The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-16 00:00:00

posed of the landwehr is to be formed there. Two regiments of the garrison of Warsaw have received orders to proceed to the Danube. Several inhabitants of Jassy have arrived at Vienna to make purchases,• as articles of luxury have become almost entirely exhausted in Mol davia, and have doubled in price. A letter of the sth from St. Petersburg, in the Cologne Gazette, states that the Emperor of Russia, in his quality of Chief of the Orthodox Church and Protector of the Moldo-Wallachian religion, is seeking at present to conciliate the ecclesiastical as well as temporal dignitaries of the Danubian Principalities, by distributing decorations among them. The following is the address of the Patriarch of Moscow to the Russian 6th corps on its departure for the Danube : " Children of the Czar our father, and of Russia our mother, our brothers of the army —the Czar, the country, and Christianity call upon you. The prayers of the church and of the country will accompany you. Russia is again provoked by the enemy who was vanquished under Catherine IL, under Alexander 1., and under Nicholas I. Already have your brothers revived the old habit of beating him by land and by sea. If it be decreed by Providence that you are to see the enemy in front of you, recollect then that you are fighting for the most pious of Czars, for your dear country, for the Holy Church, against the persecutors of Christianity— against the profaners of the holy and venerated cities which have seen the birth, the passion, and the re surrection of Christ. Now, if ever, victory, glory, benediction, and eternal salvation are 'due to those who give their life for their faith in God, for their devo tion to the Czar and to the country. It is written of the ancient defenders of the country, By faith you will gain the victory.'—(Epistle to the Hebrews, chapter xi., verse 13.) You likewise will conquer by faith. We bid you farewell with our prayers and with the symbol of faith. In former times Sergins, an old and vene rable father and predecessor, who ever lives for Russia, blessed the victorious contest of your ancestors against the oppressors of the country. The holy image was carried in our regiments under the Czars Alexis, Peter 1., and Alexander 1., in the great battles against 20 nations. Let the image of the venerable Sergius accompany you, as a pledge of the pressing and efficacious prayers which he is addressing to God for you. Carry with you and recollect the warlike and victorious speech of the Czar Prophet David—' Salvation and Glory is in God.'— Psalm 41." TOE GERMAN POWERS. The Preussische Correspondenz of yesterday says, it is authorised to refute the groundless rumours afloat of further joint proposals on the part of the German Powers with a view to mediation on the "Eastern question. The Circular forwarded to the diplomatic agents of Austria, says a telegraphic despatch from Vienna yesterday evening, is in the following sense : Austria considers the armed intervention of the Western Powers in Turkey extremely dangerous. Austria has full confidence in the loyalty and rectitude of the Emperor Nicholas, and will take the necessary measures for securing her own frontier. In addition to the note which the French Mi nister at Frankfort, Marquis de Tallenay, lately delivered to the B und, expressive of the pacific intentions of his Emperor towards all the German States not parties to the conflict that is about to break out between Russia and the Western Powers, similar notes have been still more recently delivered from the French Government, to the various minor States of Germany individually, so as much as possible to remove the suspicion and apprehension entertained by them against their Gallic neighbour. The French diplomacy seems also to have obtained signal success in Belgium and Holland, and even from the Court at the Hague, so long believed to be influenced by Russian sym pathies, we may shortly expect the manifestation of a different feeling. The position that these two Netherland Powers will assume will be that of strict neutrality in the war, but in close political and commercial approximation to France. A battering train of 80 guns and 6,000 cwt. of powder has been sent from Vienna to the south eastern frontier of Austria. Austria is buying up as, many horses as can be got, as well at Vienna as at Prague. The Yoss Gazette of Berlin of the 11th says : " We can give the following information on the nego tiations which have taken place between Austria and Prussia relative to their eventual conduct in the Eastern question. In the first days of the month of January, the Austrian Government invited the Cabinet of Berlin to make known its views and intentions as to the manner in which the two great German Powers and the rest of Germany should take position by forming a compact, while in presence of eventualities which were assuming a menacing character. The Cabinet of Berlin re plied, that if the Conference of Vienna were to be dissolved, it would receive propositions concerning the guarantee of common interests. As regards the negotiations with Russia, a more erroneous account has been given of them than of those between Austria and Prussia. In the latter days of January, Count de Budberg made overtures to the Cabinet of Berlin, in the same spirit as those which Count Orloff made to the Cabinet of Vienna. It was proposed to conclude be tween Prussia, Austria, and Russia, a treaty by which Russia and Austria. with the rest of Germany, under took to observe armed neutrality ; 2. In case this neutrality should be violated, Austria, Prussia, and Russia would afford each other mutual assistance ; and 3. Russia engaged, in case the events of the war should change the present state of Turkey, not to conclude treaties with the Western Powers, without a pre vious understanding with her allies. Prussia would not accept these propositions. There was not even any discussion about them. At the commencement of the month of February, Baron de Budberg made new propositions. They differed from the former in so far that Russia offer to guarantee the neutrality of Germany, which, in point of fact, would have secured her the protectorship of this country. This proposition was equally rejected. Some days later a similar pro position was made to the Cabinet of Vienna, which re jected it. This simultaneous refusal of the two Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin encourages the hope that they will act in accord also for the future. However that may be, we do not doubt that the clear and firm policy of Prussia amid the dangers which menace European peace will preserve a character of independence, which can alone give a guarantee to pease." The German Journal of Frankfort quotes letters from Berlin of the 11th, in which it is confidently stated that the Austrian cabinet intends making some communications to the Germanic Diet on the Eastern question, and on Count Orloff's mis sion ; in which case the Prussian Government would most probably declare its intention of re serving to itself the completest liberty of action. Several German courts, it is added, have already received communications from Austria ou the sub ject in question. The publication of the documents contained in the Blue Book on the Russo-Turkish question not only tends most satisfactorily to raise the English press in the eyes of the public on the continent as showing how well it has been informed all the way through, but also at last relieves England from the stigma which etiquette and the desire to surround Parliament with a certain nimbus had drawn on her, by withholding from publicity those documents which would at once have silenced all slander and unworthy imputations. As a sample of the altered tone observed towards England since the open ing of Parliament, we extract a few lines from a leader in the .National Zeitung, devoted to the peculiar glorification of the 31st of January, to which it gives the name of Victoria's day : " Each of the Queens that has sat on the English throne bas had to wage an European war ; though the Roman Catholic Mary lost Calais, the Virgin Queen Elizabeth successfully resisted the Invincible Armada ; Good Queen Anne brought the war with Louis XIV. to a close, which procured the recognition of the Pro testant succession, various territorial concessions from France in America, Spain's resignation of Gibraltar and the Pillars of Hercules, that stand as the portico to the Mediterranean Sound. " Elizabeth opposed to the Spanish, Anne to the Bourbon, Victoria to the Muscovite universal monarchy —is not that a peculiar ordination of God ? Victoria— it's a name that sounds well in the ears of the nation and of her allies. What champion does not look hope fully to Victoria ? Her victory this time w , ill be the victory of peoples, the victory of all nations. The article continues in an eq ually agreeable strain to the end, and closes with a motto very seldom used by a foreigner—" Rule Britannia." This appears in a paper that, while it has done good service in bringing very correct foreign intelligence, has stilt hitherto devoted a considerable amount of energy to picking holes in John Bull's coat. 100 persons from the fleet, suffering from small poi, had been taken into hospital at Constanti nople. The Cologne Gazette has the following from Vienna of the 11th " The Turco- Egyptian officers, who were made prisoners by the Russian, were to have left to-day pith two Russian officers who accompanied them to this city from St. Petersburg. This morning at 9 o'clock, the Egyptian officers suddenly fell on the Russian officers, bound them, and fastened them up in a bed-room •at the hotel where they had alighted. They then went, and placed themselves under the protection of the Ottoman Ambassador as they were on neutral ground. The Ambassador gave them rooms in his house, but ordered them to keep themselves quiet, and wait the result of th 2 affair, as it was certain that reclamations would be made by the Russian Ambassador, as they had been released on their parole not to serve again against Russia." A paper published at Lisle states that on Sun day a Russian General, with a suite of several persons, passed by the Fives station, on his way to Paris. It was supposed that he was charged with a diplomatic mission. It is again aid that Russia has not requirwd Ys. V. &tad I, ana Fah* home. ) gone b pro• ustri* :Mak sortie aShee colll' sSarit g the Four to be 3 that e d led * bates. 'Cone dated Ear , h 4 rank' man,' Le lia• f ef the of it. f the e late nor,' R io* latoci hat* On of days g up afore THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. ItAiLlvAir9. Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. permission of Austria for any troops to march through any portion of her territory, and further, that stringent instructions have been forwarded to the Russian fket in the Black Sea to avoid any possibility of collision with the hostile fleets there. It is asserted that the Russians lost in their second unsuccessful attack on Fort Chefketil up wards of 2,000 men. The efforts made at St. Petersburg to excite en thusiasm for the affair at Sinope have not been successful. A subscription was opened to purchase a sword of honour for Admiral Nakimoff, but it was so coldly received that it was abandoned. FRANCE. It is said that in consequence of the high price of food, and the stagnation of trade, the revenue for the month of January has diminished to the extent of six millions of francs. The octroi duties of the city of Paris have diminished for the same month no less than 400,000 f. The arrests which have recently taken place at Rheims are said to have brought to light a com plete plan of operations, concerted between Maz zini and Colonel Oharras, for the revolutionising of France and Italy, in the event of the breaking out of a war. The Emperor has granted an amnesty to 100 of the Socialists condemned to transportation or im prisonment in the department of the IlOrault. Large quantities of artillery and missiles of dif ferent kinds were forwarded from Bergues to Toulon on the 6th inst., and several following days. The Imperial Council of Public Instruction, con voked for an ordinary session by an order of Jan. 30, met on Tuesday ; the Minister of Public In struction in the chair. The Minister opened the session by a statement of the present situation of public instruction. He pointed out the different changes successively introduced into m ides of teaching in France, and showed that notwith standing the flourishing state of the colleges and various educational houses throughout France, other reforms were still called for. The Minister then laid before the Council a draught of the plans which the Government has had prepared, in order to complete the modifications which appeared called for ; he pointed out such of the plans as could be discussed this session, and he named a commission to examine them forthwith. This statement of the Minister met with the unanimous approbation of the Council. The Bourse was more feeble yesterday than on Tuesday, although many speculators believe that the note in the Moniteur of yesterday morning, con tradicting the announcement in the Patric of Tues day evening, that a negative reply had been received from the Emperor of Russia, shows that all hopes of an arrangement are not abandoned by the French Government. The Three per Cents. opened at 68f. 60c., fell to 67f. 85c., but rose again to 68f. 35c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 97f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,065 f. ; Rouen, 885 t. ; Havre, 445 f. ; Great Northern, 737 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 720 f. ; ditto, New, 565 f. ; Western of France, 572 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 540 f.; Great Central, 435 f. Lyons and Geneva, 455 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 620 f. SPAIN. The Madrid Gcrette, of the 10th, contains a decree ordering that the bill presented to the Cortes on Stock Exchange operations shall be carried into effect. Amongst other things, it authorises time-bargains, which have heretofore been prohibited. Colonel San Roman, of the staff of General Prim, had arrived in Madrid to give the Govern ment an account of the General's missou in Turkey. Both the editions of the Diario of the 10th were seized. _ _ A rise had taken place in the prico of bread, and the Government had taken measures for preventing a further advance. A cabinet council was to be held on the evening of the 11th, under the presidency of the Queen, and in it the Ministry would probably submit mea sures of general interest to her Majesty. It is not true that the French Government has, as reported, demanded of the Spanish Government, in the event of war, to send the Spanish troops to militarily occupy Rome, in order that the French Government may employ all its soldiers in the Eastern war. The Spanish Government has not received any communication of this kind. The 3 per Cents. wore done at 37 g ; the New 3 per Cents. at 191 ; the Debt of the First Class at 6i ; and that of the Second at 4g. DENMARK. AND SWEDEN. The evasive refusal of the Dutch Government to ,oin the Dano-Swedish declaration of neutrality is interpreted by the Russian party as an advantage S gained by them over the policy of the Western Powers ;at the same time they represent the de- S 2 claratiou of neutrality on the part of the Scandi navian Powers as in so far favourable to England 2 and France as that it is not favourable enough for 2 Russia. Russia had hoped and endeavoured to bring over these Baltic Powers entirely to her side, and so be able to close the Sound against any ag- ' gressive force that might be inclined to take liber ties with the Baltic fleet ; and not having suc- I ceeded in this, she is now busy in endeavouring to procure the concession of certain measures which would go a great way to make any stay in SI the Baltic very difficult for our vessels. The negotiations on the subject of quarantine have not resulted as Russia would have wished. Denmark ' has removed all restrictions of this sort, but the last move made by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has been the endeavour so to arrange matters with the Government in Stockholm as to cut off from the combined fleets any opportunity of purchasing provisions of any sort in Swedish harbours. This was the purport of the despatches which were brought to Stockholm by a Russian Feldjager on the 25th of last month, and were laid before his Swedish Majesty by the Russian envoy, Herr Daschkoff, in an audience which he had on the 27th. It is said that the German States have expressed their approbation and recognition of the Dano• Swedish declaration of neutrality. The naval force that the Scandinavian Powers are capable of bring= ing to the protection and maintenance of their neutrality is by no means inconsiderable. Tt may be concisely summed up thus : Denmark. Ships of the line 5 Frigates Corvettes and brigs 9 Schooners ... . 3 Cutters 2 Gunboats BO Steamers 6 Screw ditto Transports For the manning of this fleet there are no less than 30,000 seafaring men registered in Sweden, and as many in Norway ; about one-tenth of these only are in active service. The additional number now called out is 1,150. Now that the necessary funds have been so wil lingly voted by all four Estates of the united Swedish and Norwegian Diet, the Ministry of Ma rine reckons confidently on being able to add five large ships of the line to the above Swedish arma ment. There is no want of iron, timber, or hemp in Sweden, and with the money voted, and a good opportunity open to them, the Swedes are exhibiting their national spirit with unwonted energy. The Go vernment is essentially obstructive to progress, with a strong leaning to Russian arrangements and insti tutions. Railroads and telegraphs are contrivances held in abhorrence by the squireocracy, but are nevertheless making their way there, though slowly. The Estate of the Nobles has lately as a body voted railroads " improper things ;" this hurrying and driving to and fro introducing revolution and dis turbing the repose of the land, so that the Minister Von llarmarmsdorf lately exclaimed, at the end of a philippic directedagainst these space-annihilators, that " as long as he lived he would not hear another word about railroads." Danish different position nthe Government, Swedishth ug though s f from in regards a totally th e willingness of the Reichstag to vote the necessary funds, seems determined not to be behi • nd-hand. The increase to the fleet resolved on consists, according to most authorities, of three frigates, three corvettes, three brigs, and four steamers. The military arrangement s ex t en d to the strength ening the fortifications of the cas tl es o f Hammer haus and Svannirke, on the island of Bornholm, a calling out of 15,000 men of the class on long ftir lough, and a levy of 10,0 . 00 recruits. The D an i s h t ro ops in Aliens. have within the last few days re ceived orders to b . e ready to break up ; an d i t i s believed that their destination will be Seeland. The Danish fortress Friedri chsort, which com man d s th e bay and harbour of Kiel, is being provided with six batteries, although only very lately the Govern ment had decided upon converting the whole mili tary colony connected with the fortress into a bathing place. S weden. 10 8 8 Norway. 256' 12 COMMITTAL OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE HANNAH MARIA EMIGRANT VESSEL.-Information has been received by the underwriters of the emigrant ship Hannah Maria, which vessel sailed from Plymouth for Adelaide and Mel bourne, and was lost near Cape Jaffa, when on her voy age between the two last-mentioned ports, that Captain Drew, late master of that ill-fated ship , had been appre hended in Melbourne, and fully committed for trial on a charge of having, through carelessness, lost the ship, thereby endangering the lives of the crew and passen gers. The trial will take place at the criminal eepsions, Melbourne, 5 10 St. 5 Aberdeen Nmbg Wottng. Bost and Eastu. Belfast & Ballymena. Birmiug. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Laucsh. do Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. 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LONDON, Feb. 16.—Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light breeze, and fine, frosty weather. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 15.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Argo (s s), from Southampton, for India. DUNMORE, Feb. 15.—Wind, E. Arrived—Lord Ash burton, from St. John's, N. 8., with 20 feet of water in her hold, and left for Liverpool in tow of a steam-tug. YARMOUTH, Feb. 15.—The Emma Edin (schooner,) of and for Jersey, is in the roads leaky, and with bows damaged, having been run into by a light brig; the crew refuse to proceed in her present state. HULL, Feb. 15.—The Quoen of Scotland (s.), which foundered in the mud in the Humber, 2d inst., has been got off. PERTHCAWL, Feb. 15.—The Susan, of and for Plymouth, got on the breakwater, and received considerable damage. JERSEY, Feb. 11.--Wind, E. Sailed—Friends, for Pernambuco. _ _ SWANSEA, Feb. 15.--Wind, N. Arrived—Cuba, from Coquimbo. Sailed-Mont Blanc, for Ceylon ; Countess of Bective, for St. Jago do Cuba. CARDIFF, Feb. 15.--Wind, N.N.E. Sailed—Neigam, for Havannah. . LOWESTOFT, Feb.ls.—The Fly (brig), of Whitley, which was aground on the Main at Carton, 28th Dec., has been assisted off. CLYDE, Feb. 14.----Wind, S. Arrived—Anzeks, from New York ; Lydra, - St. John's, N.B. ; Oncanasts, do., dismasted and waterlegged. Soiled—Glasgow (s s), for New York. STORNOWAY, Feb. 1 5.—Part of the hull of a vessel named Mazeppa was cast ashore, bottom up, at Mailsta Uig, on the 4th inst., and has since gone to pieces. Part of the cargo consists of assorted wares for the Australian mar ket, also two casks of brandy, marked "J. and F. Martell, M. L.," and 14 boxes of cheese, " S. 11. and Co." (Mom. — The Mazeppa sailed from Liverpool on the lfith.January last for Geelong.) SUNDERLAND, Feb. 15. The Traveller, of this port, is sunk near here ; three men drowned. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 13:7--The, Amsterdam, from Yar mouth, was abandoned off 'Wyk Aar Bum, with loss of masts, and abandoned, balms since been taken into Neew Deep. HOBART TOWN, Oct. S.--The- remains of the wreck of a large vessel, and of a boat, supposed a five-oared whale boat, painted black, with a white ribbon, with the maker's name " Risby, Brother 3, Page," have been found " on the keel and masts, 1 1 and five oars, maker's name 2 . 44 ou the Coast of Wedge Bay, Tetsman Peninsula, previous to 4th inst. (BY SUBMARINE AND EIJI tOPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESI tND, Thursday, 9.40 a.m. Wi n d , N. ; fine. Tide, last hour, ebb. Arrived-1 5 th — Auna Meter„ from Antwerp ; Adonis (s), Bordeaux. Sailed--16th—John Banks, for Melbourne ; Fame (s), Eblais ; Lord Wm. Bontinek, r a i pm i sn. DE lAL, Thursday, 9.20 a.m. Wind, N. ; fine. Anchored—Typhon, from Si ianghai, for London; Ilos, Alexandria., for London. Sailed—John Henry, for Ma aritius. MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.) HAY MAI LBETS. SITIVIFIELD.—Moadow hay , 31 Os ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw r, 11 to 5/ 58 ; clover 178 to 2/ 38 per load. iggish d eman d. A full average supply, and a :sll CUMBERLAND. — Meadow ' .y, I 3s to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 41 03 to 61 Os; and atm v, 11 18s to 2/ 4s per load. Supply good, and trade rather • dull. WillTECHAPEL.—llloadow h la — J , Zi Os to Si N; clover ditto, 4/ OA to 6/ 6s ; and stra sr, 11 .17s to 2/ 3s per load. Trade rather dull. MEAT MA lIKETS. NENVGATE AND LEADENIL ILL.—The general demand was steady at this mark et to. ;day, at full quotations : Beef, from 38 Od to 4s 2d Mutton, 3 s 6d to 4s ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Por, ; Is 4(.1 to 5s Oct per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, FEB. 15.—The ripply o each kind of fat stock was tolerably good. 1 he general demand ruled inactive. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d . Mutton, 3s 6d to bs 0,1 • Veal, 38 8d to 5 s Od ; Pork) is 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, t'o sink the offals. ROMFORD, FEB. 15.—Our n - tarket has been heavy, at barely last week's currency. 'I 'he following are to-day's quotations :—Beef, from 3s 2d. to 43 6d; Mutton, 3s &I to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 0(1: ; Pork, 3s Sd to 43 Sd per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pi, gs, 228 to 28s each. ROYAL SOUTH LONDON DISk 'ENSARY.—Yesterday, the anniversary festival of this int ititution was held at the Bridge house Ltotel, London , 'bridge. Ansley Pellatt, Esq., M. P., was in the chair, F. upported by J. A. Fresh field, Esq., M.P., the presiders tof the institution ; Dr. Clutterbuck, W. Meymott, 1 Esq,, Hallett, Eeq., Charles Anderson, Esq., A. B. Bryer, Esq., Rev. Mr. Howe, and other gentlemen. ' The chairman traced the origin and growth of the institt dim), which last year re lieved 4,896 patients. There is, however, debt of 2481. against the charity, and 1: trge liabilities have been incurred for the building fun( 1. The Queen had given 1001., and Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales 25/. each. Alterations, moreover, have to be made in the building, so that a sum of 400 was still needed. The company present at the dinner yesterday was evidently in favoUr of a vigorous effort to free the charity from ,_debt, and to add to its usefule lesg, The secretary an nounced the receipt of 6291. 14, 1- 6cl', in donations, and an increase to the subscription :4 amo tufting to 921. TN. Altogether the tone of the feat lival wa s most PrPinigiljg to the future prospects of the bftstitutiol Yesterday afternoon a public meeting was held at the London Tavern, convened by the Association for the Equalisation of the Poor-rates for the purpose of aiding in carrying out that measure andi the abolition of the laws of settlement and poor removal. The LORD MAYOR took the chair at two o'clock, and, immediately on doing so, Mr. D. Iffanger, of Maryle bone, and other representatives of the large metropo litan parishes, and members of the Anti-Centralisation Union, protested against the unfairness which had been' exercised in only permitting the opponents of the Equali sation Bill two tickets for the platform. Considerable confusion and cries of "Fair play" were the result, and the requisition convening the meeting was read amid shouts of derision and great uproar, although the room was at no period of the meeting more than half-filled. The Lord Mayor explained the object for which the meeting had been - convened, and dwelt upon the hard ships which the law of settlement and poor removal in . .. fiicied on the pauper poor. Lord BERNERS rose to move the first resolution "That the existing laws of settlement and removal are cruel and oppressive to the poor, by subjecting them, in the time of affliction and distress, to be removed to the place of their legal settlement. That the said laws are :unnecessarily expensive to the ratepayer, and totally inapplicable to the present time, and ought to be abo lished." The noble lord showed the operation of the laws in the agricultural districts with which he was con nected, and, on the ground of humanity, urged the ne cessity of the removal of the present laws. Mr. J. A. WISE, M.P., seconded the resolution. Sir J. DUKE, M.P., while he agreed in the observa tions which had been made, nevertheless warned the gentlemen who had promoted this meeting that they might he taking a step which would lead to the princi ples of centralisation. (Cheers.) Mr. T. SMITH rose to move an amendment, and was received with applause and uproar. lie also proceeded to show, amid loud interruption, chiefly from the plat form, that the result of the proposals of the persons who had got up the meeting was likely to lead to centralisa tion, and he complained, not only of the treatment the opponents of that principle had received at the hands of the Lord Mayor and those who had got up the meeting, but that they had paraded the meeting as being called at the instigation of the metropolitan parishioners. All the large and important metropolitan parishes repudiated it. He was proceeding to establish his position, when he was interrupted by cries of " Question," and the Lord Mayor, amid great confusion, called on the speaker to sit down. Several appeals were made for fair play and order by the chairman, and ulti mately Mr. Smith, under a protest that he had not been permitted to address a meeting of Englishmen by a par tial chairman, moved the following as an amendment : " That, whatever tends to lessen the opportunity and obligation of local action and responsibility, or to with draw the inducement to taking part in local affairs, is injurious to the common welfare and high interests of the nation." Mr. W. BILLETT, churchwarden of St. Pancras, amid tremendous cheering and uproar seconded the amendment. He said it was a pity the promoters of the meeting could not find an inhabitant of the metropolis, but must go to the landowners to move their resolutions. (Cheers and uproar.) They were ashamed of John Day's equa lisation of poor-rate scheme ; but, as all the poor-law officers who had signed the requisition for the meeting were to be themselves provided for for the term of their natural lives, they had no doubt a great interest in the matter. (Cheers, laughter, and uproar.) . The LORD MAYOR called the speaker to order, and threatened to call the police, amid general confusion and groaning. Mr. GRESIN (late churchwarden of St. James's, West minster). —I rise, my lord, to order. The LORD MAYOR—I shall immediately order you into custody. Send for the police. (Groans, hisse;, and great uproar, amid which several policemen appeared at the back of the platform.) His lordship said he could not receive the amendment— (uproar)—as an amendment, but as he was sure they all agreed with it, he would, as a matter of courtesy, put it as a substantive motion. (Loud cries of " No, no," from the supporters of the amendment, mingled with cheers and renewed con- fusion.) Mr. T. Smith, Mr. Billett, Messrs. Fuller and Elt of Islington, and other gentlemen protested against the amen dment being put in any other form than as an amendment. The LORD MAYOR, however, persisted, and, having taken a show of bands for and against the original reso lution, he declared it to be carried, and, amid further protests, he then put the amendment as a substantive motion, and declared, amidst shouts of derision and up roar, that also to be carried. There were still five other resolutions to be adopted, but the cries of " Adjourn" and " Dissolve" were so great, that the Lord Mayor quitted the chair, and de clared the meeting adjourned, and those assembled sepa rated amid great confusion. HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS. A NUMBER OF MEN STARVED TO DEATll.—Lloyd's agent at Crookhaven re ports in a letter received yesterday, the following shock ing catastrophe :—On the 4th inst, the barque Cuba, Captain Organ, from Coquimbo for Swansea, sighted, when some twenty miles south-west off Mizen Head (on the southern coast of Ire land), a wreck of a waterlogge vessel. On bearing down it was found to be the barque Bona Dea, belonging to Liverpool, to which port she was bound from Savannah. She was completewhaly t disre - masted, and her unfor tunate crew, rather, mained of them, were in the most extreme state of ex haustion. They had been no fewer than eleven days and a half without food or water, and their 'sufferings in consequence, together with the long exposure to cold, had been truly frightful. Six of the crew, including the master, had died from starvation two or three days pre viously. Captain Organ had great difficulty in removing e the poor fell ows from the wreck. Several were 'com pletely prostrated a nd a pp arently dying. Every comfort e p t i e .o r : wa s afforded them by the crew and officers, but, not- With s tanding, four of the suffe r e rs never rallie d; they died in a day or two a fterwards. The remainder, seven i t a sa lie o f number, th e i a r r e doingultimate w r e e l well, v a e n r d y T every he hopevess vessel has n cv,eded on to Swansea, where they will be landed. Paid. t.llOO !O i 0 all .31 all a I 28 !7ii all 2 I 18i 5 30 ,0 all :0 all !O 12 0 . _ 5I all 15 all 5 all .8 all !CI all it. all it. 100 5 86 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 0 56 ;t. 100 0 1 ;t. 1100 ;t. 1100 It. 1100 .6i 113 .6i 2 ;t. 100 .9i 174 A O all all .14, all .0 '8 ;t. 100 it. 100 O 12 .0 1 .2, 2i it. 100 R) 34 15 all 0 ,5 all ;t. 100 !2e 44 ~1106 ;.1100 15 174 10 all it. 100 6,i 5 17A io 74 N) all ;t. 100 i 0 3 ;t. 100 .6 16 L 6 1.1 8 all 8 8 0' 4j 0 ILI ls 17 !O all 0 10 0 1 t. 1100 0 212 s it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 ,o I 10 MI all 3i all O all 9 q ) all ;t. 100 0 all 9 15 0 5 9 21 2s l , ) ,5 all 16!, it. 100 [0 8 St. 100 25 20 20 all 10 51a. St. 100 25 20 25 13§ ;t. 100 all all LOO all 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 15 all all all 10 all 1. all 89i 90 891 90 7342 130 1 294 30i 82i 31 961 6 104/ i 15 14,1 494 i 8f EVENING, FEBBITARY 16, 1854. SPORTING NOTES. AMONG THEM AT LINCOLN. A merry meeting was merrily celebrated at Lincoln The air was frosty but kindly, the supply of sport ample, and the company large and respectable. The officials, too, worked_ with a willing, cordial co-operation to pro mote the success of the gathering ; and• in their well directed- endeavours to carry out efficiently the business arrangements, the - accommodation of the public was not forgotten, and to all persons they displayed a cour tesy and attention that was as pleasant as it is - rare at Race Meetings. On Tuesday the first race—the Trial Stakes—was decided at half-past one o'clock, and was not seen by a large majority of metropolitan turfites, who left London by the 9'30 express train on that morn ing. It brought out six competitors ; and was won by Lord Lieutenant, who _thereby, if I remember aright, obtained his first victory. From the distance the race between him and Cardsharper was close and exciting, Lord Lieutenant "winning on the post" by only a neck. Although last off by some lengths, yet Mary caught her two moderate opponents for the Two Year Old Stakes, at the distance quitted them with out an effort, and won easily by a length. The betting was 6 to 4 against Mary and Brown ; but the winner was not, I believe, backed for a sixpence either by her owner or his confederate. Eleven started for the steeple chase, but how many were started with " honourable intentions" it would perhaps be somewhat difficult to determine. Maid of the West had been sometime first favourite, but the betting suddenly changed, and the desire to lay against her became unmistakeably signifi cant. From that time she was what is in vulgar turf parlance termed a " dead 'un." Of Topsy's running, too, I entertain suspicions, which are scarcely lessened by the fact of certain persons connected with her party, thinking favourably of_.ber c hance, and " putting their money on" with much confidence in the ultimate profit of their investments. That a commission was, however, in the market to bet against her at every op portunity, lam well informed. lam also inclined to believe that Little Charley was not " wanted" by his owner. The race from the last flight of hurdles between Trout and Melon afforded a most slashing " set-to." They charged the hurdles abreast—Trout, knocking one of them down, succeeded in stalling Melon off only within a few strides of the chair, and winning by half a length. The riding of both Green and Tasker—the for mer on Melon, and the latter on Trout—was most patient and judicious. Spring, who had jumped capitally throughout, finished third. On entering the race course, Carrig was in close company with the leading horses. Trout's success brought his stable companion, Bourton, into increased favour for the Liverpool Steeplechase. The Selling Races were carried off by Sam, who, after winning the first was bought in for 57 guineas, but on his second victory he was sold to Mr. Barling for 75 guineas. On Wednesday the proceedings commenced with the Handicap Hurdle Race, which was won easily by Spring. Of the favourites, Victress, Songster, and the Squire of IVlalton, Songster was the only one that figured respectably in; the encounter. After his race, Spring was, I am informed, purchased by Mr. Barber, and at 50 to 1 some heavy investments were made on him for the Liverpool Steeplechase, for which. he weighted at 9st 101 b. Spring is a good jumper, and has a capital turn of speed. Georgey, admirably ridden by Aldcroft, was the winner of the Spring Handicap—Lord Lieutenant, who a starting fell on his knees and bead, by running against Mr. Reeves, the trainer, being second ; and but for this accident, a different result might have been re corded. Roebuck, the favourite, who was spiritedly supported by his party, was among the first beaten in the race. Old Garforth galloped off with the Hunters' Stakes without - difficulty"; And it would have been better had this event brought the meeting to a conclu sion. In the morning, however, after the order of running had been fixed, a " Selling Race" was "got up," and for those who " stood Sans," a selling race it proved to be, and nothing else. Three horses ran for it, Julius Caesar, the winner and the favourite at 4 to 1 on him, Sam, who was second, and Friendless Boy last. The proceedings connected with it were most disgraceful, and when conducted with a disregard and contempt of public opinion. If Selling Races be necessary to the maintainance of a meeting, the Newmarket rule of claiming should always be in force. Wherever this rule is set aside, the public should be on their guard, and its abrogation at certain meetings can only be deemed a virtual connivance on the part of the officials at the malpractices which are so frequently connected with Selling Races. Feb. 16. A FRESH MAN. LIT ERA. TUB E. Jack and the Bead-stalk. Edited and Illustrated by George Cruikshank. D. Bogue. A second volumette of " George Crilikshank's Fairy Library ":brings once again before us the dear old story' of " Jack and the _ Bean-stalk 1! thiS time, howeVer, adorned with eight resplendent illustrations ! Never before Were the pictorial tastes of the. young folks of the nursery catered for more gloriously. Never, before, we-may add - also, have the remarkable - powers of our artist as the deli neator of the wonders of cloudland been more ex quisitely demonstrated. - Cruikshank has seldom if ever equalled these, the latest of his many graceful, and some of them marvellous, performances. We say this in simple truth and justice. We say it, moreover, not in depreciation of his past, but rather out of the fullness of our admiration for his present, charming embellishments. Added to this, we speak not from any frivolous forgetfulness of what he has done heretofore, but with a vivid recollection of his career—a career ex tending, be it said, pretty far back towards the beginning of this nineteenth century. Not that our incomparable caricaturist is still beyond middle life, but that his genius, as a creator with the pencil— midway between Hograrth and Gilray—began to manifest itself in his extreme youth, and has been ripening ever since to something better and better, until it has reached its present notable stage of de velopment. Dating our remembrance from 'his memorable "cuts" to the political squibs of Hone— from his sketches of " Derry-down Triangle," of old Bags, and of the Regent Dandy, to a period approaching nearer to the present day, when the master-etcher gave to the fictions of Dickens and of Ainsworth the glory of his illustrations —we speak thus in terms of unrestricted praise of his new " Fairy Library," as affording us about the most ample testimony at once of his skill, and of his capacity, as an artist gifted with a bold but delicate imagination. "Hop o' my Thumb" we have already commended as it deserved on the occasion of its appearance. Its successor is now before us in this ingenious version of " Jack and the Bean-stalk," among all the delightful legends of the nursery, one of the chief favourites of our childhood. In the frontispiece, Jack is represented in the act of climbing the Bean stalk, far above the little garden of his mother's cottage, above the clouds, above the eagle's eyrie, at the very brink of ogreland. Further on, our little hero is portrayed as he appeared when showing kindness to the poor old woman, when discovering her to be a Fairy, and when setting the wonderful bean (given by that same fairy) near his lowly home among the cabbages. Next we have Jack getting the golden hen away from the giant, the dwarf peering at his larceny, and the drunken ogre snoring. Afterwards comes a glorious picture of Jack and the Fairy Harp escaping from the Giant—the harp fluttering down from the cliff with Jack on its back, and the ogre high up on the summit of the crag hurling vast rocks after the fantastic fugitives. Finally, two terrible figure§ of the Giant—one delineating him in mid air, entangled in the Bean-stalk, another representing him in his captive state as he looked when brought as a, prisoner by Jack before the monarch of the day, King Alfred the Great. It will be perceived from all this that the artist, in his editorial capacity, has again tampered with the original text, twisting its records in every way that best suited the flow of his own fancy. Occasionally, in doing so, we admit that George Cruikshank has revealed a really asto nishing liveliness of imagination —as, where lie de scribes the first ascent of Jack into cloudland—or, again, as where he recounts the ultimate destruc tion f the Bean-stalk. Nevertheless, we are almost disposed to acknowledge the justice of the strictures penned by Charles Dickens in Hottiehold Words in indignant protest against this wilful alteration of the beloved fairy tales of our childhood. Be it said, however, in extenuation of the course thus (we cannot but think mistakenly) followed by George Cruikshank, that his changes are always inculcative of good—are always the utterances of a most sweet, and wise, and gentle philosophy. Besides, we forget everything, we forget all our quarrel with Cruikshank about the text, when we turn over these ingenious and exquisite illustra tions. THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT. The Newcomee. No. V. By W. M. Thackeray. Another instalment of The Newcomes scarcely advances one step in the story, but it does infinitely better than that—it developes yet more delightfully the character of our glorious and beloved Colonel, one of the most exquisite of all the creations of Thackeray, and one destined henceforth, we do believe, to be among the " bright particular stars" of our imaginative literature. In the fifth volume there are four chapters—one in which " Colonel Newcome sings his last song ;" another, in which " Park-lane" is described about the fashionable hour for breakfast ; another, about certain " Old Ladies," and about one young one too, meaning the charming little 'Ethel, the girl-heroine ; and yet another, in which we are told how " Mr. Sherrick lets his house in Fitzroy-square," the Colonel, Mr., and Mrs. Binney, and Clive being the new occupants. The description of the dinner is admirable from its naturalness throughout— particularly in regard to the after-dessert speaking, when the eloquent Honeyman " gasped out a few incoherent remarks in reply," and when Major- General Sir Thomas de Boots acknowledged the toast of his health "in a confusion almost amount ing to apoplexy." Clive's wrathful tossing of a glass of wine in the face of that impudent little coxcombical numskull Barnes is so much to our satisfaction that we almost regret his forced apology the next morning, except for inasmuch as it is at the instance of his noble-hearted father, and brings out yet more brightly and bravely the Colonel's nobility of nature, his sweetness of temper, his per fect manliness and magnanimity. Closing the num ber, we think only of the Colonel, we think only of that portrait representing " a man rather bald, with hair touched with grey, with a large moustache, and a sweet mouth half smiling beneath it, and melan choly eyes !" And of how Clive shows that por trait of their grandfather to his children, " and tells them that the whole world never saw a nobler gentleman." Reginald Lyle ; or, 'The Race for Gold. By Miss Pardoe. 3 vols. , Hurst and Blackett. From a very ancient and often-introduced sub ject Miss Pardoe has contrived to frame a some what novel and unprecedented story. The chief character is an old man who has amassed consider able sums in India, and returns, laden with his wealth, to the country he left poor and destitute. He left friendless also ; but on his reappearance in England he suddenly finds himself surrounded by affectionate and anxious relatives. He, however, is too wary to be caught in any snare, however subtle or adroit might be the planners of it. In deed, so much did the fear of being deceived prey upon his mind that he erred in the other extreme, and mistook the character and misinterpreted the conduct of the only upright and praiseworthy of his male relations, the young Octavius Lyle. Penelope, the sister of Mr. Reginald Lyle, the mil lionnaire, was the female exception to the rule of evil-doing among his family. She, although.very poor herself, contrived to lend a helping hand to assist her unfortunate young nephew, and by her encouragement and support enabled him to fight the hard battle of life that was before him. Other friends and sympathisers lie met with in time. Mr. Trevor, the head clerk of Mr. Brunton, who was Reginald Lyle's lawyer and confidential ad viser, was a very ardent advocate of his cause ; yet although eventually this complicated connec tion of his friend with head-quarters brought fortune and favour to Octavius, for some time it was anything but an apparent advantage to him. It would be unfair, both to the authoress and readers, to detail the plot in all its intricacies, andnd to follow all the ins and outs, th e windings turnings of an eventful career, like the one before t arranged, us, of Octavius. But as th e book is it will not detract from the interest of its remarks in the final scene. Mr. R e g inald Lyle attains the object of his wishes ; but the scene is laid—where ? On the bed of de ath. The mighty power, that even riches cannot circumvent, asserted its right, and the man of wealth—vast even for the Indies to have enriched him with—was poor at the last hour ; for his were all the treasures of earth, and, in his anxiety lest moth, or rust, or thieves should take them away, he had neglected to form any at tachments to his fellow-creatures, that would only have grown stronger when his hold on life was be coming weaker, and that would have given him a possession in the world which the grave could not have buried. A moral could be derived from the cupidity and falsehood of the two worldly men who each, in his turn, exaggerated the state of his affairs and prospects, in the hope of elevating them selves in the eyes of their kinsmen. The chamber of death, the presence of one so soon to stand in the world where all secrets are known, did not deter them. The most effective point is where the shrewd, cautious Lancaster is about to speculate in sending out Octavius from Eng land ; he offers him a hundred pounds in order to prevent his having any chance of obtaining his uncle's thousands. Fortunately the plan was overturned, but at the last the old man authorises his lawyer to give a cheque of one hundred pounds to the benevolent man who came forward to help the orphan in distress. Mrs. Staunton is also an impressive person. The race for gold is indeed a hard one, as it is chronicled here. All must be of opinion that Reginald Lyle himself did not en dure half the fatigue during the years he gained his fortune beneath the suns of India as did his A 4i 5 relations, during the months he passed in England, in their endeavours and contrivances to re-possess that fortune. There was hardly a crime that they did not commit—there was scarcely a subterfuge to which they did not descend •; and poverty in its darkest hours, in its most suffering scenes, never :more overshadowed man's life,. or inflicted sharper stings than-. did -this mania -for the wealth of an other. It is a question on which side there was the greatest labour-: on that of the possessor, how to part with it ;or on that-of the desiderants, how to get hold of it ? Both sides were overcome by the unequal struggle. E owever, friendship, family pride, good name, and life itself, sinks under it. It is a relief to the mind, wearied and harassed by the contemplation of such strife, to gaze on the last scene brought before us. A feeling of calm pervades us as we behold the victim of wealth's troubles wrapped . in the rest that knows no waking to the search for gold. Again it is refreshing to find the treasure in the hold of one who is its master, not its slave; one who, in the first hour of his unexpected acquisition of almost fabulous wealth for him, thinks of the donor more than of the donation ; and, truly, if Reginald Lyle had studied for ever, he could not have con veyed a more solemn lesson to his nephew, whom we leave kneeling by the side of him - who taught him from experience how to value and to rate his legacy. In the last hour of his life he had shown riches were a torment, and the first touch of death had acquainted his heir how and when they would vanish, in their use,. or their abuse. Lives of the Queens of England. By Agnes Strick- land. Burst-aud Blackett. A fourth edition of this celebrated historical work is now appearing in monthly volumes. It will be completed in eight volumes, of which the two first are now published. They extend from the Queen of William the Conqueror to the unfortunate Anne Boleyn, containing the biographies of 22 queens. The memoirs are too well known and generally ap preciated to require comment; it is sufficient to say that the edition is in every respect excellent, being of a convenient size, with a handsome binding and good type, and embellished with portraits of all the queens. Six Months in Italy. By George Stillman Hillard. 2 vols. -Murray. In the preface to this work, the author remarks that he hopes that those who have visited the same scenes as he here represents will be pleased to have them recalled to memory, and that those who look to Italy as a land of promise will find benefit from the perusal of his travels. There is yet another class of people, however, of whom no mention is made in the preface,—those who never have and never will travel. To such, above all others, the publication of a work like the one now before us is a source of great satisfaction. Although at home always, they can fancy they have been abroad when they attentively study the transcrip tion of the sentiments experienced by those who have travelled far and wide. In making some remarks on a work on Italy, Mr. Disraeli observed "it was a subject beautiful as its climate and inexhaustible as its soil." It appears to be the same with the records of art in Italy as with the glories of nature. There, is always some thing very attractive to bo said or written of her wonders. At the end of the work several chapters are devoted to a consideration of the distinguished writers on Italy. Petrarch, Shakspere Milton, Goethe, Chateaubriand, Shelley, Byron, le., and many others not so remarkable, are here made mention of. It is said in treating of Shakspere, that the question -whether he ever went to Italy or not is not known' for certain. "It is certainly possible, perhaps probable, but it remains to be proved. It is pleasant to think of . Shakspere's swimming in a gondola, and to believe that the beautiful pictures in the Merchant of Venice,' and Othello , ' were recollections and not imagi nations, that Belmont was a palazza, whose blazing windows he himself had seen, and that when he wrote Lorenzo's lovely description of a summer's night, his thoughts went back to the brighter moons and larger stars of an Italian heaven, and to the myrtle walls and flowery banks of an Italian garden." ALARMING HlGHTlDE.—Yesterdayafternoon, between three and four o'clock, the waters of the Thames rose to an unusual height, overflowing the banks and inundating the low-lying places on either shore. In Cannon-row, Westminster, and Parliament-street the basements of the houses were flooded, the roadway in the former street being under water. In the Horseferry-road, Westmin ster, and the lower part of MiDank the public thorough fares were all under water, and boats plied through the streets for the conveyance of passengers. The Temple gardens, Hungerford-market, the Adelphi-wharf, and all the landing-stairs along the north shore were completely under water, and extra accommodation was required at the steam-boat piers to land and embark passengers. At Shadwell, Limehouse, andWapping the water penetrated into the granaries, warehouses, and the dwellings of the poor living near the waterside, occasioning great damage. On the south shore the damage occasioned by the inun dation was most extensive. Bishop's-walk, Lambeth, and the open space in front of Lambeth Palace was a sheet of water. The tide, rushing rapidly down the narrow thoroughfares of Fore-street and the adjacent courts and alleys, poured into the houses on either side, setting the furniture and bedding afloat, the affrighted inmates taking refuge in the upper floors. In Stangate, Vaux- • hall, Bermondsey, and Rotherhithe the unexpected flood has done an incalculable amount of mischief, and the poor will be great sufferers. The Battersea and 'Wands worth marshes, as also those of Kent and Essex, were one vast sheet of water. About half-past four the water began to subside, . and about five o'clock the thorough fares became passable, the Thames flowing in its usual course ; the water that had penetrated the houses still, however, remained to be baled out. The river Lea was also flooded, inundating the adjoining laud and the Hackney marshes. The Fleet sewer also'overflowed, in undating the houses on Brook-hill, Saffron-hill, and Clerkenwell-green. During the flood a heavily laden coal barge ran against the second pier of Blackfriars bridge, from the Middlesex shore, and was cut com pletely in two ; the men saved themselves by swimming. THE CATTLE-MARKET AT . COPENHAGEN FIELDS.—A deputation of farmers and graziers of the neighbourhood of Peterborough waited upon the Lord Mayor with a memorial signed by the Marquis of Huntley, Earl Fitz william, and many owners and occupiers of land in that vicinity, who were desirous that the market day for the sale of cattle should be altered front Monday to Tues day. The Lord Mayor said he had received similar me morials from the city of Peterborough, signed by the bishop of the diocese, and also from Northampton, Lin colnshire, and Yorkshire ; and in Oxfordshire another memorial, having the same object, had received the sig natures of the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Blandford, the Earls of Abingdon, Jersey, and Macclesfield, and of all the large landed proprietors around Oxford. His Lordship observed that the alteration of the market day to Tuesday would, no doubt, prevent a great desecration of the Sabbath, and enable farmers and graziers to send their cattle to the market by railway on the Monday morning, instead of employing a portion of the Sunday for the purpose. It would also have the effect of pre venting cattle from being driven through the public streets from the railway stations on the Sundays. His Lordship concluded by promising the deputation that he would present the memorial to the Court of Common Council, and give his earnest support to the wishes of the members. SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENT.—Last night an entertain ment was given on Scottish song at the Music-hall, Store-street, to a numerous audience. The illustrations were given by Mr. Stark, of Edinburgh, and the ballads were sung by a Mr. Crawford, from the same place. This being his is now to the London pub lic, last ni g ht his first appearance before them. This gentleman pos sesses qualifications which, with a little more practice and experience, may render him a very worthy follower of the lamented Mr. Wilson. Mr. Stark, the lecturer, made brief comments on music generally, and on the songs of England and the ballads of Ireland and Scot land, illustrating their national peculiarities and merits. Mr. Crawford has a good voice, and gives the songs written in the broad dialect with excellent effect, espe cially that of " Caller Herring" and "John Grumlie." The accompaniment on the pianoforte was conducted by Mr. Smythson with great taste, and the whole enter tainment appeared to give general satisfaction. CITY COURT OF SEWERS.—The time of the Court of Sewers was occupied yesterday with the reading of a lengthy report on the quality of gas by Dr. Letheby, of the London Hospital, and a report on the same subject from the general purpose committee. 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