The Trinity times., 1855-02-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
BRITISH PERIoDrCALL LITERATURE

III tery, the Edinburg, the North British
and the Westminster Reviews, and BlGck
woods Magazine. Leonard & Co., Pub
fishers. 70 Fulton and 81 Gold street, New
York
These periodicals are the critical cansors
of the British scholastic and literary world.
By their criticisms, they aid readers in the
selection Of standard valuable books: and by
the epitomes which they present, often OBJ
viate the necessity Of consulting works too
voluminous for general examination. They
fill a place which American magaziens cannot
supply; for they discuss topics relating more
strictly to the affairs POLITICAL religious, scien-
tfc, 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 or
agitate the civilized world. Whoever SUBJ
scribes to them all, may read the ablest rep
resentatives of the principal parties into
which the people of Great Britain are devi~
ded.
The EGinbrg Rcrie@.
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 oil determination
was waged against France by British Tory
rulers, and during which occurred the Sc
eond 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 Itself to trmble. The graphic and
stirring deneations Of those events, presen-
ted in the pages of that distinguished journal,
exhibit the truest portraiiure Of those perilous
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 thundes ofIitsIeoquence was espe,
cially directed, louIid.it'too powerful an in
strument to be resisftdHBF ordinary means.
and hence they established the "Quarterly." :"
or as it is distinguished among American re-
prints.
The London Qaarte'lg Repiow.
Whereby to counteract that influence
which its powerful rival eXerted agamt their
measures. The two great political parties
thus made strenuous efforts through their re-
specilye organs, for the PRONUNCIATION OF their
antagonist principles; and during a long So
ries of years, these two leading periodicals
have concentrated the labors, the talent, and
The influence Of the adhorents Of the Wing
and Tory parties of Great Britain.
Men OF the highest literary rank. as VOL as
! dignitares civil and ecces.astic, have CON
tributed to the pages Of these work: among
them might be mentioned some OF the most
resplendSnt names on the scroll OF fame
Among the regular contributors TO the Lon
don Quarterly Review, were Soulhey Scott,
Loekhart, tits present editor,) Appclley,
Ferguson, Wordsworth, Lord Mahon, Dr.
Mlman, (whose articles On Oriental Litera-
ture have been so highly esteemed } and that
wonderful woman OF Science, Mrs. Somef-
Vile, with many other scarcely less celebra>
ted. Then again in the Edinburg Rcvciw,
it is enough to mention the following names,
any one of which would of itself insure a
| high degree ofrenown to any work with which
it might be associated--we refer 10 Jeffrey
Napier, Brougam, Macintosh, and Macaul-
ey; the first of whom during his long connec-
ton with the Review, actually wrote, OH the
average, one third of the articles that oraced
its brilliant pages; while the universally ad-
mred essays Of the last, leave US in no mar
ner Of doubt as to their great intrinsic merit
The Westminster Rericw.
This able journal was etaGshed under
the patronage and support of the ultra Hbe-
rails 50 styled, Of the British House Of Com.
mons among whom Roebuck, Mill, Bowring
Professor Long, of the University, Miss
Martineau, and others whose names need
not be quoted, eonspicuousy figured. 1t was
for years under the editorial supervision o
Jeremy Benthan, from which fact it obtain
ed the sobriquet Of the mouth piece Of Ben
thanism. This WORK has ever been cspoci-
ally devoted to the great topics which inter-
ested the mass of the people---its pages have
been rfe-it will be remembered with Sc
rles of powerful articles, tending to the re-
duction of Tory and exclusive privileges, he
reditary rights, kingy prerogativcs, etc -
The astounding developments made a few
years since, respecting the wretched, and
till then, unheard of horrors OF some branch
es ofthe mining population Of England, first
appeared in its pages. Not only have its ar
ticles ever been directed against the afore-
mentioned abuses, but the work has also
maintained an unreleRting crusade against
the alliance Of church and state, and thus
virtually seeking to abolish the Parliamenta-
Fy Religion Of England, and eventually TO re.
move the still existing remnants Of feuGalism
which continue to ai,llct the British nation
1t has recently become the medium through
which Golden promulgates his Free Trade
doctrines, which will give it increased inter
est to the numerous admirers, here and else.
where. of that great Kelormer. In many
particulars the Westminster Review cspous
es political faith closely allied to that Of oul
own country--and therefore we may, withou
any extraordinary effort of charity, be Undue
ed to cherish it as an exotic worthy of beinl
engrafted into our more genial soil 1t ha
recently beer united with the Foreign Quar-
tetly Review, the more attractive futures o
the two Reviews being now combined in tn,
W stminister, and thus adding greatly t,
its value as literary periodical.
The North British Repiew
is work Of more recent origin than thos,
already described--but is, nevertheless, des
tined to occupy as prominent place in tn,
Republic Of Letters
The great ecclesiastical movement in Scot
land led to its establishment. There was NJ
journal in the United Kingdom which ap
pearcd to meet the necessities Of this anti
| church AGITATION IpdaCd the rnvolut;,,