The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-10

the John Bull newspaper, among otner eieser
,h;ng.. in the sI.ifs and Remains'' Of the great
wit. immediately electromagnetic World.
Sm-We hear great deal Of the licen-
,iousness of the press, and am not disposed
to say that there may not be some good
grounds for the complaint; but beg to
assert that, TO my own knowledge. much is
charged to the account Of the licentious-
ness. which is, in truth, only attributable
10 the errors Of the press; and have had
the modification to see articles oil the most
innocent information, from my own pen,
conveyed to the public with all the color
of libels, by the mere mistake oil single
letter.
For instance; | had occasion to report
that a certain noble lord was confined 10
his house with a violent cold next morn
ling, found thatthis innocuous piece OF in
llelligence was metamorphosed into direct
inroad ON the peace of noble family. by
Representing his lordship as being confined
with violent scold.' In the same way, on
1.-The occasion OF a recent entertainment
given by noole leader Of fashion, had
said, very truly, that, amidst the festivities,
the first point OF attraction and admiration
were her ladyshlP's looks; this deserved
compliment was changed by the printer
into satire on the whole company, as il
the chief point OF attraction had been her
lady ships cooks In description OF the
regatta at Cowes, was made to represent
a lady Of fashion as having formed hasty
and ill-assorted match with boy when,
in fact, had only said that the Lady Louisa
had, indeed, broken sdrift, but had, luckily
before any mischief was done, been made
fast to buoy.
| When reported that Lord A. had en-
tertained Colonel B., Major C., the Hon.
MIR. D., and a few other fashionable
T friends at dinner | little expected to find
these gentlemen represented as company
OF fashionable fends.' At the particular
request OF an eminent coschmaker, | men,
toned that a noble person, we'll known for
} his good taste in equipPages, and who hap
pens to have large and fine family, had
launched "a new green cab but Judge Of
, my horror at seeing it stated, that his lord
ship had, this season, brought out another
green cub And / have lately had the
misfortune OF being the involuntary cause
Of what is called hoax upon the public:
having announced that Lord x. had made
bet that he would strot a mile on the
: Harrow road in three minutes, an immense
J crowd assembled. and was ready to proceed
, to outrage because his lordship did not rroI
. Ia mule, as the printers error had led tEem
: 10 expect,
NOf a more serious kind are the injuries
Idoae to private individuals, which no one
ldeS lores- Fna5fe' tiIan 4. the innocent cause d
shem. Twas once employed to recommend
ito public attention the astonishing talent:
> and performances OF that musical wonder
!, The Infant Lyra.' did my best; but the
: printer gave the whole most unhappy end
J. malicious appearance by making me, BY
d the uanspositon Of letter, attribute all
e these Prodigies to the Infant Lyar.' On a
/. ate occasion. one OF the papers talked Of
J. the general satisfaction given by the royal
> lump This looked like brutal allusion
d to the temporary illness OF an illustrious
d duke. The truth was. Mr.. Editor, that
o myself Penned that paragraph for an in
o genious artist in Bond street. in order to
y Recommend an improved kind OF argand,
II which he denominsted the Royal Lamp;
] and Inever can sufficiently regret the inius-
: tee done 10 the gallant General Saldanhs,
b who in account OF his conduct ar Oporio,
o which / drew up under bis own eye, was
g stated to have behaved like hero;' but
9 when it came to be printed, il unhappily
: appeared as if the General had behaved
y like hare
e When | wrote OF the Horticultural fete,
{ it was altered into The Horticultural fate, ;
1 as if there was a destiny affecting all the
, entertainments Of that society. When the
: late Mr.. Canning offered Lord F. the Office
e Of Secretary Of State, the public were led.
by mere transposition Of the letters, to
n believe that a new Office was to be insti-
+ tuted under the title Of Secretary OF Taste;
D and what gave the more effect to this mis-
take was the noble lords admitted fitness
for the latter office. | once ventuIed TO
5 bear my humble testimony to the assiduous
/! attendance Of certain reverend dean on
5 the Minister, but had the modification 10
. lind myself insinuating blame against the
worthy divine, for his assiduous attendapce
on the Minister; and what was still worse.
having to communicate the deserved eleya-
ton Of Doctor Jebb' TO an Irish mitre. 4
was made to announce that Doctor Jobb'
was to be the new Irish bishop. remember
reporting the case Of a poor French LADY.
who appeared at Bow street with her pug.
Idog in her arms but the printer most IN.
Igallantly stated the fair stranger to have
appeared with pig in her arms and on
the next day Of her attendance, a vast
crowd had assembled to look at this extra
ordinary pet, and the poor French woman
narrowly escaped being pelted for disap.
pointing their expectations. In something
the same way, respectable tradesman in
Oxford street, has had his shop windows
broken, to the loss of near ten pounds. be.
cause. having invited the public to inspect
his extensive assortment Of fine manufac.
ture called limos the printer chose .to IN
vlte the public to inspect large assortment
Of the finest lions
am, sir, warm friend Of his Malesty's |
Government. (for the time being,) and can |
not but deeply feel that even my political |
views are sometimes distorted. Amongst the
benefits to be expected from recent mea.
sures in Ireland, had enumerated the in
crease OF illage;' this was changed into