ABSTRACT
First published in The Examiner, 6 May 1838, pp. 278–9. The Examiner; a Sunday paper, on politics, domestic economy, and theatricals was founded by Leigh and John Hunt in 1808. Leigh Hunt was editor until 1821, when he departed for Italy to take up the editorship of The Liberal (see above headnote, pp. 3–6). In 1824–5 he contributed his first ‘Wishing-Cap’ series to the paper (see above headnote, p. 204). But relations between the two brothers at that time were badly strained by arguments over The Examiner’s proprietorship, and in 1828 the partnership was dissolved and the paper sold to Robert Fellowes (1771–1847; DNB), who, in 1830, placed the entire management of it in the hands of Albany Fonblanque (1793–1872; DNB). Under Fonblanque, The Examiner enjoyed a renaissance, as he moderated its political radicalism and attracted a series of highly qualified writers, including Hunt himself. Fonblanque served as editor until 1847, when John Forster took over the position.
