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      THB NATIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE-: To obtain the Opening of the British Museum and other National Institutions on Sunday ; also , the Repeal of the Tjow which compels the Closing of the Crystal Palace and other Collections of an Instructive Character on that Day . pBBsrDENi : —Sir J . WALMSLEY , M . P . CenteaXi Committee Room : — Lancaster House , ^ , Duke-street , Adelphi , To advance the efforts already made by the League , it is nroDOsed to distribute tracts , to deliver- lectures , and generally to popularise the Sunday Question ; the Committee therefore make this appeal for support in their eneavours . Donations already received . * e « . d . J . Ball , Esq ., M . P ] 1 « T . H . Bastard , Esq } 1 0 W . S . Burton , Esq - J J J J . F . Clark , Esq 2 2 0 Ditto ( Second donation ) 6 0 0 Henry Constable , Esq 1 1 0 Robert Cox , Esq 1 0 0 S . D . Darbishire , Esq . 2 2 0 * Sir William 'jDomvifle , Bart 5 5 0 James G . 'Domville . Esq 10 0 * W . H-Domville , JEsq : 0 10 0 Miss Domville 110 D . M'Donnell , Esq 110 William Dunville , Esq 10 0 William Duthie , Esq - 110 Dr . Thomas Evans , M-D 110 J . H . Farrer , Esq 2 2 0 Sir John Gardiner , Bart 3 3 0 T . F . Gibson , Esq 110 Peter Graham , Esq 1 1 0 L . Heyworth . Esq ., M . P 10 0 H . Hogbtan , fisq— 25 0 0 S . K 0 10 0 Mrs . Jane Lewis ; 110 Sir Charles Lyell 110 Lieut -Col . Lyell 0 10 0 Gilbert Pouncey , Esq . 110 O . E . Rawlins . Esq ., Jun 2 0 0 W . Scholeneld , Esq . M . P 2 2 0 Georee Sehlotel . 110 Sir J 7 V . Shelley , Bart ., M . P 3 3 0 Octavius Smith , Esq 10 0 0 John Turner , Esq 0 10 0 ? R . W 6 0 0 Mrs . Warren 110 W . A . Wilkinson , Esq ., M . P 2 2 0 Norman Wilkinson , Esq 3 8 0 W . Wright , Esq 0 10 0 James Yates , Esq 10 0 Ashton Yates , Esq 0 10 0 F . Z . ( per Sir W . Domville ; 5 0 0 Those marked thus (*) have also distributed Pamphlets and Tracts in favour of the League at their own expense . Now publishing , price One Penny , No . I . of THE NATIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE 11 EC 0 RD . OflSce , 14 , York-street , Covent Garden ; and may be had of all booksellers .

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      - . , i | Just published , post free , two stamps , with proscriptions in Engliali , QUACKERY UNMASKED . ItB Extortions , Impositions , and Deceptions fully explained . By JOHN WUTTON , M . R . C . S . OPINIONS OF THE PRESS : . "Tho author has conferred a great boon on suffering humanity , by laying baTo tho scandalous mracttaen of nofariouHi wlvonturons , who advertise to cure diseases of which " ^ uV ^ &' ^ SS ^ to whom wo recommend 11 Address , Dr . BUTTON , 16 , Frodorick-placo , CJoswoll-road , London .

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      May 10 , 1856 , ] THE LEABEB , MB

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1856, page 455, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2140/page/23/