The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-21 00:00:00

IRIS li SCHOOLS.

Mr. GOIJLBIJRN then nuwed 19,5001., to defray the expenses
of the charter schools of Ireland.

Mr. J. SMITH said the barbarities which had been practised at
these schools were of such a nature as called loudly for inquiry.
The boys, he understood, had a sickly appearance, in consequence
of the ill.ireatment they had experienced. It was true that when
they were examined publicly they made no complaints; but they
complained privt.tely. There was a system of corruption in the
management or these schools which ought to be put a stop to. The
Committee of fifteen individuals, which had been appointed to re.
form these abuses, he was sorry to say, appeared to have neglected
its duty. It he at last agreed to this vote, he was ignorant of its
nature t and he eould not consent to the expenditure of one farthing
until he received a security from the Right Hon. Gentleman that
there would be no repetition of the barbarities to which he had al-
luded. He trusted the Right lion. Gentlemen would give some
satisfactory information t also in relation to the prosecution and
punishment of the individuals with whom the barbarities had ori.
glinted.
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- Mr GOULBURN said a gradual reduction of these establsh-
ments was proposed. In the first year the reduction would be con-
siderabP, and it would be materially increased during the seconi
year. Children who had been in these schools for some time could
not be turned out without any place of shelter on the instant ; they
must ace and gradually provide for them. An Hon. Member (Sir
J. Newport) suggested on a previous occasion, that those who had
been guilty of barbarities should be punished. The opinions had
been taken of the Law Officers of the Crown. and the result was
that the inquiry was now in a judicial state of proceeding.
Sir J. NEVI PORT said lie obaerved that a part of the vote was
to give Gaieties and gratuities to those persona who had already re-
ceived them. It was for the catechists, whose duty it, was, no the
parochial clergy, to catechise the children without receiving this
sort of emoluniant for it. These schools, it should. be remetutered,
had funds to the amount of 10.0001. per annum, intlepende it of the
Parliamentary grants. Ile contended that one week would have
afforded time sufficient for bringing those to punishment who de-
served it; but seven months had been unnecessarily lost.
Mr. GOULBURN said there would be no misapplication of the
funds supplied by the present grant. It was a difficult thing to
watch over the conduct of schools at that distance. He could
assure the Hon. But lie bad laboured to get time young persons
disposed of. As regarded the report of the Committee of fifteen, all
he need observe was, that it did not reach his office in Ireland until
September, and got to England in November last.
Mr. HUME thought there was no proceeding better calculated
than the present to show how miserable was the Government which
had relation to Ireland. It was cruel to tax the people of England
for the purpose of keeping up such useless and expensive mall-
lishrnents. From the time the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Goul.
burn) took office, every estimate b:gan to increv.se, until the expen-
diture of Ireland became actually snore than that of England. He
felt surprised that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who would find
himself short of money before the cloaca the year. had not inquired
into them fur the purpose of curtailing those expenditures. The
amount of money voted for the support of the chartered schools for
the three years prior to the Union was 13,1)001. ; but since that
period the sum had been even trebled, while the income arising
from theta had never increased, which could only he attributed to
mismanagement. The aggregnte sun, voted for these schools was
7:12,6681. to which if the Income was added, the total cost would
amount to 16,000/. If he thought the Committee would he likely
to support him, he would reject the vote altogether. At all events
he thought the money should be placed under the direction of the
Lord Lieutenant, and not in the power of the Commissioners, who
hail shown themselves so capable of mismanagement.
Mr. GOULBURN said that if the lion. Gentleman would look
to the papers in his hand, he would find with regard to what he had
stated as to the increase of those estimates since he (Mr. Goulburn)
came into office, that the very reverse was the fact. It was tru •
Oat some of the items bad increased in amount, but the tot il
amount had been considerably decreased since he had had the
honour to hold his present situation. In order to show the accuracy
of the Hon. Gentleman, be would only remind the House of the
manner in which the Hon. Gentleman had inveighed 'Taloa the
item for law charges, which he stated amounted to 731)1., whereas
no such sum was or had been ever asked for such I purpose. All

that he asked for that purpose wu 461. ls., which the i
man
Mr. HUM had contErive explained.d to mag Jim Geni
nify to 738 (Hear, bar, and laughter!)l.
Mr. 310`(:K contended that these schools were an unneceaaa
burthen on the country. If they were to be maintained, the pea"
pie of Ireland, for whose exclusive benefit they were, should au
port them. It wu too hard that England should be called tiaLn
for 5.0001. to support the Irish Deaf and Dumb School ; a' ';
should be levied upon the Irish landlords tor the purpfte of rnain-
taining them, and this could scarcely be deemed hard, for the Irish
. gentry paid no land tax, and fewer taxes of any kind than those,/
any part of the empire.
Mr. GRATTAN, as we understood him, said that he had lit
tle objection to such a land tax for the support of these instil
Sir JOHN NEWPORT contended that the mane),
votl,;'•
should not be suffered to go into the same hands as had Abend;
mismanaged it, and he should therefore move as an amendmen;
that the morn of 19.3001. should be issued to the Lurd Lieutenirt
for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Protestant
tered schools of Ireland, and 'for the speedy reduction of the num.
ber of children therein.
Mr. BROODEN said that all sums are voted to the King, and
he wu uncertain whether it was usual to direct as to *howl thole
sums were to be paid for the purposes for which they were voted.
Sir J. NEWPORT said that it was usual to grant money to
Boards.
Mr. GOTILBURX said that all grants were originally tot!),
King. He thought the amendment was regular.
Mr. J. S3IITH supported the amendment. There was a tomer,
feeling in Ireland in favour of supporting those chartered
It was true there had been great corruption on the part of we
masters, for which the managers ought to be punished, tut it was
their duty to have prevented it.
Mr. GOULBURN said that he would never consent to rendn
the manager liable for the barbarity of the master. It was with
the greatest difficulty that the cruelties, which were on all bands
admitted to have been exercised, were at length discovered, and
,
the managers were not quite so much to blame as they would hays
been under other circumstances.
Mr. C. HUTCHINSON said that Dublin had pun, claim
upon this country, in consequence of the losses that city had sager.
eelt
Ice p
by the
repa'rd to pledge
lreiun 'flee
ee hitnßiguelfht Hon. Gentleman, however Ought
that no further demand should La
made upon any future year in aid of these eatabli.hmenta.
After a low words from Mr. F. LEsvis. Mr. HuTTERWOWrs,
Mr. J. SMITH, and Mr. Moues, the Gallery was cleared for •
division ; when there appeared-.

For illeamentlnient
Against it . .
Majority .
. . . .

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The original motion was than'agreed to.
On the motion for a grant of 9,01101. to the Society for discounte.
fencing Vice in Ireland,
Mr. GOULDURN ruppmted the expediency of such a grant.
Mr. bPRIND RICE objected to any such grant, and coin.
plained of it as an insult to the Established Church its Ireland.
HUNT; protested against the people of England be tared
for such purposes, and moved as an aniendtucnt that a sum tit 34jel.
be substituted for that .E9OOOl.

Mr. GORDON supported the amendment.
The House divided, when there appeared--
Fur the original motion . . .
Against it
Majority - . .
On our return to the Gallery we found
Mr. HOME objecting to have the public money voted away at
that late hour. He wished that they &book; report progress, rota
leave to sit again.
Mr. 00/(1)0:kJ requested his Honourable mend (Mr. Hume)
not to give any further opposition, as DO favourable result could tole
low it.

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Mr. 00CLEURN said that when the subject was before the
'louse the other evening, the discussion had been postponed to so.
commodore the lion. Member for Aberdeen, aria he therefore
thought it unreasonable in him to object to the business being prs
needed with.

Ht.;llE said that he objected Ns the late hour of the night.
It might be very well for llonuurable Members who dtd not live at
a distance to protract business to a late hour ; but he would retorts.
mend an adjournment. which could not impede, business. He
still thought tt was not right to vote away tile public money at tbet
hour.

Mr. J. W. CROKER said the discussion had been potstpolied
for the accommodation of the Honourable Gentleman, and bt
wished th.t engagements when made shduld be attended to.
Mr. HUMS replied that no engagement bad been broken by
him. lit had always been of opinion that the House should id.
journ at twelve o'ch,ck, and he had stated that opinion on seittd
occasions to the House.

Mr. GRATTAN recommended that those votes, which the Hoc.
Gent. thought unobjectionable, should be pa.vaed, as it facilitated
business, and he certainly thought it an advastage, that as much of
the business of the -House as possible night be disposed of with me
little delay as !I possible.
Mr. L11231E said, that though some of the votes might be unols.
jectiunable, yet he would not consent to the business being then
gone into. Irish Members might be anxious to have those passel.
but he could not (standing up for Scotland) content to any inch
thing.
Afters few further observations from Mr. Spring Rice and Colo.
eel Johnston, _•_ _ . _ -

Mr. 111151 E moved that the Committee report progress, with
leave to sit again on Wednesday neat..
Agreed tp.
The House then resumed.
DEBTOR AND CREDITOR ARRANGEMENT BILL
The further consideration of the report on the Debtor and Credi.
for Arrangement Bill was postponed till to-morrow.
The other Orden .of the They were then disposed of, anti the
House Adjourned at ONE o'Ci.ocx.

INSOLVEN7' DEBTORS' COURT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRIT/sH PRESS.

20th March, 1826.

Si R—Could I flatter myself that by any humble effortof
mine the Commissioners would be induced to attempt a
correction of the practice of their Court, by an adoption of
all or any of the regulations which I have before suggested,
and which, I 'Ave reason to conclude, have been repeatedly
before them, the observations of a correspondent, who, I
presume, is, like myself, an Attorney of the Court, would
have long since been unnecessary. He must be well aware,
that, in common with the profession, I must be anxious to
see the business transferred from agents to regular Attor-
neys, who have a character and property at stake ; but
when I see the most barefaced practices exposed, and the
plainest remedies pointed nut through the public press, under
the immediate attention of the Commissioners, who, instead
of at once preventing the abuses complained of, content them •
selves with censuring them,what respectable man can promise
himself that his suggestions are deemed worthy of notice ?
or refrain from thinking, that what a certain Noble Lord
so justly says of public men and their measures, applies
as strictly, to this Court and its officers? If, indeed, (by
a train of well digested and concise rules, promulgated
am mg those most concerned,) the Commissioners had
rendered it impossible for any attorney to obtain an order
who had no regular certificate, &c.; if the additional
documents which I pointed out were annexed to every
schedule, such as the copy affidavit of debt, the
sheriffs' warrant, the proecipe, bail piece, and notice of
surrender; if the business were thrown open to ell
attorneys desirous of conforming to the rules of the Court,
with liberty to transact every branch of it themselves, as in
other cases, and the names of themselves and clerks were
transmittel to the Stamp-Office and the London prisons
in alphabetical order, together with the rules of Court; if
no clerk were employed but in the attorneys offices; if
prisoners had the opportunity of selecting their own st-
ton.eys by an inspection of a public list ' • if the gaolers
were recommended to purge their prisons of those volun-
tary prisoners who are so well known to tht.m, af-
ter the example set by Mr. Brown, of the Fleet Pri-
son ; and if it were known that every surrender, re-
moval, or proceeding, transacted in person, would he
strictly examined auto at the hearing,—the London prisons
would not be beset, nor the Court attended, as they new
are. the agents must become real clerks, or quit this
branch of business altogether; the daring practices of
those acting in person must be reduced to comparative
insignificance, and the unfortunate debtor would be re-
lieved from that weight of perjury and crime, which, it is
to be feared in too many instances, hare marked him out
as the sure prey of his unprincipled attorney. If, how-
ever, none of these be attempted, though the abuse be
obvious and the remedy plain, without either noise or
ostentation, I must conclude that the Commissioners are
perfectly satisfied with the practice of their Court. I am,
Sir, your very obedient servant,

A PRACTITIONER•

PF. It I I .—We have seldom had greater cause for lauding
the public spirit of our Magistrates than at prt sent. The
activity of the Lord Provost in particular, in the rotting
up of petitions against the contemplated change of the
currency, is beyond all praise. It is a vile libel upon his
Lordship's disinterestedness to trace all his activity for
the country's weal, to the circumstance of his being sore
agent here for the Bank of Scotland. Neither self nor pelf
could possibly in any way influence him on the subject.
It is to be regretted that althongli our county boroneh
politicians, high in place and power, arc evincing a ho-
coming concern for one pound notes, nothing hut
apathy for the fate of the slim representatives t'or twenty
shillings is discovered by the body of the pepulatiou.—
Dundee Advez tiser.

PRICES OF.BIUTISH
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Vitt, Acct. 771 3 I
?few 4 per Cent. Kt/ j
Itoni. 4 t pm

PRICEY 011 FOREIGN
Inrazi:han Kond. rd 7 64
li••nde 50 * 50
C 210•ri1'ian
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Pitt • Acct. 411$ 541* .4pi j *
Intne,t. Itond. I rr2s • 2.4 j .4
Paco Acct. 55* 4.;
French Renee* 5 per Cent. lit. ei
Twthnnee 25f. tek.
Pitt, .tort.
Trenc!. Bente, 3 per Cent.63r. 75r.
•7tt.
Lea :Nit. 61k. 55e.

ITOCKS YESTERDAT.
Ex. Nina 10001. 6 COs
Ditto OWL

Ditto Small 4 6 pan
Lottery Tickets 211. 11..

s FUCKS YESTERDAY.
greet Bonds
Ditto Bonds 18251
Ditto Aect. 171 17 I
Mexican Bonds
Ditto Bond• ;WWI% Cif I
Ditto Acct. Of a bi
Peruvian Bonds 311
Ditto Acct. 32
Portuguese Bonds 74 31 3
Russian Bonds 7213
Ditto Acet. Is
Spanish Bonds 10 Of 10 j
Ditto Acct. 101 6
Ditto Bonds (10231 7 et;

titr 13ritiOh 13refUS_

ENGLIS!! OPERA-110USIL
PASSION WEEK.

This Evening, TrlsnAT, March 21 ; WEDNESDAY, March 29 ; and
7HISR•P‘I, Ranh iS, being poNitively the LAST NIGHTS until next
tbe LFCTU R§ll on ASTRONOMY by Mr. BARTLEY.
DVUTII open at Half-peat Six, and begin at Seven.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
"110 wo' letter is received ; but, after what we have already said on the
c„b en t, he mod not think UV nneourteona in decliaing Its insertion.

- - -
The Ilerms• hose commenced publishing yesterday mottle, M ha&
port Ave o'clock.

LONDON, TUESDAY, Adadien 11. 1816.

The following satisfactory statement respecting his MA
:CSII.S health was published yesterday :

" King's Lodge, March 20, 1826.
" The King has had a very good night. Ili! Majesty Is eon.
cales4.-ent. '• Ih.YIY iiaLFOll)."

HEATH OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL

The French Papers received last night announce the
above event, intelligence of which reached Paris by a te-
legraphic desratch. The previous accounts from Lisbon
wen such as left little doubt of the approaching catastrophe.
The French l'apets also mention the appointment of the
Unlit de VI I.ILNIANkY as Director of the Caine d'Amor-
tissement (Sinking Fund), in the room of Count Mottle sr,
who had resigned in consequence, as it is supposed, of
tht. particulars disclosed in the discussion on the St. Do-
mingo indemnity.
[From the Etoile dated Sunday.

PARIS, MARCH 10.
A telegraphic despatch, received yesterday evening, announces
the dealt of the King or Portugal.
On 4,h instant his Majesty was attacked with an apoplectic
fit, together with epilepsy. On the Sth and 6th his malady in-
to such a degree as to create the greatest alarm for his life.
Amer the crisis of the 6th, his Majesty experienced no new at.
tack till the 9th. when his malady returned with augmented
v,icnce to which the King yielded, and laid down his life on the
10:h. a: six in the evening.
At the departure of the Courier, the Princess Isabella Maria,
w:dest daughter of the King. acted as Regent.
Lisbon wes quite tranquil.
We are enabled to state that the legation of his Majesty, the
King of Portugal, has not despatched a Courier to the Infant Don
Miguel, who is in Vienna, to announce the illness of the King, his
father, as a Journal of this day asserts.
It was not by the telegraph. as the Journal des Orbs,* Ram but
by a 4 ourier sent to the Portuguese embassy, that the news of the
late hinges illness was received. _ _

John VI. King of Portugal, Emperor of Brazil, was born May
13,1747. From 1792 he governed in the character of Regent, in
the name of the Queen. his mother, who was affected with mental
alonation. Ile succeeded her in 1817. and was crowned at Rio
J-ntiro, to which place he had retired on the invasion of Portugal
by Buonapatte, who, in the hove of seizing his person, lost no
time in prodoiming that the !Loupe of Brogans& had ceased to
reign. John VI. while still but Prince of Brasil, married, in 1790.
the Infanta Charlotte Joachima, daughter of King Charles IV. of
:pail.
The Infanta Isabella Maria, who now acts as Regent, is the
fmrth daughter 01 Jolla VI. rine was born July 4, inoi.
thy. of the parer. asserts, that, by the Treaty of Commerce be-
tween France nod Brazil, the duties on French merchaninse are re-
duced 15 use cent. We think this Journal is ill informed on this
subject. and t;rct the commerce of France will he placed on the
footing of that of the most fait:tared nation, with, probably, the
stook exception of ''ortugal.
Tie proprietor. of several theatrical journals have just been sum-
moned before iha Joist- efitotruction. The following are pogi-
lively mentioned t---1 he F'undesr, the Figaro, the Norst•raith.,
onl the Cc, 'air. It is &aid they are accused of a tendency to
plane.
Account' from Cologne say, that the society of speculators in
roll at Berlin have formed a fund of three millions and a 11411 of
r• s tionant, for the purpose of a.tlstirg the owners of eras, and
k:epicg up the price of that article.
ST. PIE7EIISIII' ROTI, FEB. 21.

creer to abridge the labour, of the Commission establishad
lin.e ILIA. to prepare one commt•n code of lawn for the whole
f:a•sc,n Empire, his bfajes'y has ordered that this Commission
10%11 be united to his private cbancc!lrrii•. under the prenidence of
O.: Net-rotary of State, Mourarieff, and that it shall make to him,
by tl!_e President. monthly or quarterly reports. The name decree
lire taken the Presidency of this Commission from Prince La-
p e„ who lie4d it till aow.
Gar marine, which had neatly fallen to decay. la about to ex.
vintner a salutary reform, by the recd to office of Vice•Admirsl
Z.`=":atrine, known, so much to his glory, by his expeditions in the
rrarean, and who has been left so long in a state of io.
"!‘'.v. Ilia nomination to the place of Adjutant-General to the
E•r-icior, for Maritime Affair', and the establishment of a t4ptchil
which is to occupy itself with the regeneration of our
Na y. hare filled ■ll our mariners with joy, and give a certain
1,',-rre:Gf the accomplishment of our hopes.
ne Comniinpicn toe conducting the inquiry relative to the events
•t t?ie 21Oh Dicen.lier, is constantly occupied with matters con.
• '•d with that affair. Before this object, which is of such irn-
y -.iere to tie tottery of the elate and keeps all minds in ouppense,
• • rnp!-•tely "et at rest, it in not thought that the Coronation of
..- Majesty can take place at 31oncow.
'file body of the &ceased Emperor arrived on the 12th March
Z

FItENIAT Ft*ND.I.—PARIR, MARCH In.—Five per Cents. W.
•`):•: nree tents. r..lts. 95c.; Four and a Half rn. Cents.
:. Se ; Bata flock, 2.001.11: Neapolitan Renter, 721.. 300.
h Low,. 4.8;1. Hay tien ditto. 740. Egelisnge on London
i• e mama', 23r. eoc. ; Tares months, Yst. 25c.--Ceurs

The pment impact or affairs in Europe opens a wide

field for meditation. The events of every day furnish a
new trubj,..ct of prophecy, while it adds one page more to
the history of the sports of Patinae and the vicissitudes
or Greatness. While the Greek struggles were exciting
the hopes and. sympathies of all the friends of freedom
iu Europe, and while they were pausing in doubt whether
that classical laud was to be rescued from the sacrilegious
gripe of the turbaned Ottoman, or whether the Grand
Turk, being legitimate, it was to yield to the pretensions
of the Triple Alliance—all their sanguine anticipations
were on a sudden disconcerted by the announcement of
the death of ALEXANDRA ! No circumstance could have
tak.n the political world more by surprise—no news
from St. Petcraburgh could have been more unlooked for,
or have thrown the Cabinets of Paris and Vienna into
;Teeter perturbation. What turn this event will give to
the affairs of Greece, was a question a thousand times
uketl, and—had it been possible—would have been an-
swered with • thousand different answers ; fortunately,
t..e option lay between two opinions, for either the
Emperor NICHOLAS will pursue the same course of policy
ES his predecessor, and keep aloof from the contest; or he
will incline to the disposition of the majority of his peo-
ple. and give his voice for the regeneration of Greece.
It't.re he cordially so disposed, lie might regenerate it
almost without en effort ; but that he will take even a
single step towards bringing about this great end, we are
very little disposed to believe. How, indeed, can we
expect soy thing like zeal in such a cause, from any one of
the Continental Sovereigns? The utmost that can be
reckoned upon on the part of Russia is, that she should
decline all interference. Iler policy, no doubt, would be
to suffer the exterminating warfare between the Greeks
and their oppressors to go on unchecked—to look on
while they were wasting their resources and wearing
down their strength—anti to keep herself in a con-
dition to pro& by that period of their mutual help-
lessness, which should enable her to interpose her good
qficce with effect. But Ur. CANNING, in the in-

terra!, is well aware of the policy dictated by the
interests of England. Ile is too shrewd a statesman
not to have been long since alive to the restless ambition
of Russia, to her projects in Turkey, and to the disposi-
tion she has publicly manifested to extend her southern
frontier. "Cet empire Raise," says Vo LTA las in a letter
to le C,ompte D'ARGENT•T , written in the year 1762
deviesdra Parbitre du Nord: Je roes es ATERTIS Mes-
sieurs les Francais." Russia is at this moment too much
occupied with her own internal dissensions to have leisure
for arbitrating between her neighbours; but if, when she
has settled her own differences, she shall find Turkey
sufficiently exhausted, her march lies wide and open to
Constantinople; and she may there put an end to hostilities
in a manner that may well put other nations besides
Messieurs his Fiuncuis on the alert. The possibility of
her fleets riding triumphantly in the Mediterranean can be
no very consoling speculation to any of the European
Powers. The mission of the Duke of WELLINGTON to
St. Petersburgh at the present crisis, we feel assured, has
been dictated by the soundest political wisdom; we hasard
nothing in affirming that its object is essentially connected
not merely with the interests of Great Britain but with the
tranquillity of Europe. Its influence on the Greek cause
must be considerable. The Sovereign of Ausrau♦ is
sufficiently jealous of his great Northern Rival to listen to
the prudent counsels of the British Cabinet; and though
he may not be brought openly to countenance the claims of
Grecian independence, from the dread of disturbing the
spirit of passive obedience in his own dominions, he may
yet be made to look a little more steadily than he has
hitherto done to his own security, and to co-operate in that
system of enlightened policy, which would prevent the
subjugation of the Greeks from augmenting the already
dangerous pretensions of his Imperial Brother.

CITY, 111oxnAir EVENING.

Business was transacted to-day to a very limited extent
in the Stock Market 3, and Consols continued for the greater
part of the morning at 771, alternately buyers and sellers.
At the close of the Market, however, the Funds gave way,
and the last bargains were done at Exchequer Bills
were is. 4a. pr. ; and India Bonds 4s. 3s. pr.

The intelligence received this morning from Portugal
had a serious effect upon the Bonds of that country, which
fell from 75 to 73/. This was the principal variation in
the Foreign Market to-day, and indeed the above quotation
was merely nominal, as speculators were not inclined to do
business in them. The following prices were reported in
other Securities :—Colombian Bonds 491; Mexican Six
per Cents. 65?; Brazilian Bonds 56 to 57 ; Milian Ditto
30; Danish 55 ; Russian 78f ; Greek 174 ; and Spanish
lot
In Shares the chief interest was in Tlalpuxahua Shares,
which, from Friday's price of 201. premium, have fallen to
par, on account of a report of a firm who are large holders
being in difficulties.