The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-23
GreNinq Celeamph
a BEAT AnoUNn THE LONDON NEWS.

A BEAT AROUND THE LONDON NEWS
PAPERS.
LoRp0N, Octobtr--A few words upon the daily
and weekly papers Of London may not be uuil-
teresiuR aud first upon the Times. This iI Che
journal you know, which an Eus.ishmau rslJs
every day 20 know what opinion he may form.
There are few mcu I'm England SO proslnptuous
As to assert anything until the Times gives chem
warrant And the Tunes represents fao interests
only--the money yed and the ar.stDeraIc; s1 chat
after ALL people think In q circle here, The pgid-
eipal owner Of the Times s a person nlmcd wal
Ter the leading editor at present is Mr. Delaiue
whose connection with the "rhpnlcrer" extends
over many years. Mr. lsent is also an editor
He is the author Of some books upon S1lnii-
nayian mythology, history, aud literature, aad is
supposed TO be a writer Of some OF the atlbl-.lg
leaders upon he Yankees. The literary editor ID
Samuel Lucas, who is also tas editor Of Oare.g-
Ueck. Lucls succeeded Phillips, who, You viii
remember, was the enemy Of haeacriy, and
who 20 nettled the 'hiH.sknuol satIrist by hig
cauS.'c criticisms, that the author OF "phltp'
Ietored, and was laughed az by the pubic. Lucls
H very able and very partial critic his articles
are collected into volume every year, aad pub
hhcd by the LOngmaus
Mr.. David. ON /, the Times dramatic critic. lie
IS best known as the husband OF Arabelll God.
dRrd, the pianist, whom he praised into fame, aud
who married him out Of gratitude Eventually
she desp pissed aud deserted him; but ha is still
Chivarous enough to write fRvorably of her per-
formauces. Davidson is thought 20 be very cor.
Iupt; and Mr.. Sius Reeves the ballIdist, sends
him superb presents Often which IL would he
erroneous 70 infer have anything TO do with Mr.,
Sims Reeves success and the Times criticisms.
Although, il any actors come TO this side OF the
pond" let them write to Mr. Davidson upon the
back of bank bill. John OxenfOrd tho drl-
matis also writes notices oftheatres occ clsilnally
for the Times. lie has transla ed extensively
and produced some shabby pieces Of his own.
Many Of the Times leaders are written by Pal
merstcnian members Of Parliament. The paper
pays splendid prices, and has the best talent
upon its columns. Gladstone, the first Statesman
IN England, frequently contributes leading arti-
Cles. The circulation OF the Times is about forty
thousand copies; and when people state that L
has the first circulation in England, they must
be supposed 10 know nothing about it. The D1ily
Telegraph, with circulation Of one hundred and
twenty thousand daily, leads every newspaper IN
the world. II sells for penny the TtBles for
three-pence. Advertisements in the Times cost
from a shilling TO three shilliugs and slx-pence
line. The longer the advertisement the more ex.
penSive per line. The Times viii not spoil its
typographical appearance by inserting long ad-
yertsemcnts, except at prodgious remunera-
ton. The Times establishment does not mail
copies to subscribers. Smith & Son, the great news
agents of the United Kingdom, buy the papers
and receive subscribers; they take upwards of
twenty thousand papers daily. Sometimes, TO
nighten the Telegraph, the Times comes out with
but an opinion exists here that the MOgul Of Jour
nails must soon reduce its price, or die a SLOW
death; the penny papers are hddling while the
"Thunderer' Is burning Threepence, | may
say incidentally, for the benefit of those who
not as good arithmetiCans myself is six cents,
and the Times costs thrty-six cents week, or
nearly nineteen dollars year whereas, the star,
the Standard, etc, cost but sXpen-e per week
and are more sprghtly. The Times publishes a
bedquilt, or something as big and heavy, thrice
week, called the EUenlng Mail, and this sells for
sixpence. The other Hight | went to the
Times great Hoe presses working You 70 of
Ludgate Hill, through narrow, foul, crooked
alleys, and when you are so completely puzzled
IS to be IN Mr.. Peggotty's condition Of "g0rmed,"
you arrive In paved area, as big as Philadel-
phia backyard, surrounded on four sides by two
story Quakerish, smoked brick edidces that look
like part of Pompei freshly disentombed. With
an order in your hand you proceed to the place Of
operation, and watch in solemn awe the eight
cylinders that are toned down to an English idea
of "propriety," and the pressmen, who drink pots
Of beer with the gravity of high priests. Touch
nothing. Say nothing. Ask nothing, This is
the Times Trembe This is the British Lion
Are you silly enough to believe that steam is the
mOtve-power here Pshaw this is the lion
power, and the royal beast is pacing tread-mil
below There are hut three powers IN Engl and
the Grown, Lord Palmerston, and the Times.
think may add the London General Omuibu
Company. The latter conquered George Franci
Train who is thought here TO be the most prudent
statesman Of America-rid his speeches.
Apropos of Mr.. Train, come to his whilOm
friend, George Augustus Sala, the editor of the
Daily Telegraph. Sala used to contribute one
leading article daily for the Telegraph, for which
he received three guneas per diem. lie was also
the editor of Temple Bar, and will write for any
thing that pays. He was the OOOn-COmpaniOn Of
TTain-drank his champagne, pulled his tram
way, borrowed his money and when Train lost
his prestige he lost Saa. The latter was his most
yirnlent enemy, and his newspaper attacks upon
the future President of the United States
and Warwick of the Irish throne were the
most contemplate things that journalism has
known. Sala has reputation here; Out he is
simply a WOrdy, merCenary pretender, coarse
in his manners and corrupt in his tastes. He
4 made his first success in Household Words
by an imitation of Dickens; he wrote a series Of
papers also initiating Tbackeray, on HOgarth, in
the COrnhiQ, and is now publishing tmsy sketches
, In Temple Bar. Percy b. st. John ('Siugen') is
4 also an editor of the Telegraph. The paper Is
owned by Mr.. Levy, Hebrew of Fleet street. It
is in the Liberal interest, like the Times and is
equally inimical TO the Federal cause. The lead
ing Tory papers here are the Herald aud Standard,
/ owned by the same firm. The former has a cir
culation of 1000 copies or less, and sells for four
pence, the latter has 30 600, and sells for a
penny. The Standard, which redeemed itself
by the hali-foOlish haf-ieDdish letters Of "Mln-
haitian" from America, whom Pt1cb calls Nan
Satan, now publishes namby-pamby letters
from two American correspondents, one q
Philadelphian, and one a New Yorker, and
both English. Il pays fifty shillings in specie
for each letter. The hdeE, the new Southern
paper, has also a bona fde American correspond
ent. The Morning Star (Called John Brights
paper is the leading Radical and pro.Federal
organ. 1t has stood with America through dis
1 aster and victory 1t Is sold largely in Mnches-
1 ter and Birmingham, and has circulation
(mOrning aud evening" of twenty thousand
/ copies The Daily Ne,CS, our other friend is
sadly off, with a circulation of perhaps five thou
sand. IL sells for threepence. The Post is the
1 Ministerial organ, and the fayorte clubhouse
| paper. Its policy is always that of the Govern
nent and the Times takes It's tone from the Post,
! II sells for fourpencc, and is edited by n Mr.
1 BoOthwick. The Morning. AdUertiser, supported
4 by publicans (i. e., the London Liquor League,
has large circulation, perhaps twenty thousand,
The Globe is a iiVe-penny paper of no cOnse-
| quenee, though the Times betrends 1t, and copies
I lis leaders. These same leaders remind me OF a
sepulchre talking upon politics. Richard Bax-
| ter's sermons were never SO enll7enng, There
4 are some suburban papers of fnr circulation, O
| which you never hear in America, as the Clerk
| enreH Macs, of North London, which sells for
1 halEpenny, and has a sale OF eighteen thousand
II copies.
| fhe first of the news. weeklics is Loyds Penny
| PaBer circulating half a million, aud issuing
4 three editions, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
respectively. IL is edited by Blanchard JeTold
| SON of the late Douglas JerrOld, and the paper
| has been intensely and devOtedly in favor of thI
Union cause. Its influence with the labOrinl