Which magazine was published in London and was influential in the 1840s and 1850s?
The Friend (Quaker magazine) The Friend is a weekly Quaker magazine published in London, UK. It is the only Quaker weekly in the world, and has been published continuously since 1843. It began as a monthly and in January 1892 became a weekly. It is one of the oldest continuously published publications in the world still in operation. Others (e.g. "Punch") which began publication before "The Friend" have had lengthy interruptions in publication and/or have closed down.
Bell's Weekly Messenger Bell's Weekly Messenger was a British Sunday newspaper that began publication on 1 May 1786, under proprietorship of John Bell. Initially a Sunday paper, from 1799 the London edition was reprinted on Monday for nationwide distribution. By 1803, it was selling 6,000 copies a week, at sixpence a copy. In 1799 there was even an augmented reprint of the previous year's editions, under the title "Bell's Annual Messenger", printed for international distribution under the auspices of the East India Company.