New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-19
WEEKLY POLITICAL NEWSPAPERS.


Pres. - 1SsI
Lesoer................'.....'..' 90. 80
Brta1nis; ..... ''''''''''''''''''''' a. ~, isS
WsS,pT Se.,snd Chfonicie....... Niso 1870
Grs.uwsh and West Kent Observer -,
New Weekly aessenser....'....''' -" :"
Tie four weekly newspapers which hcsd this list
are all of comparatively recent origin, and are
low priced; that is, they sell at six cents each, the
other weekly papers not being of less prize than
twelve cents This would naturally lead to the con-
clusion-a very obvious one, indeed-that cheap
newspapers in London elsewhere. Will MAKE
sale, where those of costly price do not sue
CO ed in AM thing like a proportonaie manner. Bat
newspaper proprefors are averse, generally, to the
cheap prices |, is curious that the newsmen prefer
the dearer journals. They say that i, is no more
trouble TO eel a sixpenny than three penny paper,
and that they have double profit on the tirst
All the cheap weeklies including The Peoples Pa
per recently established, and low in circdlaton are
utrslberd in politics. Their joint circulation is
not far short 400 600 weekly nearly double that
Of all the others a, higher prices. was given IN
evidence before the Select Committee on Newspaper
Stamps appointed by the House of Commons in
1881 that the profits upon the threepenny six cent
weekly newspapers not than eight shilliDgs
British or so per 900. Small this is, il shows an
average Of t45 week, or t2,34o per annum for
Lloyds Newspaper and for The News of the World
$50 week or over I 500 year for The Weekly
Times and 800 or II 600 per annum clear profit on
Reynolds's Newspaper.
LLorDs WEEKLY NEWSPAPER is edited by Douglas
Jerrold. That is, he writes about three columns OF
leading articles and he theatrical critiques. All the
rest including paragraphs, selection and arrange neut
OF intelligence 10 correspondents, and gen
eral getpgu up OF the paper, is done by others. Jer
rods name, doubt, has helped TO advance it, SALE
but The paper is not better than il was before he
Joined IT, The exercise OF little ingenuity, on the
part of Mr. Edward Lloyd, soon after ne started his
journal which was a miserable af4 for some hhel
gave II unprecedented publicity without putting him
to the slightest expense for advertising Upon every
penn, piece which came into bis possession and be
made i, his business TO collect many hundred weight
Of copper coin every week he stamped With ms
chine, Loyd's Weekly Newspaper on one SIDE,
and on the other, Buy Lloyds Penny Volume
This evasion OF the duty upon advertisements con-
tnued for several years-loDg enough, at all events,
to give potorety to Lloyds publications. During the
Parliamentary session of 1853, however, specific
statute was passed, making il a misdemeanor, punish
able by fine and imprisonment, thus 10 deiace the
coin OF the realm declaring that coin so marked was
not legal tender, and imposing fine Of forty shn
ngs on persons convicted OF uiterng, rendering or
putting of coin So defsced.
TAr Nrws OF THE WORLD i. a much better paper,
in original comments and selected material, than
Lloyds and keeps close TO it in popularity IL Is
got up with tact, is better printed and has a
more handsome appearance
The WEEKLY TINES commenced early in ls47, had
for lie fret editor a person named John Robertson,
who, for very short time had been connected with
a quarterly periodical and ever afterward described
hin self as late Editor of The Westminster Review
A few weeks showed his utter incompetency, and he
was succeeded by Mr.. William Jafrsy, who retained
his Office for two or three years. During the first
twelve months DR.. Shelton Mackenzie, now of the
New.York press regularly contributed series of let
teri, vehementy and personally democratic, on the
current events and leading publiciss OF the time.
They were signed Lttejohn,' and obtained some
notice on account OF their boldness. Mr.. George
Stef, proprietor also, of The London Journsl owns
The Weekly Times which he has carried on, from the
first. without advertising it in any newspaper
RIYSoLpss WEEKLY NEWSPAPER is got up at in
crediby small expense. The proprietor writes about
three columns for each number, and the res, OF the
paper go, up with the help of paste and sclssor-'
BY his brother, to whom be pays five guineas week
Mr.. Reynolds IS Tue wei kLOWu aotnVi W ANY NY
,eries Of London" and other works Of like ma
,ure. He is Chartist in potcs-or rather WAS, while
a poor man. Now that he has suburban Wills at
Hornsey, and keeps carriage and pair his enthu'i-
asm for I" The Five Points .of Chartisml has much
subsidized.
THE WrIKtY DisrsTor was for many years at the
head Of the London weekly papers. Ten years ago
its circulation nearly double what II IL now.
The three penny newspapers have greatly supPanied
IT, The property Of the late Alderman Harmer'
principal OF the legal firm earica'urcd s Aessrs.
Quirh. Cannon 4 Snsp in Ten Thousand a.
Year, he spent money freely upon IT, and rsi'ed Il
To grsa, circulation and immense popular influence
II wa, not only in,ensdIy Radical, at a time when
Reform va. a thing not 10 be spoken Of to ears
polite. but itw.s very strongly Republican bitterly
ridiouling King. Queens, PIiDecs. and Peers ana
audaciou.ly iuelgious also. Mr.. u. Williams VINO
subsequently, wrote the lfs Of SIR Thoma' Ls~fohoe'
wrote a weekly letter signed " Publicola, when
was asrcely anti .snonarchieal, and cmbod'd he
popuisf discobtsp, At heavy iaxes 90 support inc ch
psn..s 81 Royalty. Another print vi" The NOTICES
- 20 Correspondents" In which iiarmer, ~ho Wa an
Attorney assd to give advicc gratis, IN 'he sh"?o
Of responses 10 questions upon legal matters ness
zero much read. Every department OF 10" p"p''
80 ,s,.f,u, Attended 81. Tho licfNg siN