The Representative (newspaper) The Representative (newspaper) The Representative was a spectacularly unsuccessful daily newspaper published in London, England, from 25 January 1826 to 29 July 1826. In autumn 1825 the young Benjamin Disraeli convinced his father's friend, the publisher John Murray, that the time was ripe for a Canningite morning paper that would challenge "The Times." Murray agreed to supply half of the capital, with Disraeli and John Diston Powles, a City speculator, each contributing one-quarter. Disraeli travelled to Chiefswood (near Melrose) to persuade John Gibson Lockhart (Sir Walter Scott's son-in-law) to edit the paper; Lockhart declined, but agreed to serve as editor
The Bengal Times The Bengal Times The Bengal Times was a newspaper published from Dhaka. It was the second newspaper of its kind published in 1871. E. C. Kemp was the editor. It was a bi-weekly newspaper published every Sunday and Saturday. "The Bengal Times" was a very influential newspaper in East Bengal. In Dhaka its price per copy was eight annas and nine annas at outside of Dhaka. The lowest rate of advertisement was one rupees. Rate of each line was four annas. After the Partition of Bengal in 1905 the name of the newspaper was changed to Eastern Bengal and Assams