historian appreciated the value of newspapers more than Macaulay, whose use of them in the preparation of his history os England was con- tinuous and effective. The first newspaper published in Lancaster that lived beyond what might be termed the experimental stage was the "Neue Unpartheyishe Lancaster

that proper persons may be appointed to view and lay out a road for public service, from the town of Lancaster, till it falls in with the high road in the county of Cnester, leading to the ferry of schuylkill, at High street, and that a review may be had of the said public road in the county of Chester

city is left to conjecture. How long he remained in the river town and when he came to Lancaster is unknown. The first contemporary notice we have of Mr. Armstrong dates back to December, 1849, which reads as fol- lows: "We were very much gratified with a recent visit we paid to the gal- lery of Mr