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Iqt cam. 'Meta Qads rec t h. ans 'tu; to r a. 29TH FEBRUARY. - • *lave received from France by the frigate Constitu tion do not c-,ntain anything satisfactory. The cir cumst2nCeofth6 basit °fa Commercial Treaty having t b e en transmitted from Mr. BARtenv to his C ore i n . 711 - s : i s not tale, and the following letter, received by r h t Constitutions is from a source as highly respt c . tab l e , dZ its contents tre interesting PARIg. JANUARY u I mus t d e Xie being interested with yon In any further ad ventures with or ).4sldtout licence to this country. The last s yen win perceive. p od s Plot a profit adequate to the dielicultlei with w hich the trade ;„ In t‘rrassed; and it seems t o b e t h e prev a il . k i g opinion here, among i`k,e mere intelligent of the French, whose o pinions I have had an opperiunity of learning, and two of them sit connected with the Gove\ment, that no ictommodatien sill be acceded to by the Elnper . ce, inconsistent with the ex is. *we of the Berlin and Milan Decrees; although the Emperor win continue, by special suspension of t%. it operation, in every cm to countenance the spirit and the mi.stK^s of our own Go vemment, and to encourage our citizens to supx.rt our Govern' out 6 them, as lung as the variance between Eug:and and the United States is kept up, and we contribute to the reveztoe hews by paying the tariff duties. It is agreed on all hands, ttot the Emperorh policy is not to afford evidence of the repeal his berets, lest it should produce the repeal of the Orders in Comte Ni; and by this policy, the people here do not disguise that they are ''plguinc, that we shall be gradually led into hostilities with E ng l an d. But from recent communications from England, an apprehension entern.ined, that she may be constrained, fur her own sake, to re:i".lnitsh her Orders in Council, In which event, there CIO hardly be a ddutit, but that all .American property I within the Emperor's grasp, will be seised, not merely on ac- count of its magnitude, nor from ef.hilty to us, but from a fazed it aoh.tinn to give a fair trial to his falourite plan of subduing England, in which, circ4imstances every day snake him niore and mote sanguine; for politicians here undertake to ProVe, that the neutrality of the United States would be more pernicious than their enmity to the success of this system. Although I cannot see into this, yet the idea seems co rooted, that I would not trust to any effort Mr. Barlow can make to the Government here, to abandon it—and so long as it prevails, cur merchants will be subject to insecurity. Hence you will infer, that the relations of the United States at this moment, are not viewed by this Govern ment as neutral towards EuglAnd." IBM THE BALTIMORE COMMERCIAL GAZETTE OF THE JOEL BAR Low.--We understand, that notwithstand ing the exterior studied reception of our Minister. in order to answer the present policy of the French Go vernment, no man is more odious at Paris. His former personal demeanour, and unfavourable standing as an individual, have risen up against him ; bo far from the applause which is contained in the Empe ror's answer to his Address, as sent here for publica tion, having been actually bestowed, the reverse sen timent is felt in its fullest force. His brain-sick and disorganizing pamphlets, and his song of go God save the Guillotine," which, contrary to his public denial when in this country, is said to admit of living proof against him at Pair., have rendered him obnoxious beyond the hatred. which is felt for mere French Ja cobins. Mr. EWERS, the Messenger, arrived this morning with dispatches from Cadis ; but they are not of so tecent a date as those which have been already com municated to the public. The PRtECE REGENT Will hold a Privy Council to.mnrrcw, at Carlton House. His Royal Highness twill hold a Levee on Thursday. On- Sunday, the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES attended Divine Service at St. George's Chapel, -Windsor. The Qom' and Pit! N cEsss.s bad Divine _service performed in the Castle. Yesterday, the Parkce REGRNT took an airing on horseback in the Parks. The ensuing St. George's Day is to be celebrated Widi much splendour. It is said the PRINCE REGENT will give a grand entertainment upon the occasion. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday noon, at the Secretary of State's Office. Yesterday there was a meeting of Irish Noblemen and Gentlemen at the Tharched-house 'Tavern, to receive the Report of the Committee to whom the Petitions in favour of the Catholic claims were en trusted. The Petitions were handed in, which were signed by a number of the most respectable persons connected with Ireland by birth and property. It was understood that the Petition' to the Lords was to be presented by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, and that to the Commons by Mr. PONSONBT. We understand, however, that the Irish Catholics arc desirous that their Petition, and the Petition of the Protestants in their favour, should be presented to the PRINCE RE. oisr, before the question of their claims shall be brought forward in Parliament. Never were cordiality and harmony more happily prevalent between the Catholic ar.cl Protestant gentry of the County Kildare. On the last Grand Jury for that county there were seven Catholic Gentkotcn em pannelle4! Thursday, a meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds was held, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Legislature against the renewal of the East India Charter, when a series of Resolutions were carried, and a petition read and agreed to, sub ject to the revision of a Committee. Monday sc'nnight, at a meeting of the Trades' House of Glasgow, BASIL RONALD, Esq. Convener, inn the Chair, several resolutions deprecating the mo nopoly of trade to the East Indies, were unanimously agreed to. Similar resolutions have been adopted by the merchants and manufacturers of Perth. It is a melancholy fact, that at this time nearly fourteen hundred weavers are totally out of employ in Spitalfields and its vicinity. BREAD.—There was no Court of Aldermen this day. The Loan MAYOR, after inspecting the Meal , - weigher's Returns, ordered the price of bread to be reduced One Penny per Peck, to take place oil Thursday. The price of the Quartern Loaf will then be ls. The King George packet sailed on Sunday, from 114 twichs with a mail for Anholt t and the Lady Frances, with a mail for Heligoland. On board one of these vessel{ the celebtaped Baron GUAM) I,ook bis anal leave of this country. 1 I'HE ARMY. The lit battalion of the Ist Regiment of Guardei are under orders f9r Portugal, consisting of IWO effective men, to reinforce the British troops under the command of thb Earl of iiret.i.tecToN. Three hundred men of the 2d battalion of, il4let Regiment, Irinif in the Tower, are also trader orders for forewn service, to reinforce the Sd battali-n at They are to march in a few days under the command of Lieutenant-Colonels • ToveNsEND and Ukeirr, Captains, DAVii and Etnor, and Ensigns TROIIirON, BninuastAK, and STARK. The troops thus destined are all of them picked men. The following presents a statement of the present and future quarters of the Irish Militia Regiments, together with such of the English Regiments as are in Ireland : Re:invent:. Antrim Cavan Cork City Dublin County Down, North Galway Kilkenny Limerick City 'Loudon Derry Ldngtord Monagliet Tyrone Weaftsrd Argyle Cornish Miners Dumiriza NoniNehstu Northtunhe Warwick Fermanagh ?matt estartm. Futatrt Qmarterv. Cavan Dublin Dublin S Ennlseortby and i Wexford • ' Clonony Dublin Carlow Athlone Casbal Clonmel Limerick ' Cork Bandon Dublin Dublin Carlow Belf:st Brrr . Wexford Cashel Clonmel Clonony Galway Tuant Tuam Galway Athlone Banden Enniscortby Wicklow Tu'Lenore Dublin Dublin Tullam ore I Cork Limerick 1 Blrr Belfast Dublin Rouertstovrn. Papers attd letters have been received from Cadiz by a private• ship, the former to the 13th, the latter to the 20th of last month. The intelligence tends to she* the extrt.ine distress of the french for provisions, and the advantages likely to be derived from the forward movements of the allies on the south side of the Tagus.-:-Tlte following is an extract from one of our letters : " CADIZ, MARCH 19. " The capture of Valencia is an unwelcome event, but it is not so pernicious to rile cause of Spain as has been conjectured. 'rhe*Govertment here having refused to ratite the capitulation, the French wilt not be able to convey their prisoners to France, and great numbers of them will effect their escape. " Nine battalions vii the enemy have been removed from the besieging army before this fortress. The French are in great want of Rrovisions, and our own troops being sufficiently sup plied, we bntertain no doubt that Badajoz will tall, and the con sequence of this success will naturally be, that the enemy must abandon the lines before LUdiz." Another letter front an Officer at Head-quarters, of the latest date, says, that the French are not in a condition to concentrate: their forces, in order to re lieve Badajoz, from the want of provisions. It assures that Badajoz will surrender, that after it is• reduced, the Allies will proceed against Seville, and that such an enterprise, evcn if unsuccessful, must occasion the raising of the si.tge of Cadiz, and if suc cessful, must produce the entire evacuation by the French of the fertile province of Andalusia. Other letters, adverting to titre miserable condition of that part of the country, observe, that wheat is at the enormous price of 360 rials the Fanega, which is nearly double the price in times of unusual scarcity during the last fifty years. It i s distressing to add, that in many houses in the neighbourhood of the Isla, the inhabitants have died from the want of suf ficient nourishment. ' The French had made some further experiments in throwing shells into Culiz, and five of them had reached the place, which, how ever, had done no material clamage. In thf, Journals it is mentioned, that 8000 of the enemy had proceeded fromVailatlolid towards France, exclusive of the division of Rocca, and that 1800 sick remained in the hospitals of the city. Tie corps of the Count of NIONTLIO, according to intelligence from the interior of Castile, had penetrated as far as 'Burg° de Osna. On board some of the transports, which arrived with the last convoy at the Motherbank, are German recruits and deserters, from the French army. Monday se'nnight a Court-;martial was held on board the GLADIATOR, to try Ms. THOMAs GERRARD, Gunner of his Majesty's sloop VA trowt, for drunken ness ; which being proved, he was sentenced to be dismissed from his office as Gunner, and to serve in any other situation that the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth shall think fit. The Court next proceeded to try Lieutenant J. BRowNE, Commander of the SYLVIA cutter, and Mr. JOHN SHARP, the Pilot, for running the cutter on shore, in coming from the Downs to Portsmouth, on the mor❑ing of the 23d. The Court having com pleted the enquiry, was of opinion that blame was imputable to Lieut. BROWNE, for neglect of duty, and he was sentenced to be severely reprimanded ; that great blame was imputabh to Mr. SHARP, the Pilot, for inattention to his duty, and altering the course during the night, and did sentence him to lose all pay due to him for his services in the navy, and to be rendered incapable of ever serving as a Pilot hi the Royal Navy again. Musco PARK—Extract from the Calcutta Monthly Journal, for June, 1811 :—" No certain intelligence has hitherto been received of the fate of Mr. Mungo Park ; but it appears by the English papers, that the accounts of his safety are still doubted. We know not whether the lotlowing circumstances, as commu nicated by Mr. Pearce, in Abyssinia, to Captain Rod land, at Mocha, in a letter, dated Antalou, the 29th of December, 1810, are calculated to lessen those doubts or not. The person alluded to is either Mungo Park of Mr. Horneman, who has been sent by the Diletanti Society on a similar mission. A friend cf Mr. Pearce's, who has a relation, a merchant, in the Shoa, Calla, and who left Efat three manths ago, saidi that some strange white man had arrived in the country of Shoa, and was expected at Efat with an intention to proceed thence to Tigri. Since this in.' formation, Mr. Pearce heard, that a white man was` seen beyond Meta. Mr. Pearce had obtained leave from the Ras to proceed to 3hoa. in consequence of a letter addressed by Captain Rudland to the Rae Welleta Selasse, orders had been given, that in case Mr. Park entered the territories of the Ras, every at tention was to be shewn him, and every ailliStialte afforded him to reach Masse►wa." . I. • A . •' • ..r. r ArifFAL IN 'gLLI~EACB: •• pLymoirn( mnift. k • . • • The outw ar d-b oun d 'Newfoundland ..uttd North America !let ts, under Coavor.of lii Mißfs ,Atear, cleared the harbour this ehstigl 664 4 o'clock, wi t h t h e w i n d at S. E. bdt frost, sppear7 ante of the wearhervir is feared that theAvind will get' back again to tire S. W. An American ship is just come in, said to be from Sava . nnili." ArriVed a French Cartel from Dartmouth, to take back the men thit na v i gate d t h e P ers ev(rance cartel for this port from L'Olient. POR'ItMOLTH, APP.II, G. Arrived the Devan transpOrt, with the Perseverance, Cynthia, and Quebec packet, from Gibraltar, being part of the YORK'S convoy. His Majesty's ship S►nr. FIRE is appointed convoy for the Downs instead of the BUZZARD, which has sailed Mia ctuize. Wind S.S.E. DEAL, APRIL 6. Cure down from the River the Ravo: sloop of war, and the Elizabeth, --; for Senegal. Sailed the Dispatch ; and the Prior sloop, on a critize.— Arrived the SYRCULATon lugger, after seeing her con voy safe to Pot tsmo4th.—Wind S. W. Miami YARMOUTH. APRIL 6. Arrived this morning the Acurs gun•brig, and re mains. Sailed yesterday, after posr, the Potent sloop of war, Captain Tuosapsos, on a cruize off th. Dog. ger. The Eliza tender passed through the Roads to the southward.—Wind S. E. gAvat. PROMOTIONS. Captain New of the Raisonable, Captain H. Barwer, and Cap. taro E. S. P. Knox, are promoted to the rank of Post Captains. Lieutenant% Galway, Digby, Hon. Kenelin Somerville, Bartho lomew (ol the Richmond gun-brig), and J. Jekyll (for his inge nious inveition of a ship's pump and tire-engine), to the rank of Commander. APPOIN OMEN rs. Captain A. Schomberg Is aprointcd to the Dictator. Captain G. Grant, to the Drake. Captain R. Williams, to the Gloucester. Captain J. Carter, to the Thracian. Captain James Sanders, to the Timon. Captain W. Perrie, to the Gannet. Lieutenant Palk, to command the Sylvia cutter. lieutenant Edward Handheld, to the Lieutenztit John Pearkes, to be first of the Mermaid. Lieutenant Louis, to the Valiant. I ieutenant Jackson to the Herald. Lieutenants Rhode : and Eastwood, to the Impregnable. lieutenant Dewar, to the Electra. Lieutenant Kelly, to the Terrible. Lieutenant Pitt, to the Mars. Lieutenant Sablien, to the Hannibal Lieutenant Wirren, to the Port Mahon- Lieutenant James ' to the Tyrlan. Lieutenant Rose, from the Crown prison-ship, to the Hearty. Lieutenant Wickham to the Crown. Lieutenant Davis, to the Circe. Mr. Brett, Master, to the hferinaid. Mr. Parker, Master, to the Abersrombie. Mr. Tay.or, Master, to the .Acteon. Mr. Joi:at!,an Gain, Purser, from the Redpole to the Milan. Messrs. Lock, Thompson, Hodges, Symits, and Fiminaurice, have paved for Lieutenants. APPOINTMENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Capt. A. W. Clifford, posted front the Cephalus to the Active. Lieutenant Richard Fleming, from the Ajax to the command of the Pylades brig. I.ieut. N. Poyntz, from the Pylades to the Epervolr brig. Lieut. R. Atkock, fro:n the Ville de Paris to the Swiffsure. I.ieut. Elphinstone, from the Royal George to the Ajax. I.ieut. W. S. Fuller, from the Malta to Vie Eclair. Mr. Car6en, to be Sub-Lieutenant of the Pyladm. Mr. Johnson, Assistant-Surgeon of the Sultan, to be Surgeon of the Metope. Mr. E. Lewis, Assistant-Surgeon of the Ville de Paris, to the hlerope. Mr. Wm. Dykes, Assistant-Surgeon of the Apollo, remised to Malta Hospital. Mr. Win. Armstrong, Assistant-Surgeon of the Ceplulus, to the Ajax. Mr. A. Pettison, Assistant-Surgeon, to the VIII,. di? Paris. Mr. Weir to be Secretary to Rear-Admiral Hallowell. SHIPS ARRIVED. At Gibrattar—The Ma•ilda, Da'mahoy, from La Guira. At New York-1 he Jane, Selkirk, from London ; thr Charles, Raker; the Golconda, Croker ; and the Catherine, August.t, tram Pl) mouth. Off Portsmouth—The Quebec packet, Wallace, from Patrols ; the Aurora, Carr, from Surinam ; the Cptlti.t. Brooks, from Smyrna; the Sic:ly, Lewington, autl the Miry, Stammers, from Gibraltar. ---------- . At Chsrleston—Tile Aurora, (alias Palafox,) from Havannah, in distress. In the River—The Liberty, Varren, from Waterford, bound to Cadiz. The Maxwell, ORLAM, arrived at Liverpool from Demerara, spoke, on the 29th ultimo, in lat. 49. long. 22. the Braganza, STALKER, from Antigua to Liver pool. The Mary, FERGUSON, arrived it Liverpool from Demerara ; sailed on the 12th of February, in com pany with the Fora, ItAvELY, for Liverpool, and parted on the 18th off Montserrat. The Catherine, JACKSON, sailed from Detherara for London on the llth of February. The boats of the SULTAN man of war have cap tured two armed French vessels, by boarding, off Bactia. One of them had arrived at Malta, mounted six long 6-pounders, four swivels, and manned with 53 men. laden with ordnance stores. The Paragon, of Hull, DANIEL AUBONE, Master, is arrived at Plymouth in distress. She sailed from Malta on the Ist of January, and from Gibraltar on the 29th of February. with the fleet under convoy of the YORK, from which she parted fifteen days since. Captain A. thinks it probable part of the fleet put into Bantry Bay. He SAW six . merchantment cap tured in the Mediterranean by a French privateer : they belonged to a fleet from Malta. The Paragon brought from Gibraltar Captain SMITH, of the Sa rah and Mary, of Hull, which on her passage from Messina was wrecked on the African coast on the 2d of January ; the crew were preserved, and reached Gibraltar, having been obliged to travel for days almost without food, on the shores of Africa to Al giers,' where they embarked. Travelling along the coast, they discovered the bodies of nine persons, who had been murdered. it is supposed, by the na tives : their throats were cut from• ear to ear—they were English. The following are all the particulars obtained :—.The Sarah and Mary sailed from Mes sina, with the schooner Lady Alice, of Lond,n and Yarmouth, SEAMEN niaster, but parted during a stair.), in which the latter was driven on the Barbary coast, between Capes Negro and Sum, and the mas ter and crest, with a lady passenger, feil a sacrifice. It is supposed the Aft leant murdered them the more *wily to 'loader the vrreek:! . - - • .. . . 4 TURF' EX7 2: I ON THE TlfltEilf--.AT • sg.eintt Sr 1. %eh's coin. soly lorcureft. to t agitnyt - M3lAtt ;L. , by nick • tp I sgainit Mr. stab it Ultitb,m,4% hey, t m i testae Arairie . 1641664 a. Thursday, ca ,. , • m b ; trio ! : Ituravoitit Command Manua& • 4 . Yecterdiry . evading Earl STAltaiorr, itceomptnieci by soviwid Ladies Of slistiaktion, Inviolate.' the Me'. chanical Theatre in Catharinestreet, Stanii with theii . ptelanClK . 1%0 1 tinbleMite, SO eminently slis toagahhed throughout &imitator his ninnerons suet fel inventions and iniprovensetus ideciaanic:, seas pleated to expresi to thrPitiptierniPtiz. hightst appro. b nib* of the 'adding, tfat. was nut intly calculated to alcirci . ardusearene And deiight, but also to impress the rising generation tyith the; love for the A rts and Sciences` so useful, and, at. the same time, so advantageihas to a country like Ge*d Britain. Buitilr TO Dr Esfahan yllannitis Wretriast and 6.aw FsLsv. *Amy mama:ion young people in humble circumstatices (he a painter', in James. street, Usson-greve, Mary-la-honere), hiestase.victinis of . tle: following drea calandi7tia Easter Monday, The wife, in attemptiete to reasovelannaliaiiiig.tnr peniine from the fire, the flinitecauttlielidr.blothes the hethalid flew to her assistatee.the 'vigil was in stantly enveloped in smdke, and they *lens hods to dreadfully burnt that the woman, after stiff:ring ex cruciating torture, died the next day.' The husband, reserved for lonieer misery, wrre alive on Saturda e. but without hopes of recovery, being miserably scorched in his body, with the ends of his fingerelitent off. Whe ther he has paid the debt of nature, ntservivai a*retelt est spectacle in pain and misery, we knew not. The re- • mains of his u tie %tete buried on Sunday. in Winkler Church Yard. Were this nielanchely picture to close here, it would he sufficient to excite pity and compaa.. sion iti every generous breast, but unfortunately, three helpless infants (one Of them thus suddenly.beteaved of the breast of its mother) are left destitute, and for whom, and their heavily afflicted father. it alive, the assistance of the humane and charitable is most ear nestly implored.—Peter White, Esq. of Willsdert, will receive behefactioni ; or if any ere left at Mn Wheble's, No. 18, Warwick-square, Newgate street. • they will be forwarded. We observe with pride and pleasure that every officer, non-commissioned officer, and private, of tit* Gloucester regiment of Militia, have subscribed ole day's pay towards the relief of the widows and fa milies of the officers and men lost on board his Mai: jesty'm ships St. George, Hero, Defence, SakLuha, and Fancy, as it proves that th e a t mv a l wa y s f ee l s for the calamities that may befal the Herres of the navy. An old naval officer, etelously attached to the service, andiever anxious to promote its nearest and dearest interests, earnestly entreats all those whom it may concern, particularly all commanders of ships. and vessels in hi, Majesty's service, as alb all Ad. miral's Secretaries, to forward, to the utmost ci their' power, the charitable and noble Scincriptinn now open at Lloyd's, for the relief of the widows and on. phans, or.other near relatives of chase unfortunate -persons who •so lately perish6d in the Baltic and cei the coast of Ireland. 'lucre can be little doub', from the knowledge, that the Writer of thii article has of the hearts of his brother officers, that this subscti r tion will become universal throughout the navy bus as the unhappy sufferers in question are more pressed for immediate than /ten:want reli-f, every naval officer is once more earnestly solicited to accelerate, as much as possible, the bringing this subicription to a conchs... sion. In a word, la all Captains, whose ships' eom. panics Mean to subscribe to thiSexcellent charity, and have not yet done so—leeall those lose not another moment in doing this, as, moil a large proportion of the fleet shall have authorised the Navy Board to pay their subset iptions, it will not be in the power of the Committee at Lloyd-s to commence their payments. Naval c ommirtiMed officers of every description are re quested to observe, that the subscription now open at Lloyd's is wholly unconnected with the Naval efea ritable Society, that admirab'.e Charity being of a 11er:daunt nature, and conducted by Officers of the Navy enly. Dupuis;, MARcm 31.—Such Intehse frost in this country, and in this season of the year, is not in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant, not has there iii all probability been its equal during the - List century. On the 25th instant a grand curling match was de cided on a beautiful sheet of ice in the parish of Kel ton, stewartry of Kirkcudbright. —Su c h a singular ' circumstance is not unworthy a place iq the table of chronology. A yoting%*oman of the name of Wilkie, trim had been with a few of her companions looking at some marriage people returning from the church of Forfar; was, upon her going home, challenged by her lather for being so long out, when, after some altercation, her father, in a fit of passion, tdnk. up A pair of kitchen tongs and threw them it the- girl, Whereby her skull was fractured, which caused her almost instant death. . . . • - Mr. MaciocKsi new intbankment, at Tre M a be, was greatly injured by the effect of the high wind and tide of the 15th of February. Last week, a cow on the Hon. General Goan o ur s farm of the Mains of Maryculter, calved three calves, all alive. Le.ters from clew South Watel . nf ihe . go t h of May, state, that great improvements have taken place in that colony. The town of Sydney is hid put in re gular streets; and divided into distriets, with head boroughs, sub-constables, watchmen, etc. &e. Mr. D'Arcy Wentworth hat been appointed to - tl.e head of the Police. Five townships have been {aid out en the Hawkesbury and George Rivers, •to be tailed Windsor, Richmond, Wilberforce, Pitt, and Castle reagh. The roads from Sydney toilatarnatia and Hawkesbury, whicii were scarcely pairablit, have been repired, bridges thrown over rt.e trams, :old turn pikes establithed. No fears of A scarcity of pro;isions were to be apprehended, vast tityrritures bt" Cattle being reared, ana Use storehouse ) h.led grAit. Butt:led' m••rrt was from Is. to is. SJAper awd die supory equal to the consumption, iei.hout :ash Ince front the mother country: Word was ro lie the r List st a pl e commerce. S: trier! Of good • thuratter were furnished with live stock; from the G YerLitsvnt stores 4 in to”,ideration fa} ing the value, in money qt: grain, in IS mouth!. The populaLicia of SyJnej is estimated .rt• 10,1.11,0; of which thew have b e im s eat England as 6:avialac • • oxviusr: 4 • • - • • rel eorr.:. •• Y. **,. •1f • : • lAI