The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-09-14 00:00:00

OLD MAO. • esterday, tilt &Woos arm •pened in the n•ual , at the Justice lialL before Mr. Baron Brabant, . Justice Rest, Mr. Justice Richardson. thn Lord yorAteeorder, ke. "ishe first ttial called on was tbat of George( Orford d Peter ?'glrr under a charge of burning the bowie t l'bilip Hambrick.. _ The Prisoners Immediately pleaded (►silty. Mr.. Baron thAnni exhorted them to withdraw plea, humanely reminding them of the conse winces of persisting in it. His Lordship's advice, VWCVer had no effect. The plea was recorded. Aasott.—John beteg, a respectable looking man, I Wag put to the bar, charged, under the 43d (leo. 3. (Lord Ellenborough's Act), with feloniously setting fire •u the Old King's Head publie-house, in Shadwell, on the fith of Jun.. last (which belonged to the prisoner), with an intent to defraud the Sun Fire Office. There were other counts, chargingthe injury• dune the land lord. Ike.; but they were given np. N.ichard Langley, of Lute-Line, Ratcliffe, said he 1• new the prisoner in question. On the sth of June I:v.t he heard the watchman spring hi.: rattle, and t►e•srd a cry of " Fire." It was after ten o'clock at uipht; witness was She first to enter the house ; he riit in through a back window by means of a ladder; the door was bolted on the inside ; the house was full of smoke. I■ the bar there was fire under a cask, u hit+ witness put out. Many others cau►e in after Fins. In the teller there was a Are iu the middle of the door, bat no blue. Witness thinks the water it Melt they threw down from the bar load put out the ti:e. There was no Ire-place in the cellar. Witness found embers in a closet on the gerood floor. He also f •un I snore pa per., partly bllrtlet i , 111.1 the of which hail been e I - res-examined.—There were wittier coal., or wood in the cellar : there. Iva., however, a lar 2z e ,try staves there, which were piled the - Thomas Jameson, of Sha !well, entered the house ni!l: the last c itnems, and contirnit ;I the teNtitoony 1:1. lal given. Witness looked over the whole honse : the beds were of a wrehrhed deseription ; renhl not %AV %%hillier they had recently been slept in ; the beds had VAnket., hnt no sheets upon them. icltard Wilan, an officer at Shadwell, agreed with I! e perelling witn . as to the eonditi .l the hou.r when he entered it. Witne.s npripril the clip board d.or in the bat k parlour; dikes not recollect rhether it was hasped or not ; believes it opene.l it ill ue• There was a civil ileal of paper i ts the tupbosrd, it was burning when n orench the dit.rr ; there was alto two hutolles of candles in the cet,board ; they were melted by the he.it : its the bark par'otur nitness found a tinder•lsts• sone. niAelo-.. and a while half burnt out ; sense tire was in the ;:r ite. Witness stated the bras to have hail no sho et. on them, there was no property in the drawers : there was very litt!e property in the lion.e. _ _ _ . . Cr. , ss-elattoinet—Witne.: de.eribed the tinder-box. iv. They appeared to he in such a oat.• ai to hr fur souse one •eturning 1 Mr. Rawlins. hrcu..ut of the Phenix Fire-office, was tl.. r eff:sl 1010 I.at the fire out in therellar. Some s , .,res heaped near the partition. Intl been set tire to. Witness u eot immediately in scarch of the prisoner, and found him at the house of Mr. Jones, of Stepney ciluseway, al.out twelve o'clork at night. On asking if Rates was there, somelm I t said " Is there a lire." Witness was then tire-. ed in the office lit try. Ile re pled " Yes :•' and the prisoner awn proposed going uith the witness to the house. Thew want according ly. A person of the 1/31111e of Wells, who was with tLem, asked Rates if he bat' been that erening to his 1 7u uce, and he said he locked the door after him, and that he was the last person who had been there. In a• a ref to a question respecting the keys of the house, vrisoner said he supposed Mrs. Hates had the keys. erass-examined.—The closet where the litortet paper aati candles were found was three doors (non the Cellar. TLere was no fire in the room in which the closet was. The interreeing Boors were not burnt. John Martin, a constable, eorroho.ated the forever u•tness.s.• He accompanied them to the 1e.).1 , e on the night in question. slums+ Matthews, a watchman, saw the (lours of C.e house broken open by Langley. Ile went in. and described the appearance of things as pretioe , ly s;inken to. Cross-examined.—The doors it ere chain e d mid bolt ed, Itnt he conk, nut say whether they were I , .e!!etl. Joseph Greenaway, a liretnan of the Sun lie. - olfier, came to the spot'irlien he heard of the hie. lie hest asked the prisoner what office he had insured in : pri soner replied in the Suit. Witness then desired to 5,e the policy, and the prisoner, taki ne it unto) his pocket, 4: u well it to him. Witness took down the toot:her of the policy. Robert Atkins, of the salone odic', said he was snb seriLing ttitness to the pulley-. The policy was then put in and read. It .l to slow that ti:e prisoner had insured his house, lurid t"re, stock in trade, &e. for upwards of 1,1001. It was signed by three directors, in whose name the pro- Secte.ioll 55'35 carried on. 41 witness proved some plyment% of the premium by tte • prisoner. James Toplis, appraiser to the Sen fire-office comp. vy, went to the premises to value the property which th.• prisoner had insured. Witness was of opinion the ter- in the cei;ehoard could nut be ere casionell by tfte fate in the cellar. Witness's valuation did not Make ti e whole property in the house worth snore than about 115!., though he hail insured for iipwards'of I,loof. Witness saw the prisoner the saner day. lie asked him if he had suffered any loss. Bates said lee last a portmanteau' which was under his bed, aml in ichirli was a silver teapot, a gold neck-lace, nine silver spoons, two sliver snuff-boxes, and some heeler, and forks: - This, with some plates in the kitchen, was the only loss he 11,4 snstaineil, over and above what he Lad insured fur. Witness said, the circumstances of t!ee fire were so suspicions, that lie was almost sure the office would not refund him. The prisoner only said that was a hard ease. In answer to a' s. question from the Court, lie said, the heels in the howic ei'd not rijumir as if they were made lip :4,r le ii)le to deep that welt in them. There was only two doors tv the house, front and a back door. - ' l .'' --- . John Paulett assisted the last whores in slatting the property. on Mates's preutiset, and agreed with bins as to the es lusatelsi *eq. a Magistrate at Shadwell, said that Hate ll e i e ll isence had been taken miay shoot twelvemonth Owe. This gentleman, however, added, without beingsaked, that it IV:1S nut ill consequence of any misconduct of the prisoner, bat from some insgro-1 prici c of some one in his house. 'ibis was the case file the prosecution. The prisoner, in his defence, disclaimed alt know- 1 ledge of how the fire originated. Hr said the Ma gistrates haring withdrawn his licence, be was reduced I to considerable distress, and that Ise had partly agreed with a wan from North Shields to take the house off his hands at a valuation. While this was in progress a friend*, Isis, a Mr. June's, who was also going to enter into the public business, requested lie would go with him to See the Sampson and Lion public-house, in East Smithfield, which he (Jones) was about to take. The prisoner and his wife went with Joins, and remained out until about half-past 12 at night, when the first notice he had of the tire at his house was the appearance of the firemen calling bins at Jones'. jour. He had no interest in setting lire to his boos, fur he had hopes of getting. his licence again, and being aisle to set up in business the nest year. - Elizabeth Ryder had lived as servant with the pri srnn•t for nine nionilis. %Vituess knows his house well. The tin•-Wool) n•as kept in the cellar. She was there tae day of the fire, and the morning after.— Reneriiilmrs seeing a cat, whose hark was burned a good deal. She hail observed thi. at heroic the lire took place, sod •an• no marks upon it. She 1131`1P tioneil this rirettenstanre to Rose. one of the firemen, on the •pot. When the primmer and bis wife went our, this' timidly went throngh the hack door. The front slim, hail a ha.! iastening to it. liy the Cos:ay.—There were always sliiwts upon the pismires heti. The cupboard was men with the flour. Manilas said, hr iive.l orxti!o..t. to ILtti.s. Ile oar in thehour the of the tire, hut lie fr thv am i teaeative of the paper. in the ettplio,,r,l that they had been set tire to after he lieli v !e eittereil the tiowie. h 110 rt*A. 141 so for • this opinion, lint bemuse they looked as if they were recently burned. Robert J.oles knows the prisoner. Iritness keep s the S.itni—on and Lion pnbli bow.e. in East Stuitio field. I:ate! , rased to I :Ste hint some directions about the public business before hr fot lots , it. Itensew. hers the :ills of Jut.e ; he nool his wit• called upon Hates by app ' thirty ; they were to Inert SWIM brokers, amt gss altogether to the Saoti•son awl Lion. They kit limes's house about Is Of-past eight. Bates came out by the bark door, alter i.e had fastened the front door after them; they all went to the Neptune puhlie-I r, hot nest meeting the brokers there, they went thence to the Ship, and boally to witness's howl.: they were sitting down to supper here, when the firemen rank. to say Bates's lest sse 11. j !, on fire.... When the alarm 111% given, 3lrs. Bates fell into hys terics, and was so ill that she was listable to accom pany her husband to the house at Shadwrl!. his witness gave the prisoner un excellent Ammeter. Elisabeth Jones, the wife of the last witness, cen• firmest his st.itemeot. The landlords of th,• tw•o puhlir Low•es which were Token of both s►rore that Bates w•a. at their homes At the tint: %tetra, r n the night of the sth of June. John lielly, an aneti n 'Sr,i said, when Kite• was in treaty with the titan from North Shields, he was about to get NOW. for his ill of the home. Takintr away his license, however, greatly lessened the .1 hie of the property. In Itereinher, 1317, Kitt- 1 . ; Are 310/. for Iha lease of the boo +r, an d he Lid out a considerable sum in repairs besides un it. John Row, the tirenian, Amine,' that the girl spoke t•i him about the piolo.ibili!y of the cats har ing carried tire on her back, by which mans th e p e , per% in the cupboard mi4i.t hime been ignite,' 116,.ve a dozen mo , st respectable persons r:ive the pri , ouer a good eh orieter. 31r. Justice lIEsT sumniNl up the evhlenee to the Jur, at great length, anti advised them, if there were any doubts on their minds, to is the prisoner the benefit of them. 'Ph; Jury retired for about a quarter of an hour, and they found the prisoner Not Guilty. I'OLICE. -0.-- lITTIMING /ORURO NOTta. M'l' 4 Nsysx -Horse decent-looking female, far ails-a-red in pregnanev, nith an infant at her breast and another child at her aide, slag brought up at this office, and underwent an examination on a charge of having uttered a forged Bank-note at the shop of Mr. blaeglew, linen-draper. This u-as the second person, within a %trek, who was brought before t h e Alagistrate ley Sir. Macglew, charged is 'oil having utts red forged n stes a: Isis shop. V. Cross, the shopinan of Mr. Marglew, stated, that the prisoner went into their shop on Friday eve ling Last, anti bought drapery t., the amount of 16s ; in payment she tendered a 11. note, which the witness instantly perceived to be a forgery. The prisoner gave her name and address, James, No. Id, Windsor terrare, tity-road ; but on its being intinsated to her that an Oliver would be sent uith her to ascertain whe ther her statement teas trite, she showed &disposition to make her escape, which was prevented. She afterwards confer-ed that it was nut her address that she had giren, and said she had-no house. Mr. Maillew said, that he interrogated the prisoner as to the manner is' %vias is she became possessed of the te. She gave, various accounts, with with-h he de clared he was nut satisfied, and told her she must tell him the truth. . She at length, after souse hesitation, I conkssad that &se hid heen deserted by her husband, who had left her totally destitute, with her two chit siren, in the state she then it as that she hail been s•verelY pressed by want, and could not obtain sue tient relict, and that whilst she was in that situation a wan had met her, who sold her s sme forged notes; s t i a n t s he gave hies three shillings and sixpence fur each pound note, and live shillings rot those of a larger amount. 0.. its being intimated to her that she would Ttik errAtE4M.ll. be dell*eted over to the hands of ibe law, she said the knew the consequences, and was happy she should be disposed of iri some way or other, And seemed very I indifferent as to what w.is to be dune with her. She' said she had no tegnlar home, but Slept any where. Markwell, the splicer; who was sent -for to take the prisoner into custody, stated, that he searched her, but found nothing upon her person except a few half pence. In her boson, he found three night caps, which she said belonged to herself and children. Wm. Leeds the Bank Inspector, declared the note taken from the prisoner to be a forgery in every respect. The Loan Mayon asked the prisoner if she wished to say any thing ? She replied she had nothing to say. Upon being questioned, she stated that the account she had given of herself to the prosecutor was the truth. She had two more children, bat they were old enough to take care of themselves, and were well situ ated in another part of the country. The prisoner was remanded fur further examination at the reqne.t of Mr. Booker, the Bank Solicitor, that the Bank might hare an opportunity of enquiring into the rase. A youttx man, named %Verdun, wa4 charged hy Mr. 'fucker, stationer of Budge-row, with having elnbez sled the sum of 32/. I Is. Id. under the following cir cumstances : Mr. Tucker stated, that in April last the prisoner called at his bowie, and told bins be could get a great deal of business for the house, and would undertake to serve it at once. Witness accepted of his services, and the prisoner sold a considerable qnantity of goods, for which payment was received. Witness then offered him 40s. a week for his services ; but the prisoner de clined, desiring him to wait till he sold to the amount of SPIV. and then a proper estimate could he fu.m.4.1 of his worth and activity, and an adequate remunera tion could be mask. Mr. Tucker did not °Vett to this proposition, hut he found that the most correct return hail not been madeloy the prisoner. and on that account made a narrow inquiry into his conduct. Ile ascertained that the suns of I Is. 4.1. had been paid by a linen draper, in firm Surrey-street, into the bands of the prisoner without being accounted for, and he accusal him of having feloniously embezzled the same. A clerk to the linen-draper stated, that the prisoner s o ld t o the house a quantity of paper, and delivered a bill of parcels with it, amountiag to the MOO of 33!. 7s. M. Witness settled the account, having deducted two-pence a bundle, and taken t•tf a discount of Ms. There then remained a balance of :Lit 1 Is. Id. The prisoner took I.W. in linen-drapery, and witness gave him a banker's draft fur I;I. I Is. lo,:iug the balance of the bill of parcels. The pris.mer said he was not a servant to hlr.Tncker, and could not therefore Collie within the operatiun of the act under which he bad been (-barged; be also de elated that Mr. Tueker had agreed to consider it a debt. Ile was fully committed. liliLMlALL.—Yesterday a middle aged man was brought before 34..11(11.m5:in . ' I south, by Lead beater, the Manhalman, n•hu had typrehestled him on a warrant granted a fortnight .q l o, tot a charge of forgery. The prisoner, it appeared by the evidence of Samuel rocks, of Bagnio-emort, Newgate-atreet, agent to Messrs. Lea and Butcher, carrt-mannfacturers, had been em ployed by that firm to sell goods on commission; mach confidence hail been placed in him, and so desirous were those gentlemen of giving him every respecta bility in his transactions MI their account, that he was permitted, when necessary, to draw bills in his own name upon the parties to whom he made sales, in the same ma .ner as if he had been a principal in the4rm. In the coarse of these transactions the prisoner gave is as at-count of goods sold to 31r. James Gregory, of How, to the amount of 49/. Its. fid. and paid into the firm for the same a bill draw? by himself upon Ore gory, and purporting to be aecepted by the latter, for the above sum, at two months' date. Snb.rgn.•it transactions having created suspicion that all was nut right in the prisoner's proceedings, inquiry was made as to this bill, w 6 a it turned out that no such person as Mr. James tiregory was known at Bow ; and upon the bill bring exhibited before the Magistrate, Mr. Corks swore to his firm belief that the whole of the hill, acceptance amt all, was in the hand-writing of the lorisoncr. The prisoner, at his own request, was remanded till Monday week next, to afford hiin an opportunih•, if p..ssibl to rebut the charge. oRPRIP STRUT —ln consequence of information received at the office. Mr. Itetill issued a warrant yes twilay for the apprehension of .hoghno Goold, o f N ew Inn-yard, Shoretlitelt,.a dealer in p.satphlets, for pub lishing a printed paper, entitled, A Whelp Lost!" the same bring a scandalous and seditious Hive] against his Majesty. The man was soon aiterwartis brought to the office, and the sale of the paper duly proved. lie was told by the Magistrate the contents of the paper were a gross nisei, and he was then as!.ed what hie had to say in his defence. Ito .14 stated that he sold this and other publieat" as th►y were sent to him from turner and other per sons, and that he was sorry for hi• offence. Mr. lievill said, he should call upon him to find sureties, hintself in 100/. and twJ sureties in 50/. each, to answer this libel, and also to find further sureties that he would erase to sell these libellous p u bli ca ti ons , but in consequence of his expressing regret, anti his present behaviour, he would permit bins to go at large on a p►omise of his appearing at the office to-morrow morning with his sureties, and that in the mean time he would cease from the ask of all seditious publica tions. Gould promised he would du so. Yesterday Sheriff Parkins was summoned at this office for refusing to par a penny toll at Shoreditch Turnpike, on the day ht. went to preside at the Mid dlesex Meeting, held at the Mermaid, at Hackney, to address the Queen. Deputy Pullen attended instead of Mr. Parkins, and { Mr. Williams, •he Attorney, attended on the part al the Lessees, to support the information. The defence • was, that air. Parkins, beinc a public officer, and out public duty. was exempt from paying any toll. Mr %%Milan's maintained the information. It was laid under the local act, commonly called the Ilollywell street Act : and if the King himself passed through be WAS liable. If It had been even laid under the Oen,- ral Turnpike Act, no one would be exempt, even the lt , .ya Family , unless they were going from Palace to DIED. 00 Tuesday last, Alfred. the third son of Mr. Ws. Lettaarti, surveyor, of Parson's-green. Fulham', %giddiest:. aged II years. Os the 10th fasten'. at his h lose. in Upper Raker-street, Alesartlse Rots. Esq. of Crotuarty. North R t ;filo. Os aitiwday, the 9th instant, after a loog and severe ill seas, sersh. the wife 01 Mr. Jobs Hell, of Frith-street, oe IVO Nitta', at Chle:lessee. is his 50th year. Joiat Quwasedi., 1s of his Uniesty's JasticA 4 of titePeaee, saida Deputy lieutenant fur the County of Stusez. • Leedom : igld. Pristed.sad Published t the Ogee of " Ttustbrituusitax." ead "Tut CONSTITUTION" (Monday Paper). No. I. Attend. septette St. Clement's Charon. by wmensu.. 1.. L. f.: to irrwm. as c••• essisatioas, Orders. *c aro requested Is b. edlirteopl. ----• Palace. The Maglitiite tbosight it was a ease7 r frat importance, aid was donlatfal windier the badness oft Mr. Parkins was of a piibile native. The deeisds o was postponed to a future-day. 'fondly, one of the most extraordinary elansinalless • relative to the Wender of a dog occureled s at the H anes . Harden °dice. Mr. Summers, a butcher, residiag I ner-street, Somers' Town, appeared tea sammeas, auk, suit of (horse Ripley, Esq. of Resta an, to Am cause why be detaned a valuable N which bad been missing about fear moths, sada rew ar d of two guineas was aslveftiied for its recevery. I Ripley stated, that he had the dog while a peppy, aid • that it was in bis pomessioa ibout three years and a half; that he lost tiedog about twelve mouths ap, ay • offered a reward of five guineas for his , consequence of which, William Andley,e St. Pancras, brought the dog from Paddiftesa,aug pa i i i the five guineas to the person who restored it; ;bat k lost the dog again, and bad some paean-bills stack ace s offering a reward of two guineas for his ;weeny, b at that the dog was never brought back; that th e m a week ago a friend sat/ the delf iellowing the defeadaat. • and watching him home, informed the plaintiff of di e circumstance. He (Mr. Ripley), accompanied he W. Addle'', the constable, who could swear to the ideality of the dog, went to defendant's house, where they s.,S. 1 the dog ; and being well satisfied as to the ideeeity the dug, he offered the reward and claimed the dog ; but Mr. Nommen refused to deliver it up. Ripley the, produced a host of whams" to poem the ideality of the dog, which be said he womb, not part with foe twenty guineas. Mr. Summers being called ea for his defence, stated, that he bad had the dog Sii mei& la Isis possession, being two smooths before Mr. Rip his slog; he knew the dog about twelve email Eska in the possession of Mr. Jennings, a builder, isisly ceased, front whom be bad it, and he produced a saw her of respectable witnesses to prove the dog was time years in Mr. Jennings possession. A man of th e sum of Stevens proved t he selling of the dog, a puppy, three years and a half ago, toile. Jennings. 21n—liesings, her apprentice, her lodgers, several of her neighbotra, and workmen, were ready to swear the dog was t h ree years in the possession of Mr. Jennings before h: roe it to the defendant. The plaintiff and a number if the most respectable witnesses were equally prepared to swear to the identity of the dog, which they called Cato; the defendant called him Plato, and Ilse dog readily answered to both names. The Magistrate (Mr. Roger.), declared lie found it impossible to deride, mid dismissed the complaint. Mr. Summers took the dog, and Mr. Ripley declared his intuition of bringing an action for the recovery of the dog. HIGNICAT Ronsray.—Tateday evening, as 31r. Morgan, Solicitor, of Uray's las, was return ing to his residence, and was proceeding along Hol born, a fellow of gigantic dimensions, who was com ing in an opposite direction, stopped him, and inter tioually gave him a violent posh. This caused a me secretary d lay, mad two 111-looking fellows behind Mr. Morgan exclaimed " Clear the way ! don't step the passage thus !" At the same memeut the arms of Mr. Morgan was seised and pinioned by the parties be. bia.i, whilst the fellow is front made a snatch at his watch-chain, and drew his gold watch from his OA. Mr. M. was greatly treated by the villains, who made a successful retreat, notwithstanding the exertions of Mr. Morgan to have them secured. laforneation was laid at the Otice in Marlberough-street of the reh bevy, and a description of Nit robbers and property was given. 11A LTIC4L IN TSLLIGENCR. The Jolty Johanna Elizabeth, IVerlde, frau Mir liansand to Villa Nora, was carried into Pooh ea Tar day, by a Pilot boat, with loss of masts awl water logged, anti abandoned by the crew off the Wight. The Integrity, Armstrong, from Liverpool to New foundland, is lost near Burin. HAMA, Jut.v 10.—The Vasco de Game, which mired bore on the Nth inst. from the East Indies, bad an ea• gaireuarnt with an Insurgent privateer off this harbour, on the 6th, and again on the 7th ; and after an honfs contest the privateer cheered off. The Mercurio, front this port to Mosatubique, which returned here on the 4th inst. after being taken, and retaken, was plundered of 211,0110 dollars. AYRES, Just': 10 —The ConfAracion Patriot privateer, arrived here on the 4th inst. front Eusettad.t, and is fitting out for a cruise ; she will mount about 14 guns, and is to sail the end of this month. VESKELA PPOIKEN Mario, on the 21th of Aug. by the John, t•ulburge, from .Ilicant to Sto.:6- holm, arrived off Dartmouth. Monarch, of Whittle, on the I I th nit. near Archangel, out 41 days from L.tith, by the Royal Union, arrived off Peterhead. Angina 111th, Heater, from Trinidad to Gibraltar, lin lat. 254. 52. lon. 63. W. out I I days, all well, by the Ealing. Grove, Ness, arrived at Deal. July 21st, in lat. 43. 30. lon. 541. the brig Triton, out 27 days, from St. Petersborgh for Baltimore, by the ship Euphrates, from Liverpool, arrived at New York. July 13th, in lat. 43. 10. lon. ?S. 30. the brig Hannah, out 13 days, from Liverpool for Portsmouth. N. H. Jul! 15111, in lat. 44. 30. Inn 31. the brig British Tar, ont 2? days, from London for Quebec, by the Meteor, from Li verpool, arrived at Boston. July 2nd, abreast the Island of Jersey, brig George Beckwith, from Rotterdam for Boston. July 24th, in lat. 42j. lots. 31. the Ai); William, out 30 tl.syst. from Li verpool for New York. July 27th, in lat. 43. lon. 56 . the brig Hope, lien.tison, from St. Prtershnrgh for Boston ; all by the ship Ilerald, from Antwerp, arrived at Boston. June I9th, in lat. _►4. fn. lon. 43. the ship Potomac. from Liverpool for Norfolk, by the ship Thorn, arrival at New York from Liverpool. _ _ . . BIRTH. Oa the I I th instant. the Lady ofJ. Kightley, Esq. of N. II Wigatore-street, Cavendish-9.litre, of a son. M 111RIED. On Tnesday last. at rierienwell Church. Wm. Brits , . Esq. of Wood-street, Cheap-We, to Mrs. Flizabeth Yeas• land, widow of the late Alex. Peatland, Esq., of Actors, Middlesex. r" NI, IS