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The ''Sheffield Iris'' was an early weekly newspaper published on Tuesdays〔James Montgomery, John Holland and James Everett, ''Memoirs of the Life and Writings of James Montgomery''〕 in Sheffield, England. The first newspaper to be published in Sheffield to see any degree of success was the ''Sheffield Weekly Journal'' in 1754. This was bought out in 1755 by the ''Sheffield Weekly Register'', and was thereafter published in Doncaster.〔J. E. Vickers, ''A Popular History of Sheffield''〕 ==''Sheffield Register''== The ''Sheffield Register'' was the next newspaper to be established in the town. It was founded by Joseph Gales, a Unitarian, who supported various Radical causes, advocating religious tolerance, Parliamentary reform and the abolition of slavery, and opposed boxing and bull-baiting.〔"Gales, Joseph", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''〕 Gales met Tom Paine, who encouraged him to found a radical newspaper. In June 1787, he began publishing the ''Sheffield Register'', initially in partnership with David Martin,〔R. E. Leader, ''(Reminiscences of Sheffield )''〕 from offices in Hartshead.〔 The newspaper focussed on reporting local news, and on reprinting tracts by reformers such as Paine and Joseph Priestley. This was a novelty, as most provincial newspapers of the day simply reprinted stories from the London press. In 1789, Martin left the partnership.〔 Gales' politics became more prominent, and the newspaper celebrated the French Revolution and acted as the mouthpiece of the Sheffield Society for Constitutional Information, an artisan-based political organisation established by Gales in 1791 which called for radical reforms.〔 The ''Register'' was extremely popular in the early 1790s, selling up to 2,000 copies of each issue. Gales established a companion fortnightly political journal, ''The Patriot'', in 1792.〔 The same year, the poet James Montgomery was appointed as clerk and bookkeeper for the newspaper offices.〔"Montgomery, James", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''〕 In 1794, the Government began arresting leaders of the Corresponding Societies, and Gales wrote articles decrying this. Gales was suspected of writing a letter offering to sell pikes to the London society, but was on business in Derby when troops arrived to arrest him.〔〔Marjorie Bloy, (The Sheffield Corresponding Society )〕 Alarmed as to his safety, Gales published his final issue of the ''Register'', before fleeing to Hamburg in Germany. His wife Winifred remained behind to sell the ''Register'' to Montgomery,〔 who relaunched the newspaper as the ''Sheffield Iris'' and adopted a less radical editorial line. Montgomery initially used capital supplied by the Unitarian minister Benjamin Naylor.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sheffield Iris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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