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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. Mr. JARDINE would admit that, but at the same time he TIIE WORKING OF THE - CITY 'of men from Temple-bar to Aldgate, for the especial pur-
- - - - pose -of -putting down the nuisance complained of; and ,
GLOBE.-We cannot but think that matter of some knew of tic) remedy for the evilSexcept an action at law against POLICE, STATISTICS, Scc.
the parties for a breach of contract, a proceeding which would for a time the plan worked so admirably, that 1
wonderment, and of some amusement-new occasion for The following communication has been sent to the Lord
be attended with considerable expense and delay. Perhaps acknowledgments of its efficiency flowed into the chief
looking upon our dearly beloved countrymen as toteMayor aey the Commissioner of the City Police, and by his office from every quarter, and in a little time the evil would
penitus divasos orbe Britannos-will be supplied to conti- the better course to pursue would be to !make an application
Lordship resented to the Court of moron Council last have been abated. But I regret to say that the manoeuvres
to the Court of Chancey for an injunction to restrain the.
~ • Thursdav when it was ordered to be printed :-
nental Europe by the last fortnight of pleadings pro and persons frOm entering into an engagement with the propne- and combinations of the Insulters and their men, who felt the
con before the Grand Inquest of the nation. ne whole tors of another theatre until the period for which their ser- To THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR, &c. &c. pressure of the plan, were regarded with so much favour in
"MY LORD MAYO -I have the honour herewith to in-quarters whence steady co-operation was to be expected, and
has, indeed, been somewhat in the character of Coroner'i vices had been engaged by the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre R,
Tnquest on a defunct trial. The trial is no more.; the had expired. close, for the information of iourself and the Court of Com- our zeal and toil were met with so much coolnesa, approach-
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that he much feared a suit in Chancery mon Connell, the Statistical eturn.s of the City Police Force ing, indeed, in some instances, to censure, teat the
senoras all alive and kicking. The grand convict, the Mr. coo
" Anarch old" of Conservative enmity, is there in Per said,
objectionableto the lessee than an action for the year 1843, with a contrasted representation of the impunity :of offenders trampled over all our ef-
would be even more
at common law. weceding year. eles the present appears an appropriate occa- forts, and the plan was abandoned. Under your
his place, reading the Minister, who had him con- Mr. J said, ifl unwilling to adopt legal slows° to do, I beg to invite your Lordship's attention not Lordship's sanction we are partially reviving the former sys-
ARDLNE the lessee wasun ng
victed of conspiring against the public peaCe, sage proceedings, the only course he could suggest was that he only- to the results which these returns afford, but also to + tem, which is greatly aided by the more frequent adjudi-
lessons on the dangers to that peace from Lord Devon's
should give notice to the parties of whose conduct he coin- some suggestions, the growth of experience and observation, cation of the cases, and it would still further promote the
commission, " unsettling the minds of the occupiers-,. - plained of the illegality of their proceedings, and to inform which I venture to think, with the sanction of the Corpora- object if the cases were disposed of day by day, as they arise.
offering Sir B. Peel his " cordial assistance" for such them that if they refused to abide by the contract they had tion, may render the City Police still further contributory to Accumulated charges disposed of at intervals, give rise to
and such objects-assuring him "he is not battling with entered intotaken the health and comfort, as well as the security, of the persons, singular stratagems; which defeat the ends of justice, and
with him legal proceedings would be
him"-adopting the tone of Minister Plenipotentiary against them. However,. he . . . .
had only to repeat that the case and their property, confidedto our care. divert the constables from their ordinary duties.
for the Irish people-and holding out the folds of his was not one over
which he had any jurisdiction. "I am the more anxious to en Lo dsh' ' " The ' rtanof the other stateof
gage your r ip s atten- . e imp ce
robe ambassadorial with the option of peace or war. All Mr. Cooper promised to act upon the suggestion ; and, tion to these returns, as the most exaggerated statements streets-it is scarcely possible to overrate, and I feel assured
having thanked the worthy Magistrate for his attention, have gone forth of the numberand magnitude of the robberies it will be gratifying to your Lordship to hear that it is at
this is in somewhat amusing contrast with the nominal
withdrew. committed within the City during the past year. When we the present time engaging the attention of a 'Board of
position of the parties ; as well as with the great Agi-
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. consider the vastness and variety of the property which is Health,' now sitting at tewydyr House.
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tutor's pathos about dungeons - and scaffolds - the other placed in our obscure warehouses, and exposed in our public " I have recently received and-answered a series of quee-
A tradesman, named Key, was summoned last week by the
night-upon other boards ; and, as.we said, we fancy - •s_ rt his shops; the tens of thousands of persona, many of them tions bearing upon this measure from this board, to which I
parish authorities of St. Giles' s, for musing to support
continental Europe will hardly know what to make of it.
grandchildren. strangers, who daily traverse our streets; the carelessness of subjoined an additional question sent to the inspectors of. the
Do we object to the free and easy issue of- legal con- The parish prosecutor now said, that by subsequent in- their unanimousreply, I transmitted
some, the vicious indiscretion. of others; when we consider City Police, which, with
victions, thus singularly illustrated ? No more than quiry circumstances had become known to him which dis- . .
how many hundreds of persons, of both sexes, repair hither to Gwydyr Housee
we object to the bloodless issue of threatening arma- inched the parish at present to press on the grandfather, daily and nightly expressly, and with the utmost practised "The questions transmitted to this office were eight in
dexterity,toseiz h 'ew at isunguarded, andto trepan theunwary ; number, .all having relation to the public health and com-
ments. Everything, we trust, tends to mitigation gay. The old man was very ill, and it appeared he was
whenwe look at the • increasing evidence which these Returna fort, which were variously answered by our officers; but the
of civil discords ; and we are nowise ashamed of just about to call his creditors together. As his ability toe lafford of deserted houses crowded with portable and costly ninth nuestion, which I added, 'Do you consider the tho-
the peculiarity which these __proceedings will exhibit support his grandchildren was therefore very doubtful, th property, to which may be added the censurable carelessness roughfarea would be more free from nuisances if the streets
in the eyes of Europe. We rejoice that in Eng- magistrates would perhaps advise the case to stand over till
with which persons are taken into confidence, respecting were under the inspection of the police ?' was at once and by
land no party is ever to that degree dominant some evidence could be adduced affirmatory of his power
whom little or no inquiry is made-I own it does appear to all answered in the words, 'Yea, most decidedly.' When
that it can stifle the fullest possible utterance to aid them. me a matter of surprise, as well as of congratulation, that I returned to the Board of Health, the answers to the
of the views over which •it holds, for the time, The MAGISTRATE agreed that it would be _
a: well to
would delay no the total amount of property actually lost during the past inquiries I had been requested to make, I observede-' You
the ascendant. We believe this character of -fair play fora month or so, ;by which time
Mr. Kay 1,
w Tear, the value of which is always appraised by the will perceive I have added a question (9th), which, with the
doubt appear personally, and show cause why ,he order
for both. sides to be quite unique practically in theosers, for the most part under the influence of ex- answer, will be found to bear materially upon the objects of
be made
should not upon him.
world.. Not in France, with all its nonsensical boastings G Garrett brought before Mr. Hardwick,charged
corgis . was '• is less' that twenty pounds your in airy. The state of our streets generally, and es
citement and alarm,
a-day lOf the 1,229 robberies of all descriptions which oc- cially e narrow and more confined streets, alleys,' and
of social equality-not assuredly elsewhere in Europe- with having stolen a dog belonging to a foreign gentleman
coed in the City during the year 1843, it will appear not courts, is very unsatisfactory, and calls for daily supervision,
not, we believe, in America, can opposite opinions on named Calla, living in Portugal-street. The prisoner, it
one amounted to 3001. in value ; only six exceeded 100/. ; which none could so efficiently give as the police. That
questions so nearly touching the heart of empire as this appeared, was seen by police constable Russell, following a
607 not exceeding 5/., and 426 under 58. Of these petty rob• it would cast serious additional duties upon the police es-
Irish one come forth with so little restraint-with so gentleman
_ who had a little dog with him in Regent-street.
beries it may be correctly remarked that the fargreater num- tablishment is obvious, but this Might to be no consideration
little dangerous irritation-with such unlimited length The prisoner, who seemed an expert hand, adroitly. eon
her occur among persons and in neighbourhoods in which when the public health is concerns and when great saving
and latitude of discussion-as in much abused old England. trived to cut the string by which the dog was held,
11-• without, small properties change possession with very slight regard to in the financial expenditure of the City might be effected.'
And not, most certainly, could any such freedom belong being perceived by, the owner, and then
downArgll-streei: rightful
e claims, and at hours and under circumstances little "Should your Lordship and the Corporation entertain the
to an Irish Parliament-left alone. •In this point of up and concealing it n his apron, he ran
and gy culated to awaken the sympathy of the friends of morality suggestion of placing the supervision of the public streets
The constable, however, was on the alert, he not only
view, at least, the union produces fruits which could not succeeded .in capturing the prisoner with the dog upon him, and
order. • . under the police, I should earnestly -stipulate for undivided
survive its repeat; and we are glad to be able to sub- but he contrived to make the owner acquainted with the loss ' " The number of persons brought to the station-houses responsibility. Many of the great inconveniences and nui-
scribe to the closing sentences of the leading speakers he had unawares sustained. The prisoner was found to be an for . , interference, . - . upon charges, and under Circumstances too immaterial to call k fiances which are to .be found in the highways and byeways
on both sides, and express our conviction that the spirit inhabitant of one of the streets in Spitalfields, in the veryand largely of the City arise from th !absence •
magisterial is very great,
the increase, which Ithink, in
me
of the times, which has proved so favourable to fulletnd centre of the locality where the dog stealers abound. As
attributed to the inducements held out to theidle and dissi- - dance,andplenty of • for them, buttheir
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unfettered discussion, will prove not barren of healing there were good grounds for believing that the prisoner was
who flock from the remotest parts of the country to duties are undefined, an • their responsibility too
measures. an old offender, he was fined 11., the value of the dog, and pared, impression ...
London, under the that food and lodging are easily general to be effectual. Though lam fully aware of the
. 20/. for stealing it, and in default of payment he was sent for
and ' .
I • be obtained. That t accession of toilandtrouble it wouldthis
gratuitous y. to many persons so .great
LAW INTELLIGENCE. • six months to hard labour. coming are objects of merited commisseration, and entitled to office, yet if placed here, and suitable encouragement given,
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 24. UNION-HALL. less precarious regard, is obvious to all who have attended to: I will engage to give the citizens far greater satisfaction, at
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, beibre Lord ABLNGER . A case exemplifying in a remarkable degree the mistakes their cases, and lam induced to think that the places now considerable_ less cost, than does or can arise from the pre-
' and Special Juries.) '. fallen into occasionally, with respect to the identity of per- open for the relief of the houseless and indigent are at once .sent _system. . .
winsome AND ANOTHER n.• THE GRAND ,ruercencer RAILWAY. sons, came on before Me Cottingham, during the examine- too lax and indiscriminate towards imposition, and too tran- " I beg to invite your Lordship's attention to the Returns
Mr. Martin and ' Mr. Cardwell conducted the case for the don of a man named Juivis, who was charged on suspicion sitory and indifferent to the claims and circumstances of un- also herewith sent, setting forth the number of officers and
- plaintiffs, and thee Solicitor-Generals with whom was Mr. of stealing, a firkin of butter at. Camberwell. The prisoner obtrusive and patient suffering. Let not even the semblance constables who have joined and left the City Police Force
Crompton, appeared for-the-defendants. defendants. -' • • was brought to this Court a few days ago, charged with steal- of want be overlooked, once, twice, or even thrice; but there between the Ist of January, 1840, and the 31st of December
This was an. action !to. recover compensation in -damages ing a firkin of butter,, which he was seen carrying on his is something obvio • usly vicious in the system, and extremely 1843, .as it serves to silence the insinuations .of that portion
from the defendants under the following .eircumstances :- shoulder; and when stopped he said that he had found it lying hazardous to the security of persons and property, which_ of the weekly press, which finds its profit in malignant mis-
The plaintiffs are the celebrated carriers, and like many other in-the road, and was in the act of taking it to an adjacent inundates our . streets every morning with hundreds of representations. It has been asserted that nearly the whole
private establishments of a. similar character have suffered, of shop ; bit this' statement 'being disbelieved, he was taken Perseus who force has been changed by dismissals, and recruited b their
prowl about in every form of affected distress,y
and seizing whatever may come in their way.
course, very materially since the various railways have come into cuseody: The prisoner gave a similar account when be- seeking restoration ; whereas it will appear that of 1,068 men, not a
into their full force Of working. They furthermore complained fore the magistrate, and two persons in attendance gave him _ " Crime ought not to be so countenanced nor suffering so few of whom I found in the service, not places there
aired to test the reten- exactly for theirqualifications, n 1 176 have been
y .dismissed, -
that-, upon some of the lines adVantages are offered to some . a good character, and said that they had known him from slurred_over. Arran merits Telt. _ _
sal• PAbo twhile
of their competitors -which are denied to them. In his youth, and never heard of his being in trouble before. sions of applicants
attended ei
'leg'
unate dispo • u 272, nearly all of. whom have been appointed by me,
the present instance, it seemed that they had sent Two or three policemen, however, gave a very two years since
.with .
a Board of Guardians at the retired expressly to assume superior situations, while ,
a quantity of . goods to the station at Liverpool for different . character of the prisoner, whom theyto this subject, d • 33
Western Union of the City, and, a view during four - years only men have , been • re- i'
theperpose of their being forwarded to Birmingham ; that a alleged had been convicted of felony, and trans- gg
BU sated that every person who applied for relief a admitted, not one of whom had been dismissed, but wh
second time should be - detained .and employed for a not having realised their expectations of • •ed f o'
improved fortune, 1
portion of such goods consisted of pork and other perish- ported for seven years. This latter accusation ,
able articles; and that they. were not forwarded and de- ' however, was denied by the prisoner, and he was remanded od ffi ' tl 1
Peri su e'en 3' ion to ascertain the truth of his restored, having parted with them in the hope that they
'ht be further narrative • and that instead of as • p sing persons to a great would better their conditions
livered in due time. It further appeared that, in the present until this day,-with a view that the matter Tling.
division, attended, distance at' a serious cost, suitable places in the vicinity of "As the cost of the City . Police,
instance, the- goods had been sent rte the railway steam investigated. Accordingly policeman 76, P . . especially when contrasted
ht he hi . t the metropolis should be provided for their reception and oc- •h • •made the
after four o'clock in the afternoon, and were not forwarded by . and on looking at the prisoner lie said t atook min o with similar appointments, is also e subject of ani-
the goods-train that left at eight o'clock the same evening. custody in the year 1835 felony,
for and that he was con- . cupation, at the charge of,- and enforceable against, the madversion it is desirable that the public, and especially the
On behalf of the defendants it was contended, that inasmuch vieted and transported for seven years. parishes to which they belong, and when no local settlement rate ' ' din this respect. The total
payers, should be disabuse
' as there were certain rules and regulations by which it had The prisoner declared that the policeman was mistaken,
of . . . .
such .
can be traced, which is the casein many instances, the total cost of the City Police (including-some serious items which
been found necessary to guide the arrangements and pro- and went on to say
that a brother of his was tried some years expense maintaining persons should be paid •. it is hardly fair to place to our annual expenditure)
ceedings of the railway, and that but that subsequent tbl b all th 'h • Eld dWal '4l 3M/ h. h• 1 dingr • . officers
d
ntenced to transportation. a ra ea y y e pans es in ng an an es, is -, ---, weiceonc.o ...ommissioner,, an men
one of them.waa to the ago.and se
- effect that " all goods intended .to be forwarded •by the investigation e, .
havin°' been entered into before the Secretary uon a return- to-be made to Parliament for that purpose (543 in all is 76/ per head ; while the cost of the Allaryle-
• , eight o'clock train must -be delivered
at the station at Liver- of State, his brother received a free pardon. The ' ' lofthis rule ' • * • ' * 1121. head. Ifthe f
prinem e
, • pool before four o'clock on the same afternoon in order to en- The policemen still persisted in their tale. Ireland. Unless something of this sort be attempted, Lon- of the City Police were restricted' to the number originally
sure their being duly forward and that as the plaintiffs Here a tradesman, who had known the prisoner since his don, and especially the City, will become the universal em- proposed (300), when the amalgamation of the forces was
had not acted in accordance- with such. rule, the Company boyhood, stepped forward, produced the free pardon of the Porium of misery and of wretchedness, as well as of merchan- under consideration, the total cost per annum would be many
could not be held liable. prisoner's brother, and said that the accused had never been disc and wealth. thousands per annum less than at present ;so that in fact we
The jury, entertaining an opinion favourable, returned a away from Camberwell a month together since he was born. "I am quite satisfied a plan might be devised by which have nearly double the strength, at a far less average charge
verdict for the defendants. ' This latter circumstance was confirmed by the shopkeeper the maintenance of the poor would be less costly to the rate- than what is imposed upon the important district of the
wILLTAmS, ADMINISTRATOR, r. IIAY. to Whom the firkin of butter belonged which the prisoner was payer, and less harrassing and unkind towards the objects of metropolis just named.
Mr. Crowder, Mr. Sergeant Byles, and Mr. Butt, appeared charged with stealing. . relief, and in no place could the experiment be so appro- "These, my Lord, are only a few of the useful results which
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Humfrey, with whom was Mr. E. Air. Correstenem said that the investigation of the charge priateiy made as in the City of London; The present system examination affords, and Ido hope that the notice recently
James, conducted the case for the defendant. This was an showed that the policeman was mistaken as to the identity is bad, and becoming -alarmingly worse. ' given, but since withdrawn, by the Chairman of the Police
action to recover the value of certain pictures, of which the of the prisoner, although he had spoken with such confidence " Two very material subjects have recently been brought Committee to inquire into the duties and responsibilities of
defendant had possession, belonging to the Plaintiff as the ad- on the point. He (Mr. Cottingham) had no doubt the police- under my notice by the desire of your Lordship, which had my office, will be renewed ; for inquirer is alike due to the
ministrator to the estate and effects of. the Rev. C. Digby, men were wrong, and it behoved constables to be mindful and Previously engaged my attention. I allude to what is appro- public, the service, and myself-I have the honour to be,
deceased. It appeared that the deceased gentleman had, cautious in their identity of persons, for had it not been satis- PriafelY termed the ' omnibus nuisance: and the state of my Lord Mayor, your most obedient servant,
during his lifetime, been a great collector ,of pictures, and factorily proved in this instance that the accused was not our streets and thoroughfares. Very. shortly after my appoint- (signed) "D. W. HARVEY.
that, having also been engaged in some mining transactions, transported, he (Mr. Cottingham) might have been led into ment to the office of Commissioner, I established a line " 26, Old Jewry."
he had become embarrassed so much as to induce him to the enfortunate error of coinmiting an innocent young man ... . ,
que . the country for a short period. Being in bad health, for trial. _The Magistrate added, that he hoped the police- COMPARATIVE SUMMARY CF THE CITY POLICE RETURNS FOR THE YEARS
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however,he had died at Wiesbaden, whither he hadproceeded man would take a warning for the future, and not speak with- • 1842 AND 1843.
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for the benefit of baths. Whilst 'aosent from England lie such confidence of the identity of a person until he was quite NUMBER OF PERSONS BROUGHT To THE STATION-HOUSES FROM THE
wrote to Mr. Francis O'Neal, with whom he was: engaged positive of it, and, at the same time Mr. Cottingham dis-
IST DAY OF JANUARY TO THE 31sT DAY OF DECEMBER, BOTH Anno 1843.
in the mining matters, authorisine him to pawn or sell charged the priSoner, saying that he left the Court without
such of his pictures as- he might find it to be necessary any imputation on his character. . INCLUSIVE. 1842. 1843. Increase. Decrease
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in -order to enable him to pay certain • bills which. were ap- CLERKENWELL. 502 540 -
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preaching their maturity. With this view the pictures were Alfred and James Bevis (brothers), and a man named Per Offences against the Person
sent to the defendant, a celebrated money-lender in Cateaton-
..,Property, committed with violence 4O 31 i ... 9
llurphy, alias Murray, were brought before Mr. Greenwood ~ ~
street, with whom a negotiation was commenced for the oh-Property, without violence • 1,960 1,661 i ... 299
for re-examination, charged with burglary in the dwelling- ~
tainment of an a • avarice amounting to 4,000/. After various house of Mr. Nathaniel Neville, boot and shoemaker, in St. For Malicious Offences against Property " 360 371 11
interviews the
negotiation
went off, and upon a subsequent . •••
Tohn-street, Clerkenwell, and also with attempting to murder For Forgery, and Offences against the Currency , 249 171 78
application the 'defendant refused to deliver up the pictures"4.
that gentleman. • - For Offences not included in the above classesl,B3l 1,704 127
unless he was paid the sum of 700/., which he alleged he had ~ •••
On the previous examination it came out in evidence, that •
advanced to O'Neal on the authority and for the benefit of
last Wednesday morning three weeks, about the hour of six, Total number taken before Magistrates and disposed of as under..: *5,002 *4,478 524
the deceased. This authority was disputed on the part of the the prosecutor was awoke by a noise in his warehouse, when Number of Charges k• reasons assigned on the 0c- •••
not taken, for the
plaintiff, and that was the question now brought under the he immediately went and found three men packing up his _
urrence Sheets - 2,783 3,894 1,111 . .
consideration of the jury. On behalf of the defendant, it was goods. -They attacked hini, beating him most dreadfully c•
proved that the deceas&l had written more then one letter to about the head with a " life preserver," until he was insen- when capable of hiking care
Number of Drunken Persons discharged
O'Neal, telling him to pawn or sell the pictures, for the pur- sible, and then they effected their escape. From subsequent of themselves , 973 2,202 1,229 •• •
pose of raising money; and furthermore by the production. information,ethe prisoners were apprehended by Sergeant Number of Destitute Persons 1,782 1,464 •• • 318
of the cheques of the defendant, that the 7004 had been ad- Redman, who had taken them into the presence of the Number of Vagrants . -
vanced to O'Neal by she defendant. At- the conclusion of the prosecutor, by wilom they had been identified as the persons • -r
defendant's case, at the suggestion of the Learned Judge, the that attempted to take away his life and property. ' Total number of Persons brought to the Station-houses i I 10,841 I 12,332 1,491 --
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case was referred. • Sergeant. Redrean reported that the prosecutor was still •
HARRIS -v. HOWARD. too dangerously ill to leave his. room, and produced a certifi- ,
This was an action virtually to compel the defendant to•
cate, of which the following is a copy •-•=" This is to certify *Taken Discharged Summarily Committed Convicted and Sentenced. - BillsnotFound
deliver up eertain prints, drawings, plates and other matters, that Mr. Neville remains very ill in .consequence of severe into - by Convicted or for To To Acquitted. or not
to which the plaintiff laid claim as being his property. Imprisonment.
injuries of the head, 'and Tule unable to attend any public Custody. Magistrates. Held to Bail: • Trial. Transportation
Mi. Kelly, with whom was Sir John Bayley, conducted examination.-H. Walter, surgeon, 59, St. John-street, Feb. 1842. 1843. 1842. 1843.1 1842.1 1843. 1842. 1843. 1842. 1843, 1842. 1843. 1842.' 1843. 1842. 1843.
the case for the plaintiff, whilst Mr. B. Andrews and Mr. 24th, 1844."-The prisoners were remanded again. : - - ---
Ogle appeared for the defendant. The plaintiff is Majer•
5,002 4,478 2,682 2,465 11,871 11,626 449 387 111 67 243 220 58 69 37 31
Harris, to whom the world is indebted for a -most admirable
work, entitled " WiktSports of Africa," and the defendant STATE .OF TRADE.
.- Dismissed or with- 1843.
is Mr. Frank Howard, the artist. It appeared that the FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, FEB.onvicted and EB. 23.-We oan -.-- -
plaintiff, whilst in Southern Africa, being anxious to publish merely this: week confirm our last report. The demand SIJMMONSES. . drawn by order ot 1842. 1843.
the work of which mention- has been Mile, commissioned a
continues good, but stocks are light, and the choice only - Fined' the Magistrates. Incr. Deer.
MSS Cornwallis in this country to make-arrangements with indifferent, .
an artist to accomplish that object. The gentleman to whom'. ' 1842. 1843. "1842. 1843.
ENGLISH WOOL M L . 23.-Sales
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MARKET, REDS, FEB.EB.
the lady was recommended turned out to be the defendant,•
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combing wool during the present week have not been -
with whom she entered into' an agreement, by which of •
he was to be paid 'fifteen guineas for - each of quite so extensive as for some few weeks past. Prices Underthe City '
21 37 14 18 35 55 20 ...
twenty-eight coloured plates, and five guineas 'each for the are - firm and stationary. Clothing wools are in good Carriage Act 979 1,060 354 262 iR,
, '-' -3 1,322•
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" tail 'pieces" and vignettes. Subsequently to this's. second demand, and last week's quotations are fully realised. Against'Publie-houses, &e 49 .33 16 14 65 47 ... 18
agreement was arranged for It' second work, to which he was . WAKEFIELD. WOOL MARKET, FED. 23.-There is no Drovers • 49 31 20 • 12 69 43 ... 26
to supply twenty plates, at the rate of live guineas pet plate. further improvement in- the demand or price of wool - ' • ,
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This sum. it was stated by the Learned' Counsel, was far since our last ; sales have been limited in all sorts, but Total Number of Summonses. .......... ;. .. • : ............ 1,502 1,467 ... 36
more than one of the Most able artists of the day would have
prices are firm.
charged. The defendant furthermore undertook to correct LEEDS.-We have nothing new to report of our Cloth .
the letter-press portion of the -publication, and to act some- 1843.
markets this week. The demand has a • been b • gam risk
.. ' MISCELLANEOUS.
what in the capacity of Ka -publisher, having promised to for- 1842: 1843:
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forlo priced low cloths, particularly in common blacks ; •
ward copies thereof to, the different subscriber* in In ' . • Iner. Deer.
the course of time defendant was-paid 1;900/. on account of the for middle priced cloths there has been a moderate de- . ~..............
first work, and
500!. for the -second, ande there. now re- wand, but fine goods oontinue dull of sale. There have Number of Lives saved by the Police ....... .. . ...................... ........... . .... .............. 36 41 5
maimed only- 891. -odd due to-- hinea The balance had been been good Markets for Tweeds, both on Saturday and Children found and restored to their friends, or sent "to the Workhouse... 44/ • 653 212 •••
0 • 0
tendered, - but- the defendant refused- to - accept it, and Tuesday, and the stocks in the Halls are very low. Houses, Warehouses, &c., found insecure • 1,892 ' 2,415 523 ...
to deliver up- the -plates; printing; &c., SSree - unlees he • There have been a good many wholesale buyers in the Fires discovered by the Police ......................... :. ' .......... : ..... . , ... . .... 1
.31 182 51 ...
were paid 500/. -as` his commissiort upon. ohe transaction. town during the week, and business in consequence has Robberies s. ..................... 1,344 1,229' ... 115
Thee dim the plaintiff - deelined 'to acknoviledge, on the been better in the warehouses than for some time past.
•
ese ' ' se.----_
ground-that there had never-been any agreement wherein' . es
• ReDFORP' MARKET,' THURSDAY.-Pieces are in good .
such a thing as commission had been even hinted at. InOhe . ... ' 1843.
request, and the stocks very low ler the season of the 1842. 1843.
course of the statement of Counsel it appeared that, notwith- „ . - .. • - , Increase.
Veer. Prices are` tending upwards. Although there is -
standing so large a sum had been banded- over. to-the de- s • ....-----.............._
-
fendant, he had failed in • applying it to its proper purpOse, not so much actual purchasing in yarns, yet the spinners
X s• d- £ s. d. X s. d.
and that several of the Parties who had been occupied under are all verY• busy with contracts entered into, and are Value of Propert
y Stolen 6,559 7 2 8,353 1 6 1,793 14 4
him upon the work, retained certain parts in their possession not at all disposed to • increase their orders, except at . ,
_ Recovered 1,241 8 9 1,407 1 1- 165 12 4
until their claims had been satisfied, • • • full prices. -There is hardly as much business doing as • '
Found on drunken persons arid restored on liberation 857 7 4 916 1 8 , 58. 14 4
Eventually, as in the preceding cause,the casewasreferred. a few weeks past, and the holders are exceedingly firm, e
----.
The jury, therefore, gave a verdict for the plaintiff, subject as they- cannot -replace their stocks at prices that will AR 1843.
to a reference ;the defendant, in the meantime, upon seen- •
RETURN OF ROBBERIES DURING THE YE
enable them to get prime cost on the rates demanded More More More 71
rity being given, to deliver up those portions of the work.. •
by th growers and country dealers'
that were in his poaesesion, and to give orders for the deli- - - re. e
very of the rest by the different tradespeople. - • • 'JUDE -, OF MANCHESTER,. THURSDAY EVENING. ... ~_ _ . . .--I
.-4 ,-.4 4 41 41 41 £5O, Bc. £lOO, £2OO, . 6; OS E",
- . ; I. .....
There has been little change in our market this week, t• I. I. t). " tel lees '. & less & less 8 2 0 ro
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 24, and. prices are nominally the same for all kinds. This DESCRIPTION OF ROBBERY. 71 V ,ti rd ',S ,cl• ,_ Ee 0
- o o a eee---- 0 . o - than than than .0 e
4
(Sittings in London before the. Loan CHIEF. JUSTICE and a state of things' cannot long continue,'as buyers for '• ° 0 0 I'-' 0 P £lOO. £200.' £3OO. 44
. 0
. Special Jury.) , _ early
spring shipments cannot much longer delay operations, . • _....-- -
PKILLIPS a. IRVINE.. • -•- and' it ' will then be: seen, and perhaps not before, • - - -
• 4 1 1 1 2' . ..• ••• 9
• This was an action of assumpsieupon a policy-of insurance, what complexion- as' regards prices willmoney
....•
then wear. At - 1- 3 •• • 1 1 . ... ... 6
brought against the defendants as- directors of all insurance pregeht small and needy manufacturers Burglaries.Watches, Jewellery, &c.
are not realising ' 3
company. . • . - • more than about one-half the advance on cotton. The Wearing Apparel
The vessel upon which the policy was effected • was bound large' dwealthy an houses are not sellers at resent Goods, or Stock in Trade l=B
2 _
..,
... .., • 3 .•1
1 • ; - •• • .. •
on a voyage from London to -Bombay, or. China. She was . . .sent rates.. • - • .
examined previous to her departure from this port, and was Twist is without change, though in better emend. Fine Money •• '2l 6 6 10.. 10 .4 . 4 1 1 ... 63
considered sound, but a short time before her arrival at the numbers: secure and support firmly the advance asking,- - Robberies W tch 3 - -II
a es, ewe ery, &c. - • 4- ... •• • . „, .., ,59
port-of destination the " cheeks" of her-mainmast were found Leeds Mercury.
in Dwelling Wearing Apparel 27 25 26- .72 29 . 1 - ... • ... e + .., .., 180
defective. She underwent repairs in her Majesty's Dockyard ' ' •
Houses. Goods, or Stock in Trade...... 174 60 52 92- 38 • 1-3- - 4 - -... • ••• ••• 433
• -at Bombay, and was then -detained there for several months . C N ►'
not being able to procure a remunerating freightage home.' - '-
ORO ER'S INctuesT.--eliroaoenonis.-On Satur- Carts, Carriages, Trucks, arc. •... •... ..• • 1 ... ... .:. ... - ..• •.•
She at length started on her homeward voyage, but she day, an inquest was held at the Rising Sun public-house, - .. ~. ,
found still to be unsound, and her captain put into the Mawurr- Brookaly-street, Islington, on the body of Henry Baylis, a IMoney
.18 39 18 3 '4 ' ".`.• ••• ••• 138
tiuse. It was there ascertained that the n • bricklayer, aged 31, who died from hydrophobia. James , Robberies Watches, Jewellery, &c.
airs
would have cost 7001. or 8001., and., this being more rep
the Baylis, brother of the deceased, said that on Sunday evening from the Wearing Apparel - 24 1 1 3 .., .., ••• ... . ... ... 29
veseel was worth, she was abandoned as. for a total thanand last he complained of great pain in. his left arm and shoulder. Person. Handkerchief - 68
loss, S On, •Monday he was unable to go to work, and on that even- e . • ••• •..... ~
,Purses, Pocket-books, &c.
.
The pleas put in on behalf of the insurers were unsea- ing he complaine,d that_ the. pains in his head were so great ' , ; - 274
werthiness, a concealment of rotten timbers,. a-deviation that he thought he should go mad. On the following day he -
foundedrin her long stoppage at • Bombay, and an improper wale eoeilh:that Mr. Bateman, a surgeon, was sent for, and • -
Meney -
proper ---4.' ... 3
. , prescribed for deceased.: At half-past eight o'clock that Robberies Watches, Jewellery,- &c. . ... ... , 2 1 ... ... .s. • ' •• • '• • 51
. ,
•At the conclusion of the plaintiffaecasee however, . evellieg deceased' became raving mad, perfectly furious, and 'in the ,Wearing Apparel - • • • ''' •• '
Sergeant Cue:oEu, for the defendants, admitted thatthe made so many attempts on. his own life and the lives of St Goods, or Stock in Thule 55 13 14 23 -7 • 2 ... 1 .., - ... 115
those about '
verdict must be against him on three of the pleas, and as to i ... Streets, &c. -
him, that they were forced to place him : Horses; Cattle,- &c , • 3
. • .• • • •
the stoppage at Bombay, he should. propose that the ques- eleefl strait
t.) waistcoat. lie continued in this state, with the 7 193
Carts, Carriages, Trucks,..&c. ... 1 1 5 •
... ... ' ... •• • " • •' ' -
tam. being one both of law and fact; it should be reserved nest morning, of one or two lucid intervals, until eight o'clock ---
for the Court. He should then contend that the stoppage for ~,,,tn,.,g L.11,‘,..n5 :rip he suddenly fell down dead. Another Total .
. • •
•
_ __----1 1
426 151 140 316 1141 33 115 1 6 I 1 . 1 ... 1229

NUMBER OF PERSONS BROUGHT To THE STATION-HOUSES FROM THE
IST DAT OF JANUARY TO TILE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, BOTH Anno 1843.
INCLUSIVE. 1842. 1843. Increase. Decrease
,
Per Offences against the Person
~ ~ Property, committed with violence 4O 31 ••• 9
. 9, Property, without violence 1,960 1,661 ... 299
For Malicious Offences against Property ' 360 371 11 •••
For Forgery, and Offences against the Currency . 249 171 .... 78
For Offences not included in the above classes .,
Total number taken before Magistrates and disposed of as under *5,002 *4,478 ••• 524
Number of Charges not taken, for the reasons assigned on the Oc-
currence Sheets - 2,783 3,894 1,111 •••
Number of Drunken-Persons discharged when capable of taking care
of themselves' , 973 2,202 1,229 •••
Number of Destitute Persons 1,782 1,464 ••• 318
Number of Vagrants
Total number of Persons brought to the Station-houses j 10,841 I 12,332 1,491

*Taken Discharged Summarily Committed Convicted and Sentenced. BillsnotFound
into - by Convicted or for To To Acquitted. or not
Custody. Magistrates. Held to Bail. " Trial. Transportation Imprisonment.
1842. 1843. 1842. 1843.1 1842.1 1843. 1842. 1843. 1842. 1843. 1842. 1843. 1842.' 1843. 1842. 1843.
5,002 4,478 2,682 2,465 11,871 11,626 449 387 111 67 243 220 58 69 37 91

Dismissed
or with-
-- 1843.
Convicted and drawn by order of 1842.
SUMMONSES. 1843.
Fined- the Magistrates. Incr. Deer.
•
1842. 1843.
undek the City Police Act3s 55 20 ...
Carriage Act 979 1,060
.. '1
37 1843. 1842.
14 -
18
354 262 1,333 1,322
... 11
AgainsfPublic-houses, &c 49 . 33 16 14 65 47 ... 18
Drovers • 49 31 20 12 69 43 ... 26
.
Total Number of Summonses. .......... ;. .. :: ......... 1,502 1,467 ... 36
' 1843. -
_ MISCELLANEOUS. 1842. 1843.
. • , Iner. Deer.
...........-- _______
.
Number of Lives saved by the Police ....... ." ................................. ,„: ............. 36 41 5 ...
Children found and restored to their friends, or sent 'to the Workhouse... 441 • 653 212 ...
Houses, Warehouses, &c., found insecure 1,892 ' 2,415 523 ...
• •
Fires discovered by the Police ......................... : ........... . ....... , ... .
Robberies -.. ..................... 1,344 1,229' ... 115
.
_::..-----_
. ,
' 1842. 1843. 1843.
_ Increase.
• ..........----................__
X s• d. £ s. d. £ ' a. d.
. . . . _ .
Value of Property Stolen 6,559 7 2 8,353 1 6 1,793 14 4
- • - 165 12 4
'
Found on drunken persons and restored on liberation 857 7 4 916 1 8 5B 14 4

R's CORQNER $ INQUEST.--7HYDIOPROBIA.—On Satur-
day, an inquest was held at the Rising Sun public-house,
Brookaly-street, Islington, on the body of Henry Baylis, a
bricklayer, aged 31, who died from hydrophobia. James
Baylis, brother of the deceased, said that on Sunday evening
last he complained of great pain in his left arm and shoulder.
On, Monday he was unable to go to work, and on that even-
ing he complained that_ the pains in his head were so great
that he thought he should go mad. On the following day he
.W4.4.110....i11i.that Mr. Bateman, a surgeon, was sent for, and
prescribed for deceased. At half-past eight o'clock that
evening deceased became raving mad, perfectly furious, and
made so many attempts on his own life and the lives of
in
inext
oants:ttnsistri a(o!.irttn(a.liitnfeagsol suttNecoo,!ertn. t
those about
__him, that they were forced to place him
h‘Ne,Ro
suddenly'
uctecdoi
ednnt
li niyn ut
efe:
vdl l
ai
ldnso,
wthis
idl setaeacLi tgeb, t io t, lock
Anothere
came that on
atch:oninipglatitd:df theb 2a4tdhoogf, December bbeer
said
haddece faZdowed him from the Albion Arms.y The dog lay down
by the fire till he went to bed., when, in speaking to him, he
and fonimmenedtel
tflbeawduopg
out,and banitddroeceeasreleyd'swfiaszedr tell turned
of 9, Church-row, Uugr-
- About a month ago the finger became very sore, and finger.
'POLICE •' INTELLIGENCE. geon was calledin. Mr. Bateman,
(SATURDAY.) - ton, said he was called to attend the deceased, and had no that he died of hydrophobia.—Verdict accordingly.
' - 130 TV-STREET.
.
.. Mi. Cooper, the stage-manager of Drury-lane Theatre, p
plied to the sitting, magistrate for a summons against certain Tint CITY Pomcn FORCE.—According to a state-
ment just published by Mr. D. W. Harvey, the City Police
parties who were engaged by Mt. Bunn, the lessee of that Cammissioner, the total.cost of the City police (including
establishment, in the capacity of chorus-singers, and who, some serious items, which. it is hardly fair to place to the
there was reason to suppose, were about to transfer their ser- annual' expenditure) is 41,3511., which, including commis-
vices to the Italian Opera House. sioner; officers, and men (543 in all), is 761. per head; 'the
~ Mr. JARDINE inquired the grounds on which the lessee of cost of the Marylebone police .(181 men) exceeds 112/. per
Drury-lane Theatre had come to that conclusion ? —Mr. head. 'lf the force 'of the -City police were restricted to the
Cooper said, thepartiesntwhom ho complained were eleven number, originally proposed (300), when the amalgamation
in number, and had been engaged by Mr. Bunn as chorus- of the force' was under consideration, the total annual amount,
singers. for, the season. :. He had recently ascertained that would be many thousands less than. at present ; so that, in
they iiaaattended.several rehearsals that had taken place of fact, says the Report,' we have nearly double the strength, at
the.forrhooming performances at the nther theatre, which was a far less average charge than that of Marylebone.
no doubt preparatory to their accepting an engagement at that Our market continues to be supplied with fish. of
hotise, ftlaionolt they were-all the time in the service' of Mr. -ail kinds. The cod.fishing has just commenced off this coast, and,
P from appearances, romiies
BUM,: and paid a weekly Balary by him,-of course Mr. itinin . P an abundant supply of that excellent
was 'anxious to put a stop to such a proceeding on their part. Commodity.—Mona Herald.
Mr. JARDINE said he had a very great doubt whether the 1 It
,appears from documents just presented to the
payable to the Clerks of Enrolment, the Six
House of Lords, that the amount of fees and stuns of money
case watone over which he, As a.police.magistrate, had any.'
jurisdiction. 'The pay Act of Parliament...erhich gave a ma- i which became
etTatiOnr. Is"dietieit in. the case of a breach 4 an . engagement '; Cierlis,'S*oia
Clerks, and COMpirolier 0 the Hanaper, under
between ml.jters.nnelser,:atAtiLapplied eXCIIISivgIY, to hands 7 ; the old"Conititiiti9ii of. ilieSii;. qeifts
' 'office, in the one year
"29 1842 seas no 1 - -tb '
vki,iiffsznef,. spek,es,.siniiths: ,carpe Ora, Aie, AAil ;y4.l,lich.,gav 6 , ending filelqier , , esl. an 77,3191. 19s. Id.
ikeeOtiyPi.iiiing parties .44peedy relnedi in, case of any.breach 7 Also_ th4tthe ,ameunt of fees and additional fees received in
of tlielqoptraet entered Tilto,between them.: theofff
ceof. the Clerk's of enrolments, Clerks of records and
• • • •
r.. ecilifrr gta4that,it would be attended with very.conT irri 8,,
tax of 26th October,
iiideliallle inconvenience to the lessee or proprietor, of a theatre, '- fdilhe,year ending 29th October, 1843,; was 77,0711.75. (ex-
ittperbena'whoseserv,iieS he had engaged for the entire sea- : chisiVe Of &lei, received in the offices of the Masters, &c.)
ion tbuht abandon the contract into which they had entered The amount 'ol ;alariei,„ oite. expenses, and compensations
tett hhii at tiny 'moment they pleased, and transfer their ser;. ' payable under the-statute 5 and 6 Tict. c. 103, Was 76,815/.
Ir!aeis to another establishuient. i and upwards, for one year only I, . .
. .
.• . - ..,....

The pleas put in on behalf of the insurers were—unsea•
worthiness, a eonceahnent of rotten timbers,. a.deviation
founded-on her long stoppage at Bombay, and an improper
sale. - • .
• At the conclusion of the plaintiff'acese,,however,
Sergeant CITAXNELL, for the defendants, admitted thafthe
verdict must be against him on three of the pleas, and as to
the stoppage at Bombay, he should. propose that the ques-
tion, being one both of law and fact, it should be reserved
for the Court. He should then contend that the stoppage for
the. purpose of obtaining a remunerative freightage was a de-
viation, and would entitle him to move for a -nonsuit.
Sir T. WILDE concurred on behalf of the plaintiff, and
The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE accordingly directed the:jury to
Lino a general verdict for the plaintiff. . .

.r.A.TRAORDINAXY HOAX AT WAN-DSWORIII. --The
town of Wandsworth has recently been the scene of an ex-
, traordinary hoax, by which many of: the tradesmen have
suffered considerably. - For a period 'Of sixteen years .a man
,of the name of Bignell has resided in Wandsworth, and for
the principal part of that time obtained his living as a brie::-
layer's labourer. About ten months since, an advertisement
appeared in some of the papers, stating that if a John Big!
nell, formerly of Tunbridge Wells, but who was supposed to
have enlisted for a soldier and gone abroad, would call upon
a certain legal firm he would hear of something to his advant-
.age. The man Bignell, although an extremely illiterate
fellow, had tact enough to
_perceive that he might turn this
notice to his advantage. He gave out that he was the per,
son alluded to in the advertisement,: and Went up to town on
several ocoasions ostensibly: to see the legal gentlemen con-
cerned in the disposal of the property. On his return from
one, of those journeys he declared himself the heir to funded
property little short of 14,0001., and from that day he discon-
tinued working as a bricklayer's labourer. Strange to say, a
story wholly uncorroborated found credence in the minds of
many respectable tradesmen of the town, and several not only
gave him unbounded credit for goods, but lent him consider-
able sums, of money. All went on well till last week, when
one of, the tradesmen to whom Bignell (whose real name is
now ascertained to be Bearsmore) is indebted to the amount
of 40/., pressed him closely as to the precise time when he was
to receive his money. 'I he clever rogue, not the least-dio-,
conurted by a question so plainly put, said it -was- now a'
matter of convemenoe to himself when. Ire chose to receive his
As be had no doubt his creditors were in want' of
money, and
appoint.
the following Thursday for 'tiVo or
three of the principal to go to-town with him and receive it.
Thursday morning came,
but the " fortunate heir" was non
inrentus. The -bird; after feathering his nest, had flown,
leaA;ing his credit Ors to condole with each other upon thefact
of being " done" by an illiterate swindler. That the trades-.
men of other suburban towns may not be imposed upon by
this. man, we subjoin his personal description t=He is about
fifty years of age, five feet six inches in height, and has a
,
"very aimple” looking c9nntenence..
" •

77----"---------------------____
MANIPOLDING.—A few days ago, a person in HUB,
carrying on an extensive business, hit upon the follow-
ing plan for raising the 'wind. He held a bank note for 50/.,
which he cut in two, and taking one of the portions to an ac-
quaintance, informed him that'-he had just received it by
post, the other portion being to follow in the course of a day
or two, but as he wanted the money immediately, ho could
not wait for its arrival This friend in need, on receiving the
half-note, advanced-the cash, and another friend. did the
Satin on receiving the othlr half. Here were a hundred
pow* vitae out of fifty ; but the business was not yet cern-
pl6ted. Taki.7o his hurtdred pounds to one of the banks, he
prozured a note for that amount, and having again recourse
to the process of butting,' actually' obtained 2001., on the two
halVeS, with which lie decamped, and has not yet been heard
. I.
SUJTOSEii INORNDIAItir f.—:floncaitter G'iczetfi. . • ,- .
o
Futß.--Joseph Lakin, of
~ .
Sbeepshead, a youth of n 4940434 appearance, and rather a stn.
;Able: lad, about the age of lb, Was committed for trial at the
Alleles on a charge 'of setting the to a wheat
straw stack, on Or
21st Inst, on
cha,secl by Mr, Harriman), at • Sheepahead. The evidence is
the premises of Mr. W. Jeclues (lately pur_
11,w:4;1e dooeinoeiosolimiereerep4,o24irsiilagl.
bet eireismstatitial at ' precept, and " the "deed is denied
by ', the lad, who says he was nlt out that day until
of Mr. T6Oriihiii.
,breakfast time, when he ran with ' We bread and
could, till he carrui.io the;
cheese in bis .hand to tlw bell. house, beo2use they
tsvheabyellsfr,omandthhee wheeini.thtooulsooe,kwohnen;
he
lie smiled,
turned off, old went ng'it W' the churchyard and 'blacksmith's
asked a labouring man at w,mlicli."
. . are hapEyay
shopAN'hen he got there he saw a great blaze
above
i.re..thLeeusseiters,:iru.edarran
.in the dl:ectioU of
. its herd as he
'where he • tirmi. it wig, aud
aro ierliotl.!nee.ba. rPtirtifohnieeknpezimtedhatto was
e
the matter 1.,
flames, and the man.then `cone PO slid said- the wheat.stack was
We . , .rog, •
44::
ictihd earilyt I v
'serioush i ch
eouappeued to M. ' Line. usequencee. The ,stir coons ,14iVe made a most favourable
_report on. _the subject to, his frieildi ancl acipaintanceo.—
t9itare lsll,noir tttetnhdee
;u/i pani,

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