The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-25 00:00:00

THE GREAT FIRE AT ALDERMAN

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JOHN DEAN P Cheinitit.
GEORGE BaIIICZLET WOWS" 114., Deputy Minna.
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WILLIAM f 4. BURTON'S Weak of ONNERAL TURNISHINO
IXONMONUERT (iaeladlag Cutlery, Nickel &leer. cad Plated
Ware') la literally the largest la the world. detailed Cataloger
el old* rapravlags. sent (per pod) fees. The weary re-
dwood for every artiel• ad approval d.--111. OXFORD-STREET
Omar of Nevratia.etreet). No. I sad L NIMMAN-STRIGET sad
PW.Rti'll-PLAC.S. LONDON. Eatabilahad la Wellsearret.

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METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY.-MEET•
INO OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.

The parliamentary select committee, to which tho
hills relating to the supply of water to the mem-
;citTlTO been referred, met for the first time at noon yes-
isy, in committee room No. S. Present—Sir James On-
ham (in the chair), Sir John Hammer, Mr. John Ellis, Mr.
Becket, and Mr. J. Sanders.
The bills referred to the committee were the Metropolitan
Water Bill (the government scheme), which was supported
y Mt. Edwin Janus, Mr. Mellor, and Mr. Phinn ; the
Wandle Water-works and Sewage Company (counsel, Mr.
Hope, Mr. Mereweather, and Mr. Jones) ; the Lea River
Trust (counsel, Mr. Hope and Mr. liodwell); the New
RIM Company (counsel, Mr. Serjeant Wars,n, Mr.
Nom Mr. Talbot, Mr. Wells, and Kr. Johnson; and the
East London Water-works (no eimansl). Two which
were also unrepresented by counsel, were likewise referred
to the committee—the London and Watford Spring Water
Company, and the Henley- on-Tharnes and London Aqueduct
Compaay.
It having been agreed that the preamble of the gams-
Ment scheme should be taken first, Mr. Edwin Junes de-
livered a speech of more than two hours' (Meeks, in which
he traced the history of the water supply dews to the pee-
neat yuir, and argued that the only feribi• pion of emming
equal rates, a reduction of charge, am minesemillentwmply,
general filtration, new sources of supply, sad the ether de-
siderata, was to adopt the principle of the goverment bill,
namely, consolidation with government Control.
The cionnitittise adjourned at half-past three until this day
$t noon.

IMPROVED DWELLINGS FOR THE POOR.—A build-
ing hasjose bees completed in New-street, Golden-square,
for the pumas sfardfsg to the poorer islobltanta dtit;
parish of RR ;sow Westminster, more eandbrinhis num I
ten than the dletrameed eonditioa of certain poi. of Os
district has besebalbre enabled the to enjoy. It appears
that the estebibhment of these boom for the ppoooorr asom
from a report published in the year 1848, by the CammlMoe
of Health and lhodlrry Inmenvoment, upon the pima
state of the= fa that part of the pada Ishii
stands in to Golden-square. The
building in quads. is =itois the estate of Sir Mimi
Simon, and the eat of he construed= hes net we.
seeded 1,1201., the ansent being_ in mead smentwese
with the estimate lisenisisi by Mr. Lee, the leasemy
architect. The sem, hemmer, enseived in esoddbotions
towards the design is wet bee then 1#6111., and emetions ere
still being made so imams tho awnewt. Amentoottes
who have taken a was istiesst la the maw h
Ingram, who is seemly swaged in eadasesorlog to hem
• committee of whims semi gentlemen he the perish et
yea. for the peepers of
Out f=si ;1111=7;41Citz:erialt. The banding :omillgt
gur allfttles he sem waled Y mestracted in the simplest
possible him bet with every regard to the coshes and
*reredoses of the oompanta. There an four doses, sad
two Skill of spasiments es every 66, Ma sot
three MINN Old oiler, a Asti far sistspZessiMitti
ii•wsilllFEß • inesbeafe, Link, cupboards, sod NUT
sash as are not often to be stet
Ilialetvirthe &maw 4:4 the humbles deems. There
aes, moreswaros he beement deer four washiness, each
=1 • wow for the use of two smiles, and, in
the amber to be derived ices MI than
lemonelm, mg awe ims be.. taken to
Twatilslisa thesighost the building. =Wham upon
whisk it is peewit diet sash suite of rooms shell be let
have been lisist the Me it 6. 661. a wash for the hat
and weendllesse. 16 Id. he the shied doer, awl 6. Id. for
the heath. Remy AIM has bean mode Is love the seer
pests teen the sessodly of Wye ennuis in fir-
sirs.; aril with this view " istures • have bee
sagyild whisk ewe ast gromeilly hod in unfurnished
Imam. The manworkwhish the " dwellings " have been
osnolnwleil iamb peat ow& upsw the teamee -
downs to whose inseam the duhplis mainly attributable
;
allobb=tbs soildem of poems of the immediste
wolleisatly eahihts tho now ne=ra
enorazigig se voluble an attempt Whom,' the
of
the abodes of the washing Melees.
Dons IrEls BoTallia.--0, Saturday afternoon.
whilst two Tonsil=
eme Mom* OVO% wer• WV:
river, mot maw&
Maitee, est at Ms depth ; his esmanisa, Mr. Masi
igooliotoly wont to Ithrolimoe, mks do,
mac !.Noah/ ambit bell at him semi the body,
owl le but s aeodemlo swissmar bee ash. It was
am ale behee way poem mid am* the spot ;an
their siskal eniMonee 111/11 Maid to lie. Ileatende, and
• weelehen wall et Osi wear name ezirmsted, and nu
▪ shad z and. =
salsas sway mirth= was veld, the
strildliolora.wai hied he then-wmetess of so
moms mese then assalesi to in
111 R., but without thaulathiset
the was somosed be wok a
weed only that somming some down tens
with ide mak Mt. ijilimitse "on
Dear&

Yesterday, during the whole of the day, the two large
floating engines, with several land ones, were kept in busy ac-
tion, throwing a vast quantity of water on to the blazing ruins.
haci but little effect, however, in subduing the violence
of the llama which were raging within the lofty blackened
walls of the destroyed warehouses, and smoke and fire kept
rising from the ruins, darkening the entire neighbourhood.
Stith reference to the cause of the first outbreak, an im-
pression was generally entertained that it arose from spon-
taneous combustion ; but the occurrence of the second fire,
tie mysterious facts attending it, coupled with certain cir-
cumstances connected with the former one, has induced the
boa. proprietor of the warehouses to believe that both out-
breaks were not the result of accident. As has already been
mentioned, the first fire broke out in No.l or A building,
adjoining the detached portion of the Bridge-house Hotel,
and by the roof extended to the next warehouse, No. 2, or B.
There was a communication between the warehouses on

each door, by means of iron doors, which being very mss- I
sive had the effect of resisting the progress of the fire, but the
source of greatest danger existed in some peculiarly formed
traps or man-holes on the roof. Those on A and B ware-
houses exactly faced each other, so that when the flames
shot through the first warehouse, they passed right into
the trap of the next one, and Bred the upper floor before
the brigadcmen could adopt the ordinary precautions for its
security. To save the third or C warehouse, some
twenty or thirty firemen were engaged on the roof,
scattering water over the points most in danger,
while others ware stationed on the several floors watching
the joists of the wall next to the warehouse la laves. From
a careful survey made Yesterday, it was apparent that the
fire never penetrated the C warehouse, ner had the roof
even been inured, an important fact in relation to the mys-
terious burning of the I) one. Several labourers had been
employed in removing the stores of the third, warehouse to
the premises opposite, and only half an hour before the
alarm of the fresh outbreak was given. Ald. Humphery,
with some of the firm of Messrs. Wigan, and a gentleman
named liarryman, went over every Hour of the D building,
and all scented safe and free from tire. Indeed, en satisfied
was Mr. Wigan as to the security of the place, that he left
for Brighton.
At about half-past eight the cry was raised that this
warehouse was on fire in the sixth story. It appeared to
have been kindled in the north-west corner of the gable
wall, and in a spot where the strong breeze which was
blowing would have the most effect upon it. The firemen
who were actively employed on the third warehouse cooling
the roof, hail their attention drawn to it by Mr. Anderson,
and they immediately proceeded to devise mestere§ to stop
it. One pour fellow, Edward Burch, the engineer of the
Toolerstreet brigade station, in his zeal to check the pro-
gress of the flames, got down the loop hole and directed
water on the burning part, but being nearly overcome by
the heat and smoke, ho returned to the trap to escape,
when the flames formed an eddy of fire round the hole,
and completely enveloped the unfortunate man. He was
in the act of dropping, when some of his comrades
dashed forward and dragged him up out of the hole.
Ile was forthwith conveyed to Guy's Hospital, and the
report of his condition last evening is unfavourable. Filled
as the house was with bales and pockets of hope, to the
extent of from 16,000 to 20,000, at was almost impracti-
cable, with the means then at command, to check the pro-
gress of the dames. With a view of saving the lower por-
tion of the stocks, labourers were employed on the several
doors, up to the very one under that which was on fire,
throwing the "pocket" out of the loopholes into the
street. By this means some 3,000 or 4,000 were preserved.
The rapidity with which the destructive element descended
to the lower floors, however, caused the labourers to make
a precipitate retreat, and, despite the most energetic excl.-
' boas of the brtipds, the entire structure was speedily
alight from the boles= to the tep. It may be worth men-
tioning, m a feet is esollrmetke of the siggeelefea es to
the cause, the the begs near to the kaphale of tbe roof
were not in the Afghani way Wore* whim tae vim dis-
covered, showing, a WA *Mao flame bed
through
in that quarter.
Throughout the day, Yr. Humphery, with Mr. Wigan,
sad other members edam who are sufferers by the event,
wore esernetly employed Is inedratiag inquiries into the ,
aright end other cirenmeteacm connected with the out-
' breaks, but not the slightest clue could be obtained as to
*epiry. t.
up to
yorpartia
uiteeswh houre l committed
night,
so theerreat was the fire
in
fiendish act.
In the course of the day, the ruins were inspected by a
large number of the °facials attached to the several insu-
rance aims
Even
the num, that at intervals it illuminated the district, and
led many to =ppm that a fresh outbreak had occurred.
Every precaution has been taken. The floating engines and
many of the land owe arc detained ready to act in case of
any emergency.
The returns made by the surveyors and agents of the
different insurance companies of their respective looses and
other details regarding the buildings and property een-
: sinned furnish the following interesting particulars, and,
at the same time, supplies an accurate amount of the total

The pile of warehouses destefersi a frontage of
between 300 and 400 feet in , each extend-
ing
backwards 70 or 80 feet, to wi n a few yards of the
walls of St. Saviour's Church. More massive brick and
stoic buildings were not to be found in the metropolis,
and, with the exception of the dock warehouses, were the
largest. Each were divided by party walls two feet
thick, and the different stores being supported by
immense iron girders or pillars. The three con
sinned cannot bo rebuilt under a sum of, 36,0001.
This loss will fall on the Sun Fire Mee. Messrs. Wigan
and Co., the hop factors, of Hibernia Chambers, London-
bridge, rented the upper stores of A warehouse. Several
thousand pockets of hops were in the stores. All was de-
stroyed ; insured in the Royal Exchange. Nos. 2,3, and
4 stores of the same warehouse were occupied by Mr. Hol-
lingsworth, of Turkey Mills, near Maidstone, paper manu-
facturer. Some 16,000 or 16,000 bales of linen rags filled
the floors. It is expected the whole were consumed. Mr.
Hollingsworth was insured in the Kent and West of Eng-
land Offices for 9,0001. No. 1 (same warehouse), Mr.
Hewett, thecae factor; contents of store supposed to be
destroyed ; insurance unknown. Cellars beneath oc-
cupied as stores by Mum. Allan and Anderson,
provision merchants. The fate of these contents at present
unknown ; the property is amply covered by insurances.
Warehouse B.—Stares, Nos. 7,8, and 9, of Messrs.
Kitchen end Thornton, hop-factors, each contained a heavy
stock of hops number of pockets at present unknown. All
destroyed. Insured. Stores, Nos. 10, 11, and 12, Messrs.
Wigan and Co., the hop futon, filled with hope.
Destroyed. They were insured in the Royal Exchange
Office. Other merchants, whose names have net es yet
transpired, had property in store in other parts of this ware-
house. Like the others, everything was burned. The
goods were Mend per 7,8001. in several offices. Cellars
also were ample& by Misers. Allan and Anderson as stores,
and were leaded wild all kinds of provisions. leis impossible
to penetrate them, esesigeently the fate of the goods, as in
the other cellars, Y ellinewn. Insur.d.
Warehouse D.—Tbs whole of the Sores throughout this
building were rented by Messrs. Wigan and Co., the hop
factors. Between 16,0/0 end 17,000 pockets of hops were
stowed away. A great may were saved, but the chief
balk sobs Meek was osowned tt tie building. Nem-
eses safesebesla bad begs demolted In Meows. Wigan's are ;
was on Mom as be fasarod, others are not. Messrs.
warobroawL
wises
43.—This Madam sustained very little injury
The centimes et the Mama stores, valued at nearly
60,0001., were get out tasibly.
TM Wage Ewan Hold readved much greater 'Waage
thin olgosseoML 311111EsprIont in the building was
saturated with water. TM osatents were insured for
3,6001.
The risdpal sufferer appears to be the firm of Messrs.
Wigan_ and Co. Their grepwty was insured for 60,0001.
As far as can be ascertained the offices interested in the
lases are the following, end to about the extent—Sun
fire-office, 60,0001.; Royal Exchange, 30,0001.; Guardian,
183,0001. ; Union, 10,0001. • other offices, 10,0001.
Some days must necessarily transpire before the exact
amount of losses can be accurately ascertained. According
to the present estimates they can be little short of 110,0001.

-MaDermq, JUNE 24.

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the el ft—ate idea treat their a
habUsaema•
pease their delft leseino bow
ova. tee assbaseve soft a *air viiit *a sad
slizor Mee Wbsat so sews that notMie bat the
dims btu nail have assilea it to ott isead its
sibeb as I las bee Tee Was jut maw ama to be
Havering k ea ballanse. Seelle lea eq dater they
elan recover er ip• Ma a leg leset. ws Ma mere G-
amed in this thstria this be eassta, idea Ibis los been
we sly sad lees bine. Tbe Wlsla I net said is the
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lewkegs,d for the wools. Is What
siale ebe plow an al
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I matt see Wen ma • main of I,We lands eleneemse
eel ass le 411 sew derail ea tee Traalliar.
Alkedsene Journat.
THz AXERICAII Pia= STATION.—After

a large mass of Manse se to the see AM@ Beet for a
packet glace betimes meet Britain art dr autism
ceetbeeet et Amain, des eserelesioeses, le deo tbs kb.
==err lillllll4 have Ind *a=
thus : Ws fled as mem to
that asked eat gerdeeles eivaateges resialsbei tees dm
pee=o.4osesese weal be se weak es the sesuistieme
se se le emealesirsee- the es-
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rtas rut blig stir asessitamil
men arisa
Om tfellilliVellitbstarlas do It:
gamereslig fibs ZikplasvOk

EXETER SYNOD.

The following letter and declaration have been
addressed to the Bishop of Exeter by the Rev. A. B. Hill,
rand dean of Tiverton and vicar of Morebath.
(Copy.)
"Morebath•vicarage, Bampton, Devon, June 21.
"My Lord,—Having stated publicly to your clergy at
Exeter, in reference to the proposed synod, that you ' asked
their coseurrene,:, if their hearts and if their judgments go
with you, not else, j.fit went on to state, ' No one will
come there from compliment, or from any feeling that his
bishop will feel hurt or offended at the absence of any man.'
By these words your lordship hasileft it free to your clergy
to attend or not the proposed assembly on the lath June,
and two following days, as their sense of duty may direct
them.

" I must, therefore, respectfully beg your lordship to
excuse my attendance as one of the rural deans of your
diocese.

"In an important meeting like the present, I cannot be
content with merely absenting myself, but must, with all
due respect, declare my reasons fur pursuing this course
" 1. I decline taking any part in the proceedings of the
synod, because, in my judgment, its constitution is incon-
sistent with the rights of the clergy of the diocese, as es-
tablished by ancient custom, since it has been so called es
to exclude from it by far the largest portion of the presby-
ters of the diocese, of whom all holding benefices and pro-
bahlypthcrs, are entitled by custom from time immemorial
to be present at such diocesan synods.
" 2. Because a deliberative diocesan synod for posing
synodical resolutions on points of doctrine or discipline,
without the royal license, is virtually, if not literally for-
bidden by act 2.i Henry VIII., c. 19.
" 3. Because the object of the synod is to pass a virtual
sentence of condemnation upon a judgment delivered by
- -- • grovernOt over all o- all

her bliejvaty as soprano goyernor over all pens= and in is.
sums eedeeisedeal and spiritual, by the advice of her Privy
Omen and both the primates of the church, which judg-
ment all who hew office in the church arc, by their solemn
seheaription to the royal supremacy, bound in their official
sets to carry out ; such synodical declaration or resolution
being also an act calculated to bring the Royal supremacy
into contempt.
" I have embodied these reasons in a form of protest,
which I herewith enclose to your lordship as president of
the proposed synod, and must respectfully claim from you,
in that capacity, the right of having it laid before the as-
sembly, and entered in the minutes of the said synod.
" lour lordship has done me the honour of forwarding to
me a copy of the • Declaration on Baptism,' proposed to be
made at the assembly of the clergy. Having expressed my
conscientious conviction of duty as to absenting myself firm
that assembly, there will be no occasion for me to take ad-
vantage of the privilege offered me by making any objection
to the wording of that declaration.
" I may simply say, that I could not, my lord, from my
reverence fur the dead, as well as esteem fur the living, set
my hand to a document which passes sentence of grievous
error upon many of both classes whom I feel bound most
deeply to respect. Nor could Iby my voice, however insig-
nificant, contribute to abridge the liberty of the ministers
of the church, and force upon them ono conclusion upon a
question which has hitherto, among honest and faithful
men, admitted of two. I shrink from this, my lord, being
persuaded that if such force be used by competent authority
the issue must be fatal to the well-being of the church.
" Painful as I feel it to be to be compelled to differ with
my own diocesan in a matter such as the present, yet I am
sure that no apology will be needed by your lordship, or
that I shall be considered wanting in respect to your high
office, for the open avowal of my convictions on a point of
duty, inasmuch as on so many public occasions yourlortlship
has not shrunk from expressing your own difference of opi-
nion from our common ecclesiastical superiors—painful as it
may have been so to do.
" I enclose, for your lordship's information, a copy of the
proceedings of my =rat deanery with respect to the election
of representatives.
" And remain, my lord,
" Your lordship's obedient servant,
"/ma'am) Buou

" To the Lord Bishop of Exet;;.7
(Copy.)
" Declaration respectfully presented to the Lord Bishop of
Exeter, as president of a certain assembly of clergy of the
diocese of Exeter, convened by him at Exeter, on the 25th
of June, 1851, and the two following days, under the name
of Diocesan Siod.
"I, Alfred B h 11111, rural dean of Tiverton and vicar
of Morebath, in e diocese of Exeter, having been invited
in virtue of my oillee,iss dean rural, by the Lord Bishop of
Exeter, to attend a diocesan synod, to he held in the city of
Exeter, on the 25th day of June, and two following days,
which synod has been so called as to exclude from it by far
the largest portion of the presbyters of the diocese, of whom
all holding benefices, and probably others, arc entitled by
custom, from time immemorial, to be present at such
diocesan synods—do hereby testify, that on the three follow-
ing grounds I decline taking any part in the proceedings of
the synod—namely,
1. That the constitution of the synod is inconsistent
with the rights of the clergy of the diocese, as established
by ancient custom.
" 2. That a deliberative diocesan synod for passing syno-
dical resolutions, on points of doctrine or discipline, without
the royal license, is virtually, if not literally, forbidden by
the act 25 Hen. VIII., c. 19. . .

"3. That the object of the synod is to pass a virtual sen-
tence of condemnation upon a judgment delivered by her
Majesty as supreme governor over all persons and in all
causes ecclesiastical and spiritual, by the advice of her privy
council and both the primates of the church, which judg-
ment all who bear °Mee in the church are, b 7 their
solemn subscription to the royal supremacy, bound in their
official acts to carry out; such synodical declaration or re-
solution being also an set calculated to bring the royal
supremacy into contempt.
" At the ruri-deainal chapter held for the election of re-
presentatives, two representatives were elected ; one by the
votes of eleven members present and four proxies; the
other, by the votes of ten members present and four proxies.
The total number of clergy entitled to vote is 27."

IMAMS FOR TEE WEST INDIES, MEXICO, AND
SOUTH Ausinct..—The United States government have
just made arrangements, by which, after the Ist of July
next, letters to any of the West India islands, Mexico,
ports or points in the Gulf of Mexico, and to places on the
Atlantic coast of South America, can be sent through the
United States post-office department, on pre-payment of
the United States postage, whet directed to any point in
the countries above-named in British possessions and on pre-
payment of the United States postage, with the British
postage. added, when destined to any port or place in the
possession of other governments. This arrangement will
in a great measure supply the present deficiencies in
the English mail service with the above-named places.
The following is a detail of the plan;—" The postmasters
of New York, Charleston, New Orleans, Savannah, San
Francisco, Monterey, and San Dicgo, will make up mails
as above to the United States consul at Havannab, who will
deliver the same to the British consul, to be forwarded
thence to the several points of destination by the Royal
West India mail steam-packets. Other offices receiving
prepaid matter as aforesaid, will mail for distribution to the
nearest of the above-named despatch offices. All letters
and papers from other countries aforesaid to any place in
the United States will be conveyed to Ilavannah, and thence
through the British and United States consuls
deeps through
provided the British postage of 25 cents
per sinille rate on letters, and two cents per newspaper, be
re ppai at the inailing-odke, leaving the United States
to be collected at the office of delivery. The
postage
United States letter postage, single rate, to any point
not over 2,500 miles from the mailing-office, is 10 cents ; and,
If over 2,600 miles, 20 cents. Newspapers, two cents each.
The British letter postage, single rate, to any of the
countries named, is 25 cents. Newspapers, two cents each.
The aggregate postage required to be prepaid upon a single
letter not exceeding half an ounce, to any
.port or place
in the countries named, not in British possession, is 35 cents
when the distance doss not exceed 2,500 miles • over 2,500
miles, 46 cents. Newspapers 4 cents each, without regard
to distance. The rate required to be prepaid upon a letter
not 'Receding half as ounce to any place aforesaid in British
possession, is the United States postage of either 10 or 20
cents, iseeeding to distance, the British postage to be paid
by the receiver of the letter. Newspapers to be prepaid,
2 cents each, and 2 seats British postage to be paid by the
receiver.
_ .

MEreopo WATER BlLL.—Last evening a pub-
lic meeting of the lababitants of the indeed parishes of St.
Andrew, Holboca. sad IR amp the Martyr, was held in
the ball of the watchman, s4ta-lime, to consider the
goZabef_yoepedielema whist the government
Wat rHiO Yr.name& wascalled to the chair.
It wee seedved M petilba spirit the NNW( of the pro-
posed bi, east It wee emirs melee& that is emulation
should be sow sailabilitedte 'Wiz a better sad purer sup-
ply
is
; and the =Wag, haviag passed a vote of
thanks le the chairmen, @operated.
COMPRESSED Ads Mfotara COXPANY.—Yesterday
a meetin in the above amapany took piece before Sir
Horne,
William Horne, for the pewee of obtaining the Master's
approval of a dividend 9d. in the pound, which it
was proposed to make to the shareholders of this company.
Mr. Bleary Davies atteaded es solicitor for the Ada ma-
nager, sad stated that the yeeesedimp bad now been so far
oteseboded that they we milled to declass the above divi-
dead. sad he bad ma yiseasw it staling that it was
•12.11111) the szattlems of the manager that the pro-
bed set bees yeedeettve of expeselys lltigadom.
Ilsitaatee approperplothre dividend whisk was peeresd.
and altar dixoscias a schedule of the shandsciders
arida to be his signature and formal ap-
proval. shied was a proceeding which he thought the
lodes wows With,* to boast ot, By roam of the Geedy
god easeeofel worm hi whisk they bat brought It to
sad be task this le thema emerptie. to the
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