The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-11
The Io~dou Times.

~. roaaoa sar,, .,oaaent of the National I'D
.,,,.... ,...i,n,.. /. comparison between " 9
-. :. a. "a, r,mes in l7Ss and that
Isss. which shows the astonishing g''N
Yaaso. s.,x r,a.. In 1883, u vas printed on
en-, 49,, ~ fouF pages, eighteen inohes W
- ri. ,srticular is.ue described ny Wv
uA.., contained twenty'fonr adSer"'e
-. to columns Of the siege oil beh"a ''
an. Russians In ITO, half column OF io'ee"
,.ws and three.fourths OF column %
,,.n,ary proceedings. There was nothing VI VIVA
:. nov called q ''leading article. ioe'e was "
,aragraph on the advantages o' cana" ou'
,ha abolition Of the slave trade, one re'S''''
,nbl,c schools and two columns oishort pa'as' "p
r.,.,,ps 10 the movements of the royal "'n''s "'"
a,;,i,,. short CITY articles and ship news. sport
ing intelligence, Old Baiiey Intelligence p''e's "
.,ocs &c The Times of 1855, MAY Ia is print
ei upon two sheets Of paper, each - ine"es ~
i, 4. folded into 10 pages Of six columns each -
...,,;.s nearly afteen times a. much printed mat
Ter a. the Times of 17Ss. It's circulation " aoo"'
90, ,hu,..nd and the daily surface of printed
u.,,sr which Il issues ia equal TO nifty hse acres
-. .nor, one,.nth II would he dinicait to mud
: .,,s,s geographical error in the whole paper
-rL T,,,.. If the lsth contained ais advertise
r,a,t. Every department Of a modern newsiF-
mar /. alh>a With perfect system and energy i''
aIeaiiuy articles give law to the public sehu
men, of Great Britain, aud 10 periods when great
eysnts are occurring. telegraphed to vartons
parts of the United Kingdom and to Europe II
n mower In the State, which not ouiy Parliament
but the Crown undo rstssads, and whose tounaer'
shake the dwellers on the hills as well as on the
Mains Probably its enormous influence. cock
tensive with civilization. would be even greater
II Il possessed the admirable virtue OF consistency
gus whilst mighty as the winds OF Heaven, u II
almost as capricious. Thecorrespondent reinarNS
that THE Pines was for a long time defender OF
the corn laws il now advocates free trade but II
has accepted the latter, with many reserves as an
ACCOMPLISHED fact rather than as an infalible prin'
ciple applicable under all circumstances. In poll
tics, the Times has not had any fired principles:
IL has reserved the right TO change ruth TIE t'meS
and to contradict itself if it chooses to do So 1t
il now the opponent of protection, and yet Loser
no opportunity to attack the Manchester school
II opposes the League and the Radicals, and yet,
in November 1857, il declared itself in favor OF
uew Reform bill; aud it has assaed, as insufficient
Lord Russelrs bill of 1852. For long time the
Times opposed Lord Palmerston's policy, as being
too warlike now it is the most martial of all the
London papers"
We cannot agree with the Intelligeucers cores
pendent that these contradictions have increased
its authority, but conclude he is nearer the mark
when he adds, that its great influence sis owing
TO the activity of its propietors the great talent
and varied excellences of its editorial corps and
its editorial management, and the number and va
lue of its correspondents" 1t is these causes
which. iu spite of its changes and contradictions
have given it the of the public, who would
yield it yet greater confidence, if a vessel with
such splendid motive power, were equipped with
the chart and compass of fixed principles