The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-24

and paragraphs, scattered in different parts Of the
paper, are also penny line work, and are conhded
! to the inspection and management of the Rev. Il.
Richardson, now of the editors and old relic
from the time of Barnes. The law reports arc how
ever, generally sent in by members of the bar, who
| have regular engagement on the paper. Sergeant
Talfourd was formerly OF these and had the bad
taste 10 forget his former position, and proposed
some two years since the exclusion from the bar
mess table on circuit, OF any member of il who
! framed the reports. He, however, failed in doing
| so, and was severely animadverted upon in the
| Times for the attempt
The Criticism of Music and the Arts is under the
management of two gentlemen. Mr. Oxenford,
distant relation of the deceased Mr.. Alsager, and
who formerly assisted him in the city articles con-
ducts Its theatrical portion. He is essentially the
abiest theatrical critic now writing upon the Lon
don press and is well known in the literar worldly
OF London by his own clever arces and TRANSACTIONS
from the German Lyric Poets. Mr.. Dawson
views the music, and has done more than any gen.
tleman connected with criticism to produce a
more distinct and accurate style in it's exhibition
on musical matters, although the great length of
some OF his articles renders them more suitable 10
the columns OF any other morning paper than those
OF the Times. The Fine Arts are also under Mr..
OXeniord's care, but their reviews not mar kcd
with any thing approaching great judgment. In
deed this portion Of the paper is very evidently
upon which the editorial management places the
lowest value and it is owing to the ability and
OF the gentleman 10 whose charge ii is committed
alone, that it is not totally unworthy of the charac
ter of first-class journal.
Most of the individuals employed in the report
ers' gallery have what is called seasonal engage
ment. Some few of their old hands, however,
main upon the journal all the year round. The
salaries here vary from four TO six guincas week,
and are higher than those paid by the mana cement
OF any other of the daily Journals The gallery of
course, embraces men of all parties and of all views;
but, after year so the taste for politics gradu
ally wears itself out, and partisanship becomes
lmpossibility with who has been 80 thorough
ly drilled into the hack work ofreporting all shades
d
In speaking of this portion of the establishment
we should also mention the summary of the pre-
vious nights debates, which generally precedes
the leaders, and the excellence of which has been
for some years Of the principal features of the
Times The late Mr.. Horace Twiss was the gentle.
man by whom these had recently been done. He
was the father, in law OF the editor, MIR, Deainc,
and was well known in the literary world of Lon
don as the biographer of Lord Eldon, and clever
and polished writer.
In spite of the of consistent principle which
has marked the political portion of the Times, it is
the journal which possesses more distinct and tan
gible political influence than any portion of the
English press. Nor is it very likely that shall
in the present day the decline of that influence
1t possesses the heart of the working classes and is
distinctly their organ every subject which is of
sufficient importance TO their welfare to require the
assistance of the working Journalistic assistance
given but too often, grieve to say, to those
only who are both able and willing to pay for it.
The City Article, also, is managed with energy
and honesty which makes il of the highest value
the merchant, and we believe that it was the con-
sequence of certain disclosures which had taken
place with regard 10 its previous management,
which were the causes of Mr.. Alsager's melancholy
suicide and the retirement from the paper of the
elder Mr. Delaine. This, however, can only be re-
garded as conjecture, and must not be understood
| as implying that these gentlemen in any way tam
pered with IL TO insure personal advantage. The
number Of the lawsuits which the Times had at
one period of its existence TO sustain the score
of the truths uttered in this portion of the editor
a f.Ht fha nnfn afy of
which may be taken as direct evidence Of the
able and incorporating spirit by which it has
been ever guided.
II is but too certain that this journal feels very
distinctly, III the tone and character of its leading
articles, the loss of those who first made the
political engine which it is. Mr.. Barnes,
Capt. Sterling, and the late Mr.. Walter, are men
whose loss Is replaced with great difficulty.
At the present day it possesses writer whose pen
exhibits the IRE and untiring energy of the late
editors, the quiet ability powerful reasoning,
and essentially reading capabilities displaced by
the articles of the second named gentleman in adj
dion 10 this, it needs the careful superntendence
and habits of compression which were as distinct
lively the mark of Mr.. Barnes's intellect, as they
were OF old Mr.. Walter himself. The present Mr..
Walter writes not unirequently, and with in
considerable share of ability, but incontestably
without the vigor required by telling journalist;
and since MIR. Gilbert A'Beckett has retired from
the journal we know OF no gentleman engaged
upon il possessed of sufficient or Of such original
talent as might render him worthy of direct com
parison with his predecessors. The time may pos
| siby come around again.-yet we should doubt this
| IL was fortunate conjunction Of circumstancs
] which threw IN the way Of Mr.. Walter
eminently fitted TO work out his wishes as were
these two gentlemen. Mr. Alsager and Mr.. De
| iaine are the most indefaugable men Of business
We have ever met with. chance Of this sort rare
ly occurs twice. Ii may be doubted, therefore,
whether the Times has not seen the period Of its
widest and most extended prosperity, and it lies
more in the hands Of the present proprietor 10
and continue rather than 10 extend ia infiu.
enee, on the social and commercial policy Of Great
Britain