New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-19
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THE NEWSPAPER PRESS OF LONDON

The EXPREss, which heads the evening papers, is
published at siz cents the others costing ten, and is
con piled, with a brief summary of the days news,
including the moDey-market report from the larger
columns Of The Daily News. IL owes It's sale chiefly
10 its low price, and is creeping up into creditabe
circulation. As il is, il more than pays expenses.
THE GLOBE, which has so long been considered
the especial organ and apologist of Lord Pamerston
that The Times used to quote as CUPID in derIsion
of bis Lcrdships dandihed appearance s . very re-
spectacle Wing newspaper. From time TO time, It
has bought up decsyed rivals. and ST this moment
contains seven or eight Of such journals incorporated
with its own rotundity. Palmerston has written for
H. beyond doubt; but so have Others, including
Charles Butler and Lord Brougham. Ii is now the
semi.oficia organ Of the Palmerston secuon of the
Cabinet. For many years, It's circulation was steady
at 5000 day; but the evening papers have all sui
f.r,d by the railway facilities which circulate the
morning papers. with twelve hours later news, at
the same hour in which The Globe or The Sun cn
reach the same out of-iown destination. For many
years TIE Globe was edited by Colonel Tcrrens, a
Political Economist. Among it's working editors
have been Gibbons Merle, at present its Paris cN-
respondent) the late +. NJ Moran, and the Rev.
Frank Mahoney, principal author OF the Prout
Papers" of which Redfeld is about publishing an
annotated edition. Mahoney still fills this office The
Globe fairly entitled the chara ter of being the
best of the evening papers. as its news department is
very peatl, edited. Like all others of that clsss il is
got up at small expense threefourths of its contents
being bodily conveyed from the morning papers.
During the Parliamentary session. there is some
Iihng additional cost, to give reports OF what passes
in Lords and Commons, up TO 6 o'clock Z. NJ.
The SuS is nearly 60 years old. At one time it
had two ,diiors-John Taylor, author OF Monsieur
"Tonson," ard William Jordan, aferward OF The
Literary Gazette who conducted the paper on
alternate days. They qusrreled and the town was
amused, for some months. by reading alternate at
tacks of Jordan upon Taylor and rice rsa, IN their
own paper In 1928, Murdo Young, Scoichman,
was made editor by Patrick Grant, near relative
Of Lord Glenegl who had purchased the
paper Grant had money, and Young had enterprise.
On all great occasions, such az important vote, or
debates in Parliament, striking news from the Con-
tnent, &C. they sent The Sun through the country,
sometimes as far a. Edinburgh 400 miles from Lon
DON by express. As this conveyance, by chaise
and four, averaged ten to fifteen shings sterling per
nile, ii sunk much capital. But il gained greA
name for The Sun, which it kept until raiiwayism
abolished carriage and hore-fesh expressing Even
tual!y lOuDg otCduc TIC PfoPs'cs"i, on NsS '"'-'N
OF Grant. IL was kept up at Q vast s1Pense-is
reporters corps then being nearly as large az on .
morning psper-but paid large profits. Charles
Dckerss fret connection with the Press wa as Par
hamen,ary reporter on The Sun. His raPdity was
mmen,e; a column OF BREWER, t2;o lines, OF ten
words to each hne,) having been transcribed by him
in al hour In ihose days it edited respectfully
most .iieie ntly in the critical depar,neni-the re-
views OF nov books being written by +. W. Deacon,
the Sub Editor, author OF =" Sarrows Of Bashfal
"Ir.hmsn." Lattery it has fallen OF in circulation
There are tso editors-kichsrd Martin, bsrrisier,
who writes the hone Legal, commercial, and none
tary articles, and W. G. Kent, posi, who writes the
foreign leaders and ali tie reviews. Both are able
men, and clear writers Al pfc.ent ~ for the last
,even years The sun u carried under SsvreiAaHce
Of Mr. Young creditors, Of -hom the principal vas
the late Alderman HArmor, proprietor Of The Weekly
Dspsich Bat Mr.. Young is allowed in salary As
osisnsblo Ecrcf, tth ough be never writes line
now At tho raic u fl 900 year. Tho sun ha
popular paper though without ia once .arsc cir
eIision. and d very Democratic in ia polius
TuE srAybssp, established N isz7, has be"n con-
dotted ever since by Dr clifford ono 81 The best
~r,lsr % ne London Prcss. Tha, gcniemAo ~~
pissisasy editor 81 no g. james Chronicle IN
-'.ily paper circulating ehrfiy sraang the country
sshlenss ssa dsfgy. When Csou.ag became