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    168 ©!>$ " 'Zltu&Tit* I Satim ^' May 11,...

    168 ©!> $ " 'ZLtU & tit * i SATim ^ ' May 11 , 1850 .

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    London : Printed by Robkrt Palmer ( of No . 3 , CJupRtow . tcrrnce , in the I ' Hriali of Kensington , Middlesex ) , at the Office of Kobcrt l ' nlircr nna Joseph Clayton , No . JO , Crnnc-court , Fleet-street , in the 1 ' ansli ot "i . I ) un » tnn-in-the- \ Vest , in the City of London ; and published by Joskpu Ci , AYTON , jmjr . of andat the PublUhiriK-ollice , No . SUf > , Strnnd , in " > Parish of St . Clement Dane * , in the City of Westminster . — 4 » atvb » a *» May 11 , 1860 .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 11, 1850, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11051850/page/24/