The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-24

though it does not pass entireiy out oil
the hands OF the fanny wnicn has al
ways owned it, is as &. eat an event IN
England as change in the admins
tratiOn o. the government The Lon
don Times is and always has been the
leading newspaper of the world, ana
although the lines upon which it has
been conducted are very conservative,
and it has been different in several re-
spects from every other paper, none
has ever exercised so powerful an in
huence in political, social, diplomatic,
ecclesiastical, financial and interna-
tional affairs For that reason 1t mas
been called The Tnunderer." Men
have been made famous by smiles OF
the Times; men have been ruined be-
cause it has frowned upon them. Its
favor has been Courted by sovereigns,
and political party could have been
founded upon its sole support There
aIe thousands of intelligent people in.
England VINO still believe that the edi-
torlals in the Times are written by the
prime minister of Great Britain and
the other members of the cabinet, ana
its money article is still the most DOW
erful agency in the finances of Europe.
The Integrity as wei as the influence
of the Times has been seriously i'm
paired during the last twenty years. 1t
received a fearful blow when it's at
lacks upon Parnell, the Irish patriot,
were exposed, and it has never been
abe to recover it's prestige Several
subsequent incidents have shaRcn
public confidence in it's infalnbility
and omniscienCe, but it has survived
experiences which would have ruined
any other paper, and still is the most
important publication in the world.
The earliest newspaper in London
was called by the quaint title Newes
Out of Holland, and was first publish
ed May lG, 1913. The News of the
Present Week was started three years
later, and was edited by the famous
Nathaniel Butler. In 1896 there were
nine weekly newspapers and reviews
~ AAOhuOhB III ltOO lhGlG "ClG Gl6u-
teen, and IN that year the first daily
newspaper ever published was start
ed and called the Courant. In 17a4
there were three dailies, six week.-Mrs.
and seven tri-weekly newspapers IN
London.
The first daily, called the Morning
Chronicle, was started in 1747, and
was edited by William Woodfall until
1889 1t was the first paper to report
the debates in parliament, and many
famous men were connected with it as
editors and contributors, including
COleridge and Campbell, the poets;
Sheridan, the wit and dramatist; Cam
ming the statesman, afterward prime
minister Hazlitt was dramatic critic
of the Chronicle and Charles Dickens
was for several years a reporter on
the staff.
OF the other London papers now liv-
| ing the Post was started in 1872 and
the initial number of the Times was
issued on the LIST of January, 1883, 12O
years ago last Wednesday, by John
Walter. 1t was a continuation of a
daily called the Universal Register.
Since it's first number the Times has
been, as | have already said the lead
ing journal of Europe, and the most
influential and prominent paper in the
world.
Until recent years 1t has also been
| the most progressive. 1t was the first
| paper to be printed by steam. In No
vember, 1914, it set up a wonderful
press that turned out 1900 copies an
hour and was inspected by all of the
crowned heads of Europe. A model OF
| that press is now displayed in South
Kensington Museum. In 1S4S the i'm
pIovements had been so rapid that the
| Times presses were able to print sou
an hour, and if you will look into the
| encyclopedias that were published fiji
| ty years ago, or even more recently
you will find descriptions of the press
and composing rooms and business OIL
fee, when they were as great objects
OF interest as st. Pauls or Westmins-
ter Abbey.
The circulation of the Times has
never been very large In 1850, ac-
cOrding to the encyclopedias, it had
$4,000 subscribers, and from what !
heard in London two years ago it can
not have very many more than that
number now. In 1852 it printed an
edition of 10000 copies, containing an
account of the funeral of the Duke OF
! Wellington, which was the largest edi,
| tion ever issued by a newspaper up tC
that time. In 1868 it printed 1876, GOT
copies of an edition containing a ue-
scription of the marriage ceremonies
of King Edward VII, then Prince Of
Wales, and the Princess Alexandra OF
Denmark. That was high-water mari
for newspaper circulation in those
days, but 1t was soon afterward sur
/ passed by the New York Heralds edi'
ton containing an account of the bat
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