The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . ce, when the Dutch mails weredetained by the west wind, when the Rapparees were quiet in the Bogof Allen, when no stage coach had been stopped by highwaymen, whenno nonjuring congregation had been dispersed by constables, when noambassador had made his entry with a long train of coaches and six,when no lord or poet had been buried in the Abbey, and when conse-quently it was difficult to fill up two pages. Yet the leading articles,though inserted, as it should seem, onl\- in the absence of more attractivematter, are by no means co
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . ce, when the Dutch mails weredetained by the west wind, when the Rapparees were quiet in the Bogof Allen, when no stage coach had been stopped by highwaymen, whenno nonjuring congregation had been dispersed by constables, when noambassador had made his entry with a long train of coaches and six,when no lord or poet had been buried in the Abbey, and when conse-quently it was difficult to fill up two pages. Yet the leading articles,though inserted, as it should seem, onl\- in the absence of more attractivematter, are by no means contemptibK^ written. It is a remarkable fact that the infant newspapers were all on theside of King William and the Revolution. This fact may be partlyexplained by the circumstance that the editors were, at first, on theirgood behaviour. It was by no means clear that their trade was not in 169: WILLIAM THE THIRD 2543 itself illegal. The printing of newspapers was certainly not prohibitedb\- an\ statute. But, towards the close of the reign of Charles the Second,. «.„.,. /,/„ Lonclmi.; (ia/-cttp here. ( A GAZETTE SELLERFrom an engraving in Tempests Cries of London the judges had pronounced that it was a misdemeanour at common lawto publish political intelligence without the Kings license. It is true that n 2s44 HISTORY OF chap, xxi p I ,I the judges who had hiid down this doctrine were removable at the ro)alpleasure and were eager on all occasions to exalt the royal the question, if il were again raised, would be decided by Holt andTreb\- was doubtful; and the effect of the doubt was to make the ministers j \of the Crown indulgent, and to make the journalists cautious. On neitherside was there a wish to bring the question of right to issue. The govern-ment therefore connived at the publication of the newspapers ; and the j!conductors of the newspapers carefully abstained from publishing any ||thing that could provoke or alarm the gov
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