, 1872-12-22
LONDON.
The Atlantic Cab1e---Cyrus
Field and His Thanks
giving"
Briqand Literature..-" Black Besses," !"
q Daredevil Dicks" and
''Bloody Buccaneers"

piuQuy 14GCdtteaiSs
Extinction Of Famous Fami1ies--
The Art Of Advertising.
] FSona Our Opn Correspondent
| LONDON, Nov. q, 1872.
! MR.. CYRUS FIELDS "TuASEsGIy1No."
! Mr. Cyrus Fields heart is swelling in his
+! bosom tonight. This is u real Thanksgiving
| Day for him. He is master Of the situation.
+! The wheel Of Fortune has thrown out golden
! prize, and his paths run over with fulnesB. On
! all sides arc congratulations. But, whi1o Mr.
Field is feasting Premiers and flashing his Own
| speeches aeroas the ocean, will pluck him by
tho sleeve for q moment, and say one OF two
untter-of-fact things.
Before the Atlantic cable was successfully laid,
there were fow London journalists who we're
! no. familiar with the little figure
; and the restless features, Of Cyrus Field Ho
i Was possessed With great ides, md it seemed
! to deprive him OF leisure. He was tho American
| typo Of tho Wandering Jew. How many times
/ did he cross the Atlantic? I forget, but tho
! world has beon told Of it very often: and, each
time he arrived, he Was . visitor at some Of the
A|hokAIQA b44N2os AA040 N3AA5 14t1u Ak61us
with his cable crotchet," vas a frequent express
sion. All credit to hl1n for his faith, and for bis
good-humored tenacity. He gained his object
The press supported him warmly, md, by means
of it's aid, hs Was able to SO On with his useful
schemes. Well do some Of us remember his
p1eadipgs. "Ihis is not 81 undertaking for nero
profit. OF cou1re We shall Try to get slight per
centago On our outlay; but tho thing is to get
rapid and cheap communication between the two
countries. I care for nothing else. want tbs
British merchant to bo able, for few ahillings,
to hold his daily intercourse with his American
brethren; want the newspapers to get daily in-
teligence as though they were On tho Same con-
inent; and particularly do I want to See tho
poor Irish cmigrant able to satisfy himself Of
the welfare Of those at homo, whom he Ioves-n
Yes; such YVES tho burden Of the..strain. Now
am dreaming ?--was it whispered by lover OF
satire ?-or was I really told that the sama
Cyrus Field, on being questioned this week shout
the exorbitant character OF the ctargss replied:
g hly dear -, you don't suppose we started tho
Atlantic cable u mattor Of sentiment. AL
our concern in it is money one, and what ne
wanted WAS not fine feelings, but good PER-
centage. We are going to have 10 per cent per-
manently; but, after no have rot together
large reserve fund, and mada another eable or
two, it there is still su1plueage over the 10 per
cent, VIC may apply that to reduction OF tho
tar1 IT," Those. am assured, we're the words
but the quiet smile, the look OF pity
upon those who thought that something else
was due from 80 great monopoly,-these cannot
be transferred to paper. Consequently, the
spectacle Of Cyrus Field talking Of the blessings
Of the cable is little irritating. No blame to
let him get tha credit ~ haip1 = +eFto o1a
graph Peabody. There is notion here. and
perhaps on your side Of the Atlantic, that Mr
Field ls the supporter Of the popular claim for
e4esRRer tR mesaaEes No. BIT OF it. Ae is ono
though this may not be apparent in his public
dellyernnces.
a.est HOY long yi tho tho two countries endure this
gigantic tax The existing monopolists bold
above water they buy it Up. But something
should be done. To the press they are ipdifref-
ent. Although tie circumstances under which
newspapers are placed initiate against tho use
OF condemnation By CIPHER, the companies make
no reduction. The journals pay 4 shillings q
have greatly to thank hfr. Cyrus Field Give
him 9an al, oil tho reputation he deserves
but it is cFedalous to imagine that shese Ter6
called out by any stronger motive than that
which is so powerful with most OF US, viz: de-
slra to do the best for Number One.
LaAtAHD 144IGAATUEE.
At intervals, the police are instructed to make
RAID upon the shops st which tho worst en- !
cravings and literature are sold; and they havo !;
succesded IN all but clearing The street in tho
strand which was once devoted to such CON-
mesce: But kindred evil osespes them, and !;
cannot DO su1n1aarily dealt with, unless tho |
,hberty of printing ~ is restricted. IN /
der tasto tho tho pretence Of eultisating .
teste Tor art, two journals bring out ;
pandered to By the representation of female fg- |
uEes in half-drcss. Twice the conductors haFe |
been prosecuted; but they. generally contrive to
kesp within the letter Of the law. Equally mis- :
chiovous is theclass OF criminal romance. Three !
firms are now engaged in publishing the largest !;
proportion Of this species Of literature Of the |
present time: Their names are, t'The News
= agents Publishing company;" Alr. Harrison, i
Vickers. I subjoin List Of the publications
issued BY the News-Agents' Publishing Compn-
ny. Their titles arc Indicative Of tie nature
OF their contents. These are: Spring -Heeled
Jack, the Terror Of London; Wild WiI, or tbs
Pirates Of the Thames; Honnslow Heath. and
It's Moonlight Riders; Daredevil Dick, the Bow
King Of the smugg1ers; The Poor Boy Of Lon
don, or Driven to Crime Admiral Tom, King Of
Or The Children Of tho Night Moon, Moon.,
Light Jack, or the King Of tbs Road:
Red Ralph, or the Daughter of the Nirht The
Bo5 Boy Detective, Or the Crimes of London Black
o1g ISn ssn see ehso a 1n'ng or tho Dark Woman Of
1eaEe Les alan. belng scquel to Iion-Limb, the
BoJ-King Of tho South Sea Islands Tho Younr
Apprentice, or tho Watchworda Of Old Lon,
Mr: E: Harriaon's list contains: Black Bess.
2r the Knight Of the Road; Nucskin; and
The Black Hlghwayman.
The Temple Publishing Company, Essex
street, Strand, publish: Starlight Nell, the
Queen Of the Highwaymon, or the Red Royers
q 3. AounsloT Heath; Captain Macheath Tom
| lurpin and Tho Boy Pirate, or Iife IN the
Ocean. '-1S
Mr. Il. Vcke1s issues: The Life and Career
II London Errand-Boy; and Lively Adyen-
:9ta, giss Of Of H. YPenHg EYE Rase by John Bennett
q: Lee, Aldino Chambers, Patornoster Row.
publishes The Boy Bngand or tho Dark King Of
There are thirty publications, in all, Of tho
Black Bess stamp, among which it has the most
important circulation. There is great mass Of
itelatura oftc1 claasided Eith tl,sso hzd