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      TO TRADE 8 MEN AND OTHERS REQUIRING LOAN 8 . THE ADELPHI LOAN , DISCOUNT , AND DEPO 8 IT BANK , 17 , Adam-street , 8 trand , continues to make advances of £ 5 . 5 s . and upwards on most liberal terms . Good Bills discounted , and Money advanced upon the deposit of every description of Property as Collateral Security . —Offlco hours Ten to Four .

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      STEAM TO INDIA , CHINA , &c—Particulars of the regular Monthly Mail Steam Conveyance and of the additional lines of communication , now established by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company with the East , &c . The Company book passengers , and receive goods and parcels as heretofore for CEYLON , MADRAS , CALCUTTA , PENANG , 8 INGAPORE , and HONG KONG , by their steamers , starting from SOUTHAMPTON on the 20 th of every month , and Irom SUEZ on or about the 8 th of the month . The next extra Steamer will be despatched from Southampton for Alexandria on the 3 rd of April next , in combination with an extra Steamer , to leave Calcutta on or about March 20 . JPaeaenrera may be booked , and goods and parcels forwarded , by these extra steamers to or from SOUTHAMPTON . ALEXANDRIA . ADEN , CEYLON , MADRAS , and CALCUTTA . BOMBAY . —The Company will book passengers throughout from Southampton to Bombay by their steumcrs leaving England on the 20 th February , 80 th March , and of alternate months thereafter , such passengers being conveyed from Aden to Bombay by their steamers appointed to leave Bombay on the 17 th February , 1 st of April , and 1 st of alternate months thereafter * and affording , in connection with the steamers leaving Calcutta on the 8 th or February , 20 th of March , and of alternate months thereafter , direct conveyance for passengers , parcels , and good * from Bombay and Western India . Passengers for Bombay can also . proceed by this Company ' s Steamers of the 29 th of the month to ' Malta , thence to Alexandria by her Majesty ' s atoamors , and from Suez by the Honourable East India Company ' s steamers . MEDITERRANEAN . —MALTA—On the 20 th and 29 th of every month . Constantinople—On the 29 th of the month . Alexandria—On the 20 th of the month . Tho rates of pawaff money on theao lines have boon materially reduced . SPAIN AND PORTUGAL . —Vigo , Oporto , Lisbon , Cadlf , and Gibraltar , on the 7 th , 17 th , and 27 th of tho month . N . B . Steam-ships of the ' Company now ply direct between Calcutta , Penang , Singapore , and Hong Kong , and between Hong Kong and Shanghae . For further Information and tariffs of tho Company ' s recently revised and reduced rates of passage-money and freight , ana tor plans of the vessels , and to Beoure passages , &o ., apply J « * 'Y " Company ' s Offices , 128 , Loadonh » H- » tr eet , London , and Orlenw *" place , Southampton ,

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      JL To-morrow ounaayj evening , mr . xnuan . un num . will deliver in the Lecture Theatre of the Western Literary Institution , 47 , Leicester-square ( west side ) , his " Lecture on the Week , " being the Farewell Address of the present Series . Admission to the Amphitheatre , threepence . Front Seats , one shilling . Reserved seats on Platform , half-a-crown . The doors will be opened at Half-past Six , and the Lecture will commence punctually at Seven .

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      inwpf ty ; M p itiii vrtiPn ifcjnayJie-destroyed at one fell swoop by the Government . M . Bonaparte himself has not more despotic power than the Stampoffice has in regard to unstamped newspapers ; and , though it is not likely that it should be used to the fall extent , yet it is quite possible that the projectors 1 of a paper which the Stamp-office should choose to persecute / would be ruined . To raise £ 20 , 000 in small shares would be still inore difficult , as it would be necessary to organize a machinery for propagandism and cohesion ; and it would be found , as in most very popular societies , that the whole receipts would be expended in getting people to join . But Mr . Stevens will say , How was it that the unstamped defied the law in 1836 ? Let us not forget that the unstamped papers were weekly papers . A cheap weekly paper requires for its editorial department but two men—a man to write articles and a man to collect news ; and two things—a pair of good scissors and a pot of stiff paste . In 1836 the stamp was fourpence , and no stamped newspaper was to be had under sevenpence . An unstamped twopenny paper , with its fixed capital of pastepot and scissors , and its reproductive capital of print and paper , had a great advantage over the stamped journal , and could even afford to suffer a good deal of confiscation . There is no such "disproportion now existing between a legal an& _ an illegaL _ paper *_ as ^ would make the latter a safe speculation in the teeth of a prosecution ; in fact , the stamp duty , though a gross violation of the freedom of the press , is not badly calculated for bringing in a revenue . It requires , then , to be assailed with more circumspection than of old ; but it is by no means invulnerable .

      The recent decision in the case of the Household Narrative has established the doctrine that no monthly publication is a newspaper ; why not , then , publish a monthly paper every week ? The suggestion was made last year by Mr . Rich , a member of the Administration , as appears from the following extract Irom the evidence talten by the Parliamentary Committee on the Newspaper Stamp : — .. ' « Mr . Rich : If Mr . Dickens were now to establish his right to publish his newspaper monthly , would it not be

      competent for him to combine with' some other persons who might also bring out what they ^ called a monthly newspaper , and then publish them in succession on the first week , the second week , the third week , and the fourth week of every month , whereby they would , in fact , have a weekly newspaper , and avoid paying the tamp duty ? *• Mr . Timra : Certainly , that plan might be adopted ; and , unless we could prove that these publications were one and the same , the newspaper stamp duty would be evaded altogether ?"

      In order that Mr . Timm may not be able to prove the four papers to be one and the . same , the simplest plan is that they should be bonS , fide different properties , printed and published by different parties , and even in different towns . Thus four printers might severally publish on the four Saturdays in each month the London Monthly Neies , the Westminster Monthly News , the Southwark Monthly News , and the Finsbury Monthly News ; while on the fifth Saturday , when there was one , the Marylebdne Monthly News might appear . There is nothing in the law to

      prevent the same literary staff from , being engaged on the five monthly papers , though of course any of the five proprietors might make a different arrangement whenever he pleased . To make such a scheme available in the metropolis it would be necessary that the Monthly News should rival the threepenny papers : of these the News of the World is the most successful , selling nearly 60 , 000 per week . This rivalry might be effected by bringing out at twopence a paper of the size and style of the News of the World , which is brought out at threepence . to the cost

      I have consulted a competent person as , and we agreed that the fixed cost would be £ 40 a week ; and that , after paying that sum , we might expect a profit of £ 2 per thousand on the sale—or that a sale of 20 , 000 would just cover the expenses . It would also be necessary that another party , unconnected with the proprietors , should act on his own account , and advertise and sell the five monthly papers as one weekly paper . Of course , he would have no ahnre in the profits of the paper , except the discount on what he" bought of the publishers . All this could be done , had we a guarantee fund of £ 1000 to do it with ; and , if Mr . Stevens can raise it , I think I cnn undertake to Bhow him how to establish a legal unstamped weekly paper , and thus to get rid of the stamp altogether .

      But if Mr . Stevens cannot raisfe the needful , I call on , your Birmingham Correspondent to take up the game in earnest . Birmingham , Warwick , Wolverhampton , and Coventry , are towns in the proximity to each other ; a publisher in each town might find it advantageous to set up a local monthly paper at a penny , and by commencing the month at different times , they might play into each other ' s hands bo as PA Hlfrftfte their customers a weekly paper . vr ; - / r tslon't pretend to be very squeamish about breaking # *};^ # dW lui tou » laWB * s tlie newspaper laws ; but it ^• Tv . -iSSUr \ iyB worth while to think twice before breaking V i ! SjW «! HF > and »» the present instance I think more ''> lil ( f « cte < l by acting within the pale of the law

      ihan-4 iy ^ e « g ^ eyondr 4 tr- ^ h ©^ your Birmingham correpondent , or any one else be inclined to follow the advice of Mr . Rich , and to set tip a monthly paper , to be published every week , I heed scarcely say , that , so long as they keep within the law , they may rely upon all the support that our . Association can give them . - " C . Dobsoic Coiaht .

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      THE " NINE HUNDRED . " January 15 , 1852 . Mr . Editor ,- —Borrowing , as I am enabled to do , the words of an address just issued by the most Universal Suffrage Association extant , I may inform such of your readers as are curious on the subject , " that this body is abandoned by two gexitlemenwho have for some time past chiefly represented it in public estimation . As these gentlemen are presumed to be the best judges of what is possible for the society they have helped to conduct somewhat intolerantly , and as they decline to act officially for it , they must be of opinion that its official existence has come to an end ; and , as they abandon it , they must be willing that this shall happen . "

      " Chartism , " that name of fruitless alarm , the pretext of the enemy for resisting Reform , and the obstacle-in the ^ way of all _ DemocratsWho cannot pronounce Its shibboleth , will soon submerge in an official form . It has long been a personal body , that is , a society of a few names rather than well-advised Catholic principles . It may reappear as a personal body ; but as a national organization , having an unbroken official existence , having self-originated and defined laws , and Keeping good faith with itself in the observance of those laws , of all this there will be an end , unless the advisers who have forsaken the present federation should adopt improved views , which is not very likely .

      The accredited Executive Council , yet existing , finds itself hampered with a debt of £ 37 . The nine hundred Electors who have appointed the aforesaid Council , are called upon to pay this immediately . Whatever may be said of this Council , they , at least-, have the usual honour of working men , and propose to pay off these liabilities without delay . They may not be able to attain political influence ; of any factious influence they have no desire ; but they , at least , are determined to do that which is within the means of all honest men—namely , preserve their character ; and they , therefore , have called upon all of their body to send subscriptions . to the new secretary , James Grassby , 96 , Regent-street , Lambeth . Many who otherwise do not coincide with there politicians , will hear with satisfaction of the prompt success of this appeal . Ion .

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      [ Mr . Frank Grant sends Is . to the Shakspearean Teatimoinal to Kossuth , proposed by Doughlas Jerrold . Mr . Robert Mills , of Jubilee-place , Chelsea , a member of a working man ' s political association , begs to say to his class that , " Success depends upon the course our public speakers and we pursue to all classes . We must not abuse any person . We have felt the pernicious effects ourselves . Conviction tells us it excites our passion and destroys our reason . Will it not act the same on all peraonH ? I know the wrongs suffered have caused you to speak harshly , I have felt and done the same . Let us not use invective or imputation , but work calmly and energetically to obtain freedom . We shall not lose self respect in such a course . The Amalgamated Engineers have been abused , they have obtained public respect and sympathy by their calm and reasonable conduct / ' ]

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      — BRITISH FUNBS-f OR THE PAST-W ^ ER— ( Closing Prices . ) ,

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      66 &De QLeattet . [ Saturijav ,

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      The Two Classes . —Our devout people are not remarkable for either clear notions or nice feelings on moral questions ; while the conscientious class are apt to be dry and cold precisians , truthful , trustworthy , and humane , but no little genial , so devoid of ideality and depth , that poet or prophet is struck dumb before their face . —Westminster Rev ., No . 111 .

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      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Saturday . . Consols on Monday fell from 974 to 96 * on Tuesday a variety of rumours caused fluctuations between 96 ] and 96 i closing at 96 ft ; on Wednesday similar variations , closing at 964 ft ; on Thursday they cloned at 960 . The closing price yesterday was- —Consols , 96 J £ . The fluctuations have been : —Consols , 971 to 96 * J , ; Bank Stock , from 216 to 217 ; and Exchequer Bills , 60 s . to 60 s . premium . The bargains in the official list of Foreign Stocks yesterday comprised —Danish Five per Cents ., 1034 ; Mexican , for money , 29 |; for the account , 29 | and 4 ; the Small , 29 f ; Peruvian Five per Cents , 044 ; Portuguese Four per Cents ., 344 and 34 ; Russian Five per Jents ., 113 ; the Four-and-Half per Cents ., 100 | and i ex div . ; Sardinian Five per Cents ., 90 and 90 J ; Spanish Five per Cents ., 23 * , J , and *; Passive , 5 i and 4 i Spanish Three per Cents ., 41 } , ex . div . ; Three per Cent . Neyr Deferred , 18 J , & and fl ex . div . ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents ., 69 * and 68 * ex . div . ; and the Four per Cent . CertiflcntoB , 904 and VI .

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      Salur . Mond . Tuts . Wediu Thurr . Frid . Bank Stock .... 216 216 | 216 216 217 217 3 per Ct . Red .. 97 | 97 * 97 97 i 97 § 97 * atp . C . Con . Ans . . — 97 | 96 * 96 | . 96 | 96 | 3 p . C . An . 1726 . —— -r—^ —— — -- — , *• ¦ —• 3 p . Ct . Con .. Ac , 97 ? & $ 9 $ ? 9 (? i 965 98 * 3 fp . Cent * An . 98 | 98 | . 98 J 984 98 & 96 * New 5 . per Cts . — " —— , —— . ¦ —— —r--Long Ans ., 1860 . 7 J — 7 7 7 7 Ind . 8 t . 10 Jp . ct . —r- — - 259 260 259 f Ditto Bonds .. 70 p 71 p 73 p 67 p 68 p 69 p Ex . Bills , 1000 * . 59 p 59 p 57 p 56 p 59 p 5 fi p Ditto , 500 * ... —— 59 p 57 p 56 p 56 p 59 p Ditto . Small 59 p 59 p 57 p 57 p 59 p |

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      FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday v Evening . ) Austrian 5 per Cents . 80 Mexican 5 per Ct . Ace . 30 Belgian Bds ., 44 p . Ct . 94 - — Small .. .. 29 J Brazilian 5 per Cents . 95 $ Neapolitan 5 per Cents . — Buenos Ayres 6 p . Cts . 45 Peruvian 4 £ per Cents . 87 f Chilian 6 per Cents ... 101 Portuguese 5 perCent . 98 ? Danish 5 per Cents . .. 103 * — -4 perCt »> 33 f Dutch 24 per Cents * .. 594 —— ¦— -Annuities — 4 per Cents . .. 92 Russian , 1822 , 44 p . Cts . 101 Ecuador Bonds .. 33 Span . Actives , 5 p . Cts . 23 J French 5 p . C . An . atParU 104 . 90 — Passive .. 5 | — .-3 p . Cts ., Julyll , 70 . 00 Deferred .. 18 J

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      GRAIN , Mark-lane , Jan . 16 . Wheat . R . New .. 36 b . to 38 s . Maple ...... 30 s . to 31 * . Fine 39 —40 White 30—32 Old .......... 38 —40 Boilers ...... 32 —34 White 40 —42 Beans , Ticks . .. 26 —27 Fine 44 —46 Old ,. 29 . -, 30 Superior New 46 —48 Indian Corn .... 27 —29 Eve -25 —27 Oats , Feed .... 17 —18 Barley 24 —25 Fine .... 18 —19 Malting 30 —3 ? Poland . 19—20 Malt . Ord . 50 —54 Fine .... 20—21 Fine 54 —56 Potato 17 —18 Peas , floe 27 —28 Fine .... 18 —19

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      CORN EXCHANGE . Mabk » i » anb , January 16 . —Supplies this vreek are very small , and the market quite firm for every article ; and , without being able to quote prices higher , there is decidedly more disposition to purchase . There are orders for Wheat for French account ; but at present limits they are too low . : Floating " cargoes of Maize and Wheat are held at higher prices . Say 28 s . 6 d . for Qalatz Maize , 40 s . for Ghirka , 28 s . for Egyptian Wheat . Egyptian Beans are not saleable except at lower prices- than holders are willing to accept . Arrivals from- January 12 to January 16 . English . Irish . Foreign . Wheat .. .. 820 - — Barley .. ... 810 — — Oats .. .. .. — 1780 1970 Flour .. 730 a - — 650 ska . . 7200 bis .

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  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 17, 1852, page 66, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1918/page/22/