, 1860-09-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

[From the London Quarterly Review for July, ls5o.J
1t Is our purpose to draw out as thread
might be drawn from some woven fabric, q con-
tinuous line Of advertisements from the news
paper press Of this country since its establish
meLt to the present time, and, BY 50 doing, to
show how distinctly, from its dye, the pattern Of
the age through which it ran is represented. II
we follow up to its source, any public institution
fashion or amusement, which has fourished dur
ing q long period Of time, We can gain some idea
Of our national progress and development, but
It strikes US that in no manner can we 80 well
obtain at a rapid glance view Of the salient
points Of gen,ratiOns that have passed, as BY
consulting those small voices that have cried
from age to age from the pages Of the press, de-
caring the wants, the losses, the amusements,
and the money-making eagerness Of the people.
Newspapers, in the strict sense Of the word
that is, publications Of news appearing at stated
intervals and regularly PACED On-did not make
their appearance until the latter end Of the
70 gu Of James I. The 'Weekely Newes,' pub
lisied in London in 1922, was the first publica-
ton which answered to this description: It con-
timed, however, only few scraps Of foreign in
teIligence, and was quite destitute Of advertise
ments The terrible contest Of the succeeding
reign was the hot-bed which forced the press Of
this country into sudden life and extraordinary
vigor. Those who have wandered into the vaults
Of the British Museum, and contemplated the
vast collection Of political pamphlets and the
countless Mercuries which sprang full armed, on
either side Of the quarrel, from the strong and
earnest brains which wrought 10 that great polt
ical trouble, viii not hesitate to discover, amidst
the hubbub Of the rebellion, the first throes Of
the press Of England as a political power. At
such time, when Marchmont Needham fell foul
with his types Of Sir John BiFkenhead and the
court party which he supported, with as heavy
o hand and as dauntless will as Cromwell
hurled his Ironsides a. the Cavaliers at Naseby,
Il Is not lxely that we should find the press the
vehicle to make known the goods Of tradesmen,
or to offer q reward for stolen horses The
shopkeepcrs themselves as, well as the nobility,
were too hard at II TO avail themselves Of this
new mode Of extending their trade; they had to
keep guar over the malignants, to cover the
hve members with the shield Of their arms, to
overawe Whitehall, to march TO the relief Of
G,oucostcr. objects ouite sufficient To account
cr ,hs f,ct Thai Tho ,ra;obands were not adver.
t;ssr. AAsr The kings death. however. when
Il. CommoDws.,,h had ,;ms In breathe. the
r.orla soo,n n h,ve d;scoverod the uss of the
press as means Of making known their wants
vsrv srst .dysr,ise,nen, wa bsye met with after
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TprNnnIA cpATIrT AToRIA an usro;ck
i Poem: being 4 congratulatory panegyrick
for my Lord Generals late return, summing up
his successes IN an exquisite manner.
| 10 be sold by John Holden, N tue New Ex-
change, London. Pr1nted oy Ino' Ne"court
1907. fi.irfs'iEJttb W3It
This appeared In the January number OF the
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