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Origin Of Newspapers Mankind are indeb-
ted to the wisdom of Queen Elizabeth and the
prudence OF Burleish for the first printed news
paper II was entitled the English Mercurie,
and was by authority, "imprinted at London
oy her hishness's printer, 1882 The earli-
est number preserved in the British Museum
library, dated July 23d in that year, contains
the usual intelligence. given after the fashion
of the London Gazette Of the present day. In
these Mercuries we meet with advertisements
OF books, and they differ not very much from
the announcement Of our own time. During
The civil wars, periodical papers, the champions
OF the two parties, became more generally CIR
cuated, and were edited by writers OF ability
among the principal we may name Marchment
Needham, Sir John Berkenhead, Sir Roger
L'Estrange. AT the restoration the proceed
ings Of Parliament were interdicted 10 be pub
lished. unless BY authority, and the first daily
paper after the revolution took the popular IL
lie Of the Orange Intelligencer In the reign OF
| q ueen Anne there was but one daily paper,
the Daily Courant. The first provincial jour
nal known in England, was the Orange Post
man. started in l706, at the price Of penny,
"but hall. penny not refused" The earliest
Scottish newspaper made its appearance under
the auspices Of Cromwell, in 1862.