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ajiiiHrjTHE LIBRARY
OF
THE UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIAOF
LOSANGELESTHE
THEORY OF MONEY;
BEING ATTEMPT TO GIVEAN
A POPULAR EXPLANATION OF IT.
AN EPITOME
HISTORY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND,
THAT CORPORATION,
EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES,WITH ITS CHARTER AND
ANDTO BE AN UNJUST, IMPOLITIC,
PERILOUS MONOPOLY.
HontJtw :
PELHAM RICHARDSON, 23, CORNHILL ;
AND
PALL MALL.JOHN OLLIVIER, 59,
1844.:
LONDON
ll:K,RICHARDS, PRIN ST. MARTIN'S LANK.—
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CONTENTS.
PART I.
CHAP. PAGE
—the metals theirI. preciousOf of
—the world anddiffusion throughout
properties apper-certain peculiarof
have led totaining to them, which
making money 1their universal usefor
theII. the fallacy or delusionOf of
balancemercantile system called the
of trade under which it is assumed,
that gold is drawn foreignfrom
nations by what is called a favourable
.13balance . . . . .
32III. Exchange ....Of
Digression concerning the coins and
43Englandmoney of
— theIV. the power money and ofOf of
Unitedvalue the ivhole theof of
— componentKingdom as an item or
wealth 51part the nationalproperty orofCONTENTS.
CHAP. PACE
dis-inventionsjbr abridging orV. Of
—andpensing with the use moneyof
—giving velocity to its circulationfor
to lessen the quantity coinin order of
to be retained in the circu-necessary
medium or currency . . 67lating
paper-money.— theVI. benefits ofOfOf
—use it and the evilsthe proper of of
it, by arbitrary orthe abuse ofof
in its creationdespotic interference..... 82or issue
the deprecia-Digression concerning
tion the paper-money issued by theof
bank England during its stoppageof
payment 1797 to 1822 . 94fromof
the regulation and restraint byVII. Of
the issue paper-money . 112law of of
seignorage on coin and itsVIII. effectsOf
— eventing the melt-particularly prof
the coining or exportation theof of
. . . . .129realm .
—IX . issues paper-money and theOf of of
different qualities or properties of
accumulated capitaland circulatingof
medium . . . . .145CONTENTS.
PART II.
chap.
Preliminary observations . . 157
I. the origin and constitution theOf of
bank England . . . .101of
II. the bank England as a nationalofOf
institution . . . . .167
ITT. the renewal the charter theOf of of
bank in the year 1800 . . .177
IV. the last renewal the charter theOf of of
bank in the year 1833 . . .188
V. the capital the bank . .195Of of
VI. the issue papers-money by theOf of
bank England . . . .202of
VIT. the profits the bank . . 217Of of