Washington sentinel., 1901-05-18
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Translated and Selected IYOfB leading
EUROPEAN 6aDsIS(0r tie SENTINEL
ENGLAND.
Eng land Ia the Early Days Of Queen
VictOTia's Reign.
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ENGLAND.

Eng Ahhu ~ aHe Ed'Al DADs Oi queen
VictOria's Reign.
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In 1887 there were no railways into
London, no telegraphs at all in the
world, and no penny post. Neither were
there any penny newspapers, and this
for the very good reason that from 1896
to 1856 the proprietors Of a newspaper
had to Day a tax Of one penny on every
copy OF a newspaper that was published.
But there was another reason why a
penny newspaper was impossible in
those days. Besides a special tax on
newspapers as such, there was, until
1861, duty of three halfpence which
had to be paid on every pound Of paper
Of any kind, whether manufactured in
the United Kin gdom or imported from
abroad, the latter being subject to extra
duties varying from threepence to nine
pence per pound. One might suppo Sc
that with these taxes the Government
had got enough out of the papers, but
the Government did not think so. For
besides the taxes on newspapers as
newspapers, and on paper as paper,
there was another tax on Advertisements
as advertisements. Before 1883 every
advertisement had to pay a Gov.
errment duty OF IS Cd in England and
IS, Cd. in Ireland. From 1888 to 1852 the
duty was I. Cd. in England and IS. in
Ireland, whatever the nature OF the
advertisem ut might be. In order to
escape this exorbitant tax advertise
ments Of books we're frequently inserted
under the guIse OF press notices. which,
needless to say, were necessarily OF a
favorable nature, or they would not
have beengpaid for. Macaulay's essay
on Montgomery was one result,
Many duels, some OF them fatal, we're
fought IN England during the earlyVears
Of Queen VictOria's reign. One of the
most celebrated was that which took
place on Wimbledon Common, Sept.
II, 1910, between Lord Cardigan, who
afterwards led the charge of the Light
Brigade, and Lieutenant Tuckett. The
encounter was one of the collateral
issues Of what was called the "Bottle
Row." an event that created a great
deal of excitement at the time, and
which NAV be interesting enough 10
recall briefly The origin of the dispute
was bottle OF Moselle which Captain
Reynolds, OF the nth Hussars (of which
Lord Cardigan was the commanding
otticer), ordered az the mess on a guest
night" The Moselle was placed on the
table in the original black bottle state,
which gave ofense to the Earl OF Cardi
gan, The newspapers OF the day
were, OF course, full OF the case, and
Lord Cardigan discovered that the
writer OF certain letters in the 1Io1NiHg
Chronicle, rejecting on his character,
was a Mr.. Tuckett, late Of the nth
Hussars, and meeting took place in
The first shot was inef.
fectual on both sides but on the second
fire, Mr. 1uckeit received his adver-
sary's ball in the back part OF the lower
ribs, which traversed round to the spine,
though apparently without doing any
serious injury The parties we're prose-
cuted. and the case Of the Earl of Cardi-
gan being tried in the House o Lords,
he was acquitted, the Indictment having
been quashed on account ofa flaw which
it contained, and which was popularly
supposed to have been purposely
inserted by the law officers Of the
Crown.