The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-05-23 00:00:00

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netterstand: 'that Hymns, Ancient
have_ been adopted as the authorised hymn-book in the
Navy as in the Army.
Tea LORD BISIE,P OP OEPORD preached at the
Chapel. Royal, Whitehall, on Sunday mornieg, for the'
I.4ergy Orphan Schools. More than 150 children ars
now educ.ted, 'maintained, and clothed in them, but 60
more, coatid be stecommodated at elms, if the yearly
income were sufficiently increased to meet the expense
whim, would be incurred by such an addition. It is
important that tide fact should be widely known, as it
is' believed that this isstitution would be supported with
greater liberality if the members of the Church of
England were aware of the large number of very
urgent oases Mixt are excluded from want of means.
ARMY SOUP/WI READERS AND SOLT-HIRE' FRIEND
SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society took
Warm oa Wednesday at Willia a Booms, King-street,
St. James's; his Grace the Archbishop of York in the
chair,—The report said: Fresh auxiliaries, both at
11.400 and abroad, have been formed fresh laud com-
mittees established ; new friends have joined US.
Another gratifying and ' encouraging fast is the
liberality of the men theniselves :towards the funds of
the society. A new and promising auxiliary has been
lately established 0 Lahore, for aoldiers serving in the
Punjaub, and ramieg fendefor additional readers in that
part of India. In Bombay and Madras presidencies,
cheering and sktidacton reports have been from time
to time received. The balance sheet showed the
receipts during the year to be £10,295 55., and the
expenditure £7,826 7a. 10d,; leaving a balance of
£2,468 17s. ad.

CONVOCATION met again on Wednesday, and the
Upper House continued the discussion upon the motion
to petition the Crown in favour of the report on clerical
subscription. The reeoltitions were agreed to, and
their lordships then adjourped to meet the Prince of
Wales at the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy.
A relideaooo Denison's anotion es to the Court of Final
Appeal w.s lost bye majority of one, the number's being
21 and 22. The various amendments proposed were
also lost. • Canon. Blakesley made some remarks before
the division, in which those who were beaten may
perhaps find consolation. He argued that the beet
unease to protect the faith was the zeal of the clergy,
and not obtaining verdicts in courts of justice. He
could not see that anything was wanted. They had a
well-educated olergy, and bishop. had the power of
deliverkg charges every three years. There was a free
press, and the clergy might appeal, either through the
pulpit or the press, to the minds of their flocks, and
more than this be did cot think the defence of the faith
required.—On Thursday the Upper House of Convoca-
tion did not meet. The Lower House was engaged
' during the day in discoasing the address, whioh was
agreed to by the Upper Houv, and sent down to the
Lowe!, praying for have to amend those canons which
related to clerietal subscription. After considerable
discussion the debate Was adjourned.
PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS—ROY. G. T.
Birch, curate of St. Clement's, Tosteth Park, Liver-
pool; Rev. J. Burrows, 8.A., curate of Bowdon;
Rey, B. J, chase. aerate of St. John's, Cheltenham ;
Rev. J. O. Dixon, B. A., curate, Mission Chapel, Clare ,
Market; Rev. A. Edwards, curate of Temple Sowerby,
Weatusoreland ; Rev. 4131. (1. P. Glossep, M. A., vicar of :
Twickenlism Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of
Windsor; Rev. E. Griffi ho, curate of Barton, West.
morehind ; Rey. G. Q. Heed, M.A., curate of St.
Matthew, Oakley.aquare ,• Rev. George T. Hoare, vicar
of Walkingstead, ',liar the rectory of Godstone ; Rev.
A. R. Hodgson, 8.A., purate of idamlesbary ; Rev. T.
'MA„ perpetual curate of Tideford, St
Germans ;• rector of Calptocic, Tavistack—Patron, the
' Prints) of Wahl!, as Duke of gernerall •' Rev. J. Inglis,
curate or Nat and Westmoreland; Rev. F. F. Jones,
ciliate of Kemerton ;.Rev,N.. .7. Y. Reusable,
M.A., incumbent ofliesket with Armathvaite. Carlisle;
Rev. 'W. H. Lee, curate of Christ Church, Leicester;
Re.. C. T. Mayo, M.A incumbent of St. Andrew,
Hillingdon; Rev. g. F. te Meunier, M.A., curate of
Tormarton • Rev. R. H. kullens, M..&., curate of Acton :
Turville ; Rev, R. F. Mumferd, curate of Walsall ;
Rev. D. Paul, curate of 'titchmarsh ; Rev. A. Pertwee,
curate of St. Margaret's, Leicester: Rev. E. Puttock,
curate or Flaxley ;. Rev. J. R. Rathbone, curate of
Brieghuret with Great Easton, Leicestershire; Rev. J.
Raven, 8.A., curate of Cowley; Rev. J. Sephton, 8.A., '
clerk in orders of St. Anne, Soho ; Rev. T. IL Tarlton, •
51. A., incumbent of Stroyd, rector of Millbrook, Beds—
Pa'ron, the Lord Chancellor; Bev. W. Thorold, Mourn- I
bent of Middleton, Leeds, rector of Weston, Block- I
pool ; Richard Oscar T, Thorpe, M.A., vicar of .
St. Clement's,. Cambridge, late ehaplain of Campbell 1
Town and Ross, Tasmania, curate of Christ Church,
Newgate-street; Rev. R. C. Webb, M.A., incumbent .
of St. Miry Magdalene, Billericay--.Patron the Bishop
of Rochester; Rev. If. Master. White, perpetual curate !
of St. John's, Masbioneh, Yorkshire.
FirSTIVAL op THI SONS OF. THR CLIROY.—SPEECH I
OF THE PRINT* OF WALMS.—The 211th anniversary of I
the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy was celebrated I
ors Wednesday; ills Royal Yligheees the Prince of
Wales haring aince. the last, anniversary become a I
steward of ' the corporation, took part in the ceremonial. s
The Corporatioo of the Sens of the Clergy grants—i.
Donations' to poor clergymen incapable of duty owing I
to mental or bodily infirmity, or burdened with large
families. 2. Pensions to poor widows and aged maiden
daughters Of deceased clergymen., end temporary relief
in
,caves of great age and sicknese. 3. Apprentice foes and I
, donations towards the education and.establialimeut in life
of (Mildred of poor o)ergytnen. The corporation assists
them all with equal solicitm'e, ad administers its fends •
to claimants in all the dioceses of England and Wales.
The average 'nimble' of persone assisted yearly is 1.859,
' sad of these 712 are widows and agel *nude daughters.
The religirms portion of the festivel commenced with
the celebration Of • full choral service under the dome
of St. Pail's. The sermon wee preached by the Dean
of Ely, the Very Rev. Harvey Goodwin, DD., from
&mans xii., 1.---" f commend unto thee Phcebe, our
slater; who is a: servant of the Church." His Royal
alghnesa the Prince of Wales was present during the
ole of the service. The church,-at least that part
l otted to Worship—wss filled. The festival proper
took,placeat the Merchapt Taylors.' Hall, where about
390 eat down to a table magnifieently spread by the
London Tavern Company, The Lord Meyer presided.
The dinner, an exoellent ono, having been enjoyed,
grace was *sung from the " Leudi Spirituali" of 1554.
The Lord Mayor rose and proposed "The Chureh and
Queen," and afterwards
,`' Th,e Prince of Wales, the
Royal stetiard of the year.; thy Princess of Wiles, and
all the Royal 'Family."
.(Applause,) The Prince of
Wales rose and said : My Lord Mayor, my lords and
gentlemen;—l return you my, beat thanks for the way
in which you have proposed my health and that of the
Prineess of Wales and the Moyalfamily, for the kind
manner in which it has been received by you all. I
need hardly &seine you with what pleasure, mid with
what gratification I find myself assisting at the festival
of thia corporation (cheers), which confetti such inestim-
able benefits upon the poorer plergy of the Church of
England (Cheers). All will admit that it is of the
greatest importance that our clergy should be men of
education and, not only go, but that they should be
able to devote a portion of their time to starix and
reflection, as well as to the more. motive duties of their
profeasion, freed from the harrowing distraction of
poverty. llow great.must be this distraction in the too
frequent case of a poor clergyman with a large family,
and a scanty income during his life with the prospect
of nothing et his death I .Yet it has always been con-
sidered desirable in our Church, that, if possible, the
clergy ahould marry.. (Hear, hear.) Now, it into meet
auoh cases that this society has been formed. To
mitigate UM anzjeties of many a hard-working clergy-
man, and to soothe the aching heart of many a widow
and orphan in their hours of affliction. (Cheers.) In
conclusion, must not omit to mention one important
feature in
.the administration of the funds of this
charity, vit., that it is secret. (Hear, hear.) Thus,
none seekipg its aid need undergo the humiliation of
publishing to the world their distress. (Hear, hear.)
Gentlemen, all must admit that this is a wise provision,
end completes the claim of this society upon our
. sympathy. lest u.v, therefore, all some forward liberally,
and do our ntmost to support so noble and beneficent a
charity. (Applense.)The Archbishop of Canterbury
remarked that out of the 20,000 clergymen of the
Established Church there were no less than 10,000
whose incomes were. less. than £2OO a.year. (Hear.)
He believed thet many a heart would be filled with
gratitude, many. an eye suffused with tears, on reading
the words of sympathy which had been expressed by
Hie Royal Highness. (Hear, hear.) The ooneotion of
the day wits reported as tablet :—Collection at the
• Cathedral, £312 ; ditto at the dinner, £1,489; His
' Royal Highness the Erince of Wales as steward, RlO5 ;
' 44 other 'stewards, £1,350, annual subscriptions, £600;
' hardest—Miss Ann Cape, • £100; Mrs. Morgan, 41300;
' benefactions in trust—,Mrs..liempeon.(additional). £100;
Mr. Jamee Bentley, fot raising in perpetuity two
L daughters' pensions from £l5 to £29 per annum each
' (Concede), £333 13s. 44. Total, income from voluntary
ocestributiops, sui distinguished from rents and dividends
.on the landed and fuuded property at the corporation,
, te—a

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f, BpLturyouidr..—On Monday My. Williamson,
solsoiter, of Slade House, Bentley,. Hants, was mei-
deqtally killed while shooing rabbits on his grounda.
TEM prior of the Bristol. Benedictises excotn-
. municiated two uf the brethren on Thursday nights who
were eccuseal of having been guilty of dninkenness- and
disobt.thenee to order& . . .
• UNIVERSAL BAZAAR.—linderthe above titke • beefier.
in eid of 13 Roman. Catholic .Loedon charities omit.:
metced on Tuesday at St. James's Hall, and oostiikaial
,throughout.last week. .
lie khe London Court of .Baokruptcy, op Tlnarsiday;l:
'Captain Creasman applied, for his reining 'frein prise°,
.au inthe gourse of ilia proceedings he stated that his
'failure- arosv from having, incurred debts on behalf Of
the Eton. Itiohard Bethsll. His liebilities for ibis
persee slime *mount to £3.750. .
THE Princess Regina held a drawing-room on Thurs-
day, at Bt. James's Palidetwit WWI of her Majes.y the
Queen. From an e 44 Able& im the mnrning holies
arri‘ed3alll64r cciMltt I wiew In seciie early
presentations those Villellatlived first being first
lintraliietiolse Iran antottally
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1H 6 Russian iittadintgAlwiet the /stamina of the late
Czarewitei;ankalio*df in7Plymiuthifilani on Wednes-
day morning. Rs,,,ry remarks:if respect was paid—flap
were, b/isted half-teast high on eR the ships In osota-
titissibn' on- the 'fres, and it the puhlio departments ;
and a sithste of 21 gnus lired.from the Liverno.d and
. ,
Royal Adelaide,
ltl'lols Ax Ott t Onti.4-_ Cin Wednesday, at the
oil le/brki of Meagre. *tries Price and Co, Brith,. •
workman held a hated lamp over tome petroleum oil,
in order Obit he 'illiglrenote the index which marked
the rise of the liquid, before putting the cover over the
retort. An explosion wag the 'consequence, which
severely injured three men.
anturnit ciy I. Girynittisif.—A gentleman nsmed
Hoefliorottgh,'fhe- °sitter of • good alai of property in
Windsgr, was found., on itedpeeday morning drowned
mar 15 ptott 'Parki,- .11.Mugh. having previously shot him-
- ''. • Pistol, wlt!Oh Was r)'ing ea the bank whom
-I.,_a discovered. The repots in the paper'
i'lletter was fotinfr !wog, him which:l'll
Aloe the eadites of his,cesiltilittlngirl,citle,
BilWegiAgisi .ic'fttegito—l4e , de
oCreS4
of Lisbon annountisie tuft -three iih trot 'MIA ilial
were felt in that .city at 5.35 a..,m„on* the 1 - ' i
The first'itiligtV ;re* the miiit dot**, VA* the Oile
drl
together lasted about four asslo• ter Wer4,1q64010
in the lower town, and Wit 'tlin singing hi mik4
houlefe, '' The' di asistiient inot tiro 'rthVilontlis Aiid
glidibmptiniettlit g IttliltltiraVit! Mak. .

self with a pistol,
the body was, 0.
state that =

GUI* .14;INDON CORRBiPONDENT.
, 'gag upeat irt affairs in America—the collapse of the
'Confederacy ; the determined attitude of President
Johnson in relation to Jefferson Davis and his colleagues ;
the critical state of things in Canada—is one of the most
prominent topices of the day. It is not for me to com-
ment at any length on the matter, more especially as
every batch of noes which arrives affects the great
questions under consideration; but I will just my that
at the time / write a most uneasy feeling is beginning
to prevail concerning the possibility (if not probability
of a war between England and America) and the esist-
enee or non-existence of a secret treaty betweenla
Eng-
land and France is a question earnestly canvassed.
8007 s time ago we looked rather jialously upon the
aggrandising spirit of the litter power in relation to
Mexico; perhaps the attitude France towards that
country now afford, more reason for congratulation than
for distrust. Franee has now • strong incentive to
watch America mumiaiously ; and who shall ray that
out of this fact may not grow the prevention of any
attempt on the part of America in the direction of
Mexico, or even of Canada? France may perhaps see
such an identity of " • with England, in view of

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Americas braggadocio, that the peaoe of the world may
be thus secured.

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The Owl, which has acquired swell-deserved character
for the reliability of ite promises, tells us that Parlia-
ment cannot be dissolved till after the 20th of July. I
hear, however, on good authority, that that day (Meri-
da)) will be chosen for the event. As far as can at
present be seen, there are so many important matters
pressing on the attenti. n of our legislators that parlia-
mentary business will be very brisk up to the end of the
session, (that there will be a great deal done does not
actually follow,) and that the clubs, London coteries,
and the London season altogether will then break up
suddenly. Much, however, will meanwhile depend on
the altitude of America, which at the moment I write
bids fair to occupy the public mind more than the dis-
solution.
If a bomb-shell bad dropt into the parlietui of St.
James', it could not have produced a greater shock in
club-land than the stinging article in the Times last
week severely castigating the majority of the members
who negatived Lord Carnarron's motion in the Alaw-
ncetim to subscribe £5O per annum to the non-religious
charities of St. James's pariah. Considering how many
of the Bishops date from this celebrated club, is cer-
tainly seems an anomaly that any association of gentle-
men, those of the damsons* in particular, could have
given occasion for such remarks as the Testes very pro-
perly puts forth. It was an unexpected hit, and one in
the right direolion. It certainly does seem an anomaly
that no leas than fifteen of the best sites in the parish
were five years ago occupied by stub-houses, and at that
time only the "Carlton" subscribed to any charitable
institution. It is well-known that at the back does of
those palatial mansions, which are known as the
"clubs," thousands of London poor drag out their miser-
able existence. Pauperism and poverty are rampant, and
club men who are so comfortably provided with all
the luxuries of life are surely those to whom no
charitable appeal should be in vain. Not only the
writer of the Times, but thousands of weary hearts and
desolate lives must deplore the club system, which
seems to swallow up even the sense of individual
responsibility. Morally, if not legally, club-men should
feel themselves as much bound to support local charities
as the London tradesmen, who, with many load calls
in the neighbourhood where he resides, still feels it in-
cumbent upon him to respond to the charitable appeals
made in behalf of those who are compelled to live in
the purlieus of London streets where his business in
carried on and his money made. The selfishness of .
"clubs," I trust, will receive its death-blow from the
exposure which has been given to the action of the
Athenceunn in this discreditable business.
Her Majesty, having paid a short., a very short visit
to the Metropolis, has left for Balmoral, where, it is
said, she will stay till the 11th or 12th of next month.
The Court which her Majesty recently held at Bucking-
ham Palace was the sth this mason. Your lady readers
will doubtless have noticed that the Queen was dresEed
in the same style as she has lately adopted—a Mary
Queen of Soots' cap, with a long veil, the cap being
ornamented with large pearls. It does not seem
probable that the Queen will yet make any nearer ap-
proach to ordinary costume, and perhaps she will never
forsake such emblems of mourning as she still retains.
There is some doubt at what period her Majesty will
visit Germany, but it is thought probable that on the
Queen's return from Balmora/ she will stay a few days
in London, then pay a short visit to Windsor, and from
there (with a day's stay perhaps in London again) pro-
coed to Coburg. The past week or two has been • very
lively time in London, owing partly to the presence of
royalty. A Court at Buckingham Palace; • ball at the
same royal—l was about to say residence; a drawing
room at St. James's Palace, presided over by the Prineess
Helena; and a levee by the Prince of Wales, this
sounds something like former tines; but I cannot help
expressing surprise that the ceremony of conferring the
honour of Knights Commanders of the Bath should
have taken plarte at Windsor instead of London. Her
Majesty evidently takes no pains to conceal her dislike
of the Metropolis. En revanche, the Prince and Princess
of Wales, it is said, will spend a good deal of their time
during the next few weeks in London. The Prince will
preside at another levee on the 7th of June ; and as for
our charming princess; it is desirable that she should
undergo as little (IV igue as possible.
It may not much interst your readers, but it is of some
little moment to no ratepayers, that the Metropolitan
Board of Works have voted £lO,OOO to Mr. Itssalsette
and his assnitants for their labours in connection with

the main drainage scheme. Such gi:cose jobbery will of
source be paid for oat of the pookets of the ratepayer',
and it is utterly inexcusable. . Mr. Batalgette has ben
handsomely paid for all he has done, and this gratuity
is utterly uncalled for. Mr. Thwaites, too, ii to have
the honour of knighthood, for no better reason than
that be is chairman of this precious board, with a
salary of £'2,000 a year. I wonder his myrmidons do
not vote him another thousand or so. If the main
drainage 'theme will benefit London income respects, it
is a great evil in another. It is the main drainage of
our pockets, dragging for years past a heavy rate from
us, and threatening to last for ever and a day.
Who has not beard of the far-famed and beautiful
Belle Boyd, the Confederate heroine, whose romantic
trials and escape, and subsequent marriage during the
fiercest period of the American war, have already been
narrated cursorily in the papers ot the day? Mx. G.
A. Sala, I believe, is editing a narrative which this lade
has written, and it will be published, with a preface of
his, under the title of "Belle Boyd, in camp and prison,
written by herself." A large sale may be confidently
predicted. Nothing much more interests the public
than a good personal narrative of stirring adventures
and " hair-breath escapes."
I wonder whether Monsieur Blondin read that ac-
count of the horrible death of Steeple Jack? The
pitcher that was often taken to the well gut broken at
last, you see. The fact might well serve as a warning
to the active and daring Frenchman, who still pursues
here and there his dangerous walk of life—perhaps of
death.

The Exchange, the Stock Exchange, the Coal
Exchange, kr., are f.milisir terms enough, but what
think you, reader, of a Postage-stamp Exchange? I have
one before me—not a building or a snug corner in a
City Court, but a column in the Queen. The "Lady's
newspaper." I should have thought that the passion
for collecting postageatamps had had its day, aod
that those who had collections were only sorry
for the time they had wasted over them ; but
some of the lady readers of your fashionable oontempo•
rary apparently have nothing better to do than to em-
ploy themselves thus, and the Queen makes itself the
medium of exchange. Well, we may, at all events,
console ourselves with one negative thought that the
dear creatures might be worse employed. [We Isaias
an excellent letter, however, in a Bristol contemporary,
defending the postage stamps hobby as manifested
amongst children. Since his children took to it, the
writer gays they are mach better acquainterl with
history, political geography, and the face of affairs
throughout the world than many of their seniors, whi,st
the exchange itself gives them business habits.]

New ZEALAND.—In a dispatch from Mr. Cardwell,
the Colonial Secretary, to Governor Sir George Grey,
dated the 26th April, it is state i that no reinforcements
wonld be sent to General Cameron; and Mr. Cardwell
repeated the instructions previously given for the with-
drawal of fivtrregtmenta. Governor Grey is directed to
undertake no operations, either road making or forming
new settlements, which may delny the withdrawal of
the troops frost the colony.
Tyre ROAD liwinza.—lt is raid that Miss Kent's
friends have secured Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., as leading
counsel to defeed her, and that the point raised will be
a special kind of insanity, or monomania, and that she
is under the influence of hallucination in confessing that
she was guilty of the murder. This is a theory that
many persons have adopted, but, on the other hand, there
are many who awe that madness is most probably
hereditary in.,/se&andthat it was under the influence
of a murdstro;Vat tat she took the life of the child.
A CHILTiIi 6 —Mr. Richard Bastin, better
known " in, the miser," died in Chelten-
ham a few days since. He carried on business in Chel-
tenham many years aspi-as • inannfacturer of leather
' and retired"

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breeches and gaitere, • well,to-do." After
his retirement he contracted parsimonious habits. For
days together though posseved of property to the
amount of £20,000, he autained himself upon a penny-
worth of stale biscuit aud * pennyworth of porter. The
- .been ,tteathed to his

property has hem. b'eqt... -____sd to ts... nephews.
ATROCIOUS OCTRAGE.—EarIy in the morning of
Thursday last, some diabolical ruffian went to their able
of Mr. John Butler, of Minawn adjoining Callan, a
Neepechable farmer, and di liberately ant one ear off
%very beast thereto, comprising five horses and adonkey.
'rho deed must have ben committed early in tl •
, Morning, as it was not till between twelve and 01 •
o'clock that the owner brought into the stable one i f
the horses, a most valuable animal, worth at least £lOO.
Kilkenny Moderator.
, A CURIOUS DISPUTE arose a short time ago between
, the directors of the Bank of England and the managers
of the Industri il Exhibition in the Floral Hall, Covent-
garden. Among the many ingenious objects there ex-
hibited were three specimens of penmanship, represent-
ing letters, publications, end other documents one table,
among which wean £5 note so Meyer]) executed that
• the directors of the Bank took the alarm, and ceder
their act of Palistnent insisted that the particular
object should be left out. The trustees of the Exhibi-
tion naturally demurred, and the matter was brought
before Sir Thomas Fienry, at Bow-street, on Thursday,
and as the law on the subject was very clear, the repro-
sentatioririk the notes was obliged to be cut from each
of the spenlineria exhibibad.
Tile coming General Election promises • larger pro-
portion of change than usual. Several of ties older
members retire, and others who have hitherto been free
from opposition now find themselves threatened with a
contest. Sir James Duke withdraws from the repre-
sentation of London, and Mr. Alcock from that of Fast
Surrey. A Liberal candidate—Sir T. Western—is
opposing the Conservative members for North E sex.
Au attempt is being made to induce Mr. Holm d to
content Northampton in the Conservative interest In
the North /tiding an attemnt will be made to g‘t one
ierjA for the Liberd party, Mr. kiillbank having come
f&trard against the sitting members, Colonel. Dunoombe
irlit
I 4.hire *mitt. Die C?nservetire papers are looking
ir ward to great victories in missy parts. Mr. Millbank
Ilhavit the support of the Clillor of the Each equer,
titter which be hos oent tei ,' Beal, the righoe,
Real 'wait 14,0, •• at r . Iti111)0. g . *pm Apppar to 14.
Gladstone to he of ••• i‘; ,:• "._ _ ,r • U•• being • r 0•1••
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