The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-20 00:00:00

intrrnill4l Arl,lll.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1847.

The annual ceremony of opening Parliament, and
the delivery of the Speech from the Throne, are
under the most ordinary circumstances matters which
peculiarly arouse the attention of every intelligent
mind in the empire. Even in the vague generalities
enunciated by the SOVEREIGN on the inauguration of
the sessional labours of the Legislature there are
always materials sufficiently suggestive for serious
reflection and definite anticipation. That the address
uttered by her MAJESTY should constitute the very
faintest indication of the intended policy of the Go-
vernment is what can alone be rationally expected.
The suppression of everything like dictation to
the hereditary and representative legislators,
the avoidance of anything like a partiality
for certain political creeds, the scrupulous and punc-
tilious restriction to those questions which are upper-
most in the popular mind, are invariably the prin-
cipal characteristics of the Speech from the Throne,
and they are the only characteristics consonant with
1
the fundamental principles of the Constitution.
While, however, it is impossible to deny that the
Speech from the Throne is marked by the most tan-
talizing indistinctness, as far as the actual schemes of
the Administration are concerned, it is equally
impossible to assert that it deals only
in unsatisfactory common-places. A reference
to the address delivered yeserday, in the House of
ILords, by our Gracious SOTEREIGN, and pub-
ished in another column, will be an ample refu-
tation of that very prevalent and very erroneous
insinuation. It will be seen by that royal harangue,
that without in any manner committing the Crown
to this opinion or to that, to this measure or to that,
to this particular policy or to that particular policy,
may speak to the people
the voice of the MONARCU
that language of encouragement, and consolation,
and promise, which such an emergency as the pre-
sent renders more than advisable. It will be seen by
the expressions which have just proceeded from the
lips of her MAJESTY, that the Sovereign may, with-
out exceeding the authority confided to her illus-
trious keeping, utter those words of sympathy, of
assurance, and of earnest recommendation, which
are so welcome to a suffering and expectant
population.
Considering the destitution experienced in the
sister island, and the sterility of a soil which, with
proper management, would prove generous and pro
litic, it was but reasonable that her IVIAJEsrr should ,

advise the thorough inrestization vi ti.e exigencies
of Ireland, and the revision or re-organization of her
agricultural system. It was but just that the patience
of the unfortunate peasantry under their extraordi-
nary privations should elicit the approbation of the
SOVEREIGN, and that, while scanning the positio!. of
so many millions of her MAJESTX s subjects, lier
,\IAJESTY should demand from the LegisiaLure a pro

portionate assiduity and a proportionate calmness in
striving to diminish the lamentable effects of those
privations, and to render their recurrence impossible.
It regard to the recent occurrences upon Conti-
nental Europe, whereby the most bulemn treaties
nave been violated, the most sacred rights invaded,
and the peace of tne whole world endangered, it was
alone to be expected that at least one paragraph in
the Speech from the Throne would be devoted to
their consideration. It was but right that the mar-
riage of an Orleans Prince with a Spanish ifrincess,
and the incorporation of the Cracovian re-
public with the Imperial territories tit Austria,
should command the observatimeof tier MAJESTY as the
chief of this great and predominant nation. The
treaties of Utrecht and Vienna conid not be violated
with such flagrant contumely without drawing
from one of the Governments most interested in their
preservation the most emphatic and decisive protest.
Still, the infusion of anything approximating to
acerbity in the address formally delivered by her
MAJESTY to the Legislative Houses of Great
Britain would, to say the least of it,
have been most injudicious. Under every
circumstance of a similar character, it becomes the
sacred duty of the SOVEREIGN to speak in those tones
of moderation which are most suitable for the main-
tenance of the royal dignity, and best calculated to
insure some rational and pacific settlement of affairs.
In this particular, the Speech from the Throne will
assuredly be found to have justified the anticipations
of all sticklers for the sanctity of treaties and of all

lovers of peace.
When the odious restrictions still remaining
upon the importation of food are remembered,
and when, moreover, the imminence of the existing
dearth is taken into account, it cannot be any matter
for astonishment that the guardians of the national
welfare should endeavour to sweep away such very
removable difficulties. Upon this point her MAJESTY
does not enter into details, it is true, but her MA-
JESTY'S address gives, we doubt not, more than
an intimation of the salutary intentions of
her MAJESTY'S Ministers. That the unnecessary
and extravagant consumption of barley in the pro-
cesses of brewing and distillation should be prevented
by the substitution of molasses and sugar ; that the
navigation laws, which at present exclude from our
markets many cargoes of moderately-i.riced and nu-
tritious provisions, should be temporarily modified to
meet the wants of the existing scarcity ; and, above
all, that the British ports should be immediately
opened for the reception of grain from all quaAters of
the globe—are the most ostensible mear4efor the
amelioration of popular distress and the preVention of
national famine. That there are perils of this de-
scription impending over Ireland, the Government
itself has virtually asserted by transmitting food and
money to her inhabitants, by proposing enormous
loans to her landowners, by changing a large number
of war-steamers into commissariat vessels for the
'victualling of the whole island. There must be
some compensation for these generous endeavours on
the part of the Administration—the people must
be remunerated for these disbursements of the Ex-
chequer; and that there will be so-ne such com-
pensation as we have expressed, is certain from the
declarations of her MAJESTY.
As the official manifesto of the Russell Cabinet,
if not as a programme to the session, the Speech
from the Throne must be regarded as most satis-
factory ; for, besides the questions relating
to Ireland, to Cracow, to the Peninsula,
and to the full and perfect emancipation
of commerce, it is unquestionable that Lord JOHN
and his colleagues are now pledged beyond all re-
tractation to the two great reforms—educational and
sanatory. The words spoken by her MAJESTY will
be listened to with avidity throughout the country,
and the more su because of the remarkable nature of
the present emergency, and because in these words
we have the first declaration of the kind issued by the
Russell Cabinet. It would be frivolous and even un-
gracious to deny that in all essential respects the
opening of the Parliament for the session of 1847 is
consolatory and propitious.

Cardinal FERETTI, the newly-appointed Legate
to Urbino, has received from the POPE instructions
recommending him to calm down as much as pozsible
the minds of the population, and to re-establish the
respect due to the laws and authorities. The
Cardinal is empowered to state that his flousEss is
disposed to accord to the inhabitants all the liberty
compatible with the public good, but that he would
never suffer any infringement of the law.

The Universal German Gazette states that a rail-
way is contemplated between Vienna and Cracow.
It is intended to effect at Oderberg the junction of
the Northern line and that of Lower Silesia, and to
prolong the latter by Kosel to Mislowits, on the fron-
tier of the ancient territory of Cracow.
The Augsburg Gazette states that the new loan
about to be contracted by the Austrian Government
will amount to 40,000,000 florins, at an interest of
five per cent. The Government proposes to issue the
bonds at 108.

According to the Observateur Rhenan the Austrian
Government has decided on having a bridge of stone
constructed over the principal arm of the Danube,
like that of Pesth. This gigantic work is to be com-
menced in the spring.

Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived.

It is said that MoN and PIDAL are about to secede
from the Ministry. IsTuanz would willingly retain
the services of MoN, but the Finance Minister re-
fuses to remain unless nom, continues a member of
the Cabinet; and as he is a Minister of whom all
parties are anxious to be rid, MoN goes with him.
It is generally supposed that CASTRO r OROZCO, the
newly made Marquis of GERONA, will receive the
the support of the Ministerial Deputies as candidate
for the Presidency of the Chambers. The Chambers
were still occupied in the transaction of merely for.
mal business.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Madrid Bourse of the
11th at 3214 ; the Five per Cents. at 2U/8 ; Debt without
Interest, 614 ; Coupons, 183%.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The Chamber of Peers assembled on Saturday in
Committee, to hear the draft of the Address read. It
is of course an echo of the Speech from the Throne.
The debate in the Chamber was to be opened on
Monday, by the Due DE BaoarAE, who will, it is
said, discuss the question of the application of the
Treaty of Utrecht to the Montpensier marriage. M.
Guizor is not expected to speak until Tuesday.
A courier extraordinary arrived in Paris on Satur-
day from London, with dispatches for the Marquis
of NORMANDY. According to the Courrier Franrais
"It is said, amongst those dispatches gas a fresh note
from Lord Palmerston, relating specially to the docu-
ments presented to the Chambers and to the manner of
their publication. This note is shortly to be communi•
cated to M. Guizot. On the other hand we are assured
flat, in order to restore the cordial understanding, a
great personage enjoying the confidence of the Ministry
is to proceed in a few days to London, to propose a
treaty of commerce to the British Cabinet."

The food riots continue to prevail to an alarming
extent in the provinces. The Moniteur announces
" Troubles of a very grave nature have broken out in
the department of the Indre. Several carts of grain were
seized on the night of the 13th, in passing through Cha-
teauroux, between 1.4,-vroux and Buzanceais. The rioters
sent the corn to Buzanceais, and forced the holders to
sell it at a low price. The crowd of rioters increased
during the night, and during the 14th the disorder as-
sumed a more decided character of violence. Five or
six houses have been pillaged, and one of the proprietors
having attempted to resist, was killed. The Prefect of
the Indre went immediately to the spot with the Procu-
reur du Roi, but not having a sufficient force at his dis-
posal, he immediately applied to the Government, which
ordered reinforcements to be sent, in order to re-establish
order and insure an exemplary repression."
The following is the description of the state and
prospects of the country :
" We will by no means attempt," says the Dawes,
" to deny the rude shock to which the material fortunes
of France are at the present moment exposed, and we
have not to defend ourselves from the charge of having
remained indifferent to them. Few years have been sso
severely affected as 1816 ; inundations, penury of pro-
visions, political embarrassments, all have weighed uponit. And yet, notwithstanding all these complications,
it is consoling to see how plentiful are the resources
which the country possesses within itself, EYen if

en this occasion be taxeii with f,Ptimi3lll,.
we will not hesitate to eoclaro that the foundations
its prosperity are not assailed in a manner that will
l'-'ztvo any proffAind or Chrable traces, since the Move"
aunt of affiirs, the activity of transactions. old th.e
niched in this same year, have made a progress not infe.-
arim_rouor,ittiot:tp:htilieichctaissuitenpintairt'fil,dininplace of being dim'.
is the result to be dr.wri
rev givyn by the Monitcvr. The genert.l receipts 01
the imposts and indirect revenue for 1846 Is
823,291,000 f., while that of 1845 was 803,902,000.. r
which shows an increase of upwards of 19 millions is
favour of 1846. The augmentation in 1845 over tu:
previous year was only a little more than 15 millions, 5.:
(nail
thperetavbhlieusoyf•etahres.piph4ites,
that the advantage is still more in favour or 1846. lt
rf.tnarktl)le that the greater portion of the incrsao 10
ing the lag three mouths, which it might have beetil
supposed would have ino,t seriously affected the marke,
The first nine months gave an excess of 13.183,000 N
while the last three gave au excess of 6,206,000 f."
The Bank of Rouen, following the example of th;
Bank of France, has raised the rate of discount 5 Pe
cent.. I'olol
The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de h
tiu
on Sunday at 77f. 70c., but had risen to 77f. 80c. At the Pt)
post. vg'S
BUsl NES DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS A-1
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUAitY 18' rot
Boulogne and Amiens, I4TB —Dutch Rhenish,
Indian, tA,l—Lotivain tl la Sambre, 15/81—Luxembourg,167,
and aßn
(urtid
eaantidxf..l7e,.,,ll,-3
snairntdh esrnt
raosfb.hu' rragn e3ex, 1114.1,--ofe;
Havre, 26%—Sambre and Meuse, 4t/2.

lib Selit
PLACES OF MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE. ----
usually appropriated to the leader of the Opposition, Id
occupied by Lord Lincoln ; about three seats belov,f,_l',4o
Lincoln. on the front Opposition bench, were Lord (lips
Bentinck, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Bankes; and on the
immediately behind sat Mr. Ferrand.
this.
MADAME BlSHOP.—During the past w--- Lts
far-famed cantatrice has been fulfilling engsge°l„e-0 the
Leamint_ ton and at Birmingham. At Leamington e
leading members of the fashionable circles," sarithber tC
mington Courier, " were present at her concert, and root.
ception was most enthusiastic." At Birmingham 5%01
quite a furore, by her exquisitely:pathetic rendering 01 of the
beautiful ballad, " John Anderson my Jo." SPeakitg,gt
manner in which this, the chef d'uavre of Buras,,=,,g-ber,
by Madame Bishop, the musical critic of the Dv "-Ad it
Journal says, " It is scarcely necessary to say `,,," Ode':
not reasonable to expect that a vocalist PL-001
in the florid ornaments of the Donizetti sel'od be?
music, can do justice to the simple and unadoro.or
lads to which Burns loved to wed his matchleesdlis re'
Yet " John Anderson my Jo " was thus treated. tr
quires something approaching to genius. We
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wr
t e
peatedly heard this beautiful and touching air, y ItirmA
tion tells us was at one time a chant in the " ?hi IP',
sung by the bright particular stars of ballad 5011 pad".
until Wednesday night we had no conception of tbitobei
of the music, or the potency of the verse. Madeolei
execution of it was toned to the very essence o' 11.
No extraneous ornament was introduced, it Was 10/2,distel/
unadorned loveliness, and at the " rest" which jolwaibi ~
precedes the close of the air, the most intense tijlT piar,
manifested, and rendered the succeeding burst o tar
deafening in its intensity. It is such music ast 000
fudils the high purposes of the art, but its true intelT
is rarely met with." isere
OPENING OF THE PORTS.—TWO Illeeting,o6o9
held at Manchester, on Friday, for the purpose 0,1 ititiO
rializing Government to open the ports and admit eie tb
of provisions duty free. One meeting took Pieleoetionsiill
Town Hall, and another in the open air. Reeeassee'
accordance with the requisitions were unanimously' toirrf
ARRIVAL OF THE GIBRALTAR PACILET.---'OO,O
AMMON, MONDAY.—The Oriental CompanY's ste Agent'
Madrid, Captain Bingham_, COMmande,•, Admirslti
ic•nes of
1
Lieutenant James Inglis, R.A. arrived here at he.."..„1,i1g,,,
yesterday morning, from Gibraltar,' and landed thdis, et'
the following dates :—Gibraltar, Bth JanuaryCloOttoill
January; Lisbon, 12th January; Oporto, 13th bodied''
Vigo, 14th January. Summary of cargo of thend 001
Seven boxes of dates, full cargo of dates, orange°, tiP,,,elealr..,
Weather during the voyage—Much fog and rain heq:„...-0,",
Number of passengers-28. Shipping at the Pereoftloe!
raltar, her Britannic Majesty's ship Siren, and ateem6 pole;
Cadiz, Dutch frigate Prince d'Orange, and corvelluedroni
Lisbon, the British squadron, and Portuguese (1
Oporto, her Britannic Majesty's ship Gladiator. rot;
Loss OF THE SIRIUS STEAMER.--ACC"nt3 that 1-
Dublin on Sunday, by the Cork mail, annotincing. WWI
above-named steamer, which is engaged in the tratcl"ugbio to
Dublin and Cork,-went ashore on the rocks near °node
four o'clock on Friday morning. An attempt "Ighotrojtc:elit;
get her off, and to push her to the termination o ,
naneyd.
waSshernwnasnfnosuinindr,e injurehionwßeyzetooottmonucßhay
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already, it is said, gone to pieces. Twelve of the,,eo're,
Y.he
tA
passengers were drowned in the attempt to get on 0",„,4 11
Mr. D'Eyncourt has contradicesol'`-didAti
report that he would nor offer himself as II mks.
3""
for Lambeth.
le.',
FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. BING, • ..g1 bi
mortal remains of this venerable senator were inter...ooc
terday forenoon, in the family vault, at Potter's 13;1 cony'
near Wrotham. At eleven o'clock, the mourn
consisting of the hearse, four mourning coaches, sod se(
private carriages of the deceased, Lord Strafford, ioes
Walter Stirling, moved from Wrotham Park to the Pa tbr,
its destination. A large number of the tenant*" 1110100,7
last respects by attending the procession. The %ore'
neing comparatively private, the attendants almoo, ,
comprised the immediate relations and friends of the uatoce'
Whitbread,twBco
including Lord Strafford, the Right Honourable :„liitigt
BvngMr. and l
is
usual funeral service was read by the reverend ine°,74ocett
&c• Ravin
Lord J. Thynne, Sir Walter PZ the
aft er which the body was lowered into the vault. and /140
near the remains of the late Lady Strafford and Lady Po
Byng. Having arrived at the churcnoot,i
day the quarterly court of the subscribers to the above seeLeet,
ROyAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—Yeett
was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's•S!,;:go
Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, K.C.8., in the chair.
(110
the balance-sheet presented by the secretary, it apPeerAP
the income during the quarter was 1,1001., and the re,s•
tare 603/. The receipts of the year were 2,9731.,
penditure, of which 1,944/. was in grants to distresseOo leg
officers, their widows, and orphans, amounted to A
.uf Wet!
by 4971. The deaths and withdrawals during they el.ol $o
only 62, while the new subscribers were 167. J‘(lM,rooto°
Charles Ogle was elected president, Admiral Sir.,./eoal
Briggs, vice-president, and Admiral Sir Charles Inp;olfe:
trustee. On the motion of Captain Gardner, it was. efiL
that the secretary should be defended at the expene`o,
$i
society in the action of slander brought against Joe
Hoare. About 500/. was then distributed to distress's'
cants, and the meeting broke up. r Ifor
and 1704
PARLIAMENTARY CHANGES.--In the UP t;00 o°.
the following Peers will have to take the usual oatt?f,oll
seeding to their respective dignities at the openi,
present session :—The Duke of Atholl, the Marqui,,oo„`li
mond, the Marquis of Ailsa, the Earl of Yarboroug"foooo;
Earl Waldegrave. In the House of Commons thg, in to;
changes have recently taken place :—Colonel pleVeoffefoi
room of the late Mr. P. M. Stewart, for the coil roebl,tio.
Captain Rushout, in the room of the late Mr. J. I for,','sr
East Worcestershire; Sir Montagu John ChollT2 of `llO
colnshire, in the room of Lord Worsley "'"--11 t
borough) • and the lion. Cecil Lawless for Clottille
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room of die Right Hon. D. R. Pigot. do eta'
MAIL •COACH ACCIDENT.—On Wednus- Yoe, rod
the south-going mail-coach was overturned neari.depttrs
of Leman, and completely demolished. The seethe leti,elll
in consequence of one of the bars breaking, an“,„rtties" 00
having set off, dashed into the field below. Iklost,egage'eota
although the coach was full of passengers and iis'"'',olo..`ere
person sustained any serious injury. The ha,ll,7,,zsge
to tatters, although quite new. The mail aria i.e•' to
conveyed to Arbroath in carts.— Ilion/rose Revigbe oprieitt,
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN.lB.—The Oriental nt,
steam-ship Iberia, Capt. Meeham (Admiralty oge for hfoll
Ravenhem), left the river at three P.M. this dnifi;sils,
raltar, with the Peninsular and Mediterranean roars ~111510
cargo, and twelve passengers. The Royal West f, Adawinclio
packet Forth, Captain Chapman (Lieut. Brnyl-Weat:rgo,
agent), with the mails, left the river for the ,00d „toer
Islands and Gulf of Mexico. The Forth has ti,, ger. 00
and fifty one passengers. The Oriental Coutke,„,L" aadlAio
mails,The
t ep icon, Captain
ahinstant,
very ala
st Soy,afnutli ara ndwillvaluable
take leavnen
ttchatirhsgeop
Eoarantsdt a
f r
rieter d i
s t
Royal West India mail packet Trent, Captain 20th 'Oa.
be looked for from the West Indies on. the 19th e• the 0111
although not due at the General Post. office beforeibe
The Tiber, Captain Russell, from Gibraltar witted po"-
from Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, &c., with cargo P-
yeir
gers, may be expected on the 26th. cloVe
FIRE IN THE REGENT- CIRCUS.—Y_,•---erA2 dor
ing, about five o'clock, a fire broke out at Di,°:,:Colls.t.ll4"
circus, Picc in the tenure of Mr. 13- -°5l Beeped
draper. The engines of the County and l'c'"
quickly attended, and the flames were speedilY erby tire/
but not until a quantity of linen was damaged $
The loss will fall on the County Fire-office. OfIllet"
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 18.—ORGANts.s.0- hol3x- tio
DocKymtu:Arcrwicans.—The Admiralty:intend t"sii be d
Major Stevens, of the Royal Marine Artillerlt 51/00..bat,teta'
officer appointed to instruct the artificers in the goof cots
drill. Ile will be stationed in London, to be in seat toTbe
different dockyards to organise men into
munication with their Lordships, and occasion:loll:0i. .iteo
exercise is to take place during the months of. iietitlo
omafnudtshkJeeuntba•
a.vnydTwshhweoo ship-gun iapdv-regi
drill
na dsyer idl
sergeantsl
thwriollubgeh dtoihfr
ee clFaxbdrcainebtii:,ijouts:;6.ll'jAilt:
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orders of one or more officers of that corps. ,nos d'
[ADv Eta tsEmENT J—FEARFUL WOUNDS
IJJs•~ bead
SIPELAS CURED BY 11OLLLWAY'S OINTMENT AND
faa
Coles, formerly in the employ of Mr. Oliver, coactita";o"yeal-age;
ham, for five years, had been ill, off and on, for fete
of one t
for the last seven he was continually under the ale une arg
or another, besides bein a patient for a considerable,' 41010
of the hospitals for settled erysipelas in both legs, "1' overt COT
quantities of water, besides humours issuing lror: P'"are:
wounds. His age being seventy-two, it was expected rfectif-ii
plaint would kill him, and yet this poor man has been Pei e• g 4.
d
(Heine vendors, and at Professor HollowaY's
by ilonoway's Ointment and Pins in six weelts•----101006
Strand, Landon.

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livnesic.,,Esatit erre '
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Park,
the loyi of WI:
. Ou the sth inst., at Florence,
jun., Esq., of a daughter.
aaaa.stohne lady of Willi° vla,
_„ vase,mfe,
Mrs. Percy Dove, oaftaNsoa
On the - h • it— inst., Esq., of
the lady W • Birkenhead,'r OW
On the 15th inst., at Clifton.park,
bury-place, Islington, OiSb.
of
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ofiv:ritoo(
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On the 16th '
On the 16th inst., at Dublin, the lady
Esq a ( aughter.the law
Oil the 16th inst., at Olney Lodge, Battersea.
Joseph Tritton,
Esq., of a daughter.
Ger°
MARRIE W 'ilitall 6°17
Lood°l3j„gbfer
On the Nth inst., at St. Clement Danes,
Lowden, Esq., surgeon, Brighton, to Diary Carolinue
of the late William Joplin, Esq., of Miransicbi. S'''''•
e the
DIED.
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Robert
Hudson's Bay Company.
aSgep,ri
jnogifimeldsHthonurts,e,EFsgor.,res, N. 13"hei 000.
ThOn the 14th of September last, at Ningpo; Obi/13'
on m, Esq., her Majesty's Consul at that port. Lieutenant
WOalterthseen2ttstillugohl
eNs,onvoem.ableArrltaisite,tyat Berbice,
Di niainifi
GoOndnistohne,lE2stqh„inasgte.d, at Watford, 3atford, 'Belinda, relict of .4- •
fdisS
ArOuhndtehel
JlhslitahNin.
asptie,ra.t Pennard House, Shepton Mallet,
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