The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-05
THE DAILY NEWS.
THE THuHDERER.
rHr LONDON rnns-A GLANCE AT THE HISTORY,
MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS OF THE GREATEST
NEWspApER IN THE WORLD.

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establishment: SO
To the writer abroad the London Times an6
its office are always objects OF interest, ano
your readers may, perhaps, like to know some,
thing Of this great newspaper, which stands q,
the head Of the press Of Europe. In the pear
OF heold City Of London, near st. PauPs CnurcI
and the Thames, are Printing House square, J,
and 'sPlay House Yard, the former sEail
open space, about fifty feet square, the latter
marrow street. q few yards to the north, access
being gained to both through some OF tne
smallest. most crooked and dingiest streets Of
the metropolis. Here, In dozen or more low,
ancient-looking houses, covering perhaps; an
acre and a hall, is pubhshe1 tne I1mes M Ine
publishing Office being on Play House Yard, the
off3ce FOR receiving advertisements on one side
OF Printing House Square, the managers Off
ces on another and the editors rooms on q
third. The place is quiet one, secluded from
the hustle and noise of the traffic Of the great
London streets, and none OF the buildings make
any pretensions, or give, beyond one or Two
modest signs, any indications G OF the important
business, transacted within.
On sJanuary 49, 17S5, Mr.. John Walter, OF
london, published the first number OF the
UDailY Universal Register" |" which was printed
bywhat was known as the topographic system,
IN which types containing syllables and words
were employed instead Of single letters. This
/. system being not found to answer, was soon
~
: name Of his newspaper, and on January l, l780,
issued the first number Of "The Times, "a four
page sheet little larger than the first num-
) Der OF the Public Ledger, and containing four
columns on each page. 1t was, OF course,
printed on the: old fashioned hand presses: It
had many rivals to contend with, and gained
hut sloWly in. circulation; having at the start
and until 1903, Q sale OF LOCO copies, whilst
the London Morning Post issued 4, 500. During
this year Mr.. Walter gave up the paper to his
son, in whose hands it advanced to a
high place in journalism, it's start be-
ing gained by enterprise in gathering
news in Napoleon,s wars. On Noyem,
by steam power, using the first English steam
printing press, constructed by NJ. KONG, and
capable of worKing off 1900 copies per hour.
BY successive Improvements this capacity was
increased, and in 1916 there were 1900 copies
PEI hour printed hs pewsfnl a arholes tSa as con,
gained it heweH Known name Of 1.-THE Thun-
derer." During this period it gradually in
creased its size, adding fifth, and then q
sixth column to each page; and on January is,
1879, it issued its first double number OF eight
pages. In 1S4 q memorable event happened
In the history OF the paper. It used its great
power to defeat and expose scheme organized
by public company to defaud, by forgery, all
3 the influential bankers Of Europe. This
: brought upon the proprietors long and
vexatious action for !, libel involving them
IN heavy expenses. Finally the jury found
the charge trne, but gave verdict OF
was one OF the great events OF the time.
and r,bscr,,t;ons vsre sas IN foof IN oil narfa
az Enrone So reinfnrse the nronrietors for
fheir irninense outIay in defending the action.
but this being ArmE declined. the money was
expended ir founding ssTimes Scholarships
at Oxford Cambridge and other schools,
event e were wen, set M % IA the RoVaI EIchanee in in
p,;nft,ns us,,,sfr &c. - ntLe. -s7e,,a. -
Thasa 60 ~ ana ..a p.aSos, 10
m sEnroneaI ob S,,bse,non{Iv The
,,..;,.r es,,n int tha Hands NJ Mr ::nhn wal
fs; ~, ot.its yonnJer In 1ea5 The
FINES r q | estabEshed @ a. an overland express nom
india sor fha convavanca o, of ~ news In 1s4s II
firss i,sed rss,u ~ machinea thnse NJ
Annlecath. and in iSso 2ts sveraee daily cir
rnlst;nn yas az nm ~ ,s,;iss -
Nnvnrnhorso 1csS 1asoo NJ VI. Eue pumper OF
Dnke nY WalI;nes1 sttsr t9e aeasn OF the
rssslsse ~ s--o:pp, and containing his biog-
--rny, 56, ,008 copies were sold. In 1854, DT.
ent in the Grimea, and wrote the, letters that
made him: famous. During this period the
Times began issuing triple and quadruple
sheets. papers Of twelve and sixteen pages.
IN 1858, Mr.. Hoes American printing macolne
Eas flrat used to print the Times. In 1851, the
daily circulation had increased to hfty-four
fhonssnd copies; over eighteen million copies
feinp issued during the year. at this time the
Tiu,ss began occasionally issuing qundruFte
sheets OF twenty pages to accommodate its
br9siiiess. and on June a. 1861, it issued sex
tutIe sheet 'of tWenty-fom pages, containing
besides the residing matter 4076 different ad-
refreshments, quite an increase oyeri!s mod @
est number Of $50, fifty years before, in 1871.
In 1867. THE Times began printing with the
Walter self fieeding press, patented the veal,
before. and claimed to be the fastest and most
economical printing machine in the world.
The presant circulation of the Times is from
6aOif3t To- 68. 600 daily. the ordinary issue being
4 siIteer. .:ysape fnessuarer. whilst sometimes
H In jncrease3 To a twenty mage newspaper.
iT5Iis ia a hrief history of the paper. and Inow
y,iIl i;sss an fn an acnSuut OF fts present con.
S;f;on and nf the ofice at Printing House
Srnare Tha T;msa, "a IN al, era of great PROS
.ss,;tv ard tSa endeavor IN the eatsblishment
$s ~ }sa,,a nawsnaner which Will at once be q
soSsTsS :, trooranhv excellent nrint
aa .Sa ene ao stos1as n lbe Tmes nff;ce
sl1 tha ~ @ enyth;n alss 70 nreaerva
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"a "a oSss,er stera ~ S EnolspS wberS an
S;to.,s 10 to ha enanjoved bv the
M.se. Tri;E etha .. crS.tono an Hnerics the
sSacf a. tIo T,oeo ofssca ;s to 1,raeerve The inn
,ssySonsi;tv al ~ the ne1,a,. what a. contains ia
sssa IN, tha ,oare, ;tSaTs and mt hv anv ;nc;vi.
s,,J S,1 sbst ;ts o1,in;o1s and state
,na}s l., on heSora the world wsfb an the weight
4ho ,,avunener Sn can oiva them Ira editors
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