THE First Volume of the COMPANION TO THE NEWSPAPER has been closed earlier than was originally arranged. The Annual Retrospect and Chronicle of Events which are now published, naturally determined the completion of the present Volume; and the arrangement allows a change in the plan of the Work, the expediency of which has been established by a sufficient experience. It is, for the future, intended to discontinue the publication of Supplements, which have been found inconvenient; and to enlarge the size of the Monthly Publication. The "Companion to the Newspaper" will, therefore, consist of 24 pages instead of 16; and the additional space thus gained will, for the most part, be devoted to a "JOURNAL OF FACTS," which will not only keep the most important political events more completely before the reader, and form a tolerably full record of the progress of Statistics and Public Economy, but be a Register also of such other circumstances as may appear to demand a place in a work calculated for future reference, as well as present information. The enlarged Number will be charged 4d. instead of 2d.; so that the annual cost will be 4s. for 288 pages. This advance of price, beyond the advance arising out of the increase of size, is rendered necessary by these circumstances. The expense of conducting this work has been greater than originally estimated, and the sale, though large, reaching to 20,000, is not a remunerating sale at the original price. The nature of the subjects treated on, interesting and important as they are, preclude the expectation that the work would attain the extensive circulation of others of a more miscellaneous nature issued by the same Publisher. To have lessened the literary expenses, would have been to produce a Journal of inferior quality. The small advance of price, founded upon the experiment which has been made, is the just and natural course; and one which will not be objected to by those who perceive that every literary undertaking must stand or fall, in proportion as the public demand makes a return for the capital and labour employed in its production. If the demand had been doubled, the price would have remained the same. The present demand, with the increased price, will enable the work to be continued without any sacrifice of the character which it has attained, and with new and strenuous attempts at higher excellence.