, 1853-03-05

animation, They fill a place which Ame Ican
magazines connot supply for they discuss topics
relating more strictly to the affIirs, political, re-
gous, scientific and literary, of the continent of
Europe. They are conducted by the best talent Of
Great Britain and arc engaged with the most i'm
portsnt questions which interest agitate the civ
ihied woJu. Whoever subscribes, to them all,
may read the abest representatives Of the principal
parties into which the people of Great Britain are
djviJeJ,
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW .
is the exponent of the Whig party in Great Britain
having from its commencement advocated Freedom
and the rights Of the people. When the war, ap.
parentlY of e1IcTminalion, was wnged ogainst
France by British Tory ruler, and during which
occurred the second great struggle of England
with our own country, this Review first unfurled
the flag Of resistance, made by its unanswerablo
and eloquent appeals in behalf of inaenable rights
the halls of legislation snd even the throne itself
to tremble. The graphic and stirring jeleneaions
Of those events presented in the pages Of that dis
tngushed Journal exhibit the truesl portraiture Of
those perilous days 10 be found, perhaps, in the
language. It's influence was becoming so apparent,
that at length the leaders Of the Tory party, Of
whom the thuDdcrs ofits eloquence were especial
ly directed found il too powerful an instrument to
Be resisted by ordinary means, and hence they es-
tablishsd the Quarterly" or as it is distinguished
among the American Reprints,
THE LONDON QTARTELY REVIEW
whereby to countsract that influence which its pow.
erful rival eXerted against their measures. The
two great political parties tins made strenuous ef-
forts through their respective organs, for the pro-
mitigation of their antagonist principles and dur
ing long series Of years, these two leading Peri
odicals have concentrated the labors, the talent,
and the influence of the adheTents Of the Wing and
Tory parties Of Great Britain.
Men Of the highest literary rank, as diguitaIies
civil and ecclesiastc have contributed TO the pages
of these works; among them might be mentioned
some Of the most Tesplendent names on the scroll
Of fame. Among the regular contributors to the
London Quarterly Review were SOuthey, Scott,
Lockhat Qls present editor), Appearson Fergu-
son, Wordsworth, Lord MAhan, DIR. Milman (whose
sricles on Oriental literature have been highly
esteemed and that wonderful women Of science,
Mrs. SomerviIle, with many others scarcely less
celebrated. Then again in the Edinburgh Review,
il is enough to mention the following names, any
one which II might be associated 1--WE refer to
Jefffeys. Napier, Brougham, Maokiutosh, and
McCaulay the irst Of whom during bis long con
ne1ion with the Review actually wrote, on the av-
eage third Of the articles that sraced its bril-
lianI Pagesi while the universally admired essays
Of The Iss,, TePubiihsd 60 extensively in osI own
And the parent country, leave Us in no manner Of
doubt as to their great intrisic merit.
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.
This able Journal was established under the pa
tronage and support Of the ultra.beraIs 90 sty yIed
Of The British House Of Commons; among whom
Rowbuck. Mill, Bowring, Professor Long Of the
London University, Miss Martineau, and Others
names need not be quoted, eoRspicuousIy figured.
u was foI some years under the editorial superb
sion Of Jeremy Benlham, for which iactit obtained
the sobriquet Of the moulk-piece Of Benihanism.-
This work has ever been especially devoted to the
great topics which interest the mass Of the people
its pages has been rife, it will be remembered, with
a series of powerful articles, tending 70 the redue.
tiOn Of Tory and exclusive privileges, hereditary
rights, kingly prerogatives, &c. The astounding
developments made few years since, respecting
tic wreehed and, then, unheard Of horrors Of some
branches Of the mining population u England,
fist appeared in lis pages. Not only have its ar.
tiees been directed against the afore-montion.
ed abuses the work has also maintained an unre-
lening crusade against the alliance Of ehuTch and
State, thus virtually seeking 10 abolish the Par
lamentary Religion" of England, and eventually
to remove the still exsiting marks Of feudalism,
which continue TO afiict the British nation. Itl
'Se"Hy Noc"i"0 w nouiuiu thIouBu Wnfcn
Golden Promulgates his Free-trade doctrines,
which will give it increased interest to the numer.
Gus admirers here and elesswhers Of that great Re
tormer. In many particulars the Westminster Re-
view esPouses political faith closely allied 10 that
of our own country and therefore we may, with
out any extraordinary effort OF charity, be induced
to cherish it as an exortie worthy of being ongra-
ed nso orr more genial soil. II has recently been
united with the Foreign Quarterly Review, the
more attractive features Of the two Reviews being
now combined in the Westminster, and thus al
ding greatly to its value as literary periodical.