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Date: 1838
Date: 1838
Issue Details: First known date: 1835... 1835 Commercial Journal and Advertiser
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In 1838 the Commercial Journal and Advertiser marketed itself as 'The Cheapest Newspaper in the Colony' publishing well selected articles and amusing reading, extensive local news and elaborate detail of shipping intelligence.

Notes

  • Throughout 1838 the newspaper regularly published selected anecdotal pars from overseas sources. Pars were sometimes published with a source attribution. The editor's actual source for the pars is not always clear. The attributed international sources for pars in the Commercial Journal and Advertiser are:

    Alb. Microscope

    American Sun

    Arcadian Recorder

    Asiatic Journal

    Bedford Beacon

    Bivouac

    Boston Herald

    Boston Mercantile Journal

    Boston Post

    Boz's New Periodical

    Broome Courier

    Capt. Skinner's Excursions in India

    Chamber's Edinburgh Journal

    Comic Annual

    Dedham Gazette

    Dublin Mail

    Dublin Paper

    Dublin University Journal

    Eastern Telegraph

    Edinburgh Weekly Journal

    Evening Star

    Exeter Post

    Fraser's Magazine

    Free Press

    Galignani's Messenger

    Geneva Gazette

    Glasgow Paper

    Greenock Advertiser

    Guide

    Halifax Express

    Heath's Picturesque Annual

    Herald

    Hood's Comic Annual

    Jacksonville Journal

    Le Temps

    Literary Gazette

    Lockhart's Life of Scott

    London and Paris Magazine of Fashion

    Louisville Journal

    Manchester Guardian

    Medical Portrait Gallery

    Metropolis

    Metropolitan Magazine

    Milledgeville Journal

    Monthly Magazine

    Morning Herald

    Morristown Journal

    Musical World

    Nashville Observer

    New Monthly Magazine

    New Orleans Picayne

    New York Evening Star

    New York Express

    New York Herald

    Paisley Advertiser

    Patriot

    Perthshire Advertiser

    Peterboro' Whig

    Philadelphia Focus

    Pickwick Papers

    Portland Advertiser

    Providence Gazette

    Quarterly Review

    Reformers Gazette

    Rogers's Italy

    Slade's Turkey, Greece, and Malta

    Society in America

    Ultica Telegraph

    Woonsocket (American) Patriot

    York Courant

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1835
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: W. Jones , 1835-1840 .
      Link: U24222Web resource Imperfect. Digital copy of print publication via Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845.
      Note/s:
      • Digitised issues available for the period 6 July 1835 to 30 December 1840, with some gaps where library holdings are incomplete. (Correct as 13 January 2014.)
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Correspondence Bail Gammon , 1838 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 10 July vol. 36 no. 4042 1838; (p. 3) A letter published in the Sydney Gazette as an advertisement. The correspondent asks that the Gazette insert a 'exquisite morceau which appeared by way of leader in the columns of that ably-conducted newspaper, The Commercial Journal of Saturday last [7 July 1838, p. 2].' The leader is included and is also published.
The Commercial Journal George Cavenagh , 1838 single work column
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 29 May vol. 36 no. 4024 1838; (p. 2)

A column probably written by the editor of the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, George Cavenagh, in response to an untitled editorial published in the Commercial Journal and Advertiser on 26 May 1838 (p. 2). The editorial in the Commercial Journal attacked the Gazette over an article entitled 'The Chief Constable' published by the Gazette on 24 May 1838 (p. 2).

Cavenagh in turn attacks the Commercial Journal and its proprietor, William Jones, and Jones' reporter, William Corp. Cavenagh exposes Corp as a previous employee of the Sydney Gazette who was dismissed in May 1837 for intoxication. Correspondence by Corp to Cavenagh, dated '12 May 1837', apologising for the incident and asking to remain in the Gazette's employ is published by Cavenagh as part of the column. 'This expose', writes Cavenagh 'will, doubtless, show the "respectability" of The Commercial Journal, and the weight to be attached to the opinions of such a paper.'
Mr. Wyatt and His Theatre 1838 single work column
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 25 April vol. 4 no. 261 1838; (p. 2)

Editorial explaining the absence of the regular 'Theatre Review' column as Joseph Wyatt had refused free entry to the newspaper's reviewer.
Reporter 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 13 June vol. 4 no. 275 1838; (p. 1) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 16 June vol. 4 no. 276 1838; (p. 1) Advertisement for: the position of a reporter at the Commercial Journal and Advertiser offering 'a permanent situation and liberal salary'.
[Untitled] 1838 single work column
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 4 January vol. 39 no. 3062 1838; (p. 2)

Short paragraph on the change of ownership of the Commercial Journal.
[Untitled] 1838 single work column
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 4 January vol. 39 no. 3062 1838; (p. 2)

Short paragraph on the change of ownership of the Commercial Journal.
Reporter 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 13 June vol. 4 no. 275 1838; (p. 1) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 16 June vol. 4 no. 276 1838; (p. 1) Advertisement for: the position of a reporter at the Commercial Journal and Advertiser offering 'a permanent situation and liberal salary'.
The Commercial Journal George Cavenagh , 1838 single work column
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 29 May vol. 36 no. 4024 1838; (p. 2)

A column probably written by the editor of the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, George Cavenagh, in response to an untitled editorial published in the Commercial Journal and Advertiser on 26 May 1838 (p. 2). The editorial in the Commercial Journal attacked the Gazette over an article entitled 'The Chief Constable' published by the Gazette on 24 May 1838 (p. 2).

Cavenagh in turn attacks the Commercial Journal and its proprietor, William Jones, and Jones' reporter, William Corp. Cavenagh exposes Corp as a previous employee of the Sydney Gazette who was dismissed in May 1837 for intoxication. Correspondence by Corp to Cavenagh, dated '12 May 1837', apologising for the incident and asking to remain in the Gazette's employ is published by Cavenagh as part of the column. 'This expose', writes Cavenagh 'will, doubtless, show the "respectability" of The Commercial Journal, and the weight to be attached to the opinions of such a paper.'
Correspondence Bail Gammon , 1838 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 10 July vol. 36 no. 4042 1838; (p. 3) A letter published in the Sydney Gazette as an advertisement. The correspondent asks that the Gazette insert a 'exquisite morceau which appeared by way of leader in the columns of that ably-conducted newspaper, The Commercial Journal of Saturday last [7 July 1838, p. 2].' The leader is included and is also published.
Mr. Wyatt and His Theatre 1838 single work column
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 25 April vol. 4 no. 261 1838; (p. 2)

Editorial explaining the absence of the regular 'Theatre Review' column as Joseph Wyatt had refused free entry to the newspaper's reviewer.
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 1440-1894
Frequency:
Varies ; bi-weekly (Wednesday and Saturday in 1838)
Range:
[1835] - 30 December 1840
Continued by:
Free Press and Commercial Journal.
Size:
Folio
Price:

Varies

1835-1836: gratis ; 1837: 2s 6d per quarter ; 1838: 5s per quarter ; 1839-1 April 1840: 5s per quarter in Sydney, 6s per quarter out of Sydney ; 4 April 1840-30 December 1840: 6s per quarter in Sydney, 7s per quarter out of Sydney

Advertising:
Includes advertising
Note:
Ferguson no. 2111.
Note:
Circulation: 1838: In a Public Notice the publishers claimed 'that Twenty Four Hundred Copies of the Journal are printed and circulated throughout the Colony weekly'

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