The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-20 00:00:00

THE UNIVERSAL REVIEW ;

on,
CHRONICLE of the LITERATURE of ALL NATIONS.

In this age of Party and reviewing, it was
naturally to be expected that every party should have its Re-
view. NVIIIGGISM has long had its journal abounding in the
virulence and misrepresentation and perVerted politics of its
tribe. Ton YISM has had its antagonist jAnal. Radicalism,
that central party, formed of the rejections of both, hated and
feared by both, and repaying the hatred by an untameable
malice and hostility, has, after trying its vigour in low pub-
lications, fitted to catch the eye, the pence, and the passions
of the mob, attempted a higher effort, and embodied its mani-
festo into the shape of a Quarterly Review
But there is, undoubtedly, a vast portion of the public un-
excited and unreached by the spirit of partisanship. In this
immense and tranquil majority consists the solid strength of
public opinion, the manliness of the NATIONAL CHARACTER,
and the unbroken vigour of ENGLISH VIRTUE. The taste of
this eminent portion of the community is not to be satisfied by
the violences and follies of party literature. There has long
been a growing opinion of the necessity of some publication,
which would give a general and sufficient view of the literature
of the day, untarnished by personal or political influence. A
Journal, of which the Fourth Number is now on our table,
seems to us to answer all those purposes. Instead of half-a.
dozen pamphlets sewed under one cover, and giving no more
knowledge of the works presumed to be reviewed, nor of the
general course of publication, than if it were published in the
days of Treater John—this Review, whose title is appropriatelf
" THE UNIVERSAL," embraces every work that can be use.
ful or interesting, produced by the British or the Foreign Press
during the current year—Law, History, Divinity, Belle,
Lettres, &c. The politics and religion are those of the Consti-
tution, and the establishment patriotic without extravagance,
and attached to an ancient faith without forgetting the respect
due to the honest diversity of opinion.
.A prominent feature in this work, and one that has been
strangely neglected by contemporary Journals, is its attention
to Continental Literature. In this Review, Notices, of various
extent, arc given of all the leading works of France, Germany,
Italy, &c. Of those Notices, the present Number contains no
less than twenty-eight, preceded by three and twenty articles
on the prominent English books of the present time.

Frona the LONDON GAZETTE, Oct. IQ.

At the Court at Windsor, the 19th of October, 1824 ; pre-
sent, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council ;
It Is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that the
Parliament be prorogued, from Thursday, the 4th day of No-
'ember next, to Thursday, the fith day of January next.

BANKRUPCY ENLARGED.
E. Jackson, Uley, Gloucestershire, clothier, from Oct. 23, to
Nov. 20.

BANKRUPTS.
'C. A rcargelo, Gloucester-terrace, Bethnal-green, feather-
merchant, to surrender Oct. 26, 30, Nov. 30, at the Bankrupts'
Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Fairthorne, Lofty,
and 11 ick's, Coleman-street.

,Urian Plant, Wharton, Cheshire, flour-dealer, Oct. 29, 30,
Nov. 30, at the Crown Inn, Northwich. Solicitor, Mr. Hos-
tage, Northwich.
Thomas Edgington, Wells-street, Oxford-street, coach-
maker, and Tooley-street, Southwark, sacking-manufacturer,
Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 30, at the Bankrupts Court, Basinghall-
street. Solicitors, Messrs. Bartlett and Beddome, Nicholas-
lane.
William Harris, Monmouth, grocer, Oct. 29, 30, Nov. 30,
at the Hummer Tavern, Bristol. Solicitors, Messrs. Hurd
and Johnson, Temple.
Henry Cooper Peckham, Bushy-rough, Kent, paper-manu-
facturer, Oct. 29, 30, Nov. 30, at the Guildhall, Canterbury.
Solicitor, Mr. Courteen, Lothbury.