New-York tribune., 1889-12-26
NOTES FROM LONDON.
RELATING To NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNAL
: ISIS. TO THE QUEEN. AND TO SIR
LYON PLAYFAIR.
London. Dec Ia.


a altogether omitted to pay its great editor De-
Iane. But then Delane only great editor.
while Macdonald was man of business who knew
shout printing presses and had the good sense TO
sabandon the literary part of journalism and
devote himself TO the improvement of the mechan-
;cal working Of the business" He was manager
~ the printing establishments from which Mr.
walters profits are in great part derived and
On the peculiar language OF the obituary column
awarded him, was personally identified with the
inventions and improvements which were crowned
with complete success when. after years of ex-
nerimental effort. The Times was printed by the
Walter press. He was the news manager also,
succeeding the late Mr.. Mowbray Morris in that
most He clung TO the traditions of the olden
time, and thought the post suitable carrier
for the news letters. for which other journals
usea the telegraph. and allowed other papers to
outstrip The Times in more ways than one.
He was. l imagine. entirely in accord with Mr..
Walter in these matters. and 10th TO depart from
routine and to adopt the newer and more expo
difious methods of modern journalism. He and
Mr.. Walter. between them. continued to the last
and Mr. Walter still continues-to consider Phil
,dephia the news centre Of America. and the lead
;ug journal of Europe is content 20 get its Ameri-
can news two hours lat. That is hut en-
ample Mr.. MacDonald's high qualities were
none the less of kind TO be useful TO the paper
and 10 its printer, Mr.. John Walter. and he is
Justly praised for his power of work. his loyalty.
his energy. The question of the Pigott letters
is touched on briefly. Mr.. Macdonald has borne
the brunt of that grievous error. There are those
in the profession Who think that when the whole
truth is known he will share it with another
with Mr. John Walter himself. The successor to
Mr. Macdonald is Mr.. l. G. Walter. of The
TImes'sn printer. who has been for some years
in the Office as lieutenant TO its late manager.
They say that young Mr.. Walter Will make great
changes There is room for them.
You will regret TO hear that the relations be-
tween The New-Yorll Herald" and The Daily
Telegraph of London. are strained. and that
Mr. Stanley is indirectly the cause of the strain.
The London paper, instead of initiating the unob-
trusive modesty of its New-York contemporary,
has habit of blowing its own trumpet, with
loudness that at times seems excessive. 1t selzed
upon Mr.. Stah.eys return as an occasion Tor re-
minding the public. or its public. OF its share
in promoting some OF his former achievements
Its memory. unluckily, proved treacherous, and
there was a sentence about the expedition which
he undertook at the instance of this journal
{" The Daily Telegraph in search of Livingston
This might seem a slip, and no doubt was, but the'
10 contrast the earlier march with the latter and
all 10 the advantage Of the earlier. This was on
the Saturday Sunday followed with. / hope,
religious exercises. and Monday the mistake
was set right. II was an obvious mistake,
and, 1T is. of course, well known that MI
Stanley was specially commissioned by Mr. Gordon
BENNETT on behalf of The New-YOrk Herald,
and that the cost of the remarkable journey
was defrayed by that journal. TO which the whole
credit of it's splendid success belongs" If you
had not abjured the use Of italic letters. would
ask you to put that latter clause
in italics 1t is extremely characteristic.
The whole" credit. from the newspaper
proprietor's point of view, for Mr.. Stanley's
splendid success, belongs. not TO Mr. Stanley.
but TO the capitalist who found The money We
shall be told next that the whole credit Of
Yapoleon's campaigns belongs to his Finance
Minister.
Well. the obvious mistake" was not the first
Of the kind and il resented, When Mr..
Stanley's letter 10 The New-lork Herald" per-
haps the most extraordinary thing he ever wrote.
arrived in London, it was communicates TO the
other English papers, but not TO The DAILY
telegraph" which thus missed the chief point OF
the DAVIS news / believe it came near missing
also the second letter 10 Sir William Macklnnon
1t contrived to print the first in way that might
induce a careless reader to believe he was IN
debted for it entirely to the enterprise OF the
journal which claims, but is very far from having
the largest circulation in the world. The second
appeared with due acknowledgment, which was,
jndge, compulsory. The Herald" did not have
them | think Is there GOODNESS between 1t
and the Emin Relief Committee?
The statements about Mr.. Stanley's forthcom-
ing book are in Mr.. Z. Marstons judgment.
erroneous though he does not explain which arc
erroneous and he writes TO the papers to say that
he is fully authorized by Mr.. Stanley TO act as his
agent in all matters connected with that WORK
both at home and abroad. II would seem that
Mr Stanley understands exploring better than he
does publishing
Mr. Burnand's libel suit against the National
Press Agency and THE Society Herald two
distinct concerns-is perhaps unique Mr. Bur
nand brought out early this year dramatic
eantata entitled Pickwck." 1t Advertised
for production on Monday, February 4, ana on
Tuesday February 3. The Society Herald" pub
lished criticism the performance roundy
eondemning the author. the piece and the act
ing Unluckily. the piece had not been acted
when this criticism Of il appeared. The hrst
night had been adjourned from Monday 10 Thurs |
day In these circumstances, MIR. Burnand
thought it worth while TO sue the people response
bic for TINS fraudulent censure upon play which |
the censor had never seen. An apology was pub |
lished. but was not thought good enough, and |
the action for libel was tried last Saturday. end
ing In verdict Of $3.50 against the National |
fress Agency and $3.50 against The Society |
Herald Our genial friend, Mr.. Burnand, is |
therefore, Just 81 900 richer for the libel.
The testimony was interesting and amusing |
anything in which Mr.. Burnand is concerned is
pretty sure 10 be amusing He had been very |
successful as dramatic author, he said which |
is true, and happily even more true Of recent |
times than Of earlier. No falling eff since this
article appeared. hope?7 queried Mr. Jelf coun-
sci for the defence. Il hope not said Mr.. Bur
nand. stOutly, regardless Of the tendency of his
answer 10 reduce the damages. Then comes
dialogue from behind the scenes as il were