The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-02 00:00:00

THOMAS STOTT & CO.
Signed in the presence of Wm. ANDREW, solicitor,
Princess-street, Manchester.

WHITSIIN HOLIDAYS.-ROYAL
SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Ascent in a
BALLOON from the Esplanade, in front of the Lake, by the veteran
GREEN, the only ascent here for Einhteen years. Vocal and Instru-
mental Concert, by Miss Poole, Miss Bansford and Mr. Manvers.
An extra Military Band during the day. Extensive and interesting
Menagerie, ten Lions. three Elephants, two Tigers, two Giraffes,
two Camels, &c. Various novel amusements, concluding with a dis-
play or Fireworks, gorgeous beyond description. The bombardment
of Chusan. Explosion of Fireskips, and Balloon ascent at halt-past
Six. Con at Seven. Fireworks quarter to Ten. Doors open
from Nine in the morning. Admission to the whole, Is.

THEATRE ROYAL DEUBY LANE.
Lessee, Mr. B. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING, Jo u 2,
Will be performed Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA.
Amino, Mdlle. Bury ; Count Itodolpho, Signor Arnoldi; and Elyino,
Signor Bettinl.
Followed by (12th time) the new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT,
entitled ITNE FETE EN OLYMPE.
Prt:oo--Stalls. 7a; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes.
3s. ;Pit, 2s. ;Gallery,
Is., a 1 Private Boxes, One. Two, Three and Four Guineas. The
Box-olkoe open daily from Ten till gut, where places may be
secured. rriyate Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and
Cock, 63, tw Bond-street.

THEITRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Ituckstona.
THIS ETEICILNO. JuN's 2.

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Wlll be performed the Drams of TUE KNIGHTS OF THE
ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G.
Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton, and Backstone ; Miss Reynolds,
Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitawilliam.
After waich, the entirely new and originAl• extravaganza, entitled
MB. BUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (LN LEI-
ZIESTER-SQUARE), written by J. R. Manche, Esq.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES Eva.
THIS EVENLNG, Jura 2,
Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters
by Messrs. W. Lac)", Ryder* and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and
Murray. • --- • ---

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Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters
Masers. C. Kean and Day Fisher ; Mrs. Wlnstaeley and Mill
Leelereq.

To conclude with A STO LacyN A TEA,CUP. Principal cha-
rscters by htr. and ?dm W.

THEATRE ROYAL /DELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENLNG, JUNE 2,
Will perlsrmed THE MARBLE HEART; or, The Sculptor's
Dream.be Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web-
stearr, and C. Selby; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar: and Miss E.
ding.
Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and Parsalle; Mrs. Keeley,
and Miss Mary Keeley.
After which, THE OVERL AND JOURNEY TO CON'STANTI-
NOPLE, AS UNDERTAKEN BY LORD BA.TE MAN, WITH
CNTEREiTING PARTICI/L t.RS OP' THE FAIR .+OPHIA.. Prin-
t characters by Mr. Paul Bedford and Mrs. Keeley.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING, Jums 2,
Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIP'S. Cha-
acters by Messrs. F. Robson J. H. Waite, Leslie, and Vincent;
Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston.
To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs.
Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Franks, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss
P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham.
After which, THE MUMMY. Characters by Messrs. H. Wigan,
Robson, H. Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner.

ASTLET'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
Last Two Nights of the Nautical Drama and the Ballet.
THIS EVENING, Juzis 2,
Will be presented the new grand' Nautical and Equestrian spec-
tacle, embodying navel and extraordinary effects (written by Mr
Nelson Lee), entitled A TALK OF THif SPA.gISII WAR; or,
The Horse of the Wreck. Th 3 horses expressly trained by Mr. W.
Cooke.

Followed by a Novel Routine of VOLS AU VENT; or. Scenes
In the CIRCLE.
To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF THE
RHINE.
Boa-office open frorn Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Open for the Season.
BRILLIANT ROUTINE OF ENTERTAINMENTS.
EngagemntßANSFOßD,and of those Emnt Vocalists.
Miss POOLE, Miss Mr. MANVERS.
THIS EVENING, Jura 2,
The gigantic Panorama of Chusan, extensive and interesting
Menagerie, 9 Lions, 3 Elephants, 2 of which are the smallest ever
exhibited, 2 Tigers, 2 Giraffes, &c, &c. Grand Vocal and Instru-
rnental Concert, in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr.
Manvers will appear. Unrivalled Military Band, conducted by the
Messrs. C. and D Godfrey. Remington's Aerial Bridge, Cantelo's
Egg hatching Machine, Marriott's Industrious Bees, and various
Novel Attractions. Concluding with the Bombardment of Chusan
by the British Fleet, Explosion of Chinese Ships, and grand display
of
worksFirew by Southby.—Admission, Is.; Concert, half-past 6 ;
rquarter to 10.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tato DAY —Morning 43 nhln.after 5 1 Evening 5 min.aft. 6
To-Moznow—Morning 29 tnin.after 6 1 Evening 51 min.aft. 6
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THE WEATHER.—Sms OPPICN. Jess 2.
THERMONITES. IN TEN SHADE.
6R highest since noon yesterday.
52—lowest this morning and during tho night.
57—this (lay, at noon.
BAROMETER, 2918—falling since yesterday.
WIND, N.E.—Fresh breeze, with rain, and dirty
weather.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1854.

A little more of what Mr. JAMES HARTHOUSE
calls " blue coaching," and we shall have, we hope
and anticipate, both in the Lords and Commons,
a careful discussion in regard to the recent policy
and proceedings of the Hellenic Government.
According to promise, Lord JOHN RUSSELL last
evening laid upon the table of the Lower House
the correspondence respecting the relations be-
tween Greece and Turkey—a correspondence so
long delayed, that, in moments of petulant impa-
tience, we might almost have been pardoned for
despairing of ever witnessing the publication of
it. An interval will now be required, of course,
before the contents of a blue book so extended
in dimensions, and relating to a question so be-
wildering and complicated in its entanglement,
can be properly digested and effectually mastered.
There should on no account in a matter of so
Much importance be the slightest sign of precipi-
tation. The Honourable Member for the West
Riding may be chivalrously eager to break a
lance in the cause of the arch conspirators with
Russia at the head of the Athenian Government.
The Honourable Member for Manchester may be
burning with magnanimous solicitude to under-
take the defence of the political fair fame of the
royal lady, whilom Princess of the House of
OLDZsIBURG. But common justice, at least, de-
mands that the conduct of the representatives of
the Hellenic Dynasty and that of the leaders of
the Athenian Administration should be carefully
examined into before any formal effort be made
at their vindication. We are perfectly well satis-
fied, from the facts already for sometime past
112t:roi..011sin regard to the Crown and the Minis-
"4/'
Greece, that the Western Allies of Turkey
Al.vbe QuIY interfered between the Cabinets of
-..."ens and St
i. Petersburg when such interference
had become
break asunderrepteratively requisite, in order to
atrocious Compacts e
of a trencherhe
Of this, we repeats diplomacy, and the
v. u 'grateful Sovereign..
,1
, satisfied, from facts already n rious throughout
c, over are
perfectly well
Christendom—before turain
the
ten to the
dozen pages of the blue-book atl first half-
worlda,s
by her Britannic MAJRSTY's
Nevertheless, we admit that conclusoion:
re ,111hoer,int,j
now
not in this remarkable matter be anywhe •
at. Let the official correspondence `1111:11ped
Parliament be examined carefully and disp bassion-
efore
ately—and then, hut not until then, let the sub-
ject be minutely discussed in all its beatings, both
in the columns of the press and in the Houses of
the Legislature.
Otherwise than on the absolute knowledge of the
criminality of the Athenian Cabinet, France and
England would never have entered upon proceed-
ings as bold, and resolute, and uncompromising
as those upon which we behold them at this
moment in regard to the kingdom of Greece sys-
tcnnatically and deliberately adventuring. Unless
the allied Governments of NaroLEo:s- and Vic-
Toax, were perfectly satisfied that the policy
hitherto carried out by OTHO and AMELIA
in reference to
the :R Turkish
ha
belligerents,
s been ussian and
most reprehensible, we
may rest profoundly convinced that Athens
would
vinever be proceeded against as daringly
or si gorowly 44 by th93e ortrikordizary Inca-

THE Comm—The Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis
of Breadalbane, by command of the Queen, has issued
invitations to the number of 510 for the second grand
State concert to-morrow evening, at the Palace, for
which the services of the principal artistes of the Ita,ian
Opera have been engaged. The Queen's second grand
State ball, on the 20thinst., will be given on the usual
scale of splendour.
The Earl of Eldon, we regret to state, continues much
indisposed at Shirley House, near Croydon.
Lord Falkland, who has just arrived from Bombay,
in the government of which his lordship was succeeded
by Lord Elphinstone, had a long interview with Sir
Charles Wood, President of the Board of Control,
yesterday.
The Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, and his youthful
family, at the date of the last letters from the Austrian
capital at the Earl of Jersey's, were staying at the an-
cient Palace of Esterhazy at Vienna, where they had
arrived from the Chateau at Galanitza. It is doubtful
wz:_e_xthre,elinrt,the Countess of Jersey will visit her relatives in
Austria this year.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—.Her Royal Highness the Duchess
accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of
theePh
oa uiraries'eal ad attended by Sir George Couper, visited
two ul
..Ye!terday morning, and spent upwards of
inspecting the works. Her Royal High-
great was ple tiled to express much gratification with the'
great prove is which has been lately made, and with the
arrangerne, it 3 for the opening. ceremony on the 10th

WATERL DO-BRIDGE.—Yestel. d a
port stated that the
of the W. sterloo-bridge CompaontytBhtteotaoni knupallacaessaetmtbhly,
amountedt to
Freemason s"favern. The rep
received t .> the end of February last
9,3441. 13 &, 4d., being 574/. 4s. 4d.
more h
received d.n ring the corresponding year. A further'taken
since Fein nary last, the former amounting to 3461
10,1. 11d., and the latter to 2051. 6s. ld. After paying
the cnrret Lt expenses, &c., and making a dividend of
4s. in the pound, there remained a balance of 2,9531.
6s. 9d. The structure was reported to be in a eouud
condi tioi

• GEORGE -PIIRDUE.—Notice is hereby given, t sures upon which the two great maritime Powers
that GEORGE PITRDUE, late in the employ:,of Messrs.
Thomas Stott and Company, starch manufacturers, 5, Greenwood- have at length adventured. But for the crimi-
street. in the city of Manchester, and Ramsey, in the Isle of Man, is nality of the Greek Monarch and his Ministers
no longer authorised to transact any business, or receive any moneys on our account.—Dated the twenty-fifth day of May, 1854. being "proved" beyond the possibility of doubt,

we should not be witnessing just now events as
startling as the debarkation of eight thousand
French soldiers at the Piraeus, the appearance of
sixteen English and French vessels of war off that
outport of the Greek capital, the consequent re-
signation of the old Ministry, and the compulsory
preparations made for the forming of a new and
more trustworthy Government. Neither England
nor France have leisure for trifling upon a scale of
such extraordinary magnitude. With a mighty
war with Russia on their hands, with the ob-
vious necessity before them of concentrating
their military forces at the actual scene of conflict
in Turkey, with enormous maritime armaments
engaged far away simultaneously in the Baltic
and in the Euxine—England and France have
not the capacity at this moment, supposing even
they had the desire, to involve themselves, either
by sea or by land, in any extraneous contest that
might otherwise be avoided safely or honourably.
The appearance of sixteen of their war-vessels
off the Pirmus is therefore necessary—proved to be
necessary by all these manifest considerations.
The debarkation of 8,000 French troops on the
coast of Greece is necessary. The Greek Blue
Book proves all this to have been absolutely ne-
cessary, for while it evidences, at almost every
I
page, the sagacity of her Britannic MAJESTY'S re-
presentative at the Court of Athens, it reveals at
the same time the treacherous weakness of King
OTHO, the inimical ambition of Queen AMELIA,
the incontestable abandonment to the designs of
the CZAR of the whole machinery of the Hellenic
Government.

Were it not for the Parliamentary Oaths Bill,
and the series of Jewish relief bills, but little
opposition would have been offered to the judi-
cious and moderate alterations proposed by the
Common Law Procedure Bill with respect to
judicial oaths. We have already seen a striking
illustration of the jealousy entertained by the
House of Lords to any change whatsoever in these
sacred obligations, 'and the acknowledged grounds
for that jealousy. The measure brought forward
last Session by Lord LYNDHuRsr—a nobleman of
immense influence in the hereditary branch of the
Legislature--was rejected solely on account
thereof. Although an express clause was intro-
duced, providing that it should not in any degree
affect the Jews, their Lordships could not quite
shake of their distrust ; and the consequence was,
as we have stated, that one of the best measures
of the Session, so far as it went, did not receive
the legislative sanction. The Peers had appar-
ently made up their minds in all matters relating
to oaths, "stare super antiques vias," and not to
admit the slightest deviation from the beaten
course, even for the purpose of avoiding
glaring and acknowledged abuses. We may,
therefore, feel thankful that the clause re-
lating to the dispensing with oaths was sustained,
even by so small a majority as " ten," and that
one of the most important and useful provisions
was not expunged from the bill which has just
passed through the House of Lords.
It will, however, be satisfactory to all legal re-
formers, who must naturally entertain a high re-
spect for any opinions of Lord ST. LEONARDS, to
know that, as we yesterday stated, his Lordship's
opposition to the measure was based on political
rather than legal grounds. It could scarcely
have been supposed that one of our learned
Judges could not discern whether the refusal of
a witness to be sworn was conscientious or other-
wise. A man of infamous character, who felt no
real scruples, would not be deterred by the oath
he had taken from bearing false testimony. The
temporal punishment would be all that such a
person would dread, and that would be the same
in the case of a false affirmation as of a false
oath. His word would be as good as his oath—or,
in other words, each would be equally worthless.
Some security would be afforded by the prelimi-
nary examination (on the " vori dire," as it is
technically termed), by which the reasons of
the witness for objecting to be sworn would
be elicited. The Jurors would thereby have an
opportunity of forming a Correct opinion as to the
credibility of the party, and the degree of weight
that should be attached to his testimony. We thus
find, that, with an unconscientious person, there
could be no harm, and there might be some possi-
ble benefit from the alteration.
With a truly religious man who really felt these
I scruples, there really could be no possible danger.
Such a man's word would also be as good as his
oath, but for a very different reason from that of
the infamous witness. Such a man would not
deviate from the paths of truth under any circum-
stances. His testimony might be implicitly relied on
in whatever form it might be given. And yet that
testimony should, according to the present system,
be rejected, to the serious loss, possibly the ruin,
of one of the litigants. Surely, this is not just
or reasonable. The liberty, character, or property
of any person, may be dependent on the evidence
of such a person ; and anything that could act as
an insuperable obstacle to its admission should be
forthwith altered. As was truly stated, the pri-
vilege is not that of the witness, but of the party
on whose behalf he is brought forward. Any
person whatsoever is entitled, as one of his most
valuable privileges, to the evidence of any other
member of the body politic who can throw light on
the subject under investigation ; anything that
causes any witness to be rejected is a direct
and positive injury to him—a withholding of
one of his most valuable privileges. It would be
extremely hard on such a person to be punished
for the default of another, and the temporary
imprisonment of that other would be but a poor
satisfaction for the damage he had sustained either
in his person or his reputation ; and it would
be equally hard on a witness that, because of a
really conscientious scruple, he should be subjected
to incarceration for an indefinite period.
The only point to be regretted in the measure
under notice is, that it does not go far enough. It is
only applicable to the Superior Courts of Common
Law, and does not extend either to the Chancery
or County Courts, nor to bankruptcy or insolvency.
It could not do so in the present bill, which only
relates to the Common Law Courts. We trust
that this omission may be supplied, and that a
short bill may forthwith be introduced, extending
the operation of the 21st clause to all tribunals,
and giving the presiding Judge in any legal pro-
ceeding the power of dispensing, if he deem it
expedient so to do, with the oath of any witness
who may be produced before him.

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have been enabled to take in more than 1,000
hogsheads of water, which were very necessary
Tor us. We should not have had this facility
at any other point. Independently of this advan-
tage, this stoppage, which was very necessary,
has enabled us to complete our armaments, and to
clean and make wholesome the interior of our ves-
sels and the baggage of the crew, and in short to
procure for our sailors, in the shape of fresh pro-
visions, a blessing which has - sensibly diminished
'every cause of disease. Without wishing to give
the fact of our anchorage here an exaggerated
political importance, I must nevertheless tell you
that the railways bring here daily from 15,000 to
20,000 travellers from all parts of Germany, from
Berlin, and even from Vienna, and that the sym-
pathy of which we are the object on the part of this
German population, as well as the effect produced
by this powerful squadron, anchored in three lines,
cannot fail to make an echo on their return home.
Since our entrance in the Cattegat we have received
the utmost sympathy from the people with whom
we have come into connexion. Steam-vessels filled
with visitors have sailed past our ships, saluting
them with cries of " Vive l'Empereur Napoleon !"
" Vivo la France !" At Nyborg, a Danish bat-
talion, on board vessels sailing from Fionia to See-
land, gave the most enthusiastic hurrahs on passing
near the squadron.

RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK.
The Invalide Busse and Journal de St. Peters-
bourg of the 24th publish the following account of
some recent operations of the British fleet near
Hango. The Russian intelligence is not so late by
two days as that conveyed to Copenhagen by the
Magicienno.

" NEWs FROM THE BALTIC.
" ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 24.—We have this instant re•
ceived two reports from the commander of the forces in
Finland, dated May 20 and 21, on the opening of hosti-
lities in the Gulf of Finland, which, thanks to God and
the intrepidity of our troops, have been signalised by
fresh success for the Russian arms.
"In his first report, Lieut.-General Rokassooski an-
nounces that on the 20th of May 17 English screw two-
deckers approached Hangtiudd, and there came to an•
chor ; on the evening before two screw frigates and one
steamboat, also English, had approached the strait of
Witsand, between the island of Hull-ae and the shore of
the peninsula of Hangoudd, near the canal leading to the
town of Eckenass, and had commenced cannonading the
battery erected near the narrows of Witsand.
"In his report of the 21st, Lieut.-General Rokas-
sooski brings to the knowledge of his Majesty the Em-
peror, that the squadron of the enemy, anchored off
Hangoudd, had not yet undertaken anything, and the
flotilla which showed itself near Eckenhss being boldly
received by cur troops under the command of Lieute-
nant-General Ramzai, who is charged with the com-
mand of the detachments of Abo and Pojo, was re-
pulsed with loss, and did not dare attack Eckeniiss.
" The following are the details of the affair :—Lieu-
tenant-General Ramzai having received, on the evening
of May 18, information by the telegraph and the pilots
that three ships of the enemy were ascending the Gulf
of Pojo, took his measures immediately, and had them
watched. To this end, amongst others, a half platoon
of sharpshooters from the battalion of the Grenadier
Rifles was posted opposite the point where the gulf is
narrowest, at the height of the Lapwick station. On
the 7th, between three and four p.m., two of the
enemy's steamers, one built like a schooner,
the other a screw-frigate, approached quite blindly
this point, having a sixteen-oared boat going
ahead, which sounded the channel at every step.
The young officer of the battalion of sharpshooters,
Sub-Lieutenant Gulling, to whom this post of observa-
tion had been entrusted, taking skilful advantage of the
wooded nature of the shore, ambushed his marksman in
such a manner that they received the boat, when about
300 paces off, with so well aimed a fire, that the boat
was very clearly seen to move back impelled alone by
two rowers.
"Encouraged by this first success, our sharpshooters
continued, at a distance of at least 700 paces, to fire at
the ships of the enemy, on board of each of which some
ten men, among those who were in the rigging and on
the yard-arms, were hit by our bullets. The enemy
answered these shots with balls of enormous size,
shells, and grape, and continued to move on slowly as
far as the coast battery, which is raised opposite the
narrowest part of the Witsand Strait, near Hull-
ae, where it stopped towards evening, just within
the range of heavy guns. Meanwhile, Lieutenant-Ge-
neral Ramzai concentrated the Ist battalion of the Gre-
nadier regiment of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
near Lapwick, and reinforced the coast battery of the
Witsand strait with four pieces of the battery of position
No. 1 of the Ist artillery brigade of Grenadiers, which
had arrived from Abo only a few hours before. The
4th company of the 2d battalion of the same regiment
was ordered to support the battery, and the 2d company
of Grenadiers, as also a company of the battalion of
Grenadier Rifles were scattered about on both sides of
the battery ; the two last companies of the 2d battalion
of the same regiment remained with the commander of
the latter to defend Eckenass.
" On the 20th, between 4 and 5 a.tn., the enemy re-
commenced his onward movement, but he was stopped
for nearly an hour by the well-directed fire of the coast
battery, which did serious damage to his ships, after
which these two last, opening a murderous and most
active fire from all their port-holes, literally covered the
shore with grapeshot. Our battery was then removed
to a particularly advantageous position near the village
of Lexswall, and recommenced firing between one and
two o'clock. The enemy's ships, having advanced a few
hundred paces, stopped, and although' they were now
not more than a verste and a half (a mile) from Ecke-
nass, having sustained heavy damage, they had not the
courage to attack the town, and withdrew in the direc-
tion. of the entrance to the Gulf of Pojo.
"By the testimony of Lieut.-General Ramzai, the
sharpshooters and the artillery particularly distin-
guished themselves in this affair, by the accuracy of their
aim, and their officers, in selecting advantageous posi-
tions, contributed powerfully to its success ; lastly the
Cossacks, attached to the detachmeLt, transmitted the
orders and instructions with extreme skill and rapidity.
" It is impossible to determine exactly the loss of the
enemy, but as he was exposed to our concentrated cross
fire, it must have been considerable. Thanks to the
wise arrangements of the commanding officers, and to
the skill that enabled them to take proper advantage of
the localities, the loss on our side has been very trifling.
Among the officers we have unfortunately to regret
Major Dergateheff, commanding the 2d battalion of the
Grenadier regiment of Prince Frederick of the Nether-
lands, who was killed ; this regiment had one man
killed and another wounded besides ; in the artillery
two men were killed ; in the battalion of sharpshooters,
one man was severely wounded and three received con-
tusions. Three artillery horses were killed.
"Having repulsed the enemy from EckenN,ss, on the
20th of May, Lieutenant-General Ramzai: sent on the
same day a part of his detachment to Hatigiiudd."