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whole, on the Resolutions from the Senate, Mr. BAs- SETT in the Chair. _ _ . Mr. GOLD spoke at great length, and with great strength of argument, against the resolutions. - Mr. MAcov opposed the resolution!, but on dif ferent grounds from those who had gone before him. He did not like to praise the President, when he did no more than his duty, and he did not like a declara tion of war against Great 13xitain at this time. The Committee rose, reported progress, and had leave to sit again. The House then adjourned until Tuesday next: DEC. 27.—The House resolved itself into a Com mittee of the whole on the Resolutions from the Se nate, Mr. Bassett in the Chair. Mr. MILNER spoke in favour of the resolutions. The question was then taken on the Committee's rising and reporting the resolution to the House, and agreed to.—Ayes 54, Noes 35. Mr. LIVERMORE moved an indefinite postponement of the resolution, premising the motion by a few re. marks, tending to shew the impropriety of acting upon the subject at all. Mr. El'I'ES then rose and spoke at Pane length in answer to the objections urged against the resolutions, when an adjournment was moved and carried. NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 27. A letter received in this city, dated New Orleans,l November 20, says— , 6 The Collector of this port last 'week robbed the United States of about 200,000 dol lars, and went off with an English felucca, which it appears he secretly purchased and prepared for that villainous purpose. Active means have been taken to pursue him, but we think he will not be found, as the vessel he went in sails remarkably fast." • A Petition has been presented to the Legislature of Georgia, from which the following very extraor dinary passages are extracted : it will be seen that the Democrats of Georgia have outstript even their political brethren in Pennsylvania in the race of Jaco binism : " We pray your Honourable Body to make such laws as to dispense with and totally obliterate the most useless pests that ever disgraced the human society, viz, the Lawyers, who have so successfully learnt the trade of living. " We, your Petitioners, as Republicans, believing in the equal tights of man, and also that the Dui Y in the creation did not contemplate Lawyers—having made no distinction in the forma tion of man, but left the Lawyers as adequate to the pursuit of 1 enest labour as the rest of mankind. " It has been said that Sampson slew his thousands with the jaw-bone of an ass ! but, in our opinion, the jaw-bones of Law yers, assisted by their tongues, have since devoured their millions to one slain by that of the ass." THE EVENING tiTA. R. LONDON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY G. PRICE 01' STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent Cans. for runrify 67i 681—acc. 68k. Reduced OCA—Oninitam 112 ptent.—Excheq. Bills 7s.to 93. pr _ PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Red. Ann Imp. 8 per Cents. 3 per Cent. Cons. 674 Imp. Ann. 7 3-164 4 per Cent. 84" Exch. Bills, Bs. 3s. pre. 5 per Cent. N.ivy 944 I State Lottery Tickets £22.155. Long Ann. 18 7-16thst I Consols lot Acc. 68f A passenger by the Nuestra Sra. de Bigona, arrived at Plymouth after a short passage of five days, and who left Villa Viliosa on the 28th ult. states, that news had been received of the destruction of the French central army by the Spaniards. Knowing the deceptions which have been practised upon the zealous Patriots in the province we have named, we •cannot give credit to the above intelligehce : we cannot, how ever,- give it an absolute contradiction, as no intelli gence has been received from Spain of so recent a date by several weeks. In our first page we have laid before our Readers a copy of the Instructions to be observed in the Election of the Deputies to the Cortes. The Spaniards have been more fortunate than could well have been ex pected, in not having had their whole country over run by the French before the period appointed for electing the Cortes ; and we must say, that this event affords some reasonable hope that Spain may yet assert her independence, and defy the whole Power of France to bring her under. the yoke of NAPOLEON. • For this change in the circumstances of Spain, the wald is indebted to the enlightened policy and firm- 1 ness of Marquis WELLESLEY while resident with the Supreme Sp:knish Government at Seville. We un derstand that the Marquis, after recommending the adoption of such a system as would engage the affec tions and dearest interests of the people in the strug gle, declared to the Supreme Junta that unless a form of Government founded on popular feedom, should be adop:ed by the Kingdom, the British Government_ could form no rational hope of successfully opposing French invaders, and under this impression would feel itself compelled to withdraw its troops and with hold all further supplies. The present scene may be considered as a pheno menon, It is the first attempt that has been made since the commencement of the French revolution to make the people not a nominal but a real party in the struggle. It is impossible to calculate the effects which may result from it. They have only three evils to guard again,t :—Treachery, Treason and Rashness. Letters from Alicant mention that great commo ons had taken place in the city of Valencia, in ton sequence of the advance 0 . the French The inha bitants, suspecting that some secret correspowignce w:ts carried on between the Junta of Valencia and the enemy, rose in a body, and secured all persons sup posed to be concerned in the plot, and proceeded to take the most active measures for putting the city into • a prop e r state of defence. The American Papers received by the Duke of Kent Packet, the arrival of which we mentioned yes terday, are 411 ed with debates in Congress on the subject of their relations with this country.. Alth resolutions of a hostile tendency have passed though certain stages, they seem to have excited• a formi dable opposition from the various. Members of the American Congress. The Resolution of the Senate, approving the conduct of the Executive in refusing to receive any further communication from Mr. JACK.. sox, was discussed for several days in the House of Representatives, in a Committee of the whole. It was at length agreed, on the 27th December, by a majority of 19, to report the Resolution to the House. Debates afterwards took place on the Report being received ; and the subject was still under discussion on the 2d ult. when the Duke of Kent sailed.—Ex tracts from the above Papers will be found in an, other part of this Paper. Dispatches were yesterday received at the India House from Lord CALEDON at the Cape of Good Hope. We have great pleasure in being able to state that they announce the complete restoration of tran quillity in India ; and that it is not 'necessary to send any additional military force to Madras. Advice was yesterday received at the Admiralty of the capture of the French frigate la Nymphe by his Majesty's ship IPIIEGENIA, which has been sent into the Cape of Good Hope. Intelligence has been received by the Country ships LARKENS and GENERAL WELLESLEY, which left in Sep tenaber last, and are arrived at Portsmouth, that the 1 Loan CASTLEREAGII and ANN store-ship arrived at Fort Marlbro' Ist May, and were expected' to return to Bengal in about a fortnight. The WARREN HASTINGS, LORD DUNCAN, CARNA• TIC, BARING, and LORD MELVILLE, arrived in Bengal in July last. The TOTTENHAM gone into dock to repair damages, received in going down the River. The Roman Catholics of Dublin, at their great meeting held last week, have resolved not to give the veto to the Crown on the nomination of the Bishops. They have also determined to request some other Peer instead of Lord GRENVILLE to present their Pe tition to the House of Lords. W. WELLESLEY POLE, Secretary of State for Ireland, and Member of Parliament for the Queen's County, has answered to an application of the Roman Catho lics of that county to present their petition, that they must be already aware of his sentiments on the Ro man Catholic question, and that he saw no reason to , alter them. Mr. PARNELL, the other Member, has given a more favourable answer. Colonel VEREKER has likewise refused to support the petition of the Ro man Catholics at Limerick, who accordingly handed it to Colonel ODELL and the Hon. WYNDHAM Qum, the County Members. A letter from Mr. JERNINGIIAM, on the subject of the Veto, has. appeared in The Dublin Evening PAtip which states as follows : “ It was with the utmost surprise and indignatioWhat I this 1 morning read in your Papers of the 16th and 18th inst. a most false and scandalous statement, relative to a supposed combination be tween the Catholics of England, and certain of their friends is Parliament, for the purpose of introducing a Bill upon the subject of the Veto. " I have to request, Sir, that you will mate known to the Irish Catholic Public, my formal declaration, that the whole of the mutr contained in your Papers of the 16th and 18th inst. as far as nrards the Catholics of England, is absolutely and entirely false. " No plan or arrangements whatever upon the subject of the Vat), are, or have been, in contemplation, as between the Board of English Catholics, and any person or persona whomsoever ; and if any draft of a proposed Bill has been prepared, it is the mere speculative publication of an individual Member of Parlia ment. " The Catholics of England have no wish, and still less the pretensiqn, to interfere with the question which concerns alone the Catholics of Ireland; they are anxious only to remain firmly united with their brethren throughout the British Empire ; and I have no hesitation in repeating, therefore, that the communica tion stated to have been received at your office (from whatever quarter it may have come), is an infamous and scandalous false hood, maliciously contrived, for the sole purpose cf sowing divi sion between the Catholics of the two kingdoms." The chief thing that strikes every Irdy with sur prise in the documents hitherto published respecting, the Scheldt Expedition, relates to the head " Intelli fence." Under this tide, we receive a variety of in- , ormation respecting the Island of Walcheren, Ant.; werp, the forces and batteries in each, &c. ; but is it not most singular, that the first inquiries of Ministers respecting this grand point of attack should have taken place last Christmas twelvemonth, and their Expedition not have sailed till after Midsummer ? They had marked down Zealand for the scene of their future operations, a quarter 01 a year-before the war between France and Austria began ; and yet they did not reach that scene of operationstill after the war was ended. Lord Chatham only lingered cne month in the Scheldt, without advancing against Antwerp ; while his employers spent five months in barely enquiring about the Scheldt and Antwerp ! The papers I laid on the table of the House of Commons open with " Answers to questions put by to two confidential persons," relatingto the state of defence of Flushing ; and these " Answers" were given before I the 2d Jan. 1809. Government has - likewise answers• innumerable upon the same topics during that whole month ; during the ensuing 'months of February, of Mai ch, of April, of May ; and on the 9th of Jute the Expeditioa was first widertaicn. There are so many reports of these papers upon the state of the enemy's ! fleet in the Scheldt that it might almost be thought we were going to take it upon a valuation. There is nu country in the world where Voluntary Contribu tions are so generously supported as in England. Were it pos sible to introduce voluntary taxes similar to the Lottery, more money would be raised for the country than what is now collected. Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds is 'annually raised by Lottery Sub gibers, who lose nothing by so doing, because th e Sub scribers would be compelled to pay the amount of such subscrip tions in some other way, and lose the chance of realizing a large income. HaaNsay and Co. acquaint the Public, that the Lot tery Draws on the 14th of the present Month (Valentine's Day,) previous to which they hope to sell to those who honour them with their commands, a good share of the Capital Prizes, which will be paid immediately they are drawn, at either of their Old State Lottery Offices, No. 26, Cornhill, or St. Margaret's MU, Borough. " Delays are dangerous" in most of the affairs of life,but par ticularly in the purchase of a Lottery Share, as every day increases the probability that some more fortunate Adventurer may have chosen the large Prizes; therefore lose no time. but apply imme diately to Swirl. and Co.'s fortunate Offices, where Five of the Capital Prize% in the last Lottery were sod in Shares. On Wednesday Week the State Lottery will begin, and con elude Drawing in the short space of twelve hours. Those who mean to adventure should not delay their purchases, lest they deprive themselves of the grand chance of obtaining Eighty Thou.. sand Pounds by one . Dumber, which event re pt ;tapper yd *I 14th of the present swath, when £1100,009 pc money will ba distributed in OM day. Tickets and Shares are on sale at the old Of4ces of iticaozaqx,Glocismocn, and Co. ' ' - - . larreft,lS - ! .. • , ZARBADoES, =COUR es. The daring enterprise of our naval character, we are proud to find now maintaining itself With true Dri.- tish splendour and rival greatness, carrying itstriumets to die very shores of the enemy, and by retributive victory, snatching from him his short-lived and but temporary success. Such has been the result of the cannonading and explosion mentioned in our last to have been seen off the shores of Guadaloum_vihich, as we predicted, was an attack On the Frenrigaies lately escaped to that island, and has terminated in their total destruction. This enterprise, however, at tended with themost desirable success, is the more honourable from the prompt and vigorous manner in which it was carried into effect. As far as we are I able to collect the particulars, it appears that the enemy's squadron (four frigates), fell in with the Junon and Observateur brig, about 200 miles to wind ward of Deseada, and by hoisting Spanish colours, and answering the Junon's private signal, decoyed her close in among them before she discovered their real character, when they hoisted French colours, and ordered her to strike ; but our gallant seamen being unaccustomed to yield so tamely, were resolved to fight their way, or fall honourably ; and although the disparity of force and the actually surrounded situation of our frigate gave no chance of success, a most desperate and well-fought action was maintain ed with the whole of them, within musket-shot, for upwards of an hour and a half, when the Junon being completely " riddled," cut up in her sails, yards, masts, and hull, and her deck strewed with carnage, yielded to their numbers, and on being taken posses sign of, a mere wreck, was found so embarrassing to th! captors, that after removing the officers and crew, tcrgt fire to and abandoned her. Meantime the e ateur having escaped, fell in with one of our li ht squadrons of Guadaloupe, and apprizing them t of the approach of the enemy, proceeded to l'sfarti nque to inform the Admiral of the occurrence. At the moment of Sir ALEXANDEfi COCHRANE'S receiving the information, the Sceptre and Alfred were standing into Port Royal Bay, and were instantly ordered off by the Admiral, who in the Pompie, and with the 1 Abercrombie, proceeded to sea the following evening, and the whole arrived off Vieux Fort, Guadaloupe, in time to see a most gallant display of naval he ' roism, in which all.that zeal, and courage, and promp titude could effect, was most gloriously exhibited. • The Gloire and Blonde frigates, Ringdove and -hazard sloops, apprized by the Observateur of the enemy being at hand (who, however separated his force after the capture of the Junon), made the most judicious arrangements to cut him off, and so far suc ceeded, that he was compelled to take refuge in Vieux Fort, a small bay well defended, a few miles to the northward and westward of Basseterre. Here they instantly resolved upon attacking him ; and so promptly were their measures carried into effect, that 1 before any additional force, which now had eatly accumulated, (the Admiral and four line of -battle ships, and several frigates, being in the offing) could act with them, the Ringdove was fairly in shore of the enemy's two ships, by the time they had landed the troops with which they were crowded ; and Captain I Dow mar, at the head of a party of seamen and ma rines, followed so close on shore upon them that he stormed and carried a strong battery before their face. —The boats of the Gloire, Blonde, Hazard, and Pul tusk, which were up in time to share in the glory of the day, speedily followed ; and successively stormed three batteries that defended the port; Captains CA MERON of the Hazard, and ELLIOT of the Pultusk, leading, like Captain Downs, their respective par ties ; as was no less gallantly that from the Blonde by Lieutenant JENKINS. The enemy's troops landed from the frigates were rather a miserable conscript banditti, than actual soldiers ; they were without arms, and fled upon reaching shore ; the batteries, however, were well manned, spiritedly defended, and carried only by the superior bravery of our seamen and marines.— Captain DOWERS distinguished himself particularly by the undaunted manner in which he landed his party, and rushed to the attack, unsupported by the other boats ; but to every officer and man is a full propor tion of applause justly due ; while to Captain CAME RON and Lieutenant JeKKINS we owe the tribute of unavailing sorrow, for in the midst of victory they tell, alike covered with wounds and glory ; Captain CAMEROX I after himself striking the enemy's coloura, 1 receiving a musket-ball wound while doing it, was killed by a grape-shot, in getting into his boat ; and Lieutenant JENKINS, in the midst of a most gallant struggle within the enemy's works, lost his life at the instant he had triumphed. While thus the enemy was driven from his bat teries, that he might not annoy us in ouf attack on the frigates, a heavy cannonade was kept up on them from the in-shore squadron, whose boats had thus de stroyed his line of defence ashore ; and dispositions were making to attack the frigates ; when, dismayed 1 by the impetuosity and courage which they had seen displayed around them, and conscious that all resis- 1 tance would be unavailing, the enemy abandoned them, first setting them on fire; and happily before any of our party had got within reach of the destruc- five conflagration, they both 'slew up with a tremen dous explosion, accomplishing, by their own act, the full object and intention of our enterprise. Such are the particulars as they have reached us ; but which cannot possibly embrace the correct de tails of this gallant affair, no returns or authentic ac count having transpired at Martinique (from whence they are obtained here) when the last accounts came away.. Of the two other frigates that formed part of the enemy's squadron, it is only ascertained, that after the burning of the Junon, they separated, according to some reports, to return to France ; having first turned over the troops on board them to those arrived at Vieux Fort ; and, as stated by others, in order the better to elude our cruisers, by getting into Guada loupe by another route. The number of troops on board these vessels is also ♦ariously stated ; some re presenting them to be between 400 and 500, and others amounting to nearly 1000 men. Essex ELEgriow.—At the close of the Poll yester day, the numbers stood thus. HoopLON 0. • . 1877 lquitoonst. • ♦ . 304 Majority - BIMAD.—This day there being ao Court of Aldei meo, the LORD MAYOR, after mart-tin; die returns, ordehd it to fall W. per reck, WINO" Mil il..teititZ4VGC; : • . •••••••MEMPI • FALMOUTH, FEBIWARY S. Arriied the Chichester packet, Capt. Roans, with a mail from the Leeward Islands, after a very quick pusag* of 24 days. —(Mail not up.) —Wind W.lsl,Vir. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 4. Th4Mersator trantitort, the arrival of which from `JaittlinrilleltiretHYrmy letter of yesterday, s a il e d from .thence the 5d of Pecember,. in company with e V....nager,transports; having 5O French prisoners on bOaid (`tiken at St. Domingo), and three merchantmen; viz. the Cambrian; Pluzair, and John Bull, sunder convoy of the NIOBE 'frigate, Capt. LORING. The Mercator parted company in a gale, the 9th ult. The Mote has since arrived at Portsmouth. On the 21st ult. the Vutonnz frigate, Capt. BRACE, fell in with two French frigates, in 14. 48. 50. long. 13. 20. W. The, enemy were steering S. W, under a press of sail - , and "'did not alter thc:r course to chace the Yr:watts. . The AMETHYST had also fallen in with the abode frigates, two days befor e , Arrived the HARrY, Capt. IttAar:Ev, from Port:, mouth. Sailed la SEINE agate, Capt. ATKINS, kr the coast of Spain s the DAPHNE, Capt. Pipos, f c: the Jersey station ; and the FAVocarrn !loop, C apt . CLimercrs, on a cruize,: supposed fur the coast of Ire, land. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 4. - - - Arrived his Majesty's ship ME.RCCRY, with a small, convoy Ciotti the Mediterranean.—Sealed the R o y AL OAK and DONEGAL, for off Cheburgh ; MILFORD, for Basque Roads ; ANTELOPR, with Mr. WELLasur on board for Cadiz ; and the PROTECTOR, on a cruize. —The JAMAICA takes convoy to the Mediterran ean .. s.—Arrived the PORT MAHoN, from a cruize. Came into harbour the Mt*oss.--Whis PILOT sloop of war takes convoy to the Downsty,Wind S.W. DEAL, FEBRUARY 5. Sailed the FISIUARD frigate, on a cruise bff Flush. ing. Put back the 'Fitment.° sloop of war, with her convoy of outward•bound that sailed from hence yes. ttlilay. The Alfred, Woodford, and Elphiestene East Indiamen, still keep out.—Wind S.W. fAAMOUTFT, FEBRUARY 4. Arrived this morning from Gottenburgh, last from -Leith, the WOODLARK sloop, Capt. WATTS. The DESIREE and LEVERET have Blue Peter flying, and will sail in the Course of this day, on a cruize. Ships in the Roads with the above as per last. Wind S.W. fine weathei. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Gouvisatto, Frs. s.—Sailed, Mary Ann, Croker, and Flora, Lardner, from Mogadbre; Duchess of Bedford, Patterson, fs: Lisbon; Donegal, ecnnell, and St. Patrick, Ribber, for Rd. fast ; and Charlotte, Griffiths, forTfulatin. Arrived Britannia, Mitchel: from St. Thomas's ,• Croydon, Williams, from Barbadoes ; Maria, busk, from Martinique; and the Anna Bella, —, trout Grenada. The General Miranda, Captain FERRIER; from Hayti, has arrived in the Downs, after epgaging with a French privateer, of 18 guns and full cf Inea, fir two hours,. which she beat of. LONDON AMRKATS. RETURN PRICE of OR MN on board Ship as under: Wheat 64s to 82s Boilers 70i to 75s Pine 94sto 100 i • Suffolk* -s -I Superfine 102$ to 104$ Grey Peasa 9114 :o 44s Fine White 00s to 106 s Beans, 40. to 44 Rye 406 to 413 s Ditto, fine 003 to 594 Barley 32* to 44. Ticks, 226 to 3Cs Fine 451 to *is Ditto, fine 00s to 514 Malt 70s to 78s Oats .20s to Les White Pease 54, to 68s Poland. 2tis to its Rape Seed 511.105. per Last. Fine Finer 90s pet sack. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, February 3. Average Price of Corn in England and W.lles from the r:torzs ending the 27th of January, 1810. - Wheat Rye. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. s. d. I s. d. s. d. Is. d. Is. d. I s. d. I 101 10 59 0 48 9 I 429 11545 I 57 9 The average Price of Sugar, computed from the rettims mat in the week ending the 31st day of January, is 50s. Std. per cvm PRICE OF HOPS 1N THE BOROUGH MARKET. • NAGS. rOCXXTS. 'pent 41. 10s. to 61. Os. Kent 41. 15s. to 71. Os. Sussez 31. 10s. to 41. 10s. Sussex 41. vs. to 5L Os NEWGATE AND LEADENHALIa MARKET. Per stone of 81b. by the carcase. Beef Ss. 81. to ss. Od. Veal ' SS. Od. to 76. 6d Mutton Si. Bd. to ss. Od. Pork 6s. Od. to 7L 44 Lamb Skins, Os. od. to Os. W.-Sheep Skins, as. W. to 6s. Od. COAL MARKET, February 5. -hips at Market Ships sold Price 34 Newcastle Coals 271 475. 01. to ga. 04 . COUNTRY MARKETS. PRIGS OW OftAftl AT Tilt FOLLOWINGINAILITS. BA SIN G5T033......Wi11eaL 102$1:N1 to 1131 Od per Quarter- Barley 34s Od to 48s Od reans 54$ Od to 6 ss % Oats 1 7 ;7s Otto 55 4 Vcl Pease 003 Od to Ws Bread 2s Sid. per gallon. Hswity.--Wheat 7136 Od to 122 s od per Qr. Barley • -28 s od to 51s 6d I Beans 42s Od to 631 Oats 24s Od to 40s Od Pease 50s Od to 601 Bread 2s. 6d. per gallon atinzatc-Wheat 91$ Od to 1201 od per Qr. _. 36s Od to 47s Od B eans 45i od to 646 Os I 295 ed to 44s Od Pease 53s Od to Ms 01 Bread 2s. .6d. per gallon. Newsuar.-Wheat 9 0 s ' Od to Ills Od per Qt.- Barley 215 Od to 461 Od I Pease 468 od to so 1 Oats 245 Od to 36s ad Beans SOs Od to 60s 8read...... ..... ...2s 3d per gallon. READING.-Wheat 921 Od to 1110 s Od per Quarter. Earley ,Stlis 6d to 53s Od I B e ans 491 Od to 631 Oats 20s Od to 31 5 6d Pease 52s 6d to 571 Bread 2s. 6d, per gallon. At Arundel market, Wheat sold at from £24 to £95.06.0 load. Barley front 425. to 445. per quarter. Oats from Sta to pat quarter . ays, &trig*, Oats On Wednesday last, at li t og litT t Z, the 1441 a John Esq of a son. Robert Beer?, 1 net Baker, late of Mentsaait, at lariat, Ide of ' km, DIED. • , Yesterday, at Ms Muse islolds-strOrt. Bedfard'" lF, bests, Esq. aged PI „awry ran in the Itest-India Directios,i On Saturday night.ai IS o'clock, at a Very advancedle= Whiteforti, Esq. s Oandeltess well known in the eireks 4l ' lure, art, and scissor, of odd & be was a distinpished and patron. He was sae of the fonalsrs of the o f tution. in Pall-Mall for the encouraismost se IMMO Pdtlidogi the bid ten years Vice-President di the Society of AM. He is deeply rellfello e ll' M a>> v b° wen j airseibisclal legillest ciali by s feas Woo and Eve child* On VA, the 24 imelmt, at Qtweley HoPee, Dea r O f Hants, Anis Mary Haggseetee, esigheee of WSW PW Esq. of Plowdes, in the county el ilelop, sod saw Or Haggis Esq. of Ellingbam,ki theennoty w -- ~.q - - - - - LONDON : Masi joillblisitip SWIM SENT: ° fa te t bserflece, Lambeth at tbe STAllsoniog, No. I. esti $l l l4. PONS abe OPStar oprici,Ternplao . e