New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-16
JOURNALISM IN ENGLAND.
VARIOUS MORNING AND EVENING PAPERS.


neither elegant nor synm strcal but full of fine con-
fused nourishment might with far greater justice,
have applied that vile comparison to The Morning
Advertiser otherwise known as the " tap-tub" the
organ OF the beer and spirit interest. Perhaps the
The MOraiHg Adreri,ser has a larger circulation thah
any o her organ IN the world not bought by any
body out of the trade, and apprehenG 1t would De
safe wager that q SINCE soul unconnected Win inc
licensed victualing interest ever buys copy, tha'
Is with one exception Of considerable Importance
Mr. Charles Reade, N of his novels descLloeu
a man who loved and lovingly couated ms A'-"'
! The Ti-er WIS carefully read every morning the
curious miscellaneous items cut OUT pasleu L.
COMMONPLACE book and carefully lndexed. Inc
| maj, described was Mr Charles Reade himself, WHO
pra,sed The Tf-er as an epitOme of news, important
| s4rarse new and old. The newspaper gained us
rcnutl+iou for being sub-edted with wOndrOus care
| very long ago under tine regime of the Mr. Orah'
upon whom wicked humorists played on Shah
quotations and inscriptions In Greek and La1In'
The Editor Of that period was innocent OF those
tongues and bad men sat IN taverns. over tumo-ers
of toddy after the journalistic piacuce
of that time. inyenting bogus BITS IN the
learned languages for the benefit OF "Old Grant.
The University failures who hung about the skirts
of Journalism hated Old Grant" with a yiraence
which neither beer nor wh.skey could quench 1t
aud beers -Lers are called in this country, held
meeting 10 decide between the claims of Unlyers-
sitv man and Mr. Grant 10 become Editor Of 1de
Morning 4drcrtser The scholar had good creden-
tials and Mr.. Grant had many friends. Ultimately
issue was Joined whether IL was necessary or not
that the Editor Of The Morning AGceriiSer should be
a classical scholar. The question was decided III
the negative by a large Haai0rlty, aud Dir. Grant
was nr9clnted Editor In those days people uld as
Nj Charles Reade docs ney r-ad the paper for the
odd cuttings and translato1s from foreign papeis
without looking at its leading articles or literary
reviews 1t was said that unhappy reviewer was
dismissed from the staf because he commented IN
severe terms Oh the mania OF the late Mr. Mortimer
Collins for filing mp novel called sweet Anne
PageD with details OF Gargantuan Danquels. Inc
trade was shocked that IN attack should De maze
upon poet and novelist who properly suOordInateu
love-maling to more important business Oh eat
ing and drin king. and the unhappy scribe was e4-
PEELED from ile " tap-tub.'
In latertlmes better spirit has prevailed he
watts. Colonel Oliver Richards raised Inc Morning.
fdr,rtis,T to a more important position than L had
hitherto occupied result not TO be wondered a Tor
besides being Il prominent vO.unreer officer, he was
q gentleman of ,aste and culture, the author OF
mems and of dramas including CROMWELL short
Iv after his dealn Captain HamDer, late Editor OF
The Standard 3ad The Hour, was appointed Editor
and the poi neal i.nporta ice OF Ihe AdrGt'Ser
largely increased. Al the same time the war cor
respondcuc- became 80 good - t. attract the gen
era uorice OF the public. Thls was mainly due 10
the excellent work performed III India anu else
where by Mr. Charles Williams, an admirable
journalist "al round" and thoroughly genial
and popular man.
The JJserra IS 4 peculiarncvspaper, unlike every
other AID possessing distinct individually OF IT,
own L may be described III the language OF the
man who defined port rhouss STEAK a. beef
mutton chop" a sun az daily. 1t Is not a
daily paper, Tor il appears only on Sundays
and il is not IL guar unday paper for It is printed
rlv on sunday. instead of saturday, contains the
latest news and kilograms and does not concern IT.
self with the pa t week beyond saturday, or Friday
at the farthesU. Hence it is the single paper OF
sunday for there is no sunday issue Of tie great
daiiies il this country. Everybody must see The
O5serrer ON sunday. ami it Is extraordinary what
luck II has ID battles fires and deaths happening On
Saturday. and which enable 10 10 completely dis
count the morning papers of Monday. For many
years il was the property of the late Mr.. Lionel
Lawson ana the late Mr.. Julius Beer.
n lturally enough 1t regarded as an important
financial organ while 1t wa IN the hands OF THESE
TWO great specuia Ors, aud It's city article was
eagerly scanned by the noble army OF investors.
For many ysars the edit0rshp, wAich III England
is REGARDED as entirely separate from financial
articles. has been in hands of Mr.. Edward Dlcey.
during whose occasional absences IN Egypt and
elsewhere The chair has been filed either ny MI T.
W. Clavdeu. the clever pr j-edltorOt me Dug NeTS
or by Mr.. Trail with whose pu gent articles read
ers of the old Poll MaU AMI present st. James's CT
.ette are familiar Mr. Dicey, who digi les with Sir
country as is possessed here has just published
book on Egvpt full OF profound knowledge and ap.
nr.ciation OF the mystery of Eastern finance and
ocute criticism of the daOblers who pretend TO
know and talk utter nonseus, about such things as
public opinion" in despoucally governed
Oriental country. Mr.. Dicey has among his " one
davD staff writer's culled from among the daily
journalists well to the fore, an excellent dramatic
critic in Mr. Ernest Bendall. and very good writer
of editorials turning on legal questions IN MI.
Robert Wiliams-not 10 be confounded with Nj.
Montague Williams, the famous advocate, who was
for some inscrutable reason called " Bob at EiOl.
Mr.. Hcrsee is the musical critic of The Observer
and the clever pen of Mr.. j. Comyns Carr mas
been frequently employed IN art criticism.
Mr. Dicey not only edits The ObscrrT. but writes
a great number Of lea ling articles III me Dddy
Telegrapk. Of which the late Mr. Lionel Lawson was
half-proprietor. Mr.. Lawson was very extraordl-
nary man, owning. beside his newspaper property
in The Telegraph and The ObeTra. the Gaiety Thea
re He began life by making printing ink. and
died nearly twice millionaire
A daily newspaper now beginning to at
tract attention TO its reports of London
local matters is The Daily Chronicle
development of The ClcrknWeH Necs in the
hands of Mr LLOYD, whose name is closely linked
with cheap journalism. Lloyds Newspaper. a weekly
paper. has long been a sort of workngmans organ
conducted on somewhat different lines from hey
nnds NOW the faynrite pape: with London artisans.