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Jul Y 13, 1851- The Northern Star 7
Jul y 13 , 1851- THE NORTHERN STAR 7
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, jni T session of the Central Criminal Court Imenced on Saturday morning before the Bight f the Lord Mayor , the Recorder , Alderman Sir \ fawhall , Lawrence and Salomons , the Sheriffs , £ ' w Sheriffs , & c . It appears by the first edition file calendar that there are 109 prisoners for f ; , i a * , the present session . The Eg ° Throwing on thk Oaks Day . — Henry nimsdaie was called upon to surrender and take Atrial for an assault . —The defendant , it will be emenibered had a true bill returned against him rd other parties at the last session for a series of
^ . lult- -. hJ pelting persons with eggs upon their jmra fro ™ 0 ali 5 race . —Mr . Ballantine , who soneared for tbe defendant , said that he was at preset confined in the Queen ' s Bench prison upon civil process , and the prosecutor had not taken ? jje ordinary course of bringing him here by hajja ? to take his trial . He consequently was not in 8 l ienJ ^ n « e , and as there were other parties included in the indictment , it would probably be better that tbe whole of the cases should be disposed of t 02 etber . — The trial was accordingly ordered to stlmd over .
£ jibezzleiiext . —Edward Pontifex , an omnibus conductor , pleaded guilty to a charge of enibezzlias three several sums of sixpence , the property of Pheliru Pound , and another , his masters . —Mr . Ballantine , who was for the prosecution , informed the court that the prosecutors were omnibus proprietors , and in consequence of the absence of tbe regular conductor the prisoner had been employed to act in his place on an omnibus plying to the Exhibition . He only went one journey , during which he received lis , and upon arriving at the termination of the journey , he very coolly appropriated the whole amount to himself , gad refused to give up a single farthing . —The Recorder said it was a very impudent robbery , and it as fortunate for the prisoner that nothing was fcnown to his prejudice before , or he would have been much more severely punished . He then sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard lab » ar for three months .
Robbery b y a Sebvast . —Robert Young , 38 , was indicted for embezzling money , the property of his employers , Messrs . Squire and M'Culloch . — The prisoner , it appeared , had been in the service of tae prosecu tors , who are wholesale druggists in Bi 3 Vop « "ate- 9 trcet . for thirteen years , and had latterlv been employed as town traveller to tbe arm " In that capacity he had to receive money on their account , and it was distinctly proved that he had in t « o instances received money from the
prosecutow' customers which he did not afterwards account / or . —The jury returned a veroictof Guilty , hut strong ly recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of his previous good character . —Mr . Squire stated that he had reason to believe that the total amount embezzled hy the prisoner was at least £ 300 . —The Recorder said he would take time to consider what sentence ought to be pronouueed . —The prisoner was en Tuesday brought up for judgment , and sentenced to be imprisoned and £ ept to hard labour for one year .
William Pavmenter was indicted for stealing a pint pot , the property of John Garrett . —The prosecutor , who keeps the Copenhagen Tavern , and cricket ground , at Islington , said tbat on the evening of the 29 th of June his attention was directed to the prisoner , who was on the ground . He went up to him and asked what he had got about bim ? Ike prisoner said , "Nothing . " Witness searched bim , and found a pint pot buttoned under his Jacket . He was then given into the custody of the police , and near where he had been sitting was Found six pint and two quart pots , belonging to the prosecutor , and one from the Brecknock Arms Tavern , Camden Town , all ef which were hammered ap into a small compass , and laid together , ready to takeaway . —The jury found thc prisoner Guilty . — The Common Sergeant sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour .
Fobobht . —James Smith , 21 , was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering a cheque for £ 73 , with intent to defraud the London and Westminster Sank . William Lewis was called to prove the forgerv . He described himself as a jeweller , carrying on his business at No . 42 , Gloucester-street , Queensquare , Bloomsbury . He said that he kept an account at the London and Westminster Bank , St . James ' s branch , and the cheque for £ 73 was not his handwriting , and had not been written with his authority . He made the same statement with
regard to the £ 16 cheque , and expressed his belief that both the cheques were in the hand writing of tbe prisoner . The witness was subjected to a most jevere cross-examination by Mr . Ballantine , but he fenced with all the questions that were put to him in such a manner , and evaded as much as possible giving a direct answer , that it was not until the Recorder interfered , and threatened that if he did cot answer the questions in a proper manner that be would take means to compel him to do so , tbat mv evidence could be extracted from bim . At
langth it was elicited from him , tbat in 1847 he was a witness in this court against three persons who were charged with robbing a gentleman named Kerrie , of a large sum of money by cheating at sards , and he said that he bad been concerned upon the occasion by going to Cremorne Gardens with one of the patties to " pick up a flat , " and that be subsequently at some of the meetings packed the Cards , so as to assist the others in carrying out their scheme of plunder , and when the charge was preferred against him he turned round against his companions , and gave evidence for the prosecution . He said that he believed the other parties swindled Serrie out of £ 1 , 000 , hut he «» id he had nothing to do with it . He then proceeded to state that he
first met the prisoner at J » eath at an hotel , and that he was aware that at this time he was an undergraduate at one of the Universities ( Oxford ) . When he was at Neath he was engaged in ins business as a jeweller , and he was sure that he went by his own name . Be mi g ht Lave passed by other names , such as Squire and Prescott , but it was only for a freak , and for amusement . He did not remember petting a phaeton at Neath , which was not paid for ; but he believed tbat the prisoner did get one and he rode on it . The prisoner went from Heath to Oxford , and he made it his business to go with him . He did not get goods from different tradesmen in the town under assumed names , but he prisoner might have introduced him by different
ames , such as Squire and Frescott . He knew that the prisoner got a gold chain and an eyeglass from a tradesman , and he purchased the same of him directly afterwards ; at least , he said he " allowed" him the value iu an amount the prisoner was indebted to Lim . He remembered playing at cards one night at Oxford , but he could not recollect whether he played billiards . He did not know whether the tradesman was paid for the glass and the chain , or whether the prisoner ' s father was not compelled to pay for It . He also received a watch and chain from the prisoner at Oxford , but he returned them to him , and he said he mi ght , or he mk-ht not have been present when those articles were originally obtained from the tradesman to whom they
belonged . The result of these proceedings at Oxford was that the prisoner was expelled , and he then went to Cambridge with the view of endeavouring 10 get admitted into one of the colleges . Witness accompanied him to Cambridge , and one night he played at cards with some of the young collegians . The prisoner entered himself for admission to one of the colleges , but was obliged to withdraw his name . He denied baring offered to compromise the matter with the prisoner ' s father if be would give him £ 30 , but he admitted that he said he would do allin his power to serve the prisoner , and that he was unwilling to prosecute By the Kecovacr - . The moment the pass book * was examined b y him be discovered the forgervand he
, believed that he went immediatel y ro the * bank and gave information of the fact—The Recorder asked him if he was sure tbat Le went on the same day , and he then hesitated and said it was po ^ ible he did not go to the bank until the next day . — Ihe RoY . Ebenezer Smith , the father of the prisoner , who evinced deep emotion while giving his evidence , was then examined . He deposed that he was perpetual curate of the parish of Barton St . Uavid ' s near Glastonbury . The prisoner was his son . He was now a little more than twenty years « d . u e sent him to be educated at Oxford , and before his departure his conduct had been so good that he was a source of habitual comfort to him . —
Atio thcr gentleman also spoke to the good character of the prisoner . —The Recorder , in summing ° P the ease , said that if the charge rested upon the 6 v i < ienco of the man Lewis alone , he apprehended that the jury would not think for a moment of convi cting any individual upon the testimony of so in-Utnous a person as he hkd admitted himself to be . ai » d he must say that in his experience be had asver seen such an exhibition of infamy before . There were , however , other circumstances in the ?? —particularly the statement of the prisoner aimself to the officer—which were well worthy of conside ration , and it would be for them to say , * itera calm and dispassionate deliberation , whether * f r considered the charge to be made out aeatnst
J ? prisoner or not . —The jury deliberated a short ™« , and then returned a verdict of Guilty , at the ' line time recorumend-ng the prisonar to the merciful consideration of the court . The jury also ^ Pressed their indignation at the conduct of the ha S ^ " wno tner saio « they considered to « one of the greatest villains th .-tt ' ever came into - , j ° of justice . —The Recorder postponed the "" gment . R « BBSRr . —John Sehtihz , 23 , waiter , was indicted "' s » e-i hn « r a coM watch awA < s \ mu « . v from the per-! ™ ° ' Mr . Henry Howe . —Mr . Rviand i roseca-ed , ?! ¦* " "• Ballantine and Mr . Metcalf defended . — ' e pro secutor in this case , Mr . iluwe , the corneal the Haymarket Theatre , said , that on the „ * ; , " of the 23 rd of June he wa * at Vauxhall-Wpf * ' aadashe was passing into tbe Rotunda tie dk pre 83 ure a S * Iust bis breast , aud a man like P ^ soner , but wearing moustachios , made away
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from him . Having a child with him whom he wished to protect from the crowd , he did not feel for his watch , which he suspected was gone , until he got inside , and he then found that his suspicion were correct . He saw his watch shortly afterwards in the hands of the police-constable . — Sergeant Goffsaid , that he heard a disturbance near thebarrier . wherethehorsesenterthering . Hewent there , and found prisoner in the custody of Hayes . Prisoner took a watch from his pocket and laid it on a table close by . Witness shortly ufterwards discovered that the watch was the property of Mr . Howe . —Mr . Metcalfe said the question was whether prisoner ' s was the hand that took the watch . —The jury , after some deliberation , Acquitted the prisoner .
He was again indicted for stealing a watch and chain from the person of John Jackson , of Crossley . In this case the prosecutor , a country gentleman , was near the barrier , when he felt a twitch at his pocket , and instantly saw his watch in the hand of the prisoner , hanging b y the chain . Witness collared him , when he let it drop . Ho told prosecutor he was a gentleman , and dared him to give him into custody . —The jury found him Guilty . —There were two other indictments for stealing watches from other persons in tho gardens , He had only that day come out of prison for attempting to pick pockets at the Exhibition , and had been committed for a month . He had also been convicted at this court in 1849 .
—Sentenceseven years' transportation . Larceny . —Philip Walmsley , 28 , a person Of gentlemanly appearance , weaiing a long beard and moustache « as indicted for stealing twentythree spoons and seven forks , the property of Joseph Samuel Lavis . —Mr . Ryland , who held the depositions for the prosecution , said that upon considering the facts which were disclosed in them , he was of opinion that- under all the circumstances , the jury would not be likely to come to the conclusion that the prisoner had been guilty of felony . It was true that the property appeared to have been taken and disposed of by the prisoner , but there were certain facts connected with the transaction which would probably be stated by his learned friend Mr . Bodkin , who was instructed in
the defence , which rendered it very doubtful whether the proceeding of the prisoner amounted to larceny . Mr . Bodkin begged to be allowed to state on behalf of the gentleman at the bar , that he had been an officer in the Indian army , and had conducted himself with great bravery in all the engagements that had taken place in that part of the world , and he mi g ht , if he had so minded , have appeared at the bar , covered with the decorations that had been awarded him for his gallant conduct . In consequence of having imprudently become surety for a brother officer he had been compelled to leave India , and return to this country , and he had made application to the East India Company for assistance , which bad been
refused , and he was in consequence reduced to a position of great temporary embarrassment . While in this situation he had called at tho house of the prosecutor , who was a very old and intimate friend , and seeing some plate lying about , he , in a moment of excitement , took away a portion of the plate , and pawned it to supply his temporary necessities . He was in the receipt of money almost immediately afterwards , and there was no doubt that he intended to have redeemed the plate and restore it to its owner . —The Recorder said that if the intention to deprive the owner of the property was not proved it would not amount to larceny . —Mr . Ryland said it appeared to him tbe evidence would not make out the fact of the prisoner having any such intention ,
and upon this ground he should , with tbe sanction of the Court , decline to offer any evidence . —A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly taken . Pbrjdhy . —Jeremiah William Callan , 22 , described as an engineer , was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury . —Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Charnock conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Ribton appeared for the defendant . —The prosecutor of this indictment was Mr , Joseph Softlaw , formerly proprietor of the Bridge-house Hotel , and who at the time of the occurrence was the manager of tbe London Coffeehouse , Ludgate-hill . It will be remembered , from the report of the proceedings at Guildhall , that the present prosecutor was charged by the defendant with an odious offence ; but upon the second
examination , in consequence of the contradictory statements that were made by the defendant , and by a man who came forward as his witness , the falsehood of the chanre became apparent and it was consequently dismissed , and Mr . Softlaw immediatel y preferred the present indictment . The nature of I the case renders it impossible to give a detail of tbe evidence that was adduced , and it will be sufficient to state that it established in the clearest possible manner the entire groundlessness of the charge that hid originally been made by the prisoner . — The jury without a moment ' s hesitation found the prisoner Guilty . —The Recorder , iu passing sentence , said that the prisoner had been convicted on tbe clearest and most satisfactory evidenceupon evidence which completely satisfied his mind , and also that of the jury—of one Of the worst
Offences tbat could possibly be committed . It was not only an offence against the administration of justice aud truth , but was of the most cruel and reckless character ; for he not onl y swore falsely , but be did so to fix a charge upon a man of so heinous and hateful a character , that if he had succeeded he would have consigned bim to disgrace and ruin for the rest of his life . The manner , " however , in which the prosecutor had given his evidence was most satisfactory , and the other evidence was quite conclusive of his innocence , and he would leave the court without the slightest stain on his character . After some further remarks upon the atrocious nature of the offence the learned judge sentenced the prisener to be confined is Newgate for one day , and then to be transported for seven years , this being , he said , the exfent of punishment which the law allowed bim to inflict .
FoBOEOT . —Herman Law , 34 > a person of gentlemanl y appearance , described as a merchant , was indicted for feloniously forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange for £ 1 , 250 with intent to defraud Conrad Ino Thurn . —The prisoner pleaded guilty . — Judgment deferred . Sacrilege . —Thomas Brewer Hatton , 27 , was indicted for burglariously breaking into the church of St . John , Stratford , and stealing two surplices , an inkstand , and between £ 3 and £ i in silver money , the property of the Rev . William Holloway , the incumbent Of the church . It appeared tbat the
prisoner , who was tbe sexton of the church in question , ' went on the morning of the 11 th of June to the police-station at Stratford , and gave information that the church had been broken into on the previous ni » ht , and that a robbery had been committed . A police-sergeant and a constable iurtnediately accompanied the prisoner to the church , and , on their entering it , tbe prisoner pointed to one of the windows , which appeared to be broken , and represented that the thieves had , by means of that window , effected an entrance into the church . Upon going into the vestry it was ascertained that a drawer in the table that was there
bad been forced open , ' and between three and four pounds in silver , which had been collected for the use of the poor , taken from it . An inkstand and two surplices were also missed . The state or confusion exhibited by the prisoner created some susp icion in the mind of the police , and inquiries were made of him , which were not answered in a very satisfactory manner , and the consequence was that he was taken into custody . The evidence to support the charge was entirely circumstantial , and consisted principally of the fact tbat tho prisoner ' s story about the thieves having got into the church by the window was false , inasmuch as the window appeared upon examination , to ha . ve been broken on tbe inside , and tbe state of the outside showed clearly that no one had been there . It was also
shown that on the nig ht of the robbery the prisoner hid made very particular inquiries of a police-constable who was on duty near the spot , with regard to the extent of his beat , and the periods when he or any other constable would be likely to be near the church . It likewise appeared that one of the surplices was found on the following day concealed in a cupboard of the church , of which the prisener had the key , and the other was discovered in his own house in a hole in the attic . In addition to these facts there were a variety of other circumstances , all of them tending to exclude the supposition that the robbery could have been effected by any other person than the prisoner . —Mr . Parnell addressed the jury at some length on behalf of
ihe prisoner , and endeavoured to satisfy the jury that the evidence did not by any mean * show conclusively that the prisoner must have been the guilty party ; and he also called some witnesses to prove that the prisoner was at his own house at the time the robbery was committed , The evidence , ho * ever , was not by any means of a satisfactory character , and the testimony with regard to the tim « when the prisoner was at his ow » house not at all consistent with the probability that the prisoner might have committed the robbery at another period of the ni ght . —Mr . Justice Creswell hawng summed up thewhole case with great care and impartiality , the jury almost immediatel y returned a verdict of Guilty .
Post-office Robberies . —Thomas Snee , 32 , a post-office letter carrier , pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a letter containing money , the property of the Postmaster-General . Martha Rodgers , 22 , was indicted for stealing a letter containing a Bank of England note for £ 10 , tho property of the Postmaster-General . —It appeared fro m the statement Of the learned counsel for the prosecution , and the eridence tbat was adduced to support of it , that on the 4 tU of June a lady named Rice being desirous to transmit a sum of £ 10 to her daughter at Alderney , enclosed a note for that amount iu a letter which she posted and registered at a port receiving-house at Nottingbill , kept by a lady named Underwood . The prisoBer was in the service of Miss Underwood , and she was present when the letter was received and tbe certificate of its resignation given to "Mrs .
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Rice . When the letter arrived at its destination in due course , it was found that the note had been abstracted , and a communication of the fact was immediately made to the post-office authorities , Inquiries were then made , and it turned out that on the 5 th of June the prisoner had gone to the shop of a Mr . Griffiths , a haberdasher , at Notting-hill , where she purchased several articles of dress , which she paid for with the identical note that had been stolen from the letter , and received six or seven pounds in change . When the prisoner was afterwards questioned upon the subject , she at once admitted that she had purchased the goods from Mr . Griffiths , and that she had paid for them with a £ 10 note , but she positively asserted that the note had been in her possession since the preceding
month of February . Tbat , however , was manifestly a falsehood , as it appeared that the note was dated in April of the present year , and of course had not been issued from the Bank at the period tho prisoner represented it to have been in her possession . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty . Sentence was deferred in both the Post-office cases . Embezzlement . —Lewis John Jones , 21 , clerk , was indicted for embezzling the sums of £ 2114 s . 6 d ., £ 11 2 s . Gd ., £ 4 4 s ., and other sums of money belonging to his master , John Walter Huddlestone , barrister-at-law . — The prisoner seemed deeply affected at the degraded position in which he had placed himself , and kept his face averted from the gaze of tho court ( which was very full ) during the whole time he was in the dock . —He p leaded
Guilty . —Mr . Parry , who appeared for the prisoner , in alluding to the nature of the offence , said that the case was a peculiarly distressing one , as the prisoner had , up to this time , borne a hig h character and been most attentive to his duties . The reason of his present degradation was his having been drawn into bad company and becoming addicted to betting and tbe company of loose women ; and , under these circumstances , he hoped the court would act as leniently as , consistent with its duty , it could . With regard to the course pursued by his learned friend towards the prisoner he could not too warmly eulogise it . He had taken him to be his clerk when a boy , and had all along acted as a father to him , and treated him in every way as though he had been his son . —The Recorder asked over how long a period the embezzlement extended ?—Mr . Parry said from January , 1850 ; but his learned friend ' s confidence and kindness
towards the prisoner had been the reason of his not having found out his defalcations . —Mr . Ballantine said on ' behalf of his learned friend Mr . Huddlestone that the duty imposed upon them to appear against a young man with whom they had been so long associated was a most painful one , as up to this time he had stood high in the opinion of aU tbat knew him . He ( the learned counsel ) had known him from a mere boy , and could affirm that be had been most assiduous in his duties , and believed that his being drawn into bad company was the cause of his ruin . Gentlemen of their profession were of necessity obliged to place great trust in their clerks , and large sums of money came into
their hands , in fact tbe highest responsibility was reposed in them , and seldom or ever , he was happy to say , was it misplaced , and , as a class , he bad the highest opinion of their integrity and attention to the interests of their employers . The amount , as Mr . Parry had stated , would be much less than at first expected , not , he believed , above £ 89 or £ 100 instead of £ 170 . —Mr . Parry said the prisoner had told him that he expected his fees on the Oxford circuit that he was about going on with his master would have enabled him to relieve himself , but he ( Mr . Parry ) thought he was too much enthralled ever to have relieved himself . —The Recorder said he should postpone passing sentence .
Embezzlement . —Thomas Erskine Souper , 48 , clerk , was indicted for embezzling the sums of £ 30 , £ 58 10 s ., and £ 37 the monies of William Blandford , his master . —The prisoner pleaded guilty . — Mr . Bodkin on behalf of the prisoner , said that although the sums laid in the indictment were not very heavy , he could not but inform the court that the prisoner ' s defalcations amounted to upwards of £ 3 , 000 , and this was one of the melanchol y cases where a man , holding a highly confidential and important situation , had been induced to speculate in the purchase of railway shares with the monies of his employers . The prisoner , excepting this transaction , had borne an irreproachable character , and had for some years held the situation of clerk to the Thames Plate Glass Company , the monies of
which company he had been making use of . The greatest confidence was reposed in him , and the company were not aw & ve that tbe prisoner was a defaulter until he could no longer bear the situation in which he was placed , and gave himself into custody , making the fullest statement of the affairs of the company to the directors of which they were totally ignorant . After ho had given himself up , tho directors of the company had permitted him to remain at large , but ultimately preferred the charge against him . The prisoner had given up the policies of his life-insurance to the company , who would also receive £ 500 from the Guarantee Society . The prisoner ' s defalcations may be said to have originated from the fact that when he first obtained the situation he bad a loan of £ 1 , 500 granted him by one of the directors , to repay which nearly the whole of his salary had been stopped , and to
make up which he had been speculating , and became enthralled in the manner he hud , and he hoped , under these circumstances , the court would not consider this a case where it was bound to pass the fullest sentence the law allowed for such offences . —Mr . Clarkson said the company had not any wish to press with vindictiveness against the prisoner , and his statement with regard to the mode in which he had become enthralled was correct , but it was not correct about the money that had been lent , that was a private loan from one director , with which the company had nothing to do , and the policies spoken of had been left by the prisoner in his safe when he left the company . —Mr . Bodkin then called several witnesses , who gave the prisoner a most unexceptionable character ; several of the gentlemen so called being shareholders of the company . —The Common Sergeant said he should take time to consider the sentence .
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Nxw St . Peter ' s . —Of a verity Pio Nono is the most efficient promoter of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . The first vehemence of the panic-irritation excited by his creation of Romanist diocese and bishops in England gave symptoms of abatement , when he must needs revive it by promul gating a scheme for establishing a permanent Italian propaganda in London . Tbe exertions that have been made by the promoters of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill to g ive a wide publicity to the Pope ' s appeal to Italian liberality for contributions towards the establishment of a collegiate church of Italian priests , appointed and controlled from Rome , in the centre of the English metropolis , is a proof how unpalatable the step he has taken is sure to be in this country . He has done an unwise thing at tho worst moment for his own objects , and in the
worst manner . Englishmen , who are so fond of building and endowing churches of their own communion in foreign lands , could scarcely complain of foreigners for doing the same in theirs ; and the tolerance of a Mazzini church in London Strengthened the claim of the Pontiff to open a rival establishment here , to induce Italians to keep away from it . But the infallible bas spoiled all by unnecessarily and ostentatiously identifying his new movement with his diocesan division of England , and by announcing ; that his college of Italian priests are not to cofine their ministrations to Italians . There can be no doubt that the opportune publication of the begging letters of the Pope and the Archbishop of Florence has reconciled many to Sir Frederick Thesioer ' s amendments on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . As for the erection and endowment of a Roman Catholic Church
in London at the expense of Italians , to that by itself no reasonable objection can be offered . A good central site for it is likely to be left vacant by the removal of Smithfield Market . The corporation of London , we dare say , will not be an willing to let the founders of New St . Peter ' s have a " bargain " of land which they may for the moment feel rather at a loss to turn to good account ; and the locality is recommended for such a use b y some of its historical associations ! One thing is certain , that neither by the erection of this church , nor by any other propagandist means , are the anti-popish sentiments of Englishmen likely to he weakened ,
much less eradicated . Of this , Pio Nono—incapable of conceiving that the minds of men should bo cast in any other mould than that in which his own has been formed—is probably ignorant ; but Cardinal Wiseman knows better . He has by this time discovered that there are other and stronger obstacles to the extension of tha power of his hierarchy in Eng land than any legislation against their titles . His efforts to evade the interrogates of the committee of the House of Commons on the Law of Mortmain show that he feels where the real impediments to the realisation of his ecclesiastical visions lie—Spectator .
, An Eminent Wagoet . —The committee of tbe House of Commons appointed to report upon the law of Mortmain requested the advantage of such information as Dr . Wiseman could afford them . The doctor , it is said , begged to consult his love ot retirement by not appearing in so public a capacity as that of a witness before a committee of the House of Commons . He suggested , however , that his solicitor , being more conversant with the law , would prove a better witness . The solicitor was accordinglcalledbut stopped short when he came
y , to facts , alleging that his answers would betray professional confidence . The committee al lowed the objection as lav as it regarded the attorney , but felt that it was necessary ' that they should supply the deficiency by examining tho doctor himself . In virtue of their power " to send for persons , papers , and record , " they therefore issued tbe summons of their chairman ; but it is said that Golden-square was innocent , of tho doctor ' s presence , and that the said summons remains unsatisfied in the bands of the messenger .
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tmnor , M ° NJ > AY , Jrar 7 . JIZJ } ^ L ° BDS .-The Ecclesiastical Titles Bl wa 8 read a first time * , 11 of tlf ^ 0 ti 0 n , ° f L 0 rd KlNNAlRD for the COmmltt \ m ? m Buildings Bill , if ^ ° v » r ^ ft * ?* i ° ted to the measure because 2 ™? -T < ; L fw ^ e owners of estates to borrow money , which . their successors would have to pay . On a division there aopeared-Contents ... „ , 13 T ^ i ' COntents ¦ ¦» • ' 3 G-18 Th v \ conse i uentlyIost - ino Larl of Ellknborouoii , in moving for papers , recapitulated a variety of the charges which he previousl y urged against the East Indian government , on account of their treatment of Jotee Persaud .
Lord Brougham repeated his vindication of tho India , Oornpa iiy , and courted inquiry into every detail or the transaction in question , which ho believed would result , as on many other occasions , in completely exonerating the inculpated authorities . lue tarl of Ellbsborough having briefly replied , the subject dropped . The Smithfield Market Removal Bill was read a second time on the motion of Earl Granville . Lord Monteagle moved for some papers , and added a few criticisms upon the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill as it had come up from tbe Commons . The Marquis of Lmsdowse objected io the irrogular discussion of a measure which would so soon come before the house in a legitimate shape .
. The papers were then ordered , and their lordships a djourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-A new writ was moved for the boro ugh of Knaresborough , in the room Of Mr . Lascolles , deceased . The Inhabited House Duty Bill went through committee , after considerable discussion , and several divisions upon amendments , which were successively negatived . On resuming , the house again resolved itself into committee , and passed the clauses of the Woods and Forests Bill . Supply . —On the motion for going into committee of supply ,
Sir D . Norre y s moved as an amendment , that the architect , of the new Houses of Parliament should be called upon to lay forthwith before tbe house a detail of his proposed p lans and style of the architecture and decoration , exterior and interior , for the new House of Commons , and the halls and rooms connected with it . The Chancellor of the Exchequer trusted that tho new chamber would be sufficiently complete for the house to sit therein on some midday meetings , and so judge for itself respecting the points in question . Meantime he deprecated any interposition between the commissioners and Mr . Barry , the architect . Mr . Hume complained of the incessant delays which had occurred in completing tho new house , and , for himself , resigned all hope of seeing it finished .
After seme further discussion , the amendment was negatived by consent . The house then went into committee of supply on the civil service estimates . The vote of £ 32 , 000 for secret service was opposed by Mr . Williams , who moved its reduction to £ 20 , 000 . There was a prevalent opinion that the money was chiefly spent for electioneering purposes . Colonel Sibthorp concurred in objecting to the vote , whose very title of " secret" he considered sufficient to condemn it . The honourable and gallant member proceeded to indicate various ways of a festive or insiduous character in which he suspected that the money was or mi g ht be expended by the ministers . Lord Palmbrston certified tbe opponents of the vote that nono of tho money was spent in bribery or corruption .
Tho discussion was ultimately closed by a vote , when the amendment was negatived by 140 votes to 41-99 . A number of following votes were passed , and the house resumed . The Loan Societies Bill was read a third time and passed . The house adjourned at one o clock .
TUESDAY , July 8 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Apprentice to the Sea Service Bill was read a third time and passed . The Attorneys' and Solicitors' Regulation Act Amendment Bill was read a second time . Lord Cbanworth moved that the Expenses of Prosecution Bill be read a third time . An irregular discussion on the measure took place , in the midst of which the noble lords who took part in it were surprised by the announcement
that the question that the bill do not pass had been put by the Loan Chancellor and carried . The Earl of SHAtfTKsmmY moved the second reading of the Lodging Houses Bill , and urged strong ly on their lordships the necessity of adopting measures for improving the dwellings and otherwise ameliorating the condition of the working classes in this country . The Marquis of Nobmanbt and Lord Kl . VNAlRD expressed their satisfaction that this bill had been brought before the bouse by Lord SHAFTESBURY .
The Earl of Harrowby suggested that when bills were brought in for tho construction of new and magnificent streets care should be taken that provisions were inserted in them for the erection of lodging houses for the population displaced by the now streets . The Marquis of Lansdowne was not desirous to say anything in support of the bill , which spoke for itself . He approved of its limited application in the first instance , and he had no doubt that the example set by the large towns would' ultimately lead to the general adoption of the system . He thought , too , that Lord Harrowby ' s suggestion was most valuable , and their lordships would do well to bear it in mind when bills for constructing large streets came before their notice , The motion was agreed to , and their lordshi ps soon after adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —In the House of Commons the morning sitting was occupied with the discussion of the clauses of the Civil Bills ( Ireland ) Bill , which eventually passed through the committee , and was ordered to be reported on Thursday next . At the evening sitting , in reply to a question put by Mr . Clay , Lord Palmbrston stated that her Majesty ' s government had not taken any step to give notice of terminating the agreement of 1841 with Denmark , regulating the duos levied by that State on goods passing the Sound , nor had any communications been entered into between this country and Russia and Prussia for tho commutation of these dues ;
adding that , considering what Denmark had lately suffered , the present , he thought , was not the moment when a generous and friendly government shoul take a step which that Power might consider a hostile one . Lord R . Grosvknob moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the attorneys' and solicitors' annual certificate duty . The noble lord said be would be content not to do more than lay his bill on the table with a view to its consideration next session ; but he would not even do that if- the Chancellor of the Exchequer would say that when the Income Tax should have been decided upon he would allow this tax to be amongst the first to be considered with a view to its repeal .
The Chancellor ol the Exchequer opposed the motion , and said however happy be might be to say " yes" to every proposal for the reduction of taxes , yet due regard to the finances of the country would not permit him to go further in the way of repealing taxes than he had indicated in his financial statement . If , however , he were in a different position , he did not think that the duty in question was the precise one which should take precedence of all others in being abolished . After a few words from Lord R . Grosvenor in reply , The house divided , and the numbers were—For the Motion 162 Against it 132 Slajority against tho government . ——30
The Ballot . —Mr . II . Berkeley then moved for leave to bring in a bill for the protection of Parliamentary electors by . taking votes by ballot . He reiterated his former arguments against the existing system , and in reply to the remark of Lord John Russell , that it worked well , he asked how a system could be said to work well which deterred one-third of the electors from recording their votes ; ( hear , hear ;) which gave to certain- peers the power of returning ninetyrei ght members of that house by direct interference , and coerced agricultural voters into an electoral flock of sheep ? ( Hear , hear . ) But even supposing it did work well , a good end was effected by means the most abominable and unconstitutional . ( Hear , hear . ) In illustration of the actual working of the system he drew attention to certain transactions at elections which had occurred since his motion last year , whence he deduced
evidence of the prevalence of intimidation , a greater evil in the system than corruption , and which pressed with peculiar severity upon the agricultural tenantry , many of whom , he said , it degraded into abject slavery . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Berkeley relieved tho dryness of his details by a humourous modeof treatment , diversifying statistic ? by anecdote , and concluded with an appeal to high authorities in support of the ballot , and by calling upon Lord John Russell to reconsider this question for tho sake of the people of England . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Ellis seconded the motion , and bore testimony to the amount of intimidation and coercion practised upon all descriptions of voters , but especially the tenant farmers , by both political parties . Mr . Hume considered that the arguments of Mr . Btrkoloy were unanswerable , and impressed upon the goverament the importance of granting a con-
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oessioa which he believed was essential to the future welfare of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion however , he said , aimed at only a part of bia object ; bo had , therefore moved , as an amendment ; , to extend the elective franchiso to all men of full age rated to the poor ; to limit the duration of parliament to three years ; and to make the proportion of representatives more consistent with the amount of population and properly . Ho urged at some lenzth the expediency of these several changes expatiating upon the evil consequences which had arisen and would arise from delaying them , and he warned the noble lord that unless the ballot formed a part of his scheme of reform next session it would not give satisfaction . As it was desirable to obtain the opinion 0 ! tho house upon this question of tho ballot , ho should not move his amendment , but support tbe original motion .
Captain Scobbll , adverting to the intimidation which had been employed in the late election at Bach , said ho could not as an honest awl faithful representative abstain from deelaving , on this first occasion of his addressing the house , the absolute justice , expediency , and necessity of sheltering men in the exercise of rights which the constitution gave them . The house having divided , this motion was carried also against the government , by 87 to 50 . Mr . Scully moved a resolution that , to lighten the poor law in Ireland , it is expedient to facilitate the employment of the inmates of workhouses in reproductive labour , so as to make these establishments self-supporting . He showed that , under the present system , labour was thrown away or misapplied , and suggested means whereby it might be made a source of relief to the payers of the poor rate .
The motion was seconded by Mr . © 'Flaherty , who stated that the experiment had been successfully tried in his union . Sir W . Somehtillb said , the Poor Law Commissioners were anxious to provide industrial employment for the inmates of the workhouses ; but to make the products of pauper labour enter into competition with those of the general labour market was a very different thing , and was open to serious objections . He could not consent to a motion for so vague a resolution , and he hoped the house would leave the matter in the hands of the
Commissioners . Mr . Roche di <& not think that workhouses should be converted into great manufactories for competing with free labour ; but means might be found of employ ing every idle hand in Ireland . Mr . P . Scrope , in supporting the motion , contended that tho employment of paupers in reproductive labour was not inconsistent with sound political economy . They might be employed in producing food , clothing , and articles for their own consumption . The savings of the taxpayer would set free labour in motion . Sir J , Walsh said government funds were not asked ; all the motion sought was merely that , with the funds at the command of the commissioners , paupers should be employed in reproductive labour , instead of remaining idle . There was no fear that it would displace free labour , though it might stimulate it .
Colonel Dunne supported tbe motion , believing its principle to be absoutely necessary in order to carry out any Poor Law in Ireland . Colonel Thompson likewise advocated the motion . SirL . O ' Bates should vote for the motion , believing that tbe objections to it might be over come . Mr . S . Crawford considered that , under the circumstances of Ireland , this was the only remedy for the evil of congregating large bodies of men in workhouses . Lord G . Hamilton hoped that , in the peculiar state of Ireland , the motion would be received favourably .
Mr . J . Wilson opposed the motion , observing that the house should be jealous in guarding the rights of the independent labourer , arid not force him into unfair competition with paupers—the very error committed under the old English Poor Law . Mr . H . Herbert should vote for the motion if tho labour was to be confined to the workhouse . The motion was likewise supported by Lord Naas and Sir II . Barron , who charged Mr . Wilson with misrepresenting its object .
Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer asked what was to be tho practical result of this resolution ? If it was simply to approve of what the commissioners had done / it could do no harm ; but if its object was to change the course which they had pursued , that is , to place the inmates of workhouses in a better situation than independent labourers , it would be a fatal measure , impairing the stringency of the workhouse tost . Mr . Henle y agreed with the Chancellor of the Exchequer that nothing could be more dangerous to Ireland than to break down the workhouse test ; but he did not see how the employing paupers in reproductive labour in workhouses would do so . Still less could he understand the argument which Mr . Wilson had drawn from outdoor relief under the old Poor Law . He should vote for tho motion .
Mr . Laeouchere objected to the resolution that it appeared to affirm a new principle ; and contended that , if the oommisBic-neva were to appl y their attention to the making labour in workhouses reproductive , the pauper labourers would be placed in circumstances that must lessen the stringency of the test . Sir D . Norbets also opposed the motion as being either useless or mischievous . Mr . Scull y replied to objections , and the house having divided , the motion was negatived b y 64 to 42 . The Mercantile Marine Act Amendment Bill and the Militia Ballots Suspension Bill were each read a second time . The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to . The house adjourned at a quarter past twelve o ' clock .
WEDNESDAY , Joly 9 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Colonial Property Qualification Bill . —On the motion that the house go into committee on this bill , Mr . Tupnell moved that it be an instruction to the committee to provide for the abolition of any property qualification for the election of members to serve in parliament . He should have been content to leave this question in the hands of his noble friend at the head of tbe government , to be dealt with by him in the new Reform Bill which he would propose next session , but when a bill was before the house the effect of which was to give a sanction and continuance to the system to which he objected , he trusted that tho house would excuse him if he took
this opportunity of bringing before them the larger question whether the members of English and Irish constituencies ought not to be put upon the same footing as their brethren of Scotland , from the representatives of which country no qualification was demanded . He was only asking the house to revert to the old constitutional practice of leading the electors to exercise a free and independent choice in the selection of those members whom they might wish to represent them in parliament . The act of parliament establishing a property qualification was introduced at a period of our history to which he should not wish to have recourse for any constitutional principle , Previous to the passing of the 1 st and 2 nd Victoria , c . 48 , by order of the
21 st November , 1717 , it was ruled that any person whose qualification was expressly objected to should within . fifteen days deliver in a statement of his rental aiid particular of his lands . And of all such lands which he had not possessed for three ye ; iro - he should give tbe name of the person from whom , and the nature of the deed , by which he claimed the same , and the consideration paid , and the names and residences of the witnesses . Since the 1 st and 2 nd Tictoria , c , 48 , this order , which was a sessional order , had not been made , and by section 3 of that act all the particulars required might be given so as to render it impossible to prove a negative . A member had never yet been required to prove his qualification , or to support it till disproved
prhnh facie . An attempt was made in the first Reform Bill to introduce into Scotland the same'system of qualification of members of parliament which prevailed in England , but that attempt was so ill received in Scotland that it was abandoned . But there was no reason whatever why this anomaly should becontinuedany longer . At the period when the Qualification Act was passed it was supposed'that England was not favourable to the Stuarts , 'but that Scotland might be sufficiently relied upon , so as to prevent the necessity of any qualification whatever ; at present there was no meaning in the distinction . The other day new members took their seats for Cork , Boston , and Leith . The members for Cork and Boston lad'to
produce their qualifications , while the member for Leith was not called upon to produce his . It was unreasonablo'that a member of the Court ofDirectors of tho East India Company should be . excluded from this house for want of a property qualification , - when the possession of a considerable amount of stock was | necessary to qualify him for a seat in that Direction . Under the present system the law was evaded , for persons having no qualification -whatever , by a slig ht stretch of conscience , obtained one . Many persons were also exempted from the necessity of a qualification , as , for instance , the
Scotch members , the members for the Universities , and the eldest sons of Peers , and persons qualified for Knig hts of the Shire . Among many of the agricultural districts there had been ' a strong wish expressed that their interests should be represented in that house by tenant-farmers , and bo thought that that would be a good measure ; aud'WOUld prdduee a fusion of parties ; but the tenant-farmers were too poor to possess the present qualification and too honest to obtain a fictitious one . He only asked to give to tho present constituencies created by the Reform Act , and those which he trusted would be created under tho New Reform Act . tho
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free and independent choice of their representatives in that house . ( Cheers . ) Mr . EwAter . seconded the motion , and said tbat ho did so on the ground that he sat in that house as a Scotch member , requiring no qualification , and that ho did not conceive ho was better entitled to sit without a qualification than any one of the English or Irish members . The qualification was an ' unconstitutional demand , and it was time tbat it was done away with . Lord J . Russell said the proposal of his right hon . friend came iu rather a singular sbapo- ( h ° ir , hear)—because tho bill which the house had to consider was a hill extending the qualification to certain other property which was not at present a qualification , and his right hon . friend proposed bv
way of amendment to tho bill to strike out and abolish' all qualification whatsoever . It appeared to him that that was a totally different proposition from the hill before tho house . It was quite a dif . ( event question whether or not there was any utility in keeping up a qualification for seats in that house as it at present stood . He thought the arguments of his rig ht hon . friend on that subject had a great deal of weight in them . ( Hear , hear . ) Ills right hon . friend had very truly alleged " that thore were in former times realities in the provisions that those who represented sir-res should be knights , g irt with a sword , and that tbos-j who represented boroughs should be burgesses resident in those boroughs . Those were realities , and so long as they were in accordance with the state of society it was perhaps desirable to maintain them . But that state of
society had entirely passed away . ( Hear . ) Knights girt with swords were not gentlemen different from those who came as burgesses , representatives of boroughs . One was , in fact , no more a knight than thc other was a burgess resident . So far as ihoso provisions were concerned , parliament took away the necessity of the burgesses residing in the boroughs , and persons not resident might be elected . But in the reign of Qeeen Anno the landed interest being very jealous of the advance of trade and commerce , bethought them of a new qualification , a new restriction , utterly at variance with the ancient qualification , because it provided that those representatives of cities and burgesses who were formerly persons resident in those cities and boroughs and who had no property except their own trade or
what they made by merchandise , and such manufactures and wares as they disposed of , should all be landowners and have such a qualification . In his opinion , that provision was very unadvisablo . ( Hear . ) No doubt it was intended to strengthen the landed interest in that house . The law had oertainly been placed on more reasonable conditions , and more in conformity with tbe state of society , by the alterations made on the proposal of his friend Mr . Warburton , who was no longer a member of that house ; but who was a very distinguished ornament of it while he had a seat in it . ( Rear , hear . ) That gentleman suggested to the house , in a manner that convinced them , that the qualification should be extended , and should embrace persons who had private property of a nature
which had grown up since the land qualification was created . But now , that having been done and those alterations having been made , was there in fact any security in property qualification as it now existed ? ( Hear , hear . ) Was it not notorious , as his right hon . friend said that persons ele .-ted to that house who had any credit at all , or connexions who would help them to a qualification , had no difficulty in obtaining one , and in sitting in that house , by a qualification perfectly good in law , although , in point of fact , they were not persona holding the exact qualification ? And every now and then there occurred a case in which an objection was made before an election committee , although fifty or sixty members might have been entirely without a real qualification , that by some
mistake a member had not obtained a qualification , and therefore was not to sit in that house . There was therefore , no security for the present qualification . Another notorious fact was that all Scotch members sat there without qualification—( hear)—and he thougnt it would be no very great compliment to him if he said they were at all inferior in rank and property and habits of business and capacity for legislating in that house to the members for England and Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) That being the ease , he certainly could not sea why this question of qualification should not ba taken into consideration by parliament , ( Hear , hear . ) But it did not appear to him that that wa g tho way in which it ought to be done ; to propose to amend a bill providing certain qualifications ia
addition to the present qualification , by saying they would have no qualification at all , did not seem to him a fair or proper way of bringing the quesj lion under the consideration of parliament . ( Hear , hear . ) Either it should be by a special bill for that purpose introduced , with the view to abolish property qualification altogether , or by a bill for general purposes relating to our representation , in which it might form a clause . In either way in which it might be introduced , he certainly waa willing to give that question a favourable consideration . ( Hear , hear . ) Then it vtaa to be considered whether there would be any danger at all , supposing all qualification was done awaywhether members returned to that house , would not be , in fact , perfectly as well qualified
as the present members to sit there . It appeared to hi in that would form in fact a very real qualification ; whether a desirable qualification or not mi g ht be matter of dispute , and he dared to say that an honourable gentleman whom he saw opposite ( Mr . F . O'Connor ) might dispute it , but he thought what did form a real qualification was that no person , without some considerable means , who was not resident in London , was able to maintain a seat in that house , and to go to tho expense of coming to live in London and leaving any business in which he might be engaged .- Take the case of a tradesman in a small town , er ofa farmer . He had no objection to see a-tenant farmer in that house , if the freeholders and electors choose to send him there ( hear , hear ) , but hecertsiinly should think , for his own sake , that very probably his attendance in that house at the close of spring and the greater part of the summer would be very injurious to his ploughing , sowing , and
gathering in . ( A laugh . ) So , likewise as to a small tradesman—his custom would very much suf . fer . They oven saw now there were many persona of considerably larger income who found themselves , after being some two or three years ia that house , unable to afford the expense of being members of that house , and neglect the business in which they were engaged * , so that they would have , in fact , by the nature of things , a-real -qualification , if there were no requirement of the kind . If they bad tho People ' s Charter and members-were paid they would not have' that security ;• but he never meant to g ive his vote in favour of tbe payment of members . ( Hear , hear . ) - They did much better without it ; but with regard to the subject of qualification , though he could not vote for-tho pres-cnt motion , yet he could assure his ri ght -hon . friend tbat when the subject was brought forward as a whole and separate question he should giverhis support t- > it .
Mr . Nkwdboatb said , there appeared to be a perfect scramble on the other side as to who should be the father of the future Reform Bill . ( A laugh . ) Hon , members seemed determined tbat the author of the Reform Bill of 1 S 32 , should have as little as possible to do with the origin of the Reform Bill of 1852 . ( Hear . ) Never had he seen such-want of confidence in their leader . The right' hon . gentleman , by his amendment , wished to get rid of-all qualification , rather th : > n adroit our subjects in the colonies to any representation in that house ; and would at once plunge the bouse into the wide questions that arose on the abolition of all property qualification whatever . The right hon . gentleman would retain the qualification of electors , but would abolish that of representatives . He admitted .-the
law was defective , but if the definition of the qualification was insufficient , ^ let them define it ; if it was restricted , extend it ; but let them not at onoe plunge into the abolition of . all qualification . Tha motion was only an endeavour to get rid of the bill of the hon . member for Gateshead by a side wind , and had raised-a question for which the house wasnot prepared . ' , ., Mr . Henlet thought , this motion was not brought forward iq a very convenient . matter , because it waa perhaps one of the largest questions that could be brought under their consideration . The right hon . gentleman askeil the house to restore tho people of this country to what Was their anob-nt right . So far as he ( Mr . 'Hehlo ' y ) c 6 ul ( J ' , uti'derstand the ancient practicb ' of this country , the people were always restrained to certain classes'in the choice of their
representatives . Ho would almost say he defied thO rig ht hon . gentleman 1 ' 6 make out the proposition he asked the house to sanction ' , of restoring fo ' the people of this country their ancient and Undoubted right : The noble bird said Refrain" classes ' of the pi > ople of this country , witb' might ; desire * to sit in that house , and might'be returned , "'Would find great practicaldiffieulty in ' abandoning their business to sit in that house . Any oiie who knew what a sacrifice of time was necessary how to occuova seat in Parliament ; would a » ree to " that- but he could not say the noble lord fiatf drawn a correct conclusion from that state of thin s , because there existedm this country-as in till 6 thers-a clasa in l
Si " 'W \ he de ! i * « o > i < W * t ^ nWeAiiir ^ 6 5 l i . i ' t ,, at cla ^ cotiiprised manv who might be designated aa politick adventurers , and they would be ju * the . Claaa Who would recommend themselves by very specious promises to different Constituencies , and it would be no ittconvenienee to them to give up their time ; but he doubted whether it would not tea very great injury to that house to be filled- by persons of that description . The noble lord had said there was no real security existing m the present O i Ualificatiou ; but he illustrated it ma very extraordinary manner , ' because the nowe torn said that any person of credit or conr' « f " . , ^ ° * difficulty in obtaining a qualification ; but ; tf * ^ man had such an amount of credit , ° . 8 UC \ ° h 0 "r £ " J as to induce another to trust htm mth lie le ai
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