The Sun. — London, England, 1827-11-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. With deep regret we have to announce the death of Major-General Sir Neil Campbell, late Governor of that destructive settlement Sierra Leone and its d e p en d enc i es . - Like his unfortu nate predecessor, General Turner, this gallant and lamented 'officer fell a victim to the infatuated policy which has for so many year condemned the King of England's subjects to inhale the poison of the upas-tree of Africa. To send Englishmen to such a pest-house,----to yield to the mixture of quackery and hypocrisy which has instigated a certain class of people in this country to press upon Government the retention of a costly grave for British subjects, by nicknaming it a school for the civilization of negroes, s --has indicated in the King's Ministers the most con temptible weakness, or the most shoeking indif ference to human suffering. If, notwithstanding the long experience obtained by Lord Bathurst, in the course of his colonial administration, of the effects produced both to Englishmen and Africans by the continuance of this fatal esta blishment, his Lordship advised! his associates in the Government to uphold it, we can use no stronger language than by declaring that we think more indifferently of Lord Bathurst, as a man and a minister, than ever. If, in spite of the clearest evidence, he could fancy that the horrible traffic in slaves by foreign Powers was effectually diminished or restrained by the waving of a British colour upon the walls of Sierra Leone, or that the habits of those who escaped the deportation were softened, and their morals mended, by such an isolated phantom of Euro pean power on the coast, why then his Lordship, must have possessed an imagination more inven tive, or a credulity more incorrigible, than any other gentleman of sixty-five or seventy who ever kept his head out of a private madhouse in Mid dlesex. But finally, if, knowing the false pre tences on which Sierra Leone, Cape Coast Castle, and the contiguous abominations mis called colonies of that dreadful region, were held for thus so many checks upon the slave trade by a party at borne, to which we have before al luded,—knowing likewise, even if the restraint upon the slave trade had been as real as it was delusive and chimerical, at how infinitely a dis proportioned price of English mortality it was obtamed,—if, with either of these truths im pressed upon the minds of Ministers, (and to us it seems impo3sible that they could have been deaf to either), they prolonged this death-scourge on the people of 'England, to secure to them- selves some wretched dozen or two of bargain making votes .among Members of Parliament, then we do affirm that a more shocking crime was never perpetrated by any gang of dealers in the blood of negroes, than by these grave poli tical traffickers, who sold innumerable cargoes of living English flesh for a few dead votes in the House of Commons. Mr. fins kisson is about to enter on this the most trying of all Herculean tasks—the cleansing the colo nial system of Great Britain. The Right Ho nourable Gentleman is, we are sure, too clear sighted to be deceived by plausible representa tions, whether made by prejudiced or interested parties ; and, once having found the 'truth of a subject, he will prove himself (we hope at least) too fearless and incorrupt to blink it. From this new Colonial 'Minister we may, expect, that if any veil has hitherto obscured the actual merits of the question touching our colonization of Western Africa, it will with all fitting expedition be withdrawn ; and that if the system be one of exclusive or preponderating evil, it will be abo lished also. It is inconceivable with what a dis regard of British life the public establishments of our most valuable or least pernicious colonies have been managed. We are informed, on good authority, that the mortality among the regi ments sent out to garrison our West India co lonies have been aggravated beyond calculation by the injudicious choice of ground whereon many of the barracks have been erected, and the cruel state of dilapidation in which they are kept. Reports, as we are informed, have been sent home from one General Officer after another, to the Ordnance Department, and to the Colonial Secretary, of the ruinous effects on the health of men and officers, produced by the imperfect condition of the barracks, through the- roof's and sides of which the tropical rains are suffered to pour, upon human bodies often, frOm the nature of the climate, undergoing profuse perspiration, and thus exposed to the alternate risks of , extreme .heat and sudden hu midity. If troops must still be sent to such dens of disease as Demerara and Dominica, for instance, let, at least, some humane attention lie given to the alleviation of their sufferings. It Is not merely the black inhabitants of the colo nies who require 'some exercise of care and wis dom on the part of the British Government; but our own brave countrymen who are equally slaves to the rigorous, enforcement of overpowering duties, for which their constitutions have unfit ted them, and among whom nine-tenths have perished miserably of those who left their native shores -in health. These are all so many considerations which we trust. will attract the notice of our Colonial Secretary, and if he sets his useful mind to the work, he may count se curely. on the strenuous assistance of the nation. We began this article by lamenting the sacrifice of Sir Neil Campbell to the horrible service which had been inflicted on him. It gives us but slender consolation to add,---what is . due, nevertheless, to our own personalfeelings, to the friends of that meritorious officer, and to his own -Anblemished fame,--that the British army did not boast a soldier more intrepid, or more de voted to honour and to duty ; nor did society centain a gentleman whose heart was more gene rous, affectionate, and true.--Times. The proceedings at the Catholic association assume a bolder and bolder character. It will be seen from the account in another part of our Paper, that ;Air. O'Connell, on Saturday last, went a step farther than in the case of Mr. Mar shall ; and the instance of the China dog butchers would, no doubt, be greedily caught at. We agree with a eonteinporary (the Times), that " the poor families have just as great a right to send the rich away, as the rich the poor;" and we cannot easily understand why the former in justice of the rich (in neglecting to discharge their duty towards the poor, by malting those provisions for them which are indispensable to the existence of order and civilization), should entitle them to exercise still further injustice. We have again and again said, that the land of a country belongs to the people of that country ; and though it be found best for the good of . the community, that the land should not, as in the case of our Germ an o r Gallic ancestors, be oc cupied in common-by the tribe or clan, but be allotted' to individuals , s, as forth industry, y e t itthe means o f calling must never be forgotten, that this allotment is . only - justifiable with refer ence to the interests of the peopl e as a w hole. But Nvhen all principle s of right are openly set at defiance, as in Ireland, and a parcel of pro prietors conceive their right to land absolute and unclogged with any liability, calling into exist ence millions, when it suits their views to do so, and issuing what would amount to sentence of death to millions, if practicable—namely, the detruding the peasantry from their possessions, their only means of existence, then the common feelings of nature rise up in arms, and the in dignant public appeal to a law, superior to posi tive law, which cannot be violated with impunity. We have expressed ourselves distinctly and un reservedly on this subject, because, differing as we do from the opinions held by Messrs. O'Con ❑ell, Sheil, and Macdonnell, and conceiving strong measures necessary for the recovery of Ireland, we are far from advocating the doctrine that the people are to be sacrificed for the sake ofthe Landed Proprietors. The population of Ire land is unquestionably excessive, and under the. present system it will always be excessive ; but to remedy the evil strong measures must be adopted 'with regard to landlords as well as people. The Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday last contends, and we think on just grounds, that the land and the Church of Ireland should be forced to con tribute to the support of the poor, from which they are now entirely exempted. We need not say that Ireland is the only country in Europe in this predicament. In all the countries of the Continent there are either Poor Laws, or the peasantry have lands belonging in common to the several villages, which enables them to take care of their own poor. Shall the Irish land holders, because they were the legislators of the count r y, pl ea d their trampling in that capacity on every principle of justice, as an exemption now from burdens which attach to land in every civilised community ? The following passage from the Journal in question is an answer to the argument of Sir Henry Parnell, that the poor would swallow the whole produce were they pro vided for as in England. At present the poor made on the estates of the landlords are thrown on the citizens of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and other towns. " If the demand from England ceased—and be it ob served, it was Sir Henry Parnell himself who opened the English market to the Irish grower only about twenty years—or was even diminished (neither of which occur rences, we are confident, can take place)—the ground would be still cultivated--not to the extent, we admit— not entirely so much for wheat, and oats, and barley, but still to a great extent—and one of the consequences would be, on account of the surcease of the demand from England, that the Irish poor would begin to cultivate corn for their own consumption. 'We admit very readily that the landlord would lose three parts of his present rental.— But when Sir H. Parnell asserts, that if the landlords were to give up the whole of their rents, and surrender their estates to the pauper population, it would only postpone the evil of a convulsion, we beg to remind him of the theory of Mr. Malthus or Mr, iWCulloch-- - .ve for-fret which—namely, that population treads closely upon the heels of subsistence, and that Ireland is capable of sup porting half as many more inhabitants as are now crowded within her four shores. • It is a well-known fact, and no one is better acquainted with it than Sir Li. Parnell, that in the year of famine the corn which was exported from Westport and Tralee was bought up at Greenock and Liverpoel with English money, and sent back to save the people here from the horrors of starvation. It is well .known that they were saved from starvation by the corn grown in Ireland, and which corn was bought from the Irish landlord for the purpose of saving his tenantry from death. Honour to English generosity by all means—but what shall we say of the generosity of the Irish landlords ? What of the charity of the Church established by law ? We remember perfectly well—for we took a deep interest in the matter—reading of a Nobleman who was spending his princely income on the banks of the Seine during this terrible year, subscribing a hundred pounds to the Relief Committee, and we know that on this very Nobleman's estate thousands were reduced to destitu tion, while the corn grown upon his lands was exported— while he received the full value for that corn in rent, which was afterwards bought—the identical grain—by English money, and re-shipped for the sustenance of this very te nantry. This Nobleman, notwithstanding the misery of the people, from whose labour be derived his income, re ceived notwithstanding the full amount of his rental, or nearly so. He was absolutely paid out of the charitable I I fund raised in England. We also remember having read of a Bishop, we believe it was him of Ossory ; Fowler, we think, is his name—a Prelate of considerable celebrity in a certain walk of exertion—who, amusing himself in the purlieus of London, took it into his head to preach a cha rity sermon to the good people of Fulham, with a view of collecting money towards Irish Relief. We believe, by this display of hie zeal and talents in the cause of huma nity, the good Bishop was enabled to dispatch thirty or forty pounds to the starving Irish—the good Bishop, how ever, besides his estates—for we believe ie is a Proprietor— derives some seven or eight thousand a year from the Church. What shall we •eay of these instances? Vtly, my Lord, we would make this Nobleman and his like—we would make this Bishop and his confraternity contribute to the support of the people." A great deal is said by Messrs. O'Connell and Shiel, as to the relative criminality of the Catho lics and Protestants in Ireland, and of the Irish and English. Our English fanatics make them selves ridiculous throughout Europe, by their gross ignorance of the causes of the phenomena of Irish society ; but we cannot say that Messrs. O'Connell and Shiel, in their remarks on crime, have not much mended the matter. When was it ever known that crime in rude and civilized life, assumed the same form ? Our criminals are cool and calculating, because civilization makes all men more or less cool and calculating; the Irish criminals are wild and ferocious, be cause the savage gives way to all his impulses without restraint. The Irish criminal burns and murders ; the English criminal steals, picks pockets, and swindles. But the English crimi nals are not cruel or ferocious ; and though the police of England is exceedingly lax, we be lieve fewer deeds of violence are perpetrated in England than in any country in the world. In Mr. Mill's History of British India, there is much valuable evidence from the Judges of that country respecting crime ; and the following ex tract from the evidence of Sir Henry Strachy, which points out the circumstances which render poverty in one situation more criminal than in another, is not inapplicable to the present state of England and Ireland :—" This assertion, however, that the vices and crimes of the people proceed from their poverty and ignorance, I would wish to be understood with limitations. ‘Vhere considerable numbers are collected and associate together—especially if there happens to be much inequality of rank and fortune—the morals of the people are worst : the same may be observed respecting such persons as have oc casion to attend our cutcherries ; they get into bad habits. It is not always, therefore, that the people are the worst where they are the poorest and most ignorant ; nevertheless the assertion is, in my opinion, generally speaking, true. It is certain that where labour is amply rewarded, where all can easily get employment, and where the poor are provided for, the people lead indus trious and virtuous lives ; and it will be observed that in remote parts, where debauchery and dis sipation are little known, very few except from necessity resort to depredation on the public. Most, but not all decocts begin their evil prac tices from necessity. A rigot, finding some dif ficulty to subsist, either from his imprudence or ill fortune—a peon or other servant losing his place and unable to procure another—a coolly finding no employment ; such persons, of whom in this populous country there are always many thousands, often take to stealing—are corrupted by vicious c ompanions—drink spirits—and are gradually led on from impunity and habits of idleness to become deceits, and • depend on rob bery alone for subsistence."—Morning Chron. Some of our contemporaries apprehend that, as soon as the Turks hear of the destruction of their fleet, they will wreak their vengeance on the English, French, and Russians in Turkey. We do not apprehend any thing of the kind — for such would not be the interest of the Turks. They could effect no good to themselves by it — but the reverse ; for such a measure would, in a great degree, injure their commercial relations with the three Allied Powers. Besides, as long as they have those Europeans resident among them, they have so many hostages in case the Allies should follow up their aggression by pass ing the Dardanelles and appearing before Con stantinople.—Morning Herald. We are far from undervaluing the feeling of nationality, which makes it a part of the creed of our countrymen that one Englishman can beat three Frenchmen, because we have no doubt that the belief has not unfrequently led to its own practical fulfilment—possunt quia posse vi dentur. There are, • however, limits to the sel fish indulgences of nations, as well as to those of individuals, and times when prejudices are to be cast off and false estimates unlearned. Long may our countrymen in war entertain that high idea of their valour and power of which all his tory is replete with exemplifications ; but in peace it is just that every means contributing to the growth of kindly feelings between people and peo ple should be zealously cherished. If we inquire what has been the reason, that for so many years, we might say ages, the English and French have been taught to look on each other as natural enemies, we shall probably find that it has been chiefly owing to the relative superiority of those two nations over the rest of Europe ;—that in fact the one great cause of their almost uninterrupted hostility has been, that neither had within its reach another rival worthy of its arms. There is no hatred like that of brethren, says the wise man ; and, extending the remark, it will always be found that there is no enmity like that of two States, which in re sources and civilization approximate to each other. There is, however, this remarkable difference in the two cases, that though in both the strife may be waged with equal fury in the latter, it is not only compatible with, but invariably accompanied by, a strong feeling of respect and even affection. Indeed, next to the most powerful attachment that is felt among men engaged in the active business of life—that attachment which binds a soldier to the comrade who has weathered the chances of flood and field along with him—is the kindliness with which he is disposed to wel come a brave and intelligent enemy. And were he free to make choice of an ally, and had the different nations of Europe been presented for his selection, there can be no doubt that a plain, unsophisticated John Bull, with all his preju dices against slavery and wooden shoes, would sooner give his hand to a Frenchman than to a Spaniard, a German, a Russian, or any other candidate for his notice. Those feelings of mu tual respect we are most desirous to deepen and to fix ; and we cannot help thinking that many cii cumstances concur to render the task, at the present moment, both easy and advisable. Dur the long period of the rivalry of France and Eng land, these two kingdoms have had little to fear but from each other. Up, indeed, to the war of 1793, which has converted Russia into a Power whose limits it is difficult to define, and whose plans it were yet' more difficult for any single nation to cross, . although France was not without her enemies, and although in Charles V. she met with one who threatened her existence, yet, with that remarkable exception, she was, with England, the joint mistress of Europe and of the world.. Ii the latter rode triumphant on the waves, the former marched triumphant on the land. The issues of the war of 1793 have materially altered her position.-- Prussia has risen into a powerful kingdom on her northern frontier, although somewhat weakened by the detached nature of its posses sions. Austria, more compact and more formid able, now extends her dominions over the fairer portions of Italy, and threatens Turkey from the eastern shores of the Adriatic ; and Russia has established her strong hold in the very centre of civilised Europe. What is there to withstand the progress of this last gigantic power, aided as she must be, from the nature of its frontier, by Prussia, and able at all times to secure the neu trality, if not the co-operation, of Austria ; with ample means, when she chooses to use them, of' pouring her legions over the gay vallies of the west, from the commanding po sition of her Polish dominions ? There re mains no Power but France, and it is at least doubtful, with all her valour and all her skill and resources, whether she_would be equal to the task. We are not anticipating, any more than we are wishing, an irruption of the Musco vite barbarians into the abodes of civilised life ; but the event is a possible one, and who will say that it would not be as deplorable in its issue to the general interests of mankind, as disastrous to the countries immediately subject to the visita tion ? In the progress of art and the diffusion of intelligence, no nation is more deeply interested than Great Britain, and none would be more deeply and lastingly injured by the retrogression of social liberty—the corruption or annihilation of liberal institutions—the decay of arts—and the destruction of literature, which would follow the conquest or depression of Western Europe. It is most suitable that the bonds which accident has entwined between us and France, should be strengthened by policy if possible. There is, on either hand, every material of sympathy— every foundation for mutual respect. Fortune seems, indeed, to have dealt out her gifts so fairly to our lively neighbours and ourselves, that each party has abundant positive causes of self-congratulation, without the necessity of de preciating the other. In our national characters we seem fitted for communion. The gravity which we draw from our Sallon origin requires but a small addition of the cheerful levity that has run unadulterated from the days of Cxsar in the veins of the Gauls, to render it the most agreeable moral mixture in the world, while the mo bility of the Frenchman might be advantageously regulated by combination with a portion of our plain English solidity. In every department the two countries are, if not balanced, at least so nearly on a par as to leave no occasion for inde cent exultation on either side. If in the field we boast of our Marlborough, they can point to their Turenne—if we have had our Black Prince, they have had their Du Guesclin. When we refer to our own days, if our Nelson annihilated the fleets, their Napoleon destroyed the armies of Europe. We boast of Newton, and they of Des Cartes ; and if the latter fall below his rival, they l have the pr e p on d era nce in more recent t ns• If they h ave no P r incipia, we have no Mecaniqzte Celeste. We have a Shakspeare, they have a Moliere , each perfect in his walk. The Henriade is but a poor thing compared to the Paradise Lost ; but then the Patriarch of Ferney, in the amazing fertility and extent of his powers, leaves all that have succeeded or gone before him at an immeasurable distance. It is unnecessary to pursue the parallel, but it is not unworthy of remark, that that very description of force to which Our safety and renown are chiefly indebted—our navy—is built upon French models ; and the blocks by which it is worked are the production of French ingenuity. Two nations that have so much in common, that approach each other so nearly, yet in whose pursuits and modes of thinking there is enough of diversity to attract attention and excite kindness, seem, above all others, fitted for intimate union. We are most happy to perceive the commencement of an attachment which promises to be at once so agreeable and so profitable, both to themselves and to mankind at large. Englishmen now laugh at Moliere in the Tottenham-street Theatre, and Frenchmen sigh over the woes of Juliet, at the Favard ; while in the career of fame, as in th• in ' terchange of sympathy, the same unanimity is observable, and the gallant De Rigny fights hand in hand with the brave Codrington. Long may such friendship prevail ; and may every coming year but knit its bands the closer. —New Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. .MANSION-HOUSE.--A man named Kathy was yes terday brought before the Loan MAYOR under the follow ing circumstances : The landlord of the Bee-hive, in Leadenhall-street, had, in common with other licensed victuallers, been subject to great losses in pewter pots. In the course of the morning two constables having received information of a robbery, and heard that some of the property stolen was concealed in an old iron and rag-shop in Spitalfields, went thither to search the premises. Just as they had finished their task, who should walk in but the prisoner, whe, pulling a pint-pot from under his coat, was about to ask them for the few pence whieh, on such occasions, are given by re ceive! s, when he perceived that he bad run into the lion's mouth. He was immediately secured, and the name of the owner being cut upon the pot, he was required to appear before the Lord Mayor. The Loan MAYOR committed the prisoner for twn months, under the bum•boat Act. A man named Laburn was charged with having stolen 30 yards of narrow riband from the shop of Messrs. Mor rison and Co. of Fore-street.—He was fully committed for trial. BOW-STREET.—Geo. Nicholson, alias the York shire poet, was brought in custody from the watch-house, charged by Bond, jun. an officer of this establishment, with creating a disturbance in the ball of Drury-lane Theatre. The prisoner, an uncouth clownish-looking man, ap parently about 40, strong built, and " more gross than bard beseems," was highly indignant at the manner in which, he said, he had been treated at the watch-house. , He was proceeding to run on in a strain of vehement remonstrance, when Sir RICHARD BIItNIE begged he would be calm until the officer stated the charge. Bond, jun., accordingly stated, that while on duty at the theatre the night before, his attention was attracted by a great noise in the hall leading to the boxes. He pro ceeded to the spot, and discovered the prisoner engaged is a violent altercation with some of the servants of the theatre, who it seemed were opposing his entrance, sup posing that he had no right to go to that part of the house. He appeared exceedingly angry, and repeatedly announced himself as the Yorkshire poet, threatening that although a stranger in London himself, he had powerful friends who would see him righted. He mentioned the name of a bar rister belonging to,the Middle Temple, in whose company he said he had dined that day, and who afterwards accom panied him to the theatre: He at last became so violent and unmanageable, that Bond said he was obliged to take him into custody, and lodge him in the watch-house. The prisoner, in a rough northern accent, said he had just arrived in London from Yorkshire, and had no time, if he even had the means, to equip himself in a more fashion able garb. His friend, Mr. Beverley, a barrister, residing in the Middle Temple, at whose chambers he had dined the day before, took him to the theatre in the evening, and after showing him the saloon, and introducing him to seve ral ladies of quality with whom lie was intimate, he sud denly disappeared. The ladies very kindly pressed him to remain, and even offered to treat him with ." some of the nice things ;" but he declined the compliment, and went in pursuit of his friend ; but failing to meet with him in the street, be thought it best to return to the theatre, when he was denied admittance, and treated in a very uncivil manner. " I suppose you went to the Saloon for the purpose of seeing a little of what is called Life in London ?" " Oh dear no," said the poet; " I wished to hear the music in the orchestra, and I was told I should pick up some ideas in witnessing the entertainments." " And did you ?" said the Magistrate. " Yes, I caught several very fine ideas," replied the poet ; " but the plaguy fellows I afterwards met with drove them out of my head." He then proceeded to describe the rude manner in which he had been treated ; and, by way of a practical illustration, he seized Bond, jun., suddenly by the collar, and giving him two or three terrible shakes, he exclaimed—" This is the way, Sir Richard Birnie, that this man took. a hold of me." The officer looked a good deal astonished, and Sir R. BIRNIE observed to the poet, that if he got, a shake, he had paid it off with interest. " However , " said the Magistrate, " at it seems you arc a man of genius, a poet, and so forth, I cannot think of detaining you, and therefore you are dis charged." The poet, however, was an injured man, and complained bitterly of his treatment in the watch-house, declaring that he was determined to seek redress at the Throne, if he could find it no where else. " Why," said he, "my poetry is at this present time before his Majesty ; and the Premier himself, Lord Goderich, to whom I also enclosed a copy of my poems, wrote me a letter, containing a sovereign, and said he was sure he should feel much pleasure in reading my book. I shall send you a copy too, Sir Richard Birnie," lie added, " and, as you say I am at liberty, I shall go to the Temple, and bring my friend Mr. Beverley here, just to show you that I told you the truth." Here the poet, who, like most of his brethren, appeared to be used to sudden impulses, snatched up his hat, and dis appeared in a twinkling. He however returned in a short time with his friend Mr. Beverley, who, in a merry con ference with Sir R. BIRNIE, confirmed the statement of the Yorkshire poet; the latter, bowing, presented the Magi strate with a copy of his poems, and then withdrew, ac companied by his friend. A person named Brown, who keeps a linen-draper's shop in the Borough, and who is also one of the Church wardens of the parish in which he resides, was summoned on a charge of affiliation by the parish officers of St. Cle ment Danes. They had arranged, however, with the de ' fendant, before coming to the office, that lie should pay ss. a week to the mother of the child, and the order for that sum was handed to the Magistrates for their approval. Mr. HALLS, however, conceiving that holding the office of Churchwarden was a great aggravation of the defendant's guilt, ordered bins to pay 7s. a week instead of ss. TOWN .HALL, SOUTHWARK.—A Mr. Cule, newsman, of Tooley-street, was summoned by the shop boy of an eminent surgeon in the same street, for an assault. it was stated by the lad, that his master was daily served with a newspaper by the defendant, for a certain number of hours, for the use of which he paid a stipulated sum, and then returned it. On Wednesday the paper not coming as usual, he was sent to the defendant's office to in quire the reason, when the shop-boy of defendant, substi tuting abuse for explanation, struck him a severe blow. Mr. Cole met the charge by saying that baying agreed to furnish the complainant's master with a newspaper each day, for two hours' perusal only, it had been kept double that time, and on the complainant coming to learn the rea son of its not being sent as usual, he explained to him that it was not convenient to continue serving the paper in that way ; when the complainant becoming saucy, and giving him the lie, he himself took him by the shoulders, and turned him out. The act of the 29th George 111., c. 5 0 , sect. 9, was here handed to the Alderman by the " clerk, and by th e Al derman to Mr. Cole, which states, No hawk er o f news papers or other persons shall let out any newspaper for hire to any person, or to different persons, or from house to house, on pain of forfeiting 51. to be recovered and applied as other penalties relating to the stamp duties." The Al derman inquiring of Mr. Cule if he was aware of the ex istence of such a law_ Mr. Cole said, he certainly was; yet it was a practice so universally followed by the trade, that he was under the neeessity of conforming to it. The ALnaaNtaN, in reply, observed the question was not before him, but in the event of an information, h e s hould feel bound to convict upcn it. The assault being considered frivolous, was ilisinisied. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. 'the following facts are the details of an occurrence of the most extraordinary and romantic description that perhaps ever occurred in this great metropolis. The facts are so unaccountable, that belief wouhl be staggered, unless they were too well established. On the afternoon of Wednesday the 7th inst. Master whose parents reside in Percy-street, Tottenham-court-road, was at home for the purpose of spending his half-holiday.— The boy, who is an interesting lad, about twelve years of age, had been at a boarding-school for some time in the country, and was placed at a day-school in the neighbourhood, in order to have the assistance of masters to prepare him for a public seminary. On the day above-mentioned, he was permitted to go out by his mother, to call upon the relations of the family. He went to an aunt residing in Gloucester-street, Queen-square, who tried to persuade him to spend the afternoon with her, as he was a great favourite. The boy reluctantly declined, stating that his mama had enjoined him to be home to dinner at five o'clock, and he had to call upon another aunt in Dean-street, Soho. After leaving his aunt in Gloucester-street, he proceeded to Dean-street, and there the aunt on whom he called, insisted on his stopping to dinner. In the course of the evening she requested him to go on an errand to a tallow-chandler in St. Martin's-lane, for the purpose of remindin g him of an order which had not been attended to. The boy pro ceeded on this mission, and was not heard of until Tues day morning last. The agony of his parents and all his rela tives may be easily conceived when he did not return home. Alarm was at first felt by his father and mother, but not considerable, as they knew whither he had gone ; but when the night arrived, and that night was passed in sleep less agony, inquiries were instituted. Search was made at the hospitals, workhouses, and all other places to which any person might have been conveyed who was the victim of transitory accident, but without avail, and until last Tuesday's post arrived from Bristol, the parents' terrors were not removed by the intelligence that their darling boy was alive. A letter then arrived from a. gentleman who has a seminary in that city, at which, by good luck, the child had been for six years ; and in this letter the extra ordinary account is given of the transaction which we now. notice. According to the statement contained in this letter, the boy had only gob as far as the corner of Chandos-street, in St. Martin's-lane, when he was seized by a ruffian, who clapped a gig in his mouth, and placed a plaister over it: In this state he dragged the boy down to a house in Fleet-market, and there kept him until the night-coaches left town. The boy was then placed upon a Bristol coach by the ruffian, after the plaister and gag had been removed, but was so terrified and astonished at the adventure, that he could not complain to the coachman or guard. There were no other passengers upon the coach, and in a state bordering upon stupefaction, the youth was conveyed to Bristol by the next morning. On the journey he knew not whither he was going ; but when he arrived in Bristol, he immediately recognized the spot where he had spent his more juvenile days; and, taking to his heels, flew to his old preceptor, while the ruffian who had kidnapped him was taking some refresh ment in a public-house. The parents have sent for the boy, but we cannot at present assign any probable cause for this unaccountable transaction. In a day or two we shall be able, perhaps, to give a snore minute detail of the particulars. The offender has at present escaped, but can be identified, and it is to he hoped will shortly be brought to justice.— ' Morning Paper. RECORDER'S REPORT. The Recorder of London yesterday made his Report to the King in Council, of the following prisoners lying under sentence of death in Newgate, namely-Thomas Sackett, aged 28, Charles Smith 21, Henry King 19, Timothy Dogerty 30, William Ramsdall 18, John Keaton 46, Ambrose Blackford 22, John Riley 18, Edward Read 19, and James Langham 19, for highway robbery ; Charles Hendrick 21, John Powell 23, Sophia Gunyon 32, Wm. Goodrich 46, Richard Barnett 18, George Nelson 18, Sarah Elliott 31, Jaines Bushell 21, James Gard ner 22, and Thomas Knight 23, for larceny in a dwelling-house; George Haig 18, for forgery; Thomas Heffield, alias Brown, 23, William Watson 12, and Charles Hawkins 24, for horse-stealing ; Edward Sadler 30, and John Sadler, 20, for sheep stealing ; James South gate 58, for cattle-stealing ; Henry Rogers 23, John White 52, Robert Martin 13, Catherine Congirat 55, James Davies 24, George Ballard 18, William Cain 16, Henry Hall 18, and Thomas Ferry 19, for housebreaking; Mar garet Cavenagh 43, Ann Lynch 22, and Edward Lowe 40, for coining ; and William Penny, Wise Buckley 2 1 , for re turning from transportation-all of whom his Majesty wa s gr.:ion-it) , pleased to order to be respited during his Royal pleasure, excepting John Powell, Edward Lowe, Thomas Sackett, Charles Smith, and John Keaton, upon whom the law is left to take its course; and they are ordered to be executed on Thursday next, the 22d inst. The case of James Const, fur rape, is not yet reported. MANCHESTER, Nov. 13.—1 n order to come at proper conclusions respecting the markets, it may not be unnecessary to state that there is, at all times, some business doing in the Cotton Trade, it being extended al most beyond calculation or belief; but, even with the busi ness alluded to, there are intervals when comparative dulness and depression are too evident. Such is now the case, the general market being heavy and depressed, whilst business is :being carried on to a considerable extent in some branches. Fustians and quiltings are in fair demand. Nan keens also sell readily, and are much inquired after. STATE OF TRADE.—The depression in business, to which we adverted last week, still continues, particularly in the stuff manufacture, the prospects of which are, at present, but too gloomy and disheartening. As yet the clothiers do not complain of more than a consi derable dulness of demand—a circumstance which, by dis couraging production keeps down the price of wool, and allows some extensive houses, who have a full command of capital, to make goods, on terms promising a proportionate advantage hereafter, should a resuscitation take place. In endeavouring to ascertain the cause of the existing slack ness, we have learned that there is a falling off in the home trade, which is referred to the distresses of the agricultural classes for some time past. We, therefore, have made some inquiries in quarters of the highest respectability, largely concerned in the German or Baltic trade, whether the extensive importations of grain from the Continent, ' during the late season, have not been attended with a cor responding enlargement of the foreign demand for our ma nufactures. The answer is, that this branch has sensibly declined in the present year ; but to show that the opinion is perfectly unbiassed by political or other feeling, we may add, that the declension is ascribed to the stocks that had remained on hands in Germany, &c. at the beginning of the year, owing to the mildness of last winter. It is, never theless, acknowledged as a disappointment, that the ad mission of so much foreign produce has not been felt in the least degree by our manufacturers; and we have the satis faction to mention, that this fact, coupled with the mani fest indisposition of the Continent to reciprocate liberality in commerce, and aided by the conviction, that the home is, after all, the best trade, has lately cooled the ardour of several induential gentlemen of Leeds on the Corn question. It is a peculiar gratification to us to believe, that some who were among the most respectable of our opponents on this sub ject, a few months back, are not exactly of the same mind now.—Leeds intelligencer. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.---Yesterday, as a man named ',xis was in the act of shifting a large stone from one of the newly -erected houses in Barlow-street, near the Thames Office, the chisel lost its hold, and he was precipitated a height of thirty feet. He was taken up senseless, and conveyed to the Hospital, Where he now remains in a precarious state. He was employed by GRAINGER and How.No, stone-masons, of Gravel-lane, Sou thwack. SUICIDE.-About 20 minutes past two o'clock yesterday morning, a young woman, accompanied by a gentleman, passed through the toll-gate on the Middlesex side of Waterloo Bridge, but it would appear they did not proceed over the water, but stood on one of the seats talk ing. They had not remained long on the bridge before some dreadful shrieks were heard by the watchman and other persons, and the gentleman who had passed the gate with the young woman calling loudly for assistance. The watchman had seen a female standing on one of the benches, and on hearing the alarm immediately proceeded to the spot, when the gentleman informed him that a young wo man had precipitated herself from off the bridge into the river. On the watchman and several others looking over the balustrades, they distinctly saw the unfortunate woman struggling in the water. Assistance was immediately pro cured, and several persons from the Police-vessel put off in disturbed, but the rash woman had disap_ a boat, but on their arriving at the bridge they found the eowamTthlhaeynere he gave his name, " John Clayton, Port gentleman who was in company with the was conveyed to the watch-house iu the but there being not the least proof that he pys oetaaur water Port man-square ;gds greatly a r e was concerned in her death, he was allowed to depart, , upon a promise to appear, if called upon. A handkerchief be longing to the deceased is in the possession of the watch , man, but there is no mark on it. LONDON MARKETS. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET . —NovI S i • , 755. Od. to 100 s. Od. I (lover 90.. Od. to Straw 3os. Od. to 355. Od. PRICES OF MOPS (per Cwt.) Kent Pockets Sussex Ditto 3/. 12s. Nov. 16. 0 44 10i. to 41. O. to 1110 Essex Ditto Farnham Ditto, Fine—. Seconds 3/. 168. 41. 41. to iv or. oi. 71. 103. to v . ($ 01. Os. 61. 03 t° 4 1.1, 3/. 105. 41. 4s- t° 3/,19 3/. ss. sr. los. to 4L N. Bs. 4/. Os. to it X 140,000. Kent Bai Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto., PRICE OF OIL. .05 Rape Oil, brown 311. Os. Refined Linseed Oil if r i Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per t0n,..., PRICE OF POTATOES.—Nov. 16. Ware Yorkshire Kidneys-- 41. Os. to 41. ss. --- Spanish Ditto .........." 11 4 0 1. Per lb. Tanned Horse Hides , it 2 Per dozen. 0 ; Calf Skins... 36 to 4061 0 , Ditto ..—.... 50 to 701). gi r, Ditto ....—.—.70 to SOW 1 9 r i Small Seals, CS reeillatg2„., ROYAL 'HOSPITAL THE Right Hon MISSIONERS pt:TrecikeLiv,edToenhdeerra,eby a ? ld ll GIB ENSlONERSlhpeElNvisllTiong IS2B, for the folleWinE BEEF and hIUTTON, SALT, and OATMEA for the whole ,Ration, a anees of the House, zt Tender ; for BEER, at. at --- per Dozen Poi per cwt. Printed Forms of Ten quire!), and further part plieation at the, Offi ce of of the Hospital, aya; Three•o'C,look, whin h i pc and deliver 4 at the: ei the 9,7 th in . st., at One other will on any acconi It is fO rt h er ,to be .obl be required to find sect 6 ' 4 ' several Contracts, eeived after the day abo las s the Party, or an A EbNomi c SOCIETY; Nol • •] Sir J4MES MAC; THOMAS: FRANKLA Lancelot %Ugh Stephen N icholson 1;4 Esq. • , • Robert Bithhilp, Esq. Thomas Fenn, Eaq• Adam G ordon, N.. • • Aunrroiti.:-.41: 4 c .to f Wl4l rHYSIC/AN.---Jolin Sea° to x.--Be n jamin '1 Souctxoa.--Henry Yd ADVA NTAGES BEI T P REMIUMS on you ably 'lower thair those g' Three-fourths of tlo et•etitnally the wii.ole.pn Policy Holders (if as, whole tern) of Lift) ent vote at all Gen'eral Meet ab,.nlute controul over roll particulars 'are With every veguiSite.iuti plleatiou at the Orrice. lIROMOTER. ANNVITY CC PLACE, IILACKFRI. Guaranteed and Si 'William Baldock 3 E ST villiellia lln;m(i. 004Gietifteorg: 1-1 01 lliintlas, AI. P. hen ry Gosh Esq• ter, Esq Joh n Deacon' 9• ; Joh William: Cliarles Johnston Esq. . . sum .. - ~ . W ITEDI illiam flack, A1...11 Chart George It Roe, Al.r John ses Ast on Key, e utt, New Br( The leading features Lower Rates of Prelln both for short Terms, -: The Asgbrer niiry p convenient to liimelf• ' The Asgured has the tic,,, to the a mount Of h lieipate in the profit s o re apon s ib ility; 11, intereat of . pets iTPartieula)ly entusulted b tle (4 the Societies pri auVatitap, t,o those risks Persons afflicted wit, itnih,%toty ihir,---are ^ °aloft% in the Arm likely to he called beyon the ordinary rat4.s until minm is reduced On tl Britain' prnvid ed the he im paired. obt:Pruspeetuses, and a tovAti. c(ined at the Office. 1-1 following rir. frorn the abov( even (Sinlays except IIATId an I EXt:TI C,.'litrupton. 'IRAIINQRAIV •ai Stority tratford and C iillt%Tot„ through cAltuix, and EI Garstang. P.XhAit, thr4ugl cheater. FALAIov moLY T ILA33 riI 4 ta 1 46d Bi R , thrgor. - LIVERPO(A, bliti yfANCREBI ..III , fiord R AVt . lortl&west. , . NORWICH NIAII The folloWing POs' t NIOItNIj Weymouth, throug Norwich, through Nottingham and D Windsor an ,13iimingbam, Cove Liverpool, through Canterbury and D 4 South a Eight, mpton, thr o • Exeter, Falmouth, a Erighton, at Half-p, past TWO AFTERN( —..noridge, throng . .• Canterbury and Dr Carlisle and beiore Five. Edinb erby, through NI tefOrit'FiVe. • Edinburgh.tuul .G a Q u a rter before Fiv 11 Manchester, throni ore Five. Nott* • Pi ve. ing"aol, throe* liristolandU at h ' t 1 Milford Haven and Past Four. p Zuuton, through Windsor and Eton, Liverpool, through Norwich, through Five. D erby, through' L i before Six.. Edinburgh and before Six. G Atanchester, tlirou E Seve n . Nottingham tbrou ilitzninghato and C %tarter before Six. ti olybeat itu d Sh re before Sett imehtiAter,throul n; N.B. PO§T Canterbury and D a COA turiag Town " Caravan eve the ry Att4n, NV. W. 441 ff3s- The Proprim teenu ß t a bl e for any any Paseenger's Lug 4 niesa the same be en I ltrie of the delivery `Nees Luggage, to PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. Butts, to 561 b..... 201 24 Ditto 60 to 861 b.... 221 231 Dressing 13/ 17 Fine Coach Hides 17 19 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 151 Ditto 45 to 501 b. 161 181 Ditto _ 181 201 RAW HIDES. t o Per Stone. s.d. to g. d. Per Stone. 6.0 l I „ 0 Best Heifers& Steers 210 3 4 Ordin a ry efe Middlings 2 6 2 8 Market 7 Down, SHEEP —ls. 4d. to Is. 103. Polled. PRICE OF TALLOW, SO Town Tallow 465. Od. Yellow Russia 395. Od. White 4os. Od. Soap Ditto. 38s. Od. Melted Stuff 365. Od. Ditto Rough 21s. Od. SKINS. 00. Latubs • Os. od. to 2s. fkl . to 3s . 4d. I. 0 AP, &e.tiper Yellow SfOi Mottled Graves •••••-•""', , Good PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b.—NO' 'rice by Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) P.RIOE OF The price of Store Candles, in tl Candles. per doz. is. Od. to Os. Od. COAL MAR Adair's Beaumont al 9 Heaton ...... 37 S Hebburn Main 36 6 Holywell 34 0 Killingwortk --..—. 36 0 Liddell's 31 6 Tanfield Moor 33 6 35 0 Willington WallsEndßewieke&Co. 39 3 Ditto Brown's— 35 9 Ditto Carr and Co., 34 0 Ditto Henderson.-- 31 0 Ditto Hilda . 34 6 Ditto Hotspur.---..—,, 34 9 Ditto Northumberland 35 3 Ditto Perkins and Co. 39 3 Ditto 38 0 Ditto Russell's --..... 39 3 Ditto Walker 37 6 Ditto 39 9 :Shins at market, 12114—S Wheat. Barley. CANDLES. :he retail shops, is a s 'OllO l I Moaldg, Per dorm .0., ET.—Nor. 16. Walls End Newmarche If Eden small l9 Lambton small Londonderry small, , " 90 Blyth Trader ; Cowpeu 95 Fordel Main.. -' 0 ; Marquis Main gd Hartley Llangenneth ; Inverkeithing Splint 66 Milford•CoaL.--..---•"'" 90 9 Eden's den IS 6 Eden Main 95 0 Nesham 6 Russell's Lyon's 4 6 I Walls End Hetton,, ,, ' 41 6 Walls End Lambtono," 64 d Ditto Lyons--.....•' 40 9 Ditto Stewart's Russell's Hetton'sW• Lips sold, 48--thasoltl , 154', O P % .N MARKETS DURING Oats, 21 30 40 3g 19 22 4 ,3 24 T 2 24 -- 22 26 50 IS 30 5 5 28 30 5 3 23 32 5 $ 21 34 4 6 22 26 18 '2l 4 5 22 3 0 56 22 30 # 4 27 40 45 26 29 23 25 - 26 24 18 228459 10 24 6 28, 8. d. su 6 • 0 9 COUNTRY CO Per Quarter. Ashburn--..... Basingstoke -..,......... Bath - Bridgewater Bristol Che,tertield Derby Devizes Doncaster --.. Dorchester --. Exeter-----..... Glouuster— Hungerford Leicester--- Mansfield Romsey ---- Shaftesbury --- Shepton Mallet .... Sleaford --....-- Taunton —....--- Yeovil Per Bushel. Shrewsbury —,,... 50 58 46 62 48 64 52 64 48 54 46 56 56 61 43 63 45 64 44 62 56 60 50 64 46 60 54 60 49 51 55 58 50 56 47 42 50 58 52 62 s. d. s. d. 8 0 9 9 34 33 27 31 30 34 28 30 82 36. 32 38 35 37 31 35 29 40 26 32 30 33 24 32 27 33 34 36 34 40 30 31 30 39 25 32 28 32 23 30 8. d. s. (1. 46 53 SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MAltlik:T.—Nov• Id Do '6 0 Our market was well supplied with all 50 t 9 spr to-day. Oats and Barley sold readily at last l ow er , Wheat, Pease, and Beans, are flat, and a- ',hide I ta Wheat. Burley. Oats. Pease. 1 44 8 - O a First 9os Od 36s 6d 296 Od 44s 6d,.., 40 0 4 Second Third „id' PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &c. „,. to '',o Beef, per lb. Os. 4d. to Os. ;d, Fresh Butter,lb.s.lu. o' o Mutt0n.............. 0 3j 0 6 Salt I‘i Ditto Aß i c ......— .ET ... .... c o ._ . : 30 86 0 1 Veal Pork. —0 q 0 6 Eggs, per dot. 1 ~.'i ig 0 Lamb, per qr. 1 6 2 0 OatStraw(kV.) 9 X ;t) Tallow, per lb. 0 4 04f Wheat Ditto._ 9 i T t l B Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 0 Barley Ditto ,S 4 . • Potatoes, 141 b. 0 0 0 4 Hay, per a ' ........ • xTilf 1' . Oatmeal at tog • v est rather lower on the A i 41. b. n* / l 'i Per Stone of 1 ... ,„ First Oatmeal .. • .... M t ; ! 0 second ditto .... • ....... o lit Barier"i• .... •••.: ........ 0 I Pes t '.-3d, i-s I: ! •/•0 0 ` . . EDINBURGH MEA We had a small supply of ket, which sold heavily, and Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal .£l 18 0 Second ditto 1 16 0 Barleymeal 1 10 0 Peasemeal 1 10 0 Pot Barley—No. I. per cwt. 13s iii - ET.—Nov. GLASGOW CORN to been limited. l4 A fair lo °a ur, t / P r e 2Bo r , j. 11 Earley t- former rates. ° B l mind 46 0 w T h h e ea for: business plri o and n : 0 W. 150t°/ British, old 0 27 6 Oatmeal, per 1101 b. sox. zs 0 British 0 Irish new ...... no 0 31 0 Beans, per 2601 b. 0 Canada, free .......• 0 27 0 English Irish ......... 23 tro Scottish 0 IB 1 Barley, Per 32°1b. 28 0 3C 0 Pease, Scottish English ............... Scottish ............... 7 f .3 0 Irish. ....................... BIRTHS a . c ; Kenningto' c On the 16th lust, at South- plac e, the lady of Mr. Francis henry Hunter, of Neal 111 r citor, of a son. f - Vt. On the 18th of July, at Lima, the lady of W in. 1 Robertson, Esq. of a d aug h ter. / 0 On the 15th inst. at the Lawn, South Law —hew .1 or Charles Goodwyn, of a daughter. of On s j th o e ho l4 i th ho i m ns a t s . s a t t an A l l e d y7B erle a y rt P . a t i l l i i e , laCdhesyolificres,ptt4tseetisiben E. Parry, R.N. of a son. Abard On the 16th inst. Mrs. George Lee, of Low' of a daughte r . ..1 °11 ; On the Sth inst. Mary, the wife of Thomas Fe neyman cabinet-maker, Leeds, was delivered o f tP we 10!:, dren, who, with the mother, are both doing ;idresv matron has presented her spans with six living clu little more than two years ! MARRIED. Westminste On the 16th in s t. a t St. Margare t ' s, ri hi ifo r present h ree e as ray, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister, Principal Secretary ° t ie / r eß s n e et , v: builder, aTr 11i. Lord Chancellor, to the Lady Henrietta Ann Le idie ' ( 11 ' 1 Eagle-street, Red Lion-square, t° daughter of the late Countess of Rothes, and sister ° Or On the 15th inst. at St. Luke's, Old-street' igiot orna o s f l. , Murray, AL A., Charles Knight the Susan Prosser, of L e onard-street, Finsbury. thcl On the 15th hist. by the Rev. Thomas o°4 William Heald Ludlow, Esq. of Seend, in the en u il e st lY Wilts, to Augusta, youngest daughter of the late S' A cote, Esq. of Shaw-hill House, in the same c ounq i .' bato,7, O a the 1 lth inst. at St. Clement's, Eastcheap, `pftr Gray, Esq. of Montrose, to Harriet Tempest, wid" vi late Alexander Renny, Esq. of Riga. - ~„f t litli t, '"' On the 31st ult., at St. Peter's, iu Allendale, . 11 %f P" ta berland, the R ev . William Walton, Incumbent - ott i ' d Peter's, and Chaplain to Colonel and Mrs. Itenlisl tir Allenheads, to Jane, youngest daughter of th_e_ l :2 „... :7 Crawhall, Esq. of Allenheads. DIED. for •• the • On the 16th inst. after a severe illness of s i o f '° Mr. Charles Watson Aldred, of Cheapside, ag o f cerely regretted by all who knew him. np ,, a 100,„, , On the 30th ult. at Aberdeen, Robert, s. - A ti ee ti, - be Alexander Shand, of Tanfield, advocate in It'b eh- w hic P for a long and severe illness, contracted in Indi a ' • 4 0 ' f Or s° bore with an almost unprecedented degree o t he titude, resignation, and patience. is i t, On the 15th inst. at Islington, Mrs. Leathirst ell, 69th d4tl,i year of 16th i her age. „ c abe r On the nst. at Addington-place , '•,'" the " Mary, the wife of Abraham De Home, Esq . • year of her age. . tle'l6 l f At his residence in Charlotte-square, New t ie' „ ii rl Tyne, on the 12th inst., Martin Blorrison, Esq,:t eti tis , 6 i , very deeply regretted by a numerous circle of i!' 0 tr ; di acquaintances. As a perfectly honourable man i , l c t i je °T,,f ness transactions, Mr. M. was deservedly Ile; h b ea t estimation ; and the ability and zeal with vsli' c ii i e f s, many years drscharged the important duties et . f o g 0 , be to Mrs. and Colonel Beaumont, will doubtless 1 it eri3 O , his memory to be respected by them, m indee", i ti teg r . „'' 0 revered by all who can appreciate high worth ao" o ttPa On the 15th inst. at her father's, near Fulli by,,',, IP' few days' illness, sincerely and deservedly lames ~,r, family and friends, Dinah , w ife of Jacob Fesentn e r of t late of Hackney. es yo u On the 16th inst. in her 18th y ear, Franc ' re p, l A, daug f hter of Mr. Samue l Cross , of Camberwell-f 016* On the 2d inst. at Pisa , Mrs. Stewart the ini* _....".. J. P. Stewart, R.N,, t 0 1° h YOM IG pitaNTXD and 0 mml6lllEll by M. __ dt SUN-OFFics, No. 11 2 , *l"'