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3 T ^ p 7 rGUS O'CONNOR WESTMLSSTER M R- f * HALL . « . !««¦ *« n »«^ three o « yesterday afternoon much t 5 was occasioned in tbe several law courts at ^ f-nLr-hall by an unexpected visit of Mr . Feareus ff r nr tbe hon . member lor "Nottingham , whose extraor-0 c CDnduct quite put a stop to tbe business of the t- for a time . It appears tbat the hon . member , who a nnlv returned to town on Monday evening from his . ce flight to America , had come down to the Hall in the s ! : a" of finding tbe house sitting , and learning tbat it was k ? t & e holidays he took a stroll about tbe place , and at B l" ^ . aured into tbe Court of Exchequer . Elbowing ; - " * av throug h the crowd of persons who were listening to T Kroceedings he took his seat at tbe attorneys' table ,
toto * tbe inner bar , right facing their Lordships . The sud-\ u -ppearance of the hon . member and his peculiar conifri at occe excited the attention of all in court . Tor a irate or so he looked at their Lordships and listened to # f , garmament which was going on with much earnestness ; ifci . h owever , give way to a strange wildness of demeair . iT , and waving and kissing his band to the bench he berja to laug h in a very hearty style . The noise made by the nirortcna ' -e member prevented the argument which was hifore the Court being proceeded with ; the barrister sat
Iwn , and their Lordships were considering apparently what ziS to be done , when the unhappy man burst forth in a ] , ad tone of voice , and said , waving his band to tbe Chief Baron , ' How do you do , Sir Frederick Pollock ? very glad to s & ? 0 B l °° k so ' ^ « Sir Frederick - 3 'ou ' re a noble fellow ; 11 te jou , I do ; you ' re a good fellow . " The ushers called ' -silence ! " and Mr . O'Connor perceiving , perhaps , that be was likely to be handed over to the care of an officer of the court , hurridly snatched up his hat , and , laughing aad bowjV to the bench , took his departure . One of the ushers was ceat « ut to communicate with the police , and , on the" hon .
member being sought for , it rces found that he bad paid a visit to tbe Court of Common Pleas , to the discomfiture of tbe bench and bar . Taking a seat in the inner bar , he shook bands with several of tbe Queen ' s Counsel , talked of his trip to America in a very incoherent style , and , as in the Exchequer , began to nod and laugh at the judges . This he kept up for about five minutes , and on Mr . Justice Maule laying down some principle of iaw as app licable to the cause then being heard , he gave vent to a violent outburst of laughter , and appeared as much amused as if the learned judge was relating some curious story . As his Lordship was concluding each sentence he observed , « ' Ah ! " " To be sure . " "You are right . " "Vary strange . " And at
moments , when he apparently was not heeding tbe judge ' s remarks , he entertained himself by beating bis fingers on the table , as if keeping time with some tune he was humming . Mr . Justice Mau ' . e having concluded , Mr . O'Connor rose , and smiling and bowing in a most profound manner , at tbe same time having a farewell laugh at the members of the bar , made his exit in tbe saie eccentric style as had marked his en trance . He then visited the court where tbe Lords Justices Lord Cranworth and Enigbt Bruce were hearing appeals . He forced his way to close under tbe bench , and muttering some unconnected sentences to Sir P . Wood , stared their Lords Justices fall in the face and began to nod and lanjb at thera . He gradually moved himself more in
front of the bench , and at length bis conduct interrupted the business . He was desirous apparently of paying the same compliment to either one of their Lerdships ' as he bad to the Chief Baron , and continued bowing and laughing . Sir Knight Bruce , however , immediately inquired for one of the oSeers of the court . The inquiry was quite enough for Mr . O'Connor , and before there was time for the official to be forthcoming be went bowing out of the conrt . He next v ' sited tfee Lord Chancellor , and , forcing his way below tbe inner bar , began to nod and smile with bis former vigour . As may be imagined , he succeeded in interrupting tbe business of this court ; his eccentricities , also , bad attracted a
sugber of followers , and for the time much commotion prevailed . At length bis peculiar demeanour excited the observation of tbe Lord Chancellor , who , in bis usual calm and dig nified style , desired bim to sit down . Mr . O'Connor again laughed and bowed , and having tbe fear , probably , of bshig committed for contempt of that high court , bowed and laughed at all near bim , and made a hasty escape into Westminster-hall . He appeared all the worse , as regards look , for bis transatlantic trip , and it was observed that little doubt need now be entertained as to the condition of bis ffi ' md . He loitered about tbe ball for a short time afterwards , and then sauntered up Parliament-street to the lo : el where he is residing . —Times , Wednesday .
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The Earlt Spring Wild Bee. One.Of The Ea...
THE EARLT SPRING WILD BEE . One . of the earliest , and consequently pleasantest indications of the return of spring , is the appearance of a particular species of wild bee , whose peculiar motions must bave attracted tha nntiee of every lover of a garden . To those who have not paid much attention to entomology , it may be useful to mention that , in addition to the hire bee , and the different kinds of humble bees , all of which live in societies , either permanent or annual , there are a great number of other species which belong to the same family ( Apidro ) , -which are solitary and not social in tbeir habits , and of which there are consequently no ranters or workers , each female making its own nest , aad providing its cells with a store of food for tho supply of the young burse when batched . ¦ The bee which is ttie subject of this notice ia one of these solitary species .
The earliest flowering of the common white Alyssum seems to be the period when this bee first appears . Then may be observed darting about with wonderful agility a brownish orange-coloured bee , with a body much thicker and more hairy than that of the hive bee , which ever and anon stops , and poising itself with remarkable ease in front of a Sower , it unfolds a tongue as long as its whole body , which it thrusts into the depths of the blossom , to extract its honey . Should you approach too near , tbe bee , ever on tbe alert , wheels round , and facing yon , regards you for a short period , during which it seems to be immoveable . Its large eyes and peculiarly spotted face give it a striking character , which a lady of my acquaintance likened tbe other day to the face of a monkey . This orange-brown bee is a male insect , and is especially distinguished by tbo remarkable brush-like appendages to its middle legs . In about a fortnight after the first appearance of tbe males , some other individuals make their appearance , ouite unlike
toe former , being entirely jet black in the colour of their coating . These are the females , which , in addition to the habit of sucking tbe honey from flowers , in the same manner as the males , occupy themselves in collecting the pollen from the anthers , which they knead into little masses , and carry off on their hind shanks , which are formed for that purpose . It ia rare to sea one of these females , unaccompanied by ber attendant partner , whose movements whilst fluttering round her , or hovering over her , while she , with great coolness collecrs the honey from . flower to flower without bestowing any attention upon him , " are very amusing ; if she departs ho departs , and if she returns he returns likewise , remaining as it were suspended Mi the air , while she quietly pillages the sweets from a Sower . Tt-ese males exhibit an amount of jealousy at the approach of a rival quite ludicrous . I bave observed a pair of males fighting in the air for a considerable length of time , rolling to the ground , and biting each other with tbeir powerful jaws .
Daring the season of courtship , " says Mr . Kirby , " tbe whole employment of the male seems to be to attend apon his partner , but when tbe halcyon days of love are over , like many other bnsbandl , be goes about his business and leaves ber to take her flight in solitude . " The personal appearance of tbe male , however , undergoes a considerable change for the worse ; a few weeks turning his bright orange-brown coat into a dirty clayish-ooloured grey , so that he is hardly to be recognised as the sameUndividual We had at first so much admired . " The female makes her nest in hard banks . of gravel or clay , containing several cells of an oval or elliptical shape ,
covered within with a thin white membrane , each being about three-fourths of an inch in length , and not quite half-an-inch in diameter , they are placed in no regular order . Iu Northamptonshire , as we learn from Ray , it makes its nest in stone walls . I found it myself in great abundance frequentin g the walls built with Kettering stone at Wansford and Ufford , in that county ; and once at Norwich I was much amused at seeing a female , one sunny morning , -very busily employed npon a brick wall , and exerting all ber might to pull the mortar from between tbe bricks ; but whether this was to prepare a place for a cell , or only a sheltered cavity to pass tbe night in , according to the observations of Rossi , I could not ascertain . "
In the great lime pit at tbe west end of Gravesend , between Rosherville-gardens and the river , a large mass of lime , thickly intersected with narrow strata of gravel , as Wge as a bouse , has been left standing , tbe southern side of which may be called the metropolis of this insect , as it occurs there in countless myriads . I spent several hours there on the 10 th of April last , examining their nests , and had only to puU down a small portion of the gravelly strata to expose great numbers of neste , nearly every one of which then contained a perfect bee , ready to make its escape at its appointed time . Mr . Rennie , in the interesting little work , "Insect Architecture , " p . 33 , describes the nest of a mason bee which he had found on the wall of Greenwich Park , about four fcet from the ground , in the month of December , in the
Perpendicular line of cement between two bricks . External ly there was an irregular cake of dry mud , precisely as « a handful of wet road-stuff had been taken from a cartfat and thrown against the waR ( though npon closer ins pection , the cake contained more small stones than usually occur in the mud of the adjacent cart-ruts ) , having a circular hole on one side of it , indicating the perforation of -was 1 insect , and which proved to be the orifice of a cell A- ° m "Mm deep , exactly in the form and size of a lady ' s wmble , finely polished , and the colour of plaster of Paris , emnt v d ia vari 0 BS P lace 9 witu JeUow « This cell was d £ n « } on remov ' Dg fte cake of mud , another cell was a 2 ! f ^ r ztod from the former by a partition about ui ? n « rtfir , ° f an "K & thick , and in it a bring male Antfao-* biged J l chTra » apposed to have just changed to tbe
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Bvmn ***?* ¦ Da"e 9 » the well-known friend of Lord iaihp ' f ; 2 e of tbe most distinguished wits of London a tan anwnn /^ regen J c * ' di ^ ? Faris on Monday week baSf * p , ™ t atoned on Wednesday . Mr . WM iadlon ghTedinPariaingreatretirement .
Ireland. W * T Xv ,„ A "Rebel" Of'98. We...
IRELAND . w * t xv , „ A " rebel" of' 98 . We take tbe following from Saturday ' s "Nation" :-r . t : t J ™ ? , was buried iuBodinstown churchyard , within a VI * £ ? , 2 Wo 'l e Tone ' s Brave , one of tbe last , if not the very last , ot tne Jviidare rebels— Luke Doyle , of SaUins . The clay never closed over a truer Irish heart—a simp ' e , fremk , gallant old peasant , in whose nature love of Ireland was an instinct like love of God . Among many comrades whera he had seen die in the field or on the gallows , or exiled to foreign lands or marching slowly gravewardg before him , none did truer or braver service in his day . He was in
the ranks of the United Irishmen from the "first blood" drawn by them on the lurid ni ght of Prosperous to the summer morning that poor Robert Emmert rushed forth from tha city with his long matured hopes so wretchedly exploded . That morning , it is told that Ann . Devlin had scant } stock of provisions for the band of outlaws , making their way to hiding places in the hills , who tarried for breakfast at Butterfield . There was no costly and abundant service at the young insurgents * batchelor board , but neither were the guests very fastidious . Doyle and Emmett breakfasted from the same plate and bowl , and soon parted never to meet again . A month afterwards the do ; 5 were lapping Emmett ' s blood under the scaffold in Thomas-street .
Daring the insurrection of 03 in KiMare , with its series of guerilla skirmishes from Kilciillcu to Oviilstnwn , Luke Doyle was iu almost every brush with the soldiers . Kildare had a gallant race of peasantry then , of whom came Ware , afterwards Colonel in the French service ; Qui ; Iy , Itobert Emmett's lieutenant ; Wilde , of Prosperous ; ilalion , and a host of ethtrs , whose exploits and escapes are jet "to flame-eyed listeners told" ia many a country cottage . Hunted from place to place for months , they had difficult work t . i escape the iaw until amnesty was issued . Baton one memorable occasion they came forth from their hiding-places reckless of all risks . Itwas when tbe news came tbat General Tone ' s remains were btiu ; brought down to be buried at Bodenstown . About a dozen haggard , hard-hunted outlaws then assembled around the coffin of the founder of the United Irishmen—a worthy guard of honour—as it was borne up the horeen , by his father ' s house , to its last resting-place beside the old Abbey . One of them was the young rebel who , fifty years afterwards , has sought his last resting-place in the same spot .
SPECULATION'S AS TO AS EUROPEAN WAR . Specnlating on the probability of an European rupture , tbe " Xationthas discourses the position of England at such a crisis : — ¦ She cannot be passive , however , in the war that is coming .. The first rush of the French will be to Belgium ; and England is , beyond any other Power , pledged to sustain Leopold , But she may have work nearer home . The French officers , Mr . Henry Drumnioad declares , are boasting that they will make a descent on Ireland as soon as tbe priests have prepared the people here . This shows that'the idea of invading Ireland is familiar to the French , and the preparation of our people is goins oa rapidly . England is preparing thera fast by insults and
robberies , and charges of constructive murders . It is true that we have been greatly weakened ; many of our strong hands are dnst , or are toiling afar for the stranger . But there is strength enough left to make England dread an invasion . Even after dwelling so long in the shadow of death , the Irish Celt may be found a terrible element in a general war . What will Ireland do in the impending convulsion ? " When the crash of prisons is heard will she crouch in a comer of her dungeon ! When tho wild hurrah of Europe , girding herself afresh for tbe hereditary fight , makes freemen's bosoms bound , will Ireland stop her ears , or will she avail herself of the opportunity , and clutch ber own in the contest ? In the breaking up of old connexions and the confounding of old relations there is hope for her .
THE EXODUS . According to the " Cork Constitution , " a number of respectable young men , citizens of that city , are preparing to leave tbeir mother country with a view of trying their fortunes in Australia . The same authority thus reports generally of the progress of the Exodus ; : — From the I 7 th of March last to the 5 th of the present month 3 , 722 emigrants set sail from Queenstown for America . Among them were several citizens and their families , and many first-rate artizans . A ship ot 1 , 000 tons burden sailed from Dublin on Monday , having on board its full comple ment of passengers . The fine screw steamer Mars renewed her _ journey from Waterford to Liverpool on Saturday last , having 250 passengers on board . On Ttiesday the Carron cleared out from Foynes harbour with 122 passengers , and the following day tbe Thankful set sail from the same port with 151 passengers , all hound for Quebec . The Elizabeth Bently , for New York , left Queens .
town on Tuesday , having her full complement of emigrants on board . The Loudon steamer on Thursday carried over 300 passengers , most of them emigrants for Australia- Though the flow of emigrants to America has long been steadily augmenting . Australian emigration is increasing in a still greater ratio , and includes classes not only respectable , but those who were once opulent ; distinguished students in tbe universities , barristers and other professions , and gentlemen of ancient and noble families are among the classes who select this portion of the globe as an asylum . With respect to the " drain" of the legal profession , it is thought probable tbat , before many terms roll over , it will bo found that tho Dublin law courts will have contributed their full quota to tbo Irish emigration contingent .
On Monday the Court of Queen ' s Bench , Dublin , was crowded to excess by persons anxious to hear the sentence pronounced upon James Birch , tbe proprietor and editor of the late " World " newspaper , who , it will be remembered , pleaded guilty to a charge of publishing certain foul and atrocious libels on Mrs . French , a widow lady , tbe daughter of Mr . Brewster , Q . C ., who had been leading counsel for Sir W . Somerville , in the trial of " Birch v . Somerville . " Mr . Justice Crampton animadverted with great severity on the conduct of the prisoner in publishing the atrocious libels of which he had confessed the authorship , and sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment . Mr . Birch will , we understand , be imprisoned , in Richmond Bridewell .
The statements made by Mr . O'Callaghan , J . P ., before the Crime and Outrage Committee , respecting the Roman Catholic priests of Crossmaglen , bave been most emph ati cally denied by those gentlemen .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The adjourned session was continued to-day at Westminster , by adjournment from Clerkenweil . There were seventy-eight prisoners for trial , eventy of whom were committed charged with felonies , and eight with misdemeanours . The Bettiso Shops . —Edward Frederick Towerzey , a respectable looking youth , was indicted for stealing a coat and other articles , the property of William Davis , in his dwelling house . —The prosecutor , it appeared , was an auctioneer , residing at 87 , Dean-street , Soho , and the prisoner had been in his employ as clerk , but on tbo 15 th of May he was discharged in consequence of a sum of £ 710 s . having disappeared under auspicious circumstances . The prisoner subsequently went to the office , and b y means of a latch key , which be bad no right to possess , belped himself to the property mentioned in the indictment . The iurv
found the prisoner Guilty . The prosecutor then stated that the prisoner had been in bis service three months only , but during that period , short as it was , he had robbed him of upwards of £ 100 , and he ( prosecutor ) had no doubt that he began to rob bim from tbe first day of his being in bis employ . —Mr . Witham inquired what means the prisoner would bave of disposing of so large a sum of money . The prosecutor said he had ascertained that he had gambled it away at betting houses , with which the neigbourhood abounded . —Mr . Witham said these betting houses were now becoming the pests of society , and he hoped tbat in a short time the legislature would see the propriety of adopting some means for putting an end to them . A large number of apprentice boys were induced , by tho allurements they held out , to rob their masters , being nnder the belief tbat they might by . some lucky cbance make a fortune by betting on horse races . The prisoner was sentenced to one year ' s hard labour .
Poweks of tdePomcb . —IupoETAST Decision . —Timotby Marphy , aged 32 , Thomas Xeheller , aged 40 , and Thomas Ryan , aged 30 , were indicted for unlawfully assaulting William Pollard , a metropolitan police constable , in tbe execntionofbis duty . —It appeared from the evidence that there was some disturbance made by tbe prisoners very early in the morning of Sunday , the ISth of April , in the house of a Mr . Ferris , So . 8 , Upper Fitzroy-plaoe , where Keheller lodged . Mrs . Ferris ; and her husband complained of it , and Keheller struck her , and she called out " Murder , " and sent ber son out by tho window to fetch the police . Pollard and two other policemen , in consequence- -went to the house , and forced the door of the room open where the prisoners were . A scuffla ensued , in which the door was again closed against them . They again forced it , and went into the room , and endeavoured to apprehend the nrinnnm-q
when Pollard was struck a severe blow by Murphy with the tongs , and also by the other two , who armed themselves with the poker and a leg of a table . Pollard was much injured by the treatment he received and was not able to eo on duty again till the 24 th . He was taken to the hospital , and tha policemen , with the assistance of others who came np took the prisoners into custody . —Mr . lp & Bien , for the defence , contended that the policemen had no right to take tho prisoners into custody without a warrant . Under these circumstances , he did not think thlfeiiiBsistance the prisoners made could be construed into unlawful and malicious wounding , as laid in the indictment . —Tho Assistant-Judge impressed upon tbe jury , that , as the indictment was framed under a clause of a particular statute ( Lord Campbell ' s Act ) , the offence must be atrictlv made out as
cbarged . The police had the power of breaking open a house , and taking parties into custody without a warrant , where an aggravated assault had been committed , but it must be shown to them that this offence had been commited , which did not appear to have been done in this case . If not they would not be justified in taking this course , and the parties would have a right to make resistance against being taken into custod y . Now , to bear out the indictment , which cbarged tbe prisoners with unlawfull y and malici ' ously wounding , with intent to do bodily harm , tho jury must be satisfied that tbe police had a perfect right to take the prisoners into custody , and that they had not the least pretence of right to resist them , or that they assaulted the police from some other cause , and not because tbey were going to apprehend them . Tho jury immediately returned a verdict of Acquittal . '
Thb Science Of Casdis-Bdrnino. -Before Y...
Thb Science of CASDis-BDRNiNO . -Before you put your candle out , look at it . It has been burning some time unsnuffed , and gives little or no light : the wick is long , and is topped by a heavy black clot , —a lump of unconsnmed carbon . Take the candlestick in your hand , and move it gently from side to side , the saperfluous wick burns away , and tbe candle is again bright . When you ask yourself why this is , you learn that flame is hollow , and as it admits no oxygen , which is necessary for combustion , tbe vfick which it surrounds remains unconsumed , and diminishes the light . When the flame , by motion , leaves ! the wick exposed at intervals to the oxygen of tbe atmosphere , it speedily burns away . Note the valuable deduction from this fact—the formation of a wick which constantly turns outward and reaches the exterior air , and so gives us a candle requiring no snuffing . There is much philosophy in the burning of a candle . The wick you may think IB intended to burn and give light ; but this is not exactly the fact . The wick is simply to bring the melted tallow , or
oil , if in a lamp , into that finely divided state in which it is best fitted for combustion . The heat applied to " light" the candle decomposes into its constituents the small quantity of tallow next the wick ; heat and light are produced in the operation , and tbe heat so produced carries on the decomposHiQn , —2 fo Builder ,
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ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES . Serious Accident on the Shropshire Union Bailway . —On Saturday morning Jast an accident occurred on this line which was nearly attended with loss of life , and by which several persons have been seriously injured . It appears thsl , as usual , the train for Stafford left the Shrews , bury station at six o ' clock , and had reached the Donnington station , about three miles beyond Wellington , when it was overtaken and run into by an engine without an engineer , which bad escaped from its station , owing , it is said , to the negligence of the man who had oiled the machinery , and lit
the fire without detaching the working gear . The pace at which it proceeded along the rails was terrific , and in coming in contact with tbe train it completel y smashed two oi the carriages in which were ten passengerst Two of them , ladies , were seriously injured ; one man had his thigh fractured . A telegraphic message wis immediately despatched to Shrewsbury for assistance , and everything was done tbat could be to allay the sufferings of the persons injured . In its transit along the line the eng ine caused the greatest terror to the spectators at the Wellington and Hadley station , who described its speed at seventy miles an hour .
Fatal Accident at a Diving Bell . —An accident occurred last week at the Harbour of Refuge Works , Dover , to one of the men engaged in attending the diving hell . Tbe unfortunate man was named William Perry , mariner , aged fifty-four years . Having died from the effect of the injuries received , a coroner s jury was summoned , at which George Pearce , mariner , deposed : On Tuesday morning I was sfent iu a boat with tbe deceased to take two men to the diving bell . When we came alongside the bell was lifted about five or six feet from the surface of the water , and we immediately placed the boat nnder it , and enabled ihe men to get into it . After this we attempted to get the boat away from the bell as quick as possible , but before this could be accomplished a sea came and raised her up against the edge of ths bell , and the deceased was caught between the gunwale of the boat and the bell ' s edge . He appeared much hurt . He lingered and died the next day .
Frightful And Fatal Accident At The
FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE
LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE . About twenty minutes past twelve on Tuesday last , when the business of the Corn Exchange was at its height , a fatal catastrophe occurred that spread consternation and alarm to tbe utmost limits of the town . Suddenly a cry was raised tbat the place was falling , and rush was made to the door , but instantaneously , the whole of the centre portion of the flooring gave way , and the scene that ensued defies description . The Corn Exchange is a new fabric , whose foundation consists of a series of transverse arches , each about ten feet deep , upon the top of which a temporary flooring has been placed , until the entire building shall be completed . The building is divided into three compartments . Massive iron columns support the roof , these columns restine unon
buttresses ot brickwork , the entrance door being in tbe middle of what may be termed the centre compartment , and situated immediately between the iron pillars referred to . The Conservatives or Protectionist candidates , Messrs . Forbes Mackenzie , M . P ., and Mr . Charles Turner , were present at the time of the occurrence , and a large assemblage of persons connected with the corn trade , together with the miscellaneous public , had congregated to hear the hon . gentlemen expound their views to tbe electors , whom they were there to canvass . In tbe midst of a conversation , every word of which was eagerly caught at by the crowd pressing around , a cry was raised that the building was falling , when in a moment the entire centre compartment fell in with a tremendous crash , carrying with it in its fall both the honourable candidates , as well as the corn
factorsmil-, lers , farmers , shippers , and bakers , who were all huddled together and covered , and in many cases severely bruised by the fallen sample stands of the factors . The scene at this moment was of the most painful charac ter . Every moment it was expected that the immense roof , supported solely by the iron columns above described , would fall in , but happily the brick buttresses upon which they are placed are ef more enduring workmanship than the fragile arches which have been the cause of tbe present catastrophe . For a space of forty or fifty feet on either ' side of the doorway , the floor had sunk to the depth of from ten to twelve feet , extending throughout the entire width of the Exchange ; and the cries and groans of the struggling sufferers were distinctly audible to the crowds who usually assemble on market days in the streets adjacent to Brunswick-street .
Immediately the most vigorous efforts were made to extricate those who had been imbedded in the fallen brickwork , and in a few minutes tbe united power of a strong body of labourers was brought to bear upon the ruins , the approach to the Corn Exchange being guarded from the rush of the anxious multitude by a number of the police force , commanded by Capt . Grieg . So far as tho candidates were concerned , although tbey were on the spot which was first observed to be giving way , they were secured without the slightest injury , and we are happy to state that , considerins the depth of tbe fall , and
the numbers who were thrown together with the weight of the corn-stands , the extent of injury has been comparatively slight . Yet we must deplore the loss of two lives , being two of the labourers who were employed about the building , and who had retired beneath that portion which gave way , for the purpose of eating their dinners . Both bodies were extracted from' the Superincumbent mass about half an hour after the occurrence , but one was found to be already dead , and the other died a few minutes afterwards , although medical assistance was ready at the moment the unfortunate man was brought from beneath the ruins .
The compartments on either side of that portion whioh has given way are still standing , and all the factors and dealers who were in those portions of the building , of coursd escaped uninjured . As soon as sufficient room could be cleared , temporary stages were erected , upon which planks were placed to enable those who still remained in tbe building to make their escape , it being at the time considered doubtful whether the pillars were entirely secure , in consequence of the supporting arches being removed from one side of the whole of them . Many of the factors who fell with the flooring were severoly bruised , and some of them had to be conveyed to their offices bleeding and insensible ; but , as we bave above remarked ; " considering the immense number of persons present , tbe weight of the materials , and the nature of the building , it is wonderful tbat not more lives were sacrificed than those of the two unfortunate men above alluded to .
INQUEST ON THE KILLED . On Wednesday an inquest was held before P . Finch Curry , Esq ., upon the bodies of Edmund Coleboum , labourer , and J . Stevens , joiner , who were killed on tho preceding day by the falling in ol the arches of the Corn Exchange . The court was densely crowded , and the deepest interest was manifested in the proceedings , in consequence of a statement that the mortar and workmanship were both of an inferior quality , to which the origin of tho fatal occurrence was mainly attributable . Mr . Lace , solicitor , appeared for the committee of the Corn Exchange , and Mr . Blenkinsop on behalf of Mr . Picton . tbe architect .
The coroner called in the assistance of Mr . Edwin Woods , civil engineer , and Mr . Weightman , borough surveyor , to report on the probable cause of the accident . These gentlemen accompanied the jury to view the bodies and to inspect the budding , when an adjournment was agreed upon until Monday next , in order that a model of the Exchange , as it was before the falling iu of tbe floor , might be prepared , and that the professional gentlemen might have time to investigate and prepare their report . Mr . J . R . Jeffery was chosen as foreman of the jury , by whom a subscription was proposed for the families of the sufferers . Colebourn has left a widow and two children , and Stevens a widow and'five children to deplore their loss . ¦¦¦¦ ¦'¦
Thb Lucifer-Match Disease.—The Existence...
Thb Lucifer-Match Disease . —The existence in the world of a curious form of disease , which had been manifested in the human body since the invention of iucifer matches , and caused by fumes from the phosphorus used in tiieir manufacture , was first made known to the public in 1818 . Moat writers have been induced to suppose that tbe disease begins with aching in a tooth that has been previously more or less imperfect , or in people whoso gums are not firmly adherent to the bone . An unsound constitution , especially scrofula , at any rate , favours the development ? the disease . The next symptom is a decaying of the jawbone . Pieces of it , probably as large as peas , work themselves out . The disease has destroyed its vitality ; for bone also lives and requires its blood-vessels and its other apparatus . When bone is dead , an admirable
provision is made , by which the healthy parts combine to cast it out . The surgeon generally takes care to extract the disease artificially before it has become so violent as to threaten life . Occasional deaths are the result of this affection , but commonly there is no more than great suffering for a certain time , and then a permanent and grievous disfigurement . Many sufferers , on the other hand , have stated that constitutional ailments with which they were previously afflicted , have abated greatly when the jaw-disease set in . It is also a fact , 'that the entire loss of the lower jaw in youth does not involve always its permanent disappearance . Bone does not , however , appear to be so readily reproduced after its destruction by phosphorus as when destroyed by other causes . —Dickens ' s " Household Words . "
TJow Hdx tirg in France , —Leave having been given by the prefect of the Seine-et-Oise for a battue in the forest of Seoart , in which wolves had been seen , about fifty persons assembled on the 23 rd at Montgeron , and proceeded towards the part of the forest where it was suspected they were to be found . The necessary arrangements having been made , a search commenced , aud after a little time two large wolves , a male and a female , left their hiding place to get away . Both were immediately shot . It appears , however , nearly certain tbat others of these animals are still to be found in the forest .
Climate for Consumption . —Mr . Day states , in his " Five Years' Residence in the West Indies , " just issued , that Trinidad is a famous place for consumptive people ;—«< If the disease be incipient they get well in a few months ; if advanced , all the distressing symptoms quickly disappear . Of this , three well-marked instances have come under my personal notice , and I have beard of several others . Many whose lives would not , from phthisis , be worth six months ' purchase ia Great Britain , live here with impunity . The climate of Madeira , although unquestionably ameliorative , is only the half-way house to a radical cure . "
Thb Lucifer-Match Disease.—The Existence...
SUICIDES AND INQUESTS . Incendiarism and Suicide . —On Saturday Mr . W . Carter held an Inquest in the board room of the Richmond Union upon the body of Edward Tolfree , aged eighteen years . On Wednesday last about a quarter past nine o ' clock John Warebam , a labourer , in the employ of Mr . Cartwrigbt , was passing the stables of E . Fernie , Esq ., the Casino , Kew , whose premises adjoin those of his master , when he saw smoke issuing from the harness room , and on looking in was astonished at seeing the deceased standing quite naked near to a fire caused by the ignition of some packing cases , and on Warebam approaching bim be threw himself info the midst of the flames , which had nearly reached the rafters . Wareham not without the risk of
exposing himself to personal danger , pulled him out , at which time his back , legs , thighs , and feet were fri ghtfully burnt . The fire was extinguished after a short interval , and police constables 184 and 157 V division having promptly arrived , tbey obtained a fly , and the man was immediately taken to the union , where he was promptly attended , but he died on the following day at noon , having previously stated to one of the inmates tbat he had got two lucifers and set fire to the harness room , and then thrown himself on it with tbe intention of destroying himself ; The ^ father of deceased stated that his son bad been considered insane for some time . The verdict returned was " That tbe deceased caused bis death by throwing himself into the fire created by himself . ' Discovery of Infanticide in Hyde Park . —On Monday an inquest was taken by Mr . Langbaro , at the
Malpas Arm ? , 'Charles-street , Grosvenor-square , on the body of a male child , found on Friday morning by a young man named Gladstone lying iu the grass near the reservoir in Hyde Park , wrapped in a piece of calico and covered with a black apron . The police were called and tbe child was removed to tbe workhouse . The clothes in which the child was placed were quite dry , so tbat it could not bave been there long . Mr . Bloxham , surgeon , of Duke-street , Grosvenor-square , who examined the body , stated tbat the child was full-grown , and he observed no marks of violence externally . Had no doubt it was born alive . There was a slight fracture of the skull caused by compression , but no outward mark existed . The child had been concealed for some days before it was placed in tbe park , but no one was seen about the place at the time . The jury , in the absence of other evidence , returned a verdict of" Found dead . "
Betting and Suicide . —On Tuesday Mr . Langham held an inquest at the St . James ' s Workhouse , Poland ^ streer , Oxford ^ atreet on the body of George Bear , aged forty . two . The deceased was a servant of Lady Charlotte Dundas , and that lady having been out of town for some time , he had been residing at the George the Fourth public-house , Leicester . street , Regent-streetjwitb the landlord of wbich'he bad been long acquainted . —Mr . John Pope , tbe lannlord , stated that the deceased was never very cheerful or communicative ; but a few days ago be told bim tbat , "if one of two horses he mentioned won the Derby , he should be all right j" and on Wednesday last he went to see the rac , in company with a gentleman ' s servant named John Davis , who ceuld not be produced at the inquest . On Saturday last
deceased went as usual to tbe Earl of Zetland ' s to know if there had been any communication for him from his mistress , and he then appeared in bis usual spirits , and went to bed about his usual time tbat nig ht in a double-bedded room . About seven next morning he was seen in bed alive and well , but about eleven he was found lying in the bed quite cold , with a large incision in an oblique direction across the bend of the left arm , dividing the arteries and tendons . _ From the absence of witnesses , who it was thought could g ive material evidence , the inquiry was adjourned . Death in a Police Station . —On Wednesday a lengthened investigation took place before Mr . W . Carter at the Jolly Sailor Tavern , Lower-road , RjOtherhithe , respecting the death of John Nomaaged twenty-eight years , a ship ' -
, wright , who died in the Rothorhithe Police Station , under the following circumstances . —Wm . Fuller , 244 M , stated that he found the deceased on Monday morning * about half past twelve o ' clock , lying under the fence of Mr . Simson ' s premises in the Lower-road . Witness obtained assistance , and carried him to the station house in Paradise-street , where he was charged with being " drunk , and incapable of taking care of himself . " Deceased appeared to be intoxicated , and could not stand . —William Jennings , 273 M , gave similar testimony , and added that ho took charge of tho deceased , who was able to give his name . Witness placed a pillow under his head , but in aboutthree minutes afterwards deceased seemed to breathe with difficulty . Witness then informed the sergeant , and the divisional
medical officer was immediately called , but the deceased died in three-quarters of an hour . There were no marks of violence on tbe deceased , excepting a alight bruise on the right cheek . —Mr . Samuel Tilley , the surgeon , proved that he was called on the morning in question , and upon reaching the station directed the officers to bring tho deceased out of the cell into the reserve room . Witness found deceased to be in a collapsed state from excessive drinking . Tbe stomach-pump was used , but the deceased became weaker , and expired from congestion of the brain , caused by the great quantity of spirituous liquors he had taken . — Eliza Ellenor Morris , of No . 49 , Russell-street , Rotherhithe , said the deceased was her husband . He was a very steady man , and was subject to spasms , & o . She did not
believe he had died from the effects of drinking to excess , but from some violence by ill-treatment , as be bad a mark on his face . The deceased left home on Sunday morning in his usaal health on a visit to a cousin in Little Marlborough street , Westminster . ( The witness was here suddenly seized with a fit , when the rest of her testimony was dispensed with . )—Mr . Monk , a publican , said that ho saw several young men larking with tbe deceased shortly before the police came up , but tbe deceased was certainly vary much intoxicated . —The jury returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased died from congestion of tho brain , caused by . tho excessive drinking of spirituous
liquors , " Desperate Burglary near Liverpool . —On Wednesday morning , about two o clock , a daring burglary was committed at Lower-bouse , West Derby , the residence of Mr . Owens . Six men had effected an entrance by crowbars , and proceeded , with their faces covered with black crape , and armed with blunderbusses and pistols , to Mr . Owens ' room , whom they brutally ill used ; and having secured the other inmates , tbey ransacked the premises and took away a large quantity of plate , several watches , and about £ 80 in money . Some idea of tbe audaoity of the miscreants may be formed from the fact that they opened the piano and began to play upon it . It is just possible that the musical talent evinced by the performer may furnish a clue to the detection of the gang .
Crimes And Offences. - Garotte Robbery A...
CRIMES AND OFFENCES . - Garotte Robbery at Sheffield . —Another of those horrid outrages called garotte robberies , one of which at Hull has assumed the form of murder , was perpetrated at Sheffield some days ago . Mr . Charles Henry Mort , son of Mr , Henry Mort , merchant and manufacturer , Castle-hill , on Tuesday night , about ten minutes past twelve o ' clock , was proceeding along Scotland-street ' alone , on tbe road to bia residence at Upperthorpe . Immediately after he had passed the top of Snow-lane , which is on the north-east side of Scotland-street , he heard stealthy footsteps behind bim , aud
the next moment a man seized the back of his neckerchief , and , drawing it very tight to bis throat , placed his other band in front of bim , and pulled bim down to the ground . Tbe pressure of the handkerchief round the young gentleman ' s neck was continued with such great force as to renderjt impossible fojr . hira to make , any outcry or to offer , an effectual resistance . While he thus lay in the fangs of bis enemy a second man closed upon him , aud rifled his pockets stealing a gold watch , £ 2 is gold , and some silver . Having got possession of their booty , they ran away up a yard that leads from Scotland-street to Peacroft . The transaction
was so short tbat Mr . Mort did not , as is often the case under such circumstances , lose his consciousness , but before he could do anything with the view of arresting the flight of tbe aggressors they bad got cleat off . The men must have operated with great adroitness , for there were several groups of persona in the vicinity , none of whom were cognizaut of what was going on . Mr . Mort bad passed several persons at a fiah-shop not 100 yards from tbe place where he was attacked , and just before coming to the fiahshop he bad seen six or seven men standing at tbe door of a dram-shop opposite to the top of Lambert-street . He also found , at a distance of not more than ninety or 100 yards beyond the scene of the robbery , two watchmen standing in Meadow-street , neither of whom had seen or heard
anything remarkable transpire . The ni ght was very dark , and the robbery was effected without the least noise . Scotlandstreet is a much frequented thoroughfare , and it is provided with gaslamps , but on that particular night , dark as it was , none of the lamps were lighted . It is a custom in Sheffield not to light the public lamps at moonlight , nor when it ought to be moonlight ; and thus it happens that when the moon is overcast this populous town is as completely dark by night as if artificial light had never been introduced . Those are the nights on which thieves go forth to ply their calling . Extensive Robbery of Plate , —On Tuesday
informa-_ tion was received by the police , that a most extensive robbery of plate and jewellery waa effected on Saturday morning ! last , at tbe residence of F . Geary , Esq ., Halkin-street , Belgrave-square , the stolen propert y consisting of three teapots , two cream ewers , two milk mugs , one coffee-pot , twenty-three table-spoons , twenty-nine table forks , eighteen deasert-forks , twenty-sir dessert spoon ? , twenty-six teaspoons , two gravy-spoons , four salt ladles , and other smaller articles , the whole of silver . A reward has been offered for the apprehension of the thief and the recovery of the property .
Fatal Stabbing at East Smithfield . —On Tuesday morning one of the unfortunate men , Thomas Murley , who was stabbed by a Spaniard in a row on the previous morning , under the circumstances mentioned in our Thamffl Office Police Report , expired . in the accident ward of the London Hospital . The other two men , Coveney and Conolly , are still in a dangerous state from the fearful nature of their injuries .
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A DEN OF THIEVES . At the Worship street Office on Monday a well-dressed man named John Bennett alias Smith , was charged with having feloniously received a quantity of stolen property , the produce of depredations committed by juvenile thieves , who he was in tbe habit of harbouring upon lvs premises . —Sergeant Jackson , of the II division , stated that m consequence of information ho had received , he proceeded on Saturday evening to a house in Tbrawl-street , Spitalfields , which was well-known to the police as a place of resort for the most dex terous thieves in the district , and upon entering one of the . iippor rooms ho found the prisoner stretched at full length upon a bed , at the foot of whioh were two notorious young pickpockets , . who were in tbe act of bartering with bim for some handkerchiefs which they bad jusfc delivered into his possession . On examining the place he
observed that the upper part of the bedstead was intersected with clothes lines , from which were suspended about a dozen silk handkerchiefs , which had been recently S ! l ' , ^ ^ nuigdown tho pillows nnd bed covering K , iif 2 ^ v wl ven moro handkerchiefs , for nearly the «»««» ¦ i ch beprivate ma * ks and initials of the former owners had been carefully removed . In answer to his questions to how he became possessed of the property , tha prisoner at first declared that ho had purchased it in "the Lane , but afterwards said that a man who dealt in such articles had sold him the duplicates relating to them , and that he had since taken them out of pledge . After securing the whole of the property , he convoyed tho prisoner to the station-house , and on his arrival at the court that
morning he recognised one of the two urchins wbo had slunk out af the room while ho was prosecuting the search , in the custody of another officer , who bad detected him shortly afterwards in an attempt i't street robbery , and had taken him into custody . —Tho prisoner was committed to hard labour for two months in the House of Correction . Mark Hutchings , the lad referred to by Sergeant Jackson as having been found engaged iu disposing of stolen property to the former prisoner , was next placed at the bar , charged with having attempted to pick the pocket of a jady in Commercial-street , Whiteohapel ; and , the offencehaving been clearly established , and evidence of a previous conviction adduced against him , the prisoner was committed for three months to the House of Correction .
John Hope , alias Owen , another notorious receiver , in the same neighbourhood , who had been found in possession of ten silk handkerchiefs , a gold breast pin , a costly snuffbox , and other articles , suspected to have been stolen , was also convicted and sentenced to two months'
imprisonmum , SAVAGE ATTEMPT TO MURDER . At the Thames Office on Monday Guiseppe Ranardy 7 , Brown Bear-alley , and Emanuel Antari , of tho brig Arbacb , lying in the London Docks , were charged with stabbing and endangering the lives of two Irish labourers , named Daniel Coveney and Thomas Murloy , and also with assaulting William Connolly , another Irish labourer , with a poker . The injured men are at present in a precarious state in tho London Hospital . —Ellen Riley , a servant at a brothel , 0 , Brown Bear-alley , Aldgate , stated that between one and two o ' clock yesterday morning Coveney and Murley came out of tho One Crown public-house , Butler ' s-buildings , and were proceeding towards Rosemary-lane , when the two foreigners were quitting tho house , So . 7 , Brown Bear-Alley , kept by a Spanish woman named Angelina , and , without the slightest provocation , Guiseppe struck tho Irishmen with a cano , which Murley wrenched from bim . Emanuel then pulled out a knifewhich bo handed to
, Guiseppe , who rushed at the Irishmen , and immediately after Murley reeled against tbe wall , crying out , " I am stabbed . " In the interim , Emanuel rushed into the house No . 7 , and brought out a poker , with which he wounded another Irishman , named Connolly , by striking him a severe blow on the bead . Guiseppe also stabbed Coveney with the knife in the left side , inflicting a severe wound , but not quite so dangerous as that inflicted on Murley . The latter received * gash in the lower part of the abdomen , from which the bowels protruded . The prisoners then ran away , Emanuel dropping tho poker in the alley . —Sergeant Armstrong ( 25 fl ) produced a clasp knife , which he picked up in the alloy , with marks of blood near the haft , exhibiting tho extent to whicb the steel had entered . There were several witnesses in the court who could speak positively to the transaction . —Mr . Yardley said that , under these cir « cumstances , it would not be necessary to go to the hospital to take depositions , and remanded the case for a week .
POLICE RUFFIANISM . At Bow-street office on Tuesday , Mr . Garden , a barrister , waited upon Mr . Jardine , to inform him of a difficulty whioh had been placed in his way in his attempt to prosecute a policeman for excess of duty , and for an assault upon himself . At about three o'clock one morning last week complainant was attracted by the screams of a woman in the street . Ho hastened to the spot , and saw a policeman struggling with a middlo-aged woman , who had a child at her breast , and was apparently intoxicated . Complainant inquired what was the matter , to which the constable replied , " What is that to you ? " and then demanded his assistance to get the woman quietly to tho police station . He refused to help bim , considering that policemen were numerous enou « b to help each other , and , being moreover anxious to see what was done by them in
such emergencies ns tho present . On tbe arrival of other constables , he ( tho complainant ) was quite shocked to witness their violent and barbarous treatment of the poor woman , who was dragged along the pavement like a brute . She entreated him not to leave her to their mercy , and ho followed them to the station-houS '> , where she was literally pitched in . While waiting outsido co hear the result , the constable in question came nnd seized him by the collar , and dragged him before tho inspector , upon the paltry charge of having refused to assist him in tho discharge of his duty ; but being unable to justify such wanton conduct , the inspector rebuked the officer , and allowed him ( complainant ) to go at largo . At the sitting of the magistrate at Bow-street , it would be remembered that he called the attention of his worship to tho conduct of the policeman , and was recommended to make a complaint against him at
Scotland-yard , upon which tho Commissioners of Police would direct an inquiry to be instituted in the usual way at the police court . This was done , and ho ( Mr . Garden ) now understood that tho man was not forthcoming , although tbe inquiry was to bave been gone into that afternoon at two o ' clock . —Inspector Dodd stated that the con-Stable , whose name was Bock , bad been duly directed to appear at tbo court to answer the charge . In the meantime he had been suspended , owing to what appeared to the commissioners to have been an excess of duty , and had never been heard of since . He was a single man , and was quartered at the station ; but he had not returned to his quarters since bis suspension . —Mr . Garden was anxious
to pursue this case , if only in justice to the policeman , whom he did not wish to be punished without being tried . He might be keeping out of tho way from terror ; but tho public had a saying to the effect that constables never got punishment at all , but managed to evade it by keeping out of the way , and then getting employment in another division . Surely it was the duty of tho commissioners to advertise him in the " Police Gazette , " or take some steps to apprehend him .-. Mr . Jardine regretted that it was not in his power to assist the complainant . —The complainant then retired , expressing bis opinion that there must be something very deficient in a system which left him entirely without redress for the outrage which had been committed upon him .
A YOUNG AND DARING THIEF . At Worship-street office on Monday James Watson , a decent looking youth , about sixteen years of age , but who is a well known thief , was charged with robbery . A lady named King , residing in Foley-plaoe , Regent-street , stated , that being on a visit to a friend ' s house at Clapton that afternoon , she , ber sister , and two other ladies , went out for a walk about two o ' clock , and while passing through an unfrequented road , leading towards Hackney , they cama upon the prisoner and three other youths , who were walking together . As soon as the prisoner and his companions saw them tbey began pushing each other about , gradually decreasing the distance between them , and the moment they got nearly up to her and her friends , the prisoner suddenly rushed upon her , and she instantly felt herself pulled nearly to the ground on her face by her watch guard ,
which be tugged at with such violence that it was broken in several pieces , leaving her watch , which had been pulled out of her dress in his hands . As soon as he had got possession of it the prisoner gave it a jerk into an adjoining hedgerow , evidently with the object of one of bis confederates securing it , but sho anticipated the movement , and picked it up , and the moment they saw that she had regained it tbe whole dispersed in different directions , the prisoner running down tho ' road at the top of hisspeed . She pursued him , calling " Stop thirf ! " and a fishmonger , in a cart , who fortunately came up at the time , whipped his horse and galloped after bim . On coming up with him the fishmonger leaped out and secured him ; but before ho could do so , he distinctly saw the prisoner fling something over the wall of a neighbouring enclosure , which there was no doubt was the witness ' s seal , key , and part of her gold neckohain , as the whole had been stolen together , and the watch had been flung away by itself , and none of the pro «
perty had been discovered in tbe prisoner ' s possession . — Mr . William Braid , fishmonger of church-street , Hackney , and the son of a person named Pocoek , residing at Homerton , fully confirmed the latter part of the prosecutrix's evidence . —The prisoner declared that the prosecutrix waa entirely mistaken as to his share in the transaction , earnestly assuring the magistrate that the robbery had been committed by a much older and taller youth than himself , and cross-examined the witness witb so much cleverness and appearance of truth , that tbe magistrate was for some short time in doub t of his guilt , and inquired if anything was known to his disadvantage . —Alderman , the gaoler , immediately said : Oh , yes , your worship , the prisoner has not only been repeatedly in custody , upon charges ol felony , but has been once summarily convicted ; he is a most notorious character , notwithstanding bis age , and is a member of one of the most active gangs of thieves in the district . * - * Mr . D'Eyncourt ordered him to bo committed for trial .
BRUTAL ATTACK ON A POLICE CONSTABLE . At the Worship-street Office on Wednesday , John Inder , a master dyer , in Huntingdon-street , Hoxton , and his son John Inder , were placed at the bar for final examination , charged with having assaulted and wounded Abrabana Stannard , one of the constables attached to the Standard Theatre , in Shoreditch , whereby tho sight of one of his eyes had been totally destroyed . —It appeared , from tha evidence of the complainant , whose face was shockingly disfigured , and his head enveloped in bandages , that while on duty in a side passage of the theatre on the evening of the 8 th ult ., the elder prisoner passed out , but shortly afterwards returned , and observing tbe neck of a stone bottle protruding from his pocket , witness civilly intimated to bim that be must leave it behind , as the introduction of
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05061852/page/7/
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