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at various times procured Acts or isment Peri mitting, for rosex po r tation, the importation of diffe. lt rent commodities. As these Acts, were the result of I a more enlarged tx perience, were obtained after dili-. gent i nq uiry, and accord with t he s p irit of our best theories, there is reason to believe they were better calcolated to increase the public wealth than the sys-, tem to which they stood opposed. The present Ware. housing Bill proceeds on the same principles. In fact, it not only embodies these separ ate Acts of Parliament, but extends their provisions to all commodities, forming one general and comprehensive law. Of course it re peals these separate el !tctments ; and if the measure had no other merit, this would, in our eyes, be suf cient to recommend' it to suppoit. But it has other a nd greater merits. "In the recent preparations," says Mr. ENDEssox, in a pam phlet he has just publi.hed on this subject, " of a considerable ship. ment for South America, the shippers proceeded to I lamburgh for the procuring German linens,where they were induced pu rpose of (rather than incur the expense and delay of returning to a British p or t) to purchase glass, steel, woollens, and printed cottons, of foreign manufacture, which articles it was their original intention to have bought in this country, with other British manufactures, and which they u nquestionably would have done, had our ports afforded a supply of foreign listens; besides it Is universally ad mitted that in this and other numerous instances, the opportu nity of assorting the Foreign and British linens would have pro duced the shipment of an increased share of the latter." Now, although the Bill, owing to the jealousy of our linen.manufacturers, does not remedy the evil complained of in this passage as to linen, yet there are many other commodities which, hitherto, like German linens, weie not allowed to be imported into our country on any terms ; the consequence was, that ships went to those countries where they could get them, and not only took these articles on board there, but others, which they could and would have pro cured, but for our prohibitions, on mote advan tageous terms in this country. That this measure will be of considerable benefit to our shipping interest, and to our trade generally, no body denies; but it is contended that it will be inju rious to some other interests, particularly that of the Irish linen manufacturers. We believe that this as sertion is trade principally on the old notion, that one class can only prosper at the expense of some other; while, on the contrary, experience fully convinces us, as far as commerce is concerned, that the prosperity of no one class can ari s e from the ruin of another. The real benefit conferred by the Warehousing Bill, and which may be shared by all classes in our country, and by many foreigners, is, that it saves labour and risk ; it favours the natural facility which our country possesses, from its situation, of becoming the fair or market for the whole of the wcrld, ensuring to every merchant who may come here to buy, a more extensive choice of commodities than he could find elsewl....re. No merchant need take a second journey, or make another voy age, because all he wants may be supplied here. As to the particular objection made on account of linen, it is well observed by Mr. HENDEasosc That the coarse linens, formerly coming from the Baltic, are is the progress of being so completely superseded by the menu balms of Dundee and Barnsley (which have advanced in a most extraordinary degree within the last two or three years), that a comparison in British ports with similar ones of foreign produc tion cannot fail to establish a confirmed preference for the formero" On Wednesday, at a Meeting of the Woollen Mann factuTers, another objection was started. We are now also to dread that German woollens will be imported into our country, and thence sent to all the other parts of the world in preference to English woollens. But it was well stated by a gentleman, at the Meet thathe was satisfied, from his own knowledge of the superiority of English cloths, how the advan tages of machinery, of skill, of long experience, which England possessed over other nations, that if she was only put on an equitable footing with other coultries, she would resume her American trade, and maintain an ascendancy in this important branch of merchan dize." It is also notorious, that since the peace this Country has imported immense quantitiel of wool from Germany, and sent back to that country the sloth manufactured out of the raw material of their on growth. On the same principle, of grant ing a monopoly and protection to a certain class, to which the Warehousing Bill is opposed, the Legisla ture laid a duty on foreign wool for the benefit of our Agriculturists, and this duty discouraged the im portation, and would have driven our woollens from the foreign market, had not the ingenuity of our manufacturers more than counterbalanced the avarice of the agriculturists. The Warehousing Bill is one step towards that general freedom of trade which theory and experience unite to prove is of pre-eminent advantage to the country that acts on such a system. For this reason we support it ; and nothing but acting on such system can make the Government of this country, instead of being, as hitherto, the umpire, and not always the impartial umpire, of the squabbles and contentions between the rival interests of manulactu lent agriculturists, and merchants, the enlightened Protector of the interests of the community. The Dowager Marchioness of Lotenownsamr has left town for ha seat, North Cray, Kent. The Earl and Countess STARNOTS have arrived in town from lam seat in Kean. Monday Mr. and Mrs. HUGHES BALL arrived at Broadstairs, in Thanet. It was the intention df the haPPy pair to have visited the Continent; but on their arrival at Dover the weather proved so unfa vnnrable that they retired to the above. mentioned Pleasant retreat, where it is their intention to sojourn a week. The Cork Paper of Monday last, received this sa. °ming, states, , 'That it is rumoured that martial is to be immediately proclaimed in the county of .aiPperary." I BUS:SUN PDLICY TOWARDS SPAIN. - aRITISII EDUCATION. R" - '....--, • •••-vi-!-4 , The, _fiillaw . ing* liei c 4f e r th e pe t; cy y,; 1 .4 r 1 y o b. In no branch o f soc ial iMprOvemeut have the reel served by Russia to-siirdirSpitkii p t i oc i r s o )l 7 . t ir t ai- ple of England made mOrevaiiiti and it:allitl piogress from M. Facormicx , Stuoites abridged History of! than has been made in' the books a n d practices of the Treaties of Piace, printed in Paris in 1817. It is said that M. Schoel was the first who brought forward the principles of legitimacy ; that he was be fore Talleyrand in starting it. He is at present Secre tary to the Count de Bernstorf, Minister for Foreign affairs to the King of Prussia: The Emperor Alexander, the ally of Napoleon, had made propositions for peace, dated Erfnrth, October 12, 1808. Mr. Canning made it a condition, that the Rege.ncy of Spain, acting in the name of Ferdinand VII. should be admitted to the Congress. Mr. Can ming says in his Official Note—" To Spain, his Ma jesty is not yet bound by any formal instrument ; but his Majesty has, in the face of the woi Id, contracted with that nation engagements not less sacred and not less binding upOn his 31ajesty's mind than the most solemn treaties." As the Count de Romanzoff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, was then at Paris, he replied, under the date of the ‘2Bth of November, 1808, to Mr. Canning's Note—" That the admission of the So vereigns in alliance with England to a Congress can not be a point of any difficulty, and that Russia and France consent to it. But this principle by no means extends to the necessity. of admitting the Ple nipotentiaries of the Spanish Insurgents ; the Em peror of Russia cannot admit them * • • * • • • • *. Moreover, he has already acknowledged the King Joseph Napoleon. lie has announced to his Britannic Majesty, that he was united with the Em peror of the French for peace as well as for war; and his Imperial Majesty here repeats that declaration." Romanzoff afterwards very adroitly avails himself of Mr. Canning's declaration—that no treaty existed between Great Britain and the Spaniards. He ex presses his satisfaction " that in this difference of opi nion respecting the Spaniards, nothing presents itself which can either prevent or delay the opening of a Congress?' ' In the Note addressed to M. Romanzoff by Mr. Canning, and dated December 9, 1808, it is said— " Nor can his Majesty conceive by what obligation of duty or of interest, or by what principle of Russian policy, his Imperial Majesty can have found himself compelled to . acknowledge the right assumed by France to depose and imprison friendly Sovereigns, and forciby to transfer to herself the allegiance of loyal and independent nations. If these be indeed the prin ciples to which the Emperor of Russia has inviolably attached himself—to which his Imperial Majesty has pledged the character and resources of his empire, which he has united himself with France to establish by war, andba maintain in peace, deeply does his Ma-' jesty lament a determination by which the sufferings of Europe must be aggravated and prolonged." At page 193, M. Schoel says—" Though nothing has been published respecting the negotiations be tween Bonaparte and Alexander I. the course of events proved that it had been agreed upon that France should not oppose the union of Moldavia and Wallachia to the Russian Empire, while the Emperor Alexander appears to have promised that he would not oppose the execution of Bonaparte's projects against Spain." . - teaching youth, withi n the la s t fi ve-and-twenty !Tara. The School' Books of the present day 'transcend all that could hav e b een ant i c i pate d b y t h e most san guine philanthropist of the last age : they exceed in completeness and variety whatever has been attempted in other countries of Europe; and they confer fasci nations on learning which few young persons can resist. Amidst so much novelty and improvement, it has, however, so happened, that little has been done to render the study of our national history a special and attractive object in schools. The history of their own country is palpably a primary pursuit of all persons, yet the spirit of enterprise and invention has yet effected nothing in this branch of education beyond what had been done in two or three pi evious generations. We•are, however, now called upon to announce a new History of England for purposes of education, which, when we have described its plan and preten sions, will justify this special notice. The text con sists of a faithful abridgment of our two recognized national historians, Hume and Smollett, by the Rev. Dr. John Robinson, a gentleman well known for his erudition in the coenties of Westmoreland and Cum berland, and author of many learned works. To this abridgment he has annexed an impartial and concise continuation, from the, termination of Smollett's His tory to the accession of the present King, and has finished his work by a series of Chronological and Statistical Tables, calculated to bring the most im portant features of our public history into contact with the juvenile mind. In addition to these literary recommendations, strong enough to direct general interest towards the volume, advantage has lama taken of the labours of the great Painters of the English School, who, during the past century, have employed their genius in illus trating the great events of British history. Their de signs for the most part not only exhibit the transac tion in a tangible form, but speak volumes in regard to the habits and manners of the ages to which the several events belong. Most of these designs having been engraved by the first artists, it has been judged on this occasion as proper as desirable, to copy the whole of those tine works in a neat and effective man ner, and introduce them as a substantive part of Dr. Robinson's Abridged Histoty. The work, therefore, is truly NATIONAL. It teaches the events of our history from the text of our most approved national historians, and it illustrates them' from the admired designs of our national artists. It is at once a work of fact, and a work• of taste, and must in every sense instruct and improve the rising generation. The designs of West, Northcote, Ha milton, Stothart, Pococke, Devis, Loutherbourg, Mortimer, Opie, Series, and various old masters, with the heads of Houbraken, cannot fail to recommend the volume to the old as well as the young, though, as being designed merely for the latter, the requisite moderation of its price has necessarily precluded the high degree of finish, of which the imitative arts are at present susceptible. Louta.XVlll.—lt has long been known that this Monarch is a maker of bon mots, and that his Ma jesty has said as many graceful and pretty things as any Sovereign of Europe. At present he seems de sirous of adding the reputation of an author to that of a Wit; and in future Catalogues of Royal and Noble Authors he will probably occupy a distin guished place. A Narrative of his Journey to Brus sels and CoMentz has lately been published, which is attributed to the King's own pen; and there are in it so many peculiarities of thought and style, and such a correct picture of the Royal mind, that we have no doubt of the authenticity of the statement. Accounts from Batavia of the 23d of November state, that a second eruption of Galong Goening, which took place on'the 12th of October, has done almost as much injury as that on the Bth. The plain of Singapama is covered with mud mixed with burn ing sulphur; and it is said that 20 kampongs have been destroyed, and one thousand persons killed.— On the 11th of this mouth the Resident of Priang returned to Tanjore, from his survey of districts laid waste by the eruption, having first done what was ne cessary to maintain order, and provide fer the inha bitants who have escaped, and for the sick. By the most accurate estimate that can be made, the two eruptions have laid waste, in the different diitricts, 124 kampongs, and 3085 persons have perished. Be sides the great number of cattle that have been killed, the damage done to the rice is very considerable. It is estimated at 8300 tjans, of 1000 katjes, of 1250 pounds. The number of coffee-trees destroyed is about 1,668,000. The New Times seems to have a Correspondent at Paris almost as sapient as its writer of political arti cles in London. He tells us, in yesterday's Paper, 'that M. GIRARD'S, the Administrator of the Mes sageries, got General PUT'S name erased from the way-bill, and another substituted by M. NANTIMIL. The writer, it appears, does not know M. GIRARDIN from M. GEVAUDAN, commonly called La bete de Gevaudan, from his gullibility. From M. Gal/AU DAN'S known Republican principles he was elected Deputy for Paris, and being the oldest person in the Chamber, he always presides until a President is chosen. The Count Dr GIRARDIN, also a Deputy of the Cote gauche, is the son of the celebrated Marquis de GIRARDIN, the friend of RoussEAu, who was en trusted with the education of his son on the principles contained in his Emilius, in consequence of which he is generally called ROUSSEAU'S . Estruts. The Museum, No. 51, published To-morrow, April 12th, to be had of all Newsmen, contains an account of Wilkie's Pictures in the ensuing Exhibition at Somerset House, of H. R. H. the Duke cf Work, and the Parish Beadle—also Reviews of J. I). Hunter's Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America, who was born of white parents, and was taken pri soner by a party of Indians at so early a period of his infancy, that he barely recollects the burning of his native village, and the massacre which made him an orphan. He was trained to the habits and pursuits of savage life, and, through the vicissi tudes incident to it, belonged successively to eariousttribes, who distinguished him, for his skill in the cheer, by the appellation of " The Hunter," which name he now bears—Scofesby's Whale Fishery—Highland Superstitions—World in Miniature--the King of France's Narrative of his recipe in 179 I—Notice of Captain Franklin's Narrative of his Journey to the Polar Sea; and many Original Articles—Fine Arts, Science, Drama, Poetry, Varieties, Facetix, &c. &c. JEWS' HOSPITAL. The Anniversary Dinner of this excellent and effi cient Charity was held in the City of London Tavern yesterday. About two hundred gentlemen, Jews and Christians, were present; and at half an hour after six, his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, Patron of the Institution, took the Chair. After the usual toasts had been drank, and followed by appropriate songs and tunes, the girls and boys belonging to the Institution were introduced, preceded by the Banal. The girls were very neatly, and the boys cleanly and simply dressed. The former bore specimens of their writing ; and the latter, besides speciMens of the same kind, displayed shoes, boots, and chairs, of very good and handsome workmanship. After they had paraded the room, much to the satisfaction of all present, a girl nine years of age repeated, with great accuracy and feeling, the following very beautiful lines, by Mt. H. Smith, one of the authors of The liejected Addresses: When o'er the world the oophan train, Thrown helpless on its stormy tide, Look trembling round, and seek in vain Some Guardian power their path to guide: When wearied friends no longer stretch • The hand which once its bounty gave, And want and woe assail the wretch Whotn age is bending to she grave: Then, Charity, thy parent smile The Orphan's sorrow can assuage, And with a filial love beguile The miseries of childless Age! For you the infant voice aloud Is daily rais'd, to bless your care ; For you the hoary head is bow'd, • In gratitude of silent prayer ! Hence, studied phrase and trite appeal— The walling tone—the tale of woe!— A scene like this your hearts must feel, And bounty from such hearts 911•11 flow ! After this, several toasts connected with the tution followed. In the coutse of the evening, the kindness of his MAseaxx towards the Jews, and the readiness of the Christians to participate in their Cha rities, were fully dwelt upon. Subscriptions to a very considerable amount were from time to time an nounced; and the Royal Patron, and promoters of this most judicious and excellent Charity, after spending the evening with satisfaction and happiness, separated. Sir CffAITAS BAMIFYLDR is now considered by his family to be out of danger. The ball, however, is not yet extracted. The worthy Baronet is well know' and esteemed among the kaax esprit: of the day as the Founder and President of the Madrigal Club. CURIOUS Cottcctossca.—At the very same time, the M arquis of DovRO, eldest son of the Duke of W EL- L INGTON, and the Ex-King of Roma (son to BONA PARTE) were respectively appointed Ensigns in the British and Austrian service. RZMA %EARLS Accinsurr.--A6 Mr. Justice Wnscri.no was proceeding on his Circuit from Preassign to Brecon, on Tuesday the Ist inst. in his own carriage, and two of his attendants were riding in the dicky behind, that part a the carriage, by a sudden jerk while crossing a gutter on the road, became detached from its fastening to the asletree, and falbag to the ground, was left behind, wkh its two passengers, who fortunately escaped with out much injury. Owing to the swift rate at which the carriage was travelling, they were unable to make themselves heard by the postboys, and remained on the toad until Mr. Justice tea- Dean, who followed some time afterward, picked them up and took them to Brecon, a distance of upwards of nine milts. Mr. Justice WINUFILLD was not aware of the actidentnutil his arri val at &cm. THE ARMY.... .. ' Cowes, Aran b.Sitity-foutrWernititafrietallikreom SmttL itmpptton and marched to Athaterflarraeks. • • The ;rad Fent has received. ,orders to embark for Guernsey Ind Jersey On the 25th instant, for the purppse of relieving the 14th Nogiment of Infantry, which is ordered to Ragland. Detachments belonging to rite 74th, 81't, and the td Battalion of the 60th Foot, have embarked at Cowes, on board the Sophia transport, and sailed• on the 3d inst. for Halifax. Detachments belonging to several Regiments of Infantry in the Mediterranean have embarked in the Anne transport, and' sailed, under the command of Captain Hamar Item, of the 324 Foot, for Malta. The 401 h Regiment of Infantry is now on. its march from Ll verpool to Chatham, for the purpose of being sent in detach ments, as guards on board the convict ships, which are destintd for New South Wales. A detachment belonging to the 40th' Foot,. consisting of 1 4/fi men, under the command of a Captain, has recrived.orders proceed to Deptford Barracks. The 15tb Foot, which sailed for India some that hick, is dered to replace the 17th Regiment. • The f 2th Foot, when relieved in Guenter/4041m.y, by the 72d Foot, is ordered-to proceed to Sheerness. • . The 65th• Regiment, which lately arrived In England from India, has been replaced by the 20th Foot, which embarked at St. Helena for Bombay, where it arrived and dlaembirked ott the sth and 15th of June last. A detachment of the 24th Foot has arrived at Plyatouth frorn Calcutta, and is ordered to Portsmouth, where the , remainder of that Corps is to be collected on its immediate arrival in tisk.' land from India. The 17th, 34th, and 53d Regiments of Infantry areedeo es • petted to arrive shortly in Enema from ••••••••••a.... • • , NA PAL INTELLiGENCE: • The following Captains byre been promoted tti the rank of Rear-Admirals of the Blue s—Honeurable Sir Cnaar.is Paorr, Rosettv WILLIAMS, and litenoan WOILIIIIIIe. FALMOUTH, APRIL 9. —Wind E. Alibied the John, Four Friends, and Success, from London. Sailed the Prince Regent packet, for the Brazils. Pr.vitoterts, APRIL 9.—Wind E.—Arrived the Patience, Mom, from Messina ; Redman, Wmmo:noil, front St. Kitt's. Put back the Essex,Wisa, for Havre de Grace. Sailed the !lope, roan, for Oporto; and Bideford, Buns n, for St. John's New Ilronswkk. Promisor:lu, Aran. 10.--Wind XS-E.—Arrived the Har riet, Woamonvox, frotu Africa, in eighty-sin days. Sailed the Rambler, Pops, for Quebec. DIAL, Amor. 10.—Wind K—Ne arrivals or sailing. ; remain. in the Downs as per last. Cowan, Aramlo.—Wind E—Passed at the back of the island, the Potomac, WEIIITZIP, from Antwerp for Batavia; and Bra min, Warrisr.v, from ditto for Calcutta. Cusrox-Houser, APRIL 10.—Ship. Entered Inwards : Bin cher, from Rostock; Vtiendschaft and - Enchantress, from Ant werp ; Concordia and Augusta, from Rottertitim ; William, London, and lloophandel, from Hamburgis; Surrey, from HU ; and Gondrestke, from Amsterdam. Entered Outwards:—Cyrus, Syren, Thomas, and Bee, for Hamburgis ; Priscilla, for Trieste; blexbomugh, for Calcutta; and Betsy, for Teneriffe. Clearing Outwards:—Agnes, for Rotterdam; Somersetshire, for Jamaica; Cadmus, for Madras ; Robert, for St. John's; Indus, for Riga; and Speedy, for Guernsey. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, APRIL 10. This was a gay finale, preparatory to the Craven Meeting, which commences on Monday next. There was but little„bet ting—a great deal of chaffing—and, at last, it turned out at edg ing and balancing of accounts. The alterations for the different stakes next week, Newmarket sport, will be fodnd below. CLA UT. 4 to I agst Moses (taken) 6 to 1 agst Postliuma (taken) 4 to 1 agst Ajax (taken) 7 to 1 agst Wanton (taken) sto I apt Alorisco (taken) 10 to I agst Antonio (taken) COLT IITDDLIOWORTIIIL 2to I apt Emilt.t (taken) Isto I apt Talisman 2/1 to 1 apt Wrb (taken) I 4to 1 figst bro. to Moses ?ILLY 6 to 4 agst sister to Sultan o*r 6 to 4 apt Figaro (taken) 5 to I apt Friar Bacon (tak.) 1...W0 R.N. 2to 1 agstVail ' S tobl apt Aaron (taken) 6 to 1 apt Swivel (taken) 51 to 1 apt Mullins 7 to 1 art Web 7 to 1 agst Fanatic 13 to 1 apt Talisman 13 to 1 asst Pantina 14 to 1 apt Moonraker 18 to 1 apt Charcoal • DONCASTZX • ST. LICIIIII, ti to 1 apt Sherwood I It to I apt *Nibs Fanny, &c. 9 to 1 apt Tinker as from our last reports. THE EXTON PARK RACES (RUTLANDSHIRE). THDISDAT, APRIL 3. The Rankshorough Stakes, for horses not thorough-bred, was won by Mr. Massey's ch. g. Scrambles, beating Mr. Ward's c. h. Beaumont, and Mr. Platen's Tonekent Lass. A Match for Fifty Sovereigns, one mile : Mr. Flintham's br.m. Jane beat Mr. Ullett's bL g. Horner. The Noel Stakes was won at two beats, by Mr. Longdon's bl. g. Bogtrotter, beating Sir G. Noel's gr. h. Pison and Mr. Massey's r. m. Subscription Stakes did not ill. • A Match for £5O was won by Mr. Baker's b. g. Estonian, beating Mr. Harrison's b. g. by Champion. The Farmer's Plate of .€3O was was at two beats, by Mr. Sprites gr. h. Place, beating Mr. Ulleat's b. Random, Mr. Costell's bL g. and two others. A Match for X. 50, one mile : br. g. beat Mr. Davies's b. m. The company at these Races wwwwwwww, the weather very favourable, and the Races were wdl sedowsd. MORE PUGILISTIC WAR. Wednesday night was one of warfare *mooed's peels& corps. Disputes ran high about giving up the stakes on the.light between ' Belasco and Halton. Randall, as the champion, espoused Hal ton's case, and persisted that in the last round lielasco fell upon his adversary, which causedlim (Randall) to withdraw Halton from the ring. Each cause was espoused over copious libations at the shrine of Bacchus • and half lusher, with a. mixture of weer and Evans, and t he Bricker's Grape, Randall and Ben Burn had a turn-up; and after a crack at each other, they wrie subdued, as other great men have been, by petticoat government. Jack Carter land Halton had a row • and English, Irish, and Jews, were all upon the claret-drawls; system. PIGEON SHOOTING. The match for 100 sovereigns, between seven Gentlemen from Herts and &sere from Bucks, took place yesterday morning in Haddon Park, Bucks, at seven birds each, with charges net ex ceeding two (lances and a half of powder, at twenty-one yards from the trap. The field was very numerously attended, and bets ran high. Bucks fur choice. It was decided as follows : BUCKS. Cawatorne Mr. Mellish - Mr. Warren - Mr. Jameson - Mr. Weaver Mr. Curtis Mr. Munch HMS. Mr. Bullock Mr. Hunt - Mr. Bouverie - Mr. Collimou Mr. Webber Mr. Armitage Mi. Kemp I • MILLED. - 7 - 3 - - 4 4 3 3 ett.►en. 6 4 4 4 4 Mr. Cawthorne's luck won t at 6, to 4 after he had killed all 30 muds, and Bucks was backed I birds. CORN EXCHANGE, hIARK-LANE, APRIL 11. The arrivals of Oats and Flour this week are very good, but of those articles only moderate. Wheat continues at Monday's prices ; Barley sells heavily, but not Ipwer ; Beans and Peas are unaltered ; Oats do not sell so . freely as so Monday, but this article is much cheaper. SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL 11. The number of Oxen at market thi; morning was goad, but the trade was heavy, although lower prices were asked. In Limb and Mutton the supply was also good.—Current prices: Beef, 3..0d. to 4s.od. per stone of Sibs.; Mutton, SLOd. to 4.4 d. Lamb, .54.0 d. to 6s. Od. Veal, 4. Od. to 4.641. Pork, Ss. to vs. It th it mit ded AP