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NEWSPAPER STAMP ABOLITION COMMITTEE, 15, Essex-street, 8trand ^ FINANCIAL BEPORT FOB THE HALF-YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31et, 1849.
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Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee, 15, Essex-Street, 8trand ^ Financial Beport Fob The Half-Year Ending December 31et, 1849.
NEWSPAPER STAMP ABOLITION COMMITTEE , 15 , Essex-street , 8 trand ^ FINANCIAL BEPOBT FOB THE HALF-YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 et , 1849 .
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A . B ., through G . H ... £ 0 1 0 Peppercorn , Alfred ... £ 0 5 0 Addiscott , Wm 0 7 6 Pratt , E ., ( Glaatonby . ) 0 2 6 Allen , Stafford 2 2 0 Prout , J ... 1 0 0 Ashurst , Wm 1 1 0 Stansfeld , James .... 1 1 0 Bateman , Dr 0 5 0 Snead . H . 0 5 0 Beal . James 0 1 U Stannett , J 0 2 0 Carloss , Wra . 1 0 5 0 Taylor , P . A ., sen . .. 100 Cobden , R ., M . P 1 0 0 Taylor , P . A ., jun . .. 10 0 Dornbruch . G 0 1 0 Trevelyan , A .. ( Edmb . 0 10 0 Epps Dr ... 0 10 OTruelove . E 0 2 6 Pield , Edwin 1 0 0 Truel ove , E ., on ac- } Golding G . ( Maidst . ) 0 10 count of John-street \ 17 6 Hawkes . S . M ' 1 0 0 Institution ........ J Hiegins , W . ( Maidst . ) 0 1 0 Watson , H . C ., 7 Q x 6 Ho ! yoake , G . J ., sub- ) ( ThamesiDitton ) .. $ " x n scribed in Sixpences ( 10 17 6 Wateon - James 0 10 0 by the Readers of ( " ° Weir , Wm 10 0 the " Beasoner " .... ; Wrigley , W . ( Oldham ) 0 1 0 Matson . J 0 2 6 Young , A C 10 Mill . J . S 10 0 ————• Mowatt , F ., M . P 10 0 Total Subscribed .. £ 35 11 6 Morley , Samuel 5 0 0 Cash advanced by \ , R ft n Novello . J . A 110 Treasurer f * ° u u Ostell , Wm 0 5 0 Parker , John 0 10 £ 5111 6 EXPENDITURE . Envelopes £ 5 17 6 Twelve Numbers of a \ Lithography 1 15 0 Scandalous Paper , Parliamentary Papers 0 6 6 published contrary n \ n Porter for delating ) 5 ,, « . to Law , by the ex- * Circulars j press sanction of the P ostage ............ 8 10 6 Commis . of Stamps ... Printing 15 19 0 Bent of Office 10 13 ( i Total Expenditure 51 6 10 Stationery 117 4 Balance in hand 0 4 8 Sundries 0 16 6 £ 51 11 6 Audited and found correct , January 17 th , 1850 . S . Harrison , Grove-house , Forest-gate , West Ham , Essex . P . A . Taylor , jun ., Carey-lane . ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS . Calder , J ., ( Glasgow ) . £ 0 1 0 AimS , J £ 0 5 0 Cambridge Operative \ n . JEvans , J 10 0 Free Press J u ° "iArnott , Dr 0 10 0 Gibson , T . M ., M . P ... 5 0 OWinn . J . G 10 0 Harrison , 8 0 10 0 ' Saul , W . D 0 5 0 Heather , W ., ( Chi- ) 0 l Q \ A . P 0 5 0 cheater ) \ Cameron , Hugh ( from \ Holyoake . G . J ., ( col-j e 0 c' the Printers ofj 1 0 0 lected as before ) .. ) j Edinburgh J Kershaw , R ., M . P . .. 1 0 0 Thurston , John 0 10 0 Marsland , J ., ( Hud- ) r , r Walmsley , Sir J ...:.. 10 0 dersfield ) ....: ) Keeley . J 0 2 6 Mudie , C 1 1 0 West , J . ( Wa thamstow ) 0 1 0 Westerton , C 0 10 OGflloway , John 0 10 0 Campart . J 0 2 6 Watson , James 0 10 0 Langley , C 0 0 6 Harrison , L . ( Cheadle ) 0 2 11 Grote , G 5 0 0 ——A National Reformer 0 10 £ 26 15 3 Subscriptions are requested in aid of the cause , and may be paid to Francis Place , Treasurer , 21 , Brompton-square ; James Watson , Sub-TreaBurer , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternosterrow ; George Huggett , 4 , Beaufort-buildings , Strand ; J . D . Collet , Secretary , at the Office of the Committee , 15 , Essexstreet , Strand . Mr . Gibson's proposal to abolish all Taxes on Knowledge having been rejected , the Committee recommend the following FORM OF PETITION . ; To the Honourable the House of Commons ( or Lords ) , in Parliament assembled , the Petition of the Undersigned , [ Here insert their Description and Locality . J Showeth , — . ... That the Penny Stamp on Newspapers , by raising their price , deteriorates their quality , injures trade , limits the diffusion of useful knowledge , and promotes the sale of cheap licentious literature . That , according to a return lately made to your Honourable House , it appears that Fifty-three Registered Newspapers are permitted to issue a portion of their impressions unstamped ; Your Petitioners , therefore , pray that your Honourable House will concede this privilege to all Newspapers , and abolish the compulsory Penny Stamp . And your Petitioners wiix ever Prat . This Form of Petition must bo copied in writing , and the first sheet must be signed by the principal promoters of the Petition ; every person signing it should state his or her name and address ; It may then be directed , open at the sides , to any Liberal Member of the House of Commons , who will receive it , post free .
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On the 1 st of Mny will be published , price 2 s ., THE WHITE CHARGER . By the Author of The Horse Guards , " " The Days when We had Tails on Us , " See . With Two Coloured Illustrations , etched on 8 teel by Alfred Ashley . ' Opportunities make us known to ourselves nnd others . " liochefoucault . London : J . and D . A . Darling , 1 S 6 , Biahopsgote-atreet .
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Now ready , price 10 a . Gd ., TH E HORSE GUARDS . By the Two Mounted Sentries . Embellished with Twelve Coloured ; Illustrations . " Thus saith the Duke—thus hath the Duke inferred . " " The Horse Guards proves to be a work written evidently by an officer , and which contains a vast amount of practical knowledge , sound sense , and truisms not easily refuted . Severe and satirical in it * tone ; elegant and terse in itn arrangement ; and profoundly convincing in the arguments , based upon correct data . No military man can arise from a pnrusal without acknowledging that in this volume he bus found a graphic detail of the grievances of the profession , and a just animadversion upon the many wrongs perpetrated upon oliicers . The book itself must be purchased b y subalterns as well as general officers , and carefully road . " —Briiith Army Dispatch . "Tho Two Mounted Sentries is the taking title of a capital satiru upon the mismanagement of the IIoihc Guards . It embraces a wide field of commentary upon nil the existing army nbuaes . We hope to have a little mnro ppacc at our command next week , and to bestow upon the work the full notice it appeals to deserve . "—United Service Gazette . " Read extensively it will be , if only on account of the title it boars . "—Naval and Military Gazette . London : J . and D , A . Darling , 126 , Bishopsaratcilrcet .
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CHEAP EDITION OF THE WORKS OF MB . CHABLES DICKENS . Just published , in crown 8 vo . cloth , 3 s . 6 d ., OLIVER TWIST . By Charles Dickens . Cheap Edition . With a new Preface by the Author , and a Frontispiece by George Cbuikshank . London : Chapman and Hall , 186 , Strand .
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CHEAP EDITION OF THE NOVELS AND TALE 8 OF SIR E . BULWER LYTTON , Bart . This day is published , in crown 8 vo ., cloth , 3 s . 6 d ., THE LAST DAYS OE POMPEII . By Sir Edward Bulwbr Lytton , Bart . Cheap Edition . With a new Preface by the Author , and a Frontispiece by H . K . Browne . London : Chapman and Hall , 186 , Strand .
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NEW WORKS . PHAS ES OF FAITH : Passages from the History of my own Creed . By F . W . Newman , author of " The Soul , her Sorrows and ^ her Aspirations . [ Nearly Heady . GOD in CHRIST . ^ Three Discourses delivered at Newhaven , Cambridge , and Andover , with a preliminary Dissertation on Language . By Horace Bushnbll . [ Nearly ready . EPITOME of the HISTORY of EUROPE . By L . Raymond de Vekacour . [ Nearly Ready . London : John Chapman , 142 , Strand .
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CHEAP EDITION OF " JANE EYRE . " Just ready , in 1 vol ., small post 8 vo ., price 6 s . in embossed cloth , the Fourth Edition of JAN E EYRE . By Cdrrer Bell , Author of " Shirley . " London : Smith , Elder , and Co ., 65 , Cornhill .
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On the 1 st of June will be published . No . 1 of anew Monthly Journal , entitled THE FREETHINKER'S MAGAZINE and REVIEW of Theology , Politi cs , and Literature . Edited by Friends of Truth and Progress . Price Twopence . 33 Pages . London : Published by James Watson , 3 , Quean ' s Head Passage , Paternoster-row .
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PRIZ E PATTERNS GRATIS . —The LADIES GAZETTE of FASHION for May , price Is ., contains double the number of Summer Fashions given in any other work , all the Paris Fashions , superbly coloured , and Prize Patterns of unrivalled novelty and real practical utility . The Grand Giant Plate of Fashions is also given . Five Plates , One Hundred Figures , One Hundred and Fifty Patterns , Twenty Cloaks , Twenty-four Walking Dresses , Fifty Bonnets and Caps , Children's Dresses , Ball Dresses , & c , in endless variety . With full descriptions . Post free for six stamps extra . G . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , and all Booksellers .
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FRENCH LANGUAG E . —M . de BEAUVOISIN'S Clais-rooms ( opened 1838 ) , 17 , King William-Ptreet , City . Oral and practical method . Classes : Morning for Ladies , Evening for Gentlemen . Private Lessons . For terms and other particulars , see the Prospectus , which may be had at the Class-rooms , as above . N . B . —M . de B . 'b work * , namely , " How to Read and Transl ate French , " ' Anecdotes and Stories , " " Telemaque , " arranged on M . de B . 's original system , with the interlinear translation on transparent leaves , & c , are published by C . II . Law , 131 , Fleet"The arrangement in Tole ' maque' it admirable . '—Douglas JerroUVs . Of M . de Beauvoisin ' s admirable system of rendering the French language , in the strictest meaning of the word , easy of comprehension to the English learner , we have already had occasion to speak . It appears to us as pretty near perfection as teaching by book can ever be brought . " —Blackburn Standard . " We consider these works as a decided acquisition . " —Patriot . " Every learner should unhesitatingly adopt this system . "Court Ganette . Translations in all languages .
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NILE . —GRAND MOVING PANORAMA of the NILE , comprising all the Monuments of Antiquity on its banks , to which is added the Interior of the great rock-cut Tempi * - * of Abqu Simbel , painted by Messrs . Warren , Bonomi , and Fahcy , an addition to the collection of curiosities . —Egyptianhall , Piccadilly , daily at 3 and 8 . Stalls , 3 s ., pit 2 s ., gallery , Is . ; children and schools , half-pri « c .
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T 7 » RAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH . Price J ? Is . 14 d . per box . This excellent Family Pill is a Medicine of long-tried elllcacy for correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Bowels , the common symptoms of which are Costiveness . Flatulency , Spasms , Loss of Appetite , Sick Headache , Giddiness , Sense of Fulness after meals . Dizziness of the Eyes , Drowsiness , and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels : Indigestion , producing a Torpid State of the Liver , and a consequent inactivity of the Bowels , causing a disorganisation of every function ot the frame * will , in this most excellent preparation , by a little perseverance , be effectually removed . Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects . The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; u healthy action of th « liver , bowels , and kidneys will rapidly take place ; nnd instead of listiessness , heat , pain , and jaundiced appearance , strength , activity , and renewed health will be the quick result of taking tins medicine , according to the directions accompanying each box . As a pleasant , safe , easy Aperient , they unite the recommendation of a mild operation witl « the must successful otiect , and require no restraint of diet or confinement during their uae ; and for Elderly People th « y will be found to be the most comfortable mudicine hitherto prepared . Sold by T . PJtOUT , 220 , Strand , London . Price Is . l . Jd . and 2 s . l > d . per box ; and by the venders of medicine generally throughout the kingdom . Ask forl'RAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH , and observe the name and address of " Thoinua Prout , 229 , Strand , London , on the Government Stamp .
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g BATIONAL SOCIETY . NO TICE to MEMBERS and CREDITORS . — The Central Board of the national Society have been informed that Mr . Finch , the Trustee in possession of the Estate and Effects of the Society , is ready and willing to produce his Accounts of Receipts and Payments on behalf of the above Society to any Person interested in its Affairs , on application a ? his Office at Liverpool . The Central Board of the Society take this opportunity of publishing- the same in order that persons who j » re desirous of so doing may avail themselves of Mr Finch ' s offer . By Order of the Centra l Board , JOHN CBAMP , Vice-President . Institution , 23 , John-street , Fitzroy-square , April 10 , 1850 .
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THE MOTHER ' S HEAL COMFORT 1 THE INFANT'S BEST FRIEND ! I ^ ASPARD'S SOOTHING SYRUP . —THE \ JX TEETHING OF INFANTS . —It is a question , —Which endures the most intense agony—the infant from excruciating pain during dentition , or the mother from anxiety in witnessing the affliction of her child , without the power of mitigating its torture ? Fortunately for the quiet and repose of both mother and infant , an infallible remedy for their sufferings will be found in GASPARD'S SOOTHING SYRUP , which gives immediate relief to the agonized child . ., _ .,. . x Children , while cutting their teeth , derive instant relief from pain by the application to their gums of this simple and innocent , yet sure and unerrinsr remedy . By the time'y application of GASPARD'S SOOTHING SYUUP the pain will speedily subside , convulsions be wholly prevented , the quiet and repose of the little sufferer almost momentaiily effected , and the feelings of the anxious mother ( alarmed and excited at beholding the anguish of her child ) calmed and subdued . The entire system becomes soothed and tranquillized , and all irritation caused at once to cease . Sold by Thomas Trout , 229 , Strand , London ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; Hallett , 83 , High Holborn ; Johnston , b' 8 , Cornhill ; and by most respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom . Price Is . 1 jd . per bottle ; and sent free , by Post , for Eighteen Stamps . A WORD IN SEASON TO MOTHERS AND NURSES , ON THE TEETHING OF CHILDREN , 16 pages 32 mo ., will be forwarded free , to all parts of the Kingdom , upon the receipt of a single postage stamp , by Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London .
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UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF BOYALTY , AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE FACULTY . KE ATING'S COUGH LOZENGES—A Certain ltemedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs—in Difficulty of Breathing —in Redundancy of Phlegm—in Incipient Consumption ( of which Cough is the most positive indication ) they are of unerring efficacy . In Asthma , and in AVinter Cou «* h , they have never been known to fail . KKATING'S Coogh Lozbnbes are free from every deleterious ingredient ; they may , therefore , be taken at all times by the most delicate female and by the youngest child ; while the Public Speaker and the Professional Singer will find them invaluable in allaying the hoarseness and irritation incidental to vocal exertion , and consequently a powerful auxiliary in the production of Melodious Enunciation . Prepared and sold in Boxe 3 , Is . 14 d ., and Tins , 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . Gd ., and 10 s . 6 d . each , by THOMAS KEATING , Chemist , & c , No 79 , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , London . Sold Retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders in the Kingdom . .- •* . i * i * , * N . B : —To prevent spurious imitations , please to observe that the words " Heating's Cough Lozenges" are engraved on the Government Stamp of each box . IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL . Cure of Asthma of several years' standing . Cairscross , near Stroud , Gloucestershire , March 20 , 1850 . « gin , Having been troubled with Asthma for several years , T could find no relief from any medicine whatever until I was induced about two years ago to try a box of your valuable Lozenges , and found such relief from them that I am determined ° for the future never to be without a box of them in the house , and will do all in my power to recommend them to my If you consider the above Testimonial of any advantage , you are quite at liberty to make what use of it you please . " 1 am , Sir , your most obliged seivant , " Thos . Keating , Esq . " W . J . Tiuufl . " 79 , St . Paul ' s Churchyard .
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COMPLAIN NO MORE OF INDIGESTION . S UFFER NO LONGER from LIVER COMPLAINTS . —WALTER TRAVIS , M . I ) ., F . R . S ., Medical-hall , Manchester , having discovered a safe and really effectual remedy for indigestion , Bilious and Liver Complaints , the result of a singularly successful experiment , recently made , and by which he had cured a considerable number of patients , whose eases he had previously considered hopeless , or very doubtful ; amongst whom are several individuals of distinction , who were languishing under the withering effects of indigestion and affections of the Liver . He has determined lo offer it to the public at the lowest possible charge , and will , supply the remedy to persons applying at the Medical-hall for 2 s . 6 d . ; or to parties residing at a distance , it will be forwarded , postage free , with the most complete directions , to any part of the united kingdom , on sending thirty-six postage stamps to Dr . Walter Travis , 80 , Travis-street , Manchester . The following are selected from a great number of testimonials : — Dr . Guy says , "I have adopted your remedy in several cases of Constipation ( Indigestion ) which have lately come under my treat men t ; nnd also iu one very bad case ot Liver Complaint , and I am happy to add with the most satisfactorj results . ' The Rev . B . Southwell , Bradford , writes , having " myself suffered most accutely during the last four years from an affection of the Liver , nnd an exceedingly bad digestion ; I had really thought that even in the present advanced state of medical science there was no radical cure for these complaints ; however , from the benefit 1 have experienced within the past fortnight , I have not the slightest doubt of the entire success of your remedy . "
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Leader (1850-1860), April 20, 1850, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20041850/page/24/
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