Diogenes, a Light upon many Subjects was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1853 with Robert Kemp Philp as the proprietor.
The price of the newspaper was originally tuppence but was eventually raised to three pence.
[3] Philp was the proprietor of Diogenes and supervisory editor of Watts Phillips, who functioned as sub-editor and provided cartoons under the name The Ragged Philosopher.
Literary contributors included Robert Brough,[4] William Brough,[5] Angus Reach, Augustus Mayhew, and George Augustus Henry Sala.
Newman, a Roman Catholic, had resigned from Punch in April 1850 on account of its anti-Catholic editorial position.