The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-14 00:00:00

TORY PAPERS.

For the last Half-year. Increase. Decrease.
Times 200,502
Herald
Post
Public Ledger
Standard, &c.
Albion

151,132 343,497
Deduct Increase

Total Decrease 192,365
REFORMING PAPERS.
Increase. Decrease,
Chronicle

Advertiser
Globe 21,000
Sun
Courier
True Sun

778,450 87,000
Deduct Decrease . 87,000

Total Increase

So that the readers of Tory papers have, since the
Ist of January, diminished by 192,365, and those of
Reforming papers increased 691,450 ; making a total
of gain on the Tories by the Reformers of no less than
883,815. The Chronicle has trebled its circulation.
The Times and Herald have each lost about an
eighth. Indeed the fall of the Times has been such,
that if it goes on exhibiting the same powers of sink-
ing much longer, no one need much care what side it
takes. Within six months it has fallen one-eighth ;
since the end of June, 1834, which takes in the pe-
riod of its apostacy and all its consequences,. its half-
yearlt• circulation has decreased by 352,000, that is
-one=tiftti ; since 'June, 1833, it has fallen stile more
and if we go hack to the Returns laid before the
House of Commons, in August, 1833, we shall find
that its present circulation is less, by more than
one-fourth, than it then was.

There is another circumstance, which we forgot to
mention in its proper place, as indicative of the insuf-
ficiency of the statement in the Standard as a test of the
comparative circulation of the daily papers ; and thit
that many papers not daily are mixed up with them.
Of this the advantage in the comparison lies entirely
with the Conservatives. The every-other-day papers
connected with the Times, the Herald, and the
Standard, must take a very large proportion of their
stamps. They are the oldest papers of the kind. The
Standard has in addition two old weekly papers in
connection with it. The only every-other-day paper
in the other catalogue is the recently-established Even-
ing Chronicle ; and the only weekly one the Weekly
True Sun, a new paper or small circulation. If,
therefore, we want to apply the test drawn from the
circulation of different London papers as accurately as
it can be used, we cannot do this without taking into
account the weekly papers also. Indeed, we can See
no reason why they should not go for quite as much
as the others. Taking the result of a comparison of
these, and combining it with the result deiblted by
the correspondent of the Standard from, the compari-
son of the numbers of the daily papers, we think we
may infer that the Tories have not after all so very
much reason to bodst.

WEEKLY PAPERS.
Tory. Reforming.
Age
Atlas
Bell's Weekly Messenger 308,500
Bell's New Weekly ditto
Christian Advocate
County Chron. and Co. -Herald 65,000
Cobbett's Weekly Register ... 28,250
English Gentleman ...(deP::") 7,000
Examiner
91,300
-
John Bull - 128,000
News
38,750
Observ-,r, &c.
452,125
01.':. England, &c
Patriot
Record .... ............. ....
Sunday Times
Sunday Herald
Spectator
Satirist
Watchman (Methodist) 7QOOO
Weekly Dispatch
New Weekly Dispatch (dead) 16,000

Total 1,023,500 2,212,300
Giving a majority to the Reforming weekly papers of
1,188,800. The Tory majority on the daily papers
was 1,074,752. So that the result on the whole
number of London, papers gives a majority of
114,048 on the half-yearly circulation to the Re-
forming side. But for the defalcation of the Times it
would have been nearly two millions!

We are happy to find that some of the most influ•
ential landholders in Ireland are about to co-operate
with the Government in the establishment of such
public works as will improve the commerce, increase
the profitable labour, and correct the social evils of
that much-neglected portion of the British empire.
To us who have never lost an opportunity of exposing
and reprobating the abuses which impoverish and de-
moralize Ireland—abuses which have been fostered by
all previous Administrations to serve the encis of
bigotry apd intolgrance there, and to secure the ini'lu-
ence of the Crown in this country—it is extremely gra-
tifying to see men of all parties in politics, and; all
sects in religion, become so. alive to the imp'jrtance
of the dangers which threaten their common rountry
from a want of union among them, as to feel it their