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f a med, astording to law, to deposta The Officers of :he Crown cositesidad that this deposit established the publication; and a, the Correctional Tribunal ap pros to !).te determined. Ft. :,h -1-th March, 61 fr. GO c. SOUTH AMERICA. Extract from a respectable b use to a merchaut in Eiltimore. dated New Orleans, Dec. 25: " It is with pleasure I announce to you the news received ty the Calypsn. C4ptain Bort.e, from Galvestown. OcnerAl VirrottlA GVADALOUPE, with about 2,000 irm under his command, and within sx league; of de Piedras. between Hat oppa anii Point el rev, has gained a victory over the Royalists, and -:ken, it is said, a Million of dollars from them." AMERICAN PAPERS. New York Papers to the 23d February, arrived this • morn •rt 7. Mr. MUNROE bas been elected to the Presidency and biIt.ToNRINs to tberfcePtesicfrncy of the United st a tes, both by very largl Mak)rities. CIiARLLITON, ERBRUARY 11. F l ax HAVANNAM.—We learn by the arrival yes unday of the schooner Polly and Sophia, Captain Lc:rsr.r, from Havanna . that a short time before he s 41cd, a Spanish squadron, consisting of two frigates ;rid five or six smaller vessels, bad arrived there from Mexico, but that nothing had transpired as to their caerations in that quarter. Captain L. also informs, that a British frigate bad arrived at Havannab, to iernand the money taken from the British sloop of ..ir Tay, lately shipwrecked in the Bay of Mexico. TO THE SENATE AN'D HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DP THE UNITED STATES. The Government of Great Britain, induced by :tie pasture of the relations with the United States succce.led the conclusion of the recent Com :rt:cial Convention, issued an Order on the 17th of August, J 813, discontinuing the discriminating duties ;..iy4hie in British ports on American vessels and their ;al;, ; ovs. It was not until the 22d of December foi -1 wing that a corresponding discontinuance of discri minating duties on British vessels and their cargoes, in American ports, took effect, under the authority vested in the Executive by the Act of March, 1816. During the period of those two dates, there was consequently a failure of reciprocity or equality in the esisting regulations of the two countries. I re commend to the consideration of Congress the expe ditncy of paying to the British Government the amount of the duties remitted ) during the period in question, to the Citizens of the United States ; sub. j.N.I to a deduction of the amount of whatever discri mina:tag duties may have commenced in British ports after the signature of Convention, and been collected previous to the 17th August, 1815. " JAMES MADISON." •MON I REAL, FEBRUARY 8. We are informed that lac and important news was received yesterday in this city from the North West, by which it appears, that the scenes of carnage that had formerly glutted that country have not termi nated. It is said that an °Ricer belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company has been murdered.—lt is said that Lord Selkirk has resisted the war rant granted by a Justice of the Peace of Upper Canada, served upon him and his Officers, and that he hat been Making a road from Fort William to the American frontier that he may remove the property taken from the West Company. Rear-Admiral PLAMPIN sailed on Saturday after noon from Portsmouth t‘r St. Helena, in the Cow. WJEKOR, 7t, Captain DAtrix ; and Rear-Admiral Sir I.4viu MILNE. for Bermuda and Halifax, in the 'AKAN DER, 46, Captain CHZTHAU. . A Court of Common Council was held at Guild- hall, on Saturday, for the purpose of considering the Draft of a Petition to Parliament, against the conti nuance of Lotteries, and in relation to Saving Banks ; hich was read and approved of, and ordered to be presented by the Sheriffs, attended by the Rrmem brancer, to the Honourable House of Commons. (Sot .ddret haunt.) Tne man who was appreliendei on Friday by Ni- I COOLLS, the B iw.street Constable, on suspicion of ke;ng concerned is seditious practices, *c. underwent aa examination the same day, when it turned out mit he was not the man he was supposed to be, he Laving been suspected to be a Secretary to a Spen con Society, and a great propagator of their wild aid ridiculous sentiments. He was ih consequence tut detained in custody, but was discharged after his ..-st interrogation. TAUNTON, the Bow-street Officer, has returned to town within these two days, horn Dunkirk, where he ):,d ken in pursuit of two men answering the descrip tion of young Watson and Thiselwood, who were going la America. The same men had been to Jersey and Guernsey under suspicious circumstances. The in formation, however, respecting them turned out to Le lacorrect. On Saturday Elisha Dixon, who was brought to Lindon on Friday morning by Mr. Su.vstrart, the org's Messenger. from Manchester, was conveyed to the &crew), of State's Office. by How's.% the 41w -street Police Constable. 1 rom Tuthill-fields Bride- Soon atter hall-past three o'clock be under 'll..t au examination before Lord &mount, the ,I . Totir.ev•GENXIIAL, the S O LICITOR-GENERAL, Sir N. CorcANT, bles,rt. Drsrnentosd, Baguley, Ogden, and Johnston, toe tour persons brought from Manchester by Pitouto- AN and Vick, the King's Messengers, on Wednes °!Y night, Were also brought to the Office from the ttou se or Correction at the same time, and underwent , 414 ' 114 tions. l'lo witnesses were examined against " Prisontrs ; but they were interrogated separately ire the SorarrAny Of STATE, the Law Officers, 4 d Sir N. COUNT. They were recommitted. coma] dittic) mow guest', jt.ct to ports COllecl We receivi by wb had f nated, Hudsi is sail rant Cana( he hat Amer taken Ret noon WJERC DA VI LEAN At bath Draft num( %hid prese bran( .ddre, Tr VIOL I:i6ng lh tears aid t tut d •IStl town !•!d1 Con la A Cool form Le la . 01 Lon, to u 43w. A TT N. ISI tse l; Itsa hou (I Q the befcl 4ti AUFAL INTELLIGENCE. ' MAILS — Au. MM. sat. Dili Dublin - - - e o France .- - I 0 %vulva:Jen -- 2 I Hamborgh -. 3 I _;I:e.1.( ) . :.:31 lerviy 0 0 Gottenburgh -- 0 2 I.i.hon - - . 0 1 Flanders -.- 1 0 lijiLuil * . * 1 0 New York -- 1 0 EAST-INDIA SHIPPINCt. An account has been received at East-India House, dated in Ocober last, ut the arrival in Bengal of all the ships of thr season * except the MAVOLES, which put into the Cape on the loth Angtist, and left there the VStli of that Mouth. DES MICTION OF THE SHIP HARLEQUIN, DONALD, IN A THUNDERBOLT, OFF MORI.AIX, 20 INST. Fonev, hlAucit I4e.—The Harlequin, DiNALD, of and for London, from Lisbon. was, on the 2d inst. struck by a thunderbolt. which went through her, entering the deck near bet cabouse. Captain Dotlatn, and eleven of his crew. took to the lung-boat, which, after their best exertions, filled with water and went down. The carpenter and two of the crew, in the small boat, were taken up by a sloop belonging to Morlaix, and carried into that port. This singular accident happened bistern miles from Morlaix, at half.past eight, A. 1. JOILN RUTTER, one of the crew, and a native of Tarpeint, was landed near this port yesterday, and gives the above information to the Agent fur LLOYD'S. kALMOUIII, MARCH 14. Arrived yesterday the Grace packet. with a mail from I~ew►York, in 18 days. The Prince Ernest packet, for Lisbon, has gone into the Roads. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 1 5. No arrivals of consequence. Sailed yesterday the Elephant, French frigate, for the Isle of Bourbon. The Commandant and his passengers, among whom are the Baron and Baroness DINBASSYN ne RICHMONT with their family, General LAFFITTE, &C. &c. have quitted the port highly impressed with the heviitahk attentions they have received from Lord ilotrwr Enowomne, Admiral Sir J. T. DUCKWORTH, F...trl and Countess of Mortrav i and many other highly re spectable c÷ iracters of the town and neighbourhood. Alio sailed the General Knox.—Wind East. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 16. Arrived the Borodino transport, from Deptford ; the Ann and the Susan, from London.—Atrived yes terday his Majesty's ship Am, from the Downs; Janus, Abeona, and London transports, from Dept ford.—Sailed to-day the Ranger, Gnasur, for the South Seas ; and yesterday his Majesty's ships CON. QUEROR and HARDY, for St. Helena; his Majesty's ships LEANDER, for Halifax ; TIBER, on a cruize; and BRITOMART, for Plymouth; also sailed the Tra falgar transport. for Guernsey; and the Henry and Elizabeth, JANSON, for Baltimore.—Wind S.E. The Scouting and HAWK revenue cruizers are come round Flom Sheerness, and ordered to be paid off and fitted as tenders to the guard-ships at this port. Two others, the Virzi . ' and NIMBLII, are com ing here for the same purpose ; Lieutenant JOSEPH WILLIAMS, of the latter vessel, is appointed to the Dm:lnv' revenue cruizer at Sheerness. • DEAL, MARCH N. Sailed on the 14th the Waterloo, and Winehelsea. for Ching; Ruse, Princess Charlotte of Wales, and Streatham, for Madras and Bengal. Sailed yester day the John, Faritanuita, for the Cape of Good Hope. Sailed to-day the Nestor, THORN ; and Mary, —, for the River. The latter got on the Good win San4s lately, but was got off again. Remain in the Downs his Majesty's ships GAMS:EDE, ALERT, and the Rattlesnake reveuue lugger. HARWICH, MARCH 15. Arrived the Ileautoy, Henry Freeling, and Lady Nepean packets, with Mails, from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Lark packet, for ditto ; Prince of Orange packet, for Holland ; and Jane packet, for Gout nburgh, all with Mails. DOVER, MARCH 15. Sailed this day the Lord Duncan packet, Captain HAMILTON, for Calais, with a mail and passengers. Six carriages belonging to the suite of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke NICHOLAS, were embarked this day on board two vessels for Calais. The Koval. Sovattatom yacht remains in our Roads it is not in tended that she will come into the Harbour if the weather keeps moderate for her to wait at her an chorage. Arrived this afternoon the King George, Captain KING, from Calais, with passengers; and a French packet, with a mail. MARCH 16.—Sailed last night the Lord Duncan packet, Captain PASCOZ, with a mail and passengers for Ostend ; and this morning the Princess Charlotte packet, Captain HALLANDS, has arrived from that port with a mail and passengel-s. Sailed the King George, Capt. MERCSR, tor Calais, with passengers. Six p. m.—The Grand. Duke is not yet arrived. GRAVESEND, MARCH 16. Arrived the Carron, Short, front Gottenburgh ; the Zephyr, Nicholls, trout Waterford; Charlotte, Honafolt, from Detittlar h ; Harrlot, Edmund, from St. Michael's; Chichester, Seiton, from Waterford; Mired, Maine,from Waterford; Fame, Lacy, from Messina; Britannia. Burns, from Memel; William, Harrington, from Cork; John Henry, Berra, from Konen ; 'Emanuel, Mow strand, from Norway; and the Goodhausett, Nekun, Ilona Den mark.—Sailed the Edward k.lice, Capes, for I ucaton ; Mathdde, Schmidt, fur Palau; and the Petit Julia, I usquelieu, for Havre. Last week, thirty-six Mates and Midshipmen passed 'heir examinations for Lieutenants, at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. A new regulation has taken place in the pay of the crews of Revenue cruizers—men who are not prime seamen will receive in future SI 10s. per month, the others g 2, as formerly. The Venus, BARBER, arrived last week at Pool, , fell in with ice twelve hours after leaving Green's Pond, in Newfoundland, and remained entangled in it ten days, during which time she was obliged to cut her cables, and having thrown fenders over her sides, the crew, aided by about fifty passengers, forced the vessel through the ice 170 miles, in the course of the ten days. The quantity of ice on the coast of Newfoundland has scarcely ever been known to equal that which h a s appeared the present season. The snow lies so deep between Douglas Mill and . , Moffat, that the London mail coach to Glasgow was not able to get through on Fridab Saturday. and Sunday se'nnigbt, the mails baring been forwarded on horseback. ASSIZES. - 77 ESSEX—CHELMSFORD, MARCH 15. OYSTER Ft sii itallSt.—Josefth Barrel: and James Iraisht were indicted for teloniouslY stealing eight bufhels of oysters from off an oyster bed in the river Crunch, the propirty of certain persons composing the Burn ham Oyster Company, and sufficiently marked out as such.— Knight, the elder prisoner, was sentenced !o be transported for seven years, and the other to two years' imprisonment. LATE GAME AC:T.—Da/tie! Forprce and ham CM were indicted, under the late Game Act, for going in the night, armed with guns, into the woods at 'rlety.loii B iis, with intent to kill pheasants, Sr.:. which is a misdemeal:our subject . 0 trawls wtazioa, or a less punishment, in the dis:retion of the J•Age. The enMMON SERJEANT led tae prOSetatinn, which, he stated, was instituted by Colonel M. Burgoyber a Gentleman of rank in the county, wl:o, with a view to prevent the poaching that had been carried on in his neighbourhood and in his own preserves, had pro cured an Officer from Boxy-street, who had come down purposely from Londoe to detect the offenders. Colonel Burgoyne stated, that he apprehended the ' two prisoners at Thorndon Gate, about five in the morning; near them was found three guns and three nets. There was a third in company, but he escaped. On cross-examination he said he was a Magistrate of the County —the Gentleman who had offered him. self at the last Election to represent the County— that be employed Ruthven, and he knew that Ruth yen was to accompany them and betray them. Rutleren, the Police Officer, stated, that he went down at the request of Colonel Burgoyne. He took his lodgings at a public-house ' • he there got acquaint ed with a man of the n a me o f Hutchings, who intro duced the two prisoners on the night of the 10th of January ; they had never gone out before, but he had several rimes bought game of Hutchings. He then detailed their progress through the woods until be led them into the trap - which he had prepared for them. He said Colonel Burgoyne himself plasuied the scheme.. The taking of the men was corroborated by several witnesses who were with Colonel Burgoyne. Mr. Cuttwooo addressed the Jury for the defen 'Lints at considerable length, and said he felt satisfied they would think there was not such evidence as to warrant them to pronounce a verdict of guilty. It was the duty of a good citizen of a State to obey all its laws, whatever his private feelings might be, and even to speak of them with respect ; and therefore he would *ay nothing against the Game Laws : but he felt justified in quoting the high authority of a great Law Writer, who called them a bastard slip of the Forest Laws ; and what the oppression of the Forest Laws was, a slender knowledge of history would tell them. That same writer had said, that in one Game Act there was false grammar in no less than eight places; from which, says he, it may be inferred who were the peepers of the Statute. Most certainly, said the Counsel, they were men who had studied more the (reservation of their game than their grammar; and he was inclined to think that the present Act now in discussion was penned by the legitimate de ' scendants of the penners of the former one; for it en acted, that whoever should be in the woods at night time, that is to say, before eight A. at. on the Ist of March, shall be guilty of felony—so that they had determined the nigin should cover the earth until eight o'clock in the morning 1 Now, although they were bound to obey an Act of Parliament in every thing, yet it might not be too much humbly to sub mit to there game legislators, that, in despite of their enactment, the sun would continue his orderly course. and that though they chose, for the preservation of their pheasants, to say that it should be eight, yet in stern opposition to their decree the sun would shine. But these absurdities would follow when men acted from strong passions, rather than sound reason. But the reason he mentioned this was so shew them the necessity of unimpeachable testimony, before they convicted on such laws. Now what was the sum and substance of the evidence as to the tact ? That Col. Burgoyne had associated himself with a thief-taker to entrap men into the actual commission of an of fence, for which identical offence he was now prose cuting them. The ancient and true policy of the law required, that both in criminal and civil cases, every tact should be proved by witnesses without the slightest degree of interest in the event of a cause; and when that principle had been departed from in certain cri minal cases, by giving rewards, the wisdom of the ancient rule of law soon became manifest, for they had of late seen to what dreadful consequences it had led. The Jury without doubt knew the late transac tions at the Old Bailey. Colonel Burgoyne would, perhaps, start back with indignation, if his conduct was compared to Vaughan's, the thief-taker, who was tried at the Old Bailey. But Colonel Burgoyne bad an acute understanding by nature, which had also been polished by education. Let him divest his understanding of the clouds thrown over it by his passion for his game, and let him discover the dille rence if he could. Vaughan seduced men into the commission of an offence,. to betray them after wards. Colonel Burgoyne had done exactly the same thing. The one to gain money—the other to attain another object, which, to his feelings, were doubtless of equal value. Having commented at great length on this sort of testimony, he contended it was not such upon which the Jury would convict. The Learned Judge, in summing up, told the Jury the evidence was competent to be received, and if, confirmed as it was, they did not disbelieve it, it was their duty to find the prisoners guilty. Verdict, Guilty. 'Dig were sentenced to six months' im- priionment. The Assizes concluded at a late hour on Saturday, the Calendar having been the heaviest ever remem bered. There were 115 prisoners for trial, of whom (i 8 were found guilty; of which number 27 received sentence of death. The Judge, however, reprieved 23, and let t Joseph Clark, "farms Miller, William Cif fa, and William Hayden, for execution* The three first were the ringleaders of a desperate gang of house breakers who had long infested the county ; the house of. Joseph Clartt was the rendezvous of the gang, from which they sallied forth disguised, their faces blackened, and armed with pistols and bludgeons.— rwo of Clark's sons were also convicted of burglaries. Anus CAVION, for the murder of the illegitimate infant, of her sister, whose case, from the peculiarity of its cir cumstances, had excited : much attention, was ac quitted. This last case was the only our: tot murder in the Calendar. TUE L4TE RIOTS lir CUMBRALdIiiIi • FOETUS* PAETJEULARS 14014 THE CERIJELS PATRIOTS I'he disturbances at Allonby, noticed in our last paper, have ent;rely sobsided. The cavalry have rt. turned to Carlisle. The dative done,. it is now et certairied, will not exceed re3igi. which - aunt gr. LAWSON will endeavour to recover by legal proceed inns from the hundred wherein the rintsloorr place. .k:och of the poverty was wasted. The roads were strew:sl wid] meal and flour. Tile lull sack. of fl.air were C'li in IWO in order that they ntight the more eas;ly be col iod of ; and to enable them to tie cads which they had in.rde by carting. the (bur was thrown away ! Lave t;c,171...1 tho tollowiLg cn the subject: • 'Afar'port, Marcia I. distu - b.tnees vr , vail.Al ta vit. 'pop a:•.‘.l :putt. twerlsood last tweic, have nod st:bsidcd. A great nut..ber of the tio:..rs have h.:.n rumbled, but no sullicitnt Vbiticucc could be prolaced to warrant their committal. lc appears that these dis. turban:as were not solely the ace of want. They were fomen ted are.! encw ra,:ed by many who bad no ..atßc to rub for hunger, Inv. who utfc actuated merely bye desire to share in the plunder and destruction of property.' ANOTPCJA 141:1 butt:wins it 'cc:h.:tab:a may be relied on : On the night of Monday, the Olt inst. a number of persons, chiefly Irishmen, sailsr kids, and women, went to A Ihrthy, broke open and plundered the warehouse of late 2 h Sint, where Mr. Lawman, of Bowne.sdsall. had stored upwards of eleven tons of oatmeal, Boor, and pearl barley, for the Liverpool market, the greater part of which they carried off with impunity. I. (,'hest. Nan, Esq. of Unerigg-ball, was not informed of this circumstance till the following day, otherwise, he was ,wriniaded that ha ccul4 ea.ily have secured the ringleaders. On Wednesday evanirg, intelligence wits brought to the above. named Gentleman, that the mob was again assembling in greatly increased wrench and 1 numbers to renew the attach, and complete :he plunder. Per haps there were six or seven hundred persons cullectedr ham the town of Maryport and the neighbouring villagss. • h: r. Christian hastened down to Maryport, and used every effort . to persuade the principal people to accompany bins against the Rioters; but so panic-struck was the town, that only one gentle man could be induced to accompany . Front the Farm' at Bank End 1w failed al,ei of procitrinl a reinfotei:in-tit; so that he could only 'limiter ten against seven hundred. at l'imrsday, the • Gtb, a strict inquiry into the origin of the Riot took plans with a view to ditcover the ringleaders; but both at Maryport and Al. lentil a limit disgraceful silence prevailed, andneui.rr reproaeftes nor entreaties could extract the evidence which many were well able to give.' " In illustration of the disgraceful conduct above alluded to, it may be stated, that twelve sacks of flour, &c. were found after the riots, concealed un der straw, in the stabla cf tl.e vest- person who was appointed to take care of the proptrty, which, whets examined on the subj:•ct, • he said he had conveyel there to secure t'lein m the ri , uLrs ! ! per sun also, tiotwitlistacding that h r saw the it.ob, And was in el , .Se coot:let titers, Could trot id,atity any one of tl,e oft - A . 1 , 1,15! Tuesday last Zel•Gueighin, weaver, (one of our most active and 2:edit:us Referm:rl) was et.:ntnit ted to gaol for purloining and emiwzzling a qualcity . td cotton yarn, the property of Robert H. , ws4ie, of this city, manufacturer. The puais!inient is three - months unprisolitnent, and to be publi,:ly whilip2d." Extract of a letter from Benares, May 6, 1816 : Since you tell me that you wish to hear abOut na-. tive customs and manners, 1 must mention a fellow who has been lately hung at Calcutta, and suffered for an offence which I thnik never was heard of in Europe. lle was an admirable swimmer and diver, and used t , ) fiiquent the ghauts and places where the women came to bathe in the river. He would make his way atom; wider the surface of the water till he got close among them, and then seizing one of them by the legs, would drag her under the water, and drown her for the sake of her ornaments, for the wo men of this country always Lathe in their valnaLle gems and pearl,. Meanwhile the ra;:wspap, rs teemed with horrible accounts of :alligators ca•rpig away bathers r and these monsters of tine II .osi were talked of and feared by ev. ry. one, and seen by no one. At last, one day a gill disengaged herself from his grasp, rose to the top lit the water, and screamed out that it was no beast, but a man I He was the° caught, and confessed that he had carried pa that trade for seven years. Of the number of his victims he had kept no reckoning." Dun PIitIiVESTED. —A young Gentleman of the Army, resident at Kirkby Stephen, having circulated an injurious report relative to the conduct of a young brother Othcer in the battle of Waterloo residing at Alston Moat, the layer sent the former a challenge, and appointed the tne , :ting for Monday inorning last, on a piece of ground near Penrith, well known by the name of King Arthur's Round Table. The Gentleman who sent the challenge kept his appointment, and instead of his antagonist, found a Magistrate in waiting, who apprehended him and com pelled him to give security fur keeping the peace. An order hac been received at the Custr•m-Notice from Government, to admit every dvc;:ription of tire, duty free, which has had 3 great etfect wit the maim. CORN-TNCHANGE., M 17. We had a good supply it i'iheat to-day from Su= folk, besides a tolerable quantity of Laid s4rnples from ESbaX, yet tine samples iu'ly support Lest Monday's prices ; but there is no c!... to ,nd fur the inierior de. scriptions. Bai'wy was 11 , t so brisk in Side as last week, but picked samples ref prime qua!ity sold at Friday's pricus—all ether sorts are t:s. per quanti cheaper. o.its :ire '2i. per guirter ligber, but s. ItS were heavy at IfiaL .i.Jvaricc• In Peas, Bean s , and ether articles, there is no alteration. CURREN r /PRICES .%$ !SIMI& t ENCILISN• lick Dato, :mt. EOll. I Wheat, Kent and Emit, Old, Opt s , Plitatbe, 416. itta. 80s 1261. Ditto, Maud, titt 460 Suffolk, Ws. 120 s. Dlts, Koval, ::: i 404. • alorrolk, £O. 11 . 61. Rapeterd; XIO .e.is per last . - Rye, tios. 611. Floe; 100141055. per sack. . Barley, ant GOs Iloatiou. Mak, 64 1. sOi. Wheat, Da;ttzle, 113 a 130.. White Pees, 50,. Sea. ►Y 1 RittoOlakk tte 604. 6Ss Orel Pau. 461. 14%. Saudi Bans, 404. 4 t:g. .into, Jtic Red, IHambid'ar lirem4 Brabans t t. Rye, 00s. oas. AMITHFIELDMARKIiT. M.%RCI Beef 3, 6.1 co 44 6... I V eat S. U. • Muttnil 41 01 to 54 U. j V•rli 44 6.1 Seam 2544)--Sbeep and Lamb* 14,740 2, C.41164 HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD, aci. fl t £5. i4s.—Lloecr as Str.w ..J. 64. .0 IZ. it& 1154. 1:://‘ 11 , PlI. 1 13 s. 11.08 131. 1:34, .i 4 17. ).1 to 6c 01 i I •.r 150 —Ns 11./0. D. to 71 71.