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The Monthly Chronicle ; a National Journal of Poli
tics, Literature, Science, and Art. Nu. 1. March,
1831 London : Longman and Co.

There san be no mistake about the character of this
magazine. It is a bold and uncompromising advocate or.,
radical principles. It is, in short, the Tait of England,
only designed fur a higher class of purchasers, among
whom the conductors evidently wish to make radicalism
a little more fashionable than it is. " The Position and

Prospects of the Government" form the subject of the
first article, and these topics are discussed precisely as
we should expect to find them handled by Mr. Lytton
- BulvVer. " The Reign of Victoria the First" is a oar-
rative.in perfect keeping with the former article. The
Queen's partiality for her present ministers, on the ground
of .principle, is assumed and maintained throughout.
",Art No Fiction," which forms the first of a series of
papers under the title of "The Critic," is an extremely
' welt written essay, evincing great judgment and
" Zieci—a Tale," is well worth the price of

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the magazine. The elaborate paper on "The Supposed
Influence of the Moon on the State of the Weather"
- will 'amply repay the trouble of perusal; as will also the
humorous article on the " Weather Ably-macs," in which
'Murphy, the meteorological quack, is exposed to merit- I
-ridicule. The miscellaneous department of the Monthly
•Chronicle is very creditably got up. The musical and
theatrical critiques are exceedingly well wiitten.

The National Magazine, and Monthly Critic. No. 8.
March, 1838. London :

Thii'number abounds with excellencies. The first ar-
ticle contains some very sensible remarks on " The In-
tellectual Tendency of the Age." " A Chimera" is a
very strange production. " Nautical Sketches" will
form a very interesting series. The first tale, "Vasco
Torrie," is capitally written. "Portraits of the Spanish
Christino Generals" do not contain anything very at-
tractive to the general reader. "-Scraps' from my, 'Note
Book in Colombia" continne•to delight 0. *"A Gianee
at the Authors of the Middle Ages" contains much cu-
rious matter. The tale of " Frank Woodly" is concluded
in the present number.• • "Servile Struggles for Li-
berty" is a tale founded on Cheshire legends and tradition.
The Rettospective-Review" contains some acute re-
marks on Way's Fabliaux. The miscellaneous articles,
reviews, in the National Magazine, are distin-
guished by great candour and sound judgment.

PaPktry's Oriental Herald and Colonial Intelligencer.
No. 3. March, 1833. London : Parbury and Co.

The mass of varied and interesting_ matter which is
presented to us in this magazine indicates great dili-
gence in the collection and skill in the arrangement of
so large a portion of intelligence. The literary articles
which it also contains are talented and judicious. " Bri
tish India and its Mal-administration" is marked by
great candour. " The East India Voyager" this month
contains some excellent desultory remarks which mist
prove of great importance to parties who intend to sail
thither. " Russia and China" is the title of a paper
which contains some very interesting statistical details
respecting these two mighty empires. • The "SynopSis
of Indian Intelligence" constitutes the principal feature
in this•magazine, and, we need hardly say that it is by
far the most valuable portion to the general reader, fur.
nishing as it does a current history of our oriental pos.
sessions.

The• Sportsman. No. 3. Vol. 4. Mardi), 1838.
This number is as racy and entertaining as any of its
predecessors. A bare enumeration of its contents would
suffice to show the claims which it has upon the support
of the sporting public. " The Young Falconer" is ao
excellent paper, illustrated .by a beautiful engraving after
Beckwith. " Snipe Shooting" is also a capital article.
with a, well.executed plate. " A Sporting Ramble in
the Highlands" is a spirited production. "The Curses
on Good Horse-flesh" exhibit a frightful. list of diseases,
&c,, with copious directions for the proper mode of
treatment. The remaining articles are, •‘ The Duke of
Beaufort and Mr. Horlock"—" Abernethy and the FoX •
hunter"—" On
_!llibeding, Training, and Feeding the
Greyhound"—" Melton"—" Bear Hunting in Canada"
—"A Provincial Steeple Chase"—a review of " Sport-
ing,,,l4-Nimrod"—" Hints for the Prevention of Dis-
easesin-Horse.s"—" The Old Sportsman"—" The Death
of the. Panther"—" The Acquisition Or the Loss of Pure
Blood in the Breeding of the Horse"—" Breeding and
Training the Race horse"—" Horse Race at Virginia"
—" The Turf," &c. &c.

The.l Farmer's Magazine, and Monthly Journal Of
Proceedinos. affecting the Agricultural Interest.L-
Vol. 8. 'No. 3. March, 1838.

This is one of the most useful magazines of the present
day.- Its cheapness is one very material recommendation
in its favour, which, with. its intrinsic merits, ought to
procure far it an -extended circulation. We have only
space to enumerate the principal articles, Which are all
of them worthy of attention. The following are among
the most conspicuous papers :—" Agricultural Improve.
ment iu Ireland"—" The new Agricultural InstilutiOn"
—" Proceedings of the Yorkshire Agricultural AssaCia-
tion"—" Lambing, Season"—" Economy in Labour and
Imptovernent. in System"—" On Farm Buildings and
Leases"—" On the Merits of the new VarietieS' of
Wheat''—" Decomposition or Putrefaction of Vegeta.
bles"—" Rotation of Crops"—" On Pruning, Thinning,
&c., of Plantations'"—" On the ManageMent of Green
Crops in Drill Husbandry," &c. &c. This number is
also accompanied by two beautifully executed engrav-
ings..

The .Churchman. Enlarg-ed Series. Vol. 4. No. 3.
March, 1838. Lonthin : Painter.

We are
.sorry that we are. placed under the disagree-
able necessity of speaking in terms of disparagement of
a publication which purports to be a defender of the
venerable church and constitution of England; how-
ever, a 'regard for truth compels us to say that the
Churchman is calculated to do a great deal more injury
than good to the interests which it professes to subserve.
Some,:of the papers in the-number before us actually in-
culcate some of the worst doctrines of the Church 'of
Rome:' All of them- are pervaded by a spirit of in-
tolerant bigotry, which is but ill calculated to exhibit
the Church of England in a favourable light.. With re-
spect to one of its articles the Chester Gazette has the
following very just remarks :--
" Ttie dialogne'between a Dissenting teacher and a Cler-
gyman' is not. worth the trouble of reading; the sentiments
Witch it contains:are flagrantly unscriptural—grosesly at vari-
ance with those entertained by the primitive church, and we
speak awarded!`, It FULLY ALA SP H hSIOUS ! For example;
—on the mukjei:t 4,r inward and outward call to the ministry,
a comparative estirn'ate'Of which. the Churchman professes to
give, he say*, tell You what the outward call (the impo.
anion of"'lV'"l,l4tee-hands) is like, and what it is worth. It
is like the ar.C.Vtiine•-endorsadon the hill, or like the signature

Cork Petition. L(lt,n : Mitchell aild Co.

This cheap edition of the Speech recently made in the
House of Lords by the Bishop of Exeter, on the subject
of the Roman Catholic Oath, ought to be circulated far
and wide throughont the country. It will open the eves
of the people of England to the dangers to tti hick our
church and constitution are exposed from Popish machi-
nations.