Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-31

to be auct cXcuutuIc ior .o:Ioi report
in.-ior assistance to the comprehensive foreign
newspapers and private correspondence, and various
itc,S which 1t Is unnecessary 10 cninerate, we have
a weekly expense OF nearly 1901"
The duties ofsub-edtor on morning paper com |
ncnce about the middle of the day; at this is, he
arran9es for the printer the original communications
which have been laid before his superior and VIII ch
have obtained his appreciation, aud rcvises any report
which may - that time have been for insertion
lie then makes lis selections from the provincial
pers which sent to the office and when the eve
ming newspapers are published extracts from them
also, and arranges his extracts for pubication-oc-
casionuiy writing original paragraph some SUB
cct of interest From that tnRc until the paper Is
sent press, which may be at one two, tour o.
clock in the morning. he is occupied i'll overlooking
tie different reports and Communications as they ar
rive, and in selecting from them such he thinks
worthy Of !nssriioa.* The editors duty begins
strictly Speaking, With the publication Of the evening
newspapers He has to read their leading articles
and TO rc!ute support their arguments. He re-
mains at his post until late hnur prepared to write
comments on the foreign papers. they arrive, Ga
duty in which heis generally assisted by his sub
cdiorl and to direct iii leading article, attention
20 a'y topic Of interest before the public During
the sitting of Parliament he is compelled frequently
TO remain 1T the office until two or three O'Clock in
tho mornings and such is the energy with which the
pubic press IN the metropolis - drcctc thai 1t Is not
rare to leading article OF nearly column, writ
ten 1T two O'Clock in the morning some subject
which had been discussed an hour two previously
in the House Of Commons"
The most extraordinary part IF paper, the
porting, remains 30 be noticed 1t has been stated
tut the regular reporting establishment varies in
number frcn ten TO tourtccn most of the persons
engaged are gentlemen of eiuCation and frequently
law students who make this profession easy mode
of qualifying themselves for of more fame, and
semetr ines Of more profit During the Parliament,
the sittings of which commence at four o'clock in the
afternoon, the reporters of tile leading papers attend
by turns, succeeding the other ,accordng to- pre-
vous arrangement. each remaining i'll the House for
half three quarters of an hour; aud the reporters
upon minor papers much longer. Ii tho DEBATE is
iiut heavy, the reporter IN the House of Commons,
when relieved enters small at the end OF the
lobby, which has been appropriated exclusively
parcrs aud there arrLnges lis notes (wnic! sci
dom taken III short hand as except i'll particular
ses, short hand reporting, from the imppssibility Of
hnding room IL n newspaper for all that member
says. rather I'M urous than useful ofthe speech!
es delivered during his turn. He then proceeds ut
once to the Office uf the newspaper i'll which he
engaged and the editor attention is directed by him
To any thing of commanding interest that has trans-
pred HIS slips, as they written, are given by
the printer to the compositors, whose numbers dt,-
ring the sitting oi Parliament Is generally increased;
and reporter follows another il is not unusual
for debate, which has terminated only at twelve
O'Clock at night, TO be set up in type and ready for
pri ing by two o'clock i'll the morning; the nights
of prolonged debate, when the houses sit late, some
Of the reporters may be compelled to 20 back and
take what IS called double turn. This, however, on
newspapers which have full corps Of reporters does
tgue to the reporters is not excessive, but there
periods when 1t be- ONES oppressive and injurious to
health. So active and able of the repor-
tiers, that is all unreq ucnt thing for one
reporter to supply from the notes Of three quarters
OF an hour, to The aper upon which he is engaged,
from two TO three columns OF closely printed matter,
the extent of labour being Of Course accommodated
TO his view OF the Importance interest Of tine
SUBJECT. Some persons have been known 10 supply
more than column, and that financial ques-
ons; in tiiich figures formed the bulk, entire from
the exercise of memory notes having been taken;
but these rare instances
when the copy, for so al the articles from which
the ccnpositors set their types called, is finished
the matter which is the collection OF types so set is
placed in long brass ga!lies from which it is taken by
the printer, who ties it up in different columns and
discharges it gently upon large stonc until ali the
columns of the paper are brought together, when
chase or form, which is an iron Frame is fitted
them, and they are fastened in with wooden weio-
es 1t is then taken to the press. rather machine
for few presses now used, aud the process ofprin
ting commences"
In Obtaining Intelligence by express sorlo of .he
evening newspapers have within tie last two or three
years showu almost incredible exerton. The Cour-
Ter and Sun have sometimes contained the speech Of
the kIEg OF France, at the opening OF the Chamber
twen'y-siX Or twenty seven hours after it had been
obtained by their agents in Paris. During the last
INVASION OF Spain by The French, the Globe regular
ly employed uouricrs from Paris many of Inch ar
rived within the twenty tour hours: and the same in
dustry was manifested IN getting up communications
from Liverpool, at time when tile affairs of SonLh
America possessed interest for the English public
curious circumstance, Illustrative Of The raDiltv
with which intelligence is circulated through the
country by means Of the evening newspapers occur
red about four years ago. vessel arrived off Iv-
erpoo!, with papers containing the account of de-
csive battle between the Hoya$ts and the Patriots
IN South America As this vessel was sig
nalad boat sent Ga; by the agent, and the pa
peTs wore landed and sent BY express TO London,
where they arrived at half past one o'clock on the
following day. When the person TO whom they had
been Forwarded in The c'y mad made his own use of
The contents in the money market, they were given
By way OF favour to the correspondent of evening
paper tthc Globe we believe and at half past three
o'clock the owner of them had copy Of the paper in
the city containing translation from he papers Which
lie had supplied In less than quarter of ain hour
The person who had brought them from Liverpool to
London, W0s cent back To Liverpool with COPY of