The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-14 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

The royal mail steamship Africa arrived at
Queenstown at noon on the 13th March. She
brings 62 passengers, and 97,234 in specie. The
Africa landed 66 sacks mails and seven passengers,
and proceeded immediately. All well.
She experienced easterly weather during her
passage.

(Via Roohe's Point.)
NEW YORK, March 1 (Evening).

General 11eade's army crossed the Rapidan on
Saturday (27th ult.), moving in the direction of
Itichtnond.

It is rumoured that a large Federal cavalry force
is operating in Lee's rear.
Confederate telegrams to the 25th ult. assert that
General Sqerman's advance had reached the Pearl
River on its return to Vicksburg.
The Federal cavalry from Memphis were unable
to form a junction with General Sherman. They
penetrated to West Point, where an engagement
ensued, the Federals retreating to Memphis with
the loss of three guns. During the retreat the Con-
federates seriously harassed the Federal rear.
General Longstreet is still retreating towards
Virginia.
The Federal repulse in Florida is confirmed.
They fell into an ambuscade, and after a three
hours• engagement they retreated on Jacksonville,
with the loss of 1,200 men and 5 guns. The Con
federates advanced to Baldwin, which they were
preparing to attack.
The Federals were entrenched six miles from
Jacksonville. •

The loan bill reported on by the committee of
ways and means has passed the House of Repre-
sentatives.

The draft is ordered to take place in New York
on March 10.
The Bremen has arrived out.
(By Telegraph to Halifax.)
NEW YORK, March 3 (Morning).

General Meade's forward movement was a feint
to cover a cavalry raid by Kilpatrick in General
Lea's rear.

Kilpatrick is moving in the direction of Rich-
mond, thereby cutting General Lee's railroad and
telegraphi3 communications, and he has instruc-
tions to attempt to release the Federal prisoners at
Richmond.

It is reported that Genaral Butler is making a
co-operation movement against Richmond by way
of the peninsula.
Nothing authentic is known of the movements of
General Sherman. Southern journals report that
on the 22d he was near Tombigbee River. Bishop
Polk has retired across the Tombigbee River, ready
to attack Sherman if he crossed.
Southern advices to the 27th ult. assert that the
Federals had been repulsed before Dalton, and had
retreated beyond Tunnel Hiil towards Chicka-
mange.

The Federal repulse in Florida is confirmed
Admiral Farragut bombarded Fort Powell, Mo.
bile, on the 23d.

In the Senate the appointment of General Gran
as lieutenant-general has been confirmed.
Money easy; gold 60} per cent. prem.
NEW YORK, March 3 (Evening).

Bishop Polk reports that on the 23d Gen. Sher-
man was retreating from Meridian in two columns
towards Vicksburg.
The Free State ticket has been elected io
Louisiana.

Instructions have been received by the American
consul at St. John's to procure the extradition of the
Chesapeake pirates.

The Canada has arrived at Halifax.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, March 1 (Evening).

Money easy—gold, 591 per cent. prem. Exchange
on London, 1743—0 n Paris, 3.23. Stocks quiet.
New York Central, 1351,--Illinois shares, 1331—
Erie, 114; 6 per Cent United States Bonds, 1101.
Cotton heavy. Middling Upland, 79c. to 80c. Pe-
troleum—crude, 27i to 291—refined, 47k to 49i.
NEW YORK, March 3 (Evening).
Money-easy. Gold has advanced i❑ consequence
of the war rumours, and is now quoted 611 per cent.
prem. Exchange on London, 176—0 n Paris, 3.171.
Stocks firm, and advancing. New York Central.
136 —lllinois, 1341—Erie, 117-6 per Cent. United
States Bonds, 1116. Cotton steady. Middling Up-
land, 78c. Flour and wheat advancing. Corn dull.
Provisions steady. Cuffee dull. Sugar very firm.
Molasses inactive. Petroleum slightly firmer;
crude, 281 to 30—refined, 474 to 50.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE
LATE JUDGMENT.—The Primate has addressed the follow-
ing letter to the Rev. W. H. Trendell, of Tan-y-Bwlcb,
Carnar von : " Lambeth Palace, S., March 4.

"Dear Sir,—l wish it to be generally understood that,
in assenting to the reversal of the judgment of Dr. Lush-
ington on the subject of eternal punishment in the case of
Mr. Wilson, I did so solely on technical grounds, inasmuch
as the charge against him on this point was so warded that
I did not think it could be borne out by the facts.
"The eternity of punishment rests, according to my
mind, on the same ground as the eternity of blessedness ;
they must both stand or fall together; and the Church of
England, as I maintain, holds both doctfines clearly and
decidedly. " Believe me yours faithfully,

" C. T. CANTUAR."

Loss OF THE LIVERPOOL AND NEW YORK PACKET
SHIP LUCY THOMPSON.—LIVERPOOL, Saturday,—
By the arrival of the mail steamer China on Monday last we
received aecounts of the arrival at New York of several
ships from this side of the Channel in a very crippled con-
dition in consequence of the fearful gales which swept the
Atlantic in the early and middle parts of the last month.
Th's morning a telegram was received here by Messrs.
Gaiob, Grimshaw and Co., the American emigration
agents, of whose line the Lucy Thompson was one, stating
that the French barque Deo Cognate had put into that port
and just landed eighteen of the crew of the ill-fated
American vessel. The crew were at once communicated
with by telegram, and the results of the inquiries are as fol-
lows :—The Lucy Thompson, under the command of Capt.
Crocker, with a full manned ship of for y• eight men, left
New York for Liverpool on the 16th of February last. A
few days after leaving New York the vessel encountered
very severe weather, the sea frequently sweeping the decks.
The storm, or series of storms, continued with unabated
fury. and some days prior to the 23d ult., when the vessel
was abandoned, the ship had been making water rapidly,
having no doubt sprung a leak, and when Captain Crocker
and his crew left her—both commander and crew being
much exhausted by exposure and working the pumps—she
had six feet of water in her hold, When the vessel was
abandoned she was 800 miles to the westward of Cape Clear.
The crew were picked up by the Deo Cognate and the T.
M. Mills, the latter ship proceeding to New York with the
remainder of the crew, while, as we betore stated, the Deo
Cognate landed eighteen at Queenstown this morning. A
rumour was prevalent here this afternoon, stated to be
founded on the strength of a telegram from Queenstown,
that Captain Crocker was killed, whilst another says that
he was drowned. The Lucy Thompson was owned in New
York by Messrs. Thompson and Nephews, and was a 1,575
ton ship. We understand that the vessel was partly, if not
wholly, insured.
THE EXHIBITION OF MULREADY'S PICTURES
which was opened to the public on Saturday, at the South
Kensington Museum, will be free on the same days as the
Museum, i.e., Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays, from
10 a,m. till p.m. On Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri-
days, from 10 a.m. till 5 p m., the fee of sixpence is de-
manded. The collection is placed in two of the upper rooms,
close to the Sheepshanks Gallery. One of these rooms con-
tains about 120 oil pictures; the other about 250 frames,
containing probably nearly 1,000 sketches and studies on
paper, either with water colour, pen and ink, pencil, black,
white, and ted chalks, on white or coloured papers. Among
the studies is a large number of the famous drawings from
the life, made in the Royal Academy and elsewhere, which,
as examples of the knowledge the artist possessed of form
and of the means by which he acquired that knowledge,
leave nothing to be desired ; as works of Art these stand
foremost of their kind.•—dtlaenceut»,

MR. CHARLES KEAN.—We regret to state that
the overland mail which arrived on Saturday night
brings intelligence that Mr. Charles Kean had been suffer-
ing from a serious illness. At one time some fears were
entertained as to his recovery; but letters received from
Mrs. Kean, dated Jan. 22, state that her gifted husband
was then oat of danger. The illness of Mr. Kean has, how•
ever, put an end to his engagements in Australia, the doc-
tors being unanimous in recommending that so soon as he
can be removed with safety he must leave Sydney for
the Mauritius. This would be a step in the direction
homewards, it having been Mr. Kean's original intention
to return to England ry the cverland route.
DEATH OF SAM COWELL. This well-known
comedian and comic vocalist expired on Friday evening, at
Blandford, in Dorset, from consumption. Deceased, who
was 43 year has left a large family.

The Loss of the Bohemian.

Papers received by the Hibernian give additional
particular respecting the evidence adduced at the
inquest which was held upon the bodies of some of
the unfortunate passengers who were drowned
through the wreck of the Montreal ocean steamship
Bohemian, which took place in Caseo Bay, off the
shore of Cape Elizabeth, on the 221 of February
last. Washington Stetson, a pilot on the steamer
Montreal, of the Portland and Boston line, said
they passed the Bohemian on the night of the disc
aster, at about eight o'clock. She was apparently
heading north-east, and he thought she was farther
to the westward than she ought to be. She fired
rockets and blue lights, as was customary when
waiting for a pilot. Ho thought the Bohemian was
a mile and a half outside of them, and they were
about half a mile from the Cape. She appeared to
be going ahead very slowly. He thought, from
her position, she could see the cape lights, but, as
there was a haze or vapour in the atmosphere, the
lights looked further off than they really were. Had
she fired a gun they would have supposed her in
distress, as they considered her to be too near the
shore. Capt. Borland, the commander of the ill-
fated ship, stated that shortly after seven o'clock on
the evening of the disaster he saw Cape Elizabeth
lights, and judged that they were about eight miles
from land ; but, as the weather was hazy, he went
slow and then dead slow. Having put look-outs
upon the forecastle and aloft, he went below for the
purpose of consulting his chart, it being then about
eight o'clock. He subsequently went on deck, and
just as he did so the vessel struck on the Alden's
Rock. Shortly after the ship struck the engineer
reported that she was making water very fast, and
he ordered full steam to be put on, and directed
her head for the shore, for the purpose of beach-
ing her. She had not run ten minutes, however,
before the fires were drowned out. The anchors
were let go, and the boats got in readiness to save
the passengers. When the latter saw that the
boats were being lowered, they rushed towards them
with frantic eagerness, and filled the boats before
they reached the water, the consequence of which
was that confusion prevailed, and the boat belonging
to the chief officer was swamped while being lowered
and those in her fell into the sea. The various offi,
cers behaved with steadiness, and stood to thefr
boats, endeavouring to drive the frightened pas-
sengers out of them until they were safely lowered,
but they had great difficulty is so doing. The diffi-
culty of saving the passengers was greatly increased
through the thick fog which prevailed. When the
boats were pushed off, the captain, boatswain, three
of the crew, and seventy or eighty of the pas-
sengers were left on board. Fifty of the women and
children were got into the foretop, the water
being then over the forecastle head. Although
some of the boats were not full, the crew refused to
pull alongside and take any more, and No. 2 boat
was swamped. After a lapse of three hours two
boats came back to the wreck, when the remaining
passengers were safely got to land. The captain,
upon reaching the shore, turned his attention to
sea that the passengers were housed and cared for.
Captain Edward Stone, of Kennebunk, who was on
board the Bohemian when she struck, gave evi-
dence upon that paint, and also a rather curious
opinion as to what he considered "interference"
with the captain of the vessel. He had no con-
versation with Captain Borland respecting the
danger they were in, although he did express his
fears to Captain Wells, one of the passengers ; to

which Captain Wells replied that the commander
knew where he was best. He (Captain Stone) did
aot consider it to be his duty to advise Cap-

tain Borland. "He would not have told the
captain if he had known for certain that she was
going on to the rocks, as it was not his place. He

would rather run the risk of his life and those o:

the passengers." He was not surprised when she
struck, as he heard some one say he saw the buoy
cen minutes before. The other part of Captain
Stone's testimony agreed with that of the captain
of the vessel in regard to what was done after she
struck, and the efforts made to save the passengers.

He thought one or two of the boats ought to have
'aken more passengerß, as they wero not full, or
rescued some of the drowning. He assisted in get-
ring out the boats, and retrained on board until the
tast boat left. It was about half tide, and, if it
had been one hour later she would have gone

over the rock without touching. He did not see

either officers or men under the influence of
iquor during the voyage. Mr. Trocks, the first
Aficer of the Bohemian, testified that he was on
deck at the time the lights were made, when they
were steering N.W. by W., and changed their course
to N. and N. by E. and ran that course half an hour
before she struck. The engines worked about 15
minutes, but he could not tell how far she went
before she sank. The cause of losing so many pas-
sengers from No. 2 boat was that one end was let
down suddenly, throwing the passengers out.
Ropes and ladders were thrown out, but the passen-
gers seemed too much exhausted to make any effort
to save themselves. A boat came round, but could
do little to save them on account of the swell.
The jary returned a verdict to the effect that
the sinking of the Bohemian was " caused by
her collision with Alden's Rock at about eight
o'clock on the evening of the 22d of February,
when running at the rate of one and one half
to two and two and a half knots per hour. The
collision was owing, Ist, to an error in th© judg-
ment of Captain Borland as to the distance from
Cape Elizabeth lights, which were then visible;
2d, that, even had the steamer been where Captain
Borland supposed her to be, it would have been a
course of wisdom and caution to have taken a more
eastward direction than he did take, till Portland
light was made; 3d, that said collision would not
probably have occurred had there been a bell-boat

On Alden's Rock ; 4th, that though the weather was
mild and calm, and two steamers were overdue,
while another was expected, the pilot employed by
the owners of the line was not in a position to
observe the signals made by the steamer. Most of
the passengers were drowned, thirty in all, in con-
sequence of the swamping of a boat while
launched. A boat, known as No. 6, left the
chip when but partially filled with passengers,
And, though repeatedly ordered back by the
officers, refused to return, and this refusal con-
tributed to increase the loss of life." The jurors add
that, "after the steamer struck, every officer con-

nected was at his post, and officers and men worked
with energy and good judgment rarely equalled,
and never surpassed, to avoid the loss of life, and to
secure the passengers from threatened death. The
Steamship Company are specially worthy of com•
mendation for their efforts for the recovery of the
bodies of the drowned, and in defraying the ea•
penses connected thereupon ; and the Steamship
'Company, the Board of Trade, and citizens of Port-
land and the citizens of Cape Elizabeth have been
most earnest and untiring in their efforts to relieve
the suffering% of those around, and to forward them
to their several destinations."
When the Hibernian left the Bohemian was still
firmly fixed on a rock, with from 30 to 50 feet of
water under the bow and stern, the centre of the
vessel only touching. The arrangements were nearly
ready for raising her, and the wreckers were confi-
dent of success.

INCREASE OF PAY TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.
—On Saturday a notice was issued to the Metro-
politan Police, signed by Sir Richard :Nlayne, stating that
at his recommendation Sir George Grey had sanctioned an
increase of pay to some of the men of the above force. The
notice has already given great dissatisfaction to the ser-
geants, who will only receive 2s per week more than the
first class constables. At present there aro SOO sergeants
receiving 24s 6d per week, and out of this number 130 are
to be raised to 25s 6d per week. The other alterations are
500 men, who joined in the year 1342, are to receive 22s per
week ; 2,688. 21s. ; 700, 20s ; and 400, 19s per week. Upon
an average each sergeant has to pay weekly 2s 6d per week
to tha widows of deceased sergeants, while a constable only
pays one penny to the widow of a dead constable ; so that,
by this alteration, in many cases a sergeant will receive
sixpence less per week than a first class constable. The
sergeants who aro to be raised the shilling per week are to
be principally those that are engaged in the duties of acting
inspectors. All men who now join the police aro told that
they will have to be in the force 30 years before they are
entitled to a pension. Formerly it was 15 years they had
1 to servo leforo they could claim their pension.

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HER MAJESTi'S LEVEE.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, by
command of the Queen, held a levee, on Satnrjay,
at Sr. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty.
Presentations to his Royal Highness at this Court
are to be considered by the Queen's pleasure as

equivalent to presentations to her Majesty.
The Prince of Wales, attended by his gentlemen
i❑ waiting, arrived from Marlborough House about
two o'clock, and was received by the great officers
of State of the Queen's Household.

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred (attended by
Major Cowell), his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge (attended by his E querry, Col. Tyrwhitt ),
and his Highness Prince John of Glucksburg (at"'
!ended by Baron Guldenerone) were present at the
levee.

Her Majesty's body guard of the Hon. Corps of
Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty in the State
Saloons, under the command of Lieutenant• Colonel
Sir William Topham, the lieutenant of the corps.
The Yeomen of the Guard on duty were under
the (command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sutton, the
adjutant of the corps.
The Prince of \Vales entered the Throne Room
accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Alfred,
his Royal Highness the Duke of Carr bridge, his
Highness Prince John of Giucksburg, and attended
by the Earl of St, Germans, G.C.8., Lord Steward ;
Viscount Sydney, G.C.8., Lord Chamberlain ; the
Marquis of Ailesbury, Master of the Horse; Lord
Alfred Paget, M.P., Clerk Marshal ; Viscount Bury,
MX., Treasurer of her Majesty's Household ; Vis•
count Castlerosse, M.P., Vice-Chamberlain ; the
Marquis of Abercorn, Acting Groom of the Stole ;
Lord De Tabley, Lord in Waiting to the Queen ;
Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord in Waiting to the Prince;
Lieutenant- General Knollys, Comptroller and Trea-
surer of the Prince's Household; Lieut.-General
Sir Henry Bentinck, K.C.8., Groom in Waiting to
the Queen ; the Hoe. R. H. Meade, Groom is
Waiting to the Prince ; Major-General F. Hugh
Seymour, Equerry to the Queen ; Lieut.-Colonel
Keppel, Equerry to the Prince, and the pages of
honour in waiting—Mr. H. I. Loftus and Mr.
Paget.

The Archduke Maximilian of Austria.
SUNDAY, March 13.

His Imperial Highness the Archduke Maximilian
of Austria, the future Emperor of Auttria, accom'
panied by the Archduchess and a numerous suite,
arrived at Calais, by special train from Paris, this
morning, at 1 o'clock, and embarked immediately'
on board a special steamer, the Breeze, the last neSP•
mail steamship of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway Company. The Breeze, against a strong
tide and wind, perfrrmed the voyage to Dover in
two hours.

On arrival at Dover their Imperial Highnesses
proceeded to the Ship Hotel, and partook of break-
fast, and at 4 o'clock left by special train on the
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway for London,
arriving at Victoria Station at 5.50 a.m., the die'
tance from Dover to London, 78 miles having been
run in one hour and 50 minutes.
The Archduke and Duchess were received at
Dover and accompanied to London by Mr. J. S'
Martin, the superintendent of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway Company.
The suite consisted of the Countess Zichy, the
Countess Trolonich, the Baron Dupont, thy ilsr'
quis Corio, the Count Luzow, and the Chevalier
Scherzenlechner.
On arrival at Victoria Station the Imperial poll
proceeded at once to the Clarendon Hotel, Where
apartments had been engaged for them.
The Archduke has been travelling in strict incor
nito, under the title of Count Lacroma ; cense'
quently, all the usual receptions and salutes hale
been dispensed with.
At an early hour yesterday their Imperial WO'
nesses proceeded to Marlborough-house, to pal °
visit to the King of the Belgians, the venerable
father of the Archduchess.
Later in the day the Princess of Wales drove oil
with the Archduchess.
Their Imperial Highnesses dined with the Prince
and Princess or Wales last night at Marlborough.'
house, to meet the King of the Belgians.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge Was
honoured by the company of his Majesty the King of thed
Belgians and their Royal Highnesses the Prince an
Princess of Wales at dinner last evening at Gloucester
House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of CO;
bridge and the Princess Mary, the Grand Duchess °'
Mecklenburg•Strelitz, and a select party were the 1110
trious guests.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
had a dinner party on Friday evening at her royal higie
ness's residence at St. James's Palace.
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PRINCE ARTHUR AT ALDERSHOT.—His
Highness Prince Arthur visited Aldershot Camp on Sattil;
day morning, when the troops, under the command of Veil,:
General Sir J. L. Pennefather, were put through a var el,
of manoeuvres. The attention of his Royal Highness 'OO
directed to the mode of lassoing guns, as practised by
mounted troop of the Royal Engineers, and also the co''
struction of a pontoon bridge.
The Duke of Newcastle is said to be progressil
favourably. His grace has taken the Countess of Caledoool
house on Carlton House-terrace for the season, and ri
take possession at Easter.
The Dowager Duchess of Beaufort and L 34.1
Geraldine Somerset arrived at their residence in like:
street, Berkeley-square, on Saturday, from spending Old,
ral weeks with the Duke and Duchess of Beau:ort at 13'

minton.
Earl Craven has left town for Coombe Abbey'
near Coventry. The countess and daughter arrived they;
on Saturday from visiting the Earl of Sefton, and ~,ti3l4
Countess and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, at Croxteth
near Liverpool.
Lord Albert P. Clinton, R.N., of her Majotl,
ship Nile, has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-4116'

from the North American station. 10°
Lord Edward P. Clinton has arrived at the 0a

hotel from Canada.
T Right 110

,u, M.P.

_tie .on. Edward Cardwell,
Mrs. Cardwell received the Earl de Grey and a 700
party at dinner on Saturday evening, at their 1100

Eaton•E glare.

Shakspereana,
APPROXIMATE NUMBER Of ENGLISH OHAKSP,-ea 10,
PUBLICATIONS, 1591-1830.—Collected editions of the Oro)
82; separate plays or poems, 312; altered copies ef
plays, 71 ; spurious plays, 33; commenter ies, 280 ; 16°91,
of unknown date (at least) 14. Approximate total (l
1830), 792. Of late years the publication of separate I);ifie
may have fallen off, but the complete editions or tolcce:rea.
issues of the same editor's copy have become so nutureto
that an exact estimate could hardly be formed. TlOJecl?
Exhibition of 1851 called forth at least eight coroplaw
rest
lions ; and, at the present moment, the Shakspereito POI
is probably more active than ever before. Betweell Atl
and 1860 I have counted nearly 300 English and 100 for It
publications, making our total lowest estimate I,26tad
would not be safe, however, to say that a Shakgpere
could be complete under 2,000 separate works, 1316)g
good deal more than 2,000 volumes.—Athenceum.
MR. CRESWICK has undertaken a commission fro' ortf'
Gambart to paint six landscapes of scenes in the neigh' titl!
hood of Stratford-on-Avon which are associated wiPO
life of Shakspere : these will comprise-1. Charlecoo dole
2. The Forest of Arden ; 3. The Church at Stratfor free,
Avon; 4. Ann Hathaway's Cottage; 5. The Towof
cvoro
the river; 6. The same., from the Church, These
are to be published in chromo-lithography. g •A'
S ILA K SPE RE COMMEMORATION PERFORMAI4C!,.n.dO
numerous gathering of the managers of the various wo-pet4
theatres took place at the rooms of the National 5113% tlO
Committee, 120, Pall-mall, on Saturday last, to arreab jotf
time for the performances handsomely promised to 1,,,ra 50t,ir
in aid of the Monument Fund. Mr. Beejatral ne`'
(Adelphi and St. James's), who had kindly cal'epetie
the meeting by circular, presided, and the followiag lotea.
men, amongst others, were present :—Mr. J. D. $1011;
(Haymarket), Mr. G. J. Vining (Princess's), gasBri's;Aleitt"
nerd and Anderson (Surrey), Mr. Robert Edgar roag"cl
Wells and National Standard), Messrs. 5w313....°), al)
(Strand), Messrs. Frampton and Fenton (
Mr. S. Lane (Britannia). It was reported that gefir. 4
Falconer and F. B. Chatterton (Drury-lane), alladecisi
Fechter (Lyceum), would gladly concur in any
as
come to. After some considerable discussion it wft eeeo
tively settled that the best time for such perforctodil4
take place would be during the weeks commencing tl9
April 18, and ending Saturday, April 30, aad,d tlOtettlt
should take place accordinbe
gly. It was understtoope.rii
performances would as tar as practicable be S'`., io to'
e tbe.t
performances, and in one or two cases, where 1 t 7
opeela' Vote
given on or very near the night of the 23d,
resting features will be imported into them.
thanks to Nr. Webster closed the proceedings.
Victoriooo.