The Sun. — London, England, 1812-08-13 00:00:00

nt'LLETII4S OF ,TFIE 2 4 ,7 .7:77 Q.Aar-tev.l, " -Yesterday •Oar.. Griny er. - 4 - ,t7rod Ineilts of Drissa ;. tic rear-,..,2,-mrcrl t:.:;•;cri . , . .Slays long march from tht main lioN,r,, t:cl'iii.ltlT :the, movement of the •enemy,. who 'ci,-e.s not 6 - in , ln .to have made any demonstiations to'-a!scertr.lin,our positions." 'c Head Quarters, 2d July, (Jul. VI, N. S.) " appears • that the enem7,7 1n9.1_ es A stro n g and powerful movement owai.Eis, our right flank, 'which is. called the first West _fit my- ; but tlte Cori •xnan<ier in Ch is. well infUruied Of their intea, tions, and is prepared to frus,r'ate their attacks :77 :the Prilce DagratiOn continties to those movement's which have been pointed out to bite ; the .Geoeral of ' cavalry, Palatow', who covers .these movements; fell, on the :26th June, On part , of the enemy, who continued. their march from -Nowogrodka to Korelischschi. Their advanced gttar4consisting threeeolumnS cif cavalry, were attacked - by our-oSsacks, and driven even 'through,the streets of Nowogrodka. The follow . - ing day, the 27th; the advantages which ,we ob taineo overthe enemy : were by far more imps rtant: -the enemy, after having reinforced :heir advanced guard, - attacked General Palatew, who had occu pied the small town of 'Mir,: three regiments of Polish HulAns, Under the comina.nd . of .General Turno, Were completely defeated in this engage ment; two - -Colonels, several Officers, and •two hundred privates were made prisoners. General Turn() himself, ‘v:th a small number of his Halausi hariscarcely time-to escape the sarntrfate.7 +~ . FiI.ENCI - 1 I'APERS. In the Trench Papers to the 9th instant, from * - hich we extracted so much ;iin.portant 'matter, in pur last, .we find a pretended " Reply ofa German' to the' Proclamation of the Russian General, clay de-Tolli. This factitious document 'begins with obs.erv... Ing—" If. you address yourselves to the Austrians, :•e tell you.. that Austria makes war upon Russia, Ileause -Russia made war upon us in 1.809--he cause it is of vitalititerest to Austrli;, that 11101- . davia-or Wallachia should -not be united to her already oyergrown .emphic, and with a view of Placing a rein upon its. insatiable ambition ; and as "the re-establiShment of the Polish kingdom is imminent, the - great lotseS which Austria has ex periencedin consequence of the wars, instigated by Russia at former periods,, renders it the more necessary for her to retain.those territories; which to her." On this principle, and in this style of argumentation . (such as it is), the, &cm- Indntigoes on to animadvert upon the •ccindwet of the Russian Government •since the da y s of the xlemorable Catherine ; and; as may be expected; insists upon the superior policy of an identifiCa tion of the AuStrian interests with those of France, as productiye of an inevitable increase of territory and national bOnour-; without the. usual belligerent sacrifices of life or money in the acqui ' In the same strain, the Speaker is nr.de to 4d dress the ltussian Government on behalf of the Saxon,•the liavari^n; the Westphalian, and minor German:interests ; and similar conclusions. are. insisted upon as to the superior F:lity, and' citous results:int, uniting the Germanic interests and objects with those of France; and finally ob serves, that this proclamation involves an addi tional source of gratitude to Heaveu,, for the sub lunary omnipotence of the Protector of Germany, and t h e Assertor of its unalienable rights ; , and.. concludes with denunciatiOns sgainst all those 'who uphold an opposing system or line of conduct. Prom Hamborgh we !Earn, that the people are I "king forward with great anxiety to the expe dition from Sweden. Should it land a force in Swedish Pomerania, it was the general belief that the Germans would join them from all quarters. The ekehange at St. Petersburgh on the 17th lilt. had risen to 17i. government ga've notice yesterday ; that all bound to America, having licenses which 'Jaye the 15th instant, would be at liberty to 'Jaye them extended to the Ist of September. N EWCASTLE; . AUGUST 11.-On Thursday last R alph Bates, Esq: High Sheriff of Northumber eand, accompanied by a number of Gentlemen. on 'ioeseha c k i and a splendid assemblage of carriages, Proceecled 'to the nsual`placc, to meet his Majes .,tn Judg es o f A ss iz e . They, were likewise met ap Thomas Burton, 'Esq. attended by the Corpo ration i n t h e i r ro b es, an d a respectable body of fle e f Burgesses, at the entrance of the town, when. o' l l - Lordships proceeded to the Courts, and 1 1 eoed-th e ir comm i ss io ns . On S un d a y they at t e nded Divine Service at St. Nicholas's Church, b-% h ere a Sertnon was preached, in the forenoon, f Y the Rev. J. Collinson,. ,Rector of Gateshead, r ° ll. l Prov. viii. 15 and 16 ; and, in the afternoon, ii Y the Rev. J. Blackburn, from Prov. x. 9. b cr the th ree cr i m i na l cases .i n the ca l en d ar o f f '''bain Assizes for rapes, not one of the parties .proseention made their appearance, and x ne Pr isoieers:: , ere of course discharged, but 'the ecogoizantes of the prosecutors were' estreated. 111 th e _charge to the Northumberland, Grand Sir John BArrerY particularly adverted to t ~ eyl nunber.and , respectability of the Gentlemen . b at tending their:duty as Jurors, and complimented' Orl them and the architect on the excellence of e roda - . a T:onlotions provided for the Court and th e prisoners -in the new Court-houses,, and re ,a'kcd, that the n ew Courts, Zee. had afforded ja ' 4l greater satisfaction than any he had before sect). - • I c he, cause betiveen the Commissioners of S 'l re 'llwich Hospital versus his Grace the Duke of on'humberiand, for the right to mines and mi -o.s on H ares. i m ., 7 Coi - r,anon, came on yesterday t e Northumberland_ Court, before a Special 7,7Yt, when'a.Verdiet.wai given for bis Grace.— . trial lasted .eleven hours. n A licengaz . thtfale, on Thesday se'nnight, there Unc of the severest showers of hail, accompa . 4e " I , y very;lond •thlnuier, that -was ever wit 11Et*ett by' the old es t inhAitants in that parish 4 ° grwat was' the fall of bail,' that theground wii‘s as at any time in the winter; and, • Lg% style weathe r w a s ext.:-emely warm, many • . unmeited on the evening of the follow g day. • . . I . ) , Tnr.IN CAF.I7..r: Grace thri._ i)cen- piea.sed to appoint Ito to be CJlief Secretary, iii the tocnz thz on. W. Pale, re3igned.• Flis,Cro:c.e the Lord Lieutenant has becnr,lea , ,lce.. to ax3point - John, Smith, Esu. Barrister at Law, to of the Divisiorm!. justicei4 the First or Castie,DivisiOn of the District of the CAl'l'lol,l C i,; E criNG.q. At a' feetiug of. the Roman Catholics bf County and City or Kilkenny, on Wednesday, the. '9th July, 1312, Captain Bryats in the Chair, the following R esol uti ohs were unaniruou.sly an,;:iOus as we are to do air in our power to preserve the ,peace and tranquility of this county, we feel ourselves called upon to exo,r(!ss the strongest indignation. and abhorrence at the foul and slanderous reports of, intended insurrec tion, and the Inassac,e of our Protestant conr,- trytnen,.which have been circulated' with the utmost induStry through this county 'during the. last week, and intended for the wicked . and itiis chievouspuipose-of reviving the expirit,,; spirit of religious discord, and blasting the happy prospect of . tile cordial union of Irishmen of all religions persmsiOns ; -and sz e feel ourselves particularly called upon, to. declare our indignatiOn: at the im putation of such atrocious designs. on our part, surroupled as We pre by Protestants of all ranks, whose early,' constant, and liberal exertions in our 'behalf, we recognise with Bentiments of heart felt thanks and gratitude. . • - PROPHECIES AGA IN ST 33t: °NAPA RTE. We understand. froth private communications, that the following passage from Isaiah, chap. is secretly, but widely, circulated in France, and applied to' Buonaparte. We (jo - hot of course mean to adopt the application explicitly, but we insert it to slim- what the French think of their Ruler. " The.tord bath broken the staff of the'wicked and the sceptre of the rulers. "He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruleth the nations in an, ger is persecuted, and none hindereth.' The whole earth is at rest and is quiet, they break, forth into singing. Yea, the fir -trees rejoice at thee, and thy cedars - of Lebanon, Saying, s:nce thqu art laid down no feller is come up against us. Bell, from beneath, is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for. thee, even all the chief. ones of the earth it bath raised up from their thrones all the .Kings of the nations. "All they shall speak and *say unto' thee, art thou 'atm) beep= weak as we ? • art thou become like* unto usi f - • *- • "Thy pomp is broaght down to the grave, and the noise Of thy viols ; the worm is spread : unds,:r thee, and the worms cover thee. • " Ilow art thou fallen from heaven, 0 Lucifer son of the morn,ng . How art thou cut: down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations - 4 " For thou bast said in thine,heart, I will ascend into heaven. 1 will exalt my throne aboVe the stars of God.' I will sit also upon the Mount of the congregation in the sides of the North. " l will ascend above the heighte of the clouds. I will be like the `loslt High • " Yet, thou shalt be brought down to Hell, to the sides of the Pit. " They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, is --thi* the man that, made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms , • That made the world as ,a • wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the House of his prisoners ! " All the Kings of the Nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his pwi. house. , " But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and, as the raiment of those that arc slain, thrust through with a swore!, that go down to the stones of the pit, as a carcase trod den under feet. " Thou shalt not be joined with them in. burial ; because thou, bast destroyed thy laud, and Slain thy people. •• The seed of evil-doers shall never he renowned. Prepare slaughter for his children (the King of Rome), for the iniquity of their fathers, that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. " For . I. will rise np against them, saith the Lo;•d ot Hosts,'and cut off &Um Babylon the , n4me, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord:'. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM, STOCKHOLM, DATED JULY 29; " The troops assembled for some time.are nozs. embarked, and will soon depart their native coast for a grand and decisive enterpriz i e. Their desti nation is not Dantzic in the first instance, .as many have supposed ; nor must you expect to see the Swedish col urs flying on the ramparts of Colherg but the Prussian Eagle, treed from all French contralti, will once snore nroclniii its *own independence. All idea of conquest and ag grandizement has been disavowed ay tl;e, triple alliance ; and it has been resolved upon br the Crown Prince, that no selfish considerations shall interfere with . the grand object of the allies. YOu must not be surprised if the Russiaus let the French quietly across the Dwina in some 'parts ; it will be only to get them into' a more forward position,. to give greater effect to the grand opera tions in their rear. The Grand Rnssian Army is now within two days march of their old frontier in 1770, and the country at every step become's more intricate ; on the right, alternately forests and morasses, while the left stretches to the shores of the Gulpb of Finland. -The intended. opera tions of oar army are not to be considered as mere diversions, but as. a series of distinct operations, forming a new theatre of war, a •new scene Of sanguinary operations, as the first Swedish army is to consist of 15,000 men, which will be inline diately followed by the Crown Prince, at the head of 25,000 more. Count R---. , , who enjoys the -confidence of our Prince, is to 'Comthand •the Swedish, reserve.' ADLIMBEiIG gOes as Ambassa dor to London. " It seems decided that Denmark is to remain. neutral. lam glad of it, as it will. be the rce.).; of sustaining our commercial relations _with that country,". iLW P C(').7T.T ( . 'l 7 Ci-T.,11`:;C7 7 .!"?.7, A. aTE WOW), IN TUE', MA 1 4 T:ER OF TE E on the, part of the (2reditor of b'aakrupt's, in an .niriunt. of I 000‘. a yg.N..r, to h.usc, the kei;:).t ‘): iJaster, vaiuing- toe annuity at te.o years pnych:lF.".:., - .•.,); JVCd o and the petitioner o•Nei3, toi go prove debt to 'tLatamount .. , 4?•:inst the Bankrupt enlat.e. As the stood, pievioilso Samuel 1 1 ..Tinilly's Eilt, iC proof of P. dd) t d C.; by annuity ; bc.i 1) a .c,:t.itse t,.ct, it Wai,ordrei fact the value of the annuity aS it' shcnili Ere.ac,7,ertained by the aster, should he M e.u.lll4;!:ted :OA gg-aitAt the estate. The Master tlirf.cle the necessPhil inquiry in this case, and had found tllat the at)» nutty wa-; worth ten years pni-chp.se. IYir. Hl:dz. - band Air. BELL, on the part of . Assignees, resisted the procf of the debt in 4tui.t tion, to the extent, at least, to which it *as scr:Ot to be proved. The carnuity ha?, been ori gi!laiiy purchased by the petitioner, for only eight years purchase; and the Master.now report6l that it was worth ten years purchase, so that the pe titioner would be alloWed to p:ove for a larger sum than that - c:hick he originally peid for the.annw:ty. Sir S. V.OMILLY and Mr. MoNTAor, for the p_-- titioner, contended, that here it anpeared the life, of the Bankrupt was not insurable at the time the pnrchase of the anrmi.y question y. - :cinego- Plated; buftliat his - ra - d since becenic a g - ood iife. was a, fortunate occurrence; to'the kencit of which the petitioner was en:titled,. a 3 he must 4::o have been bound by any less favourable turn which the speculation in which he had emburked night have taken.. The LORD CHANCELLOR . WaS clearlY of opinion that •the petitioner was entitled to theadvantage arisingfrom any favourable turn in the st-tee of health of the Bankrupt, by which his annuity was. rendered less precarious. liadthe Bankrupt died in six months after the an nuity had been purchased, no one would have t one to him and have offered bins • back part of the purchase-money be ,atAc he had made bad barga;ti. - Lordship, there fore, ordered that the debt oulcl be allowed to be proved at the rate fixed by the Master. LICF,SED vicTuAr.LER. EX-PARTE EMERY IN' THE MAT OF EMERY'. This was an application on the part of the Th.:;kriTt to have his commiseion enperseded, on the e:round that be had never been a trader with in the , meaniag.Of the'rutit Sir,!SAlNzuzi.. Rom-ILL -4, in support of the Corn mission, cited as 'variety of instanees in which the. bankrupt,. who w s a publican, had sold :casks of porter, and gallons of gin, out of the house&-tfle. same being sold in larger quantities than a person could-have thought of purchasing,for consumption in 'the house of the bankrupt, at one time. Mr: HART, for the Bankrupt, and in support of the appli:ation,for sepersetlin,,s - tiie Commission, read the afikiavit of the petitioner ; :n which he stated ; that the.furaishings, in larger . quantities than •could be consumed by any person, at, a time, Were . all - Made to one person ; who was a miller, aid were so, furnished to him during pond fishing, to he sold out in small quantities .to a number of persons there assembled, in the same manner as was' usually done "at g icket-matches and races.— The acts of trading sworn to, it was also shewn, had taken place two years previous to the contrac tion-of the debt due to the petitioning creditor. The,Loßn CHANCELLOR observed, that this was a very small matter on which to ground a Commission of Bankrupt. His L9tdship thought the acts of trading relied on were not sulaient. He ordered, therefore, that the CommisSion should be superseded with costs the Bankrupt undertaking not to bring an action on the bond. Sinvilar Circumstance.—Ort . Tuesday se'nnigllt, as. James Alamson, of Postern-gate,_nu: - :r Hull, was fishing in :the Humber, he had occasion to put hisJial;,(l nutter water, when he imagined himself bitten or stung under the tlilluiii nail by a venom ous fish. The fact is, that his thumb was soine hOw slighl: - .ly pun . cture 3 under the ,The f wOnnil, not being considered of conse, i nence; was negleet ed till Friday :;zennight, when a violent inflamma tion had take') place - hir , ...band and arm; for which he was epplonsly.bled and otheriVise medi cally treated, as, the casa. , ,seemed' to require.' "The m inflamation was n!,t, arrested, hiit pro.- ceedo with such 7:•::;I:;1;•ty to niortifiec.tiia ; that the poor,inan died on :Ifdonday. Dothestic a si tlnfdrtr.nate cirCumstance,.that the of the is Yorkshire-, are said to hav e Icy,. the ?:'- sons thc present col t - e:.;t vit.l - i the 27rperm . cl - Fmnce. • Ciptain ' i'altupZa who : Foord, lras'llilled at the. ,head of his company in Egypt ; _Captain Foord, 17; t:„ -f Indies ; Captaihdohnson, (brotherto and Aid....de-cautp to Majon-Gen , 2rel Ecvics ; ) hy cannon ball 41t the storming olnadjoz, and Gru ner:al Foord 'sowes himself, as Le was kat;:nl,7: brigade at SastatiA'nea. After this detail, it fairly be acknowlo?ged, no one family have sui7:4- ed so much in t:le, service of . their country. There is now a ivoinan in the - ;a.rish ~ .797.ichoun st Berwick, Wilii,.:fOr several we...A:s'Efs . taken sustenecice whatever. Siie was found at Gainsl.aw,. and brought to the workhouse, nary 14 - days. ago, by the overseers of the. poor, who save not been able to to prevail on her to taste food of any . kiih though she seems to be in a state of starva tion: She declares that she knows not when she last ate any thing, that she- lothes food, yet, except 'great peevishness when spoken v', she sbeWs ro syMptoins.of delirium Or fever, and her pulse, though languid; is - qu.ite iree.gular: : She: will give no account of herself, and reiftie§tS only to . renvin .tindisturbed. .The ove - ..seers have aseer 7 tamed that she has a brother in .Leith ii lr.d gent circumstances ; that' she has been roaming about the Country, chiefly in Berwickshire,. or a corisider able time, but..it • does rit4 !appear that - ever solicited food or a bed, 'and that she ututaliy slept in the plantations or bcneath4 a hedge, uniformly rejecting every th'...ig.olyiefl to 'her. in the v. - ork.- house she has every attention that humanity can POLICE. , GumonALL.HA Gentleman .resldim;fr,t.‘ar To - •- er LIM was yesterday sumMoned before the ‘ ting Alder Sian, by the ihiver of a hacii.nev-coaA, tllAer the folloing c be , mlStances. It appeJiA•eil, that the party had been coaceyed o Short distance, and when he alighted; he gave the cOltehihan a' token. The .eciachman made pie(e ring. upon the stones, aw'.being Satistiezi, gave to the eat.i-:man, who-A-cot a-say. tic krid t wa'keri more then tweiltv 1 - ;efore the cotichtaan and toff hi!n he ha ! given a three-sbilling,pfece. Oused the Gen.h.-.-- matt .e.t the t - zaTne is a niof:t. cintr'geozi.7 amo ner, 1 - :nd accus.:: l h:rn Of giving -him the tnkea; knOV - :!hg it to be bad. The Centielmiii, eulagi'd z - tt the coachinan'S behavianr, struck him a b!ow with- !,0.1-s,,iiik; and refused to eli4iige t,i;e o i k e t ) . The ecy , ..ghrmo . conseque , rtly z..pplitd for a smn rilb.-is; appearef. The latter the Niece which he C 0 ,11.1- 7:lrlri and d , 2..rieri;..qi the claim (J the eLiachinan-to-he a trick which the whip frlter , atty were ff'n the habit Of playing olf with the uns:Lyi 'eions. • 'The 'Alderniart Unfilled ,the co:lelimain for not. .akin' care tri satisfy himself that t 1,1.1 tok-..f.21 was good, be cite he gave the - change; wid, he2Jad neglectozd to complaiii - cif ct thepresenee of 't::.'. he eirild not „iford-A - iiill .I:i7 redress -- Witt) respect - to the ass;fult, he ar.±v.ied the ite fendalit to make-,the., coaeltuaix .a compEn3utit.in . for it.. • . • . 5- • . . Tlitdefendant._ac..rcrilingly save =ii 27 some silver, and the narties were dist - riib:.e(l. • 'I3OIV-STREET.--:Yesteiday Catherine Fat-atom-4s brought befOi-e Mr. BIP,NLE, by;Salinen, charged with feloniously stealing. 3 cheese from the shop of . 1.‘17. I,46cigson, cbersemon . ser, Queen-,tret, • 'The prisoner was: committed. for trial. She is an old of': - ender; cuss tried, and caCitailv 'convict ed, about twelve months since, in the Old Balky, for the corritaiss-ion of a similar offence in Little „Taincs-street., 81:e appears to be about. siity years • of ay. • VIOLENT OIiT2AGE.-Sawcal Co,lley, the driver of the hackney cOch, No. 246, was brought to the OiEce, charged with aiding and' abetting in - violently assaulting firs. Grace Birch, a widow lady, of Bedibrd-street, in the Strand, who stat ed, that, late on the uglit of the .sth inst. she ,was returning hotne, by Leicester-square, 'when the,prisoner acosted her, " which way she was going;" she told him, and he said he was going into the strand, and would give her a ride, which induced her to get into his coach. A man also got into the coach, who, in a short time after the coach had ' drove all, began to take indecent liberties with her, and attempted to commit a tape. He attacked end vioJently assaulted her, and gave her se -,-eral severe bruises. She cried oat violentl-y• 5 but. the prisoner refused to stop his coach, she having no , doubt but he beard her cries. The prisoner, instead of going towards the ,strand, drove to Soho-square, where the man forcibly took from her pocket an India sikpocka-hand kerchief, jumped out -of the - couch, an:t ran away. The prisoner denied knowing the man, but the prosecutrix said, she beard the prisoner call the man " brother," and she had every reason to hE lieve he was the waterman belonging to the stand of coaches in Leicestee-square. The prisoner ad mitted that he was the coachman, He e was com mitted to New Prison, Clerkenwell, and in case of his finding bail, he was ordered to give twenty four hours notice. Jane Francis was charged with uttering counter feit money, well knowing it to be such. James Grifiths, of the Hand-in-CrOwn public house, in Church -street, St: Giles's, stated, tt.n4t; on Tuesday morning, the prisoner had sonic gin of niai,•for which she tendered him a bad shilling, which he di!;eovered and refused. She offered him another counterfeit shilling, at the same time he observe:i that she had ,suflicient balrpence her hand to pay for the gin, and also a bad thre: - ..- shllling.; token ; she pail him with th,t halfpenct:. in the a.lternoo4 she came to his house again, had a pint of poi-ti;, and :offered iint, the .iarne bad shillings s'he had in the morning, upon which he had taken into cUstody.—She was com mitted fo, farther exatilinat:on.- • - Patlcie Cianerg was charged with vio'ently as sauitirit; Cornelius aiscol, in a desperate riot, a few Sundays sin e, i:i. St. Giies's, and was or dered to find bail, himself in 801. and two suretie.s in 40/. etch. Nnr.rs observed, that he 'would not f‘..llovi the FroEceatons for ricts in St. Giles's to be made ui; UN:c::-!.:r ; —A man .employed aS a carman, was yesterday elivrged.with driving over aud tic infant child of Mr. Brooks, of Rodney st:cet, Great Sutfolk-street, yes.l:erday mornine: , v.ppeared that the servant of Mr. Brooks W:t3 c7cssing the street with a child, ft bov about two years old, in her arms, at the time the pr'sc.,rer rics coinin g along, driving a cart-dfawn hv two h0rz , .3,;. 3 he was in the cart st:nding unright, ruhi the reins in his hand, when one ct the horses ran against the girl and knocked her cinwn, and 'the wheel passing ()Ter the,child killed him on the , 3pet, the girl called to the prisoner to,sto:?, abused litz, desired her to get oat of the way, and whin.ing his horses, drov.; on as fast as he cotild. 'He V , as, however, Stopped and brought before the sitting - Magistrate by Collingheurn, and .\ committed for re-examination t!ntil the result or \ the Coroner's Ing(!est shall be known A.i..7oetnrnal Tclesg,T7.ph was,yesterdav exhibited in front of the yard adjo.initig Lord Glenbervie*g honse, tVhitehi., e:feh side of the shtttters ere two lai - ge.g - i0b , 11 , !.r lights nearly nite i \ nclics in circumference—red and blin!;.: to he Aternatelv changed in coicur, ac(s.ori!yng to the igign.t:s Avnizea and the - state Of t%le attnosphere;-4 - Tim lights; which are in the fo - rn27 of a' - co: -.C, may be viewed at a great distance, On Sattivdily se'nnight; - P.?omas Tarn..joiner, Nv orking on the root uf arnwary - in the etadel at fell to the grcitnisd. and was ki :ea (.3:athe spot. •