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a 2 „%ien and feeling Mghly creditable to themselves and to the lit rank them to their Commabding Officer. Major General having long known most of the corps •d.r his command, having served with there and shared g aw to. fieir d , zers, their fatigues, and priVations, and having wit ie a lore, :accer of conduct highly honourable to themselves lunefici ti to their country, has such implicit confidence in th :. so far from preventin; the circulation, he would him re:.l them to every Regiment in the ifictrict, without a fear publication could have any effect io withdrawing a tividual from his duty. But as the intention in wilting ribnaud these Papers ~ n iengst the Military is so bad, as he highest punishment the law can inflict, he trusti Gcer, Non-commissioned Officer, and Soldier, will duty, no: only to deliver such Papers to their fccer, but endeavour to mark the person or per t'.l,•rn, tn. far as to be able to give evidence lull. And Sir Joists Brno will give a reward to ally Non-commissioned Officer. Drum Mer, ‘n (eery conviction, by their evidence, of any one guilty of the offence, to which the Major not a Regimental Reward will be added. generally known, that there are a set of men, , 1 character and propel ty, who, too idle to work s ubsisting upon the hard earnings of the poor, them upon some pretence for subscriptions of vrne instances, larger sums, the amount of r.c:lunted for to those who subscribe. but is few upon themselves, and in the panting and ach Papers as those alluded to. Wirers avill be pleased to have this Order ins wiJly made know:. thrroughom their regen. J. BY AG, Idojs,r- Genera' LEEDS. AUGUST A. nthropic Mr. OWEN arrived here yester :!.ep.ded at the Court-house this day, to ex p:anation of his Plans for the Extirpa .erism, to the Members of the Work , a:id a select party of Magistrates and mca, vho feel interested in the behalf of 1 1 tousdnds of starving workmen at present employment. On Thursday there will hlic meeting, when Mr. OWEN will enter Ito the developement of his planr :—at ::1-d.ty, he said, that if his scheme were I, )ptcd, parishes would no longer consi al as a curse, and that the hands which ilessly idle and burdensome, would be ;hly profitable. the idea of affording pecuniary assis- Cloth-workers and others, who are out ;ent, to enable them to emigrate to Ame other foreign place, has been abandoned ostponed sine die), and that a trial (at first -ale), of Mr. °wares plan of Home Co s be made immediately, in the vicinity NORTIINV IC 1 I A Drmr.ss. irreN, Esq. the Chairman of the Loyal .ely held at Northwich, has received an rough the medium of Lord Sinmourn, to agreed on at that Meeting to the PRINCE His Royal Highness," says his Lordship, used to receive the same in the most gra ter, ind to command" his Lordship " to Royal Highness's confidence on the loyalty the great Body of the Population of the tatine of Chester." MR. BIRCH. at is now so much better that he has been - om the first floor down stairs. The ball icted, but there is every prospect of his 'very, even without that o tion. Pearson, a weaver from Edg ey, has been 1 to Chester Castle, charged " with having, others, on the 25d day of July last, at , in the county of Chester, feloniously and iy shot William Birch with a pistol." This we understand, made such disclosures as to lead to the apprehension of the principal rho fired the pistol. This person is said to I traced to Liverpool, and, if not embarked ign station, there is no doubt that he will be apprehended. LE INDICTMENTS FOR POLITICAL MISDEMEANOURS. • WARWICK ASSIZZS, AUGUST 9. lief Baron RICHARD, in a brief address to Jury, stated, that there was something the shape of certain indictments which be brought under their consideration, and w the indictments could be supported ulti would be prudent not to find them, as the , as one which ought not to be discussed. rand Jury then retired, and found true bills , meanours against Major Cartwright, Messrs. s, Wooler, Lewis, Maddox, and another, fer iduct at the Birmingham Meeting on the when Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY, Bart. was 'y the Non-represented People to be their Trial Attorney. CARTWRIGHT addressed a letter to tit, REGENT on Saturday last. He says, in a a friend, on Monday—t , lam this instant start for Warwick, to deliver myself up." THE HAMILTON WEAVER& Hasontoe, August 6. isequence of an aoplieation from the Weavers, hat upwards of 500 looms were already idle , wn of Hamilton ; that the number was con increasing ; that the petitioners were literally :c of starvAtion, and craving relief; a Meeting Icritors and Kirk• Session of the Parish was le Meeting was attended by two of the .s, ...silo spoke for themselves and their fellow , ; they expressed their gratitude to the meet what had been done, and, in particular, to on N, for the great personal trouble he had ; and they, in very modest and decent terms, :ed fur the consideration of the Meeting, the great number of unemployed old men, women, and boys, who would be left unprovided for by this ar rangement. An Assessment was proposed as the best ratans of meeting the continkency, and equalizing the burden at the same time. Mr. BROWN, on the other hand, proposed that it should be done by voluntary contribution- -he de precated an assessment upon two grounds-Ist, if an assessment were to be laid on at all adequate to the occasion, it would in a great measure legalize the claims of the weavers to support from the heritors, and claims of the same description might be expected at all times, and from all classes of individuals that could not get employment—if the assessment were once laid on, the heritors and kirk-session could not consistently remove it until the pressure was removed, and if the pressure increased, they could not con sistently refuse to increase the relief also ; once laid on, there was no saying when or where it would stop, in short, that it tended to introduce.the English sys tem of poors' laws, with all its grievances ; and these were so overwhelming that (Mr. Brown stated the fact as consistent with his knowledge) some of the pro prietors in England had actually surrendered their lestates for the payment of the poors' rates, which in some cases absorbed no less than 15s. in the pound, and the evil continually increasing. And 2d, he (Mr. Brown) was unwilling that the weavers should be de graded, either in their own estimation or in the public. In times of great met cantile embarrassment, the ca pitalists had often applied fin and obtained aid from Government; that aid had checked the natural pro gress of the evil, without injuring the character of the capitalist ; and. why should not the operatives, in the same way, be allowed to partake of the beneficence of the community, without degrading themselves to the rank of paupers? Scdtsmen have an abhorrence of pauperism far beyond what ii felt by any other nation, and he was anxious that this distinguished part of the national character should remain unim paired. Mr. BROWN said, he thought a considerable part of the distress complained of had been occa sioned by the rapid and continued increase of the number of the weavers. The speculations of a few Glas gow merchants had withdrawn the agricultural and other manual labour from our own superabundant population, and thrown it into the hands of Irishmen. As many f these merchants had enriched themselves by the labour of the individuals so thrown upon the parish, he proposed that the Meeting should recom mend the weavers to the peculiar attention of these manufacturers. As a means of providing farther for the present evil, he proposed that every individual who occupied a farm of any size should take one or more of the boys to be employed during the harvest ; and he strongly recommended to both parties a con tinuation of that employment, as a means of striking at the very root of the evil. . He held in his hand a list of farms in the parish more than sufficient for the present emergency, and he said he would do every thing in his -power to persuade the tenants on the Hamilton estate to go into the measure, if it was thought advisable.—Mr. BROWN'S excellent views of the matter were generally adopted by the Meeting, and Committees were appointed for the purpose of carrying them into effect. In the mean time it is pleasing to learn, that 40 of the Hamilton weavers are at work upon the south side of Bothwell-bridge, near the site of their former operations (at the time of the strike); and on the very morning of the Meeting, about 80 of them set off with their kits and accoutrements to work on the public road near Canner Dyke-head. Arrangements are making for sending Out more in other quarters, while a subscription is going on for the old men, women, &c. and in this way the willing but unem ployed part of the community in Hamilton parish have a fair chance of being provided for, for several months to come. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. " Nottingham, August 7. ." flas.—l have long had in contemplation the consequenc likely to ensue from Parishes making goods wherewith the mar has were already glutted. Every evil I apprehended, and have endeavoured to point out, has been more than realized; and an alarming pauperism has been brought about by the injudi cionsnew of Parish Overseers—suffering by one folly, and adopt- Ing a worse. There is a time of health when no warning is regarded; but in affliction, the most heedless will look about for a remedy for his disease, and, if possible, detect, arrest, and remove the mischiefs that might otherwise overwhelm and I destroy him. _ _ . " I said, in the letter above alluded to, that if parishes helped out the reduction of wages consequent on their impolicy, they would pauperize the whole Manufacturing Community; and that they have done so, is but too lamentably true. Not a Pa rish around us but are doing, or have done it : and whilst a most unjust charge has gone forth against our whole Body for paying our workmen shamefully-reduced and pauperizing prices, I re tort the accusation, by saying, that but for Overseers of the Poor and overseeing Magistrates, wages would not, or could not, have been reduced so low as they now ire by ten to twenty per cent. nay, more, the Justices, by coutenancing relief to men in full work, and the Overseers, by even instigating distressed Weavers to take out work at reduced rates, to be made up to them out of the Parish funds, have furnished the crafty underselling ma nufacturer a bonus to undermine his more feeling an4,,respect able neighbour—who at last, though a hateful measure, has been compelled to reduce his workmen to the same degrading level, as a means of self-defence and absolute necessity. And that such degradation is general, is but too generally true; whereas had the Magistrates insisted upon no relief being afforded to a man in full work, he must have taken out his work at living prices, or not have taken it at all, when the markets, thus sparingly supplied, would long since have been in condition to take goods at even improved prices; but compelling workmen to make ex tra qnantities by reducing their wages, and giving them full work at a time the markets are already overstocked, not only increases the evil, but the certain consequence of assisting bad pay from the Poor-rates enables them to work still lower, and must eventually bring down the wages of other workmen to the same state, pauperizing them all, as is almost the case at this moment. " I am aware of much difficulty; both to Magistrates and Overseers, and am not so visionary as to suppose that a contrary course would have produced a good trade; but were every workman taken nut of his frame for the time he receives relief, (that is, if allowed three shillings a week, take him two days, or in that proportion, to some other work,) then he would not only make less goods, and in quantities suitable to the state of the markets, but what he did make wtagild be at a fair living price, anctnot to the injury of the price of his neighbours, and those working in a more favourable channel of the same trade. This line of procedure I conceive to be the best guarantee against overstocking the market, as well u against an undue pauperiz ing reduction of wages, which, for a manufacturing nation, all must admit, ought to be as low as is consistent with the neces saries and comforts of workmen employed; for who will deny the sound policy, as well as Christian consideration, that the " labourer is worthy of his hire?" although it is not in the power of man to ensure a never-varying trade? " I am of opinion that some legislative enactment will be ne cessary to give full efficiency to this maxim, if deemed worthy of adoption, from the well known ignorance of general policy peculiar to most Overseen of the Poor ; but it would be very brief to make it illegal to apply any part of the Poor-rate in aid of wages, whether good or bad. " It appears to me, that in a temporary depression of the trade, spade-agriculture or public works would be an excellent resource, at a lowest possible rate of wages, and that, without pauperizing an honest, industrious, sober man, whose want of other work was no fault of his own. But here I feel conscious of wading out of my depth (much as might Le said on the sub_ ject), and shall merely state two cases within my own know ledge, in exemplification. " Some time ago, a highly respectable manufacturing house here, being overstocked with goods, withdrew employment from a shop of four or six frames, situate in a country village, which frames, from the badness of trade, were unable to get work elsewhere, when the Overseer df the Poor of that parish applied personally at the warehouse, saying, ' Odd ding, Sur, you mun gie em work agean, if at 6d. a-pair less, (about 35 per cent.), and we mun make It up, for we don't know what to do wee em.' The consequence was, it was given out at such reduced prices, from the double inducement of price, and a persuasion that if they did not take the offer, the crafty undersellers before alluded to would gladly have done it, and perhaps at Pd. less instead of 6d. This very morning I was credibly informed, that another parish in our vicinity, where there arc numerous stocking-wea vers, most of whom are receiving from as. to 6s. a family per week, in aid from the poor-rates; although they all have as much work as they can do, from a certain notorious underselling house, which house I am told has in contemplation further re duction of prices, because, from their present low prices be coming general, they cannot undersell so effectually as they have done. GOD knows how repugnant to my wishes and feelings, but if they do reduce, I shall order an immediate reduction ac cordingly; for if the parishes will assist their bad wages, they shall mine. " 'Tis proper the cobbler should keep to his last ; but in order more fully to shew how this pernicious practice is spreading, I will venture to add, from my own knowledge, how it is creep ing into the Agricultural Districts. On a visit a few weeks ago to a friend in the country, going over his fields we came into one where a boy about 12 or 15 years old was alone at the plough with a pair of horses, at wages of U. per week (no other allow ance for clothes, victuals, &c.), w hilst in the same village the parents of such children were pauperised by weekly aids from the poor -rates, of threepences and sixpences per day, as eircum stances dictated, to assist inefficient wages. I said, bad not this boy better be weeding, tending birds, or some such thing, if even for less wages, and his father ploughing at proper living wages? which was readily admitted, and made an impression on my ftiend's mind also, that parish aids to bad wages were very wrong, and if persisted in would be ruinous ; but he added, that such was the present current of things, and he must go with the stream. A Magistrate in the same neighbourhood says, he saves more by a reduction of ss. per week on each of four labourers he employs, than he pays poor-rates altogether. " These things, if not put a stop to, will shortly destroy every moral and social compact in this once-enviable country; for if you tare nothing for the poor, how can the poor be expected to cage for you ?—I shall be most happy if my mite, thus thrown in, has any weight in recovering our lost balance; and am, with the greatest respect, Sir, your humble servant, " A MANUFACTURER." The Report from the Committee of the House of Commons on the Poor Laws is printed. The Com mittee refer to the Report of the year 1817, and re commend that it should be reprinted. The Commit tee of that period questioned the construction of the Act of Elizabeth, according to which parishes are supposed liable to be called upon to find employment for all who may at any lime require it; and the pre• sent Committee, adhering to the view of the subject then taken, concludes by anxiously directing the future attention of the House of Commons to " such measures as may be calculated ultimately to relieve parishes from the impracticable obligation of finding employment for all who may at any time require it at their hands, and to confine the relief derived from compulsory assessments to the lame, impotent, blind, • and such other among them being poor, and not • able to work.' " HAROLD THE EXILE.—Much astonishment, we hear, is excited in the minds of the Public at the ap pearance of this Work, which exhibits a very different and much mote favourable picture of the feelings of a noble and eccentric Lord, than has hitherto been drawn of him.—lt is probably on this account that his enemies attempt to discredit the truth of the portraiture. EXECUTION AT PENENDEN ITEATII.—On Saturday the Assizes for the County of Kent terminated at Maidstone. In both Courts, several of the cases were extremely interesting ; Lut that which excited the strongest sensation was the trial and condemnation, on the evidence of his own son, of Henry Langridge, for the wilful murder of Richard Sex, at Penshurst, in February, 1813. This unfortunate man suffered the dreadful sentence of the law on Monday. From the time of his condemnation he skewed the greatest penitence and contrition. At a quarter pas eleven o'clock, the massive gate of the New Jail was thrown open, and the prisoner came forth, seated in a wag gon, which was to convey him to the place of execu tion, a:tended by the Under Sheriff and usual escort. He held in his hand a religious tract, which he read with much attention on his way to the Heath ; he' appeared very composed} and his countenance was more open and cheerful than when on his trial ; he scarcely took his eyes off the hook on the read, but on entering upon the Heath, he cast an expressive look towards the scaffold, and heaved a deep sigh.— When arrived at the fatal spot, the Chaplain ascen ded the waggon, and prayed with him several mi nutes ; at the conclusion he took a farewell of the Clergyman and the Governor of the Prison, and as cended the platform with a firm step. He then beg-1 ged to repeat the LORD'S Prayer, which he did in a very low tone of voice. The cap was then drawn over his face, and in a few minutes he was launched into eternity. After having hung the usual time, his body was cut down and delivered to the surgeons to the jail, to be dissected and anatomized, pursuant to his sentence. The number of spectators on the Heath was very small compared with former oxecutions. liign .• • - it bi% t • Of elici:latirg r)r Ii r, upor !• repo (. •• , „ nit is :le 12 arc i; ;;.::t.A fon , t Derzr aniong a :Ind p:iilan ; an 'i r e a ',rid c Lion'' hue .0 11 , •thir tht 7.1.13 y tho of I b e a more . ri th • der ivar, - -.:riF.:l wet,: now a• rendered !igl It secini 1:, tance to the employir.c ::ca, or se:ne Or rather po on a small sc lonization, is ci tub town. H. C. COT Meeting lan Answer, thrc the Address /WENT. " 'was please fan manne signif.y his It and zeal of County Pala removed fro it ,s not extrac ✓ perfect rev) , n Williont I committed ith two 01 Stockport, i maliciously man has, v are likely tc • assassin wh Lave been t for a foreig speedily be MORE The Chh the Grand peculiar it Were to be trt unless mately, it subject wa The Gr; misden• Edmonds, I,', their corn [le i2th ult. rivi tilosen la] Lrgislator gh. Slajor Painct stri tote to a about to s ssib ha In cons Rating tli 0 • the tov fc bzially ta a state 0 the It et I. hid. •i Weavers, • 114zrets for v oar BRu a Of 'ten at ; QtItENSBERRY CAUSES. In the Court of Chancery, this morning, three Pe titions in these cau , es came on to he heard before the LORD CHANCELLOR. The first Petition Wa from Lord YAttiviouTn. on behalf of himselt and the Resi duary Legatees of the late Duke f QUItENsEERRY, praying that so much of the Bank Annuities in the hands of the Accountant-Genertl as would satisfy the amount of the claims of the March and Buc. cleugh Tenants should be cold, and laid out in the purchase of Exchequer Bills, to prevent any loss being suffered from fluctuations in the Funds, and that the remainder might be apportioned among the Legatees. —The other two Petitions were from' the MARCH and Buccutuon Tenants, and prayed for a Corn mission, to persons in Scotland, to ascertain the amount of their respective demands. The LORD CII!iNCELLOR sail, that as the Judg ment of the Holt* of Lords had remitted the Ap peals to the Court of Session, he could make no Or der at present, and that the Petitions must stand over 1 1 till the Michaelmas Term. .7 . 11 E ARMY. • L..? The services of the North Somerset Yeomanry Ca valry, commanded by Colonel HORNER, and the Bath Rifle Corps, under the command of Captain BitowN, which had been pot in requisition at Trowbridge during the Wilts Election, were officially dispensed with on Friday last, in consequence of the tranquil aspect of the opposite patties at that town. A troop of the 16th Lancers, commanded by Capt.WHEELER, continue, however, stationed at Trowbridge. At a muster of the Bath Troop of Yeomanry Ca valry, held on Monday in Queen•square, Bath, two of the troop were publicly dismissed, for effusing to attend, when ordered upon duty at Trowbridge dur ing the late disturbances ; two others were also pub licly dismissed, for returning home from Trowbridge without leave ; and a fifth was publicly dismissed from the Regiment for dtunkenness whilst upon duty. This measure is directed to be inserted in all the or derly books of the Yeomanry Cavalry throughout the Kingdom.—Bath and Cheltenham Gazette. NATAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, Auc. B.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the American ship Resolution, from New Orleans; and the Felix Restoration, liotrAms, from London, for Gibraltar, short of water, &c. Arrived off this port the Mars, Harm, from Africa, for Co penhagen. Poarissourn, Auo. 10.—Wind S.E.—Arrived a Russian fri gate, from the Eastward. Passed up Channel the Ganges, O'Rvsx, from India. DEAL, Auo. 10.—Wind E.—Came down from the River and sailed the Spectator, Ricasausox, for Demerara. Passed Dun geness the Sinclair, Stmrsmt, from St. Übe's. IIULL, Acousr 9.—Arrived the Shannon, Kirt.ax, from Greenland, with 11 fish, 340 butts. She left the ice the 13th of July, and brings intelligence of the success of the following ships, from the 20th of June to the 12th of July :—Aurora, 1 fish ; Cato, 8 fish ; Cyrus, 4 fish ; Ellison, 7 fish ; Harmony, 3 fish ; Laurel, 5 fish ; Manchester, Asa, 2 fish ; Neptune, 11 fish ; Richard, 1 fish ; Venerable, 4 fish; Alfred, 5 fish ; Che rub, 10 fish; Elizabeth, 1 fish; Eagle, 4 fish; Highflyet, fish and 700 seals ; Lord Wellington, 11 fish ; Margaret, 2 fish; Prince of Brazil, 6 fish ; Trafalgar; 21 fish ; Walker, S fish ; Abram, 1 fish; Duncombe, 3 fish ; Exmouth, 2 or 4 fish ; Gilder, 3 fish ; Jane, 3 fish ; Manchester, PARROW, 5 fish ; North Briton, 3 fish; Rachel and Ann, 3 fish; Unity, 3 fish; and Mary and Elizabeth,- 5 large fish. Conon-House, Aua. 10.—Ships entered Inwards--Waerloo, Wilkinson; from Jamaica ; Waterloo, Warren, from liarlengen ; Jessie, Freeman, from Nevis; Nimble, Heck, from Rio Janeiro; Westmorland, Niarjoribinks, from Jamaica; Abeona, Catanach, from Jamaica; Blessing, Chester, from Qu e bec; Jean, Wads worth, from St. Mary's; William and Mary, Sadler, from Oporto ; Sarah, Law, from Archangel ; Queen, Clark, from Quebec; May, Shartand, from Liverpool; Reward, Ayten, from Jamaica; Phoenix, White, from St. Helena; Charles Park, Clark, from Jamaica. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE-UN DER.LY ME RACES. TUESDAY, •EGUST 3.—(1 , 115T DAY.) A Maiden Plate of 60gs.—Twice round the Course and a distance.--Heats. Sir T. M. Stanley's ch. c. The Grand Duke Sir J. G. Egerton's b. c. 6.mthorpe - Mr. P. Mangle's b. g. Peact,ck - - Mr. Young's b. e. by Langton - - Two to 1 on the winner.—Won easy. WEDNESDAY.-(SZCOND DAY.) The Members' Purse of 60g5.—Three times round the Course. Heats. Sir W. W. Wynne's ch. h. Hobgoblin - 4 1 1 Sir J. G. Egerton's ch. b. Trojan - - 0 4 2 Lord Anson's b. c. Aylesbury - - 3 3 3 Sir T. Mostyn's b. m. Finance - - 0 2dr Sir T. M. Stanley's b. m. Bellamira - dr Two and 3 to 1 on the winner; a most excellent race, and afforded much sport. , A Sweepstakes of Sgs. each, with 30gs. added.—Twice round the Course and a distance. Mr. Kinnersley's br. c. by Williamson - . - 1 Sir J. G. Egerton's b. e. Astbury - .. 2 Four were drawn.-s-A good race. THUILSDAT.—( LA ST DAY.) A Handicap Stakes of sgs. each, with 30gs. given by the Inn keepers, and 20gs. by the Members of the Borough.—Twice round the CourSe and a distance.—Heats. Mr. Roberts's br c. Sir Harry - - 1 1 Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. The Grand Duke - 2 dr Mr. Chapman's b. c. Langton - - 3 dr Thy Subscription Cup, by horses not thorough-bred, belonging to the Gentlemen of the Newcastle and Pottery Troop of Stat fordshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—Once round the Course. Heats. . _ Mr. Rogers's b. h. Sir Peter Mr. S. Harding's br. h. Driver Mr. Cork's ch. Everlasting 1 1 4 g ' 2 foil 3 dr 1 1 2 2 4 5 The Loyal Society of Ancient Britons intend to celebrate their Prince and Patron's Birth-day, with their accustomed splendour, to-morrow. A buck from Wynnstay is to adorn the festive board ; and Bardic strains, accompanied on Ancient British Tri ple Harps, will be sung, after the manner of their fore-fathers. Dining the fair of Glasgow, about a fortnight ago, a girl about six years old, was taken to the Green, for the purpose of seeing the curiosities exhibiting there at the time. The child was so much terrified at the sight of one of the wretches who was leaping in front of the booths that she screamed, immediately became convulsive, and suffering the greatest agony, lived only till next forenoon. CORN-MARKET, MARK4.ANE, AUGUST 33. We have had no fresh supply of Wheat since Mon day, on which day nearly the whole of fine quality was cleared off, but what few samples were exhi bited this morning met 'heavy sales At Monday's prices, owing to the continuance of fine weather, and the rapid progress ma', ing in the harvest. Fine Bar ley is on demand, and hilly supports Monday's prices. The Oat trade was dull, but tiot cheaper. In Beans land Peas there i:, no alteration. 1 1 g r g r t 1 ) li i . 1 4 i i T , • . • . „ ,!,••• ' I I I . • I, I 1 1 , . 11 I • 1 I I I 1'; 1 1 ' l l 1 • ; 4 • ' • 11 , I I !:! 1 - it Ji