, 1859-02-25
English Newspapers.

A novel and interesting publication bad
appeared in England, called "The Fourth
Estate" by which term the author desig-
mates the newspaper press. From it we
gather some interesting facts. The author,
Mr.. Hunt, states that nearly sixteen hun
dred years of the Christian era had elapsed
before single newspaper appeared in
Europe. He must, of course, refer to
printed papers, as occasional manuscript
sheets appeared in Venice as early as 1863
These written newspapers were called Mer-
curies and subsequently Gazettes The
first printed Gazette was published in
France in 1881. In England, Mr.. New
bcrry's weekly newspaper, called News
Out of Holland" was established in 1919
Its publication, however, was only occa-
sional, and its scope and object was very
limited. The first regular weekly news
paper published in London appeared in
1922, with the title Of News of the
Present Week" This paper had but
small circulation, and it was used as me-
dium of general gossipping correspondence
between the residents of London and their
country friends. A great number of news
papers came into existence during the civil
war in the time of Charles l, and the Com
mOnwcalth; they were in small 4to, pub
lished weekly, and bore quaint but signifi-
cant titles, such as the " Parliament Kite"
the " Scott's Dove" the Secret OWL"
&c. Sir Robert L'Esrange commenced
the London Gazette" " in 1864.
The first daily newspaper was published
in London in 1909; it was called the
Daily Courant" About this time the
celebrated Essays, the "Tatler,"" Specta-
tor" Guardian" &c, commenced. The
first number of the "Ttler" was published
in April, 1909 The Public Advertiser"
in which the" Letters of Junius" appeared,
commenced in 1926. Wilkes North
Briton" was published in 1862. Perhaps
the very earliest provincial weekly paper
published in England was the Stamford
Mercury" which commenced in 1874, and
it has been uninterruptedly published since
that date to the present time, under the
same title, and in the same town; and the
proprietorship and the management has
always been, and is now, in the same
family.
Beside the DAILY Courant,o the only
daily paper issued in London in the year
1909, there we're some eighteen weekly aud
monthly papers published in that place at
that time. Fielding, the novelist, edited
the "TrIe Patriot" in I745. In lT7l
Parliament attempted to punish two prin-
ters for giving names in full in the debates.
This practice has not since been interfered
with. Of the great London papers at
present published, the Public Ledger" &"
commenced in 1850; the Morning Chroni-
Gle" in 1869, the Morning Post" in
1872, the Morning Herald" in 1880, aud
the Times" in 1888. The DAILY News"
was established in lS46~ and is the only
daily paper that has stood its ground since
1893.
The "Times which is justly considered
the Leviathan of the newspaper world,
was undertaken in 1885; making its ap-
pearance as the Universal Daily Regis
ter" 1t was printed by Walton, in Print
ing House Square, on the very spot where
at the present time issue the so, 900 daily
copies of tile sixteen mammoth folio pages
of this model paper. 1t took its present
name in l7SS.-Philadelphia Topic.
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