Amy de Gruchy provides an account of a short-lived newspaper of the Conservative Right which published work by Charlotte Yonge. The Constitutional Press was born in March 1858 following the formation of the second minority Conservative government under Lord Derby. It was a weekly paper containing Parliamentary reports, British and foreign news, much other information and reviews of the arts, all supplied by experts, according to the prospectus. The paper was the brainchild of some Conservative gentlemen of standing who claimed the support of the leaders of their party. Its aim was ‘the furtherance of real Conservatism’ and the remedying of what its proprietors felt was the ‘evil’ and ‘real disgrace’ of ‘the Conservative Press in London.’