The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-01-10 00:00:00

- STATESMAN. prejudication of any particular question might there by be occasioned. Ile was aware of the force of this objection on the present occasion, and was degroos of guarding the House and the Public against any premature impression which the ingenuity and elo quence of the Hon. Gentleman was calculated .and likely to produce. The SPEAKER held, that it bad been the uni form practice of the House to confine Members giving notice of • motion, to the precise purport of the motion, and the day on which it was to be brought forward. Mr. HUTCHINSON then gave notice that he should, on the first Tuesday in March, move for the Repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Bri taic and Ireland. Mr. LUSIILNGTON brought up the Report of the Committee on Expiring Laws. Mr. WHARTON brought ih a Bill to Repeal the Duties on Coals and Culm, and to enact other duties in their stead. The Bill was read a first time ) and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. A.ijourned. ,--- tl,O Mastership le Chancery, bet generally thepractice o f rewarding political votes by such appointments.— I n advertingto the case of Colonel *Mahon, he was not of opinion that the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Croker) had entirely removed all its objec tionable qualities. The principal feature of blame in thz. transaction was, appointing him (biting the re , u s; of Parliament, to a situation which every one must know to be a sinecere, and therefore an Locum 'crance upon economy in the expenditure of public mo ney, and fit only to be abolished. The Ministers, 1. ? thought, might, with more d..cency, have wait ea till the Parliament met, for there were no duties attached to the situation which called so imperi ooiv fur performance, that the omission of them u rtj'll have been injurious to the public service.— 'I.:, i:itimatio, of his provisional nomination which h I hem made to Colonel M'Mahon, and upon 0 oi6l so much stress way laid by the Chancellor of t:i, I..Achequer, appeared to hint extremely futile and nugatory. The same might be ..;airis to any man re- c „.i v n , ,E; any species of appointmont. To what did ' it amount What actual efficacy had it, as far as regards the' I , 7 , empion of the appointment ? Could ". it pow be taken from Colonel M'Mahon without 1 Arr. Mail% Due. s o no other remuneration being given in its plat.'? He p 1 E:' En t %v:sh to be con , idered as haring any personal ( ° 0 . . Cadiz '. 1 loost..lry towaras Colottl.l.a•Nialtott. He wac t man a . Ularin of o!tem he never heard au evil report in his !if ~ so ! 0 • Malta , i 0 L ame ksa n•.:s his conduct, bolli pe , lic and private.: . 0 1 1 . e was a faithful servant of his Royal Master. But 1 1.. Auhelt !• •.• - 4:l i„ tho!.,;ltt Ministers had acted with great impropriety 1. l'lliCE 01 0 STOCKS THIS ~...1 . - 1 ..4g tho Prince Rte: at. to. reward his sepias. y , ~t - - - ,-.. i:.. i:( . ..1 an `t t ;pointment. With regard to this itti- 3 nir t.eut. eons. 53).} ro;n::.l:tet of Mr. &alter, as Clerk of the Council, ° tur f Own. fled. r/4 3 t t- h ul l .u, outer objection to it than as it eas the 1 : 1 1 .. c 1: : ::* N 7 :,., 93.1 4 avltis of hr;te;iat another 07c2maninte Parliament. , Long. Ana. it.* Mr. R VDIAL.-hrreved again, t.tar Mt. Buller's si t-, ttten was Pot a recant appoint in•eitt, Lut a rover ,;.utary one of twentF-ftve years standing. In roply td tita Hon. Mcrnber's (Mr. Whitbread) observation, teat on detriment to the service could have en , ttAl by I.eeping the place of i'a)master of the Widows' tensions open flit the moeling of Parliamem, as it i, 'volt eti no irapot tant duties, he would ask the (nes tian, what inilry had h.;ett done to the public by the a i pointtnetit, ntoditicd as it was ? Mr. AVILIFBR EA 1) i epliNl that the obj ection, was, tha! the atwolutniort; recognised a principle which he T o'::Prd..il as ltylly dangerous and reprehensible, that et *uestuaing public money a ithout adequate service OA T : VT 404 K O'CLOCK. ritileflslllll/1"14C - 161:" Eutectic! . liittil4. Y pr. Ditto 31d. 3 6 pr. ()ffinittriva die. Como% for Ara. 69} 4 futecry 'rickets stall $ THE STATESMAN. LONnON: FRIDAY, JANU ‘litY 10, 1812. The most important feattl:se of the Debate in the Hn•!se of Commons last night, is the motion of Mr. CRLEV " tint this House resolve into a Committee on to-morrow se'nnight, for the purpose of- taking into consiieration the places and pensions•held by Members of the House." To 'his constitutional and very reasonable proposal, the CitAvceLt.ott of the EXCHEQUER objected, princivally upon the ground that the acceptance of a plzce by any Member of Parliament vacates his seat, and he can no logger for it. MATIIEW MONTAGUE spoke a few wools. in which he professed himself to be one n 40:14.11 it was that public services should be :et , in:, ti b% places ; and t - !,at he did not wish' to see CtiVl . l iirfielit abolish all sinecure appointments until a su•li,•i lit sum be provided as a means to commies 'i• the.c lio would be thus dispossessed of those they eon held. The .110i. , e then div:ded— For '.tr efrevey's Amendment . 11 Fur the original Question . . 54 The llonso Miring ;one into a Committee on the I.r a vela ing to Sugar, certain resolutions regulating ti.e• trade between Martini:Die and the other Islands iu in West li:dies, recisn'i4 . rateured hr this cnuu • were nglet.cl to, sal a bill ordered to be broaght it...ccordiugly. remain a repre•seitative. of the people, his , constituents, after knowing' what he. has done, shall think proper to re-elect him. Were the mode of alerting Members of Parliament as pure as the original principles of eur Constitution require it should be, we would then give credit to Mr. PEIrCE.• v.ll. for his objection to the proposed inquiry, but when it is notorious that Seats in that House are bought and sold every day, and, that this traffic is aot Ntly winked at by Mioistese,-Iset aottrztly de• feuded by them, it is absurd fe pretend that the mere vacating a seat in_ Parliamer t, on flur ac ceptance of a place or pension, is *Alit:Vitt to prevent the introduction. of • improper percon4 into the [louse of Commons. These appointments in fact, as they furnish the means of bribery and cor ruption, give greater facility to the practice of which we complain, and clearly shnw that unl,ss a cure is applied immediately, it will unhinge the whole fabric of our Constitution. In the course of the debate, and on the appointment of Cot. WtblatioN being alluded to, Mr. %%rumens:AD took ormion to remark, •nut the Colonel was a faithful servant of the PRINCE REGENT, and a most honourable man, of hom all spoke well, and no one could speak ill.-- But the matter did not rest on the merits of Colonel :H•_ll.atios's character. The state of the case 'as simply' this :—ln the interval between the last Session of Parliament and the present, a sinecure place became va - cant: a sinecure _place .which had been recommended to be abolished, not less than 29 years ago, and twice at a later period.— Instead of wa►ting for the determination of Parlia ment, as to the continuance of this place, what did the Ministers do i They recommended to his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT to fill it up, as if it were a place whose existence was essential to the very well-bein; of the country. From the report of May and June, 1810, it appeared, that no dei ties were performed by the principal, and very kw duties. by the deputy of- this place. What detrimeht, then, he asked, could it have been to the public service to have suffered it to remain vacant _until the present Session of Parliament ? If it were possible for Ministers to have wished to cast odium and disgrace on their Royal Master, this was, of all others, the very appointment which they shOuld have recommended him to fill up.Tbey could not have possibly devised better means for the attainment of such an unworthy end.. But the truth was, that the thing was done for the purpose of saving the place altogether. When once a person of the high ' character of Col. M‘Minow Was appointed to how easy was it for them to say, and' how - plau sible would be the argument,—" Oh, is this the way that you would treat him who has been so faith ful a servant to his Royal Master Sarely you will not be unjust as well as ungrateful: and if the' place which has beet: conferred upon him: aa.tbe rep ward of his honourable services is to. be done away, it is at least but just that he should be remunerated."' reply to these coaclusive observations, Mr. Se cretary Rims chose to my, that he would answer tke question of Mr. WSITIMILAD by putttog another, mutely; What disadvantage was it to the pablk sevc I vice to have up the, situation' now enjoyed- by co, its bpi WI dote satibetetelk4 Amos i , .'• option of Parliament ?—To this it was answered by Mr. WitivettsAn, that there would undoubtedly have been an advantage to, the public by keeping it vacant, as a saving of the public' money would thereby have taken place. But Mr. Cue'Nor's motion was lost by a majority of forty-two in fa. sour of Ministers. IVho f after this, can expect that the present Mouse of Commons will reform itself ? Our Correspondent at, Portsmouth, writes us as follows, under date the 9th Instant :—. 44 This morn ing arrived at Spithead, his Al.o EST v's ships Pgra nuts, Captain DAsuwoon ; and Ariel, Captain Ross. Immediately on their numbers being made out; the greatest anxiety was visible, in hopes of obtaining sbmc intelligence of the Hero, St. George, and Defeice; numbers were waiting the arrival of the boats-.from these ships:—we are sorry to say they could give no account of them. The 'PNrainirs and Ariel, left Elsineur (to which place the con voy had bßen forced back in consequence of bad weafhbr,) the day after Christmas-day, in com pany with his MAJESTY'S ships Crescent, Captain CluiLLlAss ; Woodlark, Ernest, and Censor. The Ranger left them off Gottenburgh with the Ardent and Dictator. The Crescent, - Woodlark, Ernest, *tad Cenr a were telt off Yermonth, with the re -Wants or t convoy, on Monda - fUst. Tile Officers of the Arad say, they e:aperienced most' boiiterous weather, and when they were outside of Eisinear Castle they were some of the convoy dismasted, and one or two in shore on the .Swedish side. The first intelligence of the loss of the Hero, Captain J. N. Ntwx.tst, was off Yarmouth, where they were boarded." TREMONADLE ASSOCIATION IN IRELAND. The Dablin Evening Post, of the 7th instant, which we received this morning, give; the following account of the discovery of this pretended plot : . had, on second thosights, written to Mr. Gosierati, to my that he mould be glad Love Lord Fivnam. on Sund.y; but, as Mr. Gnarraa had returned to hi, lieu in the country, the letter had followed him there, where Mr. ritivrran bad written in answer, that the matter did not press. Lord FINGALL, replied, ATTORNEY-GENERAL, we felt that it pressed on is to/make Cho communication as spredity as pocotste. " We have now stated all the facts that have come to our knowledge. Wedo fearlessly ask, do those facts re mire any comment The existence of a Treasonable Conspiracy is disco vered—The Law Officer of the Crown refuses to bear of it othi es! 'wise than in due form of Lasc—he is afraid to receive intelll. genre important to the State, lest he should admit detegatt'au- 7 and lastly, be postpones o4tainiug this knowledge, from Satur day until :ilonday : it was of count., quite imponible, that the io tention of the Membeis of the Catholic ittee,tomake.thedis closure,ure, should remain a secret. 'the ihsplicated obtain time, from Saturday to Monday,to abscond, or conceal themselves. Good God, WRERE DID THIS COMPIRACT caustics? We ask our OEM tr) men, of every description, where could this Conspiracy have' commenced ? We, really, are apprehensive of answering the question! But we will say where it did not continence. it did not commence with the Catholics, who have used their evertiout to put it in the power of Government to have Bout. It rid net originate w its them, whose fair, und, °them Ise, eer.ain hopes of Enmocipation would be blasted hythe existence, amongst thens,oS treason or disaffection. It lid not originate n...tincit the who have no *ish to strengthen the Lute of tac present Adviiii st-ation, by giving them thoseweapors which or always be re sorted to in times of our .ukase and didoyolky. No—whatever it be, and whoever compose it, f. is a Conspiracy agaima: the Catholics—anJ, being confined, as it most be, to a few miser able apes of the lowest order, it is a Compiracy qiefut to th. Admin;>traliun!—Vte a:cuse no pc:son—we inidut^ nods ing— bat we call upon Government to exert itself. The Members i f Are Catholic Committee lave placed one link of the chain hi the bands of the AdininistEation—it Is their duty to unravel the en tire chain. Let AVMs! ttiiiipiratorsete:diicentritAL-itt Asa as xosts!!!" The Metropolislas not on any day In rue memory of the oldest inhabitant, exhibited such a somure ap pearanee a., it has done throughout this forenoon. In the City, the shoo, suhscription and coffee-horses, merchant's conntiog-houses,&c. the lamps and readies were lighted for the transaction of bosiner..:, as ge. nerally, thotigh with less effect, as at any hoar In the evening; and even in private houses lights were woes. nary for reading, Ste. the same as at night. .In the principal streets of the city it was impossible to distinguish the faces of the people at the distabce of two yards. Indeed, they were darker than they . usually are at midnight, as .the lamps were not lighted. The Royal Exe;Ange, oil which ere oc. casionally, at this hour (noon) many hundreds of persons, is quite deserted. At Mark-lane no business was done, it being impossible for the buyers to see the samples of corn distinctly enough to enable them to buy, without giving the sellers, who knew the quality, such manifest advantage over them, as to deter tin from becom.; ,; purchasers. ' Upon this subject, which has engrossed an much of the con versation of the metropolis for the last two slays, we are enabled to Pay before our Readers an ACCURATE NTAI'EVENT of all the facts which are known. OD t h e AUTREETIOTV of our statement the Public may repose implicit credit-there are the facts: - About eight days ago, a Meeting was hold of the Trustees of the Charity School belonging to the Catholic Chapel in Church. street. The School-Master neglected to attend at the usual hour, and arrived in a state of intoxication, as the Trustees Iwere about to disperse ; he was severely reprimanded for his ab. scour, and required :o state the reason of it. Ile endeavoured I to excuse himself, 'saying, that he had been detained by inspor. Itint business-but, as his duty required that all his time shoeld I be devoted to the school, the Trustees refased to admit any such ; excese, and then he stated irtnatly that he had been enraged in ! the business of Ike new .ISTo. • iu!ion, to one division of which he said he aas Secretary. The nature of this Association was inquired of him, and he gave the following account : I That it was an association instituted for the purpose of sepa -1 rating Ireton/ from England, by forme of arms-that it had alba for 04 of its otajecasrai...rtiefatien,qf degsge- r that, hew : e.. - er, the aanst Retire person be knew of ki it was.a Mr. Fisese, a PeoT• 1r VIT, who had avowed hint end the other venous he eneneed in the pl-tn, that it had tiae sanction of the OATS `LIC Consul-rip, and that \lr. Hay was their Private Secretary that he had been supplied with a blunalerhios, and many others 1 st..Te armed, as it was easy In procure aring nut u! • the Stores at t,',.; l'asite ! -and that an attack was shortly to he made in Deb ' lin, as they were assured that the garrison Was at present very I u •mk.• -Such was the substance of the statement made by this I ' man. The Trances adjourned to the newt day, and then called him Iwfcre them. Being sniper, he wished to conceal or retract the feets, hut, being cloudy pressed, he admitted that he had : become a member or snub an Aemeial ion, and repeated the ac count Is- had gisen the preceding evening, with this addition, tut he h-dieved the name of FIttER was not a real, but as as sain,rl name. The trustees instantly dismissed bim from his I employment es Schotal.annqtr, and entlauvoneed to make him scmible of the crime he had committed, and of the evident false ' !mod of the representations that had been anode to him. On Thursday. the Yd, those facts were communicated, for the first i time, at the rooms belonging to the Catholic Committee in Capel street, to Mr. il.ty, in the presence of Major BRYAN. The I sientleman who made the communication was not present at the examination of the School-master, and it therefore became ne -1 cessary to ascertain the facts from some person who -Am. 'lbis could not be done until Friday. On that day several members of the Carbolic Conimittee met at D'Ancv's, in Earl-streets and the facts being stated to Mean, they unanimously resolved to communicate the entire trmsaction to the A'rTORNET.OR: NERAL, in the presence either of Mr. GRATTA I E, or of the KNIORT of KILIRRY—a precaution which, circanataneed as the Members of the Catholic Committee were, they thought prudent, and mold not be Improper.—Neither of those -distimptishcd Gentlemen were its town on Fri day s bat eIIpfESSEE were sent them, and alto to Lord Frneasa, who walla Killeen Castle; and early on Saturday morning the three arrived In town. It was the opinion of those Gemlenten that They leght, In the Ora instanee s lo wait as the Avronstav- GVIZRUn to s infarm him that Lord Finaattand some other Ca tholic Gentlemen hada communicating' to make to him, torch ing the existeoce of a treasonable emispiracy-that they were then ready to make it -and to know if the Arroneer-Gmart nat was ready to receive mem for 'that purpose.-This course war acconliagty sttlppted. Mr. (:RATTAN and Mr. Farman was amordingly waited en the ATTORKST(IIDIRRAL, on SDP turday lost, and stated the object of their visit. Mr. Arroanno Gwent st wasi not theft '4lO I . '' , s'.l: 'l' "3 matenicatiowl- We understand that boasked if there were any informations on oath-and recommended to Lord Irantesu. and theothee Gentle- Ma is go bane, a Puke Magistrate, and give their infoensatioa to hiraemid, that the usual any was to go before& Magistrate and did not -soon to Mink it at all seessaarg to test the Catholic Ocatleason himself! Ife • understand that ,the Armature-Gl imam. was stmagly pressed to receive the Communication, and It:submit it to the Iris) Governmenttkat heaskak Srbether the Gentlemen maw to come to hint at alasetursittes‘Ltio.whieh the Knight of Kerry replied, ' No, Fir, they wlllwak 41" jos &sorely as iritlioidnals.' • t. “ At length the stsroassey-amenstaaappolnied thithoor of 14, • - on Menslay,- the '6th , at Mr. Poaa's Oakes in die allade, furl It-should be mentioned, to the honour of Messrs - tvieiviiie the comiainieados. a -' -Resold, ha sasatodlo g 6 to his B owan° an d c o. .tb a t, o b en t a wee k b e f ore th e i r corsair seat, and sappier-it Wee could 4ie taw deader in the missal salsa! The Earl of Rhas', e Major Baran, and Mr..O'Cant- 1a t °pi/lilt, they returned to. their cnstotners all their oots, were aprohno i to g o to Mr.. p"s e os ce if t h St h oa r ._ i sho. fa u et bills by'which they somewhat lessened the evil y did al accordingly, and were accompanied by Mr, 0'06a.. I or. their re. IliAlf. We easevisans Ant tdey pee i brierstateteineet the ! Of di 19th Century, oar present New Totes o sekeesion imideby the School-maslies-gave la' kW nam, ties date Allti will be lore/ memorable for giving Birth , . in the aamsemill hofdencto of nine of th e rnotemmbe were Its apsi Moods; tb k 'State Lottery of onIfTWEIvo news 10414 eonfewien ; and also NW' IvieiodsPeeni be -Thassattal Tickets, possmehtf, exclusive 'oratatty *win to. this , ,Aelocimeos.--Tlier:rothopitheiVilt by the • Other pyhicitti l ' Tithe Capitals of artilidere p it 'Avettatter- o Mcmial. Log Mr. P( 444 '0114 simamikolf. So, i4l. Magnitude • wi Awo . leatieri of SD 000‘ . 1110114" ll** 'di. having : bade " r " Irr e nsurrite,l4 w r i w i Ngo the whole of ;MeV beginning at Nine ' O'CieSk Oil logelitg, iLSiellill illtsfeeninent hied al • Ike* MI& - - • jaa at i va lFtE Voitillitetnti liketkilliaelfill litasatin V* imps -T g ionhositeo; the the ikeT4isir. . . , .. . .. :.. 4 . • • •.: •;44 , ... • at • ...,.; ... 4.• ~. • NAVAL INTELLIcir..NCS. PLYMOUTH, Jaw. JAN. B. ..ter-~----~. rikr•••••,l , rr ~„- Arrivid the Clara, of Dartmouth, Wm. Field, Master, from Waterford, with corn ; the Active . , of Yarmouth, Geo rge Pidgeon, Master, frOisderk, with butter. The Dotterel' brig of war, of 18 guns, Captain, Daniell, is expected to sail on Friday next with the trade for Lisbon. A line-of-battle ship is now lying too off the har bour, supposed to be the Edinburgh, of 74 pas / from Portsmouth, which ship, in company a ith the Malta, of 80 guns, now lying in Cawsand Bay, are expected to proceed immediately to join Sir Edward Pellew's fleet in the Meditorranean. PORTSMOUTIT JAw. The Topaze, Captai.i II i tey, which is arrioed from the Mediterranean, and who is now under quarantine at the Motherbonk, left Malta oa the Ist of November, where were lying the 44ehille and Fred. riehsteits men . of war; the 2'opor.e left at Gibral ar, the Smiftsetre, sun two other men of war. The Topctze's convoy has been much dispersed, and but few of them arrived with her. Some few have time arrived. Tin: rest of the West India convoy, so long detain ed here, under the c i ask., Captain Collier, Past the Needles yesterday alte) , .oon. This day the Mediterranean convoy, under de COMM, with the 1/strnts store ship, John Fox, Master; and Weymouth store ship, Thomas U • kins, Master, sailed with a fair wind. Vol haws an immense riumoity of fire-arms, annumitieu, mod stores, for tLe Spanish Patriots on those (*OM% that border on the kediterratiean. Three transpl rts sailed with them, having on board t' e 7th battalion of the line of the King's German Legion. The% troops are going to Sicily, to which pace therwerri destined previous to the arrival of Lord W. Hem. tinck from Sicily. Arrived the Pyramus, of 40 guns, Captain Dash. wood, from tie BSI& ; anti the Ariel sloop of war, from a cruise. The Hawk, of 18 guns, is come ■p to Spithesa from St. Helen's. DEAL, JAN. 9._ Artive# the Pittard frigate from the BaL Sailed his Majesty's ships , Aboukir sod Cumber' land, far Portsmouth. _ SINECURE PI.AC:.S. Mr. MAit notice of a motion for this (I'..untlay ) fortnight, for the appoi.itm , iit of a rt Committee to inquire into the nature iittl ex tuit of Sinecure Lilco, &c. REPEAL OF THE LEGISIATIVE UNION WITH ELA ND. The Hon. C. 11. HUTCHINAIIN observed, that it was now the eleventh Session since the passing of the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland, at which time it had been acknowledged by the high tit autyrities in both countries, that the system, which, for centuries, had been pursued hi the ma hogement of Ireland, was, in every respect vicious and defective. Tie SPEAKER here called. the lion. Member to cller, on the ground that there was no question be fore tht , House cohtected with the subject alluded to b% the lien. Member. Mr. 17TCHINSON claimed his right, as an in. tlepeudent Member of that to originate any &orlon at the moment, without giving notice. Mr. PERCEVA!, contended, that agreeably to tho v.!::Liitlicd practice of the House, even at the Ist:04l shalt motions were allowed to be brought for wr.rd without notice, no Member was entitled to bring; forward a motion, after the other business bt (!le (lay W 45 disposed of, and after the hour ullive &dock, without permission of the House. rh:' SPEAKER held, that this was the order of cr -.cycling in that House. . Mr. I i (ITCH{ NSOisi said, he had not had au pp ),ortipity of ....wing- his asolioe ; but if it was the wish of the Right Honourable Guillemot% opposite' 1 1 'r. Percevu!) to step the motion, because be (Mr. I:IA instet) made mention of the words " Ireland" and " L'elott," from proceeding farther, grounding hi; h;rter , ion upon a matter of form, let it be under stotsl that it %vat, to the Right llonourableGentleman that the charge of stopping him was to be attributed. '2 snt.,Ad have another opportunity of bringing for ward his motion; but let it be recollected, that it was '." he interference of the principal Minister :ee Regent in that Hulse, that he was now from stating what the object of his motion Ills of Order by Mra Parceaal and his • ; - !AK ER said, be )tad already states' what • Jr of prnoeeding in that House. • ,* It'PON, after au experience of 30 ypers as ...; ; of the House, entirely agreed with the r to the usage laid down by hint. • r. IXTCHINSON, after a abort interval, ;; :t he rose with the intention of giving no ,.f a 1:otion on a subject of the very last Is)- cc"' ti.c.t. and he hoped to be indulged with pertnis *s • •;‘ ~ ta;e, shortly, his reasons for, making the mo-, I.; , 1 which he was now to give notice. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER si, , ,ke to order. it was an established rule of ilousp, th a t no Me m b er , .in giving notice of a . .;;;n for a f u t ure day," s h ou ld be permitted to an '° ' :gate the debate of that day, by assigning Ibe rea , .1. by which h e was ac t ua t e d i n g i v i ng his notice.— !. • propriety of this rale was apparent, because • bring no opportueity afforded on the other LA . tomer* tkp, seism. 501d4905 N itikdoS ■ ~I 1 i i ~,' 4! • t t •, 4r • t , e .1 'll • I _ - F ,