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11,1UAIC IN WEBER'S PRRCIOSA, price Qs: Gil

T.
• lIE HOLE of the. MUSIC in WEBER'S
_ W
celebrated Melodrama, PRECIOSA, (announced t'or
vet formance at 'CovenfGarden Thtiatre),
.consisting of
.the
Overture, Marches, Dances, Song, and Chorusses, all ar-
ranged for the Piano Forte, with English Words newly trans-
lated and adapted ; together with,the Novel of Cervantes. on
Which the Drainaisloundcd, is given in the Twenty-seventh
11111»ber of the HARMONICON, published on the Ist of
March. price 9.5, 6d.
WEBER'S FItEISCHUTZ —No. XXI. of the HARMO-
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• '*n4.Popular Vocal. Pieces in the Freischutz has een again
Pr ratted, and way he had of all Book and Musibc Sellers,
• Mee 2s. 6d. Orders should particularly specify the Hartno-
nicon Edition of the Music of the Freischulz, as the price is
less titan one-sixth of the other Editions.
....London: Printed for Samuel Leigh, -I R, Strand; sold by
.Blackwood, Edinburgh% R. Milliken, Unblin, and all
45°0kiellers and

EXCELLENT COPYHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE,
BETHNAL-GREEN. •
TO BE SOLD BY-AUCTION.
8Y Mr. DENT, at the AUCTION MART Opposite the
Bank of England, on Friday, the 11th day of March, at 12
o'clock, by order of the Trustees of the late Mr. Dockwray.
THE Premises consist of nit e'xcellt;ot Roomy
Dwelling_House, situate No, 20,1. on the. East side and
very best part of Betlinal;Green, containing two rooms on each
of their stories, with Kitchen, Nash-house, and other Offices
behind, opening into a large Garden, at the bottom of which is
1.1 Stable, having a back entrance from Gretton.,place ; the whole
good repair, having had a large sum expended by the pre.
gent Tenant, who has a Lease thereof, 8i .years.of which are
reretxPired at the very low Rent of 281. per Annum. The pro.
6t Copyhold. of inheritance held under the Manor of
uneinei, subject to a quit Rent of One Shilling per Annum,
frta wie of Ten Shillings on death or alienation.
4Y be viewed by leave of the Tenant, of whom printed
rarticulars may be had. Also at the Blind Beggar, near the
remises •; at the Place of Sale ; of Mr. Wright, Solicitor, Stock-
" ; of Aleaseki.Xcricins and Frampton, Solicitor, Grays Inn ;
of Mr. Dent,Land Surveyor, Camden:Town..

TO BE SOLD BY.PRIVATE CONTRACT
HE ESTATES of WOODSTON, and
„ -WEST MATHERS, SALMON FISHERY in the
„'WEAN' and the RIVER NORTH ESK, LIME
tIIJARRY, &c., lying in the Parish of St. Cyrus, and County
(11 K incareline.
The Estate consists of 900 Scots Acres, or thereby. The
rent of the Lands, exclusive of the Fishery
and 'Wood is
1,571/. 2s. 3d.. putting a reasonable rent on the Farm of West
blathers and Mill of Woodston, now in the Proprietor's pos-
,,,,ession. The Lands being capable of great improvement, a
`",aaiderable rise may confidently be expected. An addition
°,,`300/. a year will be got on the expiration of the Lease of
4dains of Woodston, ►
at -I,lartinmas, 1830..
The Lands are of a strong active early soil, with a fine Climate
• and Southe,rn exposure, and are capable of carrying any crop.
There is Limestone on the property of a very superior quality,
and inexhaustible. There is a convenient small Harbour ad-
Jacent to the Lime Rock, where cargoes of coal may be unloaded,
and lime shipped ; and, according to a-survey recently made,
the harbour may be greatly improved at a small expence. In
the middle of the Estate there is a very fine Freestone Quarry
t for any purpose of building..
On the North of the Estate there is a very thriving Plan-
tation of. upwards of 100 Acres. The trees are already fit for
roofing and joisting, and other country purposes.
A
more compact Property is seldom to he met with. The
.letesa is easy. The Turnpike Road fm Mtrose to Stone-
,Laven runs through the Estate. Theo farm steadings, inelo-
;'4tes, &.c. are in the highest order. The houses are mostly'
ec th
w, and a Purchaser need not incur any expence in regard to
a.
•
the The Estates afford nearly three Freehold Qualifications in
C,ounty. The teinds are valued. .
The Salmon Fishing was let in 1822 for five years, to a most
lxPerienced Fisher, at a Rent of 5651.. rising in October,
• ~225, to 5801. and in October, 1826, to 6001., and having been
"a(-Ie since a 'Sea Stake-net Fishing, the value of it is greatly
1/icreased, and there is .little doubt ,of its lettinggreatly higher
after October, 1827.. An Ice-house has been built,‘ and roads
oile to communicate with the shore, both for the convenience
ringing up the Sahrion and for the Seaware.
....The Property will be-sold in whole, so as, alter deducting a
ronable value for the Wood and Freehold, to afford very
siteriY Three and a Half per Cent. on the price at present, be-
t, ea the prospect of a further income from the rise of Rent of
•'le,„,Farms and Fishings.
he abov•Lands will either be sold in whole, or,, if more
iitivenient. for intending purchasers, they will be disposed of in
folloWing. Lots :
Of, The Mains of Woodston, consisting of about 478 Acres,
andwh about 112 Acres are in planting, the rest good Arable
Pasture. Land.
Acrile.The Lands of West blathers, consisting of about 232
• The Lands of Nether Woodston, extending to about
Acres.tad The Salmon Fishing will either be sold with the
Vs of Nether Woodston or separately.
.N7ll)].y.to Alexander Crombie, Esq., Advocate, Aberdeen
r,./ohn Mather at Nest Mathers ; Messrs. Gibson, Craigs,
p Wareilaw, Edinburgh ; or. James Campbell, Esq., No. 2
ces-court, Westminster; who are all in possession of
irll6 and Rls.of the Esate.
1-....._::_l2l2_t_heern will spew thet Lands.

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$ that it. merits the high character given of it by the
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'lb external application.. Rubbed upon the skin by means
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RBAKER, and SON,,PEN PATENT MAN-
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". 'Chaff-cutting Engines, Ploughs, Drills, Ilaymakintr
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dIiBSERNATIONS on the USE of the COL-
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Preparing for the Press, a Treatise on Rheumatism, and on
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. This Day was published, Part V. of
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, &scribed and
arranged in conformity with its Organisation,
By the BARON CUVIER, &c. &c. &c.
With additional Descriptions of all the Species hitherto named,
of many not before noticed, and other original Matter, by
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And, on the Ist of May next will be published, in demy 4to.
Part I. (the whole to be included in Ten Parts), cf a Trans-
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Les OSSEMENS FOSSILES of the BARON CUVIER.
In announcing the Continuation of the "Animal Kingdom,"
and the Commencement of the " Fossil Osteology," the Editor
has the satisfaction of stating, that these Works will in future
be honoured with occasional aid from the Baron Cuvier himself
who has most liberally offered to communicate to the Editor
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which forms the Introductory Discourse to the " Ossemens
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Most distinguished liberality, has also gratuitously offered the
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EAST INDIA HOUSE.

THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS.

The adjourned debate on the Hyderabad Papers was resum-
ed on Thursday, at a Special General Court of Proprietors, at
the India House, Leadenhall-street.

The CHAIRMAN having announced the purpose for which
the Court was held,

Mr. Dtiox rose, and said that it would give him sincere
pleasure, if it were possible that this business could be set at
rest by some agreement being come to bet Ween the Honourable
Mover of the original motion and the Chairman, who had pro-
posed the amendment. He Was assured, that whether the
amendment or the original motion should );.. ultimately carried,
many unpleasant feelings would remain on the minds of many
gentlemen, in consequence of this very powerful discussion.
He was afriad that, no matter whether. they should agree to the
original motion or to the amendment, these proceedings would
hereafter lead to much evil, and would probably occasion the
subject to be taken up by Parliament,, p.nd a Committee of
the .House.4olCummons-would, he hak no &ILIA, be very happy
to overawe the Company.
General TIIORNTos- was proceeding to address the Court,
when

The CHAIRMAN Ise, and declared• thit he' could not suffer
these irregular disciNsions to continue. The length to which
this discussion had already gone had been produetive of great
inconvenience. The general business of the Court of Directors
was now carried on in the adjacent room, which was much too
small tOr the purpose. He would say for one that he would
not this day consent to a further adjournment of the question.
111 r. H. JoxEs admitted the high honour, integrity and abi-
lities of the 'Marquis of Hastings but he conceived it was
wrong, when the Company's Treasury was in so flourishing a
state, to sutler the house of Palmer and Company to ad-
vance money to his Highness the Nizani, who was in a state
of tutelage under us, and therefore he should vine for the
amendment.

Sir A. JOHNSON': said, that 'ibis was n most important
question, as it. regarded the due and efficient admmistra
non of tins Company's affairs in India, and also as it af-
fected the interests of commerce. -It was hecessay that
the Governor-General, who had boldly and 'openly grant-
ed protection to an establishment in 'lndia, should have
the opinion of this Court regarding that measure. It was
from these considerations that he had felt it to be an imperative
duty as a Proprietor, and much more as a man of honour, to
come forward, and after having read the • papers which •'were
before them, he felt himself called upon hretery feeling of
honour and justice to support the Resolution which had been
moved by his Hon. Friend Mr. D.liinnaird,. The argilments
adduced in its support were conclusive. The only question for
the Court to determine was, did the Conduct of Lord Hastings,
as it appeared froin the Papers, authorise us,iii'any one instance,
to alter our opinion of his being a Mali ofbonour ? If Lord
Hastings adopted the best means of acquiring information on
the 'propriety of those miasures which lie purOed towards the
lthaseof Palmer and Co., then, instead of being conderimed by
this Court, he ought to receive its comthendation.. Now it,
clearly appeared Chat Lord Hastings did seek the best informa-T
tion. With regard to granting the license, he took and acted
upon the opinion of the Advocate-General, who.not Only thought
the granting the license to be legal, blit, actually drew up the
terms of it himself. The measure-waS thuti not only approved '
by the proper authorities, but the mode to :carry that measure
into effect was also the best that could possibly he adopted;
Mr. DAttni• observed, that he had never knoWnadebate car-
ried on in so irregular a manner, either in that House or in any
other place. The attack on the Chairman-was Most indecent.
There was not a man in the Court whO had more profound
respect for the Marquis of HaStings than he (Mr. Darby) had ;
,ante, when reflecting on the conduct of the Honourable Pro-
prrtors on the other side, it reminded him 6f what he had many
years ago heard, tlw indiscreet friends were worse than pro-
fessed enemies. He certainly thought, that the course the friends
of she Noble _Marquis was now, rnirtnbc.„ in coming fbrivara
to defend him against charges which Val not been made, prov-
ed the truth of that remark Nobody hid accused the Marquis
--nothing had been brought forward to criminate him—if that
had been so, he (Mr. Dsrby) for one would have gone away
and not have beard a syllable of the debate. He begged, as
an old man, to express a hope that those Gentlemen who might
be disposed to address the Court would determine not to make
such long speeches as had been done
,by many w,io had
spoken on the present discussion. Many speeches bath been
made, not, as it appeared to him, with a view to the goodness,
but to their length.
" Nunquam bene esse quam diu."
As he thought that the amendttent did not at all reflect
upon the Marquis of Hastings, but, on the contrary, de-
clared the sense of the Court to be that his character was
free from all imputation of a corrupt Motive, he should vote
for it.

Mr. IMPEY said, if it were possible that both the amend-
ment and the original motion could be withdrawn, and the dis-
cussion adjourned sine die, it would be the best plan that could
be pursued; but he was afraid that after the debate bad gone
so far, it would be useless to address any arguments to the lion.
Gentlemen to that effect. He concurred in believing that no-
thing in the papers before the Court attached disgrace or reflect-
ed in any way on the character of the Marquis of Hastings,
and he in his conscience declared that he had no personal motive
to induce him to oppose that Nobleman. !The question :before
the Court had been. by the two or three last speakers., alto-
gether mistaken. They had said that it was only a question as
to the honour and integrity of the Marquis of Hastings. .if
that had been so, he (Mr. I.) should have voted for the original
motion ; but that was not the teal question It was this—was
there any thing in the papers which in the lightest degree af-
fected the personal character of the Marquis of Hastings ? Now
he thought that personal character meant as well his public as
his private character. Now, who could say that the Marquis of
Hastings's public character was not affected by these papers ?
It was impossible to state this : and that being so, he (Mr. I.)
could not vote for the original motion,' going as it did to say
• there was nothing which affected that. Nobleman's personal
character. Ile thought the Marquis of Hastings was placed in
the most cruel situation ; but was it his enemies who had done
this? Where were his enemies? That the Court of Direct-
ors were not desirous to brim, on this discussion, was evi-
dent from their having passed a vote of approbation of the
-general conduct of the Noble Marquis during his' admini-
stration, and expressive of their regret at his leaving India.—
But his friends had brought forward a motion with a full know-
ledge of all these transactions at Hyderabad, on which they
must have expected much opposition, and they claimed for
the Noble Marquis a further remuneration from the Com-
pany. This was refused, .and those friends no doubt felt con-
siderably annoyed. Then there was an anonymous slander on
the Marquis, circulated in the newspapers, and what did these
ardent friends do? They came to this Court and asked us to
contradict this anonymous slander; and it was then that they
moved for these papers. Had it not been for them these
papers would never have been published to the world. The
duty of this Company was to protect the native Princes of India
from pecuniary oppression on the part of European speculations
—and it was the Marquis of Hastings' duty, as a servant of this
Company, and knowing the protection which this Company
owed to those persons, to have pursued this course. But what
has been his conduct ? Quite the reverse of this. He' had al-
lowed a large debt to be incurred by the Nizarn with the house
of Palmer and. Co., the consequence of which-must be that the
's treasury. —(Hear !)
......liquuiudtantiootnomnluystthCiosmtehoen
Nt theoifzam
hadC onipbeaenr stripped of an annual
):
income of 70,000/. for ever. And all this was done because Sir
g to
to make fortunes. Heaven future Governor-Gene-
ra'ls ,t to take out
o
Wm. Rumbold belonged to the house. Ile hoped that what
}d now, rnii
knew the fatal consequences that were too likely to ensue from
this course. The Hon. Director then took a detailed review of
a rpassedtt would
with be
them a
personsw a
the transactions connected with the Aurungabad arrangement,
the granting of the licence, and the conduct of the house of
Palmer and in respect to the 60 lac loan. In adverting to
the part which lir. Russell, the late Resident at Hyderabad
wishhad taken, he said that it was his to speak of that:Gentle-
man with they reatest respe t, fco,r hen as an-acknowledged use-
ful and able vant of the CompY ; but lie (Mr. Impey)
could not entirely approve of the__ whole of that 'Gentle-
man's conduct. The Honourable Director then took a suc-
cinct view of the four dispatches which Were alluded to in
the amendment, and contended that every fact that had
come before the Court of Directors, justified
,them in writing
regard to the 601 ac
those dispatches. With _ oa», the Honour-
oflD said that the Court of Dinctorm had as good means
examining accounts as any house in the world, and they

" had come to the conclusion, that . the sixty lac loan was
fallacious. One reason why he did not believe the representa-
tion made by Sir William Rumbold in respect to this loan
was, that as soon as he came to this country, it was stated,
in the papers that Sir W. had taken 24 per cent. interest, at
Hyderabad. Sir W. instructed the Attorney-General to file
a criminal information against the man as a libeller. The
Learned Judge asked the Council whether the fact had been
denied. Sir William had not then done so, but subsequently
lie (Mr. Impey) believed there was an affidavit upon the
files of the Court of King's Bench, denying that he (Sir W.
Rumbold) ever took 24 per cent. interest ; and, yet, in his
book, he had at the head of every account made a charge at
that rate. Having stated, as he (Mr. Impey) conceived,
some pretty strong reasons why the Court should not agree
to the original motion, he would now state why they should
agree with the amendment. The Honourable Director then
went through the whole of Mr. Hume's speech, and com-
mented on it as he proceeded. He then concluded a very
long speech, by observing, that the Marquis of Hastings
placed upon the high pinnacle of honour, adorned with splen-
dour, and armed with power, had in one instance committed
himself. The Court of Directors in the just discharge of their
duties to the Company had censured this deviation, on the
part of -his Lordship, from the strict line of duty so essential
I to lie Pursued by the Governor-General of India. The Court
was now. called upon to approve that censure. In his opinion,
they ought to do so, and he thought he had said enough to
convince every impartial person that that was the only-pro-
per course to be adopted by them.
. Mr. EDMON STONE (the Director) rose, solely for the pur-
pose of explaining some things that had been said by the Ho-
nourable Director who had just addressed them. That Gen-
tleman had stated, that when the house of Palmer and Co.
obtained the sanction of the Government, that it knew of the
transactions of the house with the Nizam. This was not so.
The house had been established as a house of agency. The
Council :knew that the Government had made a commercial
treaty with the Nizam, and it was thought that that Image
would he beneficial to his Government. The license was grant-
ed with the sanction of the Advocate-General, and therefore,
the Government was borne out as tar as that went. Having
the conour of being in the Government at that time, he must
take his share of the responsibility. fled he then possessed
the knowledge which he now had, he should not have agreed
to it, and he believed that the Marquis of Hastings himself
would not. That was what he had to say on. that subject. The
Hon. Director had said that there was an intended delay on
the part of the Government in communicating to the Court of
Directors at home. He thought he could account for that
delay. It very often happened that it had been found extreme-
ly difficult to find time to prepare these dispatches. It was the
duty of the Secretary to prepare them who had other duties to
perform, and he had not time to prepare a dispatch of all the
details. He hoped this explanation would satisfy the Court
that this delay was not intentional. There was only one other
point he had to allude to--he alluded to the appointment, of
Mr. Sotheby. He thought the Honourable Director said diet
the Marquis of Hastings had concealed the knowledge of Mr.
Hans Sotheby -being a partner in the house of Palmer and Co.
Now, he believed the fatt was known to the whole Council.
Mr. TRANT congratulated the Court on the able speech that
had been made by the Honourable Director (Mr. Impey) who
had gone over those topics which it had been his (Mr. Trant's)
intention to have done. Ile therefore should not occupy the
attention of the Court by entering into details. His anxious
wish was to hear hie much-respected Friend, Sir C. Metcalfe,
_vindicated from the attacks which had been made upon him.
-That having been done, it only remained for him to declare his
intention of voting for the amendment,.as he could not approve
of the conduct of the Marquis of Hastings in the ease before the
Court, yet, he certainly thought very highly of his merits and
of his character as a man of honour and integrity. .
. Mr. CAMPBELL said, it appeared to him that no set of words
could have been put. together better suited to avoid discussion,
and at the same time to do justice to the Marquis of Hastings,
than the original motion. He regretted that a motion so worded
should have been met.by an amendment that could scarce fail
of creating a debate in this Court. It appeared to him that lien-
:amen had been led away from the question before the Court,
and- be-balievesl.it-to- lie owing to the indiscretion of the lion.
Member for Aberdeen, by speaking of his intention to impeach
Mr. Adam. But he could not think that Mr. Hume intended to
refer to Mr. Adam's conduct in relation'to the Hyderabad con-
cerns. It was clearly perceivable that at the bottom of that an-
nouncement, an allusion was made to the State of the Press of
India. Had the amendment been submitted to the Court of
Directors, he thought the good sense of that body would not hive
approved of it. He contended that an approval of the dispatches
would reflect discredit on the character of the Noble Marquis.
Hence he deduced tile inconsistency of the latter part of the
amendment with its commencement.
Mr. JAMES DANIEL also spoke in favour of the orginal mo-
tion, and said he considered the amendment to be wholly unne-
cessary and irrevalent, After giving this subject every con-
sideration in his power, he could not but honestly support the
motion of the Honourable Gentleman, feeling that the character
of the Marquis of Hastings had been much called in question,
and ought to be upheld.
Mr. Rehire' spoke in favour of the amendment. •
• Mr. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD rose to reply. When he pre-
sented this question before the Court, he asked credit for the
. sincerity of the declaration . with which he accompanied it.—
He did most sincerely believe that that could: not excite dis-
cussion. He had not been disappointed—no discussion had
been raised on the question • nay, the words of his motion had
been taken from him, and adopted by their Honourable Chair-
man in his own manner. As far as the Marquis of
Hastings was concerned, he had no opponents to put
down. Ile came to this Court to challenge any attack on the
character of one who stood elevated before all Europe. He
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reason for their not concurring in the original motion had been
all'‘v%'oa usinldwthnialt Court an unanimous concurrence of opininti ; not one
advanced by the Hon. Proprietors who supported the amend-
ment which at all affected the character of Lord Hastings.—
He came not there to quibble upon words. Ile should not con-
descend to notice what had been said about personal character
—he would take the words of the amendment as their Hon.
Chairman had meant them, and believe that he did not mean
any kind of sophistry of quibbling evasion by the variation he
had made in the wording of that amendment, as far as regard-
ed the character of the Marquis of Hastings. With regard to
the dispatches of the Court of Directors, was he so dishonest
or dishonourable as to suppose that they were not justified when
those dispatches were written ? He could not approve of them,
since the knowledge of the whole facts was before the world ;
but at the time they were sent to India, not one tenth of the in-
formation was before the Court of Directors which was now
contained in the papers that had been printed: Was it then sur-
prising that they should be sometimes misled by information
to do that which afterwards, when further and more cor-
rect statements appeared, they would not have adopted ?
Was lie to blame the Bengal Government for believing
the reports of Mr. Metcalfe ? They were bound to be-
lieve him. His charge against that Government was this—
that they had acted precipitately, and from an entire miscon-
ception of the accounts placed before them. But did he charge
Mr. Adam with doing this wilfully ? No. lie could not be se
foolish as to conceive such a thing as Mr. Adam could not
have done so, inasmuch as any clerk in any house in that-City
would be able to detect his error in five minutes. Then covtld
•he blame the Court of Directors for writing those dispatches
upon this misconception ? Certainly not. But the amendment
called upon him to express his approbation of those very dis-
patches now, when a full knowledge of that misconception was
before them. - This he could not do. The Hon. Gentleman
then entered into a very full defence of the conduct of the Mar-
quis of Hastings, Mr. Russell, and Messrs. Palmer and Co.
and commented with strong severity on the inconsistent conduct
of Sir Charles Metcalfe. He concluded by declarhig his opi-
nion that the Court of Directors could not derive any support
or additional respect by the amendment being adopted. He
expressed his intention of putting the question to .a ballot, and
he had no doubt that means would easily be found to let the
public know who voted on the occasion in support of the ori-
ginal motion. .
The CHAIRMAN said, that as he had moved the amendment,
he had a right to reply; but he should best consult the feelings
of' the Court by waiving that right, and going to the question at
once. The amendment went not to ask the thanks of the Pro.i
prietors to the Court of Directors, but to decide whether the de-
claration of that day should avail to give weight to misrule in
the GovernMent of India in future.

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Strangers were then ordered to withdraw ; and after some
discus Mon, it was agreed that the ballot should take place
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on the question on the 18th instant.—The Court rose at Half'
pait Nine.