The Trinity times., 1854-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
,RITIsHPERIODICAL LITERATURE

dUO tfle w eStuiiUlSicT IStNItWS. ana Dldch-
woods Magazine. Leonard s. Co., Pub
fishers. 70 Fulton and "a Gold street, New
York
These periodicals are the critical censors
Of the British scholastic and literary world
BY their criticisms, they aid readers in the
selection of standard valuable books; and by
the epltomes which they present, often OBJ
yiate the necessity Of consulting works too
volumnous for general examination. They
fill place which American mapaziens cannot
supply; for they discuss topics relating more
strictly to the affairs. political religious. scien
t6c, and literary of the Continent of Europe.
They are conducted by the best talent of
Great Britain; and are engaged with the
most important questions which interest OF
agtate the civilized world. Whoever cub
scrihes to ,hen all, may read the ablest rep
resentatives Of the principal parties into
which the people Of Great Britain are dev-
ded.
The EGinbwg RerieW.
The exponent of the Wing praty in Great
Britain, having from its commencement ad-
vocated 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 Sc
cond great struggle Of England with our own
country, this Review first unfurled the flag
of resistance, made, by its unanswerable and
eloquent appeals in behalf Of inalienable rights
the halls OF British legislation and even the
throne :self to trimbe. The graphic and
stirring delineltlons Of those events presen-
ted in the pages of that distinguished journal,
exhibit the truest portraitdre of those perilous
to be found, perhaps, in the language. It's
influence was becoming so apparent, that at
length the leaders of the Tory party, at
whom the thundes OF its eloquence was espe>
cally directed, found it too powerful an in
strument to be resisted by ordinary means,
and hence they established the Quarterly" ;"
or as it is distinguished among American re-
prints.
The London Quarterly Reviep.
Whereby to counteract that influence
which its powerful rival exerted againt their
measures The two great political parties
thus made Strenuous efforts threugh their re-
spective organs, for the proslulgaton of their
antagonist principles; and during a long Sc
ries of years, these two leading periodicals
have concentrated the abors, the talent, and
the influence Of the adherents of the Wing
and Tory parties of Great Britain.
Men OF the highest literary RANK, as we'll as
dignltaries civil and eccles astc, have con-
tributed to the pages of these works; among
them might be mentioned some Of the most
respendent names or tie scroll of fame
| Among the regular contributors to the Lon
don Quarterly Review, were Southey Scott,
Lockhart, tits present editor,) Appcrley,
E.t ~ AAp 4 4
| Milman, (whose articles on Oriental Litera-
ture have been so highly esteemed, } and that
wonderful woman Of Science, Mrs, Somer-
Vile, with many other scarcely less celebra>
ted. Then again in The Edinburg Review,
it is enough to mention the following names,
any one OF which would of itself insure 4
high degree ofrenown to any work with which
1t might be associated We refer 10 Jeffrey,
Napier, Brougam, Macintosh. and Macau
! ey; the first of whom during his long connec-
! ton with the Review, actually wrote, OH the
average, one third of the articles that graced
It's brilliant pages; while the universally ad
mred essays OF the last, leave us in no man
ncr Of dOnbt rs to their great intrinsic merit
The Westminster Reriew.
This able journal was established under
the patronage and support Of the ultra-l -libe-
rails, so styled, Of the British House of Conn
mons; among whom Roebuck, Mill, Bowrng.
Professor Long, of the University, Miss
Martineau, and others whose names need
not be quoted conspicuously figured. 1t was
for years under the editorial supervision of
Jeremy Bentham from which f-ct 1t obtain
ed the sobrquet of the mouth piece Of Ben
thanisn. This work has ever been especi-
ally devoted to the great topics which inter-
ested the mass of the peope--its pages have
been rlie--t will be remembered with a Sc
ries of powerful articles, tending to the re-
duction otTory and exclusive privileges, he
redltary rights, kingly prerogatiycs, etc.
The astounding developments made few
years since, respecting the wretched, and
ell then, unheard of horrors OF some branch.
es Vi the mining population of England, frsg
appeared III It's pages. Not only have It's ar
ucies ever been directed against the afore.
mentioned abuses, but the work has also
maintained an unrelentDg crusade against
the alliance Of church and state, and thus
virtually seeking to abolish the ParIiamenta-
ry Religion of England, and eventually to re.
move the still existing remnants of feudaism
which continue to atii Jet the British nation.-
1t has recently become the medium threpeh
which Golden promulgates his Free Trade
doctrines, which will give il increased inter-
est to the numerous admirers, here and else
where, OF that great Reformer. In manv
particulars the Westminster Review espous
es political Faith closely allied to that of our
own country--and therefore we may, without
any extraordinary effort Of charity be induc-
ed to cherish it as an exotic worthy Of bene
engraited into our more genial soil. 1t has
recently been united with the Foreign Quar-
terly Review, the more attractive fatures Of
the two Reviews being now combined in the
W stmlnster, and thus adding greatly to
Its value as a literary periodical.
The North British Rerieu.
is work of more recent origin than those
already described--but is, nevertheless, des-
tined TO occupy as prominent place in the
Republic Of Letters
The great ecclesiastical movement in Scot
land led to its establishment. There was no
journal in the United Kingdom which ap
peared to meet the necessities of this anti.
church agitation Indeed, the revolution
caused BY the disruption induced new state
of things placing the actors in new positions