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2 the general tone of diplomatic society, no idea of an | unpleasant termination to the renewed conference. | Russia bas Bo thought of stirring wp the ashesef the fire which was so fortunately for her damped out in Murch of the present year. She will be satisfied by buving gained the point ofa conference atall, after euch detiant terms had been used in reference to it by Eugiand. After a shew of resistance she will find occasion to add her crochets to the mediation of Frence, and a great object will have been gained in exhibiting before the nations ef the continent and the world in general, the increased and increasing the day is not far distant when this amity will takes practical character aud assume 4 hostile froatagainst England is certainly a very popular error, if error it be; and many do not scraple to assert the renewed conference will form an admirable screen for some cause, France and Russia will be found on the same wide. Bat there is certainly another view of the ques- There are those who persist in believing that Russia is still menacing and redoubtable, tor she from the alles money for those railroads which ten years hence she will not fail to turo them. With these, it is said, wnen Louis japoieon and Lord Palmerston have long passed awsy from the scene, she will transport sone tive or six hundred thousand men to those frontiers where no fleet of Fraace or England will be able to with- stand them. Then she will only need to cross the Danube in order to enter thas land—always to her flowing with milk and honey—of Tarkey, the pos- session of which she believes will endow her with tne domination of the world. Austria might, indeed, oppose her by means of Hungarian and Wallachian railroads, but much cannot be expecied from that Power. In the meantime the part which the West is performing is instructive. Journalists, diploma- mats, and influential parties of all kinds, ar+ basy squabbling about Naples, and other matters, which, in comparison with a great danger, are in the nigh- est degree trival and absurd. Tbe Emperor, accompanied by an officer of his hongeho)d, both in plain clothes, drove oa Monday in a phaeton through different parts of Paris. His Majesty foliowed the Rue de Rivoli as fac as the Fauvourg St Antoine, and returned by the Raes de Raunbuteau, Traince, Coquillitre, &c., to the gate- way of the Pont Tournant, where the Emperor alghted, and walked through the gardens w the Toileries. The Prefect of the Seine has just delivered his ‘annual report on the financial situation of the city ot Paris, which, from revent reports, has been looked for with unusual interest. The land tax, personal and furnitare tax, and that on doors and windows, for 1856, amounts to 16 671,515 fr., being an increase since 1836 of 7,774,036 fr., and which will be still greater by 357,389 fr. in 1857. In other words, tne taxes of ia in twenty years are half as much again. In order to remove an impression that generally prevails that it is the richer quar ters of Paris which have most been benefiited Bi by the nuinber of new buildings, the report states that the eighth arrondissement, which comprises the Faubourg St. Antoine, and where the working c:asees principally reside, has only had 130 hoases taken down, while one fourth of the total number of new buildings is in that quarter. I: also declares it to be a mistake that the new buildings are not as much subdivided as the old ones, and consequently Jess efficient in accommodation, “I am,” however, says the Prefect, “far from disputing that a greater number of disposable accommodations would not have been useful, in order to keep down rents; but what I deny is the cause which is genera ly assigned for the increase of rent, and which appears to have also taken place inall great towns where the ex tension of railway communication has caused a sad- den increase of population.” The report goes on to throw ali the blame,of financial! difficulty on the year 1838, which, from @ disastrous law of the 10th o' May, rendered the city of Paris incapable of meet- ing the charges imposed upon it. “Thanks,” it adds, “to the measures of finance of 1856, we have Row entered on a new era, and we henseforth bo; to be able to maintain an equilibrium between the receipts and ex This will not at first be ef- fected without difficulty, but the government of the Emperor, who has resolutely undertaken the difficult work from which former governmeuts have shrank —that of re establishing order in the departmental budgets—wili devise means for preventing @ recur- rence of the embarrassments of the past. Paris, Dec. 4, 1856. Snow in Paris—The City Finances—The Imperial Prince—The Imperial Displays, in Public, &e., &e. ‘The ground is covered with snow, and the frost isso sharp that all building operations are sus pended; and there is that dull livery of gray per vading the atmosphere which promises a contina- ance of severe weather. The appearance of the city, as the eye wanders over it from the heights of Passy, is singularly picturesque; the domes of tue Hotel des Invalides and of the Charch of the As somption, and in the far distance that of the Pan- theon, have & majestic effect, as, looming through the frosted atmosphere, their snow-white robes, like gigantic parachutes, swell over the panorama, and spire, and tower, and fluted portico, glistening in their pare winter panoply, are only relieved from @ monotonoly of white by the thousands of trees which, leafless and gaunt, shoot up their hard, black, staring boughs, in living testimony ot the fleeting nature of beauty and luxuriance. The accounts from the departments all concur in speak- ing of a very marked change in the weather siace Sunday. Snow had fallen heavily on Monday at Lyons, Valence, Bordeaux, Havre, Cherbourg, and in the whole northern part of France; in fact, winter would seem to have set in with considerable severity. In Paris yesterday morning, mow came down heavily, and continued to fall during the day. The thermometer is now at 26 Fahrenheit. It is impossible not to feel some misgiving as to tranquillity being preserved should the present weather prove a presage of lengthened severity. The government, it is well known, has made ample provision, as far as regards Paris, to meet casual necessities. The manutention is stored with every description of corn, and government purveyors are prepared to enter the market as purchasers for the relief of those whom the inclemeucy of the season shall have cast upon their hands. The power of an ab- solute government is so complete that it has nothing but to will an interference with the laws of com- merce, in order to meet an exceptional demand, and ita will becomes law. Still, the distress in a city gorged with tens of thousands of laborers, attracted to it by such gigantic works as have been going on for the last five years, cannot but be enormous; if from any circamstance the employment is suspend- ed, it will require no commom vigilance and provi- dence to keep it from assuming a restless form. ‘The Prefect of the Seine has just presented to the Departmental Commission the budget of the city of Paris for the year 1867, in which the receipts are estimated at 59,972,212fr.; expenses, 59,964,920fr.; surplus, 7,292fr. In the list of ordinary expenses he Prefecture of the Seine stands for 2,883,149fr.; Prefectare of Police, 183,112ft.; optional expenses, but of departmental utility for both prefectures nited, 1,099,309fr.; extraordinary expenses for re- pairs of Palais de Justice and other edifices, ith- provement of departmental roads, &c., 54,054,653fr.; special expenses for vicinal roads, 594,473fr., &c. ‘The assistance given to orphan children requires an augmentation of credit of 215,200fr., and that for lunatics 60,779fr., the total increase in expenses being 402,140fr. The Prince Imperial was yesterday, in spite of the coldness of the weather, taken out for air and exercise in the garden and court of the Tuileries. In the afternoon his imperial highness was carried in a carriage, with a military escort, to the Park of Mon- ceaux, where be remained an hour and a half. What he may grow up to it is impossible to say, but though @ strong, healthy looking child, he is aasuredly, at present, far from prepossessing in appearance; the mouth is gross and all * uncomely; the cheek bones are long and prominent; the complexion is swarthy. But ne is lusty a8 a young eagle. Searcely nine months old, he rolla himself over and NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1856. agility, and shows all the germs of futare in his manner of on all vo The of the perenta in more spparent the chia is in their | Baty thin ite aa wanting ae cava Ges comet ne character; ip toe duties of seater & grave solidi womanly it 5F il from the imputation paring for the court, of the jon, and it is expected that to-day the Emperor ve to the Bois de Boulogne, where, if the weather continue, there will be superb the fine sheets of ice the trozenreservoirs the appropriation by articles in the streets as robbery; and within the laxt three weeks several cases of con- demnation have been recorded; yesterday a seller of roasted chestuuts was sentenced to four months igyprisoument by the tribunal of Correctional Police for offered for sale to a jeweller, for 72f., Phentors bigh Gee he happened to pick up in the strecta. The jeweller not blag ied a3 to the man’s right to sell the article, called him aside and delivered him over to durance wWle. brva Spain we hear that the Queen has been anxious that O’Denneil should accept the St. Peters- burg mission, but that he has respectfully declined the golden ostracism. The greatest possible anxie- ty is telt about the reported risiog in Sicily, but as yet we are al}inthe dark [he most curtous inci- dent in the political world is the suddsn transfor. mation of the Assemblée Nationate into a thick and thin advocate of the English and French alliance sgainst Russia, whose organ it was during the war, and whose faithiul advocate it has remained till within the last two or three days. Indeed, it has en- dured martyrdom formerly iu the cause of Russia, and in consequence of its too energetic language had its mouth stopped by the censorship, for two months. It now maintains that the meeting of the new con- ference is a check for no one, uoless to the Power which is obliged to sacrifice its pretensions to a de- cision of the majority, and on these points it is of the same opinion as the Morning Post, that Lord Polmerston has,nothing to fear. It adds:—‘It ap- pears certain that Fravce has rallied to the opinion of England in the questions of the Island of Serpents and of the new Hessaravian frontier This point gained, the Exgleh Cabinet could feel no objection in approving ot the conference, since is was certain to optain the triumph of its views.” “ Zimeo Danaos «et dona ferentes,” vome people will exclaim at this strange epopping round of the political vane of the Assemblée Nationale, which, to be complete, only re- quires a few stirring articles on the justice of the Neapolitan interference. By the by, there is a tele- grapbic despatch from Naples to-day, which states that_part of the Swiss guard had been sent against the Sicilian insurgents, and that a movement has oc- curred at Girgenti, (the ancient Agrigentam,) ou the southern coast of Sicily. An appeal to the Neapolitan army on the part of the people has been circulate. with great diligence and much secresy. The splendid pon-bon shops of Paris are prepar- ing their Christmas attrsctions, or rather for that dies nefasta, the jour de l’an, when everybody is expectyd to give to every body. But even Parisian ingenuity is mortal, and has its limits, and therefore it must ‘not be expected that having dived so deep as is has already in the well of discovery, there are mapy lower depths still for it to sound. As far as one can judge at present, many of the novellies ex- hibited have an unmistakeable look of old acquaint- ances renovated like the sleeping beauty afer a year’s retirement from the busy] world. Doubtless the “great guns” are kept back till the last. [n the meantime, 1 confess, as an habitue whose anoual day of suffering is drawing near, I look with a some- what jaundiced eye on the preparations making for giving a tangible form to the aspirations of my many caimants. I cannot go toa house without finding my young friends engaged in framing lists of wants for the jour de lan, which simply as an ingenious curiosity, are shown to the visiter, of course with no idea that he will avail himself of s0 agreeable an opportunity of supplying their desires; and as for servants, of ali descriptions, from the concierge down to the seullery maid, their interest in my health, in ‘bat of my wife, in my children, in my very cat and dog, is so painfully feeling that I am in danger of becoming an invalid when T contemplate the im- possibility of agreeably remunerating 60 much inge- nions solicitude. While in the act of tolding up my lgtter, my atten- tion is drawn to the window of my sfudy by a crowd of persons following one of the Imperial carriages. It makes one smile in mockery at the absurd shifts monarchical government is compelled t> have re- course to in order to maintain its proper position. The carriage contains that poor atom of humanity, the baby Prince Im) . There he goes, down the avenue de l'hr rice. at a slow c- count of the glassy state of the road. On is a fat imperial coachman, in gorgeous no and ‘old. Bebind stand three footmen six feet high. The carriage itself is burnished ali over with paint and varnish and gold. A troop of guides en guarde tenue clustre at the wheels, tne windows, end in its rear; and by the side, as commander-in- chief of this expedition, which is presumed to conve; the hopes of all France, rides in scarlet and gold, one of the mareachals of the Palais, The poor little baby, that so many horses, so much tailoring, so many gay and fat and valiant men should be ail afoot, doing that which a decent nursemaid with a strong arm and kindly soul, would do ten times better by herself, and that ali this should be thought necessary to give him importance in the eyes of those fiona it is fondly hoped he will live and rule! Sarely the gew-gavs and ginger- breadism of the sovereignty of one must be near its end, when in the last half of tne nineteenth century great-grandson ofa Corsican avocat can, by such means, be converted into as tifa a king as though the Imperiat yee for centaries -dorned hisancesiors! 1 kuow nothing so weak the Bonspartist pretensions as their slavish imita- tion of Bourbon try and etiquette! Shoald Henri Cing ever his way back in, as many say he will some day, be will ce ly find little to alier. His will have been swept and gar- nished. al) wholesome checks of a lar character removed, and Richard msy be hi again, with very little concession. Our Berlin Correspondence. Berwin, Dec. 2, 1856. Opening of the Prussian Chambers—Neufchatel— Composition of the Chambers— Prussian Finances —Increased Tazxation—The Resources of the Kingdcm—Coal, Lignite and Zinc—The Iron Works, §e. The opening of the Chambers, which, from the little sympathy felt by the people for their nominal representatives, passes off in general almost unno- ticed, was looked forward to this year with unusual interest, it having leaked out that there would be a passage in the royal speech referring to Neufchatel, of quite an energetic and even bellixose character. Notwithstanding this impression, however, it was hardly anticipated that his Majesty would make use of such very decided terms as he actually has done. Our Diet, as it is called, met on Saturday morning, and after allading to internal affairs, the satisfactory result of the harvest, the efforts of the Prussian gov- ernment to insure the execution of the treaty of Paris by “all parties concerned”—a palpable hit at Eng- land and Austria—the King proceeded as follows:— Ihave been painfully aifeoted by the recent events in my Principality of Neufchatel, wnere the antagoniam ex between my undoubied title and the an- weighed consideration of duties and ot the polit ee Sollee of barope; bot Lam oxealiy convinced ihet, id reqatre it, m; oople wil diapiay their accustomed zeal, fidelity and ting the honor of my crown. The King pronounced the last sentence in a loud tone of voice, and with visible emotion, There can be no doubt that he wrote this part of the apeech himself, as it is impressed with the asuai character. istics of the royal style, and forms a striking con- trast to the unimpassioned and business-like tenor of the rest of his harangue. In fact, his Majesty has greater command of language than any of his ministers, and prides himself not a little on his eloquence. The assembly, who are mostly composed over after any object which attracts him, with gur- | of government officers, civil apd military, received the King’s appeal to the “zeal, fidelity and deve- tion” of with a » View ing the. ‘fervor of their cheers, the royal responded by doff ing his helmet—for, Personally one of tne present moment no one seriously believed in ture with Switzerland, or had any ides that Neufchatel farce would sasume the dimensions tragedy; but there is s party near the throne who are evidently determined to push matters to extre- mity, and who, in epite of their legitimist predilec- tions, do not hesitate even to pay their court to that they are wise in their generation, for in this case, even more than in the Oriental aud Neapoli- tan difficulties, everything depends upon the French autocrat, who is next neighbor te Switzerland, and without whose consent no one could think of attack ing her. If he turns @ deaf ear to the flattering overtures of the Prussian statesmen, the latter wil) have to confine themselves to negotiation, and all their blustering will go for nothing; but if ine coun" tenances them in requiring the Swiss government to release the Neufchatel prisoners without a trial, and thus tacitly acknowledge the sovereignty of Prussia in that Canton, or if he only promises to remain neutral, there will be no alternative but for Switzer- land to submit, or to run the risk of an armed inter- vention of Prussia and the Germanic body. With- out derogation to the traditional valor of the brave mountaineers, it may be doubted whether they would be able to resist such overwhelming odds as could be brought to bear against them in that evehit; and 1o Switzerland therefore, as well as to Prussia herself, who has nothing to gain by a war except the gratification of dynastic pride, a pacitic solution of this difficulty must be highly desirable, if it can be obtaiaed without sacri- ficing the independence of the onty republic now left in Europe. Perhaps this wi be a good op- Berd for the United States to interfere in be alf of their Euro) brethren, by forming a ‘‘Holy Alliance” with England for the defence of Siberty. At present Jonn Bu)l is woo jsolated and too appre- hensive of ring. umbrage to his slippery friend ou the other side of the channel to act with his usual spirit in this business, but he would pluck up courage if he were backed by the Young Gianc across the Atlantic. There having been no new election this year, the Chambers are composed of nearly the same ele- ments as last session. A few members have died and afew members have vacated their seats, but their places have been filled by kindred spiri’s, and the formidable majority at the disposal ot ministers remains unimpaired. In the Upper Honse, Prince Hobeploe, the jeader of the ultra aristocratic fac- tion, bas been chosen President by an almost unani- mous vote. Yesterday the Lower House re-elected Count Eulerburg, the government candida‘e, who sueceeded Jast session in ousting Count Schwerin, the head of the constitaticnal party. It is eviden:, therefore, that the opposition will stand no chance in either Chamber, unless the adherents of govern- ment should turn restive at finding themselves at- tacked in their tenderest part—the pocket. I mentioned in wy last that the Prussian finances were in rather a dilapidated condition, and that ininisters would probably come down to the Cham- bers with some prop for supplying them with the sinews of war. This expectation has been fully justified by the royal s; , Which contains the femme J intelligence that ‘the resources of the ingdom are increasing in productiveness,” but adds that “several pressing and important requisites that have long been adjourned, must no longer be neglected,” in consequence of which ‘‘an accession wo the revenue has becume ipeerey necessary,” His Mojesty concludes by recommending the finan- cial projects which his government will sabmit to ihe Chambers for this purpose, to their carefal con- sideration. We are as yet in the dark aa to the na- ture of these projects, and there are various versions afloat respecting them. Raising the income tax appears out of the question—moneyed classes, where interests are predominant in the present Le gislature, being, of course most violently op; to any such measure. Many of the necessaries of life—meat, flour, coffee, sugar, &c., are heavily taxed already. There isa land tax (from which, however, a great of the nobility are exempt,) and a house tax, license duties and stamp daties, and imposts varying !rom ten to a hundred per cent on all foreign manufactures. It is not bo ape Sa an additional duty will be proposed on tol 5 which is consumed here in enormous quantities, and which Sa at present from eight to twenty thalers a cwt. Sumptuary taxes are also talked of, which would not ve quite unacceptable to the wealthier classes, as they would prevent persons of a oe vieing with Lm) in — appendages— OUBER , it equi , an so forth. It is doubtful, however, pe ty agin partial imposts would suffice to meet the necessities of government, and I think it tikely that some more comprehensive scheme of taxation will be resorted to. Unfortunately, the whole financial a; of Prvssia is extremely defective, and all the og it has been subjected to of late Only serves to render its inherent viciousness the more icuous. in — of the difficulties the jon have to struggle with, and the heavy burthens that cramp their industry, his Mojesty’s assertion that the resources of the country are increas ing in productiveness is not quite devoid of foundation, In a former communication | eis you some data relative to the production of jituminous and anthracite coal, which had risen ore, to upwards of torty millions of tons, repre- senting a value of more than nineteen mi of thalers. Another combustible material of great uti lity is the “Braunkohle,” or lignite, the lace of which amounted in 1864 tol2,515,670 tons—1,660,594 thalers in value—and had advanced last year to 13,774,380 tons—valne, 1,876,881 thalers—being an increase of no less than 11-8 per cent. beds of lignite are touna chiefly in the province of Saxo- ny, which furnishes three-fourths of the whole pro- duce; and as other kinds of fuel—such as wood, coal and peat—are extremely scarce in that pro- oe roo supply of Ii ys tee eb eee ong le benefit to population. in it parts of the kingdom—Pomerania, East Prussia and P several beds of lignite have been recently discover ed and are beginning to be worked. The immense forests with which the provinces were formerly covered have been mostly cut down for building and firewood, and they are obliged in consequence to turn their attention to mineral fuel. There is every reason to believe that the extensive valley of the Vistula abounds in lignite, traces of it having been er ction ot i ine ‘sot still higher im juction ot zi or than iat of lignite, andhas made madam arte lately than any other branch of mining, exceeding fields. In 1855 2,187,110 , and latter 1,937,269 thalers. In fact, there is na other country be in a leas prosperous crease only of 3.9 per cent (2,228; 2,144,609). gt pg A that 3 z the more extensive application of steam machinery, which is gradually superseding hut labor in many of the ents of mining try. Our Vienna Correspondence. Vimwaa, Deo. 1, 1866. Interview between Louis Napoleon and the Russian Ambassador—The Neufchatel Affair—Peace Conferences—Francia Joseph's Visit to Italy— Danish Encroachments, &c. If you be desirous of having a sample of a Ger- man correspondent’s audacity, I am able to give you a most striking one, There lives in Paris an Ane- trian refugee, one Mr. Hirsch, (which in English signifies ‘‘stag,’”) who is the dear “own correapon- dent” of the Cologne Gazette and the Hamburg News, This gentleman tips both newspapers, by helping them to political or other news of hia own invention, which he prepares with different sauces & Ja tatare, Thus, for instance, in the Hamburg News, of Nov. 21, he relates a curious story con- cerning @ secret interview the Russian Ambassador, General Kisseleff, had with the Emperor of the French, during which Louis Napoleon, in a most cordial and good natured manner, exposed his dip!o oye teste A 4 to the ‘im this eecret b said tothe other lows:—“Now, look ye, my good man, I would rather you would stick to the bargain which we streck at the Paris Conferences, as thie would save me & good deal of trouble vis-2-vis the French people and z g3 3 i <i i il ; : it E f ~ a f Hi d i i t iy E é i F} i 3 i 3 i t ie it i z it ‘ ; ft if Se Eg Fs 5 if tt i 5 5 i & i ii Hh ff § a s é UE f : i ge A ; if ga # F 4 i as tl Ee E ery oe and devotedness scended to shed some heartfelt tears, w! the Prussian deputies to so high a d siam that there is a hope for peaceably settling the whole affair. A peace arrangement would indeed rofitable to both parties. or enthu gland, too, seems not alwgether disinclined to have the different questions resolved at these conferences, which she formerly abhorred, bat now looks upon with a more slenaanh ayo, as the in fluence of a very high and illustrious person is said to prevail in the royal private cabinets. Whether these conferences are to meet in Paris, Bruasels or elsewhere is as yet undecided. The Emperor Francis Joseph has been received by the of Trieste with every demonstration of joy, and the utmost cordiality, wnich, we dare say, was still sed by the general enthusiasm he was greeted with at Venice. Thus the hypocriti- cal fears which several newspapers uttered, lest bis wacieeiy igks prejetine his own rank and dignity by paying a visit the Italian provinces, proved utterly unfounded and vain. Numerous acts of clemency, donations, grants of pardon, have takeu place, and prepossessed the lively Italians in favor of the young, generons and chivalrous monarch. With regard to the Danish encroachments on the privileges of the Duchies of Holstein and Lauen- burg, on the rights of the German Confedera- tion in general,and on the late convention with Austria and Prussia, Austria has declared not to yield the least iota of the righta of Germany, and invited Prussia to join this declaration. Our Madrid Correspondence. Mapnip, Nov. 29, 1856. Insignificant Facts—Captain General Concha— ? The Queen and the Pope-—Ministerial Perma- nencies—Buchanan, Alarm and Preparation— Buckingham Smith, Esq—Orders to the Fleet Not to Sail for Vera Cruz—Charcoal Sketches af Men on the Pohtical Stage of Spain—Thr Sword and the Mitre—The Countess Montij § Potato Bread and Lord Howden—Journey 0; Diplomate—Pensioning of Authoresses—Caro- tina Coronado, §c. I am not going to tell you today, friena Heraup, those very reserved secrets which I an nounced to youin my last letter, because they are so important they merit being kept another week in my inkstand. This letter might be lost in France, and the intermeddling police of his Imperial Ma- Jesty get the benefit of my particular gossip, which is my treasure. Prudence and cireumspection ! The opportunity will soon come for sending you the secrets. What I am going to tell you now are the insigni- ficant things. For example: It is definitively re- solved by the Spanish government to dismiss Concha from the post of Captain General of Cuba. They are waiting the arrival of the next mail from the Havana, which it is expected will bring ms resignation. If it does not, he will be dismissed without further ceremony. Beoond item—Queen Isabella has written another autograph letter to the Pope, promising to do all that he wishes in the matter of the sale of the church property in Spain. Third item—There is no change in the Cabinet, and Pidal has determined not to resign the place of Minister of State. But let us talk seriously: Your election of a Pre- sident has been an election very little to the taste of us Spaniards. The man among us who says least says that Buchanan is a filibuster, and you know what that means in a Spanish mouth. The pres tears its hair in commentaries upon this elec and the government is already thinking what it .... do if Bachanan sends out here a filibustering Mini+- ter. The Cabinet is having serious councils about the means of defending the island of Cuba, and they which we en ee Mexico San Do- a I . Fe 7 - 2 i il | H i 3 s Es E 5 : 7 | fe j H fi ER. zi i i i 4 4 a5 i rie ze bs Hf BE § as as i sf i ie E 4 4 f ! i I | sie i E H 5 E & Z 3 a i ; Hi it i BE : : : ev Hf r Hy iy : | E a : I H s ° ii é : t [ Le $ i F : LEE! 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