, 1866-12-03
THE ENGLISH PRESS.
4 Visit to the London Newspaper
Offices.


Correspondents of The Chicago Tribunal
LONDON, November 10, 1866.
While in the neighborhood Of the Seven
Dials the other morning. heard little rag
amutIin yelling ont notice that ha had d few
more copies OF the Times left, and the idea at
once struck me Il Mt Lad better nay short
visit to tue ThuudcFer's establishment In
Printing House Square; so inquired my
way Of q policeman, and he said: $50
down Great Earl to Long Acre; then through
Inn Fields to Ch2ncery Lane; strike Temple
Bar; tukeF Flcct streat ahead Of you; pass under
the arch Of the Dover Railway, 20 up Luti.
gate Hill, and when you get opposite the
Goose and Gridiron Tap Room turn into tue
alley on your right" followed these di-
what barrow escape from being slaughtered
by bus driver at the intersection Of Fleet
and Farrington streets, discovered the alley
opposite the Goose and Gridiron. Turning
into This thorough!are, followed Its wind.
ing.s until found myself in another alley,
than the other; but it soon landed
me III very narrow court, one end Of which
stopped in front Of i triangular space abont
as lung as, and Il tritle or 80 wider at one end
than, m American ball alley. A sign on q
corner building Informed me. that was In
my lcR shoulder satisfied me that was not
more than ten feet from the Tines office.
Not >supposlng there was any particular
harm harm, in so DUNG | stepped iuto the
If he would permit an American to
look through his establishment. lie looked
ut INC with a fright full counteuunce, but us he
made no reply, l concluded he was hard of
hearing; so repeated my request in louder
tones; and then more surprise, o! fright, set
IN n my fnNn hall
Never heard Of such a thing in all my life
couldn't thfuk Of it. Perhaps you'd like to
see the hcditor:' Still surprising that he
had not understood me, mildly said that I
,,rou!d be pleased to see the editor
p1ovuc ey eUe We're G not fs too busy a5
gagged. Another shade of surprise made It's
appearance, and Its owner looked at me Just
as i've seen people look Mt tue yindictive Wild
nlen from Borneo, in Colonel sfood's
Museum: Hc again assured ME that he
"Goadn't t ' think ct SUI such thing and g1a;;
hope for nm interview with the Queen Us
with the editor Of the TIme,; "but," said
be, "if you have anv business with the edi-
torial department, state it in writing, aud
c.,n,e here in the morning for m answer"
History and tradition record many cases of
poorhouse guardians, when the boy
fwtst, passed his soup plato tho
second time; that Of Little Dorrit, when her
child-likc father wns released from the Mar
sha1sea; and that Of President johnson
but I doubt if any Of these cases,
except, perhaps, the last, compare iavorably
In intensity with that OF the clerk of the
Times Office. lie certainly was the most in
sulerab bic ass that have seen on this side of
the Atlantic.
Although not permitted to 20 through
the different buildings in which the
Times is located, think I am
safe in saying that the institution
is, in more senses than one, Immense; and
that, notwithstanding the well.dcscrvel rep
uta,ion which the Timer has gained tor itself,
nf fighting, like the brutal Da1gctty, for the
side that las the heaviest purse, it now and
then opens its batteries in favor Of humanity
in general. 1t is apparently US necessary to
the better classes III England as beer Is to
dIayman and john Bull has nearly Us much
faith in it's heavy leaders Us alr. Sasby, the
postmaster at Confederate \ Roads, appears
10 lave in the principles Of modern Denloc.
rncy.:
lii politics the Times is Tory, and OF course
1t Violently opposes Mr. BriSht's great Re-
torm movement. Its course in regard to the
American war is too well known In the
United States to require comment. ! am iu-
formed that Its circulation, morning aud
evening, is about @. .003. anil that its nc. pro-
fits lat year wcEr not faf from e50,OsU-
sc5oodo.
TIE TELEGRAPH
IS tue popular pape!. OF the city, and also Of
tue country. 1t Is located on Flcetstrect, q
square and half from Temple Bar. There is
scarcely one ale house or gin palace in hun
drcd, Throughout England. that doesn't
patrnizc the Telegraph. ana some Of them
take two copies. The usual rule Is for a man
to do as much rcadin. rs possible in ten or
fifteen minutes. and then hand tho paper to
the first one Who spoke for it after It passed
INTO the readers possession. Occasionally
while bis listeners will stop him, and briefly
argue in their crude way about the different
things. spoken. Of In the article which
he Is reading. There arc several
reasons for the Immense circulation and
popularity Of the Itlc7rnph-onc Of which
IS Its chcarness, aud another Is the service
It is rendering the lower classes by its slclgc
hammer articles in favor Of Reform. It, like
the 7imrs, is grccdily purchased by news
vcnders, from tho ale houses, at half price,
on the evening Of It's publication, and
shipped off next morning to country towns
and cities, where, although twenty -four
hours behind, 1t readily sells for Its original
price Of penny. Its circulation ranges from
Isl, 900 to 100000 daily, and its profits last
year were within fraction Of $500 It
Goes not publish an evening edition. During
tue American war 1t was ono OF the worst
limits of thc nrrat c}ty nf T,nn]op AMI a ~.
NOR Is cnrrcnf her, amonI ncWsnan s. nv =, ~
that lis Office was draned n n,nwrn;ng n iasa
| than f3re 1a,nntcs afler onn nf Rnnts,,s tnio'
rrnms announced thc ranturc n R3chmonJ
From fhn T;j-1,onl W. cross Fiat strn,.
and ON the ri.yht hand as We fravci tnra y;
| 81 Paui,s wn find in .hc shnw wn'fn,.
Of m Office on the corner of Fleet ".quo% and !"
| filtby alley. the familiar nl,vs,o~nomr ~ i
] rrv,,u -
and rece,vc dnc nntice from an cnormons
nlacnrd IN The samc xrini;nw that sArtemus
| Wur1l Il In I.nndnnn Rnt whct, wc nsE for
items, The gentleman in charge of the Office
has NJ anr on ,and ~ pO pmaEe no,o tnat drect ~
| atfnck. and ask the gentleman ahont circn.
I,fion and r,rosfs ana hc anawera avail
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| nvcrv issnn ana +hc nrof7ta T. -
| scar xcrc Treatcr than we cxnerted'1 F;nd.
inr onr that NOTHING rsn hr made from
| Pinch W. rrscross Fjeet street and nasssna
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