Renton Nicholson, the editor and part owner of the paper, became embroiled in several legal disputes due to the articles that he published.
The Town was founded by the printer Joseph Last in order to cover the "flash life" culture of London.
[3] Archibald Henning, who later worked for Punch, contributed many drawings of London residents to The Town.
[5] He wrote most of the early features in the paper himself, but eventually hired new writers to author most of the articles.
[9] Some claimed that the paper was known for "invading private life and holding up respectable men to ridicule".
[2] The vice society once indicted Nicholson for "corrupting public morals" because of articles that he published.
[3] Barnard Gregory, who published The Satirist, engaged in a high-profile campaign against The Town.