Cyrus Redding, an English journalist and author, born in Penryn, Cornwall, in 1785, died in London, May 28, 1870. He went to London in 1806, was engaged upon the staff of "The Pilot," and established and conducted the "Plymouth Chronicle." From 1815 to 1818 he resided in France, where he edited "Galignani's Messenger." He was editor of the "New Monthly Magazine" from 1820 to 1830, jointly with the poet Campbell, with whom in the latter year he began the "Metropolitan," which proved unsuccessful. Subsequently he edited for two years the "Bath Guardian," and in 1836 established the "Staffordshire Examiner," both liberal in politics. He returned to London in 1840. His works include a collection of poems published under the title of "Gabrielle" (1829); "History and Description of Modern Wines" (1833), which has been many times republished; "Fifty Years' Recollections, Literary and Personal" (3 vols., 1858); "Keeping up Appearances," a novel (1860); "French Wines and Vineyards, and the Way to Find them" (1860); "Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell" (2 vols., 1860), originally contributed to the "New Monthly" soon after the poet's death; "All's Well that Ends Well" (1862); "Memoirs of Remarkable Misers" (2 vols., 1863); "Yesterday and To-day" (1863); and "Past Celebrities whom I have Known" (2 vols., 1865).