Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-27

a report OF the great firc OF London. It
reminds one of the Chicago fire. Of
1871, and the excitement. alarm and
destruction caused by u. Here il n
report Of the London fire.
con the "a INST, At / 81 tho clock IN the
morning. ihoru happened 10 break out a
nj and dcplon,blc fire In Pudding lane.
near Now Fish street, which falling out
at that hour ofthc night, and IN quarter
ofthc town ~ close built with wooden
pitched houses. spread itself ~ far before
day, and with such distraction 10 the In
hubiiants and nenhbor~ that care was
not taken for The ilmoly preventing tho
further efusion OF 1t by pulling down
houses as ought tD have booni 90 that this
lamenthblo iiro In short time becnme too
big To bo mastered by any engines or
working near H. II fcll out, most un-
happily too. thai violent @,sicsly wind
fomonted Il, and Kept II burning all tina,
day and tho night following, spreading
ltsoli up 10 Grace Church street and
downwrds from cannon streot TO the
west side, ~ far a. the Three Cranes In
tho Nin,rey.r
II Is not generally known that DR..
Samuel johnson Is really the founder
olour modern system Of reporting. He
was employed by Cave the London
Publisher, to write the parliamentary
reports. The Doctor WINS dining one
evening at Samuel Foote's the actor
The conversation turned on reporting.
Foote expressed his admiration Of one
Of the older Pitts speeches a. II APP
pcared In print Dr.. johnson said lac
wrote the speech, whcrcupon Foote
expressed bis establishment, saying
that II was almost impossible. The
surly Doctor replied NJ follows
'slr, wrote IL In Exeter street. !
novor was Ia the gallery of tho House OF
Commons but oucc In my lie. Cave,
tho publisher Who employed Dr. john
son, had Interest with tho doorkcopcrs.
he anu the persons employed under him
go, admitnncc. they brought away the
subjects of discussion, the names OF tho
speakers, tho side they took. and tho or
der In which they rosc, together with
notes OF vnrion~ arguments ndduccd In
the course of tho debate. The whole was
afterwards communicated To me and l
composed the speeches In tho FORM they
now have Ia the parliamentary debates"
DR.. johnson was employed M re-
porter for three years by Cave. The
Doctor was a siaunch Tory and admits
that In writing parliamentary reports
took good care the Wing dogs should
never have the best OF the argument"
The speeches as written by johnson
were polished, eloquent and forciblc.
The orators 10 whom they were
credited were AZ much surprised at the
excellence OF their language IA were
tho public.
The nght between the English
parliament aud the press was long
and bitter. At one time Cave had TO
publish his parliamentary report under
the title Of. "An Appendix TO Captain
Lcmuol Gulliver's Account Of tho
Famous Empire Of Lilliput." The
debates were headed, DICTATES In the
Senate OF Great Lilllput," but the
politicians understood the whole matter,
while Cave could not he prosecuted.
In III, Miller, the editor Of the
London Erening Post, was expelled
from the House Of Commons by the
Sergeant. alarms. Miller gave the
officer Into custody for assault. There
was n law suit. The city OF London
and the public In general sided with
Miller. Tho result was that tho press
triumphed over parliament and the
debates are no longer mystery.
Anything that relates to the distant
pnst Is interesting to the people OF the
present. Aud all the developments OF
history, archaeology and modern re-
search and discovery 10 TO show that
"human natur IL human Datur" In
every age aud that the people OF nn-
Client periods were very much alike the