The Press.
London, England, 1853-05-28 00:00:00

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IV TUE Flint/It ok " THE PKESs..
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Sir,—Although. as I told you in a former vonitmt-
nication.l do not ley claim to the gift of prophecy, your
readers will, 1 hope. do me the justice to admit that
my observations of last week with regard to the pro-
bable result of the Derby have proved tolerably

correct.
West Attstrtdian and Sittinghottrne repeated over
Epson Downs their performance in the Two Thou-
sand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket ; and as there
were then, so will there also in all probability now be,
differences of opinion as to the ease with e Inch this
second victory was achieved. For my own part, lam
inclined to believe that the neck which placed a
fourth Derby to the credit of 11 r. Bowes's account
might have been considerably elongated if circum-
stances had required
I must make in apologies to Cineas for having
spoken somewhat disparagingly of his merits. lie
ran very fast in the race. and, had he not met with a
slight disappointment round the turn, would not int•
probably have seemed the second honours.
Honeytesail was sufficiently fore ard to prove that
he was not the rank impostor wine!' many supposed
him to he; but. thcmgh net the samarium horremism
inforate that his enemies deseribed, his cull' imeea
and weak ankles at once proelaimed the impossibility
of his contending mnecessfully with a slipper taer the
severe ground on the Surrey hills ; and I believe his
trainer hits shunt admitted that he hind entirely mis-
calculated the form of the horses that were in the
front rank at the end of the race.
After all I had heard I was much disappointed at
the appearance of ()reties. Enthusiastically sup-
ported by the gold of the City, mai backed by all the
tribe of Israel till he reached 4 to 1, he cat a wretched
figure in the paddock. :end n still worse figure in the
race. As I watched him before saddling, covered
with nosebands and reins of all descriptions, his head
and tail in the air, and his hotly bearing testimony to
his master's liberal allowance of forage. 1 almost
fancied myself in Nevinlily, instead of Epsom Downs,
and expected every moment. to !tee, instead of Charl-
ton, those faultless boots and breeches which we all
know so well bestriding the stabile. while a graceful
form cantered the animal down the straw-heil, and a
dulcet voice assured us in melodious accents that
;Ma would be a low figure inr so &pila/Ombra and
remarkable a park how.
The less we say el' marse the better. I told you
week he was a pearark ; hut, great as lists been
for many years my respect ha. the consummate ability
of his trainer. I confess I did not give him credit for
having been able to itertonule his too confiding em-
ployers Hull the pnblie at large that such an affluent
as that which he presented 10 our notice 4111 Wednes-
day could he worth leaking at 11 141 1 for a great
race ! We may. in all probability, soon bear of the
purchase of anotlwr farm !
We were net favoured with a sight of Jerry Kest
I Ai. us hope. however, that his venerable trainer
saved wane portion of the large stun which he
publicly laid oat upon him.
The redoubt o& Peggy did not distinguish herself
in the Derby. and her owner saved us all further
trouble of speculation as to her merit,. by scratching
her for the l lakes.
The said 4 tales was the most uninteresting 1 ever
remember. Catherine Hayes unit easily, but !hire is
a moderate mare; and Lord I tlasgow's filly had only
been in strong work during the last month. The
owner of Mishits• must have made a sail mistake
when he tried her to be better than Ratty/an.
The other races at Epsom drew one attention to a
niceish two-years-orb' of Lord I )(Illy's, a curious deri•
shin ea to Mr. Sykes weight in the Carew Stakes,
and a very strong pair of arms on Calut in the Ex•
hibition !'late.

PHILIPPI S.

I.;
FINER weatherj gayer crowds, or better sport have
never signalised Derby Day than thoa.• which have
rendered memorable the penultimate Wednesday 01
May, 1a5:1. The road down ►ivalled in its throngs
and its dust the glorious times 01 old, before the !ft*
of iron had set
.iu; and let the rails were shouting

out multitudes upon the course at the rate of
twenty thousand per hour, from early dawn until the
bell rung for saddling. When that awftd minute
arrived, the gathering was something portentous, the
of pilot nmstering in numbers which even Epsom
Downs have seldom if ever seen before ; while the
grand stand and other select retreats literally over
flowed with distinguished occupants—professional
and unprofessional. Business in the ring continued
lively to the last. -darting the supremacy of the
*crock," who never for a moment experienced one
retrograde movement, the event of the day was
deemed singularly dark. All the mysteries and
mystitications that had attended the Honeywood and
linens movements during so many weeks were still
itmloveloped ; and the Orestea party, relying upon
his two-year-ohl ietory, succeeded in establishing
him in the position of second favourite. Than the
race itself nothing ()mild be titter. A capital start
was effected without a single failure; and, after the
due amount of shutting up and tailing off among the
ruck, the two whom l'utt,teers, in last week's
distinctly indicated tor first and second,
drew away from the rest, and the race, which had
begun with twenty-eight, ended in an exciting neck-
and-neck match between the pair. As to the result.
the prognostic of last week may stand as the record
of this. Sittingbourne was good, but West Australian
better. Fuller details of this and other events will
be found in the following diary of the race week :

EPSOII RAC ES.—'f anal .
'the (Amin: STANI:ia of 10 taws, each, with Mt adatql.
Mr. Aliltier's limpet:llot
Mr. Thompson'a Weimar
Mr .1. M. Stanley's Corybantra
The tollowing also ran :—Harhingrr, Adine, Joe Miller,
Dionwilia, Incognita, llothorpe. and The Don.
(letting: 8 to I each against Adine and Harbinger. 7 In
ugeinat tinkowar, A to I against Orspeohot, and 0 to I
against The 1 hot.
A tine race between the fint two, tirapeahot winning by
halt ii length.
The Wooto ow Sr tht:s of 10 soma. each, with ilk) added,
for two-year•olds. 3.! solos.
Mr. It. Cooper's c. EiliPrel4ll ( Charlton ) I
Mr. I telamere's Sine•qiiietion
Mt. M'alitole's The Premitlent
The following also run :--Putichlaix, Suomi, c. by Ephva
—Empress. Jotoitlian Martha, Alas, Cnuibottnie, t:haithire,
Marquis, Nei I, and Sir George.
Betting: 7 to 4 agninat Sine-qua-non, 100 to 30 against
Alas (even ou mot, b to 1 against Naomi, 11 to 1
again/it Preahlent, 7 to I against Cranboitrne, 10 to 1
against l'unehbox.
\%t,n cleverly he tlirrelitartsra of a length. A neck
scowl soil third.

%Noll. I'4..vii. of MO peva. (Handicap.)
Mr. Saxon's ealot (Clement) I
Lord tilasrw's 4 'militia!'
Mr. Payne a 4 llenloci,
%volt h it Reek.
The iimenix s r %I:Es of ."1 sues. Park with .tilesded.
Mr. Mr 111,4104 Antonin, (lls) I
Mr. M4+14441164 Saville so
..,
Mr. Artasatrone:t4 Sabra
The II F.‘rovirrr. PLAT,: of 50 stivs,
111.. llowitrd's fat'sl's4W (Carroll) I
Mr. howell'a Anise Page 2
'I'11•• 6,lkming also rim :- Forester, Thornhill, Heroine,
Alskillali, .lattiloi, Arlene, William I:afita, t'. lay the Libel—
Warl.li.r. l'aielt I'lwomoll, In. 10) Coollowllor—Mica Lucy,
Apploon. /'ohm.
11. sting : il 1/1 '!
1.;i1.110 a. 44 1.1.1.4.Pite1: and 4 '41;14 Paw. 5
tai I ng.4l At,,,. l'itizr. i In I 'too Heroism, 14 to I apt COCk
Phew-100. 10 lii I wx4l..lvitlellils.
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judge initial not 41,•••sole whirl' wie4 tloril.

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subs.

Mr. K. H. clerk's NI r. !.;ket, ( I °strum; I I
Lord linden's Nightshade
Mr. thilliver'm Cillnrl 14e04
A1r,,0 I,N neck ; u hrud only IN•terru the:
third.
The• I ir.loAv Sr %i •••itt iu vlc.. each, It ft ; fur tlirre•year•
obi,. 'f o. nailer of the• second horse tit reetiVe Wit
ttIIVS. 11111 1.1. the Stakrl4. IWO huh*.
NIE. \l'e•.t Au.troliali (F. Under) I
I hike of itedfoll SittillgtOlounse
I'owne't•.t4 'Owns :1
NI I. MIN
fultuailig rho inn : I tretitem, Incur of Hull, Stolle
Hover, Mr. tike••. Filbert, lonic. I tubriel,
Ninnylosnoner, l h Ads,. Prune. Leopold, Itrucket, Tel'
fount, t 'How'', I{uneyw(N►d, Flow.
/RR Cool, Ituttic, 'imonlAtrlititil StAthetonon, Iturhatut4,
Vithilerdeekeo.
Betting at *turfing: ti to 1 itgAt. West Australian, to toil
rtg,t (ireste%, 11 to I sgst Iloneywood, 14 to I ag't Sitting-
/Hotline. •:11 to 1 ag•t I;tootortel,•40 to I ago l'hants (offered P.
6'► to I sot Num) hwutnnr, :10 to I agst (loess, No to I
HW"t Peggy. :Al to I rad, not 4:11.41111w, Itarhatutil, and Hat•
aplan, and le.) to I agst 'lsnoilourlanol Stuthesuion.
An excellent start. West, Anstralian and Sittingbounte
singled thenr.elvem out at the olistimeeloost, and a tier)•
exciting race hum" ended in favour of 'West Australian by
a neck. Handl-Inn finished about half a length behind the
third. lioneywoood and Rattle were the next two. Run in
•: minutes r.O) seounds. ABIVIAIIt, of stakes,

The Essex Towx PLATE of 50 sovs. ( Handicap.)
Mr. Drinkald's Starry (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Reeves' Abdallah
Mr. Magennis's Sandhurst $
Won by a neck.
The GMAT EXHIBITION PLATE of 100 AOVA. (Handicap.)
Mr. Magennis's Clair de Lune (Oliver ) 1
Mr. Wiggins Forester 2
Mr. Y. King's Narcissus 3
The nUItDANS STAKES of 5 SOTS. each, with 50 added.
Lon! Londeshorongh'a Bold Dust (E. Harrison) I
Captain Little's nt. by Connsellor—M iss Luey 2
Mr. J. Dawson's Shipwreck 3
The following also ran : Otranto, Preslaw, Tilshead
Lass, f. by Venison, Knavery, e. by Epirus--Empress.
Betting : 3 to 1 agst Gold Dust, 5 to 1 agst Empress
colt, 3 to 1 agst Venison filly, 5 to I agst Counsellor mere,
and II to 1 apt any other. AVott by half a length. The
winner was afterwards sold for Selguinetts, the fund thereby
realising upwards of IHOi.

THURSDAY.
EPSOM FOIM-TEAR-01.11 STAKES of 50 sovs. each.
Duke of Bedford's Hugo (F. Butler) w. o.
TWO•YEAR-01.111 STAKES of 10 %DVS. each, with 541 added.
Lord Derby's Dervinh (F. Butler) 1
Lord Bruce's f. by the Libel—Splitrote
Mr. Drinkalits Jack Frost
The following also ran:—Lady Audrey, Contander,f. by
John o' (;aunt—Eviudon, Victorine, Mouser, Hermitage,
Mirabean, and Diable Bofteux,
Betting: oto 4 agst Dervish, sto agst Mouser, oto 1
agst Splitvote filly, 8 to 1 apt Lady Audrey. Won very
easily by a length. The winner was bucked after the race
for the Derby of 1854 at 20 to 1.
URAND STAND PLATE of lOU %MS, molded to a Handicap
Sweepstakes of 10 toms. each.
Lord Glasgow's Doublethong (Carroll) 1
Mr. Delamere's Madame Landow
Mr. Saxon's Calot 3
A good race in ended in favour of Doublethong by three-
quarters of a length.
SEWED STAKES of s"sovs. each, with 50 added.
air. Armstrong's Sabra (Charlton) 1
Mr. Hodgaon's Eccentricity 2
Mr. French's Ada :4
The following also ran :—Determination, Saville, Peach,
e. by Epirus out of Empress.
Betting : 41 to 4 agst Ilrtennination, 3 to 1 agst Ada, 4
to 1 apt Sabra. Won by n length. The winner was after-
wards bonght in for 150 guineas.
Ilea Ms.iniery's PLATE of 100 guineas (for mares only).
Mr. H. Coomlw's Nervous (S. Steggles) 1
Mr. (ireville's Arline
Mr. Vickers's Psaltery 3
The following also ran :—Bloomer, Augusta, The Siege,
Prevention, Lady-in-Waiting.
Betting: IS to 4 egg Augusta. 5 to 2 agst Arline, 3 to 1
eget Nervous. Won by a bead.
ConnAm Pt..vri: of 50 runs. ( Handicap.)
Mr. Fiennes' Old Rowley (Flatman) 1
Mr. Powell's Arnie Page
Mr. Reeves Alalallah
Betting: Even on Anne Page, sto agst Old Rowley,
Ito 1 agst Abdallah, 111 to 1 any other. A fine race from
Talienhoun-conier with the first three, Old Rowley winning

by a neat.
FRIDAY.
The Ottis STAKEtt of 40 sovs. each, for threelenvold
fillies. The owner (if the second horse to receive 100
lums. out of the stakes.

Catherine Hayes i
1 /me . .2
Miss Mandl 3
Seventeen ran. 'Won in a venter.
fleeting: t; to 4 agst Misletoe, 1. to 1 egg Catherine
Hayes, 5 to I apt any other.
111 Em n Ens' lit. tn.
YOUllg Englallil
Honesty

Four lull.
DERM AND OAKS STAKI3S4

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Leylkmite o.*

Fifteen rm.
R*tt.w.e>• PLATE.

Ventre-a-Terre..

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Fottrurs Vistrons* l'i.‘Ti:.

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Eleven rail.

Tut TAINTION CRICKET Wour.n hen been so busied
dining the past week with its preparations for
Epsom. that we have nothing to note save one day"si
play at Lord's, On Monday last. between two picked
sides of the members of the M arylebone Club. There
praetice games are always useful in bringing out
young players. The match for 114 Imlay next
iw
between the M.C.C. and Ground against the Surrey
Club and tiround.
The long-expected match between NN Poctwk,
of Lambeth, and Henry Clasper, of N eweastk-upon-
Tyne, Mine off on Tuesday, the distal ice being from
Putney-bridge to Chiswick-ait, much sl cotter than the
usual course. The match, which was for 1001.,
was won after a good race by Pocock, .by about eight
seconds.

THE PRESS.

Xxiu an Volta.

THE NON-LIABILITY OF A MARRIED WOMAN FOR
DEBT was pleaded before the Court of Exchequer on
Tuesday, in an action brought by a livery-stable-
keeper, named Shoubridge, against Mrs. Quick. The
lady was separated from her husband, had passed by
the name of Blackwood, and while residing in Jer-
myn-street, in the year 1851, had incurred a debt of
421. 1044. with the plaintiff for the hire of a brougham
and horse. According to his own statement he had
never known the defendant under any other name
than that she had assumed. He had driven her
sometimes to Richmond, but generally round the
Park. A Mr. Walter Scott Lockhart had given him
a bill for the debt, which, however, had never been
honoured. The marriage which constituted the de-
fence to the action was an Irish one, and took place
in Dublin, in the year 1842, at the house of a Rev.
Mr. Maguire, who was stated to have been in the
habit of performing the marriage ceremony for per-
sons desirous of being united in bonds of matrimony
in a particularly private manner. Mr. Quick was at
that time an ensign in the 14th Regiment, quartered
near Dublin. The defendant had afterwards tra-
velled about with him until 1846, when he was con-
fined in the Queen's Bench. Since then they had
lived apart. An attempt. was made on behalf of the
plaintiff to invalidate the marriage on the ground
that no ceremony was performed in a church, but
Baron Parke overruled the objection, observing that
no act of Parliament for the regulation of marriages
in Ireland existed previously to 1845. The verdict
was therefore given for the defendant.
THE PUBLICATION of A PIECE OF MUSIC, called
" The Lancer Quadrilles," by Mr. Davidson, had
been made the ground of an action in the Queen's
Bench, by Mr. Cocks, the well-known music pub-
lisher, who complained that his copyright therein was
infringed. A cross rale was on Monday moved for
on behalf of the defendant, who had filed affidavits
setting forth the impossibility of any copyright. in the
publication appertaining to Mr. Cocks. "The Qua-
drilles" were published in Dublin in 1817 by Isaac
Willis, and the subsequent publication of Mr. Cocks
in October, 1848, was substantially similar to the
former one, the title, and the dedication to the
Countess of Farnham, being precisely the same.
The affidavits went on further to trace the history
of the five airs composing the quadrilles. The
composer of the first air was dead, and his son had
made an entry at Stationers'-hall claiming the copy-
right, not as the representative of the author, but as
the author himself. The second air, "Lodoiska," was
first performed at Drury-lane Theatre on the 25th of
April, 1794. The third air was "When the heart of
a man is oppressed with care," out of The Beggar's
Opera ; the fourth stir, " Les Graces," was published
in 1815; and the fifth air, " Les Lanciers," was pub-
lished at Milan in 17112, and in England in 1800.
Rule nisi granted.
THE ROTHERHITHE ROCKET MANUFACTURERS, Hale
and Boyle, had true bills found against them on
Monday by the grand jury at. the Surrey sessions.
A writ of certiorari was, however, presented on the
same day, by which the case is transferred to the
Queen's Bench, and the trial is not expected to come
on until the summer assizes for the county, to he
held at Croydon in August next.
THE proprietor of the Denbigh, Ruthyn, and Vale
of Chryd4l Advertiser has been lately sentenced to
pay 251. damages for a libel on a superintendent of
the Denbigh police. An attempt to set aside this
sentence and obtain a new trial was made on his be-
half in the Queen's Bench on Wednesday. The
defendant's paper appeared once a month in Denbigh.
About two years ago the plaintiff came to Denbigh,
and the parties became acquainted. The plaintiffs
son went into the defendant's establishment to learn
the printing trade. The defendant had been ap-
pointed ininter to the Denbigh divis' of the consta-
bulary force. The plaintiff; in December, 1852, made
some complaint. to the heads of the police about the
defendant's conduct fin his printing for the force.
The defendant. on the 341 of January, 1852, published
in his paper a statement to the effect that the plain-
tiff was ft mischievous person, a worker of evil," and
that it was necessary to put the neighbours on their
guard against him ; and set out a letter which he had
received from the clerk to the chief constable of the
Northampton police in support of his charge. In a
snbsequent number of the defendant's paper ap-
peareti an article in which the plaintiff was referrel
to as the " Northainptonshire bluebottle," and other
observati tttt s were made upon him. The ground on
which a new' trial was sought was that the verdict
was against the weight of evidence. The Court,
however, did not think the verdict so plainly er•
roueous to call on them to disturb it. The motion
was therefore refused.
RICHARD tivrsoN, described as an aeronaut, and
once in good eireumstanees, but now suffering from
impaired intellect, was tried at the Middlesex Sessions,
cm Tuesday, for stealing some pewter pots. The fact
of the theft was proved, and the prisoner's counsel con-

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SATURDAY,

tended for an acquittal solely on the plea of insanity.
Defendant had been nicknamed " Mad Gypson" by
the boys in the street. He was generally under
the impression that he was a great friend of Napo-
leon Bonaparte's, and spoke ie high terms of his
uncle, and was fond of speaking of his battled. He
had talked about having a new balloon and taking a
trip to dine with the present Emperor. Mr. Berwick, a
contractor for the tents on Chobham-cortmon, stated
that he had known the prisoner six ce seven years ;
his character was always unimpeachable. He now
got his living by writing doggrel poetry, and by
assistance from his friends. He knew right from
wrong generally, but acted ender erroneous im-
pressions. He came to him a short time since and
asked him to go up in a ballaon to see the present
Emperor :
Mr. Sergeant ADANIK said thiscear iuvolved a matter of serious
importance, and one of the met difficult questions to be solved
hi law—namely, that of ntwlness as e defence to a criminal
charge. There was 1110 doubt us to the filets el the case, and the
jury would here to say upon the evideuee whether the prisoner
knew tight from anew, and was eoguisant of the nature of the
act he was committing. They were not to acquit him on any
fancifhl melon about July wrong hapreasion he was under, be-
cause (Wen' crime was cummitt<r iWider 11 wrong impression, and,
if such a defence was to be made the means of escape from
justice, every thief would make the same excuse.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, with a strong re-
commendation to mercy, and his friends afterwards
offering to take charge of him, he was sentenced to
one hour's imprisonment, and then left the court
under their care.
Two FOOTMEN, named Sanders and Crape, were
on Wednesday charged at Marlborough-street with
having obstructed and assaulted the police during
the progress of the fete given on Tuesday by the
Marquis of Breadalbane, in Grosvenor-street. The
police witnesses stated that the prisoners with other
footmen were creating a great disturbance on the
pavement outside the mansion, and, refusing to amend
their behaviour, were taken into custody. This,
however, was not accomplished without violent re-
sistance, and one of the defendants struck a police-
man and knocked hint down. Inspector Mahony
added that the servants at these parties were usually
very disorderly, and it was necessary to have special
regulations for them. In the present ease there had
been fighting and tossing among the servants con •
gregated on the pavement before the police interfered.
The defendant Sanders said he had been ordered
by his master, Lord Verulam, to bring up the carriage,
and he therefore conceived he had a right to wait to
take up :
Mr. Bingham said, at. three ocloek in the morning, when this
disterteutee took place, there would mot he many of the public in
the street—the only persons for whom the street would require
to be kept free from ehstructiou were the gentlemen leaving the
parry. At. these parties there would always be a large number
of servaitts present, who must he kept in order by the police, as,
finding the tune hang heavy on their hands. they would no doubt
fall to bickering and tossing among themselves. But he knew
of no law which would prevent a servant from standing at a door
ready to take up, if he wits mitered there by his to taster. However, ha
should nwouunend the defendants, and other servants under
similar circumstances, to state the rase to the police, and, if then
moved away, to leave their musters and the police to settle
courtt rt, Ile should order' Sanders to lw discharged, but on Crept'',
having nsteudted the constable in the execution of his duty, he
shoulid inflict a tine of 20s.
A Rei.e. having been made absolute, last term, by
which Mr. Sill was struck off the roll of attorneys,
in consequence of his conduct in connection with
the " Brighton card-cheating ease," he applied in
person to the Queen's Bench on Tuesday for a rule
calling upon the Incorporated Law Society to show
cause why that rule should not be rescinded. The
plea on e hick this application was founded was that
of " surprise :"
Lord CAMPBILLL was of opinion that there was no ground for
the application. The whole of the tram otetiou had been brought
before the Court, and Mr. hill had entered into and explained his
conued ion with it to the best of his ability, and with great inge-
nuity. But the transaction spoke for itself, and the Court en-
tertained not the slightest doubt that Mr. Sill had acted in such
a manner that he ought no longer to remain on the roll of

attorneys.
Mr. 3ustice CROMPTON concurred. There WAN no ground for
saying that Mr. Sill had been taken by surprise by the introduc-
tion of fresh matter on the argument of the rule.
Hide refused.
GEORGE WARREN and SAmitei. Moirens, the two
men who were ordered by the House of Conunons to
be prosecuted on the charge of having been guilty of
perjury in their evidence before the Southampton
election committee, have been apprehended, and
ordered by the local magistrate to take their trials
the Nisi Prins sittings at Westminster after next
term, at the suit of the Attorney-General.
Two CHARGES nr PERSoNATION AND PERJURY were
brought before Alderman Wire, at the Guildhall, on
Thursday, arising out of the pending contest for the
City Chamberlainship. Mr. J. F. Emmett, in ten-
dering his vote, had taken the usual oath to the
effect that lie had been a liveryman for twelve calendar
months. Evidence being given that his membership
of a livery was much more recent, the defendant was
ordered to give his own recognizances for his re-
appearance. In the other case one Lawrence Shaw,
having reco a vote in the name of Matthew Cart-
wright, was rewired to find bail before leaving custody
on the remand.

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