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Seven years have now elapsed since the publication of a Mon-
day Edition of " The Observer" commenced. The conductors of
this Journal, in hew coming forward to express their grAteful ac-
knowledgments for the distinguished patronage they have proms-
sively received during the whole of that period, and for the high
islice Which they have At length attained in the public estimation,
cannot but feel a proud con-ciousness that this success is not to
be ascribed to any sudden or capricious ebullition of popular Cu-
riosity, but to the manifest and intrinsic superiority which "The
:Monday Edition of The Observer" bias invariably maintained
pier every one oflts competitors. •
The pledge with which "TheMondayßdition of The Observer"
set out has baen fully redeemed: no pains--•nolabour—no expense
have been spared to ratify the public taste ; and with the full de-
termination of increasing rather than diminishing their zeal, the
condactOrs,with, they •rust, not an unbecoming confidence, claim
still further support.
It is impossible to speak of " The Monday Edition of The Ob-
server" without allotting to " The Sunday Observer," the parent
stock from which it sprung. This paper,which has been established
upwards of myears,aud the circulation of which,as has been incon-
trovertibly proved by the late Parliamtv Lary Stamp Returns,bas
outstripped,by some thousands, all its contemparies, is too univer-
sally known to require commendation,and we now only refer to it
for the purpose of stating that the same unprecedented exertions
—the same talent—the same unremitting activity, which placed
that paper in so estimable a point of view, and which has so fre-
quently excited the astonishment, as well as the admiration of
its readers, are devoted, with equal energy, to promote the uti-
lity and uphold the character of " The Monday Edition."
It Is but due to state, that the literary establishment of these
two Papers embraces the exclusive labours of seven Gentlemen,
independent of occasional assistants, whose duty it is assiduously
to watclPthe course of public events, and to pour the joint pro-
duce of their labours into their columns. To the obvious results
or such an arrangement is to be attributed the great superiority
which the two Editions of " The Observer," on every occasion, '
where public curiosity has been awakened, has displayed, and it
is to this circumstance the Conductors owe the honourable pre-
ference which their Journals have at all times experienced, when
oilsortunittes have been afforded of comparing their merits with
tlrose of any other Journal in the Metropolis.
'The Conductors of " The Observer" are aware, that by thus
proclaiming their own fame, they may be accused of unseemly
vanity. In this age of competition, however, when so many. at-
tempts are made to impose on society by fallacious statements,
and by promises never meant to be perforated, thdy think that
the old established servants of the Public should come boldly for-
ward—opt•nly and fairly state their pretensions, and, as the Con-
doctors of the Two Editions of " The Observer," now do, con-
fidently subin't those pretensions to the test of past experience.
The great object of the Conductors of " The Observer" has
been not only.to furnish to their Readers a superior account of
every transaction which has happened during the week, but toils.
tinguish its columns by novelty and exclusive information, which.
had altogether escaped the notice of the other Papers. In this
effort the means which they possess has enabled them to be sin-
gularly successful. Another and not less importatit object has
been, to pay such attention to the occurrences of the day imme-
diately preceding their publication, as to challenge comparison
with the most respectable of the Daily Press.
A few instances of the many in which " The Observer" *has
stood pre-emintntly conspicuous in this way will suffice to &hew
that the present appeal is grounded upon no idle or fictitious-
foundation. Many of these efforts must be still fresh in the re.
Collection of the Public; and that they have been appreciated
according to their merit, we may say the extraordinary sale of
" The Observer" affords ample proof.
In " The Observer" first appeared a full report of the Inquest
upon the body of the late Samuel Whitbread, Esq. which oc-
curred early in the week, but which escaped the notice of the
%thole of the rest of the London Press.

In " The Observer" appeared, on the day immediately suc-
ceeding the inquiry in the Sheriff's Court. the Trial of the Earl
of Roseberry v. Sir Henry Mildmay, for Crim. Con. to the ex-
tent of ten columns, a circumstance unprecedented in the His-
tory of Sunday Newspapers.
In " The Observer" also appeared, at subsequent periods, a
vast number of other important Trials which took place in the
same Court, and which were unnoticed by the other Papers till
" 'l'he Observer" was published. •
In " The Observer" first appeared the Trial of Lord Cochrane,
at Guildford, to the extent of seven columns, which Trial did not
finish till Saturday afternoon, and which was obtained by express.
In " The Observer" first appeared the Verdict in the Case of
Brandreth, who, with his associates, was tried for High Treason
at Derby. The verdict in this case was not returned until Satur-
day afternoon, and was received at the Observer Office, in Lon-
don, the same night, by the aid of fleet horses, placed on the
road for that purpose.
In " The Observer" first appeared the intelligence of the
Death of his late Majesty, who died at Windsor on Saturday
night—also obtained by a special express.
In " The Monday's Observer" first appeared the Speech of
the Attorney-General against Watson and others, when brought
to Trial at the Court of King's Bench fhr High Treason, to the
extent of five columns, on the very day on which the Trial com-
menced. The publication of the Trial was subsequently inter.
dicted till the Trial was concluded, and the subsequent Monday's
Observer was the first to announce Dr. Watson's acquittal. It
may be here added, that on several other occasions the Monday's
Observer was rendered conspicuous for giving voluminous re-
ports of all the Public Meetings in Spa-fields and elsewhere,
which repeatedly occurred on the day of publication.
In " The Obseiver" first. and for sonic time exclusively, ap-
peared the Trials of Thietlewood, Ings, Brent, and others, con-
victed of High Treason at the 014 Bailey, to the extent (a double
paper having teen published) of thirty columns.
In " The Ohserver," for the first time and exclusively, apse
geared a Se:ies of most important Trials in the Court of f.xche-
'quer, Of perms, against whom informations had been filed by
the Attorney-General, for vending Imitative Tea, Coffee, Pepper,
and other articles of common consumption, as well as against
Brewers fur mixing deleterious drugs with their beer.
In " The Observer," for the first time, appeared, exclusively,.
the lleport of the Committee of the 'rouse of Commons-on the•
State of the Agriculture of the Country, the Police Report, the
Intalvent Debtors' Report, and many others equally interesting.
The publication of the former had been suppressed till pnblished,
by " The Observer." •
In" The Observer" appeared the most copious account of the
Cato-street plot, collected by its own Reporters, and through the
medium of private channels. Plates representing the scene of
conspiracy were likewise published in " The Observer."
In " The Observer" appeared the must copious details of
'everything connected with the melancholy Deaths and Funerals
ruf her 7‘la.jesty Queen Charlotte, and her Royal Highness the
Princess Charlotte, with their respective Memoirs : with regard
to the latter, " The Observer" of every Sunday, for five weeks
'preceding H. 11. H.'s death, contained accounts of her health up
to eleven o'clock on each Saturday night preceding, obtained by
'expresses from Claremont, engaged fur that particular purpose.•
With" The Observer" originated the system of sending Re-
porters to all the Assizes in the Kingdom; and from this source
innumerable instances of important Trials appearing for the first
time, and exclusively in " The Observer, may be recorded.
:Many of these Trials were brought from great distances by ex-
press, and, at the time of publication, excited extraordinary
sensations in the public mind.
In " The Observer," for the first time, and exclusively, ap-
peared the proceedings of several Court-Martials, which bad
escaped the notice of other Journals, of which the Let, and not
the least interesting, was the Trial of Lieut.-Cohwacl Gore, at
Portman Barracks.
In " The Observer," exclusively, appeared the first authentic
announcement of the intention of her late Majesty, Queen Ca-
roline, to return from the Continent us this country, aecompae
nied witlt an accurate Memoir of her Majesty. This was fol-
lowed by many other' exclusive coninumications Of' the same