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SOIT:C , the Pre' the the user. Fort tht JVAVAL NE;VS. FALMOUTH, FOES. 13. esit they litli. tion itted 111 b: the !Iy. file )1); 3a•. . tf, D. ' 'C a it PLYMOUTH, FEB. 4. ARRIVED the Lady Hobart Packet, Capt: FEL.. /owes, with a Mail from Jamaica, in 42 days : left l ying at Port Royal, His Majesty's Ship Leviathan, of 74 guns, Trent, of 38 guns, and Zobes, of 32 guns ; ithd the French Ships of War, La Guerrier, of 4.8 kohl, La Ponfone, of 22 guns, and La Louis Bona-. tole Brig, of i . 6 guns, which had arrived from Cape Francois on the Ist inst. In lat. 47. to. long. ),- 18, . spoke th e A mer i can ship, industry, from 11 Norfolk in Virginia; bound to Cork, out zo days, ail Well. ( . . The. irakinghatn packet, Capt. ROBERTS, at. 1 8 . yed Yesterday with a Mail from Lisbon, in z 6 days:, by her we learn, that the Brig Pew/F . /se, CaptAttlitONDlls• was lost on the loth ult. about 120 miles so'adt of Lisbon ; Crew and Passengers saved, but cargo (consisting of bale goods and rum, from Bristol for Leghorn) totally lost. Sailed the, Prince. Addihut Packet, Capt. Jones, With Mails of isth ult. and Ist inst. for Lisbon ; and kailand Packet, Captain ScHuyLaa, with IV LIIIs of 2d inn, for New-York and Halifax. Passengers perPrinte AdO4htit, are Mr. Ho aTO N, Mr. BA4TARAI Mr.,MAHci xi; and Mr. INK ERFY, Passeng ers per Audhina',' are Mr. BaANDoN and his Clerk. Arrived the American Ship Prerident, Capt' WP.STCOTT, in 42 days from Baltimore, /,rtes: with flour and wheat : in o.wequence of damage she re..., ce ived in a gale of wind, they were obliged ts . throw overboard about zoo barrels of . flour. Also arrived the French brig La LaLouterilt, Ca r. y. M. CUIARPENTAIiti, from Havre bound to Rochelle, in ballast. &LIVED the Heroine, Capt. Coott, from Lon. don ) bound to Antigua ; and the Firm, Capt. MASON, from London, bound to Lisbon ; also the Minerva, Capt. BALL, from Lisbon, with fruit for this Port. PORTSMOUTH, Fin. ' Tuts day His Majesty's Ship Apollo, went out of the Harbour to Spithead, having been refitted. Arrived the Fenvky, AND eßsorr, Hope, W tN. ?Ea, and William and Henry, HILL, from Ply.. niouth ; King Alfred, MAtvrtN ) from Lyme; and .44V, THOMAS, from Carmarthen. DEAL, FEB. 15. Tut Honourable 'Easilntlia Company's Ship Eiphinstone, fur Bombay, came down from the P s ive r this morning, and she remains with the 1/7a/pole, 1 Yeaterday advi ce was rece i ve d at t h e E ast India i douse, of thoertival at Portsmouth of His Majcs. tY's Ships Intrepid, La Pirsinie, and La Ch; ran, ran, from Indi a . Th ey l eft F ort St. George the i mddle if Oftober, and sailed from the Cape the i ztb De. cember, La Chifrair spoke to the Sovereign, extra ship, hot newardbounci, off the Western Isles, all well. The extra ship Devaynes, outward.bound, had arrived at the Cape. Private Letters from the Cape, dated Dec. sa, state, that the Dutch Fleet had not then arrived ; nor had any orders reached the Settlement for its evacuation by the British Troops. The Imogene Sloop of War, which sailed from Plymouth for the Cape on the last day of Odober, with sealed orders, had not arrived when the above IVlen of Wa r left the place ; but it is supposed she got there before the end of December. Yesterday se'nnight sailed from Leith Roads, the Ilar,y Sloop o f War, on a C'ruize. On Wednesday s a il e d f rom L e i th Roads, for from Leith Roads for the Notre, the ilmethyit Fri. Rate, capt, CAWBELL. Also sailed on a cruize the M; Gun -vessel. Same day sailed from Leith Roads to the South. ward, the Courant Gun -vessel. Mr. NewmAy, of Dartmouth, has contracted with Government to build three large Frigat , :s , dind Mr. TANNER, of the same place, has also con. trataed with Government to build two Cory fttes 441 a Sloop of War, at that Port, all to be coin. Pleted in fourteen months from the date of the said euntrika. The D u k e of NORTHUNiBERLAND gave his an. of so guineas to the Poor of St. Mar. tiros in the Fields, on,Thursday last. .ThedMarquis of LORNE, according to report, " is Y ' ll loon be h onoure d at t h e H ymeneal Attar with 1 . 1 , e fair hand of Lady M. TALOR, daughter of the Marquis Of HIAUFORT. T he Duke of MARL BOROUGH has disposed of his peat estate at Holdonhy, in Northamptonshire, to is son-in.law' Lord ViSCOW Viscount CLIFUEN, for se. ven ty thousand pounds. The Hon, Colonel Bu tt,Tow, brother to the Earl of CobvNettAbs, is arrived in. Town from Rams. gate, Mll. BILLINOTOIV 13 30 much indisposed with a "Itt• that she could not attend the'Rehearsal of the Concert of Ancient Music on Monday morning.— Miss TItNNANT rehearsed tiorne of her Solos. Capt• cmjLl►teL4, we understand, is upon the lIAILpay of the Guards; but though upon thafipay in the Army, we have no doubt, but be will be al. ways upon Fid4pety on the bogs, cALcurrA CAghtE EgTRAOkbiN.l.Vil MONDAY, AueesT 13, tSciii. I'ert 14ugus123, 1161. The GoVernor,General in Council k pleased' to publish the following Declaration which His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor-General has addressed to the surviving Relations and A ttentlants of the deceased H A 03 zaIcuuLLEEL KitAuN, Ambassador to the British Government from His Majesty . the K i NG of Put s n A, and a Translation of which in the-Persian language has been transmitted' to Bombay - , for the purpose of being communicated to the Persians: attached to the Embassy. N. B. EDI'vrONSTONE, See. to Govt. Scv. Pol. and Fur. Depts. DECLARATION OF LUIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST NOBLE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, &C. &C. &C, ADDRESSED To THE SURVIVING ABLATIONS AND ATTENDANTS OF THE DECEASED NAVIES KHULLEEI. KHAUN,, LATE AMBASSADOR FROM HIS PERSIAN MAJESTY TO THE GOVERNOR-GE. NERAL J COUNCIL. " The solicitude of the British Government of India to strengthen and improve the relations of amity and honourable alliance with .His Majesty the King of .Persia, has been manifested by the most ,signs 1 eels of systematic policy, and has been publicly acknowledged by all the States of A s i a . The peculiar splendour of the Embassy which conveyed the testimonies of my respea and attachment to His Majesty's presence; the extraonfinsry honours with which His hlayes. ty's Ambassador was received, under my express orders. on His Excellency's arrival in the British territories t the zeal and assiduity displayed by the Government of Bombay, and by all ranks of British Subjcdts at that Settlement to con. ciliatc the good-will of the Persian Ambassador ; and the public preparations, concluded under my immediate and, per. sonal direction, for His Excellency's reception with the most distinguished solemnity and honour at the seat of the Supreme British Authority in India, have attincled sufficient demon. s melons to the world, of my high consideration for the dignity of the Persian Monarch, and of my uniterm intention to .evince that unalterable sentinient towards the accredited Re. presentative of his Royal Person. ".Reviewing these incontroirertible testimonies of my anxiety to establish a •friendly and honourable alliance with the power of Persia on the most solid timitcletions, His Ma. jestv and all the States of Asia will anticipate the deep at. tiiefion anti anguish of mind with which I have witnessed 'die sudden interruption of our bright and happy prospects by "a'clisaster, which as far eluded the scope of human prudence . and foresight, as it surpassed the ordinary extent of human - calamity, and the common vicissitudes of fortune. To this awful dispensation of Providence, I submit with resignation, but not Without hope. " In the-inost painfel moments of my disappointment and grief, I have derived considerable consolation from the re. section, - that as I have hitherto assiduously employed every, possible ettbrt to cultivate a lasting friendship and harmony of interests between His Persian Majesty and the British Government, my amicable sentiments have been uniformly returned with equal cordiality by the auspicious disposition of that illustrious Sovereign. " A dreadful, unforeseen, and uncontroulable calamity has intervened to afflict both States with mutual sorrow and consternation, and to retard the completionoftheir reciprocal wishes ; but not to suspend their established friendship by groundless jealousy and unjust suspicion; not to frustrate the and propitious result of their united counsels; not to destroy the fruits of their mature wisdom and justice; nor ' to dia'solve those sacred engagements, by which they had cemented the foundations of durable concord, secured the channels of free intercourse and beneficial communication, and enlarged the sources of their commun safety, prosperity, and glory. " Entertaining a due sense of the value and importance of those engagements to both Suites, I shall pursue, with un saubbaleid,t i c n e g n fi l c,.l r e e n a c ti e es an a d re rittenrisnedveedra.ialene,d the apnollicicay4leenawndhiecahritet exertions by which they were obtained. The pursuit of this course cannot ultimately fail to attain success. The calamity which we have suffered is a just subject of lamentation ; but its consequences are not irretrievable. Prom the reciprocal condolence of the two States may arise new motives of com bined interest and additional securities of amity and alliance. A zealous interchange of the offices of humanity, a concur rent sense of common sorrow, and the conscious certainty of mutual sincerity and good faith, may lead to a more intimate union of sentiments and views : and the temporary suspen sion of this important Embassy may tend to ensure and im prove the benehts of our eau:it connexion. di Supported by these hopes, and relying on the justice and integrity of the principles and motives which have actuated the British Government, I trust that the progress of oar re newed intercourse with your illustrious Sovereign will gradually obliterate the remembrance of this fatal and un pStalleled disaster, and will amply compensate to my mind tor its sated distress, by the final accomplishment of the sante salutary plans of policy which had rendered a personal inter view with your lamented Master the object of my most cor dial wishes, and of my most anxious expectation. " To repair the severe loss sustained by his untimely de cease; to demonstrate my sincere respect for his memory, and my unfeigned regret that he should have fallen by a violent death, within the British Dominions, and in the im mediate exercise of tuations, which the laws and usages of all civilized nations. have rendered sacred, it is ray primary duty to administer to his surviving Relations and Attendants every office of humanity and friendly compassion, every attainable comfort and alleviation of their just grief, and every possible compensation for the injuries .which they have sta le red " In endeavouring to discharge this duty, I have selected an Officer, who was recently vested witli the honourable charadterof Envoy from this Government to the Court of Persia, and who now occupies the most contidential station in my family. " That Officer is dircaed to proceed immediately to Born. bay, and to alibtd you, in my name, such effeaual aid and assistance, and such testimonies of affbaionate cornmisera. time as may tend to mitigate your sufferings, and console your affliaion. " With the same views, I have provided the most speedy means of Offering to your Royal Sovereign the reSpeaful ex pressions of my sincere condolence on this' disastrous event, and of concerting with his Majesty such measures, as may condadt the, Embassy to its original purpose, accelerate the favourable issue Of every depending question, and confirm the subsisting relations between the two States, in the con ciliatory spint of the recent Negotiations, and on the basis of the Treaties already concluded. (Signed) " WELLESLEY. " 11;1 William, "lug. 17, igoz. " By comMand of His Excellency The Most Noble the Governor General, fee. " N. B. EDMONSTONE, "Secretary to Govt. ace. Pol. and For. Depts.'ii Yesterday the Purser of the Hon. East India Com pany's extra ship the &verde, Captain GILBERT MITCHELL, arrived at the India House with his Dispatches from the Government General orßen. gal, which Presidency she left the latter end of September. The Sovereign has brought nothing new. The letters received by the overland dis. patch last week having ,anticipated the contents of later ones. It is : not stated when Marquis Wet.. I. Est. a y was expeded to leave India. Yesterday the Lortv MAYOR, after investi4nting the Mealweighers' Returns, ordered the price of Bread to continue the same as last week, viz. at 94 ; the Quartern Loaf. Capt. W`, of the Navy, whose accident from a foil in fencing we stated last week, we are sorry to add is dead, in consequence of that unfortunate accident. A man of the name of jimmat, but who calls himself Taylor, is in custody for a varlet' , of for. genies Qll the Norwich, Stosyniarket, and Ely Banks ; several spurious notes of which, he has contrived to put in circulation : he was traced from Chelmsford, where he got three fargedStowmarket notes,exchanged, up to London, and on being ap prehended, immediately confused the derreations he had committed, TO till EDITOR b r . ` T - lIE tiN: aunty Gad, Sur rey, rd.; 311/ liv cot - tier/nen& cif sot e ertorticitts Statements which have appeared, in the. Pally Prints, respecting the manner in.whidt Colonel Desparil and the tither State Prisoners are confined, I feel it a duty I Owe to the Public to convey, through the medium of your Paper, a correft statement of their situ at i on , and mode f confinement, viz. . Colonel Derpard is confined on the attic story, in the same room as before his trial : it is st hoarded floor, 3o feet square, with three large 'windows framed and glazed; and a large: fire constantly kept —his Wife attends hiin daily. On the middle floor, underneath the Colonel, are confined in 'a room of the same dimensions in every particular, with a good fire, Thomat Newmani Da niel Tyndall, Thomas Broughton, lames SidgeTiliik [Fre:teen, William Lander, Arthur Graham, and' John Alezenamara ; and their wives and children are* permitted daily into the room to see them, but no persons for curiosity. , In the same range.of building are , coil tiled, in rile middle floor, in a room of the same dimensions, with a good fire,, jam Francis and Jahn Wood, whose wives arepermitted to see them, as before desc;ribed ; and each of the said Prisoners is allow ed 17s. 6il. per week for his subsistence. J. IvEs, Keeper. CORN FE n. 16. Tfraua not being'sufEcient time since the frost for arrivals of Grain coastwise, there are scarce any ftesh samples at Market, and little business transacted ; great supplies are daily expeeted ; we have 1 toler_ able show of Barley, but cannot quote any material variance of prices, since our last currepoy. Wheat itss asoaOs od Tick Beans - 28; a 33s od Fine ditto - sgs a 6ts pd (Nts - - tss aas a zis Barley - 2 . 3 s a 24, of Poland ditto ais a' 23S od Malt - - os a 45$ od Rape Seed - - 3 El' a „341 Rye - - 3aa a 356 od • Fine Fl9ur ... 45$ a 49$ od white Pease 33$ a 39s od Second do - 405 4 45$ Beans - 3ts a 36s 6d Paris is, we understand, at the present time, particularly unhealthy. The air is loaded with vapours of the most, pestilential kind. By private utters from that City, we learn, that two experi, ments were made last week, the one by sending up a dog to a certain height in the atmosphere, which came down dead, and very much, swelled,; and af. ierwards,another experiment was made, by' sending up ,a piece of "raw meat, which was brought' down in a state of complete putrefaelion. General MOREAWE late Supper in Pari% was one of the.most. superb Flier ever seen in that Capital. The company invited consisted of sixty persons, and they all attended. Among the guests there were three Englishmen. There was an attendant, handsomely dressed, behind the chair of every per. son present. The Supper commenced at eleven, and there were three courses, besides a magnificent des. sect. The whole comprized every thing rare and delicious that could be procured. The entertain. ment p ose d off with great chee r f u l ness an d uni t_ fitted freedom. MOREAU himself was very course. ous and open. l-/e spoke of BONAPARTE as a great man, and prondunced him the first General in Eu:. rope, " but," . says he, f , we differ materially in . Political subjeas, particularly respeaing the Eng. lisp Constitution, which I consider as the wisest system of Government that human wisdom ever de. wised." Our Readers , may confideiiily rely on the truth of this article. We understand, that a complaint in the eyes has become very common, owing probably to some. thing prejudicialin the state of the ?Nunosphere.— Amongst others; we hear, that Lord NELSON has been much afliiiled with it. MATTOCKS, formerly a popular singer at Covent. Garden Theatre, and the husband of the respeA.:, able Actress now at that place, is at present the Ming Manager of the Edinburgh Theatre. COOPER, the Ador, who has acquired so much fame on the American Stage, is said to be a Nephew of GonwlN l the Writer ; but we do not hear, hat he is a convert to his Unele's,system, in Religion„ Moult's,. or Philosophy. COOPER displayed no small share of • intelligence and judgment when he performed Heiwiet, a few years ago on the Covent. Garden Board's ; and it is very probabl4lhat time, reflation, and experience, have matured , hirn into an Mior, likely to be highly ornamental to the British Stage. The late. Mr. Aortal., the Artist, was the most successful Portrait-Painter of the present time. His likenesses were remarkably exati. Indeed, in this respeß, there is hardly one of his competitois, that could rival him in fidelity. This was the essential recommendation of his Works, though they were otherwise by no means wanting in professional me rit, He, like ROMNEY, never exhibited his pic. tures in the Royal Academy, but his reputation was so high for, making accurate similitudes, that private recommendation alone enabled him to 'derive a large fortune froM his pradice, He had,' fora few years before his death, sureretl under an intel4 leetnal malady, which 'prevented him from prose.: cuting his profession. Lord HOLLAND'S treat last week at Kensington, and the Marquis of AsEitcORNIR Gala ou the Ice, are two reports of the fashiGuahle Printi tho. are totally without tlaundation; and so indeed are most of their accounts of Erarrtainmeirts among parties that perhaps never saw one another, and were rer. tainly never together : yet John Bull likes to hear what is supposed to be doing among /cope fa. 'Non. The following light Paragraph, alluding to a late conflagration near the Temple r appeared in a, Morn. ing Paper, a day or two ago. " The Lawyers were all fearful of an immediate Ejeiftment by the Writ of! J,trg fatias." We did not know before that a Fieri' facial had any thing to do with im'iliMmoit. On the 26th ultimo the corpse of Mr. JAmt TVA a atiLt., of Berwick.upon.Tweed, altorney.;,r. law, was found washed ashore at Spital Point, at the Mouth of the Tweed. fk had been ten days miss. ink tii* kis h deeply iteg r ryttede ' :LAO' REPOki: .......a•• • a o.A 4,'ZR,.••• COURT OF Kt: o;'s BENCH; tr.P. 1. Sit TINGS BY.roitt t tD FL/ CU itr.it 1.0:4 110 N COAL TR,A.DIi. PARISH, QUI +AM, THOMPSOk, ANDOTHEaS:. 11/Ir. Geateow stefedi :that this Was ah . acticiri is recover 3°4 be*e the amount of several penalties' on the Statute : of:Geo. II: against the llekndantsi Messrs. Thompshn and Co. Coal Merchents i Ow: having sold to Mr.'Maryatt, who keeps' the Guild. hall Ceffee house, ten Chaldroo of Coals; Measure, inclUdingthe Ingrain,,but which wete livered short 'of, that measure by 18 bushels, upoe which there was a :penalty 0(1001. ' Other cciitit. stated ilic matter in ':Mothee' say, esi t herebj , other penalties were incurred. This was recise In which,' lie said,: there v.ras a Fraud committed in 'the Tradee..,atrade, in whi c h t he re we re fraudt Mitred to the runt enormous Magnitude ; andeilarrie e cng . e?4ent, This Was a case like that Which Was •-• teiedreseerdaY, - in'Weatniinster-fiall, and it 10,es to recover 'several penalties, all Which Ife alit to the Noble and Learned Nage.. upon five ',Bench,' in point of Law, after satisfying the jury • upon the fa&,- the 'Plaintiff' was entitled to teco'ver..• • This ciiiitiaa was not . fe'r lite delivery of the'Coels by , the Wharf, but by the Pool Measure, and 'ln -, 'loch,, lie 'said,' there was gielt fraud conimitted by these Defendants, through the means of Their Agefitse.and the extent of the fraud would astonit+ every one whO hiard the case, except thosey e %r hod like himsetf, had ;occasion to be:intimately ate quainted:withehe CoaLteade. The' f ,lfehdantS here contraned tOdeliver ten cheldroi-o t e of Cos le;14 - gel 'Measure, tyth - the ingrain,' sra i s red cheldrOri‘ and'a half by whart measure; but they deliver them eighteen bushels short of that Measure.: Uporf,'' this several penalties attached, as he Should sObinie to his Lordship • but if his Lordship shourd"beenf opinion that only onepenThy attache , ' I, hOheirlde 'as it was• hii duty, irrueediately acquiesce.' 'Mr.e Maryatt, who keeps the Guildhall Coffee-hear; ale- plied to the Defendants for ten chaldrons o 1 Coals, Pool measure.. , - ro•such a house it'wac'of eenSide table importance to .be fairly dealt by with the coal-merchant. TheSe coals were delivered to Mr. Meryatt, who,,frotil 'Onversatlon with a friend; had some reason to suspeCt that he had 661'his lull city, and eherefore hefted them re-measured by the proper officer, when it appeared that they Were de= ticient by eighteen bushels ; and Therefore, itecerde ing to the words of the Statute, thq,were nett juStlyt :t aed honestly :delivered to the buy e r' ; and that-the law of England, and common sense, declared this to• be a fraud, Int which the Defendants were bound to pay the penalty of the law. Here Mr, GA! l .4.' , ROW described the mode of !eluting coals out of the ships in the Pool into the barges, and carrying them to he wharf, and then delivering theta tit the buyer, and in which 'he said there; weee • enormous frauds ; on the: alarming circa of which he made many comments ; and concluded With observing;, that when this case was proved; the Jury 'would lend their assistance to beat &Pert these frauds and abuses which were growing uport the 'Pubic, and which had now begun to be the subjeft of investigation in Courts of Justice. It then' appeared in evidence,' that Mr. ,Marj:att order.. • ed of the Defendants, Messrs. Thompson; Hartwell and Monkhouse, ten chaldron of Coals, Pool tnea sure, and they were sent 'to him as bile!), and that he , afterw;ards caused them to be 're-measured after hay. big used about . four bushels of theca; hut when he determined on blaring them re-measured, he locked and sealed them up,:so that there could be none brought to, or taken away from niece. - • Francis Bigg said, he was Dqitity Meter of Coals for the County. of Surrey;. that he had notiei to'inake the re.measurement of these Coals, which he did, they `should have produced 3 . 7 S bushels, but they were 18 bushels and an half short, They were all measured under the inspOlion o f the wi t e cs , 4 who was a Sworn Meter ; and they were measured fairly as between man and man, as between Buyer and. Seller, ana he was , . quite Sure they were bushels short of the quantity they ought to, bee The Witness was quite sure of this, fur he never moved an inch from the busheNvhile he wes,ruea. swing the Coals. The bushel' was the, bushel of Often Anti, which is more by a quart than the bushel of King. Charles .11, which is commonly , called the Winchester bushel, fie, was not present at the second measurement, There is :no bushel in use but that of Queen., Ann" that knew of. Rubertitieherdson, another Coaletne ter, gave e vie dence to the same effea as. the last 'Witness, so that there was no doubt left that these coals were short by 18 bushels, which was Just the difference bee, tweetetheingrain amid the commoremeasure, Mre.EasKtNe, on the pare of the Defendants ; , admitted, that Coale were among the artie/es which . were of.,the first. necessity among us, and, the'ree tore e he-deplored the efkk ot,freuus in the delivery, of them, espevially , on:ehe poorer classes of the eon). munity ; but lie-maintained, that in this , easei the' Defendants were no partieS to the cheat, if any cheat there was. in the delivery of thesecoals, fur that in truth he -,Defendants were the buyers of these coals of the owners at Newcastle, and they; delivered to Mr. Meryatt all the quantity of Coati' which was deliveredtuethene and that if There was any cheat !in - the 'case, the Defendants •ttere: no parties to it. He contended, therefore, that the Defendants wore not liable in the penalty of this - Ad of Parliament I that the penalty. attached only on those who should fraudulently. deliver there Coals to the buyer thereof et the Pool, The buyers thereof at the Pool .wete the Defehdants, fotetiley were buyers of the owner, and afterwards sellers to Mr. Meryatt. If any fault attached, it was io the oft. ginalSellet4:Ageitt, ov in the Meter ‘t ho attended the metinron. board o the ship. I n trut h, t h e r e w a mistake. or misapprehension in this case, as to ;he applicability of the 444 of Paritarneet a nd 'the: contusion:, arose from mating, this a prealty against the Defendants, whereas it. should have been an anion upon the contratl for not deliveting the Van tity they, undertook to deliver; bur as to the pt ii 4 It y that could be recovered only of Those whosfraulue lently delivered the coals, and if any party mud ire. that situation, it must be thoOwnets, who, it there walk any , fraude were the only patty who were guilty, oheetvede that this WAS die imaning., as be