MR. JOSEPH LOADER, Upholsterer and Cabinet Maker, 23, Finsbury Pavement. The line of communication connecting the City Road with the Bank, has, since the completion of Moorgate Street, assumed a more important aspect, and given to the trading establishments on its route, an importance previously denied them. In the establishment of Mr. Joseph Loader, now of twenty-five years standing, will be found a large and varied assortment of articles in the Upholstery and Cabinet Making departments, of excellent quality and first-rate workmanship. MR. RICHARD A. C. LOADER, Upholsterer and Cabinet Maker, 24, Finsbury Pavement. That great advantages result to the public, from fair and honourable competition in trade, by calling forth the energies of individuals, is a principle now universally acknowledged; it will not, therefore, excite surprise to find in close proximity, establishments like the present, devoted to the sale of every description of elegant and useful furniture. Here will be found a variety of rosewood furniture of great beauty, as also every kind of Upholstery of the best make and quality. In Defoe's "Complete Tradesman," written in 1727, we find the following just appreciation of the benefits of trade, and which with but little modification, is equally applicable to our own times: "The people grow rich by the people; they support one another; the tailor, the draper, the mercer, the coach maker, &c., and their servants, all haunt the public houses; the masters to the taverns the servants to the ale-houses; and thus the vintner and the victualler grow rich. Those again, getting before hand with the world, must have fine clothes, fine houses, and fine furniture; the wives grow gay, as the husbands grow rich, and they go to the draper, the mercer, the upholsterer, &c., to buy fine clothes and nice goods; thus the draper, and mercer, and tailor, grow rich too: money begets money, trade circulates, and the tide of money flows in with it; one hand washes the other hand, and both hands wash the face." CHAPTER XXIX. THE LONDON PRESS, AND LONDON BOOKSELLERS. The folio of four pages, happy work! Which not even critics criticise; that holds Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns!-CowPER. The Daily Press is a mighty political engine, and is no where exercised with so much liberty as in London. Is a deed of heroism performed in the columns of the press it is held up for admiration and imitation; is an act of injustice perpetrated—it is there exhibited to the public gaze; is an obnoxious law in force-through the agency of the press it is erased from the statute book; does a charitable institution need assistance through its powerful aid it is speedily obtained. In its columns, too, the gracious words of our beloved Queen are duly chronicled; and the fierce invectives of rival statesmen find an utterance. It is, indeed, the great indicator of public opinion for Great Britain, and her vast and varied colonies. Junius observes, with much force, that " they who conceive that our newspapers are no restraint upon bad men, or impediment to the execution of bad measures, know nothing of this country." In the present day the English newspapers have extended their circulation and powerful influence through every rank and order of the state; they have generated a new era in the public mind;-have placed political, moral, scientific, and commercial information within the reach of understandings hitherto uncultivated; and have rendered the great mass of Englishmen respectable, for the possession of knowledge, unparalleled in any former state of this island. There are about ninety daily and weekly periodicals, of all kinds, issued in London; numbers of them addressing particular classes, and these ever on the watch-ever looking out for subjects-ever ready to praise or blame-must exercise an enormous power for good and for evil, on the mental habits of the people; and consequently on the political well being of the country. It is a power too, which no government can hope to check, or overturn, but with the destruction of the political life, spirit, and liberty of the empire. THE TIMES, Printing House Square, Blackfriars. Established 1788. The Times has long enjoyed the proud distinction of being the leading journal in Europe, an appellation to which it is fully entitled, as well from the accuracy and copiousness of its information, as from the vigour and originality of its leading articles, and the unparalleled extent of its daily circulation, now verging on 40,000. From its commencement its course has been one of entire self-reliance and of thorough independence, and it may with truth be said to be the only paper which men of all parties, and of all classes, read and speak of, for although in turn abused by all, it is still read and feared by all. This celebrated paper, which finds daily employment on the premises for nearly three hundred persons, was the first work ever printed by machinery: The Times of Tuesday, November 29th, 1814, having been the first newspaper printed by steam. A machine has recently been erected, by Mr. Applegarth, which throws off 10,000 sheets an hour. A visit to this establishment will afford high gratification to the admirers of mechanical skill. In order to give the reader some idea of the commercial magnitude of this establishment, we may state that the taxes paid annually by the proprietors of The Times, amount to rather more than £16,0000, for the paper; £60,000 for the stamps; and £19,000 for advertisements; being a total of £95,000 a year; ar enormous sum truly, and a highly interesting illustration of the extent to which successful enterprise is taxed, in a country professing to adopt the principles of Free Trade. The charge for a column of advertisements is £18. and during the railway mania, in 1845, a newspaper and double supplement contained no less than 1706 advertisements. THE MORNING CHRONICLE, Strand. Established in 1770. This journal, since its commencement, has always been conducted with great talent; and for some years, when under the proprietorship of the late Mr. Perry, enjoyed a high reputation. On its establishment has been engaged, at various times, intellect of the highest order, including the present Lord Chief Justice of England (Lord Campbell); the late Mr. Sergeant Spankie; the present Australian judge, Mr. Roger Therry, the biographer of Canning; and Mr. Erskine Perry, now the Chief Justice of Madras; for the publication of the admirable series of Letters on "Labour and the Poor," commenced by Mr. Mayhew, and now continued by Dr. Mackay, it is deservedly celebrated. THE MORNING POST, Wellington Street North, Strand. Established in 1772; and is the recognised organ of the fashionable world, as also the devoted champion of Protectionist principles. Its circulation is principally amongst the higher classes, whose breakfast table would without its appearance be indeed a blank. THE MORNING HERALD, Shoe Lane. Established in 1781. It was long celebrated for the accuracy of its foreign intelligence, and by the piquant style in which domestic-especially police news-was dressed up. In its columns first appeared the celebrated " Mornings at Bow Street." It is now the organ of the Low Church party, and a staunch advocate for Protection. THE MORNING ADVERTISER, Fleet Street. Established in 1793; and is the recognised organ of the incorporated Society of the Licenced Victuallers, by whom it is principally supported. This journal distributes, annually, about £8,000 for charitable purposes, connected with the trade of the founders. THE DAILY NEWS, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street. Established iu 1846. This the youngest of the daily journals, was started under the auspices of Mr. Charles Dickens, and a host of talent in the Liberal interest. Since its foundation, it has undergone various changes in its management, and is now the recognised organ of the Free Traders, and an able advocate of Parliamentary and Financial Reform. Its anticipation of all colonial news, has secured for it a well deserved triumph. The establishments of the leading morning papers, are upon a vast and comprehensive scale; the most distinguished literary talent being enlisted in their service; and each having its home and foreign departments, the ramifications of the latter, extending to all parts of the world. From the snows of Ross and Franklin, to the Cape of Good Hope, and from China to Peru, its arms are stretched out to comprehend the whole human race. In the Palace and in the Police court-in the Minister's cabinet and the Chancellor's study-among Lords and Commons-on the platform and in the witness-box'Change and in the Merchant's counting-house-every where the "Reporter may be found-though not seen. The editorial and mechanical departments, are, during the sittings of Parliament unceasing in their operations, day and night being equally devoted to the early publication of a morning paper. The expenses of the daily journals, thus conducted, are enormous; they defy calculation, and can only be accurately known to the proprietor. The evening, as well as the weekly papers, are upon a diminished scale of expenditure, enjoying as they do the advantage of extracting from their predecessors of the day, the chief articles of interest; they are, nevertheless, in many instances, conducted by gentlemen possessing not merely literary attainments of the highest order, but also by others of distinguished ability in their several departments. In addition to more than thirty political weekly journals, there are various newspapers devoted to the advocacy of the principles of the Church of England, and other religious denominations, as also several admirably conducted journals devoted to the advancement of literature, science and the fine arts. THE LONDON PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS. London is the very brain of the Island; the seat of information; the centre of its literature; and the grand mart for publications of every kind; there being few books of any importance, but what are first published in the metropolis, and consequently the establishments of the Publishers of Books, Prints, and Music, are extensive and important, and deserve our notice. It is to London that Genius ever bends his steps, and from the Publisher seeks to obtain that publicity for his writings, that shall ensure him fame, and perhaps, a glorious immortality. In Paternoster Row, Ave Maria Lane, and Stationer's Hall Court, in close contiguity, are situated some of the most influential of the Wholesale Booksellers; among whom may be named the eminent firm of Messrs. Longman & Co., established before 1725; Messrs. Rivington, & Co., in the string-course above the window of whose house, No. 59, may still be seen the old sign of the firm-the Bible and Crown; Messrs. Whittaker & Co., celebrated for the publication of Pinnock's and other highly valuable elementary works; Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, unquestionably the largest of the wholesale miscellaneous booksellers; and Messrs. Hamilton, Adams, & Co. In Paternoster Row, at No. 56, is also situated the extensive premises of the Religious Tract Society, originally established for the dissemination of religious tracts amongst the poor; it has now, however, become a gigantic concern, for the publication of moral and religious works; contiguous to this are the offices of the Sunday School Union, and the Wesleyan Book Rooms. E e |