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      LONDON ; PrintoU and Published by Aivniiv Edmund Oauotay . at "Tho Loader" OlJloo , No . 353 , Strund , in the Oounl v v of Mid < fioHnx . —Mny M , l *"> 7-

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      ¦ ¦ ^ - 504 j TIL E LEADER . [ No . 371 , Sat ., May 23 ^ 1857 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 23, 1857, page 504, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2194/page/24/