New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-23
JOURNALISM IN ENGLAND
"THE LONDON MORNING POST. y

aud the laughter OF generations, me Morning I0St
still exists not merely in undimlnlshed. but in
creased, vitality. Till last year The Post, like The
Times and The Morning Adrortiscr looked down from
the elevation Of three-pence upon the penny Stand
ard, Daily Neqcs and telegraph. 1t was aristo-
cratic journal more carefully read IN the boudors
and pantries of Mayfair and BelgTavia than any
other daily newspaper. For generations II has been
the privilege of The Post to reporter or two
not 50 far above their business to refuse glass
of wine with the butler or meal IN the house
keepers ROOM BY these means the paper was al
ways accurately Informed as TO the festive doings
OF the arstocracy, and contained not merely list
of the invited but corrected list OF those actually
present. For generations Ii had been the Official
organ Of fashionable domgs, only carelessly or
clumsily handled by the more serious sulky
journals. The "Mudlark" story arose from the
skill and daring of a well-known reporter of
The Post who hid himself like a "stowaway
on the royal yacht in order record the proceed
ings oil board when the Queen paid her visit to
Louis Philippe. The zeal Of the reporter was un-
happily cqualled by his impotence, for he emerged
prematurely from his hiding place. and aired him.
self on deck before the ship HAD got clear away
His tOO-well-known visage was recognized by
court official he was interrogated and ordered to
leave the ship instantly" For a moment he
dreamed that he had gotten the better of the i'm
periOus official, and murmured gently that as he
could not swim ashore he was afraid he must per
force remain board Not at ALL" said his tor
mentor we will see whether you can swim OF
not" At this he was hustled into boat, rowed to
a mud bank left nearly bare by the recedng tide,
and abandoned to his fate" marOoned" as II were
He was not utterly lost for after while boat put
of from the shore aud rescued him, with MS best
suit despatched with mud from his "demd moist,
unpleasant position, Mr. Man.allni would put
II. But he was called the Mudiark" and although
he has made a small fortune and Is well above the
world he remains the Mudlark" TO this day.
saw him the other night as went ont Of Drnry
Lane Theatre into The Albion There he was,
eating mutton chop between the acts or
Pluck" in the old haunt OF Davidson
and Oxenford Bateman and Coleman, of authors
critics and actors in the old days when clubs were
few and newspaper reporters not eligible to them
There sat the Mudlark we'll and hearty, the early
representative of a type of journalism winch now
finds is home not in the tavern or buffers room, but
rs q cIest at the best entertainments at the b-st
houses in town and country.
Iglzcl on the fossil of the mudbank-hi> gray
beard did not rest upon a white choller for he a.
| III plain morning dress thought of the change III
| The Post and of the revolution brought about by
! the journals which have sprung from H. FOR me
| POST now penny daily, was the prog"nlt'r Of the
| cloud Of journalism which appears IN what are
| vulgary called society p1p,r-.' Whether society
Is grateful or not VIII not decide, but 1t at least
BUYS The Postcard the others. But The Post had
other strings to its bow. 1t has always been con-
spcuous for printing fully and leddlng out INTO
distInctuess the debates both Houses oi farla-
mcnt. and It's sporting information also very full
aud complete. Society, politics ana the tnri MAKE
fair tripod on which cook journalistic DISH ana
! bte al ref
fortunate sporting prophet. Mr. Willes, who wrote
under the pseulonym of "Argus,' became IN
VOWED IN a quarrel with the Jockey Clnp
in consequence of his structures On the policy OF lhal
bluf-bloOded but often plg-headed body. Ihe re-
venge of the Jockey Club mean IN the extreme.
The committee. thinking 10 Int sporting writer III
a vital spot warned him off, Newmarket Heath
Argus" however. had the laugh on thcn' loi ne
held Them ND TO scorn and derison and took to sign
ing his regular articles Argus the Exile" THIS gem
tleinan was succeeded by "Payo." otherwise Nir
Langley. an exceptionally clever and cultivated
winter. knowing his stable lore and his pare per-
fectIy. He Is d rem .rlaby wei dressed man OF
mature age, and for many years past has been
conspicuous figure at Monte Carlo where he knew
everybody. Last year and this however, MI. Lang
lev transferred his holiday to AiN-ics-Blns lie
was unlucky enough to involve The Fos' III Inc
great Bend Or" libel case, but IN his vaticlna-
rors has been wonderfully fortunate, particularly
during The present year.
In ascending from the stable and pantry TO the
loftIcr and perhaps purer region OF politics, caA-
not refrain from comparing The Post or rather us
sole proprietor editor and manager to Llston, the
famous comedian, Who Is sad to nave De
heved till the day Of his death that ma
tnre had intended him FOL a tragic part Slr
AlgcrnOn BoTthwIck cannot dlyest himself OF the
notion that The Post Is great political organ ana
that its leading articles read with attentive III
tercst by the British Nation. There can be 10
greater delusiOn; yet a halluccuatIon founded on
honorable tradition deserves to be treated with ten
derness Years ago. before any Of tins generation
were born The Post was a very important political
newspaper, and 20 a great extent NAV BE- sand 10
have preceded the imperial period OF me Ime'
under Barnes and Dclane. After the death OF hr
Peter Borthwick Sir AigernOn's fatherthc manage
ment o. the paper put in commission. ana The
promising young stcr sent as correspondent 10
Paris where be present with MIS- Norton at
the coap d etat of he 2a December, IN1l Inc T0st
came to be regarded The organ Of Lord Palmer
sion. and with perfect Justice. for Mr. Borthvlck
was admitted TO the full confidence OF the popular
Minister But after Tie death Of Lord Palmerston
The Post ceased to the slightest influence III
politics until the great wave of transient Ioryisn
rose to It's full height under Lord Beaconsheld
Then The Post led the van Of the lingo battahonS
and with The Daily Telegraph and Family fdU on It's
TANKS and The Iimes toling indecsivey
in the rear, again became a journalistic power lis
rule if il NAV he called "A rule, short, for
Lord Bcaconsfed happened 10 be a much
more sensible man than his followers as
the Tory peers are just now uoFs prudent than
their nominal leader, Lord Salisbury Nevcrthe-
less the Jingoes had their brief period Of blus;er
on behalf of the wretchcdy rotten sham called the
Sublime Pore. and Mr.. Aigenon Bortbwck was
knighted. The Tuikophllcs are now at hopeless
off i