[2] Founded in 1729, it was revived by William Collins in 1736, who used it to oppose the government of Sir Robert Walpole.
Benjamin Collins took over the publication of the Journal after his brother's death.
The Beinecke Library of Yale University owns an almost unbroken run of the Journal, from No.
[3][4] The run of the Journal in the British Newspaper Archive begins in 1762.
[6] It contains, among other things, local news, local sport reports, cars for sale, assorted classified advertisements and government and utility notices.