Morris tribune., 1882-10-05
A Very Old Newspaper.
n the Cincinnati Commercial.

lIlS S!llCtlludIl
We are indebted to friend for a gen
uine copy of the London Times, bearing
date of October 8, 1898, which has long
been in possession of his family. 1t is
in an excellent state of preservation,
yellow with age, but still as legible as if
printed year, instead of, eighty-four
years ago. The Times was then a four
column paper, as neatly made up and as
perfectly printed as the London Times of
to-day. The firstpage is filled with adver-
'tisements, the second with the announce
ment of the glorious victory OBJ
tanned by Admiral Nelson over
the French fleet near Rosetta,
followed by the rather dry official
dispatches of the admiral himself, giving
i'm detail the names and number of the
ships engaged on both sides, the num-
Der of the enemy's ships taken or de-
stroyed, and the number of officers, sea-
menand marines killed or wounded on
the British side, and some brief local
accounts of how the news was received
IN London. On the third page are ex-
tracts from letters from Ireland, giving
an account of the progress of the British
troops in putting down the rebellion
there. The fourth page is given un to
court news QegaD and advertisements.
There is striking similarity, lit will
be observed, in the general situation of
England at that time and the present.
war in.Egypt and rebellion in Ireland;
the old troubles in modified shape
come back to plague the English after
the lapse of nearly century.
The battle of the Nile, which put an
end to Napoleons dreams, of conquest in
the East, was fought ON the 1st of August
off the mouth of the Nile. and the official
dispatch Of the admiral, who was slight
ly wounded on the head during, the en-
gagement, and in which he announces
that almighty God has blessed His
Majestv's arms in the late battle by a
great victory over the fleet of the enemy"
bears date of August 3. 1t was forward
ed overland by Captain Cove, and re-
celVeo acsle admiralty Office in London
October2, and given to the publiciin the
Times October 3, or quite two months
after the great victory. Now, by the aid
of the telegraph, the news of ,sudh aNie-
tory would be flashed to the utmest parts
OF the earth before the smoke of battle
had cleaGed away or the flow of
blood had heen stanched in the wounds
of the victims. AS the dispatches of
Nelson have passed into history it is not
necessary to reproduce them Edito-
rally the Times, afterr ecounting these
"details OF the action, says:
Captain Cowefh has brought over q va
riety of Important information respect
ang the landing Of the French at ALEX
Andria and their progress toward Cairo.
1t Is known that they landed $4,000 in
fantry, and 500 cavalry at Alexandria,
and we have heardit stated from very
responsible authority thai not more
than IL, 900 men have reached Cairo.
Certain it is, that independent of being
haraased by the Arabian horse,
the French haze lost q
great number of naenlby disease, princi-
pally from the badness of the waters.
General Bonaparte ,was on very had
terms with his officers, Who were gener-
ally eispirited and out oef humor with
the expedition
1.-The victory gainsdlhy Admiral Mel
son is one of those events which will be
less considered with respect to the glory
which the British arms derive from it,
than as it nelates to foreign politics, an /
giving confidence to those syho are on
the point of entering on naw war with
the French Hepublic. Already we know
that a considerable army of Russia is ap-
preaching the Austrian territories to
give confidence to the, we fear, yet
undecided politics of the emperor of
Germany; aRussdan fleet is arriNedatCon-
stantlnople, on Its ~ a e to the Mediter-
rancan through the OAR anelless and
the Grand Seignorx from the decision
and vigor which guide his councils and
hasten his preparations by land and sea,
seems anxious to emulate his rival in
laudable exertion."
I'M ~. Ill
for that tremendous struggle, which con-
vulsed the civilized world, upset thrones.
and made wrecks of nations, and was
only ended by the irretriewable defeat
of the French emperor on the field of
Waterloo.
In the same paper that conveys the
great news from Egypt, the editor sum-
marizes the news from Ireland, which
took from the 18th of September to Che
"a Of October to reach London from
Dublin.