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eluded with enumerating the different reductions and etempt ions that had already been made in favour of, Irelsla. Sir JOHN NEWPORT, in reply, defended his vadat in 1806-7, respectin the continuance g of the Window Tax; one ground of which was, that more e g o one-third of the amount of the existing Taxes ol s calculated to b e derived from the proper regu.. lion of them. But what he might have dote or done at that period, was no reason why he should ste t any time propose such reductions as he thought opublic exigencies demanded. He had acted COlll - at all times, and no considerations of false popularity should ever induce him to act otherwise. Mr. C. BUTLER thought Ireland to be in such a ? char state, that any other sort of Taxes would be better for her than the Assessed Taxes. He could s ot, however, venture to suggest any substitutes, but vas nevertheless of opinion that some might be dis covered. Ile gave a statement of the enormous di vitiation that had taken place in the last three years in the different sorts of taxed Carriages. Mr. V. FITZGERALI) defended the necessity of the Assessed Taxes on the same grounds as Mr. Peel, aid said he could prove that there was hardly any one tax that Parliament could imeose on Ireland that would not press much more severely than 'any that were proposed to be repealed. The fair way to look at the question was not to measure it by the state ments that Gentlemen might hear from their consti tuents, or from the Petitions on the table of the Hotase ; int by the general state of the two countries, snd the necessity or providing for their, burthens.— Ile lamented as deeply as any man the miseries,oc-` visioned by distress and disease in many parts of /ie.- bnd ; but it was not on these distinct and solitary Bounds that such an important question ought to be conceded. The Right Honourable Gentleman con tinued to argue at some length in sup pmt of the pro position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and against the Amendment. It was the duty 4 the Chancellor of the Exchequer to propose an increase ((those taxes at the time they were increased; and should be recollected, if they had not been in ceased, to what a state Ireland would have been sihjected. If it had not been for this provision, the oisolidation of the Union could not have taken lace as we were then paying 17 millions of war aces, of which Ireland did not pay a farthing.— There had been no tax laid on Ireland since 1815 ; alt some had been remitted ; and but for the con solidation of the Exchequers, Ireland would last year . lure been obliged to find nine millions of charges, sith only four millions of revenue. The balance sae from Ireland was 1,750,0001. last year, so that to total deficiency, as shewn by his Right Ho nourable Friend, would be this year 6,800,0001. — Therefore when it was seen that the whole of the Assessed Taxes, if imposed in the last year for the irsttime, would not have paid the interest of the debt that Ireland must have incurred but for the ar rangement that had taken place, it was not fair to ciarge Ministers with avidity for continuing taxation h that country. After many more arguments in fa roar of the reduction as proposed by the Chancellor eche Exchequer, the Right Hon.. Gentleman con cluded with observing, that the people of Ireland ere too generous to believe that those who wished e relieve them were less sindere than others, althoX ey could not go so far ; and that, when more c at be consistently given, we ought not to be charged kith having done less fot Irelstnd.than for other parts is the empire, when in fact we had done more. ?Jr. SHAW repeated thei-sentimeuts he had ut teed in a former stage of the measure, and read again the extracts from Mr. Corey's speech on the llindow Tax in 1800. He toot a comparative view tithe increasing deficiences in the Hearth and Win im Taxes in the last two years, and asked if it were psssible, by persevering in a tax so falling off, that say thing equal to what was expected would be cle aved from it ? The deficiency in the Hearth .and Window Tax for the last three years amounted to 110,0001. or 111,0001. The insolvencfes in Dublin, on account of these taxes were, in 1816, 220/.; but is the year ending the Ist January, 1818, they were 1,7911. besides considerable arrears of the preceding year, never likely to be got in. He therefore thought tvould be advisable to agree to the amendment. Mr. L FOSTER defended the good faith of Par liament respecting the Window Tax. He was sure :galling would give more heartfelt pleasure to the Chancellor of the Exchequer than to relieve Ireland is far as was consistent with his paramount duty to the country at large. The working classes, it should se recollected, were intended to be relieved of the endow tar, not to the amount of 25 but to 90 per I".nt. by taking it off of all lodging houses of a cer 'n description, and there was a clause for the ex . , 'ion of the manufacturing part of the popul ation . 1 1 for all wareh ouses f or li nen. What c lasses then ould the Right Hon. Baronet propose to have ex- 1 ftpted? The entire amount of the Assessed Taxes 01817 was 601,0001. of which the Window Tax tpplied 356,0001. and now a fourth part of this was reposed to be remitted, which would make a mate . *al reduction in the total amount. He thought it sold be a more difficult task for the Chancellors of to Exchequer to excuse himself to the people of ingland for not making the exemption extend to Lem—(hear, hear.) Mr. CHICHESTER supported the Amendment FRANCIS BuRDErr said, it was natural '.at the pe o pl e o f E ng l and should be jealous, if those -17 eland were not taxed to the full extent, and that ktter should have the same sort of feeling ; but ere was very little ground for jealousy on either K.; as none could complain of taxation not being lekit out to them to the utmost pitch of endurance. u:__t , h e stron g p o i nt o f t h e question was, whether I ":indow T ax was not a most cruel and oppressive producing misery, disease, and death ?—(Hear, Td Then it w as not say i ng whether a few thou 4ads more or less should be collected, but whether ( ) tight to be o b ta i ne d b y such an abominable Num! A tax on light was the most obnoxious at r,4d repulsive that the mind of nian could invent.— talkin' of the generosity of England toward T s Ted, in relieving her of her burthens, the f ac t 4* that Ministers had made the people of En4ind ! the debt s t h ey had incurred in the name o t 'l . the ;'"Ple of Ireland. When Ireland was compelled by : r, , c e to submit to the Union, she had no debt ; it it"±4letet.ore nonsensethe debt of Ireland. 4„ : the debt which to Ministers had incurred-1 ,cculd met ta x Inland noose ii they would, nor could they collect the taut already im posed. Under pretence of doing their duty to the State, they would compel that country to submit to pestilence, disease, and death, because they say they cannot propose any substitute--(Hear, hear, hear).— It was the business of the Chancellor of the Exche quer to find out such taxes as the country could en dure. But Ministers seemed to forget that the people had a right to demand a cessation of all taxes, and the adoption of some efficient system of economy. And he would ask them why our great military ests. blishment, which could not be required for any good purpose, was not reduced, as well as sinecures cut down, so as to render obnoxious taxes unnecessary? They had no right to seek for taxes till such a system is-as adopted. As to the Irish Window Tax, he should havebeen better pleased if it had been pro posed to abolish it altogether, in-order to allay that distress and misery that threatened the destruction of the country—(hear, hear).—The repeal of this tax might be the means of reducing the unnecessary military establishment in that country, and other measures might be taken to suppress illicit distilla tion, and allow the people to drink good whiskey in stead of bad. He would rather that less should come into the Exchequer, in order that less might go out of it, to support a system hateful to the country. Lord CARHAMPTON was of opinion that the continuance of the Window Tax was the continuance of pestilence and famine. Ile- would suggest as a substitute, that the Hearth Tax should be levied on the whale population of Ireland. He related a prac tice to be prevalent between Gentlemen and their te nants in Ireland of keeping a running account of the Hearth 'fax, and striking a balance when they came settle ; but of which, when in favour of the tenant, he scarcely ever saw a farthing. • Lord CASTLEREAGH said nothing would be more gratifying to him, or to his Right Honourable Friend, than to be able to propose some measure of relief for Ireland ; to be able to offer her some boon of indulgence after the period of extreme pressure which she had passed through, in a manner which would never be forgotten in this part of the empire. But the question now before the House was not merely an Irish question ; it was one which concerned all parts of the nation. For the argument of the Hon. Baronet, that to do without taxes it was only neces sary to abolish sinecure places, to diminish pensions, and reduce the army—these might be very good ge neral topics, but on these the House had already de cided in the manner which they thought best for the good of the country, though not in a way that exactly corresponded with the ides of the Hon. Baronet.— He shewed, that the war which had been brought to a successful conclusion by the course which Parlia ment had judged it most wise to pursue, had thrown burdens on Ireland as well as on the other parts of the Empire, which it would be long ere she could be relieved from. But he shewed that the pressure of the Taxes was not peculiarly severe on the Sister Kingdom. The Window Tax had not caused the fever in Ireland : this had been seen by what occurred when the Irish Government had given permission for all windows to be opened free of expense which had been closed to avoid paying the Tax, the shutting of which was found to be injurious to health. That Tax, he would farther remark, had been in operation ever since 1799, and no fever had been said to arise from it before last year. It was therefore not liable to all the objections which had been urged against it by the Honourable Baronet, who on this, as on other occasions, had been pleased to attribute that which was one )f . the visitations of PROVIDENCE to the mis conduct of Government. He was not aware that the Window Tax was less applicable to Ireland than it was to Scotland ; and that it was levelled particularly at the poor man, he denied —as, in Ireland, every house that contained fewer than seven windows was exempted from its operation altogether—(Hear!)— Tha reduction now called for could not be made in favour of Ireland without imposing taxes to a simi lar amount in some other way on the population of the country, unless the House should think that they could, consistently with legislative justice, relieve Ireland by imposing additional taxes to a corres ponding amount on the people of England. This plan he did not conceive could be adopted. But no plan had been suggested for,imposing new taxes on Ireland, and the question therefore became one not of substitution, but of mitigation. Now, though lie admitted it might be policy for a time to spare the weaker country, and though in England there was no wish to squeeze the last shilling out of Ireland, yet it was felt that that country ought not to press on this for assistance beyond what was reasonable and just. It had already been stated that the debt oflreland at this day was no greater than it had been at the time of the Union, and she was now assisted by contribu ti:ms from England amounting yearly to 500,0001. Under all the circumstances, he was anxious to take his full share of the unpopularity which would attach to resisting that relaxation now claimed, as in his conscience he could not think Ireland entitled to it. No country had ever so successfully and so cheaply passed through a war as she had done. Had she been left a separate country, she must have been lost to England, and in that case she must have been lost Ito herself, or she must have borne heavier burdens, and have greatly increased her debt. That amount H of relaxation which it was proposed to afford, was as much as could with propriety be allowed to Ire land in the present state of things, and he was sorry it was not accepted in such a way as might make the people of Ireland content with it. Sir G. HILL supported the original motion. The House divided, when there appeared— For the Motion - - 80 For the Amendment - 55 Majority in fevour of the propooltinn of the Chancellor of the Exchequer - - 25 A conversation followed, in which Sir J. NEWPORT, Mr. HusitissoN Mr... P. GRANT, Mr. V. FITZGE RALD Sir M. W . Rtst.rv, and Mr. BABING TON , par ticipated, in the course of which the duties on car riages were discussed, and the relief proposed to be granted, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER finally moved that the duty on one male servant should be reduced to two guineas, wkich was agreed to, as were resolutions fixing the duty on a single carriage at 10/.1 on two carriages at 221. on three at 331. on four at' 4-I!. on every additional carriage the further sum of 12/. ; on every .two.wheeled carriage drawn by one horse, 5!. 5.. and on every jaunting , car, 21.25. The other Orden of the Der were then disposed of, And the House ,adjourucd At One o'Clock. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1818. THE FUNDS. PRICE Or STOCKS Tiffs DAY AT Tn'TLyn o'cr.oCK : Reduced 79f I—Consols 8080 f—for Acc. 4 per Cent. 961 f —Navy Anns. 1071 f India Bonds 98 100 pr.—Exch. Bills 18 - 21 pr. Omnium 11; prem. A Message from the PRINCE Rgc.xst was delivered, yesterday, to both Houses of Parliament, intimating, that he had given the Royal Assent to the intended union of the Duke of KENT with the widow of the late Prince of LYNANGEN, and sister of Prince Leo- POLD, and trusting that Parliament would enable him to make a suitable provision for the same. The precedent established in the case of the Duke of CANI• BRIDGE, will, probably, be followed, in determining the amount of the additional pecuniary grant to be made to the Duke of KENT upon this occasion. Her Serene Highness will be thirty-two years of age in August next. She has a son and daughter by her deceased husband. The son is in his fourteenth year, the daughter in her twelfth. The Princess herself has an establishment and dower, amounting to between four and five thousand pounds sterling per annum, which we fear she will lose by her union with the DUKE. The Bill which has passed the American Senate, of which we yesterday laid a copy before our Readers, shuts, from the 30th of next September, the ports of the United States against every vessel the property of a British subject coming from any port in the dominions of Great Britain which is closed against the ships of the United States ; and exacts a Bond from every British vessel outward-bound from American ports, laden with American produce, that the cargo shall not be landed in any port closed against the ships of the United States.—That is, all direct commercial intercourse between the British West India Islands and the United States is inter dicted—the British laws prohibiting its being carried on in American bottoms, and the American law, in retaliation, prohibiting its being carried on in British bottoms. Thetffect will be, that any of the products of our West India Islands, required by the Ameribans, viz. rum, sugar, and molasses, must now be carried in vessels belonging to other nations ; and on the other hand, the supplies of provisions and lumber required by our Islands, must be carried in vessels of the same description.—or the Americans may supply themselves from the islands of other Powers, and our islands from Canada and Nova Scotia. It remains then to be seen who is to be most bene fited by this new system. One point is obviously gained for British subjects by the operation of these laws—namely, an increased commerce between the British Colonies in Notch America and our own Islands, which cannot but prove highly advantageors to the former ; and the only question to be ascer tained is whether the loss of the subjects of the United States as customers more than counterbalances the other advantages ? We think that, probably, the general gain to our entire dominions will more than compensate for any loss occasioned by this new order of things. In fact the order which will thus ensue is precisely what existed before the American war : the commerce was then direct only between the Bri tish ports and the British colonies—the French, who had formerly had colonies there, being entirely, excluded. The New York Papers which we received yester day, furnish the following confirmation of the . ac counts from Madrid, of the defeat of the Republi cans under BouVAR : " LAGUIRA, FEB. 29, Half-past Six P.M. " GLORIOUS NEWS FOR TILE SPANIARDS. " An expreis has just arrived, by which we have recerve d news of a most terrible action having been fought with the Pa triots, in which General Mostaco was victorious. The parti culars of this new are not yet fully known, but to-morrow we shall have them." A farther series of American Papers to the 21st ult. arrived this forenoon. The Navigation Bill, of which we have spoken above, was on the 11th April passed in the House of Representatives by a large majority, and returned to the Senate. The defeat of the Patriots of Venezuela is still farther confilm •d by the following accounts: BOSTQN, APRIL 15. A letter from La Gnayra, of the 20th February, received in Baltimore, has the following :—" An express has just arrived, by which we have news of a terrible action being fought, in which Morillo was victorious. A salute is now firing : all are overjoyed. Particulars not yet known : to-morrow we will have them, and I will advise. Suffice it to say, it is such as to completely restore tranquillity." BALTIMORE APRIL 13 . Captain Liddle, from Laguira, confirms the account of the defeat of the Spanish Insurgents near Calabor°, The report of the death of President PBTION is 'confirmed by authentic advices from Port-au-Prince of the Ist of April last, which will be found in ancP. ther part of our Paper. The vacant Presidentship has been peaceably assumed by a General BoYER, whom he had been permitted by the Senate to no minate as his successor. Yesterday the PRINCE RECENT held a Court at Carltou-liouse, which was attended by rite Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State. His Royal Highness then held a Privy Council, when the royal sanction was given to the marriage of the Duke of KENT ; after which Admiral Sir G. CAMPBELL was introduced, and kissed hands on being appointed Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. Yesterday the Marquis and Marchioness of Ht;si= . LEY left town, for Geneva. 'ME gINCE versus COURT OF KING'S BENCit The trial of this Case came on this morning Justice BAYLEY. The circumstances which to it must be so fresh in the remembrance of, ders, that any recapitulation of them is unnecessary , The fact of having sent the challenge to Lord - mount was distinctly proved, and indeed not by Thistlensood, who appeared extremely with the jaundice, and did not attempt to in; defence.—The Jury, which was a special one, a verdict of Guilty, but the Court deferred nouncing sentence till a future day. Thistlewood, on leaving the Court, stated Lordship, as we understood, in a low tone that it was his intention to move for a new when his Lordship stated to him, that, on pro , affidavits being made, they would be attended NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. • CORK, MAY 8. Arrived the Wyton transport, from Portsmou , with Government stor e;, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, MAY Ili Wind from S.W. to W.—Arrived oft thiL American ship Washington, from New Y , has proceeded for London. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 13. Wind S.W.— Passed up Channel the Sisters, HAM, from Demerara, in 35 days, for London Richard, NOBLE, in 37 days, frOm ditto for DEAL, MAY 13. Wind S.W.—Arrived and. sailed for the Malvina, PAvEv, from Berbice ; Tullock Cast . LEN, from Jamaica ; also, his Majesty's PIONEER, from a cruize. Came down from and remain, the Oporto packet, FODEN, for bucco ; Glory, for New South W; Royal Sovereign yacht, for Calais. LIVERPOOL, MAY Vessels spoken with—On 28th April, long. 24. the Solon, from London for New 24th ult. in lat. 47. 45. long. 30. the Hamilton, Biverpool to Boston ; same day, the Wilberforc e, ristol to Newfoundland, out 15 days ; on ' in lat. 47. 19. long. 29.30. the brig Ann, fro; pool for Quebec ; on 30th, in lat. 48. 42. 1 30. the brig Olive Branch, from Jamaica for out 66 days—by the Brothers, from Jamaica RYE, MAY 13. The Industr7, CRAMMER, of Sunderland, up on the 7th Inst. about six miles off the Sand, three casks of madder, marked I. S. 13, which has been secured in his Majesty house at this Port. GRAVESEND, MAY 13. Arrived the Orwell, Muddle, from St. Vincent's , Ganden, from Jamaica; Fanny, George, from St. Mirable, Rutherford, from ditto ; the Sir William Lt from St. Kitt's ; Concord, Wales, from Leghorn, Wellington, Harris, from Calcutta ; Diligence, Griffith,, Limerick ; Europa, Newson, from Wismar ; Mad. —, from Munn ; Fortuna, Shoemaker, from Stral Ocean, Fowle, froth Alexandria • Blue-eyed Lass, Lisbon. — Sailed the Hyperion, Galloway, for Fort _ Mary Ann,. Warrington, for Fort William ; Kate, Pm Rio Janeiro; Wesum, Harris, for Oporto; Aid, T' Quebec ; Parfaide Union, Mascot, for Calais; Anna, Hamburgh; Union, Coleaah, for Naples, &c. and the Appellgzau, for Stockholm. SPORTING INTELLIGPNCF:: NE*MAIREET SECOND SPRING MEM! WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. Sweepstakes of I Apt. each, for 7,-yr-ohl colts, Bst. 41b. Mr. Thornhill's brother to Cwrw - - - - Mr, Villiers 's colt, by Cock Hain - - Mr. 'Wilson's filly, by 11.nodcoliolt tland's Duke of Rutl_ colt, by Selina - 2 to 1 agst brother to Csvrw-5 to 2 agst Mr. Wilson 5 to 2 agst the Duke of Rutland's cult. Handicap Plate of £5O, by Subscription, being the three £5O Plata for three, four, five, six-year-olds, horses. A. F. Mr. Watson's chesnut colt Maro, 4-yrs-old, 7st: 21b. Lord Jersey's bay hurce Canro'i 11,11, aged, 9st. 21b. Duke of Grafton 's bay colt Waterloo, 4-yrs-Old, 7st, Seven started—The Judge placed but three—i. Dlaro-5 to 2 agst Cannon Ball-9 to 1 apt Waterloo. Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, from the Ab. M. starting the end of R. M. Lord Jersey's The Giant, 4-yrs-old, 7st. 91b. - Lord Sufald's Glow-worm, 6-yrs-old, est. 41b. Mr. Wilson's Carlton, 5-yrs-old, Bst. 41b. - Duke of Rutland's R boda, 5-yrs-old, 7st. 81b. fir. Terrett's Sovereign, 5-yrs-old, 9st. llb. 7to 4 agst The Giant-3 to 1 apt Rhoda-7 to 2 apt Yesterday a Court of Directors *as held at the House, when the following Commanders took lea , Court, viz.—Captain THYMAS LAILICIPS, Warren Captain Petra Cisizaos, General Hewitt; and Capt. F. BALDEILSON, Asia. Sir Diann PICCMORT, Vice-Admiral of the White, vernor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Ne land, &c. died at St. John's on the 24th February, aged was succeeded in the government by Captain BOWCZIII, Naval Officer on that station. The Earl of YARMOUTH has very hat made a present to Mr. H. E. JOHNSTON, the of Druty-Lane Theatre, of a masquerade great cost and magnificence, in which his _ made his appearance at a late fashionable farm in the character of Hamlet. As Mr. KaAss was lately retiring from hi_ sional labours at the Theatre, he was accosted half-starved and naked Nee°, who most solicited some assistance from him. Having ,searched his pockets foe.money, he took off lii coat, which he gave to the beggar, and disar The Memoirs of LUCIEN BUONAPARTE, Canino, have been purchased by Mr. Comm will be published in a few days, in French and We beg to call the attention of our Rea( Bill now in forward progress in Parliamem the "Labourers' Wages 13ill," in which it is that every Person engaged in Collieries, an, Manufactures of the lungdom, shall pay hi men in the legal Coin of the Realm, or in England Notes, under a penalty of I'lo. Tie takes from the Labourer tLse option of resit: _ wages in Country . Bank-notes, which are genera, preferred by him, in consequence of the less to Forgery, and will, it' carried into a law, effi introduce the circulation of Bank Paper, to tb entire exclusion ofCountry Bankers' Notes, fo of which are noW circulated by the payment . This day the Sessions ended at the Old when sixteen prisoners received judgment of five to be Transported for Life; eleven for Years ; and fifty-nine for Seven Yeas s. FlRL—Tbunday niiht, about tea o'clock, a fire hrci the corn and flour mills at Mt:nail Mill, near Falkirk, • tirely destroyed the machinery and roof tithe flour did eonridelabk da111.11;t, to the :ma mill. , . „ I I I • , )OD. PI: . , ning befoTe • i h gave rise I i I f i '' P of our Rea• it i . nnecessary. • Lord SID' ( not denied ly afflicted make any one, found it I , .4 I (erred pro- ated to hitt t ne of voice, i t . eA• trial ; t on pruper MI • ended to. 0 i i !. 4. . l Portsmouth, I I his port the /4 i I . : • 1 , 1 York, and 1 ,0 1 isters, OLD-. madon; and N Dr ditto..l t ; 11 . . . o e 'River the f OJ I • , i r2astle, GuL- . • tt• 's schooner i 4 1 n the River ;or Pernam. Wales ; and. r i 11 , in lat. 99. " • o , w York ; on i ailton, from 1 I ', rforce, from on 25th ult. from Liver- o ~" fI l 3. long. '2O. • for London, aica. . : arid, picked , t e Shipwash S. No. 4,7, . !sty's Ware • :'s; ITenrietli, 1 c 1 I St. Vincent's; n Lushington, - i g• hortt; Lord 1 hiffiths, from I fad. C-atbrina, Stralsund ; the P, Copt, from it St. George ; Purdue, for l' , Trotter, for as, Meyer, for 4 the Carolina, 10 4 .7.F:. ING, Ism ab. fit es, Sat. • i )1 , . - - - 1 . 1 ! 1 i i - - 2 •• 't i - - 3' Nilson's filly...* ' r I ie third of the • : ; ‘ olds, andsagtvl .i 1 i s' elb. - 2 lit. into. 3 C 1 —8 to I age , $ tt, erloo. tarring post to • - - I , 1 t! ' - - 2 I - - 4 !f. .• t k - - 5 gat Sovereign." the East India t leave of the 1, en Hastings ; ;, .4 ) Capt. Tuomast i Vhite, and Go=( I of Newfound,- , aged 82. He I two, the senior 1 1 P s handsomely he Manager • 4 . de dress of • is Lordship ! fancy Ball, , his profes• 1 ., o • S . !costed by a st earnestly ring in vain i if his great fisappeared. :, Prince of , -MAN, and ' 71 nd English. - .1, i' Leaders to a i n ent, called ' il t is enacted _ and all the v his woe k- in Bank of 1 This Bill !ctiving his v . 1 1 , • generally il ess liability , effectually ; ) the almost , four-fifths • ' •Il I P it of wages. : I )1d Bailey, " .. • : of Death ; 0. t or Fourteen , '4 ,i , \4l . A hrcke rut Its li, wh:eh sta. ,Ist tniil, ..nd . , I I' '' I