty image all to pieces."* I jei
* See Peter Pindar's Ode to Time, j Ye
I co
For the Gazette of the Unit*d States.
1 % ' mt
Mr. Editor, j —
An attempt to asperse the clergy of New-Eng- I
land for countenancing the treaty petitions will not
succeed. Their general v character sfs a body for!
learning, excellency of morals, and inoffenfivenefs I
of demeanor in refpeft to politics, is not t<l be (ha- I
ken by the Aurora. They are not meddlers in |
controverfice,public or private ; tho' by the bye,the |BA
Jacobin papers cry oat equality, all men are citi-j —
zens, down with orders, and yet when the clergy aCt I —
as they may in the charaflcr of citizens, then.it is I !nfl
right to object, this order of m«ti mull not' take I e]
P«t in political measures. Every person will fee I
tne absurd 1
another reply is to made. The clergy'are steady I
friends of government, but they are seldom peifua- -phi
ded to life any influence in political affairs, I re- 1% ,
colleCt but three occasions. The revolution, Shays's J-V
rebellion in Massachusetts, and the late insurreCtionPPet' et
1 ayainft the treaty. On such oecafions whep they I
Apprehend government itfelf'is at hazard, they I Imn
will speak out, ando.ight they not ? at other times, I mill
t'ley are silent. • Pray what is the influence of the j
clergy in the rafterii iiates.which the Aurora abhors ? J Johi
jLuft what it flioulii be. The influence of virtue and j Jv
$
v
' £"od sense. used and very tflur.flantlyr
but always with great effect when it ie.
A DISCIPLE.
~C~O N G R E s~s" t
l6 \ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; <
wing 2 j
Wednesday, May ti. I
Petitions in favor of thtf' Britifli treaty were pre- (
fented by MefTrs. Dwight Foftcr, Bradbury, Leo- '
nard and Thatcher. :
r> are bill authorizing Ebenezer Zane to locate '
certain lands in the North Western territory, was '
read a third time and pafTed. <
■apt. The committee of eledtions reported that Rich- (
tak- ard Springs, jun. was entitled to his feat, in the '
nt. plWv-of Gabriel Duval, resigned.
$Ir Tracy from the committee of claims, made 1
a report on the petition of Andrew Bearfticker
and others, claiming arrearage of pay in she late 1
7 one war » which was read twice, and the further confi- '
, If deration of it deferred till to-morrow. 1
will, He also made a report on the petition of the
rora, widow of the late colonel George Gibfon, which '
ches, being of the fame nature with that of the widow •
with Butler, lately before the house, was reported upon N
1 the ,' n th e fame way, and ordered to lie until the form- v
dver- er ca fe w as decided upon. t
je of Mr. Nicholas moved that the bill for the sale of j'
Au- land north-weft of the river Ohio, with the amend c
lalm, ments from the Senate, and the report of the feledl
efta- committee thereon, might be taken up, which was (
igion accordingly done, and bei»g gone through with one
or two amendments of lirtlcconfequeflce, rlie amend
ments of the Senate were agreed to. By this bill, 1
as now amended, the small lots of 160 acres each, *
1 the are d « ne away, and the least quantity now to be t
such is 640 acres. An amendment was proposed
, and to teinfert a clatife for the pnrpofe of replacing the
;ad», small lots, but was loft, there being 31 for it, and C
das 33?gainftit. • I
sent, Mr. S. Smith wished the house to form it felf into r;
egin a committee of the whole on the bill for preventing
con- 'he tale of prizes in the ports of the United States,
with 'Which was accordingly done, and after some debate, "
:om- and a clause being introduced limiting its duration .
icnt, 'wo years, it west through the committee, was "
that taken up in the house, twice read, and ordered to B
Ja- engrofled for a third reading.
our- Mr. Macon aftced leave of absence for Mr. Orr, "
him- f rom Kentucky, for the remainder of the fcflion. Cl
, for On the motion of Mr. W.-Smith, the hoHfc re-
T( ie solved it felf into a committee of the whole on the j £
uali- report of the committee of ways and means, on the J
less- pr&vifions requisite for improving the internal reven- :ni
ood ues of the United States, and for more effectually
lich securing the colleflion of the fame, when, a confi- I 1,1
iple derable debate took place upon the firft article, tu
of j which'is in the following words :
the j ' ft* Resolved, 1 hat it will be expedient to V
well aboljfh the tax on" spirits distilled from materials of
not the growth or produce of the United States, at
any other place than a city, town or village, or at
ira-I any diftillcry in a city town or village, at which Co
ght I there (hall be one or more stills, which singly, if
lent j only one, or together, if more than one, fhalf be of .
mer I ' e ls capacity than four hundred gallons ; and to
>wn 1 colledl this branch of the revenue from a tax on at
:rn-1 the capacity of the (ti)ls "
[us, J In the course of this dehate, a motion was made
ial-1 to ftiike out all the words after " produce of the
;th. United States," and another for (Iriking the arti-" —
on- cle out altogether. In support of the firft motion, '
the 't was aff»rted that the tax itfclf was ai'equnl and
l&e J vexations, by laying a duty upon one part of the
ted j United States which distilled spirits from grain, thi
the I whilst o 1 hers which brewed porter or beer of their tie
to I grain, paid no duty ; and in support of the latter ass
aut motion, it was aflerted, that the present mode of lie
collecting the tax, was easier to distillers and more th>
I profitable to the revenue than would be by the new
the I plan. At length a motion was made for the com- Ch
I m 'ttee to rife, for the purpofc of getting rid of the
Pe I coTifideration. The committee accordingly rose, po
of I re P orte d and alked leave to fit again. Some oppo- jed
lan I Il,on1 l,on w a' made, and leave was obtained by a majo- H<
ic- I r 'ty °f 1 «>"ly» being 36 for it, and 35 again!! it. res
al- r A -motion was then made and carried, 39 to 37, me
in, to discharge the committee of the whole from a A
in further consideration of the firft article. Oa mo- be
of I ''° n r * c holas, the house took up the report tak
of I of a feleflt_conaniittee, for augmenting the salary of pa j
er . [the accountant of the war department, which being
ith I a g re ed to, a committee was appointed to bring in ed,
a bill. All
is j Ort motion of Mr. S. Smith, the house forsjed Jar
ik- itfclf into a committee of the whole on the bill re- Raj
j lative to quarantine, which, after some objections, liar
w on the grouncf of its being unnecessary, as each din
Iftatehadthe power of making .its own regulations ing
s ' with refpe<S to the'health of its citizens, it was
I agreed to, and the house took it up ; but the'fub- rep
je£t being again debated, and the right of the go- 1
I vernment of any individual (late to stop a vefiel agr
I coming into its port being questioned, the regula- met
ti»n ot commmercc being in the general govern- 1
ment, the house adjourned, without coming to a witl
I decision. ■]
* STOCKS. thC i
ot
or Six per Cent !7/4t06->int
fa I Three percent. -- - . 10/4 /off.
j. I Deferred Six per Cent. .... 13/5 to 7 re
In I J| percent. .... I( t.g war
I 4i per Cent. .... /
'e I BANK United States, - - - i 5 pr . cent. folu
1-1 Pennsylvania, .... 4, ,
ft I North America, ... . 4 S to jo a "
is j ' n^urance Comp. North-America, ij dollars {
I Pennsylvania, 12 per ct. • n d'
j -Exchange, at 6.0 days, - - * 160 nor
p '| " JOSEPH COOKE, PCd i
GOLDSMITH ts 1 JEWELLER, ther
The corner of Market and Third-streets, Philadelphia; , 04
TV/TOST refpeiSftilly informs his friends and the public, 'r
's IVX that he has received, per the lad arrivals, a com- „
n pletc and general assortment of almost
y Every Article in his Line;
y I Immediately from the manufactures of London,. Bir- f "
I, mingham, and Sheffield, all oi are of the newest t,on<
e 1 lafhioji, and will.be fqld, wholeftlc and retail, oil thr.ow- expe
? j eft terms,, and the Notes of Mr. Robert Morris, ind Mr.
• J JohnNicholfon received in payment at,their current value,
i i March j. / / iawtf y
itlf; Fox tbr Gazette or the UnitfA States. 1
1. Mr. Fenn-o,
AN attempt is made in yoUf paper of Titefdey)
to ftiew an inconfifteney between Mr. SwanWtck's
5- condudl:, in (inning'the address of the Town-Meet
ing to the President, afluving him of refpefl For J
his constitutional authority, and a ptomife to ac
pre- qi'iefce in the regular exercise of the delegated pow- '
jeo- ers 'he government, and his opposition to the '
appropriation bill in Congress—to make this good, '
cate 11 Should 6rft be (hewn, that the deliberations in ]
was Cangrefs on this ftftijedt, were not a regular exer
cise of the powers of government, if they were, ac-
ich- qutefcence became a duty only when the sense <#f
the t ' le House had been duly taken on this fubjedt.
In support of this opinion, it need only be re-
lade marked, that the chief jll ft ice of the fiate, Mr.
:ker Girard, Mr. Htino and other membeis of the com
late miitee. of the town-meeting ligned the • petitions to
>nfi- Congress against the Treaty, and thereby (bewed
their sense also of the expressions in question.
the That the Treaty itfelf was a jull motive of dif /
tich hke, and opposition in the House may be fairly in- '
low from the whole of the debates* ending in a
pon vote members against if, and of the 51 who
rm- votc d in favour of the appropriations, fix voted for
the preamble, declaring the Treaty in itfelf oh 1
eof jedtionable, but tl.at they yielded only to imperious '■
rnd- circumftanccs, to wit s Messrs. Bailey,
le<£t Christie, Gregg, Grove, Muhlenberg and Van 1
was Courtlandt. A. B. S
, n j_ At a meeting of a number of refpeftable inhabitants
tants of the Borough of Ealton, in the County of
jj* Northampton, and state of Peanfylvania, at the '
Court. House in the said Borough, on the seventh
ifed Ma y« , ' le y Mr our Lord, one thousand
the even un<^re d and ninety-fix, for the purpose of
and ex P re ® n g their'fentiments of the conduit of the L
President of the United States of America, 011 his
ntQ ratification of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and C
inir Navi f? atlon . lately made between the said ftatesahd J 1
les 'Great Britain, and of the njajority of the House A
lt ' of Reprtfentdtivfs on the rcCulution lately adopted 1
ion for """king appropriations to carry the said Trdfcty
A , as into effect,' B
ItQ It was resolved, that the Venerable and Patriotic f
President of the said United States, continues to R
) rr merit the greatest confidence and thanks of his
' country. 0
re _ Resolved, that having reposed full trust in the 0
the i ,v '^ om a: refoutces ef information of the said
I House of Rrprefentativru in geneial, and our im- A
cn J medial® Representatives in particular, we were dif-
II J fid«nt in exprefling, publicly, our opinions on that
J important fii'.jrft, while the fame was uiider confli- A
j tutional cqnlideratioii. "Is
Resolved, that in the opinion of this meeting, A
tQ the majority, in the said House of Reprefcntatiyes,, SI
of ® s '" etv ' w i" country, by appropriating
at funds to carry the laid Treaty wito efFett; as there- W
al t>y they have preieived public faith inviolate, and
c j. Contained to tliefe United States the blessings of H
jp peace and prolperity. O
() p ' Resolved, that the above reColutions be publish- W
(o ed, and that the Chairman (ign, and the Secretary
on attelt the faftit. , h
JOHN ARNDT, Chairman,
|, e Atfeft H. SPERING, Secretary.
ti- — ■■—■mm—ll
" a ' PETERSBURG, May 3.
(?e At * numerous meeting of the inhabitants of
n, the town of Petersburg, and the neighbouring coun
■ir ties, in the town coart-houfe, on thehrft of May,
er afTembled in cotifequerce of a resolution of a pub TI
of lie meeting held in the said court house on Sunday Ne
re the 24th of April.
w Robert Boiling, wss unanimously appointed fhi
n- Chairman, and William Prentis, Secretary. lon
ie A letter from a corresponding committee 4p- Al
e, pointed by the citizens of Richmond, on the fub
-- jedt of the British treaty now before the Federal we
u- House of Representatives, together with sundry [n
refoltitions therein enclosed, were laid before the fhi
;, meeting. tec
a A mot ion watimde that the said letter&refolu< ions
>. be referred to a coipm;ttee—and the question being is ,
rt taken thereupon, there were for coffimunittingthe (
>f papers 112 —against it—7o4. the
g A committee oftwejve was accordingly appoint-
n ed, coufifting of George Hay, James Campbell, t0 1
Alexander M'Rae, Wm. Dalies, John Thompson,
d James . Cureton, Chi iftophet M'Connico, John
:- Rae,jun. Benj. Harrifon, Peter Randolph, Wil- TJ
s, liam Whitloek, and Nathaniel were
h diredted to make a report In one hour. The tneet
is ing in eonfequence adjourned few that time.
is The inhabitants again afTembled to reccive the
1- report of the committee.
1. The f&'d" committee.reported that they conld not
:1 agree uppn resolutions for the consideration of the
> meeting." for 1
1- The letter and refoluiionsfrom Richmond were w.
a withdiawn.
The following resolution was then handed to
: the Chairman.
Resolved, as the opinion of this meeting, that \_j
the execution of the treaty, with Great Britain Barl
; now under the confideraliori of the house of rep- Ale,
7 refestatives, ought to be opposed on e-very ground ' n
warranted by the Constitution of tbeUnited States. °PP l
A motion was made to ftiike out the above re- I _
fohltion from the word " meeting" to the end—
and insert in lieu thereof the following— *• tfiat if
the treaty lately ratified between the United States
«nd-Great Britain be conditionally made, the ho- ■
nor and the interest of this country tender it ex- 0 ,
ptfdient to carry that treaty into effett. te r,
The question upon the amendment being put, thee
there appeared for the amendment 122, against it
; 104, an<l 1
The resolution agreed to waß then as follows— w
Resolved, as the opinion of this meeting, that if u f e fu
the treaty lately ratified between the United States comr
and Great Britain' be constitutionally made, the '"fey l
honor and the interest. of this country render is ./V
expedient t<? carry that tretty into effedt. " Ll !
ROBERT BQLLING, Chair. , c ? tio
| \Yilli3nn Printis, Sec'ry. ; Aj
• / v->. ,
ES. From the Firmer's Wccklf Muf-'f'ffl.
SiitttJN Si»un ky, Esq. fphtttttb in Jatior oj Llvirts
ton'j refutations, and bufltth the fomaba-luk of Jaf
i/ism a: tbe Presid&kt of the Union.
k» s HUZZA, tny hids ! I like your capers*
. e j. About Chofc Britjb 'Treaty
s OT I like that beld afpiritig spins,
3C . Which none but fpuniy fouls inlieflf.
)W _ I'm pleas'd to fee yoti quit your sphere,
the A (Turtle 3 right to domineer—
[)( j I'd have you watchful, as the drapon,
j n Which once the Hefperides cotifa brag
cr _ Then you 7 !! prefers, without dispute,
ac _ Our Goddess Pri;eciom's golJen fruit.
None ever thofinht, from »H your high rant*
Your house Would-ever play the tyrant#
rc . Alftime a right of Legijlstion,
,{ r Which was not yotvs by delegation
m Shall 'Vtifhington fvreter tea'/e OJie,
to M ith principles of !a\< aild rtfafnn,
rec j The conllitution,' right and jaltice.
Of what great confcquencs i>i» trutt is?*
]|f It was the word of impofitiiioij
; n . To riffgative your reqiiifjtions,
, a To let your wishes as Reliance,
jj 0 When there's no hazard in comolinnce.
p or You afk'd this boon, you wifh'd no (norej
To It now—-jujl what you knew before !
IUS I read with raptur? all your preachment,
■y» Your'gafconadfs about impeachment.
And think in such a clerer way,
Six dollars may be earn'd per day!
Would you refer that forefaid Treaty '
3 i To your Right Hon'r able Cbmrtiittee,
of Why blefsour (tars! we know full well
he 'Twillbe genteely «l kick'J 10 h—!l! 'J"
th Your Southern Nabobs buund that way, •*
id Will not refufe to join the fray,
of And hit it now and then a kick>
he Until 'tis bind;'d to Old Nick !
lis Would IVaJhington (hew more duplicity,
id Or, something, which we (tile twifitcity, '.j
,d Just facrilice his country's cause,
fe At flirtne of popular applause J
: d Theji d emucrats I know, would laud him»
y And Simon Spunky would applaud .him.
But now, each Jacobin cries " dera'me
i c Th' old codger's\it a ftna dilemma.
to Rejoice ye factious! I declare it ye,
iis He's loft his ycontud popularity;
Our Southern demagogues shall trample *
)e On all his dignity so ample.
id He'll quit his office irtdifgrac#,
u. And Madison (hall fill Ins place !'*
f. The eonftituttofi's all a (ham, " *
at It is not worth a whi(ky dram,
J. And whosoever (licks to that,. _ , .-fit
16 Cure a vile Aristocrat ;
r r An Irish Paddy, or a'Dutchmart *1
s> Should be prefer'd to any such man.
g Right foofl, for IVeijtinglon, I ween,
; . We'll rear a fflui'd'rous guillotine,
d We'll prove his paw'r is but a pageant*
,f Himfejf an artful British Agent;
Our other favburs to enhance, „
WeJU (fiave him aLmode de France.
J * See the P rrjidenth anftvtr to the rnejfagi relet'
, tbve to the Treaty paptrt.
port Of Philadelphia.
JttklrSD. DAT).
Bug Diana, Mason, London 48
Schooner Andrew, MontaynJe, Sti Barthole-
tnews 24
Mary Ann, Swail, Petrrfourgh 4.
, The Diana failed from the Downs March 22. •
The 24th, in the Channel spoke the (hip Eliza of
1 New York.
April - 4, fat. 47, $1. long. 12. 50, spoke the
1 (hip Caroline of Philadelphia.— lat. 43, 4^.
long. 55. 13. spoke the fehooher Gov. Carvir frorfi
- Alicanl bound to Boflon, all. w»Il.
ThsUhip Molly, Lovell, and the Snow Hebe,
1 were to fail (hortly after the Diana, for this port.—«
r In the Diana camtf 3 paflengers. Letters by tha
: (hip Prudence, Capt. Miller from this port wete
received in London, the 18th of March.
1 The Danish (hip St. Thomas fiom Philadelphia
is arrived at Leghorn.
On the loth inft. 3 fliips were seen (landing in foe
the Delaware Capes. v
A Brig from Be Isa ft is arrived at the Fort— supposed
to be the Sofannak, Baird.
Edward Stow, Jnn.
HAS for sale, at his Stftrc, No: 41, South Water (lreet,
Hoglh.ads, tierces & barrels,
SHERRY, and I WINFI
PORT 5
Mess, Prime and Cargo Beef,
Spermaceti and Wax Mould Candles,
Tallow Mould and Dipt ditto,
400 Boxes hard, White Soap, in excellent order
for (hipping. May ia. J 4W
Mustard and Chocolate
CONTINUE to be manufaiflured in the heft man
ner, andforfale, as usual—Also ihelfed or peart
Barley, Coffee, Pepper, &c. Philadelphia Porter, Beer,
Ale, Cyder, Englifb Porter, Taunton and Bath Ale
in bottle?, &c- See.—« No. 9?, South Front-llreet,
oppolite the Custom-house, by
JOHN HAWORTH.
Philadelphia, May j } 1796. jaw4w
Urbanna Mill Seats,
SITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on the banks o£
the river Sufquehanr.a, about one mile above fide wa
ter, and commanding the water of that important river,
the channel conducing the trade of which comes so near
the Mill Seats as to make it convenient to speak the boats
and Mills: may he so fituatcdas to receive them along thcip
walls, and by water lifts take in their cargoes
is a power fufficient for many and any kind of
Water Works, and so much may be luftly (aid ia
commendation of this Scite as would b« inconvenient to
mlert in a newfoaper publication.
. Those who nfay desire to be concerned, will probably
find ttemfclves wetl pleased on viewing the situation.
Leases for any term of yeaj-s may fre obtained on appli
cation t© the fUbfcribcr, living on the presmfes.
a CLEMENT HOLLTDAT.
A P ril '>* law 3 n»