Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-12-14

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SELECTION Of standard valuable books and
by the cpii"mcs which they present, often
obviaie ,he necessity of, consulting works
too volnminous for general examination :
They fill a place which American maga-
zines cannot supply; for they discuss top
les relating more strictly 10 the affairs, po-
liIical, religious, scientific, and literary, Of
the continent Of Europe. They are con-
Quoted by The best talent of Great Britain
/ and are engaged with the most important
questions which interest or agitatc The civ
\ iliz,d world Whoever subscribes tothem
all, may read tho ublest representatives Of
the princi al partic. into which The people
Of Great Britain are divided.
The EDsBURGH REVIEW il the expo
n'nt of the Mhig party in Great Britain,
having from its commencement advocated
Freedom and The rights of the people
When the war, apparently of determination,
WAS waged against France by British Tory
rulers, and during which occurred the Sec
ond great struggle Of England with our own
country, this Review first unfurled The flag
of resistance, and made, by its unanswera-
BILE and eloquent appeals in tchalf Of unalien-
able rights, the halls Of British Legislation
and even The throne itself to tremble. The
graphic and stirring dclineatons Of those
events. presented in the pages of that dis
tinguished Journal, exhibit the truest por-
trai urs Of those pcrilous days to be found,
perhaps, in The language. Its influence
was becoming so apparent, that at length
the leaders Of the Tory party, at whom the
lhunders Of its cloquencc were especially
directed, iound it too powerful an instru-
ment to Le resisted by ordinary means, and
hence they established the "Quarterly," or
a. it is distinguished among the American
Reprin's,
TnE LONDON QUARTERLY REvrEw,-
whereby TO countcract tha, influence which
is powerful rival exertcd against their
measures. The two great political parties
thus made strenuous efforts through their
their respective organs, Tor the promulga-
ton of illcir antagonist principles and dur
ing long series of years, these two leading
Periodicals have concentrated the lsbors,
the talent, and the influence Of the ndhe.
rents of the Wing and Tory PARTIES Of Great
Britain.
Mn Of the highest literary rank, as well
as dignitaries civil and ecclesiastic, have
contributed to the pages Of these works
among them might be mendica,ed some of
the most resplendent names on the scroll OF
fame.
The WESTMINSTER REvIKw.-This able
Journal was cstabli. he'd under the patronage
and support OF the ul,ra-liberals, so styled,
Of the British House of Commons among
when Roebuck, MiL, Bowring, Professor
Long of the London University, Miss Mar
tineau, and others whose names need not
be quoted, conspicrously figured. II was
for some years under the editorial supervi-
sion OF Jeremy Ben:ham, from which feet
it Obtained the sobriquet Of the mouth piece
of Benthamism. This work has ever been
especially devoted to the great topics which
interest the mass Of the people: its pages
| have been rife, it will be remembered, with
n series Of powerful articles, tending TO the
reduction of Tory and exclusive privileges,
hcrediluy rights, kngly prerosalives, &c.
The astounding Developments made few
years since, respecting the wretched and,
I'LL then, ,unheard OF horrors of some branch
es OF the mining population Of England, frs,
appeared in its pages. Not only have its
articles ever been directed against the afore-
mentioned abuses the work has also main
tanned an unrelenting crusade against The
alliance of Church and State, thus virtually
seeking to abolish the parliamentary Reli-
gion," Of England, and eventually to remove
the still existing remnants OF feudalism,
which continue to afiict the British nation.
1t has recently become the medium through
which Golden promulgates his Free-trade
doctrines, which will give it increased in
terest to the numerous admirers, here and
elsewhere Of that great Reformer. ln'ma-
| ny particulars, the Westminster Review
espouses a political faith closely allied to
that Of our own country and therefore we
may, without any extraordinary effort Of
charity, be induced to cherish il. as an exo-
tic worthy of being engraited into our more
genial soil. Ithas recently been united
with the Foreign Quarterly Review, the
more attractive features Of the two Reviews
being now combined in the Westminster,
and thus adding greatly to its value as a
literary periodical.
The NORTH British REVIEW is q work
of more recent origin than those already
described--bnt is, nevertheless, destined 10
occupy as prominent place in the Repub-
lie Of Letters.
The great ecclesiastical movement in
Scotland led to It's establishment. There
was no JOURNAL in the UNITED KINGDOM,
which appeared to meet the necessities of
this Ant-National- Church agitation. In
deed, the revolution caused by the disrup-
ton induced new state OF things, placing
the actors in new positions Of observation