New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-28


house in Serjeants Inn. from his Dusty, NV"
lodgings in Bayswater. Never did the eultoi ~ ."
great newspaper live in such n place as MI 0he-
uerv's den in Norfolk Square. II was like seaside
lodqing-house with it hideous carpet, its dreauiu
voollv table-coyers an object which made ono
burst into perspiratIon TO look upon Inc occu
pant of this frowzy domice. with It's shp-sho' SUI
| wants and lodging house look, was Tor many No"i'
short, stout. elderly man with gray nan, gay
stubbv beard and mustache, and gray SUIT. Ou' y,
tbe wilderness of gray stubbiuess looked palr Vi
bright, good humored eyes, and when ne ciA'i
left the mouth and words issued thereiroli ''0i
was no doubt that the speaker was Il cui'''"'O'
gentleman OF great knowledge and pleasing con-
verse. In Paris such man would nave h'Tu ="
marble palace in New-York at least III Drown
s,one. INIT This il an unntelgent country and does
NOT care about ceverncss The Times Is Just snoP
kent by Mr.. Walter and Mr.. Chenery can haluiS
take mn tbo role occupied by Deane whose poSl'oh
was purelv exceptional. Dcane was practlcaip
more powerful than any peer IN Ehelahu '"' NY
impression is that the multiplication OF newspapers
here has greatly weakened their force. 1t cci amy
has IN the case of The Times the circulation and IN
Anence of which shrink Wis bly, every year. IL Is
sourbt 70 maintain the income of the propnetors oy
cutting down expenses and introducing typese'teiS
and every kind of mechanical contrVancc' pu' INC
Times is clearly the down track. People III 'ilS
conntr,. oro very stingv in what may be called In
tellectual expenditure. 1t is not long ago since they
went TO miserable coffee shops ana waited to take
their turn at a newspaper. Even now single penny
daily paprr satisfies the needs of all but exception
ally wealthy and intelligent people.
Mr. Chenery who frequeHts the Reform CluD n
great deal is personally popular as he cares 10
be- That is rrost men like the pleasant, courteous
pett homno girls as they dislike the uncertain lad
eral member for Berkshire, and the Scot n, manager
of The Times whose main qualification Tor ms posi-
seems 70 he his utter want of sympathy VITA htera-
ture and literary men. 1t is Mr.. John Macdohal"
whose stringent economy has set Inc IlmeS AT log
Cerheads with It's employees with the disastrous anu
| ridiculous results now becoming frequent. Ahe"s-
paper is a delicate machine and does not work well
in coarse and clumsy hands While the late MI
Mowhray Morris acted as manager and MI Delane
| As Editor The Times was mquestlOnably the hrst
NEWSPAPER in the world. 1t is now, thanks to the
meddlIng Of Mr. Walter. a want Of tirmneSs on the
part of Mr. Chencry. and the rapaclty-t0 use
no stronger ternl-of Mr. Macdonald. obviously III
its 1ecadence. It's literary notices have no longer
any effect and those on inventions and especially
machinery fail to carry with them any CONVICTION
of their impartiality.
When Mr. Chenery, after acting correspondent
at Constantnople as descriptive writer III London,
and finally as the rleht hand lead,r-writer of De
lane became Editor of The Times. tn re was some
little astOnshment in journalistic circles as all had
thought that Mr.. Leonard Courtney now Under
Secretary for the Colonies. would occupy the vacant
chair. Possibly Mr. Courtncy's extreme Radical
ism as we'll as his inferior literary skill contributed
10 exclude him from the post which has since been
filled bv Mr. Chencry, bnt the appoin' mcnt was
great blow to Mr.. courtney, who Is OF the KIND OF
men who neverentertain any doubt of their capacity
TO do ANYTHING. THIS modest confidence may not
do much harm i'm some places, but 1t has proved very
mischevous in the Colonies, and NIGH, 1t was per-
haps thought make wild work of The Times. Hence
Mr. Courtney was passed over and a gentleman lit
tie known in general society appointed. Mr.. Che
merry is supported 10y fairly able stah of leader
writer's thi, department of the paper being, WIN
one exception, in very good hands. There Is one
writer who is almost roesque in the queer absurd
ity and want of sequence in his articles but Il IS
rumored that he is specially protected by the Pro-
pretor and may not be elected at the will of the
mere Editor. Among the other and more acconp-
hsbed writers of editorials, assistant editors, IS
Mr. +. Clifford, 30 whom the conduct OF the paper
is iutIusied when Nj. Chcuery from any cause IS
absent. Mr. Clifford is Journalist OF great eXpc-
rencc, has worked for years in " the Gallery" ana
also figured as a descriptive reporter lie has also
practiced at the Parliamentary Bar and Is one OF the
authors o. Clifford X Stephens Reports, mostly on
cases affecting legal locus sfaa3. Mr.. Clifford is
one of tie prOprlcOrS of the Tie ShRd Daily Iet-
graph.
Among the chief eadcr-writer; figure Mt A. Will
son. q Trinity College. Dubn, man, an agreeable
companion and member o. the Reform Club, and
Mr.. G.. f. Buckle young Oxford not many
wears from that University. Mr.. Courtney, as
already mentioned and sir William Harcouri
| also. at one time. wrote a great deal in The
! Times. as did Mr. Motley, the brother
| of the writer whose book the Tractarian move
| ment at oxford has recently made so much noise
Mr. Brudenell-Cari the eminent oculist also has
written leading and descriptive articles on scien-
| tifc and sanitary subjects since the Crimcan
| War. In The Times Office or on the Parliamentary
| staff many able writer, are employed, among whom
are Mr.. Cant-Wall editor OF foreign kilograms, re-
| Gently sent out to Alexandra; Mr. Leycester who
writes the summary OF the Commons debates and
| Mr.. Thompson Cooper. author of an excellent port
| able Biographical Dictionary, and editor of " Men
of the Time" Mr. A. b. Kelly is writer of the Lords
summary, and has been war correspondent III Servia
| and with the Germans before Paris. He also COM
| piles the law reports of the Divorce Court.
Auy attempt to give a proper account OF the war
and other specal correspondents of The Times would
require an entire article to itself. The most famous
| of all of them has indeed quilted The Times for a
| long while past DR.. William Howard Russell who
served his employers well in the Crimea, that in
burst of gratitude they conferred upon him PEN
SION of goo per annum for iie has ceased to be n
member of their st fl since he accepted the engage
mcnt offered him by the enterprsing rally telegraph
| to 90 to South Africa. He has since accompanied
the Canadian Vceroy across the American CONT
nent, and has embodied his observations in series
of letters TO The Morning Post since republished
in collected form. The last news Of
DIR. Russell is his departure for Egypt, again
on behalf Of The Daily Telegraph His last big"
work, however. was Oh The Times when he accom-
panied the Prince of Wales to India on that famous
| oh Tonou md