New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-18

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40 aso remains what is called tie security systom,
an old and absurd arrangement which renders it
necessary for thse who establish new journals 70
6rd extensive securities that they shall not be
gslty Of libel high treason, and slch Ike. AS 70
the paper duty, II is not less than tbreetahPence
PER pound, and produces nearly one milhoa ana "
BAH pounds sterling Of national revenue. HnSe-
sheet daily journal, with circulation OF 2O'oVO OF
$1,000, has thus to pay G5,0oO or Ao'ooO year
in the shape Of paper duty-s sum which, IL need
not be stated, would be Of imneBse advantage to
the proprie,ors of cheap Journal IN enabling
them 70 employ the best talent and TO pay for the
most recent intelligence. This paper duty is the
direst tax upon the English penny newspaper; but
Il must also be- borne in mind that, in the shape OF
gene raj and indirect taxes must alsO contribute its
share OF that eco 0c0 000 or $50 COO 600 ofannua
income needed for the payment OF the national
debt and The support Of the landed arstccracy. 30
that, when these things are taken into account,
We may be disposed to wonder bow penny
press is at all possible in England, if II ID TO
compete with i.s high-Prced cotemporaries.
In fact, this is question which many OF the 1855
epterprisiDg EDglishmen cannot themselves solve,
aDd that may be the reason why plan has been
before the BRUSH public for many months, to es-
tablish journal which shall, in all respects, be
esusi TO Tie Times, but not a penny jouenal-the
osieiDstors believing such task to be beyond their
powers. This lew paper Is to be jO'nt-stOck
affair, with capital Of 100000, subscribed by
90 900 proprietors, and so many subscriptions have
been ANNOUNCED for it, that its existence may now
be- said to be placed beyond all doubt NevertLe-
less, dear journalism viii not do in England. The
Times itself must become cheap or abandon the
field and the anticipated repeal of the paper duty
by the present Derby Government renders this all
the more evident. Penny daily papers have now
been established in London and the larger proyin.
eiSl towns so long that they may be sald to have
become established forever, and it is everywhere
acknowledged that in many respects they they are
an Improvement upon the older class Of Journals.
In London there are now four penny newspapers,
published daily. The Dolly Telegraph the first
Of them in she field, was started III two pence
immediately on the repeal of the compulsory
stamp, but was afterward compelled to reduce
its price to one penny. Secondly came TIE
Star, double daily, published every morning
and every evening, and this paper being pro-
NOTED by those statesmen and others who had
taken the lead in the cheap knowledge move
pent, was expected to be an entirely new feature
IN British journalism, and to rival even The Times
itself Thirdly, satellite of the decsying Morn
img Chronicle, called The A,rning Naos, came into
exisiegce, but it had never obtained any rcputa-
ton and has been badly edited, if edited at all.
And lastly, the proprietors Of the Government
iournsl, Tic Morning Herald, have, with the ad-
vice and concurrence Of the Tory party estab-
kshed penny daily paper, or rather have turned
their Eroning Standard into daily Morning Stand
ard, with view of circulating among the people,
while The Herald continues TO circulate among the
gentry. The pensy S,anda,d aud the penny Ne'os
are therefore little more than reprint of the nigh
priced Chronicle and high-priced Herald, while
Tao Star and Tie Telegraph are Journals altogether
independent OF any connection with other papers
That the old. established dear journals should show
q disposition to print penny editions, with different
titles is only necessity of their present decaying
position, and it may DO assumed that III the end
their dear editions will disappear, and their cheap
editions remain.
AZ to the comparative success OF these penny
Aailies published Id London, It may be stated that
The Star has always been recognized as the leading
cheap journal of the United Kingdom, and indeed
with the exception of Il Manchester cctemporary, Is
the only member of tho cheap press OF Great
Britain which hiss risen 10 the position of being an
authority, or Of having its articles resd BY the
statesmen of the cou.sry sud quoted by the Con-
tinental and English journals. 1t is believed
however, that The Telegraph las recently exceeded
The Star in the extent of lts circulation, arlsng
from the doubling Of ito size and the great promi-
pency it gives 10 the record Of certain cases IN the
Courts OF Justice, the publication Of which The
Star has always endesyored 10 resist. The Stan
dard originally made it's appearance double the
size of the other penny dailies, aud a. it had no
expenses in the way Of news and editorial staff,
all these being betrayed by The Morning Herald,
or rather the set-up type of The Herald being
simply turned into The Standard, 1t was calculated
that the experiment would pay. The consequence
"a The Telegraph WAS most disastrous, for in a
week or two it SO rapidly declined in circulation
that nothing remained but TO give up the paper or
double it's size and trust 10 additional ad-
refreshments to make IT pay. The Tee
graph became double paper, and thereby
recovered lost ground but not until there
were losses which are said to have brought
more than one man 70 the ground. The Star, on
the other hand, was little affected by these
changes that 1t remains to this day single sheet,
relying more upon quality than extension and
under a conviction that until the paper duties are
repeated, every enlargement of size which penny