Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-04-14
NEWSPAPERS IN ENGLAND.
FROM ruE NEW YORK pALr ADVERTISER.

raoM ruE NEW YORK pAur ADVERTISER.
We lately rc-pubishcd. from an English paper. ON
Article showing the yielded annually by the da-A
~ on advertisements in England and the difference
between the price of advertising in that country and
IN this. In a London newspaper, advertisement I
making ten lines amounts five dollars and ninety
four cents for three Insertions. In New York pa
per, the price Is Only eighty seven cents.
As the above article has excedsome interest among
Printers, well rs others, we have thought that the
account Of the manner In which newspapers dis
ed in London would also possess some interest
When in London, three years ago, Of the propri
eters of the Daily Advertiser took somc nAoutcs
latng to this snhjcc but, having Smslaid them he
trusts TO memory for what follows.
Tie price of daily London newspaper is seven
pence sterling, which is about one shilling in New
York currency.
rhe papers are sold by agents. who are the only
pcrsuns known to the proprietors us their CUSTOMERS
This class of persons respectable men, and, in
tuany instances, possess considerable property They
have subagents, OF carriers, IN number proportion
ed to the extent of their business. II is this class
{the carriers) who make their appearance at the
ripus daily Offices at the hours of publication, and
the moment the papers are received from the press
pGrchase them at the counting house Of the Office,
paying ready money for the number they take, or,
III Instances. where the trcdit Of he agent is
uttloubtca, receiving n limited credit The papers
sold 10 these agents, Carriers az the original
liyicr of pence sterling papcr ~ the qrirc;
bnt to enable them to make living by their business
the Office counts TO them t1eniy-ssrtn sheets to
the tnro thus giving them three papers above the
nominal Nnmber, rs their profit for selling on the
qnire.
All these carriers have their ROUTES for each daily
as well rs semi weekly paper, marked ont, and be-
yond those limits they consider themselves having
no right pass, each coufiniug himself TO his own
district.
The ,nomtn, the Carriers ohiain their papers they
go of full speed. for the vhrions public places IN
THEIR respective dssicts, from whence the hundreds
Of public coaches, morning and evening, depart for
all parts of the kingdom. Here they bcset the pass
cpgers With Boy the Times, Sir" ,Huy the Chron-
iole, Sir" Buy the Sun, Sir BUY the World
Madam" ''Rny Life in London, Miss" &c. &c
III all KEYS, from the course dssOnant note ct the
. cd man, 10 tho firm voice OF the middle aged
and the treble tones Of youth. Others arc bcset-
thug tho strangers in other quarters, who are
abput 20 leave the metropolis by packets and
STEAMBOATS,. These carriers, by way of inducenlent
for PERSONS to purchase, often give brief summary
Of the most interesting contents Of their respec'i'
papers all claiming that their Jourraj contains
the most authentic accounts the very latcs,s news
the fullest partculars-no matter whether it be
battle in Turkey in which $4,000 men have been
slain most diabolicai conspiracy discovered in Cato
street in the West End. trial in Court Of Law
Other Carriers are trudging their round among
their customers, who pay for them on delivery If
they be we'll kno~n and well established, receive a
limited crrtTit.
The carriers ptIrthass greater n0nlbcr or nanrrs
thon they have customers for and tire sales
vary almost daily, it may be asked. In casa of poor
sole, what is to he done With the papers left GA their
hands, and as this is frequent occurrence, how are
they to be rGniunerated for their time, and from
whence artsn their profits? To shcw how tie car
rSr manag1s it, it will be here necessary TO into
some particulars. The carriers daily assemble at
their "Ha" which is public place ofrcsort similar
70 an Exchange for Merchants, bringing with them
such papers are lett upon their hands With M
ofanium Of the orders they may have to purchase
ors son,c one paper and some another, on account
IF IFS containing Interesting story in detail, or
prehaps, an advertisement in which their customers
have some interest. at an appointed time the ex-
change business begins; the carriers passing rapidly
by each other, crossing and recrossing, until the
whole assrmblage get in motion, With papers in
their hand, aud others uitb,'oenIuwnat in the fol
lying pianner: who has Times to SELF sVybo
mas Courier to sell" who has Sun self. VIII
sny body exchange a Morning Chronicle for the
Globe" Who'll exchange John Bull, for au Eng.
TRe Globe and TIayecp P S Som iU@ Fbe
Public Ledger The News 'The WatcbnsnY|
The AgeY &C. &c. Thus they run through the
catalogue Of daily, sumiweekly, and weekly papers.
IThe buyer and seller meet and exchange, and sen
upon the best terms they can make with each other
until their business is concluded, when they separate
each to his respective Offices 20 commence their route
for tie evening papers. II is not 'e an,rsinr 10
see this assembage, TO hear their Jokes end iiScs
their repartce, quaint phrasrs and plcbei1n wit; to
see the 0ddty ofphlz, dress, and disparity Of art,
apd to observe the tact with which they manare
their exchanges and sales, when In fun meetina
and motion.
Such variety Of sounds, aud calls, and names
with their hustle TO get through t. iH busineFs is
npt less novel tlan amusing. Notwithstanding The
daily selling Of papers more less prrcarious vci
lnse agents not unfrequently grow rich by their
business, and to show how they acquire their wealth
we must be permitted TO tell the story. For instance
tie paper is sold on Monday to Mr. Gnodfelow the
btoprieor Of the Goose and Gridron, in ~. Paul's
Church Yard, for seven pence; he wants il but day;
and on Tuesday NE sells It to tire carrier foF four
he carrier, BY contract, furnishes it to SC.
end or iir5 rave, oi;ae, 1t Tie price Of six pence;
buys i, apain on Wednesday, 49,. thee pcDce, and
furnishes it 60 small viciualling ho'p in.- INC
Gay for four pence-buys il again on Tborsday for
two pence, and sells IL Friday for three pence 90
some low place Gf entprtainment-on Saturday hel
gets 81 for penny lIalfpenuy and then dispatches 1,
10 the country at lfthe original price ofthe paper
where it is read by dozens aud paid for by the club
reckoning what Is sometimes called in New Yori
Tappan muster.
1t is in this way Tire carriers make mo.
ny, and IN this way only that thousands Of per
s9us in England get the reading ofneyepapcrs Inch