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litigation during the eighteen years that he published the paper. Though the nature of the English justice system at the time made it difficult for slandered parties to enforce judgments against him, some wealthy targets of the paper managed to win cases against him, and he served several stints in prison as a result. In addition to legal attacks, some targets of the paper responded by publishing the same type of articles directed at the staff of
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In many cases Gregory would send a draft of an article that he had prepared to the subject of the article and request a bribe to suppress its publication. This proved to be a lucrative practice for the paper. Gregory was sued for libel several times, however, and he was almost constantly involved in
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was first published on 10 April 1831, at that time it cost 7d. It was published weekly and released on Sundays. The paper became notorious for the allegations it published and the legal battles they provoked. The front page of the paper carried the motto, "Satire's my weapon. I was born a critic and
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also editorialised about the mistreatment of the poor. Gregory used his paper to become a prominent critic of the practice of medical schools using the bodies of deceased paupers for dissections. It also attacked
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a satirist; and my nurse remarked that I hissed as soon as I saw light". Though it never failed to gain an audience, public opinion eventually turned squarely against the paper.
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and as minor as individuals cheating while playing cards. One topic that it frequently covered, however, was affairs between wealthy men and their female servants.
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was a controversial 19th-century British newspaper which featured reports of scandals involving well known residents of London. It was published by
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published, "divers indecent, obscene, lewd, filthy, and disgusting articles". Though it typically focused on stories set in London,
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published 924 issues, the last of which was released December 15, 1849. At its height the paper had a weekly
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MacDonald, Helen (July 2009), "Procuring Corpses: The English Anatomy Inspectorate, 1842 to 1858",
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This article is about the 1831–1849 periodical. For the 1807–1814 periodical, see
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Glances back through seventy years: autobiographical and other reminiscences
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which was devoted to exposing the transgressions of more obscure citizens.
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published articles attacking the printer of the competing
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charges and was later imprisoned due to its articles.
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Index

The Satirist, or Monthly Meteor
Barnard Gregory
London
Circulation
Barnard Gregory
libel
James Hain Friswell
Town and Country
circulation
The Town
Renton Nicholson
arson
Tory
caricatures
Duke of Cumberland
Queen Adelaide
Sir James Hogg
Duke of Brunswick
Friswell 1880


Robertson 1913



Boase 1904


Boase 1904
Vizetelly 1893

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