The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-23

don Times OF The lv& inst giye some eXtrdor
binary statistics relative To the London news
paper press. BY these returns it appears that
the circulation of that great journal, the Times,
exceeds by over four and half millions of CO.
pies, the aggregate circulation of all the other
London newspapers put together, both morning
and evening, including the Morning Advertiser,
the Daily Ne,os, Morning Herald, Morning
Chronicle, Morning Post Sun, Globe, Standar d
and Express The circulation Of the whole Of
these papers ia 1850 (tested by the number of
stamps issued at the stamp oiiice,) was not quite
sever and a half millions. while the number of
stamps paid for by the Times WAS precisely Ill,
100000, thus exhibiting the fact of the Times
possessing positive average circulation of over
$4,000 copies per diem. As the Times has no
fee list. and sell, only for cash, this result is
the more surprising 1t is understood the cir
cuation in 1852 is over 10000 copies a day.
By the returns alluded to, it appears that while
the Times has been gaining ground for the past
seven years, all other newspapers, both morning
and evening, have been rapidly sinking. In
l845 the Times circulated 8, 100000 papers, and
| all other journals upward of 9000,000,-- in
1850 the circulation of all the other papers had
fallen to under seven and half millions, while
that of the Times had risen to nearly 100000.
and is constantly augmentng II is in fact
conceded that most Of the London morning
newspapers are published at loss, while the
profits Of the Times are known to exceed $780,.
900 ayear The Times pays for stamp. adver-
tisement and excise duty, about 100000 a
year to the government The daily circulation
Of the London papers is now about as follows !:
Times 10000; Morning Advertiser 5000 !;
Daily News 5000; Morning Herald 5000 !;
Morning Chronicle 1900; Morning Posi- q
800. Most of these papers are falling off in
their circulation yearly, and the evening jour
nails are still in worse position.
The London Times of I'd inst, publishes
telegraphic despatch from Trieste, in anticpa.
ton of the overland East India mail. The
dates from Bombay are to the Sd of February
second Burmese war had commenced. The
new vi-eroy arrived at R,ngoon on the 4th of
January and refused to receive any Populations
from the English commander, forbade commu-
ncation between the shore and the vessels, in
suited the British flag, and erected batteries be-
low the own to prevent the departure of any of
the vessels lying there. A blockade Of the
lrrawaddy was at once proclaimed. On the 9th,
the viceloy wrote to the English commander to
allow the passage of the river or he would order
his batteries to open their fire. Two of the
English steamers were attacked by the batteries
in passing, upon which they replied to the fire,
destroyed the Notifications, and killed nearly
three hundred persons.
The London money market was increasingly
easy, and the bullion in the Bank of England
now exceeds nineteen millionssstering.
From, the London Times, March g.
II is our full conviction that Lord Derby and
his colleagues have no intention whatever of
exhibiting legislature on one side, and prin-
cple ON the other. Even if they had Il majority
in the new House Of Commons in favor of pre-
lection, we feel sure that they would not will
ingly NV Ill themselves of it, We must, how
ever, say that we are not without some alarm,
when we see many peoIl e doing all they can to
provoke n w pro;ectionist quarrel, and TO drive
the ministry into it in spite of themselves 1t
is too clear from the proceedings of the Man.
chester meeting yesterday, and from various
other symptoms, that there exists large party
who reyel with delight in the idea of another
collision between the agricultural and the manu-.
featuring interests and who will spare no pains
to bring it about. The very circular which has
summoned the leaguers to the reconstruction of
the league talk of "the mad and wicked attempt
TO re.impose tax upon corn" which is not yet
made or even threatened, and which has no
o.her existence than that the Manchester gen
tIemen seem determined that it shall be- 1t
is possible that they may succeed to the extent
of their wishes, in provoking many of the agri
culturists to demand protection, and pledge their
representatives TO the attempt; but, if they do,
it will be entirely their act, and for their own
purposes. For our part, as the new government
has come into power simply through the incom-
potency and internal divisions of the last, we see
no reason why it should take up the Manchester
challenge merely for the purpose of throwing
tha ron ntrv infO copfuainn
From the London Mus, March g.
The installation of Tory protectionist min
istry has done its work Whilst meeting Of
reformers was in progress yesterday in London,
the anti corn law league was being re constructed
in Manchester and that there might be no mis-
conception upon the matter, the manufacturers
present in Newells building, subscribed with
the same abundant liberality which marked
their former proceedings. Here is summary
received by electric telegraph, of the list OF
money put down to- e-organize the needful ari
taton for free trade:--
"Fourt en- firms, subscribed ta:h EI,NOO-
EI4,0OO.
Fourteen firms, each G5oO-E7,OO0.
Fifty other subscribers, ranging from E3OO
to flO.
Total, E27,50O, subscribed in 25 minutes, the
heeIiiS coIciuut'S Win tnree cneerS Tor The
Reconstruction of the league"
Twenty seven thousand five hundred pounds
as a beginning, is a tolerably ST. nifcant sign OF
the reality of the agitation which the advent of
the Tories to power has called into existence.
THE INDEPENDENCE OF SWITZERLAND THREAT
ENED.
From the London Times, March 9.
The suspicious we have already expressed as
to the policy which the governments of France
and Austria are disposed, and possibly prepared
t. pursue towards the Swiss confederation
under cover of demand for the expulsion of
certain political refugees, are core b,rated from
day to day by the information we receive from
the continent. There is great reason to appre-
bend that positive arrangement, and perhaps
a secret convention, has been concluded be.
tween the two powers, on the terms proposed
by Austria to France in the month of November
last, for the purpose of enforcing these demands