The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-06-27 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
THURSDAY. JUNg

An Evening Print, that reported the inaudible de-
claration of Mr. Fon, in the Howe of Commons,
yesterday announceJ an attack by the combined
fleet upon Trincomalee, in the Island of Ceylon.
The combined fleet sailed from Cadiz on the 10th
of April, and Trincomalee is a voyage of between
three and four months. We do not know what
wind it was that carried the enemy to Trincomalee
in 74 days, but, it was, no doubt, the Reporter of
Mr. Fox's ineudibk speech, who brought the
news home. A report did, indeed, prevail
yesterday that the Combined Fleet had pro-
ceeded to the Brazils ; an event which we consider
very probable. It is also a fair speculation to pre-
sume, that a part of it is destined to sweep the In-
dian Seas, and that it will visit the Cape of Good
Hope and Ceylon in its way.

The business of the Impeachment of Lord Vis-
eouut Mtivii.r.r. was yesterday resumed in the
House of Commons. Mr. WUITIKEAD, in obe-
dicoce to the order of the House, proceeded to the
bar of the House of Lords, arid there delivered the
resolution for the Impeachment of his Lordship. He
was accompanied by Mr. Fox, Mr. GREY, Lord H.
PETTY, and several other Gentlemen. On their re-
turn to the Commons, a Committee of twenty-one
Members was chosen to prepare the articles and
manage the impeachment. Mr. Witt was
first chosen, on the motion of Earl TEmr ;
and Mr. %Vat r :MAD then nominated the remain.
ing twenty ; all of them, as will be seen in our
report, principal Members of Opposition. Mr.
WIIITORIAD has always held a distingoished
rank in Parliamentary Debate; but even the most
partial of his friends did not give him credit to the
full extent of the ability which he has displayed
upon the present occasion. In such hands, and
wi..b such coadjutors, the country may rest as•
cured that the business will be condutled in the
most complete and efficient manner. Some may
think, from the preference given by Viscount Mei.•
vi t.t.e's friends to the mode of Impeachment, that
it holds out a better chine of acquittal ; but there
are no grounds fur such a suspicion. The mode
now adopted is, that which was originally proposed
by Opposition, as the most efficient ; and they oh-
jested to it on Tuesday night, not because they had
changed their opinion_ of its efficacy, but becaus: it
disturbed a solemn Vote of the House of Com-
mons. As much care is necessary to prepare the
Articles of Impeachment, it is probable that no.
thiag farther will be done in' it, dunes the presets:

NEN

Session. In the case of Mr. HASTINCI, the Rene
of Commons determiaeJ, that a Diss-eutinn
not abate an Im;seachment, and we are n. 4 aware
of any other casualty which it may be neceseny
to provide for, unless it be the place: of trial.—
The old House of Lords was very coniard,
and afforded very little space below the bar; it be.
came, therefore, 46,0/ete4 necessary in the caw of
Mr. HAS I'l NI; 5, p rrticuldrly :is the H use of Con:.
mons re .olved to attend the prosecution in a 'body,
to ere& a temporary building in Westminster Hall.
The present House cf Lords affords much better
accommodation than the old one, and it is probable
that the House of Gammons will not think it or.
cessary to attend in a body. It may, however,
interesting to know the arrangements and forte
upon that occasion, which commenced in February
178 i, and is the latest precedent. A temporary
building was ere.led in Westminster Hall,
filled that large space, leaving only a narrow passage
on the lett band side to the several Courts. It was ax,
ranged in the tellowieg manner : The Chancelhe,
at the upper end, from the !I all-gate, sat onderasette
canopy. The Judges and Masters in Chancery were
below him ; Heralds and attending Officers about
them. The Royal Box was upon the right hand of
the Chancellor; on his left the Box for the Princes:
Dukes, Marquisses, and Viscostens, vine below the
latter; the Bishops on the side with the former; ii.e
Earls and Barons sat on sir tows between them.
The Defendant, near the door, fronted the Chan.
cellor, his Counsel upon his sight hand; the Lox
for evidence between the Counsel for Prosecution
upon his left. The Committee of the Haase of
Commons ss.re behind their Counsel. The Sho;:.
hand Wtiter, Bl.,rit Rod, &c. on the othee
side. The Retie of Centri.an;, Foreign lei.
nisters, and Del,e ui Nz wc As rt.; filled t!::
left side of entraitca. Oa the right heal wrre
Peeresses, Boards of Works, and Mar in!s of Salts.
suer. The seats for Peers adjoined the Courts re.
Chancery and King's Bench. T: opposite cad cr
the Hall had, on one side, six r.-ore rows 4•r
Peeresses ; on the other, the ream nier
of Commons, with the Lord High
box between them. Guards, horse and foot, .1.
tended without, to the number of 350. 'V e Wee-
rainster magistrates and constables were all:: on
duty. The House of Commons came at eheree
o'clock, on the 13th of February, 1754, and
Lords at twelve. Soon after M-. IN:rises wz.
summoned to the Bar. After he had knelt pi,
formd, and was standing at the B.tr, he was ad.
dressed by the Loan CHANCEL tor in a short speed.,
to which he made a short answer, asserting
innocence. The charges were then read, and Af.e:
each charge, the answer. The Q:•ears, Patecessts,
the Prince of Wa Es, and several of the Itre.l
Dukes, were present. The Peers were in tit it state
dress. They all, on entering, bowed to the throne.
The Bishops did not bow. The Managers were is
full dress. Visy few of the Commons were in fell
dr..ss. Their scats were covered with green cheh.
The rest of the building was red. Mr. HASTINGS
stood for some time ; on the motion of a Peer, the
CHANCELLOR ordered him a chair, upon which he
sat the whole time, except occasionally when he
spoke to his Counsel.

His MAUSTV will hold a Cnuncil of the Cabinq
Ministers this day a: two o'clock, at the Qui sN's
House, and will receive the R moony x's Report of
the persons under sentence of death in the prison Lt.
Newgate.
Yesterday morning the 111.14111 AN
transacted business at I.ord Mucus AVE'S Office.

Yea lay, about two o'clock, the Loop CN•r•
C1.L1.06 ted Mr. Pi cr.

A Letter from Paris, says : - " It is highly wor-
thy of notice in a political view, that The dem. an
English newspaper at Paris, has been taken by high
authority from the Irishmrn, Got. osst TY, and
DUtTOa. Its present editor is a Mr. CLAIIIII.•-•
The house of Du its tin and GALIONANI, book-
sellers, at Paris, is engaged in p.rint:ng a vast num-
ber of books in the English language."
A Letter from Embden, dated May V.. says—
" Mr. PAT rwtsw., brother to Mrs..lgllol/C &NA-
, Alt rr, arrived here yesterday, accomoanied by a
M. CAM US. who returned with Prince JakOMZ from
America. Mr. PATILISUM expeded to find his sister
arrived here from England. lodgings having he
engaged for her, and the French Government hav-
ing &WWI that she should await the final aide's of
her brother-in-law, the EA11.114011, at this place."
There was a small reduAion in the price of wheat
yesterday, at the Corn Exchange ; flour sells at
last prices; oats have fallsm ; beans and pease ale
rather higher ; barley anti malt as our last.
In the cause of PARKfiI:itST O. L•l4lllkre in td's
Court of King's Reach, no Tuesday, Colonel Titer s-
To% was rejeded as hail. During his examination by
Cou .scl, he said ho had offere.l his house in West-
mincer-road for six hogsheads of claret t that Its
had lately been airestea ;rum than one hunched
times ; and that he was ready to swear he was worth
above 400,i 001.
At the Public Oface, Row-street, yesterdays
Wellians Morsholl was examined, and fully corn-
t•-)r trial upon a trigs: of having astau:ted
aiad falsely imprisoned a p-rsost named Ron' osos,
and kept him in prison for a
lingtime, until he bad
eztortel and ohttined from him 41. Is. al. for to ea-
larl,ovnt and discharge, under a threat of p!ole-
cuttici Roatasuri for a rrcended oieace con:Land
by Lim in insuring 4: the ktttry.

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CE (GIN AI. POETRY.

PI:ILLIs OF WARLEY.

9....ent1: the pa!e Munn, th.st r.rges ynn sky,
sendor fed en, in Ilse air -et wi ding glade,
A wt.,: e‘v tho.:vlit she es. nigh,
the mere for her, the longer sh- staid.
T., ,r, breese, that fre.hen%l the grove,
Aril the bright etur.n*ring rill t!rit glided along,
Artrieted my stews, sitil pith pleasant 11 MVO,
type; to be charm's! •ith my Phillies suss.

the vnnoth velvet green which yen • mansion
adores.
put :he nok'sspresding hrmelhes that sesharut wave
syn.", the light bounding and the busk skipping
ATI the translucent Ord, which the soft margin laves.
let what are thew:ventr 1.-'Tis the Nymph 1 artn i re,
Niit the hmutiev of sirrinl with her can compare ;
(F ; lymen has lighted the torch of desire)
Ind all nature Phillis be there.

Sot the iihe pasts on, as 1 wander foilom,
m..lnistlit`ii solemn gloom now mantles the grin',
to 1 tr a 1 back my 'teals with the fresh breathing morn,
In ho to titeet with the girl that I love.
Boracks, 234 June, lao3.
• ttoindon I la.l, the Seat of Lord P,tre.

7111 M.-IRCUIWIRRS OF SALISM7RPS
v!) SUPPER.

The Marctiiiiess f.l>lll:6Y hid last night,
at her house in Arlington-street, a small but selea
yrty, to cards and supper, at which was displayed
evei nrity nf the sea,on. Taste and elegance pre-
sided. In this elez at assemblage were,

114 Royal Highness di:, Uuk.. of Cambridge, the Marchio-
ness 4/ st.riurd, the M aqui* r.f Dn.nglas. Counte.se.--M,sr.
fngton, E.d;Num.s.t, Hudwicact. Cadi‘le, Stanhnne, and
Jerem,.Ff Earli—Stanhoor, Chatham. And Emsiskill.u. I.a-
d~e,-..Yore,
Haathnnto. B:sne.l..rk, and H. ri:acrall.
Vtity, H. heanclert, Cranley, So 3114 Prim-
e' Sohn ; Mrs. lialts.VLlie:s, Poole, and Wore.
Cal. Murton, Mi.' Hale., and Miss Poole.

Yesterday mnrnirg His MAJESTY, and the Prin-
res AVGCST %, SOPHIA, and Aat A. attended by
(err! MUNSTER, General FITZROY, and the Hon.
Enwrom, to ,k an airing on horseback in
Windsnr Great Park. Her MAJESTY and the othzr
P. INCES,vs wcrit to Frogmore.
1..z1y READ left town on Monday for the surrosnr.
Tile Marquis of Sr arroao gave a grand dinner
Tnterday.
Mr. Wham POITERN cottage at Fulham is now
6n,51i.(1, and is eorsi lerod a chef d'o•arre of taste.
liyaoyal Highness the Prince of Wales hai five
lwos in sun at Brighton Races.
The East of Ct.zasaosT gay:. a grand dinner on
Monday.
Mrs. StonaN his played three nights at Sunder-
land, to crou ' houses.

The 'I. I.OO:CELLFS and family left town
vo Sunday for H:rewood House, Yoskshire.
lady Brooac rEcitzt.t will leave town this clay
for tht. <rason.

Oa Wednesday the ..Ith, the Rev. Tactic's Go-
rorra, Fellow of F.m.tnuel College, was in.tituted
to the Living of Whitchureh CAnosieornm. Dor-
setshire, by the Lord Bishop of BRISTOL, v.. ated
by the death of the R rr. Mr. Moss.

Sir DAVID WED Dean to; e and fAmily have left
town for the season.

Bibutv races commenced on Tilts& y with great
edit. Lord FOLLY was the victor of the day.
Our readers are aware that Gentlemen ride their
n horses at those races.

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The changei&eness of the weatbsir in this coun-
try has often r :en the stibjed of observation. On
the eycoing of Monday, being Midsummer-day, the
t Ilea of the weather on different persons vas very
übsetv.ible in Vauxhall Gardens ; a Gentlernan ap-
peared in a great coat and boots, and a las.ly had
hold of his arm with only her hair dressed, and
without peen a shawl u;ron her neck.
On Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, the
wed known end venerable oak, called Fairlop Tree,
on Henault Forest, in Essex, was discovered to be
on fire. Tier. fire 140 diteovered by one of the fo-
re, et ; and a number of persons who reside within a
xh.s.t 4:nance of the spot, went with pails and pro-
tin ed water to extinguish the flames, but without
Lta ; me main branch on the south side, with part
of the body, being consumed. It continued burning
yesterday morning, and very little hopes vette en-
tertained ur saving ally part of it. This celebrated
tree weaned forty-eight feet round the body, and
several of the arms measured from 10 to 12 feet. It
A2ded about an acre 1 .nd. It is supposed to be
fire hundred years old. Tuesday morning a party
of snout sixty went from London in several car-
'SAW,. They amused themselves during the day
with Alit.g at cricket anti Vitt _OP. Odle( sports.
They niade a fire near iz, and, about two hours
after thee had kit Cse spot, the tree was discovered
to he on rite.
Thore has tardy appeared a proditaion. where
h^a.: MA and splendid Scenery, super) Dresses,
heady crammed and impres,ive Music, s. 'th excel.
lent See.: t tea Choruses, have been haapily
bleed, d s• •th a well-atrarlged and interesting Suit y,
11‘ in Near Gland Site. acie of Iw:7e,, :he Bei-
lob Prints is. at t!,e ROYAL els crs. .1 the va.
rive of its captivating Scenes, the Ipettirl one,
with the Snug and Chorus of the Druids, lias a very
imsres4se etrea—that between Cymbelime and Cajal
on the latter ,Demanding ttibrite, is at once
sut erb, and truly chatalteristic of British
tl e general tattle b•nwteu t 11.: RUINOUS and Brawn
the various emuhars, ..nd the w!iole of the conclud•
lagare condatted, and create an
animating .call h.ghly pl.asiug sms.it:on. Certainly
a Scher entertairinsent can be met with at no ;inm-
ate' rheum. than what this Piecc, the singing of
lint Silent. Miss F.:now, and her !whammies on
Ft•rte ; TI,. Alval Tide ; or, llerirgajx
eamOsers the aunaired riding of Mat:van, and
therscap::.panpng Entertainments, produce.

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L.IIE 1 YE!. /.lar.ver.
COURT OF N.ING' BENC', WESTMINSTI.It4
MAN DANII7S.
Mr. ere tit Wit CIA AS moved fora Mandamus
to be dtre&ed to the Bishop of Oxford, diterling
him to appoint the Rev. If. Wright to be Curate ot
:Ittolain of the pat ish of Pidtlington, in the county
of 0 4ord. The right of presentation belonged to
the inhahi:ants of the parish, who, norm elolion,
nominate immediately to the Bishop ; and, upon
the death of the I.tte incumbent, they elelied the
Rev. W. Pearson to that situation. The annual
salary of the curate being 401. per annum, and the
parishioners considering it insufficient, entered into
an agreement with him to allow him 291. lOs. addi-
tional, to be levied by certain rates. upon his enter-
ism into the duties of his oflice. Upon application
to the Bishop, to confirm the nomination of the pa-
rishioners, his Grace des;red to see Ibis agreement,
and, upon its being put into his hands, he appeared
much displeased, and declared it was simonical ;
upon which the parishioners agreed to waive that
presentation, and nominated the Rev. Mr. Wright,
whose appointment the Bishop also refused to con.
firm. On application to his Grace's secretary, he
threatened a prosecution for simony, which was af-
terwards carped into effea ; an aeliort was brought
against the parish for simony, and the Plaintiff non.
suited In the mean time, the Bishop himself ap-
pointed a your. man to the curacy. The parish
then memorialed the Bishop, butt received no an-
swer ; they then threatened to bring an eje&ment,
for the purpose of trying their rights ; bat thought
it better, on the whole, to apply to their Lordships
for a Mandamus.

The Court granted a conditional rule.
CONSPIRACY.

TO: KING V. COL. PASLINGMAM WWI JOHN EDWARD;.

The Defendants were this day again brought up
for judgment, convidieci of a conspiracy against
George Townie .•' Forester, Lay. of which we have
already given some reports.
The affidavit. of the Defendant, F.dwards, was
put in, which stated, that he had a wife and rir
young children ; that, in consequence of Mr. Fo-
rester's making him a bankrupt, he was reduced to
the utmost indigei,ce, and his wife and childien
would be obliged to go on the parish.
The joint affidavit of several persons was Olen
read—from which it appeared, that the Dep:ments
had known him for many years, and stated hum to
be a man of the rno,t upright and !ionest principles,
and of the strittest integrity and v•rscity, and a
firm supporter of his King all Const,.ution ; that
he had espoused the cause of Mrs. F.:rester, from
his affeeicin to her, as a neat relation ; and what he
had dOI,C was rather an error of the h ad than of
the heart ; he was a man of warm •eruper, And zea-
lous in the caire of his frierul.

Mr. Bah sir, on the part of the Defendants, ad-
dressed the 4.urt in a most eloquent an.l i.npressive
speech ; he expressed his let lings upon the occasi
hi the st ingest terms : he trusted the Court would
feel the considerable degree of embairassment, un-
der which the Counsel of shell ientlemen labisred,
and he wished he could altorther withdraw the af-
fidavit of Colonel Passingham, from the Records
of the Court. He confessed it was impossible he
could colour a transattion, which could bear no
change. The only use of charalter, after convic-
tion, was to shew, that the party was not of iginally
depraved These Gentlemen had heretofore b'irne
irreproachable eh:traders, which appealed upon the
testimony of most honourable meu ; it was a mat-
ter of mere opinion, whether a party was capable
of a crime of this nature, but it was for the Court
to decide upon the evidence of witnesses; and,
when persons were reduced in life, when untoward
circumstances might have occurred, the Court al-
ways had the humanity to hear, in courtesy to the
Bar, any thing that might be offered in mitigation.
He then said, that his acquaintance with Colonel
Passingham was of a long standing; that Gentle-
man was bred in the school of adversity ; and, from
the manner he had condudled himself, early recom-
mended ;fun to his notice. Though bred up as ille-
gitimate, he was the legitimate grandson of a gen-
tleman of great rank and respeßability, nardely,
Mr. Wynne, of Merionethshire; he married early
in life ; and the Learned Counsel expressed great
satisfaetion in having been the instrument of esta-
blishing him ant his brother in their parental rights;
and when they had obtained them, they were sig-
nal examples of benevolence and generosity. There
were many circumstances which could not properly
be urged openly by Counsel ; but their Lordships
were accustomed to take into their private consider.
ation those circumstances. The Defendant, Col.
Passingham, stood charged with one great crime,
namely, that of adultery with the wife of his friend ?
But, he would ask, were there not situations in
which the most virtuous man was not sometimes
entangled in his vices and passioas ? He then ad-
verted to the evidence, from which he contended,
there did not appear any subornation of witnesses
on the part of the Defendants; and he called the
attention of the Court to the evidence of Col. Ince,
whose testimony was not disturbed by the verdift of
the Jury. Nothing was more shocking than the
evidence given by this gentleman; evidence suffi-
cient to persuade Colonel Passingham, that Mr.
Forester was a man of unnatural propensities ; tho'
he admitted he stood in serious rebuke before their
Lordships, with respeft to Mrs. Forester; yet it
might be fairly urged, that he was persuaded he
was delivering a woman from a person of such a
description, as that no female could associate with.
This, he submitted, in some degree lessened the ig-
nominy of the charge ; and, unless their Lordship
were prevented by their judicial charaßer ; unless
;they were no longer men, because they were Judges;
and, unless they had entirely forgotten the frailties
of human nature; he trusted their Lordships before
they should pronounce their judgment, would anx-
iously and studiously consider the sensations which
were passing, at that moment, in the minds of
those gerhieinen. He returned their Lordships
thanks, for the indulgence they had given him, in a
hearing, which he •wvd to the principles of human-
ity, in the hour of trial and alliftion. He concluded
by declaring, that, up to that fatal hour, he had
been proud to consider himself the friend of Colonel
Passingham.
Messrs. Toe ? inn and ?show/ followed on the
1 same side; tl.c twiner pressed the consideration of


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Cie chiffon of the Defendants, upon whom the
puo:shmerst would fall heavily.
T. Sot. ciao a Gip eft A loon the part of the Pre.
oration, expressed the distress which he felt, when
it was urged that the punishment their Lordship;
must necessarily Maid upon those Defendants,
woold fall heavy upon innocent persons. The time
for them to have considered this was before they
committed the offence. From the charaCler with
which his two Learned Friends had adorned Colo-
nel Passingham, moch might be said ; bat they had
not conceived that at the very time lie here this ch.'
rafter he was tatting as appeared. With tecpeCt to
Mr. F.dwords, his was a specks of straight forward
wickedness; immediately after his bankruptcy, be
joined Colonel Passingliam in this conspiracy, and,
as was stated truly, became zealous in the cause of
his friend : he was also said to be of a hasty tem-
per, bin he never lon sight of his re,enrment to ‘4,
Forester it was further said, that the was an err..-
of the head and not of the heart : but could it he sup-
posed he thought this an innocent trarsaetion ? No,
for his own declarations proved the contrary. As
to Colonel Passingham, he considered his defence
is aggravation of his crime; be had displayed in
every instance heat of blood, lust, and avarice, corn-
, !Dined. Was it nothing that he endeavoured to
compel Mr. Forester to make a larger settlement
on his wife, in order that they might squander it
together in adultery ? He bad charged Mr. Fo-
rester with these crimes through mere motives of
malice, and his objeft in the present instance was
not caring how he injured himself, so that he might
disseminate these charges against that Gentleman.
The Learned Counsel then adverted to the evidence,
from which it appeared that he had corruive I and
seduced the wife of his friend, that he had violated
a sacred trust, and had the boldness to say he car-
ried on this criminal intercourse with the tacit con-
sent of the husband under his own roof, and because
indeed the husband became troublesome, he entered
into this abominable conspiracy against him. With
respell to that part of the allidarit relating to Isis
pecuniary circumstances, be stated that Mrs. Fores-
ter had only 491. annually, and he himself reduced
to 4!)01. while, instead of looking after the legiti-
mate objes9t of his affeation, he is occupied in vicious
pursuits, in debauching the wile of his friend; these
are the natural consequences.
Mr. GAltkOW followed on the same side in a
most able address, in the course of which he ad-
verted at great length to the testimony of most el
the witnesses; from which it was to be inferred,
that attempts had been made to suppress some, and
suborn others.
Lord ELLEN RoaouGH—,, The Court must take
some time to consider what will be an adequate
punishment for so atrocious and detcotitde an ‘.l-
- The antecedent good charsaer of the party
may frequently impose upon the generosity and
kiadness which are natural for Counsel to urge in
their behalf, to induce the Court to form a private
opinion noon the Fubjeft—it is a bad example, and
should bS avoided as much as possible. As to
Colonel Passingham, his crime is of a most enormous
nature ; lon that of the other (Elwat‘s) is unpa-
ralleled. Let them stand committed, and be brought
up again on Tuesday next."
cacao e. SIR HOME POPHAM.
This was a rule to stay proceedings, until the
Plaintiff should give security for cots. The aCtion
was brought upon a bond foe 13,0001. and the Plain-
tiff resided in the East Indies.
The Sotacrroa-Gemenae, for the Plaintiff.
spewed cause against this rule, on the grounds of
irregularity in the proceeding on the several raaices,
dtc.
Mr. MARRIOTT supported the rule; and csn-
tende I that by say irregularity which had taken
place. the Plain:iff had not been delayed in any way
material.
The Court were. of opinion, that the rile should
be discharged ; and Mr. Justice LA u Ricrce observed
with much stress ern the pra.!tice which had latterly
beefs adopted, for the purpose or et-a:hog delay ; he
desired it should be understood by all the prac-
titioners, that the rules of the Court were not to be
applied to such purposes : he considered in such
cases, that the attorney was responsible, and the
Court would visit such praCtices upon him with se-
verity.
'OR NINO r. ILAGDON AND RUDD.
The Defendants in this case, who were conviEled
of publishing a libel upon the Earl of St. Vincent,
attended for Judgment ; but Lord ELLINROROUON
being obliged to sit at Nisi Prior, at Guildhall, the
further consideration cf the case was deferred till
this day.
At one o'clock, Lord Fao.assetoucit sat at
Nisi Prises, at Guildhall, whoa several undefended
causes were disposed of.