New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-31
JOURNALISM IN ENGLAND.
1.-THE LONDON DAILY NEWS"

Old journalists fond OF telnng OF lne pohlp anu
narade. the flourish of trumpets and shawms, which
ipaugurated 1he ally Nccs. under the auspices oil
thai dominant star. Charles Dickens. With that
eanness hich not unfIeq uently defoIms the char
acter of mere jcg-trOt PRACTICAL men, they eNult'
ingly point to the talent brought TO bear upon the
new venture in journalism. and with many a
ehuckle recount bow ali came 10 very naught' 90
far as l can gather. tie idea of MI. DICKENS was
that of departmental editors; that inc N"iio"'
branches OF the arts should be attended 10 .! CIV
ouent exponents who were also skilled professors
III their own peculiar pursuits. mus "i''""'
should supei wise the dramatic critcHin' d" ''
the art criticisms, and so FORTH Hls curious 'i"
GOOD - man Of business as Charles Dickens shouiu
have overlooked the fact, which Dlsiaeh 81 ce"iiS
nerc,ived. that tie critic is vastly inferior 10 INC
80, ,ho creator: and that from merely imam
c;al noint of view il was ridiculous TO expect mat
frstrate architects engineers painters dramatis's
and musicians would coudescend 10 the drudgeIS Vi
newspaper work--that man who could PAM
Good enough pic ure 10 be hung ON the line aI tue
ROYAL Academy would he idiot enough to waste dis
precious time in writing art criticisms.
II TINS happened that, despite the practical heip
of Mir Wills who afterward took prominent P'iV
in organizing Household lords and d" INC ~"
Round The Daily Neics was conspicuous iai'uie ="
he1n with. Mr.. ID ckens was glad to escape rom
the duties OF tuii'iSuiP' aAi" WV f~f
on. Iapprehend at a severe loss until ABOUT loui-
,on or fifteen wears ago. Then a chang TOOK piaco
i; the management and proprietOrsbip OF tue paper
and sncb very different persons as Mr. LaDoucherc'
an. late Sir Charles Reed and Mr.. Samuel Morley
were stockholders. Prtviously TO thls u''o MI
Frank II. Hill and Mr.. j. X. Robinson hau oeen az
tached to the esi Adjustment Ill bou'erle-s''' '"'
nan "a writer of editorials lor The Daily Neos ana
NJ, Robinson as man ger of The LteRing Erpr'ss'
sort of evening edition OF the same he"spaP'i.
After various adjustments Inc Lazy NeWS se'tiou
down into it's present state and condition. Win M
Hill as editor and MIR. Robinson as manager III
their hands it speedily became paying concern,
md is now a very valuable property 1t Is oeSonu
80, nss,,on the most important Liberal paper In
she country. and has consistently and perSlStehuV
.n,norted Liberal doctrines i'll foul and TAR
weather It's however, by no means enthusiastic
concerning the Birmingham set of OPP lons' ana mas
not infreauently run counter to Government nl'"S
ures In ls74 it took up its own position on 'no
Irish Univer,iuts bill, and was accused by the
Rr,oht section of the Liberal party of wrecking Mt
Gladstone's Government. No newspaper has ever
less courted popularity. On such subjects as free
Trade and Religious liberation or fa'nel
Equality popular clamor has never made tue
slightest impression on The s'eA1i~si PIlno-
xles of The DoiIv Neses While Mr.. Hill
mower of the paper Mr. Robinson organized a sys-
tenn of war correspondence which at once brought
it 10 the fir, mt as a medium Of news. The custom
of teegraphing long descriptive letters begun I'D
America during the War of Secession, was hrst
largely applied in Europe By The Daily Ners High
literary quality has also been one OF the onJects
aimed at, and for the most part achleVeu'
The Daily Nncs far IRON rlvalllns me
Daily Telegraph The Times and Inc stand
ard in the architectural splendor Oh lIs
bnildinrs Its premises in Bouvere-st are OF
the III, st unpretending kind 1t has MT even
private wire to Paris but confines its news from the
Fr.nch capital to kilograms of moderate length
sent by the ordinary wires Like the other three
peyspapers Just mentioned it has been good prop
erty for some time past the recent pr0hts are re-
ported to have been very large
The Editor. Mr. Frank IL. Hill, is a rapid and ele-
rant writer endowed with the agile mini aud swift
decision so important in an editor Aiier taxing
degree at the University of London he was caIled
10 the Bar and has since been actively employeu'
not with law. but journalism After writing for
some years for The Daily NecS as well as for me
Saturday Reriec and other periodicals., he went to
Belfast 10 edit The Northern hg during the years
between 1850 and $50 This was a period of great
difficulty for English journalists, especially those
of the Liberal party. When the great American
struggle broke out 1t soon became evident that one
side or the other must be taken. The Tory and
1apdboldinc instincts of the British mind appealed
in favor of the Sccessoniss, and besides tins, the
South was the country of cotton and tobacco OF
raw material, in short, tor British manufacturers
MANY lnportan, newspapers went completely astray
on the merits of the question at Issue, and large
section of the press found Itself III the attitude OF
npholdmg slavery Ii is on.y just to Mr.. Hill to
rpcord that from the out set of the Civil War until its
close no never fatered his steady support of the
North For a while 1t seemed that public opinion
in Belfast would prove too strong or me NoTher"
Vhiq but Irish opinion veered a last, and the firm
ness of the editor established the popularity Of the
newspaper After he became Editor-ln-Chief OF
The daily Nacs MIR. Hill wrote Il remarkable series
of Political Portraits" since published IN col
lected form.
Mr. j. r. Robinson, the manager OF the paper,
made his appearance in London journalism on
DOUGLAS Jerrold's newspaper and was, as already
stated first concerned with The LreaiRg tJpress and
nj last with The, Daily AoCs. lie is dis nguisned
by an extraordinary fair for the subject people will
want 10 read about tomorrow. Perpetually on the
alert for novelty, he is never so happy as when he
secures information in advance OF other news
papers not only political but on social subjects
When a castle. or a dock ard, or a mysterious edl-
fee like Webeck Abbey, is Theoretically sealed
to visitors, he instantly requires description OF u
by an eyewitness Ibis dcu'e ioquesV HAS NC
velOped great ingenuity among his special CORE
spondents who have at times compassed undertake
ings which seemed impossible. II is, however 10y
the skilfu development of his system OF war cor
respondence that he is best known among journalists
themselves Mr. Robinson passes Ills life between
the office of The Daily Ae,os and the Reform CIuD'
where he eats his luncheon every day In the com
pany of Mr.. William Black. the novelist. and Mr.
james Payn, the former of whom at enc period
wrote numerous articles in The Daily Ndcs. Per-
d. h.. lee