The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times has a leader on the application by Sir Robert Collier to issue a warrant against the Ex-Governor of Jamaica. Our contemporary believes that Sir Thomas Henry acted properly in refusing the application. If it was proper that General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand should be tried for the murder of Mr. Gordon, it was 'equally proper that Mr. Eyre should be arraigned upon the charge. If there was no prima facie case against them, there was no prima facie case against him. The grand jury of Middlesex refused to find's, true bill against General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand, and Sir Thomas Henry deferred to their judgment by refusing to commit Mr. Eyre. Had he acted otherwise the result would have been nugatory, and his decision leaves it open to the prosecutors to prefer a bill before another grand jury if they should think it desirable. But Sir Thomas Henry's judgment ought to be accepted as conclusive. In the first place some weight must be attributed to the act of the Jamaica Legislature, to which we have not yet referred, in passing a Bill of Indemnity for the transactions occurring in the suppression of the insurrection. We do not pretend to say that a Colonial Legislature can completely cover all acts committed within its jurisdiction. But, except in the last extremity, its proceedings ought not to be incidentally set aside. We cannot blow hot and cold in the same breath. If we concede to a colony the rights of self-government, subject only to that approval or disapproval of specific acts which remains vested in the Crown, we must not withdraw isolated cases front its jurisdiction, and if we inter fere at all it must be only to consider the propriety of modifying or suspending, through the Crown, the self-government which has been conceded. This is a principle which will not be denied if it be weighed in relation to a colony such as New South Wales or Victoria, where no question of race arises. But, secondly, the conclusion of the grand jury in the case of General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand was just. Without averring that the death of Mr. Gordon was in all respects within the definition of justifiable homicide, it cannot be denied that it was excusable homicide. A consideration of the circumstances of the case, a candid acknowledgment of the extreme difficulties of Mr. Eyre's position, a mere arithmetical comparison of the numbers of the white and coloured inhabitants of Jamaica, must compel this moderate conclusion. That Mr. Eyre acted un advisedly may be admitted ; that he was unable to free himself from the contagion of local terrors and the vehemence of local feeling, is plain. For these, which are political offences, he has been judged and has suffered. But the charges of personal animosity against Mr. Gordon and of bloodthirstiness against the coloured population of Jamaica are due to a wild reaction against Jamaica whites, equally indiscriminating and equally culpable with the arrogance of the dominant race. Those who would make Mr. Eyre a murderer provoke those who would make him a hero, and both classes must be condemned by Englishmen who see in him only a man who swerved from the ideal height of unimpassioned serenity under circumstances of great difficulty. For the sake of the really conservative principles of society and government, the Daily News could have wished that the conduct of Mr. Eyre in Jamaica had been fairly submitted to a judge and jury. Not that the opinion of the twelve wisest men that could be found could alter the facts imperishably recorded in the report and evidence of the Royal Commission, or that the charge of the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench could, be surpassed as an exposition of the law. But there are only too many of those amongst whom we have daily to live and work who regard government merely as power, and obedience as a necessary submission to tyranny—who have no conception of legitimate and responsible authority on the one hand, and cheerful, rational obedience on the other. Three years ago we might have been excused for believing that such persons were only to be found in the lower orders of society—those who had been unfortunately deprived of the advantages of instruction and training ; but the spirit of the mob, whether in fustian or broadcloth, whether tyrannously exacting or servilely yielding submission, is always the same, and that spirit is fed and stimulated when a man, authorised to act in the Queen's name, is seen complacently presiding over the extremest forms of outrage, and—still more astonishing—instead of being punished for the worst crime that a ruler can commit, is welcomed home as one of the saviours of that society which he has attacked in its most sacred principles. The Daily News, in conclusion, trusts that this will be the last time it may be called upon to refer to Mr. Eyre or his doings. The Post warns us not to forget that the Ministry, how. ever little changed in its personnel, is not, and cannot be, the same Ministry under whose auspices was carried the Reform Bill of 1867. True it is that Mr. Disraeli was confessedly the life and soul of Lord Derby's Cabinet, but who shall say how much the personal influence of the Premier contributed to the success of his lieutenant ! Who can gauge that influence ? Who can tell how much per sonal affection for Lord Derby availed to soften internal dissension, to promote unity at the council board, and to reconcile the stubbornness of ancient Toryism to the more pliant and more advantageous policy of graceful conces sion? If Mr. Disraeli is to continue in power there must be more concession, more leaning towards those Liberal principles which command the sympathies and support of men by whose aid his majorities were obtained last year. Upon the various great questions of the day the new Fiat Minister must endeavour to pursue such a policy as will still concil:ate to himself a portion of Radical sup port without detaching the bulk of his Conser vative followers. This, however, will be less easy now that the protecting seas of Lord Derby is no longer at hand. On the Irish Church question, for in stance, it is hardly possible that Lord Cairns could become a prominent member in any Administration which was prepared to weaken the influence or to assail the position of the Irish branch of the Establishment. If not com mitted to the very fullest extent to the old " No surrender" cry, and the maintenance of what is called " Protestant ascendancy," the late member for Belfast must recall many speeches arid recant many opinions before he can reject the principles or refuse the appeal of the Rotundo Protestants. But the declaration of such a policy on the part of the Government would unite the Liberal hosts against the Disraelites, and would render Ireland more than ever a difficulty to the Administration. The Standard contends against the allegations of the Radical papers that while the Earl of Derby has been throughout. a Conservative, Mr. Disraeli has forsaken his principles. If Lord Derby have been loyal and consistent, how can Mr. Disraeli have been the reverse ? There are so-called Reforms, of course, which strike at the very root of Tory principles. Of this number are all those which involve those doctrines of a loose morality and a vicious political economy now so much in favour with a certain school of Liberals. But there is no necessary con nection between Toryism and an artificial system of representation, or an exclusive enjoyment of the franchise by a single class, or the retention by corrupt constituencies of privileges they have mis used. In a word, Toryism means the conservation of institutions, not of abuses ; of principles, not of their perversions. Let this be borne in mi n d w h en th e p o li c y o f Mr. Disraeli's Cabinet comes to be unfolded before the nation ; and by this standard let it be judged. As we shall never be found willing to betray one Tory principle, or to consent to one violation of public right or political morality in deference to popular clamour or class interests, so we shall never consent to quarrel with a Tory statesman because he refuses to interpret Toryism by Liberal parodies of it, or to accept every duty which Liberal malice would assign to him—because he refuses, in defending what is elearly untenable, to imperil what is clearly sacred and right. The substitution of Lord Cairns for Lord Chelmsford as Chancellor of England would seem at first sight, the Star observes, to be entirely advantageous to Mr. Disraeli's Government. It is absolutely so, as far as mere vigour in debate and authority on questions of law are concerned. Lord Cairns is certainly a much abler man than Lord Chelmsford, and his superiority is especially marked in the business of parliamentary debate. But there is at least one great question which the Government must take up, on which they must pronounce an opinion be fore even this session has gone far, and in regard to which the co - operation of Lord Cairns seems likely to prove anything but an advantage. We allude to the question of the Irish Church. It is utterly impossible that the new Government could tide over even the first month of its existence without making some de elation in re gar d to the Irish Church ; and unless M r, Disraeli has wholly forgotten the views expressed by Lord Cairns less than a year ago on this subject, or Lord Cairns is prepared to unsay all that he then so emphatically said, and to declare that his deliberate exposition of British law was a mere illusion and blunder, we are driven to conclude noble that the elevation of the and learned lord to the woolsack is simply a declaration war against the whole Liberal party of this and the other o e! island. The Herald has an attack upon the hon member for that p - h e w e preaching. peace when Birmingham. What is the use o f no one thinks of war ? Granting e made some blunders in opinion, and more in prophecy, during the American war, we cannot see what claim • Americans at the expense of England. we gives to the not desire ti revive any old quarrels , or to retort, in Mr. B spirit, upon Mr. Bright's clients. But we may fai r l y l ea d that, even if we were ignorant as to which party wags to survive the struggle in Am erica, t he only ignorance which has ever been proved against the ruling cl aw , of England, we shared an ignorance with all the leading Anierican statesmen themselves. If we ever believed that the South were legally right in desiring separa,- tio.i, we were guilty of believing no more than Northern sta'xsmen themselves have held. If we ever hesi tated as to the right of the. North to put down the South by force of arms, we but shared in the weakness of Abraham Lincoln and of some of the best patriots in America. No evidence whatever has been given by Mr. Bright that English ignorance was the cause of any injury to America. Yet, unless there was such injury, what object can there be in repeating, for a hundredth time. the old taunt against the English upper classes ? It should be sufficient satisfaction for Mr. Bright, that the influence of his better nature was such, even over these besotted aristocrats, that they consented to remain neutral, when they ought to have had, by Mr. Bright's chewing, so many reasons for openly espousing the weaker side. To bring up perpetually these old con troversies is but a poor evidence of one's zeal for peace. We venture to say that Mr. Bright's speech on Wednes day night will do more to inflame such prejudice as the Americans have against us, and to defer a pacific settle ment of the international differences, than the most violent at tack which any Englishman could ma ke anon A.merica. 1112 REV. MR. SPEKE. • - This gentleman on his arrival in London *as well I advised in at once placing himself under medical care. bt. Gull and Dr. Tuke, the physicians consulted, recommend an entire cessation from clerical, duty for some time longer, rest of mind and body, and change of climate. Mr. Speke will therefore proceed in a few days to the South of France, probably with his relative Mr. Murdoch. The late mysterious disappearance of Mr. Speke from London was not altogether a sudden impulse, but rather a deliberate determination arising from erroneous impressions which now seem happily removed. The fact that he has been travelling on foot during the last few weeks through the wildest parts of Devon and Cornwall accounts for his ignorance as to the excessive extent of the public alarm and anxiety as to his fate, and for his silence, which he now regrets. It was singular that during his journey he should have only once heard his name mentioned ; and by this circumstance he was confirmed in his belief that he would soon be alto gether forgotten. We are enabled to state on undisputable authority that there has never been any accusation of mis conduct brought against Mr. Speke, and that he is much loved and respected by his parishioners. We trust he may soon be restored to his life of usefulness. The immediate cause of his illness was probably the mental shock he ex perienced in the melancholy death of his much-loved brother, the distinguished African traveller.—Lancet. FENIAN OUTRAGES Mr. Newenham, the magistrate at Cork whose house was attacked by a party of Fenians in search of arms, has furnished a statement of the occurrence to the local journals. He was sitting, it appears, in his drawing-room a little after nine o'clock, when a knock was heard at the hall door. The footman opened it, supposing that the coachman, who had gone out, wished to be let in again. Five men, armed with revolvers, immediately entered. Four were disguised ; the fifth, who seemed to act ns leader, had no disguise. They demanded to be conducted into the presence of Mr. Newenham, as they wanted whatever arms were in the house. While the servant hesitated to comply, the housekeeper came into the hall. They forthwith presented their revolvers at her breast. She called on her master, who, hearing the noise, came out, and observing how matters stood was proceeding upstairs, when the leader called out, " Step, master ; we want nothing but your arms." Mr. Newenham, with commendable self-possession, replied, " Wait, and you shall have them." This apparent readi ness to satisfy them threw the party off their guard, and they allowed him to go upstairs. On reaching his bedroom where the arms were he locked the door, and throwing up the window presented a gun out of it. One of the gang who was on the watch outside immediately fired a re volver at him, and he had a narrow escape, as the bullet lodged in the plaster of the wall behind his head. He discharged his gun in return, and then heard the voices of several persons outside, one of whom called upon the others to attack the house. Meanwhile, the housekeeper held a parley with the men in the hall, and urged them to leave the house, lest her master should take some of their lives or the police come to the rescue. They stated that they could not with safety withdraw until Mr. Newenham ceased firing from the window, and the housekeeper having communicated this reply to her master, he consented to cease if they went away, and they did so, It is supposed that some of the party must have been well acquainted with the house. The housekeeper believes that one of the Fenians was struck by Mr. Newenham when he fired from the window. The house of the Rev. Leslie Wilmount, near Cork, was attacked on Thursday night by an armed party of twenty-five men. Mr. Leslie refused them admittance, rang the alarm bell, and fired on the assailants, who fired in return. The police hearing the alarm came out, and the Fenians decamped. An outrage, supposed to be of a Fenian character, was perpetrated at 15, Grigg's-lane, Dublin, at nine o'clock on the same night. A number of shop assistants were drinking, and a dispute having arisen, one of the party named Brisco was shot in the groin ; the others escaped. A six-barrelled revolver was found in the street, with one barrel exploded ; the others were loaded. Six arrests have been made in connection with the affair. Brisco, in his dying depositions, stated that he could not identify the party who shot him. Mr. Carr, of Gill Abbey, Cork, has received a threatening letter, requiring him, on pain of having his house blown up, to leave the locality. Last year the ground in the neighbourhood was the resort of Fenians, and it was thought they wanted it again for meeting and drilling in. A man named White purchased a load of manure a few days since from a person who resides in a lane near Gallows-green. On proceeding to remove it he found three revolvers, which were immediately laid hold of by some bystanders who evidently knew of their con cealment. He attempted to recover possession of them, but a crowd collected, and, fearing personxl violence, he let them go. Revolvers seem to be rather freely distri buted in Cork. A young lad named Murphy was arrested by the police on suspicion, and on searching him a fine Colt's was found in his possession. He was committed for trial at the assizes. LAW AND POLUIE. THE " ORCHESTRA," " HANOVER SQUARE," AND "BOND STREET." —ln the Court of Common Pleas a case has just been concluded of some importance in the musical world. It was an action by the firm of Ashdown and Parry, pro prietors of the new musical magazine Hanover Square, against the firm of Cramer and Co., to recover damages for an alleged libel. The defendants are proprietors of the Orchestra, and in reviewing Hanover Square and Bond Street they spoke of the proprietors of the former in such a way as to create (as the plaintiffs alleged) the impression that they were insolvent. The defendants contended that there was no libel. They had always been willing to apologise f terms which ought to have been accepted for any expressions of which the plaintiffs might think that they had a right to complain. Lord Chief Justice Bovill, in summing up, said that it seemed to him that there had really been very little difference between the parties as to the terms of the apology. The defendant was willing to print in his paper, "We retract it, and express our sincere regret that the matter ever was inserted," and to state that no imputation was intended ; but declined to say that it was " unjustifiable and without foundation." The apology actually inserted, after detailing the negotiations regarding it, said : " We have only to state that no imputation was intended on Messrs. Ashdown and Parry, whose firm indeed stands too high to be affected by anything of the kind. If anything in the article appears to convey a contrary impression, we are most anxious to re move it, and to express our regret for any annoyance that a dubious or inadvertent phrase may have been the cause ." His lordship then went through the alleged libel, and left it to the jury to say whether, in their opinion, the article was a fair comment or was libellous. After the jury had been locked up for three-quarters of an hour it was agreed that the finding of the majority should be accepted as the verdict. Upon coming into court, they stated that the whole of them were agreed that the article was a libel, and the majority of them thought that the damages should be one farthing. His lordship declined to certify for costs. ANOTHER RITUAL CASE.—Another case relative to Ritualism is before the Court of Arches, Mr. Cordinley, a churchwarden, removed from the communion table in Atherton Church, Warwickshire, a super-altar and other articles; and the incumbent, the Rev. F. 11. llichings, has taken proceedings against him for so doing. The case is one not only of interest as affecting the Ritual contro versy, but also the powers of churchwardens. - - OBTAINING GOODS 'UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.-At the Mansion House John Pennicaud, John Tow, and James Fennell were charged before Alderman Sir Robert Carden with obtaining by false pretences goods of the value of £156 from the Indiarubber, Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Company, of 100, Cannon-street. Mr. Richard Wardrop, a clerk to the Indiarubber Company, said that on the 4th November last a letter was received from James Fennell and Co., of 21A, Hyde-park-place, ordering goods to the amount of ESS 128. 2d., and giving as a reference James Webb. In consequence the company wrote to that person, and received in reply an answer speaking in high terms of Fennell and Co. Believing that there was such a firm, and that the reference was correct, the company supplied goods to the amount of £23 14s. 9d. Witness had since ascertained that those goods were pledged immediately for £7 by the prisoner Pennicaud. He visited Hyde - park-place, and was told that Fennell and Co. were fitting up and decorating houses in Belgravia , and that in consequence they Lad laid out their money, and that they did not like to press for payment for fear their customers would be offended. Witness asked where the goods supplied by the company were, and the prisoner reooou mrsse ofof rr:fluposlioinerdei flooring. a a n t (01 t nN h v ey had etrheelaoit,ll l:e been used in the ordinary down Dec in embeiifirefirierntltielr'ilgli(a)ordds were supplied. He took Tow in custody by virtue of hi , warrant as a special constable. He told him the charge, and Tow replied that he was only Fennell's clerk. Wit ness had since been over the house in Hyde-park -place. It was completely empty. After some corroborative evidence, the prisoners were committed for trial. Mr. Spencer Perceval, who was Principal Secre tary to Lord Chelmsford, has been appointed Principal Secretary to the new Lord Chancellor, and the Hon. Frederick Thesiger retains his office of Gentleman . ofthe CL amber, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1868. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street--Mr. E. W.Watkin, M.P., the chair man, presided. Mr. Chubb, the secretary, having read the no tice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that since the railway was opened for traffic they had carried 400,000,000 passengers and 10,000,000 tons of merchandise. The advantage to the district through which the line passed amounted to a much greater sum than the whole of the com pany's capital. The traffic was commenced on the 24 miles of the line from Lewisham to Tunbridge on the 3d inst. for goods traffic, but it would not be ready for passengers until the early part of next month. It was a matter of considerable regret to him that the opening of that line had been so often postponed. He had been very much disappointed in that respect, because the effect bad been to add to the cost of the railway, arising from difficulties in completing the works. Those additions to the cost had made it exceed the dire tors' estimate of 1866. They, of course, got nothing in the shape of dividend to cover interest on the capital expended on the works. He proposed to sell the extra mate rials and other property left after the construction of this line, as, owing to the failure of the contractor, the works had been finished by their own engineer. He had gone over the line, and he could say that it had been constructed with great solidity and economy ; but he was sorry to say they had in the district through which it passed been met in too many cases by obstruction and extortion. The shareholders had passed a resolution on a former occasion to the ; effect that no capital should be expended on new works until the dividend on the ordinary stock was increased to 5 per cent. per annum. (Cheers.) To that order he would pay implicit obedience. Let the time be long or short, he never would allow any amount to be expended unless it would produce them 5 per cent. The Acts of Parliament for pro jected lines by the company involved an estimated outlay of £782,000. For some of these they would require an extension of time. The proposed Green wich and Woolwich line involved a capital of £340,000 ; the extension to Cranbrook a capital of £207,000 ; the Hythe and Sandgate a capital of £71,000 ; the Tenterden, £91,000 ; and another line £73,000. He proposed that the Greenwich and Woolwich line should be abandoned, as it was'to form an extension of the Chatham and Dover, Greenwich line, over which the latter were to have running powers, and in return the Chatham Com pany was to give the South-Eastern Company run ning powers over the extension line to the Crystal Palace ; but, as the Chatham Company were unable to carry out that arrangement, he proposed they should abandon the making of the Greenwich and Woolwich, -which would reduce their liability to £442,000. The Hythe and Sandgate was one of those projects that might be abandoned, reducing the liability to £367,000. There was the Cran brook line, with regard to which some pledges had been given to the landowners in the district, but the company could not raise money on preference shares for that purpose. If the landowners and others in the district would provide the capital, the South-Eastern might guarantee 3 per cent. on the required capital, and work the line on reasonable terms. The revenue account for the past half-year was satisfactory, and yielded a bona fide dividend of . 4 per cent. The net earnings were equivalent to £4 12s. 6d. per cent. on the capital expended on lines in operation ; but, as it was thought advisable to charge the interest on unproductive works to revenue, it reduced the dividend to 4 per cent. He was bound to say at the same time that the interest of capital expended on new works was an element of their cost during construction, and he therefore did not agree io the opinion that it was a legitimate charge on revenue. Were it not for engineering difficulties and other delays they would have opened the direct Tunbridge line for traffic two years ago. They had no capital now to pay interest oat of, and therefore they put the last half-year's interest to revenue. The direc tors published a monthly statement of their traffic receipts and expenses, so that any shareholder might judge for himself as to what amount of net receipts would be available for dividend during each half year. It would therefore be the fault of the share holders if they did not know quite as well as the directors what dividend was likely to be declared. (Hear, hear.) They had not expended any capital during the half-year on new works ; but only for the completion of old contracts, and, moreover, they had no bill in Parliament to authorise new works. (Hear, hear.) They had had an increase in the receipts of the past half-year of £BO,OOO over those of the corresponding period in 1866, and a reduc tion in the working expenses of £7,000, and he believed that was a thoroughly honest account. With regard to the fares to various places, they had made some revision in them. Some were re duced, but a much greater number were increased in a reasonable and fair way, to which the real public did not object. The reduction of expenses had been caused by a fall in the price of materials and other matters, for which the directors asked for no credit. Considerable economies had been effected by Mr. Eborall, their general manager, who had managed to place a staff on the new line out of the existing staff. They had run 14,000 train miles less in the past half-year, because they were det2.r mined not to run trains that did not pay. The per manent way and rolling stock were maintained in first-rate order, and he mentioned that during the past ten years the company had expended £468,000 in renewal of engines and tenders, and £502,000 in renewal of permanent way, making in the course of ten years an outlay of £1,000,000. The aver age annual outlay on the permanent way for re pairs and renewals had been £345 per mile, but in the past year they had expended £362 per mile, being £lB per mile more than the average of ten years. Their working expenses were less per train line than the Lancashire and Yorkshire, the London and North Western, and other great lines. The company had now more than an ample supply of rolling stock ; they had 243 engines, of which 45 engines were held in reserve. They estimated the increased traffic from the French Exhibition at only £44,700, and the remainder arose from the general development of traffic over their lines. The great advantages of their Charing-cross and Cannon-street stations were gradually telling upon the general traffic. The season tickets on the line in 1859 amounted to 27,400, but in 1867 they amounted to 58,690, showing a very considerable increase. He then stated that 12 engines and 170 carriages had been fitted up with signal apparatus, and had acted perfectly. Their steamboats had run 26,000 miles in the course of the past half year, some at the rate of 14 statute miles per hour, and the new boats at 17i miles per hour with great success. When the working of the Chatham and Dover boats and the South Eastern boats was under one management considerable economy would be the result, and also in working the trains of the three companies. He then adverted to the offers they had made to the London and South Western Railway Company to use their Charing-cross line and Cannon-street sta tion. They had offered to refer the matter to the Board of Trade, and subsequently to Mr. Moon, chairman of the North Western Railway, but those offers were rejected by the South Western Com pany. It must be clear that there was some differ ence in carrying passengers over such a line as the London and South Western that had cost £400,000 a mile, and the Charing-cross line that had cost £2,000,000 per mile. It would be their duty to oppose the bill of the London and South Western Company. He then explained that it was proposed to make some modifications in the terms of agree ment between the South Eastern and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Companies for the joint working of those lines, so as to enable each company to ascertain what the right proportions of traffic should be, with a view to prevent any mis take in arriving at a just conclusion. The whole of the facts would be submitted to Sir W. Erie for his decision. On the Ist of January, 1869, the final period would be fixed for a settlement of the whole question and the adjustment of the propor tion of traffic to which each should be entitled. The joint committee would consist of three members, each of the directors of the South-Eastern and Brighton Companies, and two members of the London, Chatham, and Dover Board, making the whole number eight, and instead of being appointed by the respective boards, the shareholders of each company would have the opportunity of deciding as to who should represent them on the joint com mittee. It was also proposed that each member of the joint committee should hold a higher qualifica tion than £2,000 stock. There would also be mea sures adopted with a view to prevent the outlay of capital as much as possible. The terms upon which they were to work the London, Chatham, and Dover traffic would be decided by arbitration. The bill before Parliament would, he trusted, give them the requisite power to carry out the arrangement. He believed the advantages to the three companies would be very considerable from the joint working. (Cheers.) The Hon. J. BYNG seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr. PAGAN suggested that a small committee of shareholders of each company should be appointed to bring about, if possible, an amicable arrange ment between the South-Eastern and South-Western companies respecting the use of the Charing-cross line and Cannon-street station. He thought that two or three sensible men on each side would soon arrive at a practical conclusion. After some observations by Mr. Adams, Mr. Morpeth, Mr. Puncher, and Mr. Harley, The CHAIRMAN replied—He believed that Par liament never intended that the South-Western Company should be accommodated on the terms they had stated. He would be very happy to see a committee appointed consisting of Mr. Pagan, Mr. Grisewood, and Mr. H. Cave, to take the matter in hand for this company. They had stopped the cheap Sunday trains during the past half-year, and would not renew them except on better terms and condi tions. The report was unanimously adopted ; a divi dend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum was de clared on the ordinary stock for the past half-year ending January the 31st; and £lOO a year was voted for services in the church at Ashford. The retiring directors, Mr. Wallin, M.P., the Hon. J. Byng, Mr. Barlow, and Captain Warren were unanimously re-elected. _ _ The CHAIRMAN explained that he had recently joined the Board of the Great Eastern for a short time to assist Lord Cranborne in his inquiries to ascertain the facts, and if possible to improve the position of the company. He did not intend to ac cept anything for his services at the Great Eastern Board. Mr. Pagan, Mr. Grisewood, and Mr. Cave were unanimously appointed a committee of mediation in respect of the question between the South-Eastern and South-Western Companies. Mr. C. Whetham, the retiring auditor, was re elected ; and Mr. Waterhouse ,was elected, auditor of the company's debenture trust account. The meeting was then made special, and the me morandum of agreement signed by the chairman of the South-Eastern, the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Companies was confirmed, subject to such modifications as might be determined on by the directors. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman, and also to Mr. Eborall, the gene ral manager. writers. The charges contained in these he pro'. ceeded to rebut, concluding by assuring the meet ing that the board had no desire to engage in liti gation or to continue it one moment longer than it was necessary for the shareholders' interest. Mr. HILLIARD seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report. Several shareholders, among them Mr. Turner, Air. Corbett, Mr. Hartridge, Mr. Price, and Sir R. Jervis, made observations on the report, and, in reply to one of them, The CIIAIIIMAN said there were no dissensions at the board which could really affect the material interests of the company. It was true that the directors were not the most happy family in the world, but, with one exception, they got on pretty well together. (Cries of " Name, name !") He would rather not name, but simply observe that a minority of one was powerless in the progress of business. (Hear.) The motion for the adoption of the report was carried. Mr. Hodgkinson, Mr. Hilliard, and Mr. Warter were re-elected directors. The CHAIRMAN then submitted the working , agreement between this company and the South- Eastern and Brighton Companies, subject to such modifications and provisions as might be thought necessary by the directors. The general tone of the observations offered upon the resolution was favourable to its adoption. Mr. HARRIS, who proposed an amendment, with drew it, and the resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. PRICE proposed, with the concurrence of the chairman, a resolution having for its object a closer supervision of the proposed new works than had hitherto been permitted to shareholders. Mr. HARTRIDGE seconded the motion, which was carried ; and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON JUNCTION. The directors state in their report that since the last half-yearly meeting their endeavours to place the affairs of the company in a more satisfactory position has been unceasing. The important ques tions at issue between the company and the London, Chatham, and Dover Company would, in a great measure be determined by the suit instituted by a debenture-holder in the Court of Chancery, in which the company were made joint defendants with the London, Chatham, and Dover Company The necessity of an application to Parliament for powers to relieve this company's undertaking from its present state of isolation from having no con nection with the Metropolitan system was strongly urged upon the Board at the last half-yearly meet ing. The directors were not yet in a position to state whether a sufficient sum would be subscribed by the debenture-holders and shareholders to enable them to proceed with the Bill, but they hoped that those who had not expressed themselves willing to contribute would at once intimate their consent to do so. The directors hoped there was a prospect of an amicalA settlement of all matters in difference with the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, provided the projected communication could be effected. The sale of the surplus land was nearly completed. The exact amount it would produce could not at present be stated, but it was estimated that at least £5,000 would be realised after payment of the loans charged upon it. The capital account showed that £861,367 had been expended, leaving a balance of £20,584. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held at the Victoria Station yesterday ; Mr. - G. liodgkinson, A.1.P., in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they were assembled at the first ordi nary general meeting of s hareholders, pursuant to the Arrangement Act of last Session, which pro vided that separate general meetings of share holders and mortgagees should be held in the last weeks of February and August each year. As re garded the report, the directors had endeavoured to give every possible information as to the pro perty of the shareholders, with the view of enabling them to judge of its positi on and value. They had exte n uated nothing that was evil arising out of the past history and management of the company, neither were they actuated in the preparation of the report by any desire to exaggerate the diffi culties of their position. (hear, hear.) They had not felt themselves called upon by any facts within their knowledge to say anything which could encourage those feelings of despair and foster those forebodings of utter ruin which, with regard to the affairs of this company, were indulged in by some persons. (Hear, hear.) Neither had they ventured into the regions of prophecy by hold ing out any expectations which possibly the future might fail to ratify. They had simply contented themselves with placing before the shareholders a complete statement of the facts of the case, so that each might judge for himself quite as well as the directors as to what was the present position of the company and its future prospects. With regard to the traffic and cost of working, the proportion be tween the two was the keystone of their hopes. Each year for several years theywere entitled, under their agreement with the South-Eastern Company, to a considerable share of its continental traffic. Then there were the Metropolitan Extensions, along which and on each side houses were being erected in large numbers, and there existed an enormous amount of building land still to be covered. Judging from the experience of other lines, it was reasonable to expect at least 10 per cent. i ncrease on th e t ra ffic of those extensions each year, and treble the present traffic in less than 12 years. If that proved to be the case, the revenue would be amply sufficient to pay not only the debenture holders and other cre ditors of the company, but a dividend to the share holders. In the traffic of the last half-year, there had been an increase of £47,615 over the corres ponding half of the previous year. Large as it was, this increase had been earned at considerable dis advantage, arising from the stoppage of this com pany's traffic on the Metropolitan Company's sys tem, in consequence of the laying down of two additional lines for the accommodation of the traffic of this and the Great Northern Company. The percentage of the working expenses had been re duced, and not only so, but the actual amount had also been reduced, notwithstanding the increased working. (Hear, hear.) lie had the satisfaction of knowing that that had been effected by no cooking of accounts. (Hear, hear.) Referring next to the law expenses, he said that £5,000 had been put down as the proportion towards this half-year. The board were most anxious, if they erred at all, to err by placing a large amount to the debit of rte- venue. With a view to the reduction of the law charges, a law clerk had been appointed, and the result of that appointment, he trusted, would be a considerable reduction. The next subject was the Arrangement Act of last session. On of its most important provisions had the effect of staying the proceedings in a very large number of suits, which were eating up the capital of the company by daily expenses; and the directors could now devote their attention to the realising of surplus lands, and by degrees get rid of those liabilities which a great number of persons were seeking to enforce in the Court of Chancery. Another provision in the act enabled them to raise new capital, but they had not availed themselves of it, and did not intend to do so until the various questions of property were settled by the Court. (Hear, hear.) With a view to their settlement once and for all a petition had been pre pared which it was intended to present to the Lords Justices, and he was not without hope that before the shareholders met again a decision would be ob tained thereon. With regard to the litigation with the General Credit Company and Imperiol Mercan tile Company, while the claims were sub judice it was improper to discuss publicly the arguments by which they were supported. Since the issue of the report, which placed the shareholders in possession of such facts as the directqrs believed to be authentic, the General Credit Company had issued a counter-statement, and there had appeared in the newspapers numerous letters from anonymous GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD. The annual general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Victoria-street; Mr. P. Davey, M.P., presided. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, called attention to the diminution in the goods traffic. In 1863 the tonnage of general goods amounted to 133,320 tons, and last year the quan tity was only 106,023 tons. The diminution was attributable to the financial difficulties of 1866, which seriously affected the iron trade of South Wales, and to the great competition among the larger railways, which had diverted the traffic to other channels. lie felt, however, that when trade resumed its wonted activity the shareholders might look for some improvement. The coal traffic had been fully maintained, and there was every pros pect of a larger traffic in this department. The directors, notwithstanding that debenture securities were not so popular as formerly, had experienced no difficulty in disposing of those they had to offer. The revenue for the half year left an available balance of £2,934 ; after deducting £1,727 for pre ference dividends there remained a dividend on the ordinary shares of 21 per cent. The report was adopted and the dividends were declared. Air. 11. Donkin was re-elected a director, and Mr. Wyatt an auditor, and the proceedings terminated. ISLE OF WIGHT. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Great George-street, IVestminster. —Mr. A. Beattie in the chair. The CIIAIRMAN said he considered that the report of the directors was satisfactory, as it held out a fair prospect that at some future time the ordinary shareholders would come in for a dividend. The number of passengers carried over the line from Hyde to Ventuor during the half year was 247,892, as against 180,459 in the corresponding half year of 1866, the line from Shanklin to Ventnor having been opened only in the month of September. The receipts for the same period had been £11,309, as against £8,259, and the entire receipts of the year from all sources had been £18,261, and the whole of the working expenses amounted to £9,443, and after paying the debenture interest of £2,875, there would remain £5,942 applicable as dividend on the preference shares of the company. The whole of the reserve had been absorbed in providing rolling stock, it being found impossible during the last year to issue shares, but now preference shares were being issued in discharge of the company's ha bilities. The report was adopted, the retiring director, Mr. Simpson, was re-elected, as was Mr. Christian, the auditor, and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Feb. 27. The February sessions for the transaction of county business was held to-day at Clerkenwell ; Mr. Pownall in the chair. THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION AND THE HOME SECRETARY. _ _ Mr. Nicholson, the Clerk of the Peace, read the following letter from the Home Secretary as to the condition of the House of Correction, Coldbath fields : " Horne-office, Whitehall, Jan. 13, 1868. " Sir—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Hardy to acquaint you for the information of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the county of Middlesex, that it appears by reports which have been submitted to him by the Inspectors of Prisons that no effec tual measures have been taken for rendering the county prison of Coldbath-fields efficient under the provisions of the Prison Act, 1865, and that de fault has been made in this prison in not complying with the requisitions of the said act in the fol lowing r espects—namely, the number of certified cells is still far from sufficient for the number of prisoners. I am, therefore, to request that the Court will furnish Mr. Hardy with any explana tion which it may have to offer on the subject, and to add that, unless some satisfactory reason is as signed for non-compliance with the provisions of the law in regard to this prison, he will feel it to be his duty t..) certify such default to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, in order that no contribution shall henceforth be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament towards the ex penses of maintaining any prisoners in such pri son until it has been brought into conformity with the requisitions of the said act.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " ADOLPHUS F. 0. LIDDELL. " The Clerk of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green." Mr. KEMSIIEAD said this communication was not very courteous to the magistrates of this county, and he thought it would have been well had they been first asked what they proposed to do—any thing or nothing—before such a threat had been held out to them. Mr. TURNER thought these observations unjust, as there was a large expenditure then going on in this prison ; and the magistrates of the county had neither stinted their own trouble nor the money of the ratepayers to effect this object. The communication was referred to the Commit tee of Visitors of Coldbath-fields Prison for consi deration and report. THE LATE FENIAN OUTRAGE IN CLERKENWELL. The following communication was received from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, containing suggestions for securing prisons from attacks from without : " Whitehall, Feb. 12, 1868. " Sir,—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Hardy to transmit to you the accompanying suggestions for more effectually securing prisons against attacks from without, and I am to request that you will submit the same to the next Court of Quarter, Ge neral, or Gaol Sessions for your jurisdiction, with Mr. Hardy's recommendation for their adoption, so far as the Court may consider them applicable to existing circumstances or necessary for the object in view. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " ADOLPHUS F. 0. LIDDELL. " The Clerk of the Peace for the County of Middlesex. "Suggestions for more effectually Securing Prisons against Attacks from Without. " Precautions for this purpose are applicable to two conditions : " 1. Where a military guard is stationed. —ln this case the period of relief, the distribution of the force, the posting of the sentries, the piercing of loopholes for musketry, &c., must depend upon the judgment of the military officer in command; the division of supervision, upon the agreement at which the civil and military authorities may jointly arrive. The portions of the prison more immediately en trusted to the protection of the military should be defined and distinguished. " 2. Where no military assistance is called for, or where the military guard is kept in reserve.— In this case the following precautions are recom mended : " The space between the outer gate and the prison door should be made more secure by the ad dition of an inner open iron gate, or safety gate, as it is usually termed. " A door of iron, or of wood plated with steel, should in all cases be placed on the prison side of the governor's private door of entrance. " All windows giving upon points without the prison walls should be strongly barred internally, and, if possible, provided with iron shutters readily closed. " The drains should be carefully barred in diffe rent places, and examined daily. "The prison should be provided with reflecting lamps and tin candlesticks, kept in good order, and regularly inspected, in a place readily accessible. "The interior of the prison should be invariably kept securely closed, the yards or spaces inter vening within the exterior walls being regarded as altogether outside of the prison itself ; and the ad mission of strangers into these yards or spaces without a NN ritten order should be forbidden. " Where firearms are in possession of the prison authorities they should be kept within the interior prison, unless actually in the hands of officers on duty, and then loaded. " In case of an actual assault being apprehended, and when the outer grounds of the prison are of considerable size, the force of warders, &c., should be kept within the prison, and those without be withdrawn to the interior on the first alarm. The force should not be weakened by patrols without the external walls, but should be told off to sta tions from which all points between those walls and the prison can be best commanded." Mr. N. LAURIE thought it was extremely com plimentary on the part of the Home Secretary that such precautions should be brought under the no tice of the magistrates. Mr. PAYNE thought it would have been well if at the same time suggestions had been made for the protection of the outside of the prison. This communication was referred to the visiting justice 3 of the prisons. TILE CORONERS AND THEIR EXPENSES. The report of the Committee of Accounts and General Purposes was presented, wLich recom mended the payment of the following sums to the coroners of the county for expenses :—Mr. Humphreys, £476 I.Bs. ; the representatives of the late Mr. Bird, £l3 03. ; Dr. Laukester, £476 18s. ; and for Mr. Humphreys (taken since the decease of Mr. Bird), £64 14s. 6d. ; and Mr. Bedford, £69 3s. After a few observations from Mr. KEMSIIEAD, the matter was referred to a committee for investi- gation. Mr. F. 11. N. GLossor moved :—" That in con sideration of the long services of 33 years and effi ciency of Mr. Thomas Fillary, the engineer of the House of Correction at Coldbath-fields, his salary be increased from £260 to £3OO a year from the 25th of day of December last." In support of this motion, he said Mr. Fillary entered the service of the county on the 20th of March, 1835, at a salary of £1 18s. a week, and in conse quence of his very meritorious services that salary had been increased from time to time until it amounted to £260 a year, at which sum it had re mained for seven years. He was still an efficient officer, and he trusted it would be many years be fore he would require to come to the court for a pension. He had been able to effect numerous works in the prison, thus avoiding the necessity of calling for the services of an architect, and this was the means of effecting a considerable saving in the county expenditure by having so able an engineer on the premises. Mr. TURNER seconded the motion, and said the sum proposed was not one farthing more than Mr. Fillary was fully entitled to. He (Mr. Turner) had an opportunity of seeing how Mr. Fillary had done his duty, and by the construction of a large dormi tory he had saved to the county the services of from 20 to 30 officers. The motion was ultimately agreed to. TIIE OUTRAGE IN CLERKENWELL. On the consideration of the letter received from the Home Secretary at the last county day, sug gesting the purchase of property overlooking the House of Detention, being moved, it was agreed that this court had no power to purchase up a whole street or streets, even if they had the funds, and that if this property is required it could only be ob tained under the authority of an Act of Parliament. After a long discussion the matter was referred to the General Purposes Committee. THE LIABILITY TO COMPENSATE SUFFERERS BY RIOT. Mr. Sergeant PAYNE moved :—" That inasmuch as the law requiring the Hundred to compensate the owners of property feloniously demolished by persons riotously and tumultuously assembled to gether to the disturbance of the public peace origi nated at a time when the Hundreds were bound to appoint constables to keep the peace, and to raise ' hue and cry' for the pursuit and apprehen sion of the offenders, and it was only on failing to do so that they were able to make - compensation, the laws against the Hundred ought now to be repealed, because since their last re-enactment the preservation of the public peace and the pursuit and arrest of offenders have been taken from the Hundred and vested in the police, and that as the power of the Hundred had ceased the liability of the Hundred should cease also ;" and argued that as the county had ceased to have Dower, originally possessed, of the appointment of the police to make " hue and cry," therefore their liability to make compensation ought also to cease. After some discussion, Mr. PAYNE refusing to withdraw his motion, as desired, the previous ques tion was moved and carried. THE LIGHTING &C. OF THE SESSIONS-HOUSE. It was agreed that Mr. J. Ingall, who has for many years had the arrangement of the lighting. and ventilating of the Sessions-house, should receive an increase of £lO per annum to his present saltay, in consideration of his long service. The Court then adjourned. The Prices of Horniman's Teas are greatly Reduced. The well-known superiority of these Teas has attracted a host of spurious imitations; therefore notice all Genuine Packets are signed "Horniman c 5• co." 300 Confectioners aro Agents in London and 2,20 Q chemists in the Country. PROFESSOR GOLD WIN ,S 1111111: (From the'Anglo-American Times.) The Spectator, in a note of last week, alluding to Professor GOLDWIN SMITH'S intention of pro ceeding to America, to compile a History of the United States, observes, that however qualified for the work, it is impossible to write an interesting history of a country where everything great has been achieved by the masses, and which has 'pro duced but one leader who has stamped his image on the nation— WASHINGTON. Like most gene ralities, there is in this as much error as truth. History will be interesting, though not wholly, at least partially, in proportion to the magnitude of the events recorded. Numbers give grandeur, and grandeur impresses the popular mind. Though human sympathy requires individuality to excite its interest, we maintain that great events cannot be achieved except through the agency of prominent persons. There can be no doubt that history has been made in the United States quicker than in any other country—events of the magnitude his torians delight to record having more swiftly followed each . other there than elsewhere. If prominent men alone formed interesting subjects for an historian, the story of the Negro Race in America would be one wholly unable to command the sympathy of mankind. Yet, the truth is that without a single instance of a conspicuous in dividual, the Negro Race will furnish a more thrilling tale than the Irish in America, among whom abound those who have risen to the highest positions. Although the working of the human mind in masses is more difficult to por tray than in individuals, 'it cannot fail, when well told, to rivet attention ; and history, profess ing to deal with the nation at large, ought not to be a collection of biographical sketches. It is also true that masses must work by means of individuals who generally are clothed—so long as they truly represent those for whom they profess to speak— with greater poiver than is given to hereditary rank, however high—or compulsion, however strong. Even mobs may have leaders on whom history can seize, to insure for the narrative the interest that a crowd must fail to excite. CROMWELL was but a representative man, who acted with great courage and decision in accordance with the opi nions of the section he represented, and indeed often against his own convictions. Ile did not form that opinion ; he merely used it, or rather was used by it. What happened in England then is occurring in the United States now, and the history of England then is the most interesting, because the most important period of England's record. One would suppose from the Spectator's remark that the mass achieved every thing great done in the United States, and that the opinion of the majority was the invariable rule of action. Yet what is the actual position of affairs ? A few extreme Radical leaders are carrying mea sures opposed to the common sense of the people, and in spite of their clearly expressed dissent. Such men as THADDEUS STEVENS, BENJAMIN WADE, and ANDREW JOHNSON stand to their convictions against every tide of opinion—no matter how high it surges, preferring to be swept away, if they cannot stem it. Individuals like these, if they do not present an embattled rock on the stream of history for the historian to sketch as he passes, will at any rate be snags which he will be compelled to notice. To say that there are not such in the United States is to advance a state ment wide of the truth. The history of the Union will be found to abound with men who have fought for their convictions with an energy un known elsewhere, with those who have allowed their sentiments on public questions to control every act of their lives, to have grounded on them their friendships and enmities, and to have risked for them their property and lives, we believe that the material for the most sensational history, can be gathered in that country. The Parliamentary battle of olden days, when the opposing factions hated each other with an enmity that frequently brought the leaders to the block and their followers to the gallows, is a fight in earnest with which men sympathize, while the contest of the present times, when the debaters heap on each other some courtly abuse—then meet at the dinner table to discuss the last opera, is to the feelings at least—a sham. It is not thus that questions are discussed in Congress. Indeed, it would be well for the United States if they were—if the young blood had cooled down to the moderation which characterizes the Old Country. But it is not the tame but the fiery feud that makes history. The Congressional contests that pre ceded the Civil War in America have derived au interest, as read in the present day, from the mighty events to which they led. Senator WiLsoN lately remarked that he had heard the demurring DAVIS, the blustering TOMBS, the plausible AIAsoS, the wily SLIDELL, during the thirteen years he had been in the Senate, but he would have heard these gen tlemen whom he thus happily characterized with as interest almost overwhelming, had he known to what their policy tended. When these debates and Con gressional campaigns are narrated with a skill at all approaching to that of MACAULAY they will attract the attention of mankind, and it will not require so great a master to excite a world-wide interest in the events that followed. The difficulty of the historian in dealing with the Civil War will not be the pan" city, but the superabundance, of distinguished tnen• To whichever side he turns, whether to the North or to the South, his judgment will become confused unless his mind's eye can accurately measure coin. parative height. Scarcely less in interest will be the battle between parties which followed on the advent of Mr. JOIINSON to power—the drama in which we are but now in the midst. If the history of an absolute monarch, or of one who has erected himself into a GiESAR, or of a great statesman t° whom an easily led people have entrusted all power, be more exciting than that of a Commonwealth where the people rule, it cannot command so deep and universal attention. Doubtless it is easier t° write that of the former than that of the latter, bu t when well handled, when the voice of the mass 14 heard from the page, the tone appeals to oral mind and finds au echo in every heart. Grea.t, 1 events will always carry their own weight, and 1. Professor GOLDWIN SMITH be qualified for the h i g h task he has undertaken, which the Spectator alloWO while doubting the power of genius to give clear ness or interest to the work, and is permitted to finish it, he will produce a book which can scarcely fail to rank in interest, as well as in importApe e P with the most treasured in the world. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. With weather so cold and the winds so keen, what is to be do n e to keep the human body healthy, to protect the weak , renovate the diseased? The reply is, Supplant the st i r pressed action of the skin through an alterative like thelB pills by a fair action on the liver, bowels, and kidneys. 0 , will preserve the delicate internal structures from cone tion, irritation, and inflammation, and carry off the noxious matters ordinarily transmitted through the in tegu o ments. A course so natural must commend itself, and tau s elicit the unqualified approbation of all who think am. understand how nature invariably aids a defective ore of by accomplishing its unperformed functions by means increased activity elsewhere. Births. KIRBY—On the 27th inst., at 5, Tredegar-square, Mra' Kirby, of a daughte vat LEON—On the 27th inst., at 79, Gloucester-place, . - f 0 man-square, the wife of George I. Leon, Esq ., ° daughter. o iiig WALTON—On the 26th inst., at Croydon, the wife of -Li.- Walton, Esq., of a son. - • Marriages. be r.. CAMPBELL— rn KAT—On the 25th inst., at Dalston, land, .Daniel Colin Campbell, Esq., of HaseleY 'f a te Warwickshire, to Bessie Wilson, only child of th e John Wilson Kay, Esq., of Carlisle. STUART— SCOTT - On the 25th inst., at St. J ames's, W dilly, Major W. E. Stuart, 15th King's Own Ilussart),- Louisa Sydney, only child of G. J. Scott, Es(l•7 13° Strange, Salop. Deaths. W I DASCOMBE -On the 27th lust., at St. John's-wood) J) ° M. 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