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*EVENING NEWS (Portsmouth). Established 1877 April. 

 Southern Standard incorporated with it, 1883? Daily, id. 

 Liberal. 



EVENING STAR (Southsea). Establ. 1882 Sept. 6. 

 Ceased 1883 Nov. 17. 



FUN AND GOSSIP : RADICAL-POLITICAL, QUIZZICAL AND 

 SATIRICAL, COMICAL AND FARCICAL, SPORTING AND 

 THEATRICAL, AND IN NO SENSE DULL, HEAVY AND 

 LACKADAISICAL (Landport). No. 3=1887 Sept. 29. Saturday. 

 16 pages 4to. id. 



GNAT (The), Ventnor. Wednesday. id. [Browne's 

 Advertiser's A.B.C. (1890).] 



THE GOSPORT TIMES AND PORTSMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT 

 AND SUSSEX WEEKLY NEWS. No. 1=1866 January 5, 

 Friday. A localized issue of the Hampshire Independent. 

 No. 54 (the Iast)=i867 January n. 



HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER (Southampton). See South- 

 ampton Herald. 



*HAMPSHIRE CHRONICLE. Established at Southampton, 

 1772, as the Hampshire Chronicle or Southampton, Win- 

 chester and Portsmouth Mercury. No. 3=Monday, 1772 

 September 7. 2jd. Sub-title dropped, 1775 August 15. 

 Office removed to Winchester and first number printed 

 there, 1778 June i. Monday. 3d. Title became Salisbury 

 and Winchester Journal and Hampshire Chronicle, 1784 

 January 5, and for a few weeks the second title was Hamp- 

 shire and Wiltshire Chronicle, but Wiltshire was dropped 

 1784 August 16. There were thus two Salisbury and Win- 

 chester Journals in the field at one time. With No. 690, 

 Monday, 1785 December 5, name changed to The Hampshire 

 Chronicle and Portsmouth and Chichester Journal. Price 

 raised to 3jd., 1789 August 8. Enlarged to 20 columns, 4d., 

 1795 September 29. Price increased to 6d., 1797. Sub-title 

 altered to Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, and 

 Chichester Journal, 1800 March. Became the Hampshire 

 Chronicle and Weekly Adverlis:rfor the Counties of South- 

 ampton, Sussex, Surrey, Berks and Dorset, 1806. Price 

 raised to 6.jd., 1809 May 29. Enlarged, 1813 September 27, 

 and name Hampshire Chronicle and South and West of 

 England Pilot. In September 1814 it was called the Hamp- 

 shire Courier for a few weeks. Price raised to 7d., 1836 

 September. Name became Hampshire Chronicle and 

 Courier, 1816 July. No. 2283=Monday, 1818 February 9, 

 The Hampshire Chronicle and Courier; \ Portsmouth, 

 Porlsea, Gosport, Chichester, Salisbury, Winchester, 

 Southampton and Isle of Wight Gazette ; \ and South of 

 England Pilot; Ot, Naval, Military, Commercial and 

 Agricultural Register for the Counties of Hants, 

 Sussex, Surrey, Berks, Wills and Dorset. \ 7d. 

 In 1823 it became the Hampshire Chtonicle and Southamp- 

 ton Courier. Reduced to sd., 1836 September 19. En- 

 larged, 1837 May. Day of publication altered to Saturday, 

 1844 January 6. Enlarged to 8 pages (40 columns) 1849 

 May, price 2d. ; and to 48 columns, 1881. Present title: 

 Hampsliire Chronicle, Basingstoke, Andovcr, Alton, 

 Alresford, Southampton and Isle of Wight Courier, and 

 General Advertiser for the South and West of England. 



HAMPSHIRE CHRONICLE, OR PORTSMOUTH, WINCHESTER 

 AND SOUTHAMPTON GAZETTE. Established 1778 September 

 at Southampton, in opposition to the Hampshire Chronicle 

 published at Winchester. Saturday. 30. Removed to 

 Portsmouth, 1780. Office destroyed by fire and publication 

 ceased, about 1785-6. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY TIMES (Portsmouth). Established 

 1873 January [Mitchell's Directory and Sell's Directory], 

 or 1885 [May's Press Guide (1889)]. A Wednesday edition 

 of the Portsmouth Times (q.v.). Discontinued 1889 Dec. 

 25- 



HAMPSHIRE COURIER (Portsmouth). Published from 

 1809 to 1815 (or later). Monday. 7|d. 



HAMPSHIRE COURIER (Winchester). The Hampshire 

 Chronicle (q.v.) was for a few weeks published under this 

 title (1814 September). 



HAMPSHIRE GUARDIAN. Became Port of Portsmouth 

 Guardian, ? 



*THE HAMPSHIRE HERALD (Alton). Established 1885. 

 Friday, id. Conservative. 



*HAMPSHIRE INDEPENDENT (THE), ISLE OF WIGHT AND 

 SOUTH OF ENGLAND ADVERTISER (Southampton). No. i= 

 Saturday, 1835 March 28. 4 pages. ?d. Price reduced to 

 4|d., 1836 September 17, and time of publication altered 

 from Saturday afternoon to Saturday morning. Price 

 raised to sd., 1837 July i. Increased to 8 pages, price 6d., 

 1846 March 21. Reduced to 3d. unstamped, 4d. stamped, 

 1858 April 3. Extra issue on Wednesdays, price id., com- 

 menced, 1861 October i, and price of Saturday issue 

 reduced to 2d. [This was the first penny newspaper in the 

 county.] Saturday issue reduced to id., 1870 January i. 

 Daily issue commenced, 1870 Januarys; discontinued, 1872 

 March 31. The Wednesday issue merged in The South- 

 ern Echo (q.v.), 1888 August 22. Enlarged to 64 columns, 

 1889 Feb. 9. Saturday. id. Liberal. [See Gosport 

 Times.'} 



HAMPSHIRE OBSERVER (Winchester). Winchester 

 Observer (q. v.) became Hampshire Observer, 1886 

 [Willing's Press Guide] or 1887 [Sell's Dictionary]. Satur- 

 day, id. Liberal Unionist. 



"HAMPSHIRE POST (Portsmouth). Established 1874 as 

 Southsea Observer (q. v.). Friday, id. 



*HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH AND SUSSEX CHRONICLE, 

 AND GENERAL ADVERTISER FOR HANTS, SUSSEX, SURREY, 

 DORSET AND WILTS (Portsmouth). Liberal. Estab- 

 lished 1799 Oct. 14. 4 pages. 6d. The Sussex Chronicle 

 amalgamated with it, and the paper enlarged, 1803. Price 

 raised to 6Jd., 1815 ; reduced to 4d., 1860. A Wednesday 

 issue at id. started, 1865 July 5, the Saturday issue being 

 reduced to 2d. The Wednesday issue discontinued, 1883 

 October. 



*HANTS AND BERKS GAZETTE AND MIDDLESEX AND 

 SURREY JOURNAL (Basingstoke). Established 1878. 

 Saturday, id. 



THE HANTS AND DORSET JOURNAL, AND BOURNE- 

 MOUTH, POOLE AND CHRISTCHURCH CONSERVATIVE 

 GAZETTE (Bournemouth). No. 11=1889 June 22, Saturday. 



*HANTS AND SURREY TIMES (Aldershot). May's 

 Aldersliot Advertiser (q.v.) became Hants and Surrey 

 Times, ? Friday, id. 



*!SLAND STANDARD (Sandown). Established 1887. 

 Saturday, id. 



*!SLE OF WIGHT ADVERTISER AND RYDE AND VENTNOR 

 TIMES (Ventnor). Established 1859 August 27. Ryde and 

 Ventnor Times (q.v.) incorporated with it, ? Satur- 

 day, id. Conservative. 



*!SLE OF WIGHT CHRONICLE (Sandown). Established 

 1866 May. Thursday id. Conservative. 



*!SLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS (Newport, I. W.) Es- 

 tablished 1884 November 29. Saturday, id. 



*!SLE OF WIGHT EXPRESS, ISLAND LIBERAL NEWS- 

 PAPER. Established at Ventnor, 1870, April. Shanklinand 

 Sandown Weekly News incorporated with it, 1887. Re- 

 moved to Newport, 1890 January 25. 



*THE ISLE OF WIGHT HERALD AND COWES VISITORS' 

 DIRECTORY (Cowes). Established 1864. Saturday, id. 

 Conservative. 



