The Portland daily press., 1881-10-12
IHarper'' Magazinel
Early History of the London Daily
NeUa

Among the stories Of tho projection and es-
| tcblishment o London pipsrs that of the Dali
ly News was never completely told. We can
commend this present history OF 10 IA new In
many respects aud trne in ALL TIE first num-
Der is dated Japuary 2l, 1915. It is curious 10
$50 daily paper without aag tsegra ns 1t
was thouglta great thing t. have resolved
from Paris the 2lst OF January advices as
late as the 18Th
Dickens, during the. six weeks OF his editor
ship, was most activ ia eng aging contributors
right aud left insy h,@el from the pro-
Dritstary Golfers like water" A railway edi.
tor was engaged at two thousand pounds
a year. There were fOreign, colonial aud
Heaven knIws what litjrs besides. Brad
bury and Esans supoliel the ctpital Ulu-
IN aieiy Mr. g. w Dixie, the grandfather OF
tue present Sir C'aslss, aud man of great
energy, on beeoning manager. re1ucsl things
TO orhe r, though if 1t vas uD1n his reeonmeu-
d Atinl that the pries of the paper was lowered
TO y l., his wits must have been asleep for
oaice' In those days tho heavy paper aud adj
TertisernsHt duties m ,d3 it impossible for q
J'nrnA' TO be sold ProtitablS under !. per copy.
The object of the Dsily News for soms tins
seemed 70 be to Constitute itself a popular
Tlmes. L a those DAYS the Times was non the
champion of free4d dom it is now
Ihe ID iiay News, on the other hand. es-
ponssd the cAEse of the nAtiOnaiities Of Italy
and Hungary, as of the Parliamentary REFORM
er5 ~ hone. la this work. however, iJ a1ar-
relied Win Messrs. Cobaen and Bright whose
peace-at-ahy price dectfines were not TO lis
asfe. Nc blight openly snesrsd at tis d ,ily
NeWs'sni las sever beeu IA very cordial friend
y u. such r0Htri Du'0rs as ID lusits J-rr1id
III Dr. La 4 In th.
espmdsDl ia Pari>) ,nd JJhn Forster gave
tne pa per .. high literary standing. Mr. For
ster made exec lent editor, bat tile forces
'SaipsI nim wer5 700 -srosIg To prove SUCCESS
rus Mr.. Kuignt Hunt, busy, energsiic Ittle 3
uetOr, wtiO wrote IA fair account of the history
OF the newspaper press worried himself 10
death in the effort 10 orIng the ptpsr 10 live
upon u farthing day without actual exfinc.
zion. He was succeeded by worthy Seolch-
mana tall, gray-haired ctnny ScJt as deaf
As post, into whose ear l. lrd BrOugham said
il was impossible, though he Often tried, TO
pour a contid -nIial communication. For this
reason poor Weir was excluded fro,0 the ppliti-
cal clubs, greatly To hls annoyance There
a chorus of praise from tlie nress When the
poor fellow died, despite the hostility which
nad reigued between thsin. No ono was bet
ter chatter than Old Weir. The Times of Sep
t.'nber II 1864 had the following paragraph:
the lat w liza Weir Uader this title
rne D,nS n sws publishes well-sarned trib-
ute to the memory of is late editor-a gentle
for the able aud honest conduct OF Jnat journal
We have often differed with if, Ont nsver
witLous sincere res ect for the ability and the
sentioiu tiily spirit in whijn IL Was condue ted
a spirit whiNh mple II, tue yOungrst OF our
contem poraries, a worthy representative of the
English press Harriet MArtiueau DISCUSSED
All SORTS Of topics with tho utmost fre-dOm.
She wrjte three articles a week Dy agreement,
aud this co ,tnurd a'ter she had Z ,ne TO
her West lnoreand home. She delighted il her
work aud Jntri bdted greatly {, the hign lit-
erary reputation OF the pLUer Hsr style was
alw sys clear aud iorcibie, AID her viaws were
enlarged aud humane One story which she
used 10 tell after she had Ceased 20 write,
which was only a few years before her deaih,
was that shs once enabled the ptDef
to make an Announcement OF the first
Importance, viz, the ling OF the
fleet for the Baltic during the Crimean
war 1t appe tiial she W ,s ou visiting terms
with a lady wnD vas alxiDas 90 get an appnut-
m-nt ON one of the ship f,r her spu, lnd haV-
iug claims upon her Mfisfty. she hat asked
the royal interpJstion. rh7 G lssa called APP
on her one morning tp teli ast sst 1sr Dtnd
at rest for the fl set going u ths Battle,
aud her boy should 60 with lt II The after
noDu Miss Martiletu called 20 sss her frienJ,
aud was told Of tns c,rcunsttnc-s Win true
j nrialisfic aptuess, sle drive oic< e. Tue
ID ally Naws otf', aud lnais klOFn the tiet
aud rie ID al, Naws had ali the cre'iia nt hav-
ing Ived tx iuStveiy an OH 'iai nrtih;atioh.
Il 1859 Mr. J II r ID nson, Tue i1anss ger, pr
shaded Miss VI trCtne 20 lsL nlu ctlsSt from
Toe DAILY Nsws tns varsss biDgrapniG
sketches she had written ier the p,i'Sr, Lnsy
were published aud ssGarei a larsr sale. >hs
was drlgh ed as she sncied The world lad
forgotten her. FAe Praises which the critics
iAvished On the ESSAYS gave nsr great pleasure
The profits ano ,hted % 50 ne hnndesd5 Of
pounds and wer1 to her the least part Of the
qualification derived from tbs publication Of
the work.