The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-02-27

another yentured on. with penny sporting papers,
and now there are half a dozen that are liberal
iurJme-. Three of them have Hoe largest ma
chine~. The Sp0rt0HGE- tine newest Qcnny-IaIer.
Las four Of Hoe. eight feeders. NJ i've thousand
pounds each. All this cut Of horse racing
Bars Life J. moved 90 last out Of it. defensive
position. and has announced n change % Erlce
and an increased number Of issues. Inc tIetd'
and a journal called LGud and H0isr. are weekly
newspapers Of a high price printed on paper -
good - the best BOOK paper E1eh number j. IN
fact o thick book without stiff covers. treating u
"a score ofsp1rts-ncing being but onc-yaehtlus,
angling, cricketin-. boating, fishing. bunting,
shooting are particularly studied, and tie natU-
rllist constantly meets in their columns with val
liable facts. These papers are bought ~ the
aristOcracy and the country >luiTes-
OTHER JOURNALS.
7 find on counting them that the whole number
% English newspapers printed out 81 London ana
registered ~ the government othee. l. about u5V-
In Wales there are 81 in Scotland, 80 IN
Ireland. 1870. The daily papers printed NJ Man
chester. birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, sheffield,
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Belfast. i'm
prove a. a class from year u year They do not
exercise nearly - wide an influence a. the Lon
don uaucrs. but they must De diligently consulted
by the reader who would arrive ut the public
opinion of the three kingdoms. ! am often amused
BY seeing az the POLITICAL clubs there q crowd Of
members Of Parliament reading each lis local
PAPER. To him the opinions which that Journal
expresses. even on Tue topics bl -t+t4d4 4t-lS-dt4ths
are often Of more concern than the opinions OF the
Times. The provincial daily press l. getting less
provincial every year. The articles in the Man
chester Examiner. the Leeds Mercury, and the
Scotsman are scarcely interior 10 any. Mr.. Rus
eel, the principal proprietor Of the Scotsman, and
its editor, Is more sought after when he pays Il
visit 10 London than any Of the London editors,
save. perhaps, Mr.. Delanc.
scotland. YOU arc aware. has this year sent an
immense phalanx Of supporters Of MIR. Gladstone
10 the House Of Commons, and TO every nook and
corner Of Scotland tie Scotsman lcnetrItcs. Mr..
Russell has only to leave his card at the town
hyuse Of a Liberal peer, to be overwhelmed with
invitations. Now. more than ever, viii this be
the case. He may be said 10 have tvHod the
Scotch elections and he will be in great feather.
lie l. "a shrewd and energetic man, with no snob-
i-m about him, prcftrring a run after a salmon to
all that London society can give. This Is an
unique ease. No other single newspaper holds the
precise position Of the Scotsman. Ii was gained
10y sheer intellectual superiority, and by the re-
culiur circumstances of Scotch life. Few men
know more Of tie political world than Mr.. Rus
sell. Dukes and Earls are wonderfully coniiden-
tial with him, and i- il odd 10 see this intimacy,
while u London editor scarcely knows them by
sight. An evening with Mr.. Russell, Of the
Scotsman, with good whisky toddy going. Is n
wonderful cye-oIcnins experience for = young
political writer.