New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-28

wncn, " nnsao tn1 in his remarks and severe
in his potical criticisms) left the room 10
keep an appointment, Delane said ts snnd inst
right reverend friend has his eyes keenlv nAou yu
now on lambeth lambeth is the Londen no otS'
of the primate and vacancy in the pilinaey With
rally seemed just then possible SAT d yague
sort of expectation that he might ask nae 70 JON sao
staff of The Times But when told nun tsa articlss
pretty well occupied as writer Oh leauS snccess
and never held emit TO me any prospect OF promo.,oI
t tnu PRINTING pIrfi House Square Tie last time l
ever saw him was IN his house az nro;n no was
then sofening rapidly aud he looked Years
the extreme He lad ceased Tor ABOUT wv WV, 70 h;s
previously to be edter OF me me, r -u he
never GOT over the cuTtness with which his retTe
ment was forced upon him by Mr.: Waitel. .in nS
letter containing the intimatlon thas NE Snare
was shown by Dolane to Hayward lmm le hnt
after he received 1t. never saw IL myseii' d =
can trust Hayward's memory ans my NJ, Twa leor De.
,ane -. The fine has come when it is no longer 10
your advantage or to that of Inc inaS tnai fH Ha
should remain its editor Your and capacity
for the post we all recognize and your pensicn VII
be e. 600 year." have been informed tnao t ~.
Times was worth to Delane during az " ei 400 and
latter portion Of his edtOrsbp between t4,ooo Anu
When first penetrated into the interior OF ne
Standard Office its proprlet9I MI: and its editor
sno p NJ o .s Lo vas someiraes called. Captain
Hamber the SOB OF an old friend of Nh Johnston
Tho CITY editor aud manager was nj DaNIu
Morier Evans. and it was the habit oil these TWO
gentlemen to see their contributors successI'eILs
between certain or perhaps uncertain, loi ILL., of
afternoon Mr.. Hamber, who Is now inc eu.ter ~. ~
me M0rnind Advertiser was and Is one OF tne
hardest. pluokiost, toughest and quis9est.
mon who over trod the pavement nts o, lev inv
Street or Shoe Lane. Whether he was lntendes Ny
nature for journalist. whether insteadoi poihg q
captain of the pen ne should net have been a cap
taia of horse, is doubtful or as ~ b may &c
no possessed remarkable swlftness OF insight an9
when he wrote himself great power OF vigorous ara
sometimes epigrammatc expression. i;anS mitb
oxford he had mixed much with politicians WIZ,
some of whom he was well acquainted. Lofd
Salisbury. certainly in the year 1866 and behave
little latOr. then Lord Robert eel witn
of his house. wrote leading articles tor inc paper.
Among the editorial staff were Mr., Alfred Auslm'
whose connection with the paper mas Las'vu ods
pen unsurpassed for felicity AND volecily IN ne
ranks of London Journalism whose genus mas Wis
played itself much exquisite and enectlve Ioets
as we'll as reams on reams OF admiraoio
son Of W. Eafikbono Grey Mr.; II. u, Z.
Watts Mr. Horace St John and the Ger nntic. Of
the Shoe Lane authorities BY somo anonymous paIia
graphs in which the hIghfalutin OF IN Dghy reg
craph called By the parodist The Gsiiy Bepog'aP0
were parodied and who when he became attached
to the paper. was told of 10 deliver himself on ino
dulest OF topics which he did In the most bis
Gus of STYLES Mr.. Burton Blyth, renowned Ter MS
know ledge Of GerAaa politics. and Mr. Sysney l."
Blanchard, son of Lamar Blanchard blancnaIa'
whose great enemy was MS almost iuIosmG s.bii,,
jokos Is dead So fancy, is ST. Jshn ana RAINIER,
though / trust restored TO health, broke
down completely some years ago I"s o'4 nt,s.s
went through many mutations before It sett .h"
down into ITS presen. spendidly triumphant stride
Mr. Hambers services were abruptly dispenser
with about 1872 Mr. Johnston appointing hIs own
bn from
etsrshp in Shoe Lane was imagined, sup
pose 10 have contracted some sshpcon 9i
journalistic knowledge, editor. his technical AL,
1atus being Mr. Byth, who subsequently assumed NED
the full or qualified editorial Iesponsbility. inc
arrangement die not work, ana when NJ couIu 10
failure astute Mr. Johnston took the boldcSt, the
most perspicacious and the ceverest step he ever
took in his life. He offered the caitorshp OF hi'
newspaper to q gentleman who was then its mana
ger charged, that is with making all The arrange
ments for the report of speeches and incidents OF
all descriptionsl, and who had previously s m
the paper as reporter in the gallery OF the euse
of Commons. His name was Mudtori, ana Mr.
Nudforl has since raised eSdBGrd to the rank OF
the first newspaper in England, ana one oi th9
best newspaper properties. wnIlo ne mas pitceu
himself at The head of the newspaper EDITORS on inc
United Kingdom Practically Mr. Mudiorts ps-
son IA at the present moAent that of the occupant
Of journalistic freehold. Mr. Johnston by his VIII
appointed him editor and manager Tor no AZ
handsome salary while the Court OF Chanc
Gerry subsequently allowed him share Oh
The profits For some half-dozon years
Served nnder Mr. Mudford. Indebted to him as
am AMI as am also to every editor ana heaIg
every colleague with when have been brought
INTO contact, for much personal kindness ana CON
sideration speak entirely without bias when de-
scribe in the language have dsRe his own Pecu laI
and cnineat powers and qualifications. Tie standard
has duriny It's ever increasingly prosperous career
confronted occasional opposition. The Dag, when
lasted for few weeks or months. was starred by
the conservative Adullamites, a. they were called
who opposed Lord Beaconshcids Reform BIN OF
1867 and In 1878 or thereabouts there was founded
.I..r hR
Evans who had like his fresds seeded from me
Standard Asked myself 10 join on very hand
some terms the editorial staff sf the new
Conservative print and feeling That my
position at The Standard Office during the
provisional period which i saw clearly was
setting in could not bnt BE precarions and dlsa-
preeabie 1 accepted the Offer. The DoT
Continued with chequered fortunes for some three
or four years. when 1t fell victim
to pecuniary emDarrasS'nents. these, however
never affected me. and owe 1T to my good friends
Ham Der and Evans. TO say that from the first week
to the last my salary paid TO me with tho rogu-
larIiy of cOckwerk. -
leisure whioh short cessation IRON the grinding
labors OF daily journalism seemed to oier mo to
complete project hat had long been III aly mind
This was work. which should be rs nearly rs pos
sbe exhaustive and accurate, on the contemporary
condition of my native country. Engiand: It's
People POlity and Pursuits "-tne allIterauVe sub
file which [ believe has occasiOned some OF INV
irreyerant friends matter for parOdy-vas rst pub
lisned about seven years ago. IL was the result
of much work asd observation and of frequent
peregrinations over all parts OF the country was
not satisfied with obtaining from books or second
hand IN any way information on the subjects OF my
InGuiry when st-hand knowledge was pc ,sible
The book, / hops, has interested and instructed
others TO me the writing o. 1t was KIND OF odu-
cation Ii gave me touch of the opinion Of whole
classes OF my cOuutrymsn of whom j hal pre-
yinusly been in condition of ignorance. IL also
made me many acquainiances and ! hope friends,
especially among the Industrial orders of the pop
ulation Altogether had tho commercial success OF
the work been much less than has proved actually
the should have had good reason rot 10 regfet
that Cor SIX meuths or little longer held tirely
aloof from daily Tspapcr WORK in order that
might If not act ally break the neck of book a
fair start with y. T. II. S. EscOTT
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