Star.
London, England, 1825-08-19 00:00:00

UMAIER AS

BRISTOL, AUGUST 17.
IdAIDNY V. SIIEPHEND AND co.
This was an action to recover darnagts for a breach
of contract. The defendants had, an September last,
ei:stracred to supply the plaintiff with a quantity ot
woollen cloth, t the amour! o,f 7651. 9s. 9J. which
contrast they had, in the mouth ot lotion ins,
refused to fat. . .
• • Fioin the statement of Mr. Serjzant WILDE, it
appeared that the defendants weic extensive clothittr,
. tarrying on business at Frome, and the plaintiff a
draper, tattling on business in Cork. The fort-int had
contracted to supply the latter with clods to the
anionnt of 7551. for which be was to receive ti,e ac-
ceptance of the, plaintiff at eight montlis.• 56 as the
plaintiff was concerned, this arrangement was carried
into eff-ct, by his accepting a bill ts the necessary ex-
tent. Toe way in which the credit was divided was
this—six nior.ths were to be allowed to tun before the
hills were discounted—A. mactiet, i.e believed, not
unitival in commetciai toths. Having accepted this
. pap* r, the plaintiff had a right to call on the defend-
ants to 1 etfo rm their part of contract, and to
deliver those *WA ATtidi they had stipulated to sell,'
xtld for which his acceptance had beers placed in their
lards. Tney had, lion ever, ne;.l-cted to fiffil their
nay of the bargain, and the plaintiff brought the pre-
sent action be recover such compensation as the Jury
'should think be was entitled to. The plaintiff had
cealt with the defendants since the year 1822, and
paid them very considerable sums most punctually.—
..They had, however, iu October last, thought fit to
tuitt-inusid on the plaintiff, and to tell him that they
• •.did not consider their contract as binding. The Learned
-•Serjeant then read an • xtract• from ' a leiter a hiressed
by the def nd,•nts to the plaintiff, in December, 1823,
in which they assured rim that they had " as good an
°Pinion. of hint as of any man in Ireland ;" and ex-
pressed 'a desire that he should do business with them
in thelanualy tollowing, when' he visited England,
observing,- that they could afford him some excellent
bargains. This cortespondence continued down to the
month of August, 1824, at which period another let-
ter was written to plaintiff, staring that they expected
bias at Fiume to make purchases. Tile plaintiff did
go to Frome, and contracted with the defendants for
a certain quantity of cloth. Ile also, as he had a
right to do, purchased from other persons certain arti-
cles which the defendants could not supply him with,
and this appeared to have excited dissatisfaction.—
Subsequently, the defendants determined not to fulfil
their contract, and, after he had gone to London, on
his kay to Ireland, they sent him a letter, apprising
him of their determination. The present action was
the tresulcof their conduct; and it was brought, not
so much for the purpose of procuring damages, as to
place- the plant 's credit on its original fair and
honest footing.
These facts having been proved,
111 r; Serjeaut PELL, for the defendants, admitted that
the action Was sustai-cable, and that the plaintiff must
have a verdict; but contended that, as the action was
alleged to have been biou.iht to shew that the plaintiff
etas a man whose credit was unimpaired, and as no
injory was proved to have been Offered by him, the
dismapnes ought to be very moderate. Verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages, £l5O.
JOIINSaN V. DOWELL AND OTHERS.
This was an action. for .a nuisance. The plaintiff
keeps a respectable millinery establishment in Vine-
s(' eel, the. defendants carry on the business of hatters
in the same street. The plaintiff complained that there
issued limn the manufactory of the defendants certain
smells, exhalations, vapours, and smoke, which en-
teir4,plaititifs house, and rendered it unwholesome
and uncomfortable.
Serjeant Pax having stated the case,
Justice LITTLZDALZ suggested the propriety of referring
the case.
Mr. Serjeant Witue, for the defendant, signified his consent ;
and Dlr. Serjeant Pau., after consulting with his client, adopted
cite sore course. The case, and aU matters and thinga connected
therewith, was then referred to Mr. Guinean.
LANCASTER, AUGUST 16.

Julia Afills was put to the bar, charged with privately
stealing; in a dwolling-house, plopeity to the value of
Cos. and upwards.
The poisoner was servant to Mr. Mallon, a draper,
in Oldhara,street, Manchester, and broke out of his
house one night, carrying away with her 601. in cash,
besides other valuable property. The case was very
clearly proved against the prisoner, who made no de-
fence- The Jury returned a veraict of Guilty.
Mr. "pace liamtv told the prisoner. that though her case was
one-of very great enormity. her life would be spared. Sentence
of Death was then recorded against her.
doggies Lindsay, a boy of 14, was indicted for killing
and slaying .14111 Hayes, another boy of 10 years of age.
It appeased from the evidence that the two boys lad
qu•.roell.d whilst playing in the strcets; that the poi-
soner knocked the deceased down; and that he kicked
llroo whilst down with a heavy clog on the belly. He
complained much of his belly at the time, and was
nnable to rise from the wound. S x days after he died
ill the Infirmary. His body was opened, and it was
found th.t the kick had occa'Aoned great inflammation
ru the belly, and float there had been great effusion of
I)mph into the cavity of it. The. Jury found the
prisoner Guilty, and the Learned JUDGE sentenced him
to four moatlos imprisonment.
,CORK.

Daniel Dono2Jeue, the hangman attached to the
Col k gaol, was indicted for stealing a great coat on
the lauds et liallyphilip, in the North Liberties, the
pioFerty of Coinelius Hallesy. The coat was laid
war a gate in the field where the prosecutor was.at
work, ,ai:sl was afterwards found on the prisoner in the
Dri4evie)l. When the coat was demanded horn him,
he reluSea.l, to give it, alleging that. it was his own
cost. lie bad a titlier defence to etfer in his belutlf,
or no dsakader, and the Curt left it
.to Vie Joiy to
decide an the case. They retired for short time,
snd brought-in a verdict of—Guilty. • • .
::k Imuntstur conferred with the Clerk of the Crown, and them
s ;•.-need the prisoner to threi year" impriapaisseat-to ha, r 1 labour ias
cr..t. This emoted great merriment' in the Court ; *and khe
prisoner retired evidently very much saiiseed With the setiteace.

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In a letter TO the Aiebbisiip7of PAnts, the king of
FltAN:4.tells him, that bring drsirous of placing his
reign
.under the proteclion -of the QNeen of HEArpr* the
I)eclaration nE lowa XIII. dedicating his kingdom to
thi. Holy •Vitsin, is to be read from the pulpit in
All Chnrehei.en the day, of, ete'.Assomp,loo VlondAy
hay. 'and' i:gerieral pieces:ion is to take plate in the
Cathedral ef.Notre Dam whiob .the • Air.a time If
pL.ipoie* to..etter.4:

Y---~;T

FAST. BOVINE.
There are four different Bourne s, all known to Londoners, under
the common name of East Bourne, each half a mile removed from
the other. The most attractive part, called the Sea-honses, runs
along the shore, and invents a succession of as charming marine
situations as can possibly be desired. It is just what a bathing place
should be—romantic, quiet, and yet lively. The compauy is always
highly respectable, without the affectation of fashionable airs or
hours. There is a nice quiet. reading-room, which closes at ten at
tilght, and at which one's ears are nut pestered—%;athihe eternal too,
and only number one and six now vacant. Houses are reasonablel6--
in the best situation, one with nine beds can be, hail for ix guineas.
Mrs. Coutts was the last comet, hut it is a month since she lea. She
stopped bbt six days, and left her good name, in half-Inch letters, in
the subscription hook at the circulating library.
Lord George Cavendish spends a part of each summer at East
Bourne. He is the Lard of the soil, and affords every encourage-
ment to improvement.

According to accounts is a German paper from flei-
dtiberg, famous for its Tun, front the state of this year's vintage
wine may be expected to be both good and abundant.
Kensington and Knightsbridge are about to have a new
church. The site of it will be, it is said, at the point ju,t
behind Sloane-street, Knightsbridge, where the road se-
parates into two roads, one leading to Kensington, on
to Btentford, &c. and the other to Brompton, Fulham,
&c. The proposed church will thus be nearly opposite
the Di agoon Barracks at Knigl'tsbridge.
The question as to whether a person serving a seven
seals apprenticeship in a corporate town, being bound
thereto by the parish, is entitled to his freedom, has been
determined by the Magistrates in the negative.—Chel-
/vibe 171 Ji.ll4rnal.
Wednesday morning, a dog, supposed to be mad, was
killed in St. Clement's Church-yard, by W. Nesbitt, the
sttlet-keei et : in killing him, the keeper h.d his stick
bitten in half by the dog, which was very fe ucious.
The high intere.t for money (12 per cent. per annum)
on the very best security, can always be had), renders
houses dear in Constantinople. The transport of build-
ing materials is expensive; anything of a house will
cost 10091. so that if a man cannot get 1201. for such an
investment, he had better have kept his money in his
coffers ; besides which, insurance companies do not find
much encouragement in a capital where the burning of
a hundred or two houses is little thought of
A pump for one of the Mexican Mining Companies,
of 1,000 feet in length, has recently been cast at a fur-
nace near Cincinnati. The bore is about four inches,
and the pump was cast in 100 detached pieces, of ten
feet in length each. This stupendous pump cost cis
cents. per pound, and ay piece weighing I,ooolbs.
the aggregate cost was 6,(40 dollars. It was taken to
New Orleans by the steam-boat Mississippi. From
New Orleans it was intended to ship it to some Mexi •
can port, whence it is to be carried in waggons about
three hundred miles into the interior. Finally, it will
be borne thirty miles up a steep and rugged mountain,
on the backs of the Indians, to its place of destination.
This pump will be worked by steam.—American Paper.
Three men went before the Lord Mayor on Wednes•
day, to seek redress against a master who had turned
them away suddenly, without notice or wages. It ap.
peering, however, that they had left their former master,
in hope of better wages, and without notice, his Lord-
ship desired them to depart, as they were rightly -serve&
The spinning manufactory of M. Parpatre, at. Yuoy
-Carignan, in the Ardennes, has been de,troyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at 150,000 francs.
WeJnesda) night, after the exhibition of the fireworks
at Vauxhall Gardens. a well-dressed Gentleman and
Lady retired to a box near the pavilion, and partook
of a roast chicken, ham, &c. after which, as.the evening
was damp, a bowl of warm arrack punch was ordered.
There is, however, many a slip between the cup and
the lip, and scarcely had they taken a glass each of
that delicious beverage, when a spectre, in the ferns of
the wife of the former, appeared at the festive board.'
This was an awkward rencontre, and after much in-
vective by the wife against the husband and his there
amie, they abruptly quitted the Gardens together,
amidst the groaning' of the company present. It ap-
peared from the statement of the wife, that her faith-
less spouse had quitted her for a month, taking with
him a considerable sum of money, and had been living
with this woman ever since.

UNUJECTZD CUSTOMIRS.A few mornings since,
during the excessive hot weather, the George Hotel, in
Huntingdon, was visited by rather an unwelcome guest,
in the character of a raw-boned Rosinante, which, like
the faithful companions of Sancho Panza, Pantagruel,
or Syntax, seemed to care not " whither he went, or,
how he fared," as long as he found a cool retreat from
a burning son which rose Fahrenheit to 92 in the shade.
It appears that the animal had strayed from the com-
mon with some others, and after deliberately walking'
up the street, proceeded up the George yard, and after
passing thiough the tap-room (where be was compelled
to mike a curve), descended into the cellar, down a
very contracted flight of steps, nearly perpendicular in
descent, where, with the song froid of an experienced
Exciseman, he was proceeding to gauge the tap-tubs,
when he was surprised by " mine host," wbo expe-
rienced some difficulty in dislodging the intruder from
his cool and subterranean asylum. On the Sunday
previous a fine calf was discovered reposing in a quiet
slumber on a soft Turkey carpet, in a Gentleman's draw-
ing-roum, in Cambridge, by the family, on their return
from church, where the innocent intruder must have
remained at least two hours before the di,,covery.

The Tartar Couriers, who come from Persia to 1I
key, get;e: ally bring with them parcels of merchandise
of every description. Some time since, one of these was
robbed by the Curds, who, among their other spoils,
found great numbers of pearls. Never having seen
pearls before, they took them for some species of grain,
and for three days following boiled them to make a
pilaw ; but to their great surprise they would not soften
in the water : meantime the merchants, having heard of
the TAT tar's being stopped, sent secret agents among the
robbers, who bought the pearls back for little or nothing.
Joe Miller is said to have been the proprietor of the
principal booths at May Fair and Bartholomew Fair,
and, acting the droll, became a universal favourite with
the public, from which circumstance Colonel Motley
prefixed his name as the ostensible Editor of the collec-
tion of jests gathered by himself.
Stossioancs OF tna BALTIC.—A singular and in-
teresting fact has'been ascertained respecting the level
'of the Rattle.* It was suspected that the ivaiers of this
'set were gradUally sinking ; but a memoir in the &re
dish Transactions for 1823 his put the change beyond
doubt. From latitude 56 to 63 degrees, the observa-
tions shew a mean fall of one loot and 4 half oniony
years, or 4-10ths of an inch' annually, or three feet ten
,ineffes in a century. Toe Baltic is very shallow at pre-
sent, and if the waters continue to sink as they hive
.done, Revel, Abo, and a hundred other-poits.vidl, by
Ind bye,. become inland towns ; the Gulfs of Bothnia and
Finland, said ultimately the Battle itself; will be changed
ink) dry laud. . .

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MR.:144 -N's ii1411.47t1c
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The River, above Westrtivarter Bridge, was yesterday cro
with boats -of- everrdeocliptloe, and if we say a more
company never graced the bosom of old" Falber Thames," we
not exaggerate. Mr. White, of the British Fire Office, had the
whole maftagivneirt of the wager, and he performed the duty with
much credit to hitliself; and-to kfitscliatisfactlon of every person pre-
sent. There was not vet MOM .gßiley• absent on the occasion.
The starting galley, i 4 whlo the tragedian was placed, was Man •
ned by the warship** the British Fire Office, having their fore-
man as the cocksi.z,
The time of stadinkielis fixed for two o'clock, but it was nearly
half-past three before the boats started, the craft having driven up
with thi tide just at the appointed hour.
. The distance to be rowed for the first heat was from Westmin-
ster Bridge to the Lawn Cottage, and again to the Red House,
!attersea, to decide whi:h the following men started, vit.
James Joyce, of Arundel-stairs, and William Noulton, Lam-,
beth, scarlet.
Charles hiills and Henry Vincent, Ilungerford, purple.
George Maynard, of Lambeth, and Ambrose Hallam, of Vaux-
hall, white.
J. Evans, of Waterloo Bridge, and James Covington, of West-
minster, light blue.
George Jones, of Bankside, and Robert Croker, of Vauxhall,
pink.

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Wilson Emery, of Hungerford, and Samuel Piner of Vauxhall,

srern.
William Williams, of Waterloo Bridge, and George Heath,jun.
of ilungerford, yellow.
Toe three first of the above men were entitled to row for the
second and grand heat. At starting, scarlet had the lead, closely
followed by pink.and white, yellow closely pressing the whole of
them. On passing Vauxhall Bridge, the four first boats were so
close together, that a common sheet would have covered the whole
of them. At this period, the boats were placed as follows :—scar-
let, white, pink, yellow, green, light blue, and purple. On ar-
riving at the lied house, the beadmost boats were so closely on
each other's bow, that much contention ensued as to whirls of the
boats, scarlet or white, were ahead. On their return down, how-
ever, scarlet had the lead, white close on their quarter, followed
by pink at a vespectful distance ; yellow closely pressed the hind
mast boat, and it was the general opinion at the Red House, that
had the competitors to row two hundred yards farther, yellow
would have been in for the grand heat.
At a quarter after six, scarlet, white. and pink. went off to their
stationst to row the second and grand beat, viz. from the Red
House to Waterloo Bridge, up again to the Lawn Cottage, and
down again to the Red House.
At starting scarlet had the lead, hut white closely pressed them,
and on rounding the bridge scarlet seemed to be losing ground.
Eventually white shot a-bead, and scarlet, completely dead beat,
resigned; white now shot forward in excellent style, and came in
the winner, followed by pink at about a boat's length distance.
On the whole a better contested race has not been witnessed for
some years. Very heavy bets were depending on the occasion.

The Spanish breed of sheep has been introduced into
North Jutland.
Tne Altar at Westminster Abbey, which has been in
hand ever since the Coronation, was opened on Sunday.
The Knights Templar% lay in awful state on the north
side (as if on a bed) with curtains drawn around them.
Camberwell Fair commenced yesterday, and from
the excellent and judicious arrangement of the fancy
booths and shews, promises to be well attended. There
are, as usual, tall men and women, and several dwarfs;
groups of the best Jugglers in the kingdom, if we are
to believe their own accounts, are there, attended by
their Aide-de-Camps—the Clown. There are also a
few shows of wild beasts, including some lions.
STA= or run Cnors.—The bountiful showers which
have fallen within the last few days have not only re-
• hod but materially benefitted the growing crops
of every description. The turnip grounds have greatly
improved in appearance, and the potatoe crop, the me-
lancholy appearance of which a few days since occa-
sioned much dismay, will, by the late timely rains, be
secure of at least an average produce.- The harvest has
been, in some places, a little imps by the heavy
showers; but they have been very pastille and the good
they have afforded, which has been of no ordinary va-
lue, has not been qualified by any attendant mischief.
New wheat, ofmost excellent quality, has been profusely
brought into market for the last fortnight, and from its
dryness, is found to work unusually well at the mill.
It has been estimated that the quantities of silver and
gold, in coin and bars, exported from England to fo-
reign countries, in the three months between the sth of
'April and sth of July, 1825, amounted to 2,851.0301.
or. nearly 1,000,0001. per month.
A Dutch Jew, named Samuel Bonduy, lately died at
Amsterdam, leaving funds to build and equip six ships
of the line of 74 guns each : there were found in his
house 44 casks full of coins of all the Princes in the
world. A month was occupied in taking out and ar-
ranging these coins, and eight days in counting them.
This man had for :a long time followed the armies of
France, visited all Europe, Africa, and America, and
some of the establishments of Asia. lie was ninety-
sii years of age.
Some persons ls!tely found in a cavern, in the forest of
Spielitz, in Silesia, 6000 ducats, coins of Flanders, dur-
ing the time that that country was subject to Spain.
There were also skeletons of horses, and a quantity of
arms of all descriptions. It is conjectured that this is
one of the seats of the celebrated Secret Tribunal.
In seventy years the people of Great Britain have
advanced full eight millions. fo twenty-five years the
number of inhabited houses in England and Wales
alone have advanced one half. Fifty years ago, the
very existence of canals was a matter of incredulity.
Fifteen millions of public wealth have now been pro.
fitably absorbed, by these mighty ducts; and at least
half-all 'such snore is at this hour destined for their for-
mation. Fifty-years ago there was hardly a steam-
easier in the kingdom. There cannot now be less than
oweive thousand,—a creation of power equal to at least
a sparser of a million of horses ; an energy which, in
a single day, would have raised up the great pyramid
of Egypt. Fifty years ago, our annual export of ma-
nufactured cotton did not amount to a quarter of a
million in value : it has now swollen to nearly thirty
millions. In the same period, our exported woollens, in
defiance of Saxon, Prussian, Spanish, and American
competition, have advanced mote than two millions:
Fifty years ago, our imports of raw silk were only three
hundred thousand pounds in weight : they are now
nearly three millions. Fifty years ago, our export of
iron was hardly twelve thousand tons : it is now about
ten times as much. Fifty years ago, our exports of linen
were about four millions of yards : they are now nearly
forty millions. Fifty years ago, the whole value of
our exported produce, both native and foreign, was just
fifteen millions of money the value of British produce
exported, alone, is now more than fifty millions. A
hundred and twenty years ap;o, says old Tucker, there
were only two or three vessels in Scotland above two
hundred tons; our whole tonn rge is now more than a
quarter of a million, employing twenty thousand per-
sons. A hundred and fifty years ago, says Chalmers, the
whole navy of Britain did not amount to a hundred
thousand tons : it is new at least three millions of tons,
employing about two hundred thousand men.—Ellin.
burgh Observer.

IMPROMPTU.
46 Leave oil your puns," said Jack to Bill,
" Give me a ova mot if you will."
" A what ? a bou eat bow absurd
Whoever gave you a glad WC !!!" W. R. V.

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POLICE iiirrEaIGENCE.

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BOW-STREET.
A Gentleman and three ash-plants .were brooght op In -teesoctf
from St. Martin's watch-horse, charged with being partite in &flu%
which took plate in Coeentty.court, at one n'e.lpah in theanorning
It appeared by the evidence, that be and two others, repotted—
each armed with an ash-plant, and being bacchiplenreaoat the bout
abovementioned. to a Ninth; in Coventry-cmwt, satit ditaindell
admission. • Being refused admittance, the Geotlemen attentrtil
to take the bagnio by storm; the Lady-mother was airsick, the
watch interfered, and a row ensued, which ended in attiOtalataite of
one Gentleman and three ash plants—all of which were now pror
dozed by a little tottering Watchman, so aillicted with age and
palsy, that his head •nioldeilike a Mandarin's upon a mantel-piece.
Tui Gentleman admitted the principal fact ; and attributed every
thing to too much wive.
Sir RICJIMIX 80111101 observed that he.could net take **Wine
into consideration, and ordered that the Gentleman Ira its
ball for his appearance at the Quarter Sessions.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Rickaid licyler, formerly a porter in the employ of Mr:Rnteto
carver and gilder, Churcb•street, Sub:), .vas accused Of abecto4i-t
wkl a cheque for £l7, the property of his master, drawn ty Lle-oeo
on Fry and Chapman. On the Seth June, Taylor was sent to the
alike of Messrs. Fry and Chapman to get the cheque cashed,
and directed afterwards to pay to Mr. Evans, of little Love-la-e,
Aldermanbury, .Cl 5 for a bill which was due, and ttlen return Wo,
the balance. Instead of doing so, be wrote. to Mr. Rogers the woe
evening, saying that be had lost the money, and toas going to sea
a voyage of three years, but would pay all on his return.
Taylor saw no more of hint till about ten dais ago, when he W..f
taken into custody.'
It appeared the cheque bad been cashed, beet the clerk Who had
paid the money could not identify •Taylor. A f•er :reviving psymeut
be had gone to Mr. Evaus and tendered the £l5, and on bring sent
out for change, had taken the sudden resolution of decamping with
the whole.
According to his-own account he bad been oirboard his ,fajesty's
brig the Ariel,,and left it on being refused an advance if wages.
As the cheque was not produced, lee was committed to stand his
trial fur stealing £l5.
Yesterday, a female of rather genteel appearance and manner,
about 40 years of age, who has gone by the names of Dushro' Car.
don, Maims. ate. but who gave her rtat name yeststilay as
Cas;endra Gate/term, and who has been several days in custod-y
upon various charges of acts of swindling and fraud committed by
her upon lodging-house-keepers, was brought before Mr. limo the
sitting Magistrate, for final examination.
There were about twenty charges against the prisoner, but they
all went for nothing, as they were merely debts contracted witioal
proper precaution on the part of those who gave credit. (Me Mrs.
Marshall, however, the wife of a tailor residing in Qeebee-street, is
addition to the above accommodation, placed a couple of towels in
Mrs. Cassandra Busbro's room, and those, as her evil genius would
have it, Mrs. Cassandra put into her basket with the rest; and the
same liberty she took with a towel of one Mrs. Williams, a plum- ~
ber's wife in Park-street, Grosvenor-square ; and on these two last
charges Mrs. Bushro was fully committed.
When asked by the Magistrate to give some account of herself?
she said It was unnecessary and useless for her to say more mos
that she was of respectable family and connexions, and nothing
but the most dire necesaity could have induced her to the commis-
sion of such acts; and if the Magistrate knew her real history, he
would deeply feel for her Situation. The unhappy woman, while
saying ibis, wept bitterly, and seemed to excite the pity of her
prosecutors in no small degree.
Mrs. Marshall entreated that the prisoner might be dealt with
as lenleutly as possible; but the Magistrate told her that the case
was now altogether out of the Magistrate's hands.
The prisoner was then locked up, and a, boy about eight yeses of
age, whom she stated to be her son, was ordered to, be taken care
ef. The child cried and screamed aloud when his mother was re-
moved from him.

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