Litchfield enquirer., 1862-04-24
THE LONDON TIMES.

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 That daily newspaper, beyond all question, is one of the great wonders, not only oi Lon1on, k;storv of the political press, nothing at all com rerahfe te ;t has ever been seen. Its very sta t,st;cs sre A wonder. Its compositors and press men. and city editors in it's various dspartmsnts, .nd eorps of parliamentary reporters, and stan sf r.olsr writers of its masterly political leaders, srS Sorts of correspondents abroad, to the very snds Inf the earth, all commanded by an inspect or.oeneral or editor-inchief, with his lieutenant inc sub-editor, are grand brigade It's daily ex penses would ruin the wealthiest merchant prince on Change. Its daily income would enrich haif 2 alscors. And how transcendent are it's literary meritsi For the amplitude of its range and the accuracy of its knowledge, for sparkling 1rl- fancy, profound research, and sustained, calm, irresistible power, its editors should be the giant that made sar with heaven, every one of his hfty |. heads the seat of majestic intellect, and every intellect putting forth without ceasing the full nes, and freshness of its strength, with diversi- tv so manifold, and unity 50 perfect, that the E gigantic soul of Briareus self-inspring and di- recting each and all--could alone secure the re- suit.
 The presiding genius of the establishment is q man who might have gathered fresh laurels Tn the highest walks of public lfe-in college halis' the forum, the senate-might have looked on the |. dignity of judge and prelate, and made his elec |. tion.s Yet his very name is unknown. He IS as utterly dead and buried to the world as was the hooded monk who dwelt, many generations ago, ;n cIo;sters which occupied the site where the thunders of his steam press are nightly heard.
 Do you inquire to what party the Times be- longs [ The answer is, to none, either in Church Or State. But what does the Times believe ?- Nothing at all; simply and absolutely, nothing at sll What, then, is the articulate voice of it's loud thunder7 What particular policy or prin ciple does it advocae? To-day whatever it is un- der the strongest inducement to advocate to day, ]. and tomorrow whatever it shall be under the strongest inducement to advocate tomorrow protection orfree trade, despotsm or liberty, sav cry or emancipation, government and order, or rebellion and anarchy, truth or falsehoodd, God or Nebuchadnezzar: It is no respeeter of persons or principles. You would greatly wrong the objection to be on the side of God and truth, pro- vided the inducements were greater on that side .1 than on the side of Satan. When Satan is poor and pitiful, let him go hang for then, he may de- pend, the Times will have nothing at all to do with him--not it.
 It is asked what the proprietors of the Times believeP The answer is explict-they believe that it is capital investment for their funds, and that its respectable policy is the best possible thing to make it pay. So thought that Londor @ spinster, doubtless, who inherited, under her ia ther's will, one column in perpstuity of an adver Using page in the Times newspaper, and the same was valued at thirty thousand sterling. Sc also, doubtless. think high churchmen, and tory and radieo1 oud pop ond pt and pur itan, and Sadducee, and many more beside, who are special "happy family" as stockholders in this gigantic concern.
 Who then is believer in the Times sIn it's transcendent genius and sustained dazzling brilliaucy, every man. In the truth of many of its uttsrances, every man but in it's own truth snd sincerity in any one thing. no man.
 Yet all England is confessedly under the fas cination of it's basilisk eye fol all England reads the Times newspaper-aye, is more anx ious to read it, if the truth were spoken, than any or all ether newspapers put together. You have not distant approximation to a true idea of the number of families by whom this journa is daily read, when you know that forty thous and copies are daily sent forth from the Print ing,house Square, consuming five tons of paper and covering thirty acres with it's compact let ter-pre These would hardly suffice for Lon don alone, if each copy was read by only sin gle family. The London merchant. prince, in stead of ordering his paper from the publishers for his own exclusive use, has it sent to hi: countinghouse in the morning by news-ven der, at penny an hour, while the tradesmar D, receives 1t later in the day at a lower charge Many news-vender will tell you that every on, of his copies goes to almost as many houses a. there are hours from eight in the morning tt four or live in the afternoon, and is then posted onM sent hu fha min ,; spfo kbn reduced price, where, on the following day, il Is made to perform similar circuit besides al which, the single copy is read by scores in every Atheneum and reading room throughout the land.
 As regards the morals of it's policy, there can be no diversity of judgment, even as tested by the better pagan standards. Fixed principles 1t has hone. It trims it's sails to the wind. Il does not even attempt to correct and guide public opinion. It swears by the stronger par ty. It serves God and the devil with zeal. Ad vancing with consummate ability, one side to day, and on the morrow, with ability no less, thu very reverse, of great question in Church O [ State. it is no more conscious of inconsistency than is the wind, in blowing first from the norti and then from the south.
 A heavy responsibility lies somewhere. Wat a there ever another public journal with such vast and varied appliances "a host of the mos brilliant writers in all England retained in its daily service; an extensive staff of able cores :pondents abroad-in Ireland, in Italy, in North srn Germany, at Vienna, at Lisbon, in Madrid with outfits and salaries like ambassadors al foreign courts. besides others on rowing com missions. attending armies in the field in addi s tion to all this, regular organization to furnish advices in the shortest time from the ends oi the earth with the people of all England fol its constant readers. Yet it is not animated b, one truthful principle, or one lofty sentiment To be pre-eminent is its single aim-the levia than the daily press-Boston Reuie,u. sF se ss.sE ---------sOs .l..-s.,. 2 RHODE ISLAND STATE ELsoT1oN.-Governo spragus and the rest of the present incumbent of the state offices of Rhode island were re-elec cd, on Wednesday last, without opposition. Tn vote was very light, only about Il, ,o00 votes be ing cast. The general assembly is divided DO Gtieally very nearly as it was last year; tn democrats and constitutional Union party hay . majority in joint convention of about 36.
 SEsrzNsIoNs.-The Tennessee Baptist, SC csssion journal published at Nashville, has beer suspended. and it's editor has enlisted in in