The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-02

women II you contradict them. that
hhlonc is exercise aud health, the best me
| dicine IN the world for all wom.n---but II
! you constantly give them their omn way,
they viii lnnguish aud pine, ar become
gross and ielhargc for want OF exercise"
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REVIEW.
The Periodical Press of Great Britain aud
Ireland or. an inquiry into III. State of
the Public Journals.
A writer could hardly hit upon n more
popular suhlee, than III. Periodical PTcss
affords aud ,he present little volume
seems To treat IL imparially. We do not
mem To say that we can agree IN all I'll.
views taken, or acqumsce in all III. con
illusions drawn bu, the author seems 10 rs
not 10 be- undoly prciudIcrd IN favor of one
party ur another, aud Ia state the various
p"'n,a winch hns occurred Ia him iaitly
aud consistently With his WV "p,n,ans.---
He also appears 10 be- ultimate with the
interior details of the printing Office, the
mode uf preparing newspapers, aud other
matters with which the general public has
Il very slight acquaintance. Ills book is
consequently well worth notice and since
he has started the them. without -shnusl-
ing il, We dare say that his Essay will
lead To other and more particular develop.
ments.
There is one qnrs,lnntIpon the value Ola
free press, upon which we confess We are
surprised nj TIN reasoning of ths author
lie considers that powerful engine as the
friend to revolution. Now, surely " would
not only be far more just, but infinitely bet
a.. L. IL.
dom of HE press, To hook upon II not rs
the promoter, but the prr,enIer nj re,olu
tluns. The history Of the world shows
hundreds olthe most viulent and bloody
revolutions III nations, produced without
the lutcN ention of the press and on
the other hand, almost the "nly cx-
amplrs of thaw m,ld, gradual, aud 81
lntary changes Nlirh have been effected
for the good of mankind, have BEEN the
results of Tint potent instrument Fac
lions may oyrrturn states, or military ~
b,.llinns drsolal. them with anarchy hut
il is The pfondest boast of the lOHuenc.
which by di1osing kuowhdg. obtains near
y imprrrepllbie authorization 10, the hu
mau race thai IL - calculated Though OF
ten abnsed) 10 improve ibr condition Of
subjects, aud remedy the defects of gov
crumruts, without III" struggles aud convni
sious inscparablc from ignorance and dclu
SION.
but Il Is mol our Intention IL 90 INTO any
of the wide fields for doubt, for speculation,
for contradiction, aud for approval which
this volume OPUS 10 US ". shall rattle
follow our recognised plan, of exhibiting
the author, III preference to minimizing our
own npinnns,
"Thm Newspaper Press of London The
Justly says, Is a0rliall' by any similar ~
tabllshment III ihe world. In point ol lite
rary talent aud mechanical execution, it is
an honour ~ the British empire. TN"
Press Of the United States of America will
bear no comparison with it , aud the Par
sian one, 81 far from cqualline that "f Lon
don, is ol,by many drgrrcs, eqnal 10 the pro
,InciM Press of Ifrlanh.- In London thrrr
are from fly IN siSty different newspapers.
The number VARIES rs many start into "x
istrnrr, md run perhaps the career al but
II few weeks; but some of them have been
established for upwards Of century, 9th
rls from forty 10 City years, although III"
greater proportion have come into being
The first newspapcr TINT appeared IN
the vrcscht single sheet form IN England, was
rullrd " III. pnhic Intelllgrhter,' mud vas
published by sir Robert IIsiIhnre on the
3lst August, l. Il Bot there we're, long prI-
ar to this period publications. TINT suited the
same purpose, though printed III different
shape A. fnr bnck rs the reign oil Elizabeth,
~ l5ss, was published" The English Mere Il.
ry =" in the shrpe of pamphlet, the first NUN.
Der OF which i. still preserved IN the British
Museum 1bese sort Of pamphlets became
fashionable IN the latter part of El,2abelh's
T., ign hni they became more rare IN the reign
OF James l. During the iuierestlEs war of Gus
tasus Adolphus, king OF 9wu9en, they were
once mofe revived; for in l622 we Gnd
" The News Of the Present Week. by M
ihanicl Butler rhc Mcrcnrins Bliauui
cus, in 1926 "1.ie German mtelligencor'
ia 1890, aud " The swedish lntcligencer'
| IN 1911, which was COMPLIED by tie Learned
! William = ats of Cnrns College. These pei
odca's we're all sc,eraly produced 10 graft
iy TIC interest which was excited by the tor
htacs Of the intrepid Gus'a,us.
! The English rebellion of 1911 gave rise
TO many more of these tracts, which, during
! the time of the long Parliament, were primer
pail, filled with violent appeals 10 The people,
| ,uited To the violence aud the hypocrisy OF
the period, aud intended 10 1nsiliy the pro-
| Cerdings oil the lrei-Iniurc towards their con
| sti'uents the soldicry and the mnliIfnde Ma
| nv Of these traGt- bore the title OF " Dlurnhl
! Occurrences at Parliament" These, howe
yer were entirely suppressed by the establish
meni of The Public lntelligrncer, in 1901
In 1908 g. The London GHzcttt" commenced
| il was first published nj Oxford. aud called
| .'Thr Osford Gazette" The Orange Intel
igencrr" was the third newspaper, and the
| first after the revolution in 1913 In l6y6
there appear, 10 have been nine London pa
! pcrs published weekly, although the lasi-nen
| TONED seems Ia have been the only daily one
! IN Queen Anne's reign, in l7o1, their number
was increased Ia eighteen, but sill.there was
bat one daily paper, " The London Cournnt "
| IL the reign Of George I. the number was
| augmented Ia three daily, six weekly, aud ten
| three times week. III tho reign oi George
| II the numeer al copies Of newspapers pull