The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-12 00:00:00

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diversified to suit seasons and ciremustattem in g,,e,z
into a house where ore evening paper (tele has usually hers
taken in, may sometimes heseen the Traveller aswellas the
customary paper. " Why, Landlord, do you take tee
Evening Papers now," No, Sir, the Traveller has bees
sent gratis on trial, and we have bite's had some extra
pany who are always praising it." In another place *pie
the Landlord will say, • I used to take such a paper, I was
pestered to change it for tile Traretler, and I had fora shaft
thee some additional customers. but these, soon left ree,eag
the old paper has been called for again.' Several perms
appear, in one way or other, to be occupied in this hope,'
undertaking. If at any place the Traveller by chance hes
superseded the received i.aper, two or three strangers sue
been observed to linger abont, as if on the watch, in ess,
of reprisals—they take their bread aid cheese and pease
in the house, and when all may have been deemed safe they
have disappeared, as if to occupy fresh quarters. No,
what can Landlords think of all this? what do they go
What did one high-spirited Landlord declare when he db.
covered how matters wiee managed I " be d—d
lend a hand to suck conduct ;" nor will any man we me
convinced lend a hand to it when be is apprised of it. en
the ingenuity employed is astonishing. No point is left m.
guarded, no post unattempted (3). It is sometimes me
alleged against the STATEQMAN, that the information it
contains is principally copied from the 7'isses. aus
palpable falsehood must be obvious to ail who reed the
two papers. It needs no refutation (4). Such is
part of the wretched system of delusion that has bees
adopted to force the Traveller on the public. The failure
of it renders the attempt not the less degrading or the ne-
cessity for exposing it less imperious. We have in-
deed beets amazed to learn that the conduct we blue de-
tailed has been endeavoured to be justified. By alma?
By Lieutenant-Colonel Torrene himself. Our reasuninessse
not formed on conjectures. or on facts only half ascended.
The proofs can he substantiated by Newsvenders, by Pub-
licans, by strangers, and by the avowal of Lindeman-
Colonel Torrens. However sceptical we might othenrise
have been, however much we might have hesitated to thiak
that such meanness could be practised or recognised by sa
honourable man, the acknowledgments of the Lindens,-
Colonel completely removed all doubt. A gentlemes eon-
neeted with our establishment had an opportunity of apes-
tulating with him on the illiberality of his centime How
did the Lieutenent-Colonel meet these remonstrates?
Why, truly, with • very had grace. Ile first sienied anytime
ledge of the matter beyond Mister Gardaer's goingabentte
different houses; so, that like the clerk of Sir Abralmin Bradley
King, who put .f5OOO into Sir Abraham's pocket whited
his knowing it, a host of men, in all parts of the tow', were
endeavouring to push the Lieutenant-Colonel's paper is-
known to him ; they were doing him " good by steal*"
and no doubt would " blush to find it fame." This, how-
ever, was too barefaced, "this cock would not fight," he
boldly then went upon a fresh tack ; he faced bis enemy; he
broadly admitted that men did go about in the way abet&
mentioned; he justified the plan. " The True Briton," hi
understood, had first set the example. It was only
tradesman like; it was done in every business." Thiene
tainly was a novel doctrine to us. We had yet to levied
it was fair and honourable on the part of a Proprietor d a
Newspaper's" send out ernissartes for the purpose of eroding
a false impression in the minds of the public, w'b Meta
to the conduct and politics of his cotemporaries : is ter,
to decry all newspapers but his own. If a Pastillas were
to go round to every boase in his neighbouthood, sued fishes
the Inhabitants that the Landlord they were in the held et
dealing with, sold deleterious porter and poisonous gikuri
that he alone sold good-articles ; or if any tradesmen were
to go about the-town, and inform the public, without fees
dation, that any other in the same business sold inferlargssei
or used false weights or measures, we know veryweil vitt
the public would say to this. We require to be told of the
difference in the two cases ; for our own parts we onside
them precisely similar. To what extent precisely the r•
sons going about as described may receive itairialial
from their employer, or how much may be the works of m
pererogation on their parts wit shall not presume to my.-
We can only repeat, without " setting down eight h
malice," that the Lieutenant-Colonel openly and storel
recognised the system as alleged above.
Lieutenant-Colonel Torrens; as his title imports, tads
high in the Army, or rather, we believe, in the Moises:
this we would impress on the minds of cur readers. Bob
a member of that class of individuals to whom as'
ance of the punctilios of honour in the strictest seele.
essential. The slightest aberration is invariably WM.&
and the man who prefers interest to a good name IS WI?
avoided. But we here behold a man sanctioaing 144
which the commonest and poorest printer would have WI
ashamed of. We have seen persons rise from the hefindert
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sphere of life and become Proprietors of NewspePas• be/
these never had reeouse to a petty fogging chicanery ter
ecucrpeeraimteetnntpointenriyi c
its irculation
ifoonr twhaeisrrpea
sepreiresd.
f'oNfo
a! while:
nant-Colonel in the Royal Marines of his Majesty Gdfl°
the I Vth. This is indeed a new era in the history of %ewe
papers. Proprietors and Editors have commonly bee'elostt"
mated as men of softie consideration and Importance.
what will the Public think of their guides,
they have been taught to look up, Is
hlications tie
those guides, instead of rendering their pe
time mei
receptacle of useful information, employ their .0.
ties' feeling, and a direction to political sentiment, dee
their minds on schemes for injuring their Mewl* :they
Now had the Bridge-street Gang done 01l to
cone from Coffee-shop to Coffee-house—lmre Lr'irs;iiei
Publican—had they said turn out that Tweet_
eb Tule in it
Paper. that Jacobin tivexesuase, take then - sad dy
givinogf aitictosneett7rbilille
you'll have the manna and quails. In it Y "' zeal fof
panacea for all disorders ; zeal, for their crew,
their employers, might have bees pleaded le..174:800„
them ; but from (3) " The Friends of Liberty, svc

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(3 ) Newstenders have even been requested be row
working for The Trareller. to substitute The Trarel'er for
oilier papers when they are ordered. It is bet 13st...et:to lo
that useful and respectable body of men. to 'obvtfr• I:gi
most of them. if not all. possess too much Integrity sua 13.
dependence of mind to accept a bribe for such a dirty]b-
(4)) It has been our chief boast. that Tea STM TESNIA% Ci4l
twins more diversity of matter, and more 0 rigiusi int"l3ce.
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in a general way, than any. either morning ot obi:. Mi.:,
It was at onetime represented th Trarellerluvirr r e
communications from Itrand cnbuat rgTheh-hocsr. Nor WIT'
must recollect that all articles of impartanec relative to tle
.late unfortunate Queen. necessary to be laid before fen ptur
t!e, were incarinftly sent in the first lastanee• and rv'
turfy too, to The Times. If by pry chance
Aillfrilesi
Wood favoured The Traretier with sof piece of newsna
minor consequence. the saute news ecnononly reseile.l.
it
Oleo through suumehaneel or other. Hnt we never road; re
fuss about it by Itsnibug band-bills. placird4. O. .
newer lade a peradeof our I.; ,cond, 1.1 li:lons &riot( 11%1_,.1°.
portant investigeffeu. thottgh we alwayi rice in &On n.R.'
ha" Report. *Mk la other evening papers there GO ar.
peanut-au Mistretta. Thus in depreciating Ina tkr-vril'‘t.
recourse is had to taleettped. In pointinc oat 3w oil' 40'
The Traveller. nothing ran be sheen in wlaleir we 110 ,
excel it. And as to thee* lticg ! front The Vistee..it Ohl':
be absurd in ea to awn th It one half of rke TIP" lei
been indlaeriminstely tranaferrod to The- Dweller,
the truth can easily be ascertained by the *oleos.

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