Star.
London, England, 1819-12-30 00:00:00

)RD COCIIRANE AND THE AMERICANS.

fitoll Tilt IiATSCONAI. ISITIMLIGISCICS Or NOV. 57.
The Editors of the Boston Newspapers, partaking,
doubt, of the general feeling in that quarter, ap-
t° be much incensed at the robbery, as it is
ed, committed by Admiral COCHRANE, under
chili= Hag, on the properti of an American
hat, which was unfortunately placed within
grasp, the II uits of which se&ure were distributed
~,,g his crews, even without the formality of a
al; they invoke the Government to resent :his insult
to our Flig, by seizing money found under
without a pretence even of a violation of my
. d's paper blockade 1
These can be no doubt that the Gov,ernment will
in attention to this incident; but; before the na-
gral at m is stretched to resent it, the affair must be
erstood in all its circumstances. It is not to be
en for granted that Lord COCHRAN& ha, wari-
y committed an outrage, which it would be so
to puni,h. We hope that this matter will slot
permitted to embroil us in a quarrel with the
udi Ame•ican Governments, or any of them. If
d COCHRANE has unjustly seized this money,'
oubtless he will be induced to refund it, or his Go.
eminent will for him; at least, let us hear before we
i'ke. We have done that in the case of injuries of
re flagrant character, but of the same nature, re-
dyed from the Monarchical Governments of the
d World; and we see no reason for following a
nt course when the question relates to an In-
dent Government of the Western Hemisphere.

PIRACY:- FROM TES NATIOSAIL frTELLIGIINC2II
THE 29TH Scircely a vessel reaches our
ores, that is not the harbinger of robbery, piracy,
d murder, perpetrated on the ocean. 'Another
terican vessel has been pilfered of 30,000 dollars,
Fthe Tortugas, and the picaroon who committed
r act, had a sloop in company, the whole crew of
Bich hart been massacred! It is a well authenticated
ct, that the vagabonds and incendiaries, who com-
ae this villainous, heterogeneous mass of ocean high.
amen, are the very ejectment of the four quarters of
le globe; inheriting from the bout' which ushered
iem into the world, the dormant principles of flagi-
ous depravity, which growing with their growth, and
rengthening with their strength, unfold themselves
mg before the age of maturity; and eminently qua-
fy them for the perpetration of every crime in the
Irk catalogue of moral turpitude. With shame and
idtnation we confess, Many concerned in this sys—
en of buccaneering are American citizens, some of
!.ern born in Baltimore. The squadron under
Lammodore Morris, it is hoped, will bring those de-
etted in pirating to condign punishment. Should
first vessel captured by him contain a solitary

baitimorean, concerned either directly or indirectly
the foul deed above-mentioned (after due trial and
clvictiun), his suspension.'at the .yard-arm of any
Tublic vessel lying in full view of our city, might
possibly have a good effect."

Accounts received from Valparaiso, of the 25th of
'August, state, that an express had just reached that
lace, from Buenos Ayres, with news that a Spanish
eadron, consisting of two ships of the line and
ree frigates, had been discovered of the Cape de
d Islands, on the Nth of June, destined for LiMa.
's information had created a considerable sense
'an at Valparaiso ; and it was determined that the
xpedition under Lord Coca RASE, having on board
Congreve rockets, should put to sea as soon
s possible, in order to make a second attack on
• a, previous to the arrival of the squadron above-
mentioned, and it was expected that it would get un-
der weigh by the 2d of September. His Lordshi p
iad shown himself extremely well inclined to the
I<7itish interests in those seas ;• and, by his advice, the
Governinent of Chili had allowed all British vessels
to go in and out of the ports on the South West
Coast, under blockade, while those of other nations
were not allowed to have any intercourse whatever
sith them. Tra.'e, it is said, was improving at Val-
izraiso, where there was a pretty cnnsiderable qaan-
of specie collected; a portion of which was des-
. led for this country, but was detained from the
'tarn of proper conveyances.

Extract of a Letter from Madrid, received yester-
4Y:—" The terrific proceedings of the Inquisition
"11► go on. Under the false pretest of Freemasons
21vAtchismatic and libertine philosophers, enlil;:acned

ten who have rendered the most important services
i® defence of their country's fieedum, are now im-
mured in the dungeons of that TriLunal, The Count
MONTIJO, a Grandee, and late Captain-Genera)l
'of Granada, has been' sent from his military prison
IN confinement in the Inquisition of Santiago de Ga.-
r ia, one of the worst in Spain, and his brother, the
"ICoant DE TLvA, has also been conveyed away, it is
.ehnpposed, for a similar purpose. It was the latter
,pread so much enthusiasm in the country atti.e
ILme of our glorious Revolution. Senor NIA nifty,
•L-Pre,iciert of the Cortes, Don LUIS D 4 AVILA,
•lANCIEL CALDERON, MIGUIL .DANDEVA, Dr. CR...
CILIA, and several others, are confined in the Inqui-
sition of Granada, and ,•reat apprehensions ATe en-
tertained for iiscir safety,'

WINDSOR, DECEMBER 28. •

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Friday, the Duke of 'font arrived at the Cagle
from London ; in the afternoon of that day his Royal
Highness went to Oatlands to dinner.
Tile Marquis of CAMDEN went out of Waiting on
'the KING on'Friday, and left for London." The Ear
of WINCIIILSEA arrived to relieve the Ndble Aitar-ii
(pis, and i, now in Waiting on the KING.
The Princesses AUGUSTA and SoPHIA take daily
airiivs, riding or walking.
Sunday, Prince LEoPOLD arrived at the Castle
from Claremont, on a visit to the PRINCESSES. His
Royal nightleAs remajited tiil Monday.
Lady CAROLINE VANIER has been on a visit to the
PRINCESSES' and lett on Sunday fin' London.

Yesterday, the Earl of CATHCART had a long
audience of the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton House,
upon his return from his Embassy to Russia.
The Puke of Montt came to town on Monday
,evening from Oallands. On Tuesday his Royal
Highness held a Levee at his Office, in the Horse
Littat
Sunday evening, the Duke of GLOUCESTER arrived
in town from Brightcni. On Monday his Royal
Highne,s left town on a visit to the Earl of Yam,-
Last, at his seat, near St. Alban's.
On Tuesday, P. !ii( e LEOPOLD left Claremont, on a
visit to the Earl .4 DARNLEY, at his seat, in Kent.
Yesterday, Lord Mat,vitia held a Levee at the
Admiralty, to receive Naval Officers, &c.
Lord MELVILLE gave a grand Cabinet Dinner
yesterday, at his re.idence at the Admiralty.
YeStercay, Sir HENRY HALPORD left town to
attend on the KING, at Windsor.
Lord and Lady CASTLEREAGH are returned to
town, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of WEL-
LINGTON, at their seat, Strathfieldsay, Hants.
Lords Roams. and CHARLES MANNERS have left
town, for their brother's (the Duke of RUTLAND) seat,
Belvoir Castle, Rutlanthhire.
General Sir WILLIAM HOUSTON, Bart. has left
town, for his seat in Sussex. -
GERRARD CALLAGHAN, Esq. M.P. has left War-
Ten's Hinel, Regent-street, for his seat in Ireland.
The Duke of VVELLINGTON is returned to Apsley-
house, from his seat, Strathfieldsay, -Hants.
Sir GEORGE WA Etaviptit entertained on Sunday,
at his house in the Admiralty, a party of distinction
to dinner. There were preseht—
The Marchioness of Lansdowne and Miss Ciffaid, Lady
Herbert and her brother, the Duke di Laurin° Spinelli, Count
and Countess Ludoiph, M. Von Bulow; the Prussian Charge
d'Affaires, ligr. Ward, M.P. Mr. Pringle, M.P. Mr. D. Mac-
donald, Honourable Cathcart, atc.
3lrs. FITZ&IERBERT and Miss SEYMOUR entertained
a grand circle. on Christmas Day, at their Hotel
in Paris.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER proceeded this day to
join a convivial party assembled at Ashridge Castle,
the magnificent seat of the Earl of BRIDGWATER, at
Hemel Hempstead,- in Hertfordshire; where are al-
ready assembled a numerous circle to meet his Elope'
Highness, consisting of the Earl and Countess of
VERULASI, Earl BaownLow, &c.
Hatfield, the seat of the Marquis and Marchioness
of SALISBURY, is a scene of great festivity and amuse-
ment during the holidays.
Old English hospitality prevails most sumptuously
at Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Rtrrtann Family.
Loyd GROSVENOR keeps open house, at his superb
seat in Cheshire.
Open house is kept at Ragley Hall, the fine seat
'of the Marquis and Marchioness of liverronn.
Doddington Castle, the noble seat of the CODRINO-
TON Family, is, as usual, very gay at this•season of
the year. The most princely munificence prevails its i
every department.
Old Scottish hospitality prevails in a more than
ordinary degree among the tenantry of the Noble
Earl Of BREADALBAWE.
Friday evening, according to annual custom,
Grand Rout, was given by the Lady of the MAYOR of
Newcastle, at the Mansion-house. About 450 Ladies
and Gentlemen were present, including a great Iwo- I
portion of the Gentry of Nes,vcastle and the neigh-,
bourhood. After tea, coffee, &c. were served in the,
drawing-room and adjoining apartments up stairs.,
where the company first assembled, about half after
ten the door of the ball-room (the oak chamber) mil
the ground floor was thrown open, when the gay
votaries of Terpsichore thronged in to mingle in
the mazy dance. Miss REED,3f Chipchase Castle,
and Mr. LIDDELL, of Ravenswerth, led off to the
waltzing measure of the Alexundfr. Dancing was.
kept up with great spirit till half-past twelve ()clock.
A little after that hour a flourish of appropriate mu-
sic gave notice of another and more general attrac-
tion—the supper•room. Owing to the excellent
arrangements, every one obtained ample refreshment,
from a refectory, in which were blended, in the hap-
' piest manner, taste, elegance, and profusion. The
whole was one continuous scene of enjoyment until
a late, or rather an early boar the Mowing morn-
ing. The grand entrance to'the Mansion-house was
brilliantly illuminated with variegated lamps; and a
fine military band (that of the 6th Dragoon Guards)
contributed to the general effect, by playing select
pieces of music, as the company were setting down.
Yesterday morning, a woman named Catherine
Lewis, who lived in a back-room in Nest-street, Ber-
wick-street, was found dead ia her room. She was
in extreme indigence, and it is supposed she died from
want of the necessaries of life.
• The public and private property of Prince PAUL
of Wurtemberg bas been for a long period seques-
trated ly order of the KINCI, his brother. His Royal
Highness has received intelligence that this measure
had been reversed. He has likewise received a letter
of convocation to attend the opening of the States, in
his quality of heir presumptive to the Crown, on the
15th of January, las°.
The more the New System is understood, the pore
it is ap_proved. It his been thkmeans of distributing
JOUR TWENTY THoUSANDS, SS First-drawn Prises,
London and its environs, in theshort space of One
Igeoth only. Edinburgh, firistol, Chester, Liver'
pool, Newcastle, besides twenty-nine other Towns,
have also participated in Four different Tweedy
Thousands. In the Small Lottery, to begin Ift
JANUARY, the,* are Foul% MORE TWENTY THOUSANDS
_and the. Two First-drawn Prizes are certain of en
additional Twenty Thousand each. This excess of
Prizes is to begin the Leap Year, which is usually it
new inducement to emery class -of Adventurers to
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It is understood, in the Migiarjr,citcles, that Lieu-
tenant-General Sir ALEYAIMIft CAstPBtLL,_Bart. IS
destined to take the command of the tiocrps on the
Madras station, in place of Sir THOMAS HISLAP, who
is on' his; way home. Sir Ataxannze will, pro-
bably, sail early in the ensuing spring.
The Coldstream Regithent of Gila.% mounted
duty on the Parade, in St. James's Park,'On Saturdwy
mar fling, in their new cloCie:. The appearance. if
long-tailed coats, which is the principal new teautite
in them, attracted considerable notice.
, The sentence of the Court Martial on Lieutenant-
Colonel HOOO, of the 55th Regiment, which we men-
tioned in the'STAR of Tuesday, had been forwarded
to the PRINVII REGENT, acquits that Officer of the
chargei brought against him. . •
The two Troops of the 9th Polish Lancers, and the
division of the 90th Foot, ordered last week, from
Newcastle to • Macclesfield, have returned to their
former quarters, where it is expected they will winter.
It' is not without some concern that we see the great
guns on nor ramparts dismantled. We understand
they are to be conveyed to Leith until further orders,
but it is more than probable they will never be brought
back. Certainly Radicalism cannot be the cause of
this measure; for the guns (24-pounders) could hardly
be of any use to the rabble —whereas the 4-pounders
on the Saluting Battery, which would be much more
serviceable, it appears, are Ao be allowed to 'remain.
The guns in Holy Island Castle are also dismantles-
Berwick Paper.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Extract of a letter from the Agent to LLOYD'S, at
Ran3sghte aid Deal, dated Ramsgate, Dec. 28:
" I regret to acquaint you with the melancholy fate of
HOLTUX, one cif the Branch- Pilots of this place, who yesterday,
off the North Foreland, was proceeding to a vessel in the offing
in a Broadstairs boat, with a crew of six men, when the boat
shipped a sea, and the whole perished."
Poatamoutu. Dec. 29.—Wind N.—Sailed the Thomas Coutts,
MAJOMBAWES, for China ; Buimer, Banc- Lay, for Calcutta; John,
PO,PLIWILL, and Faith, Cenaca, for Madeira; Abeona,
mica, for Jamaica; Woodlark, Idsnetzrox, for. the Mediterra-
nean ;_end Isabella, Fenno, far Demarara.
Ditax,•DEC. 29.—Wind*N.N. W.—Came down from she River
and sailed, the Elrick, M.Lzaz, and Adriatic, Rurrza for Rio
Janeiro; Intrinsic, for Jamaica; Maids, Tammuz, for Bien,
Leone; and Blenden Hall, Gana, for Bombay.
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MARGATE,. OW. 29.—The Netherlands brig of war Cossack,
Captain Havt, from Surinam, was .secn at daylight this morn-
ing on shore on Margate sand. The Officers and creel have,
with difficulty, been taken off the wreck and landed here, with-
out being able to save any thing from the vessel, which is now,
cm her beam ends, with her mainmast gone.
HARWICH, Dec. 29.--i Arrived the Lady Nepean, Lord Dun-
can, and Henry Erecting pekets, ftem Cuxhaven ; and Thetis
packet, from Gottenburgh—all with Maile.. When the lust
packet left Cuxhiven, the ice was clear, and a npmber of pilots
went down from Hamburgh to take charge of vessels waiting
for the ice to clear. . •

The British brig Charles, Captain Knight, which,
it will be recollected, was detained at Corunna onithe,
19th of October, and the Master confined in the corn-,
mon jail, in consequence of 93 hard dollars having I
been found, on board of her, was pleased on the Ist',
instant, by a Royal Order, obtained at the instance
of his Majesty's Ambassador at Madrid. The Charles
sailed on the 4th instant for Hamburgh, and has
sitree pin into Milford, with damage.
A warm contest has taken place for the vacant
Recordership of Colchester, between Mr. Ctrawoonl
and Mr. KELLY. The poll was opened on Monday,
and was not espected to close before Tuesday evening.,
Friday se'nnight an itinerant Radical wide his ap.
pear ance in the square at. Retford,-and held forth, to
the amusement of a wondering crowd of hearers.
He was ordered by the Magistrates to be passed out
of the town, but returning, he was taken into cus-
tody, and the next day committed to Nottingham,
On a charge of blasphemy.
Andrea) Marshall, news-vender in Glasgoiv, and
Margaret Wright, his wife, have been inllicted to
stand trial bethre the. High Court of Justiciary, at
Edinburgh, on Thursday, the 6th of January next, for'
vending seditious and blasphemous publications.
Last week, as a child about four years old, belong-
ing to Mr. BUCKLAND, of the Sutton Valence School,
was sitting by the fire, its clothes caught, andhurnt
the child so much as to cause its death. '
,During the last few days, seventy pair of blankets'
have been distributed to poor families of Rochester,
Chatham, &rood, and-Brompton, by the Ladies who
superintend the Management of the Blanket Fund.
BAIitHQIIAILF IN BCOTLAND.—Ard UL KE F., DEC. 4..•..
About half an hour past seven o'clock this eVening,
there was felt here a smart shock of an earthquake,
similar to that felt at Comrie, a few days ago: it
lasted two or three seconds ; its direction was by the
Grampian Hills eastward. The houses and furniture
shook, and the whole went away with a noise like
the slow passing of carts.
I DavaT-LANs Tu earas.—The Opera of The Siege
lipf Belgrade was performed yesterday evening at this•
Theatre
eatre. . The part of the Seraskier was sustained by
Mr. BnAusw, with his usual ability.—Miss BYRNE
performed the part of Lilla, anil displayed mpch
I musical talent. She was very favourably received.
• COVENT-GANDEIL—Last night the Tragedy of
Mary Stuart was performed a second time, having,
as the bills of the clay announced, "undergone some
judicious curtailments. Since its first produ.ction,
mare circumstances and arrangements behind the
scenes hive caused a change in the cast of the Piece,
Miss Macamay having relinquished the character
of Mary, it was last night given to Miss Fdors. The
character is, certainly, oae requiring greater powers
than this interesting Actress possesses ; her beauty of
face, and symmetry of form, however, well qualify
her for the representative ofThe unfortunate Princess,
whose personal accomplishments, as history tells u 4
constituted her greatest crime in the eyes of her ats
bitious and haughty rival, .Elizabeth.
of the curtain, symptoms of disaffection dispia
themselves amongst the 'audience. A cry for
MACAVLST, and the Manager, prevented a wore
the dialogue on the Stage being heard, and Met.
fiAtICIT and Mr. TEDDY Wilt oblitto give way
Ithe storm, and retire. They soon, ever,
atid the Play recounnenced, when the well
part of the audience, by their loud applause, soots
put the malcontents to silence. The. Piece pro.
ceedeci, and weft off much better thing* its first m.
—.melon, Tim prooesion of *me Visaed to
.wooly it pageant ;

it excited a meat helieg of Rani:atm liroogb
the Hoar -
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
SlR—Several Letters have lately appeatedin.,rue
paper, 'on the National Debt. Ofie• of your Cor-
respondents proposed its liquidation by an Annual
Lottery of 500,000. Tickets, at £lOO each; which,
allowing £10,000,01/0 in Prizes to the Public, would
produce 1.30,000,00') for that purpose. Another
Correspondent, less sanguine, proposed there should
only be 100,000 Tickets, at £lOO each.--They might
as well have proposed a Lottery of 10,000,000
Tickets at 12100 each, to pay off the Debt at once,
'neither the one nor the other being practiCable.
As to Mr. RICA nno's Plan, or composition of 17s.
in the pound (fifteen per cent. on Funded Pfoperti),
and a proportionate assessment on all the other Ca-
pital in the kingdom, to pay off the warm, it would
not be submitted to; neither would any Minister dare
,to propose such a measure. Instead of paying oft the
Principal, I would propose a reduction of the lnterrit,
and this may be done without breach of faith to the
Public Creditor.—Suppose the CHASCaLLOR of the
EXCREQUER had the immediate means to pay off the
Debt, how ceuli the present Stockholders employ
their Capital? Would not the least hasm dope use
they could make of it be, to re-fuild it at a reduced
interest? Nine out of ten would prefer Government
security, with two and a half per cent: to buying of
land, lending it to individuals, or transferring it me
Foreign Funds.
I would therefore propose an immediate inessment
of fifteen per cent. on Funded Property ; for which
amount of assessment the holders shoul&pnly receive
two and a half per cent. the Principal contintrisit
theirs, and transferable the same astheir other Stock;
the Stockholders to receive five per cent. as usual, for
the remainder, until redeemed at the present valise,
or at pas; and this to be done by Mr. RICARDO'S
Plan, of assessing all Capital in the kingdom—with
this difference, that, instead. of payment of a certain
sum, a purchase of Stack, at two and a half per cent. to
the amount of the assessment, should only be required.
I would also propose that every person, without
exception, now holding, or who in future may obtain
any situation under Government, Sinecure, Church= '
Living, or Pension, be obliged to purchase Stock to
the amount of one half yearri Income, and, on pro:
motion, to half tlie amount of the difference of In•
come: also, all persons succeeding to Property, by
will or inheritance, to the amount of one half year's
Income. If a diminution. of 10 or 20,000,000 of
Taxes is effected, it matters not whether it be by a
reduction of the Debt or the Interest : by the latter,, a
diminution would . certainly be most easily accom-
plished, as there is no one (not excepting Mr. RI-
CARDO, or Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY) who would not
sooner lend £lOO at 21 Per cent. than give away
.£lOO. Let this plan be adopted, and Two Millions
'May be saved ro the Public frogs next Qaa'rter's
Di-
vidends, and More and mole every succeeding Quer-
' ter, until reduced to half the present amount.
- Your constant Reader, R. R.
December 11, iSig.

Mrs. M'Gtusotr, whose amiable eatsiaet 141 itrinate
life, is only equalled by her, prokselleal abilities, is
engaged fof the twat season, at Drury-Lane Theatm.
A few day ago, a man, walking along the banks
'of the Tay, discovered in the river, near the mouth
of the Amond, a large cask, which appeared to con-
tain something of value. Elated with his gbed for-
tune, he proceeded to examine its quality, when, to
his fitter astonishment, be found the contents to con-
sist of a moving mass of living frogs, nearly_ u
closely packed together as a barrel of herrings. How
• ese amphibious creature came to be inclosed is such
numbers, we leave to naturalists to determine.
Thursday, the 9th instant, as Mr. WILLIAM Fos- •
Tan, son of Captain FOSTER, of the Helena, of Hull,
and Mate of that vessel, was out shooting near Mar-
fleet, his gun burst,. and part of the breech, near three
inches long, went in_at his eye, and penetrated nearly
to the roof of his mouth, where it remained a day or
two before it was extracted. Hopes were entertained
of his recovery until Thursday se'nnight, when he fell
into convulsions, and died that evening. He was an ,
amiable youtig man, only 23 years of age.
Thursday, as Mr. MURRAY, his son Hamm, and
his son-in-law, B. PHILLIPS, were proceeding in an
open boat, with a sail, from UpnOr to the Folly point,
a few miles below that village, to enjoy the/diversion
of ret4tunting, in jibbing the sail, the elder MUR-
RAY'S hat was thrown into the water; and upon at-
tempting to recover it the boat upset, and PHILLIP,
was unfortunately drowned. The other two with
'difficulty saved-themselves by clinging to thebottom
of the boat.
ROYAL HT/yr.—Friday the Royal hounds turned
out a very fine deer for a day's diversion, '
at Long-
ford, which skewed great sport : at starting he pro-
ceeded through the inclosures by Horton, taking to
the right by Slough, where he ran with great swift-
ness by. Salt-hill, making towards the Thames; be
was at length takeirnear Elton College, after a sharp
and excellent run. One of the sportsmen had his
horse, which was a very fine one; drop under bins on
coming into Eton; it had been very hard nun during
the Chace, which was the cause of its death.
Cuttiousßoatcs.—A singular mirth was made
at a •Ceifee-house in Piccadilly, on Monday, *Can
hoir when the sparkling glasses-were circulating,
between four Gentlemen, of the names of WRIONIT,
Tong, WILMOTrandaUTCHIXION, tQ run live tram,
a kind of sweepstakes race, each depositing ten pi-
cas, play or pay, and to meet on the Ifldgeware-roack
at a certain hour. Wright engaged to give 200 yards
to Todd, a quarter of a mile to Wilmot, and half a
mile •to Hutchinson. They .all met and took their
stations, and a gun was the signal for sorting:
There was nearly an equality in their running the
first two miles,, with the exception that SWIMS ma
an with the half mile WM ; and on Ittdd catch*
htm at the two miles and a. half. _be' resigned.
ether three were together at-the feu aaCit
was a fine race; Todd was beat half a adli fists
boo* and Wrigheand Wilmot salaamed it tery
ritedly in. Wilmot won it cleverly in the less .41110 P•
ter of a mile, by &bolt 90 yin's. Wrisk ups
backed at even to win, and though:3X*
trey tbs ground etas eroseded. ,
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