The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-06 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1848.

the Manchester Timms, whilst another party, a shadonsore
ultra in politics, started the Achsertiser. The whole camber
of papers given forth to the Manchester public by its
united press up to that time did not nosed probably 8,000
or 9,000 copies per week. This division of the liberal press
was an unfortunate blow to that interest in Manchester, sad
though the Times soon put the Onset& oat of the field, the
Arlserrien continued a more or less powerful rival, and re-
mained to divide the liberal party, and to give the powerful
Guardian singular opportunities of thwarting the efforts
of both when an union (they never dreamt of) might
have turned the scan. This will be ssea as • reference to
the parliannatary returns at the period of reducing the
Oboe duty from Q. to Id., when the circulation of the
Gnorelion was shout 5,000, that of the Times sad Adeerrieer
car between 3,000 and 4,000, that of the Courier (though
It bee nese attained a much more respectable position) 1,900,
MI the Chronicle 900. Five or six years later the tory
=es extremes often meet) was absorbed by the
Adrirtimr. In the meantime the Gemsridiess,
'blob Ind eennomod, when the stamp duty was reduced,
M end forth two pahUcations a week, had cut
awed he power. This power its conductors tto
beer with considerable effect at times in aid of the
agitellion,but giving offenos by their occasiooal trinsieg owl
nwertion of the movement, the Manchester SIMNAISW
beeseght into the held, now nearly three years op, opi the
mon equally to cope with such a rival, was published twist
• week. Though not started by the League, it advocated
tree-trade principles. The first result of the opposition was
the divontiniiance of the Advertiser, which a few months
since merged in the Manchester Times, a paper sissy@
standing high in public favour on account of its consistency
as well as popular prineiplut ; and the neat result beg been
that the proprietors of the Tastes and Examiner, seeing they
had now the whole liberal field to themselves, and that con-
tending as they were elision exactly for the same comeser-
cid and political policy, they should be adding strength
not only es to them but their cause, have, by en enrolee-
lion, adopted not only what appears to he a wise and Jodie
cious course for themselves, but have net an example which
the liberal party, beyond the mere precincts of the pins,
might edvaatag. only follow. The Manchester Time states
its circulation to be 8,500 copies per publication, and the
Saturday's number of the Examiner being stated at 5,400,
the junction will probably give the liberals of that district an
organ possessing a power wielded by no other jour-
nal out of the metropolis. The Morning
Mende!
has made the extraordinary blunder
oortoorointing
to this result of successful enterprise and policy
as a symptom of weakness instead strength ;
and infers (rem it the decline of league principles in Man-
chester. We have the ISOUTZUCO on the contrary, that the
amalgamation was • policy adopted at the suggestion of
friends out of doors, and was counselled by both free-traders
and other liberals, whose strength was never motor than at
this moment, and amongst whose ranks greater harmony
never prevaili d. We aso learn that the editorial talent—
which our morning contemporary affects to regret should
have been thrown away, after working the Manchester Times
no to such • high position—will only have a wider field for
its display in leading and giving a tone to the policy of the
united journals. The total circulation of the three Man-
chester papers now giving forth six publicatiors per week,
will not average less, probably, than fob. m 30,000 to 35,000
copies, and of these the tories have only one avowed organ,
which, wending to its own last published returns, may be
mid (without speaking invidiously or disrespectfully of it as
the exponents of the principles of its party) to occupy a
position of far len popularity than either of its content-