Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07
The London "Times" and its Editor.

1t is now certain that Mr.. Delane has
retired from the chief editorship of the
London Times. There has been II
rumor for some time past that he con
templated doing this on account of fail
ing health. The rumor has turned out
to be well founded, and Mr.. Delane no
longer occupies the position in which
he has been enabled to WELD such II ire.
mendous power. II Is about thirty
seven years since Mr. Delane assumed
the post of cditor-in-chief Of the Times.
During that period he has exercised Il
close observation over nearly all that
has gone into the paper, and has had
much to do IN bringing 1t to It's present
state of worldwide renown. In an in
delible manner he has imprinted the
character of his own mind upon the pa
per, and by journalists of all classes ne
Is allowed to have been the most potent
editor of the age. A contemporary has
said that Mr.. Delane directed the policy
of the paper, selected the subjects fer
the daily articles, and in a short written
memorandum prescribed the character
and tone of each article This memoir
andum his practiced statfhad learned to
expand and express in style so similar
to each other that one of the most strik-
ing features of the paper was It's unifor-
nifty. Though he never wrote IN arti-
Gle himself Mr.. Delane spent every
night from 10 o'clock to 3 in the morn
ing, correcting or adding to those which
were submitted to him. On nights of
late Parliamentary debates the slips
containing the stenographic reports ar
rived every quarter OF an hour. As
soon rs they We're written out they were
handed to the lcadcr-wrter. who was
necessarily obliged to form his conclu-
sions as the debate was progressing.
These were in turn handed to Mr. De-
lane, to be revised, and the result was
an able resume III leading article
issued at in the morning of II debate
which had only terminated at > o clock
the same morning. Besides the leaders,
Mr.. Delane carefully read through the
entire sheet before it went to press. His
great faculty was in his power Of adapt
ing and altering the style of other men
to suit his own ideas, and i'll his eXtrar-
binary sagaclty in choosing the subject
to be treated and the line to be adopted.
The retirement of such man is AN
event in newspaper literature. 1t will
be regretted by more than those of his
own professional circle; and it now re-
mains to be seen how far under other
management the Times will retain the
prestige it mas enjoyed under the con-
troll of the late chief-Scoijh American
\ FRENCH convict ship, the Nava-
rina, was announced To sail on October
3 for New Caledonia, with 400 prisoners
on board So fatal are the conditions
of such a voyage that n careful inspec-
ton is made of the prisoners before
their departure, lest any among them
should be Of weakly constitution, as i'm
that case the result of the transit would
be certain death. THE cunvlcts are
kept between decks in cages, each of
which contains about twenty prisoners.
There limbs are free, ut any rate, at
starting; but as they are liable to Toe
ironed for amy act of INSTRUMENTATION.
it is probable that this inhiction is
sometimes added to their sutlerings.
Each convict is allowed one hours ex-