The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-02-27
THE LONDON NEWSPAPERS.
The Press of England and its ProprietOrs.


the United Kingdom j. overwhelmingly Liberal.
One would sUTTusc tiat the rich pI0YrIetOr- Of
the soil. and th,~c who depend upon them, would
ind some newsIaTers 10 represent their IrIncI-
pies. Indirectly. the absence ci = numerous
band Of Tory journals shows thar tie votes in
many of tie counties were not the general eN-
Ire--l.n u tie popular VIII. The very tenant
farmers who yuteI n masses Tor tine nominees u
tie Tory squire, when they get home have for
their reading tie nearest Radical newspaper. and
enjoy. O. they smoke their pipes, tire articles
directed against tie landlords under whose screen
they are placed. Lately. for some purpose or
other, the Government has published. IN a return
- Parliament. the name Of every newspaper IN
the three kingdoms. with the names also Of the
pr,prietor-. This j. the fT-t time the STATE has
published. for the information Of the curious, the
details which the law requires should be IN the
possession Of the Crown. Hitherto il has been
supposed that this was a particular given more or
lee IN confidence, and a. q security IN tie event
Of rebelliOus matter being printed; bat, for some
reason Or other, Mr.. Dislaeli. as one Of the last
acts VI bis Ministry. has broken the seals, AMI
now every one who likes = spend a few pence on
the matter can have at his DISPOSAL the names Of
those who supply the money for maintaining the
fourth estate. AZ yet, tins fact J. not widely
known, few people going 70 the State PAPER
Office, and the newspapers keeping silence. In
the coming contests, IN which tie Radical party
will find Itself struggling against the Court and
the House Of Lords, the part which the press
viii play i Of tie first Importance, and tie world
may n well know what % expect.
TIE rEOFRiErons OF TIE DAILY JOURNALS.
During the elections. the Tunes gave up the
preteusc Of being independent and spoke Of the
Liberal party a. our side and Of the successes
which we were making. This was with tie
view IF forwarding tie interests Of Mr.. Walter,
who was a Liberal candidate in Berkshire. Is
Sir. Walter j. now in Parliament, the inns J.
free again % us-aii Mr.. Gladstone. To the gov
crHmcn. the naIncs Of =. Anna BrOdic and John
Walter - are returned ~ Er0IrietoT- Of the Tunes,
but there are really many others. The circula-
ton Of tie IHH.S has been materially lcsscncd
BY tie spread Of the penny press. but during the
elections, IL often reached 100000. which ut
thrce-pcncc a copy l. a large sale. It's average
circulation i not more than ~ .OCO Per day.
The DGiiy NIrS much exceeds that number. and
IL increases every week. The pr0pTictOrs include
two Liberal members Of Parlilment-Mr ;.
Morley, VI. T.. and Mr.. Charles Reed, VI. p,
and Mr.. LIb1ucherc. who was until lately n Rep
re-entatiye in the House Of Commons, Of the
County %! Midllc~ex.
The Daiy Telegraph j. still the property of
the Jews Messrs. Moss, Levy and Lawson.
The actual managers are the Lcyys. fatlcr and
son. TIE father j. married to tie daughter of
Mr.. Webster, the actor. and his fellow proprietor,
MIR. Lawson, also dtbblc- III theatres. lie has
lately built two IN London, and made au immense
profit by them, in letting them at a heavy rent.
The Telegraph II a good property Ii was carly
in the field, and has kept the place it was the
first u Gil. As for their articles, they are all
represented by George Augustus Sala. That YER
satilc writer contributes daily to it, columns, and
gives to it a tone which l. peculiar - it. There
Il only one Sala, though he las many imitatOrs.
Tie Star, which I~uanfully defended tine princi-
pies Of Mr.. Bright when that statesman was the
best abused man in Europe, II now the property
OF MIR. Harry KawSOn, n manufacturer OF Man
chester, Of much breadth Of mind and public
spirit. Mr.. Bright has no share in il, though il
still reflects his idiOsyncIacics more faithfully than
any other journal.
The Standard, the cheap Tory duly paper, is
owned by a Mr.. Johnstonc. an Official in the
Court of Bankruptcy. He deserves the success
he has gained, for his pluck and good manage
ncnt. lie took the paper when it was a high
priced evening Journal, selling perhaps five hun
ircd copies a night, boldly bringing it out as a
morning paper and spending on it all the
capital at his command. lie has realized a large
and has had IL capital innings under tie
Disracli administration. For writers it has u
however, on renegades from the Liberal
ranks.
The Morning Post, still the organ of fashion,
Is the property OF a rich gentleman named Ride
Jut, vino finds it a pleasant though decidedly ex-
Ten-iye toy. 1t was tlc Past which first an
bounced the present to Mrs. Di-racli Of the title
81 a peere-s, and it is IN the Past that people
DOk for the last matrimonial alliance" which
Ia- been arranged ia ari-tocHtic circles. The
Morning. Adrert,ser i tire organ of the pDthouse
nal the Calyinistic chapel. The editor, James
rant, tries hard 20 make the most Of both
sD.lds. lie publishes 40 frequent intervals books
r. tie revival school, and all the while II advD-
atiug ~ hi- IaJcr the OTcning If beer shops and
,u Ialace- On tie Sunday. One Of hi- cilu-iDIs
Il n book eailei THE Hymns Of Heaven in
sLIrh be pTJie--e- u describe the form Of cDmpJ-
itipn which r. must ia vogue in tie celestial
ibyles. lie even indicates the tunc- which are
preferred. \ strange bird this among tire Lon
I'm editprs. But a. the publie,n- are required
~ -ub-cTIbc o. the organ Of their society, tie
ha- a rcmunerative circulation.
The Pail Mail G0=,ue was started 10y Nj.
'e,rge smith, tie Publisher. lie said he wouli
pend iprty thousand IDuHi- upon IL, and Lc has
lis word. IA i- au cycnin. IaVer, the mouth
Iiecc u the cla-- Of men who are ~-kcIticll in r.
igiOn and half conservative IN politics. M.
,iad-tOue j. peculiarly di-liked IS them. IIis
Dudnc-s for ccclc-iastical topics, and hi- extreme
,Oascicntiou-ne-s j. To them .sad stuff" and I
ave no doubt the Pail Mall Ga=ene will be in
.rpOsitiOn when Mr.. Gladstone j. in Office. Mr..
has h- hands full, for he conducts the
00rHAIH Magazine rs well.
The Pail Mall Ga=cYs was a heavy los for n
1ns while, AMI ut one period Only an accident
1yed 1t, but 1t Is supposed now to yield some
,rUft.
The ErDress belongs TO the prUprictors Of the
Daily NIrS- Tie GIObe i partly owned by sir
NOrthcDtc, one Of Disracli's colleagues.
hen there j. "a little evening Iapcr called the
which comes gut very late at night,
literally in sensational pieces Of news.
THE LONDON WEEKLY PRESS. !
The Saturday R.ciGr j. a puzzle. Its chief {
r|lUrictOr i Mr.. \. BcrcsipTd HOPE. the Tory
cpTe-cntativc IN Parliament of tie Cambridge q
University, but II i edited by an cx-UnItariln I
~rcacher. and deals with public topics in the J
ririt Of mi Gd1irGri. The srayc-t blunlcr with /
he Saturday R.ri,tr j. 20 have any belief az all
d anything or anybody. Mr.. Gladstone j. its !
1rrOr, and no doubt his zeal and his rc-Oluten.ss =
I'll expose him 70 many cold snccrs from this
,ural ia the approaching session. The Spectator
tie very IeycIsc, and may, perhaps, Dec rcckoncd p
a. a Liberal champion, now that electoral I
form i out Of the way. Its proprictor>. Mr.. t
;. Hutton and Mr.. Townsend. are among the %
nest writers in the English press but they are I
-0chetty aud c-cccutric-=ccminZ often To Ice I
lrchius for points Of difference from their PARTY. t
lthrr than for matters OF agreement. Tie Ecoa- q
Is owned by Mr.. Ha--boJ. an accomplished y
who would be in Parliament, could he &