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LONDON:. FItIDAY EVENING 1 MAY 4, -1855.

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have beeri offered; we do not wholly k offfutile and dis-
creditable negotiatiOns, and prove to ussia thatxe rely, as
withinuch justice we may rely, on the united energies and
blea
resources of England and France to 13ring her pretensions
within reason and moderation T, It heimere self-delusion to
talk of peace now. We must make ui our minds to fight it
out with a stout heart and a strong hand. The people have
been disgusted, and with reason, with4the mismanagement of
the army; but, though these things have roused their indig-
nation against our Ministers, they have, so far as, we are
aware, done nothing towards.lowering their spirit or their
.well merited confidence in the courage and resources of the
nation. When we I K)k.nt their mismanagement we may in-
deed feel shame, but when we regard our own conduct we have
nothing to blush for. The pcopl of this country undertook
the war on a clear and well-defined principle, from which
they, at least, have never shrunk or wavered. They hare
undertaken the burdens of fresh taxation without a murmur,
and relieved the wants of our neglected army with princely
munificerce., All that we have lost has been from cans ,s
clearly preventible. Our men were sent to Pevno in
despite of warnings of .4 deadly malaria. Starvation, over- '
work, expsure, want of medicine, want of medical comforts
—nay the very shipwrecks themselves --were all occasion. d
by causes within our own et ntrol, and which, if we could only
rescue ourselves from the-deadly incubus which op resses us,
need never return again, We have never met the enemy but
to conquer them, and" ipliicted upon them losses and dis-
graces such as broke the'proud Sprit of one Emperor and
already throw a dark shadow far into -the reign of his 5a,..-
cessor. We have shut up the Russian fleets, demolished at a
blow ti-e commerce of the country, And are at this moment
spreading terror on the coasts of provinces which hundreds of
thou Sands of men are deemed barely sufficient to pfoteet. Our
army is in high discipline and fall -f ardenr—ournavy desires
nothing so much as an opportunity of distinction.- We have
maintained ourse ves by our own strength and that of our
ally for six months, under every possible disadvantage, -in a
position from which all the efforts of so many Generals and
-armies have been unable to dislodge us. Ad i to this the
necessary derangement of the finances of a vast and poor
- country, called- on- for enormous pecuniary -sserifices and
drained of its very hea t's blood by the ever-increasi g
draughts of the conscription. Why should we despair with
such a prospect ? Why tarnish .our honour and lower our
prestige by attempts to wheedle from our en my that peace
which we must eventually be able to . dictate on our own
terms, and conciliate that support from timid and vacillating
Courts, without which we are well able, by courage and per-
' severance, to reduce our enemy to submission ? Let us have
no Ministers but those whose hearts are in the cause, no
Generals, no Admirals, but those who really mean to win by
the utmost exertions of courage and enterprise, and we need
no shabby compromises, no discreditable and colourable con-
cessions. But, if we are determined to carry on war in a
lukewarm way—if we are to link more of conciliating sup-
port than of winning battles—if we are to have Ministers who
represent their own timidity and feebleness, instead of - the
manly and earnest spirit which animates the country,—then,
with or without Austria, with or without Prussia, with or
without nego• iations and protocols, there is nothing for us
but to descend from our 'high position among the nation,
and confess that we are unable to fight for our rights, because
we have not patriotism to form an honest, or courage to sup
port a vigorous, Government.

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SPIRIT OF TILE PUBLIC JOURIyALS.

(From, the Times of yesterday.)

One of the most important changes whiCh could possibly
have been introduced into our military system has been well
commenced by the issue of an unassuming memorandum from
the War-office under the date of May 1. This memorandum
is very short, very important, and, as far as it goes, very
wise, but. it-is couched. in a strain of pleasing irony, "In
order," writes Lord Panmure, "to remove any doubt which
may exist as to the rank awl precedence of the officers of the
Hon. East India Company's service ;"—why, there never has
been any doubt at all upon the subject. Any schoolboy who
has paid decent attention to the gossip of bis elders is perfectly

aware that hitherto the rank of an East Indian officer was

altogether lost to the west of the Cape of Good Hope. In a'
sort of loose fashion, we have been in the habit of receiving at
our London dining-tables and in the pump-rooms of our
bathing towns a host of generals, colonels, and majors from
India, but they had no more real right to the titles conceded
to them by the courtesy and good sense of their countrymen
than so many members of the Society of Friends. We are
not, however, disposed to be critical upon forms of expression
where the meaning of what follows is so reasonable. "It is
Her Majesty'• pleasure that officers of the East, India Com-
pany's service, whose commissions shall be signed by autho-
rities duly deputed to do so by her Majesty, shall have rank
.and precedence with officers of her Majesty's regular army,
according to the dates of their commisions, in all parts of her
Majesty's dominions or elsewhere." As yet, there is nothing
announced more important than the cessation of a silly
etiquette. The mem random of the War-office is not osten-
sibly pointed at any higher result than the rectification of a
great injustice, which denied to so many veteran soldiers the
honours and privileges of their well-won grades. If the re-
form,stopped short here, however, little would be gained.
Changes more important will soon follow, which must ulti-
mately end in the important conclusion that we shall have a list
of effective land officers capable of serving the public three or
four times more numerous than before. Until now, whenever a
position has been made for inviting the services of East 'ln-
dian officers in time of public exigency, the invariable answer
has been, that out of India these gentlemen had no military
rank at all ; how could it be expected that officers bearing
the Queen's commissions could act with or under civilians I
The Indian officers out of India were scarcely of as much
account as the Yeomanry or the Militia. It was but natural;
under such circumstances, that the youngest cornet who ever
docked the tail of his companion's charger, or the most buoy-
ant ensign who ever smashed the crockery of his brother offi-
cer, should indignantly refuse to listen to so shameless a pro-
position
as that of companionship with the military Pariahs.
To be sure, in Upper India, on the banks of the Indus, and
elsewhere, the seniors of the mess had occasionally seen the
fellows fight, but the rules of the service must not be in-
fringed. The Hon. Cornet Spoonbill, as he rocked about on
his great black horse, regarded Messrs. Pollock, Outram,
Mayne, and other civilians of that description, with justifiable
professional disdain.
The equalisatioit of rank and preoedence is the first step,
and but the first step, in the right direction. If we are not
mistaken, officers of all ranks and of all arms in the regular
army, save those who have seen Indian service, have a great
deal to learn from Indian officers. In saying this we me
them no disparagement. With the likd advantages, with the
like opportunities of service and chances of distinction, no
doubt they would have attained the same point of professional
advancement ; but the science of war is not to be acquired
by young men who never saw a brigade drawn up. The great
necessity of the present time—and, indeed, of all times in the
history of a powerful empire—is that its rulers should at any
given moment have the power of securing the services of
officers fit for high military command—above all, of one
officer fit for the highest command. As we stand at the
present moment, we are compelled to choose between
two categories of officers the old Peninsulars .and
the young " know-nothings," The old Peninsular
veterans who are to be produced upon the scene at all may
be taken as a year or two on the sunny side of -70, t.o that we
may calculate their military experience in the Pyinsula to
have lasted until they have attained the ripe ago of 25. From
the age of 25, or thereabouts, until this Crimean war they
have not seen active service, so that unless there be some
irocess for keeping veterans fresh it is to be presumed that
t, :,Cy have not improved in the interval. When we have ex-
ha -sated the Peninsular list we are next compelled to turn to
officcis who have not seen service at all, many of whom we
most unfeignedly and sincerely believe will turn out excellent
soldie.'s when an opportunity for gaining experience and dis-
playing ability has been afforded to them. Meanwhile, let
not these' gentlemen take it amiss if we say that, of all quali-
ties in the world, ability for high miliiary command is pre-
cisely the .3 ne which cannot be taken on trust. A man may
be an excelk lit regimental officer, may be an unequalled dis-
ciplinarian, yet be entirely deficient in those higher mili-
tary qualities Of combination, foresight, and determination
which constitute' the consummate military commander. Of
course, if all officers in the service of a country are equally
unknown to fame, the choice must be an afthir of chance ; but
surely nothing can be more suicidal than teat policy which
deliberately postpon,,s the claims of acknowledged merit to
antiquated prejudice, class jealousy, or obstinate adherence
to custom.
Startling as the doctrine may appear in the ears of our
friends at the Horse Qua rds, we must express a confident be-
lief that henceforth the selection of an English Commander-in-
Chief to act in the field mw it be made from among Indian offi-
cers. It does not necessarily follow that he is to be what was
kno'wu until the Ist of May As a Company's officer ; but, at
least, he must be a man of Indian experience and Indian dis-
tinction. Unless the war with Russia should last long enough
togiveusat
categoryoturn h
Crimeanotfan ththe scenes of I -officers we have
wart
adviepowsiatively
nowhere else re
for a supply of officers capable of exercising the most import-
antpriu
principal employments.commands.itary it
credited
chief,ted
th soat withwhi
while
the
p Quartermaster General of the army in the Crimea has shown
himself such a man a-, Sir Charles Trevelyan dew,' ibed, we
have actually resident in London the very officer who ga-
thered Lord Gough's army tozether from all points of India,
concentrated it at the necessary time and at the necessary
place, supplied it with every requisite, and produced it in
fighting order on the field ? That officer has been in London
any time since autumn, but he was -of
,no more account in
the eyes of the good people at the Horse Guards than if he
had been the commis voyageur of a French pomade establish-
ment. The same anomaly has met us at every turn, and de-
pp rr
oi vbeadb
iul
istyo! he
would
sae
havervice services ov fe r
ta
esde r
allie is
tohf e ablea
sn
eerna ,wwhhteeh, inh aavlel
occurred in the Crimea. But then they were Indian officers !

(Front th,e Times of this day.)
The explination of Lord Clarendon in the House of Lords
last night has given official confirmation to that which rumour
had already suggested with'regard to the details of the Con-
ference of Vienna. It appears that the &lies proposed to
Russia two alternatives —one that the Euxine should be de-
clared a neutral sea, open to the commerce, and closed to the
ships of war, of all nations ; the other, that the Russian
force in that sea should be in some degree limited. The i-ius-
sian PleCip)tentaries rejected both these propositions, and
afterwards made some counter-propositions of their own,
which England,- France, and Austria unanimously agreed was
inadmissible.. Still, however, Lord Clarendon is unable to
tell us what course Austria is about to adopt. Count Buol
considers that the means for obtaining peace are not wholly
exhausted, and that it will be the especial duty of Austria to
endeavour to discover some means of attaining that end con-
sist..nt with the engagement she has entered into with the
other powers. This; then, is what we know with certainty of
the present state of our foreign relations.
We confess we read these revelations with feel-
ings of no small mortification. We cannot com-
mand the fortunes of war, though the most earnest advocate
of our late and present Ministries must admit that we could
have played much more boldly and fairly for success. But,
if we do not carry on military operations like a wise or far-
sighted Power, we ought, at any rate, to conduct our nego-
tiations like a firm and magnanimous one. We have under-
taken to humble the Emperor of Russia. The very statesman
whom we sent to Vienna has pu liely 'denounced his policy
in terms seldom indeed applied by Ministers in public to the
acts of crowned heads. After having, by his own language
in Parliament, greatly embittered the quarrel, Lord John
Russell broke up the Government of Lord Aberdeen because
it did not carry on the war with sufficient vigour, and him-
self invited a vote of censure on conduct for which he was
equally responsible with his colleagues. A new GoVernment
was formed on the principle of pure Whiggism and a vigorous
prosecution of the war, and the first act of this Government
was to despatch Lord John Russell to Vienna to negotiate a
peace. As if wore thoroughly to identify the Ambassador
with the Ministry, he accepted on the road to Vienna the
office of Secretary of State for the Colonies. Had not the
country, then, a right to expect that a man so deeply con-
cerned in the commencement, so entirely committed to the
objects, and so strictly pledged to the vigorous prosecution'
of the war, would submit no propositions derogatory to the
dignity of the country, or compromising the principles upon
which England and France engaged in hosti Wes? Yet we
find Lord John Russell at Vienna offering terms to Russia
which, if accepted by her, would render useless all the sacri-
fices which England and France have hitherto made, and
leave the undisputed supremacy of the Euxine in the hands
of Russia. We offered to make peace, if Russia would limit
the number of her ships in the Black Sea; but what gua-
rantee could we possibly exact that these terms, if conceded,
would he faithfully observed ? Who could prevent Russ a
from holding in readiness in the naval stations which
she posses- es on her great rivers any number of
ships which she chose to build, ready to be armed and manned
'whenever the moment of final action should arrive Z . While
England and France are united, present events prove that it
is in their power absolutely to annihilate the Russian 'naval
preponderance in the Euxine ; but, if these Powers were un-
happily divided, nothing could prevent Russia from gaining
that preponderance in a moment, and tearing into pieces the
treaty which so idly sought to check it. Fortunately for the
dignity of this country, Russia, in the plenitude of her arro-
gance, refused these overtures, and left us to seek for other
terms still more conciliatory, in order to mitigate her resent-
ment at our interference on behalf
.of a nation which she bad
marked o'd'or her victim
The immediate dander is past, but we have a right to ark
why, after this insulting rejection of terms which should never

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to the deck. The compasses, with every light, on the ma in I THE BuIIiBARDIIIEST OF aSEBASTOPOL.
deck, were destroyed. It is suppoaed the vessel must go tu
Malta to repair.

. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow-
Theespa,tch from., G,Nlefal
Canrobert, a summary
. MILITARY.
.f which nas already appeared. It is dated April 17
following officers and troops embarked this morning-
" Monsieur le Mar6chal,—l have the honour to ren-
fro* Postamouth dockyard for-the East,:—Capf Thomas,
Lieutenants Martin and Hickie, Ensigns Phimmer and Thurs-
der-you an account of -our successive operations before
ton, 158 non:-commissioned officers and men of the'7th Royal •
Fusiliers; Captain Balwer, Lieutenants Prevost and the Hon. this place.
N. Fienues, Ensigns Williamson and Lewis, and 158 nOn-COM- After having maintained a fire during the day with
missioned officers and men of the 231 Roial Welsh Fusiliers; a :marked superiority over that of the enemy, we ad-
Captains Parker and Macd,naid. Lieuts. Simpson, Forbery, va.nced our approaches during the nighty between the
and Daley, Ensign Knowles, and 123 non commissioned otri- 9th and 12th in the direction of the Flagstaff Bastion
c.:rs and men of the 77th Regiment ; Captains Grogan and struggling all the time with success against the poste,
Henning Lieutenants Priestly and Hall, Ensign Robertson, ,
supportod by strong reserves, which the enemy keeps in
and 128 non-commissioned officers and men of the 88th
(Connaught Rangers); M.Tir Lord Alex. G. Russell, Captains his ambuscades
Buller and Maclean, Lieutenants Glynn, and Rooper, Ensign "In the night between the 13th and 14th General
Harrington, and 210 non-commissioned officers and men of Pelissier took efficacious measures to assure to us the
the Ist Battalion of the Rifle Brigade ; Captain Balfour, possession of the ground upon which the engineers were
Lieut. Striven, Ensigns Nichol], Sotheby, and Burr, ugh, and to advance towards the Central Bastion. The operation
208 non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d Battalion was divided into two parties—that of the right directed
of the Rifle Brigade ; two officers of the medical staff, three by General Rivet ; that of the left towards the Cthetery,
horses, &c. Total, 34 officers and 930 non-commissioned directed by General Breton.
officers and men. " First of all the enemy's ambuscades were carried with
Yesterday a large supply of the new regulation sword- great vigour by four companies of the 46th, commanded
bayonet was received into the ordnance stores in the Tower.
This weapon is for the use of rifle regiments; it is intended 1)
-Chef de Hai taillon Julien, and a company of the sth
to supersede the old bayonet, and when attached to a rifle Chasseurs (Lieut. Copri). The resistance of the enemy
the two together will be precisely the same length as an in- was most energetic, and the reserves made two or three
fantry musket with a fixed bayonet ; so that the rifleman vigorous attacks, hut which could not overcome the re-
will be placed on an equality with a battalion soldier when solution of our companies engaged. Supported by a de-
fighting in liue or exposed singly to an enemy. The length tachinent of the Foreign Legion (Captain Robert), two
of the sword-bayonet is 30 inches from hilt to point;
_the companies of the 42d (Capt. Beauregard), and a company
blade is straight for 12 inches, when it assumes the shape of of the 14th (Lieut. Sauve), they valiantly maintained
an ancient falehion, slightly curved, and with edges on either
side. their ground. The ambuscades, notwithstanding the
•
Infantry regiments of the line on home service, and regi-
solidity of their construction, were razed. On the left
ments of militia serving iu the colonies are to be supplied and in the rear the work of the engineers was protected
with 12 Minie rifles per company, and militia regiments doing by three companies of the 26th, under the orders of Cap-
duty within the. United Kingdom four per company, for the tarn Michel, whose arrangements were most excellent,
purpose of instructing the men in the use of that weapon. and who was wounded at the head of his troop. • • •
The Saldauha, troop-ship was towed out of Queenstown bar- " While these events were taking place, General Bre-
bour on Wednesday. She takes detachments of the follow- ton caused to be carried on the left, with the same
ing regiments, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel energy and success, all the Russian ambuscades of the
Alexander :—the 19th, 14th, and 89th—in all about 750, Cemetery, by six companies of the 98th, commanded by
bound for the Crimea. They were in excellent health and Chef de B ttaillon Grewion. Those companies, rein-
spirits. There was great cheering from the ships in the har- forced during the action by two others of the 9th
hour and from the people on shore as they passed along,
battalion of Chasseurs, gave proofs of the most remark-
able intrepidity and solidity. The 98th (23d Leger)
made here a brilliant debut. The enemy gave way after
a very sharp fire, which did not cause our men to retreat
even for a moment. These ambuscades were occupied
and destroyed like those on the right.
"Protected by this vigorously conducted double'
operation, the engineers were enabled to complete their
levels and push on their works with activity. A new
parallel was formed ; we propose to turn it to great
advantage.
"In this nocturnal affair, which was very brisk, and
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which does the greatest honour to our troops, we had 40i
men killed, of whom 4 were officers, and 117 wounded.
"As regards our approaches on the Flagstaff Bastion
the effects of the enemy's artillery, acting at a very short
distance, almost rendered them impossible, or at least;
they were only practicable at a considerable loss. Undexl
these circumstances we endeavoured to form a trench,
half-way between our own parallel and the salient of tli4
bastion with the assistance of our mines, which bad beeil
conveniently placed for that purpose. The train was fired
On the evening of the 15th. The operation was pep!,
fectly successful. The engineer officers and sappers
were immediately enabled to lodge themselves in an ire;
mense fosse, of au average depth of four metres, the post
session of which was not disputed by the enemy. Their
troops lined the fortification, and kept up a sharp fire of
musketry and caution,
" Our mortars, on their part, sent a shower of bombs
upon the thickly-massed troops ; and I am informed by
a non-commissioned officer who deserted that the garri-
son there suffered considerable loss. Our workmen,
though id a difficult position, worked actively all the
night on the disputed ground to conip!ete as much as
possible the crowning of the shaft, and to connect the
new trench with the third parallel. That night the
tro cps continued their labour with ardour ; 100 picked
men of the 74th now occupy this fourth parallel during
the day.
"In the midst of these combats and laborious workg
the troops have always conducted themselves with the
greatest firmness, and shown the best spirit. General
Pelis.ier, who commands the left, is satisfied beyond

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT WESTERN.

The adjourned special meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the Paddington station, to consider
some railway bills now before Parliament, promoted by
other companies ; Mr. C. Russell in the chair.
Mr. STEVENSON read the notice convening the meet-
ing, and the short titles of six bills submitted in com-
pliance with the *handing orders of the House of Lords.
The CHAIRMAN explained that two out of the six
bills were approved at the last meeting, and he was pre-
pared on the present occasion to submit only two more
—the Cornwall and South Wales Bill. The bill relating
to the Plymouth Great Western Docks contained no
clauses in reference to the Great Wester', Railway Corn-
paoy, and they would therefore withdraw it. The bill
for the extension to Brentford was not sufficiently ad-
vanced in Parliament to submit it to the proprietors, aud
they would therefore have to adjourn the meeting to
consider it ou another day. He concluded by ruovin; a
formal resolution approving a hill for extending the
time for the completion of the Cornwall Railway and
works, and for making further pi...visions as tr its share
capital, and for leasing the line to the Great Western,
Br,stuland Exeter, and South Devon-Railway companies.
Lord BARRINGTON seconded the motion, and If was
carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed a formal resolution, ap-
proving " a bill to consolidate and aurend the acts re-
lating to the South Wales Railway Company, and to
authorise the ccnstruction of new works and alteratienq
of existing works ane for other purposes."
Lord BARRINGTON seconded the motion, which, after
some explanation, was carried unanimously.
The Plymouth Great IVestern Docks Bill was with-
drawn, and the meeting was adjourned to the 17th of
M:,y for the purpose of considering the last bill on the
list, for making a railway from Southal to Brentford, and
docks at the latter place.
The meeting then separated.

mea,ure.
" Ta the right, on the side of the Malakhoff Tower,
the superiority of our artillery has also been main-
tained, but without succeeding in sileneng that of the
besieged, except, however, in the two works of counter-
approach of Careen mg Battery, which have not fired a
gun for the last two oays. In this part of our attack,
as in the other, we advance slowly, perfecting our exist-
ing trenches, and leaving nothing to chance.
" A new battery, established opposite the counter-
approach, called the Mamelon Vert (Green-hill Batteryl,
the fire of which was opened yesterday morning, hats
product d good effect,.
" Accor in.t• to descirters the garrison has suffered
nmsidetable losst s, e•mecial'y the marine artillerymen.
who form its most vital link, and show the greatest
mural courage. The Central and Flagstaff Batteries
sire serionsly damaged. Their armament has been re-
peatedly rendered unserviceable ; but the almost inex-
haustible resources of the place in artillery do not yet
tail them, and every night thousands of workmen repair
the damage which most requires it."
The Moniteur also publishes the following :
" BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, April 16.—Monsieur "le
Marechal,-rGeneral Eizot has just succumbed, at the
very moment that I received assurances from all sides
that he was out of danger.
" This death is truly a public calamity, a grief for the
whole army. Gettetai Bizot enjoyed the most deserved
popularity. He pushed his love of duty almost to fana-
ticism, and for six months we have seen him day and
night at work, displaying in the midst-of the most ar-
duous difficulties the most extraordinary calmness, deci-
sion, tenacity, and serenity. All our soldiers knew him ;
they admired his zeal, his dashing courage, and they
were surprised at seeing him return every day from the
trenches after confronting danger with a recklessness
and gaiety which gave a peculiar stamp to his courage
.and character.
"I should never end. M. le Mardehal, if I were to
repeat to-you here all that this excellent man was to us,
and the regret we feel at his loss. His mind, full of
resources, and initiative, was always up to the mark of
the task we had in hand.
" I am, M. le Margchal, the organ of the Army of
the Crimea wbtn peinting out to you the claims that
general officer has acquired, to the regard of the Em-
peror.
" It is also my duty to bring under your notice all
that the Corps of Engineers have deserved and deserve
daily in this memorable siege, and to renew
.my solici-
tations that the services of its officers, who are as brave
as they are skilful and devoted, maybe handsomely re-
warded."
•
The Moniteur likewise publishes the following :
" On the news of the attempt from which Providence
preserved the Emperor the whole of France was pene-
trated with a double sentiment of indignation and of
gratitude. Everywhere the population crowded the
churches to thank God for having so visibly protected
France, and to pray to him to preserve days so precious.
"Although the Emperor has expressed the desire that
on this occasion no official address shall be presented to
him, his Majesty could nut behold without being deeply
mo Jed this unanimous and spontaneous manifestation of
the sentiments'of the nation.
Under date of Vienna, May 2, the Moniteur
publishes the following :
"The French Legation had a divine service of thanks-
, giving celebrited this morning, followed by a Te Deu2n.
Although no invitations were issued, the Grand Chain-
bedan Count de Lanckorou-ki, Count Buol, and all the
1 members of the Austrian Cabinet ; General Hess, who
is on the eve of departure for the army, Marshal Nugent,
Baron de Prokesch, &c., proceeded to the church ; also
the members of the Diplomatic Corps."