The Trinity times., 1855-01-06
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BRITISH PERIDDICAL u Ill Fl.K ATDRE
! ID EPUBLICATION Of the London Quar-
| IO tcrly. the E1.nburr. the North British
( aud the Westminster Reviews. and Black
! woods Magazine. Leonard & Co., Puo
! 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
;, lection Of standard valuable books; and by
| the epitomes which they present, often OBJ
viate the necessity Of consulting works too
vo!umnous for general examination. They
till place which American magaziens cannot
supply; for they discuss topics relating more
stl.ctly to the affairs, p,ltcal religious, scen
tliic, 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
aritate the civilized world. Whoever sub
scr.bes to them all, may read the abest rep
resentatves of the principal parties into
which the people Of Great Britain are deyi-
ded.
The EGinbug Rcrie,o.
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 se-
cond great struggle OF England with our own
country, this Review first unfurltd the flag
Of resistance. made, by its unanswerabe and
eloquent appeals in behalf of inalienable rights
the halls OF British legislation and even the
throne Itself to trimble. The graphic and
stirring delineatons Of those events, presen-
ted in the pages of that distinguished journal,
exhibit the truest portratuic Of those perious
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 Of its eloquence was espe>
cially directed, found it too powerful an in
strulnent to be resisted by ordinary means,
and hence they established the QUARTERLY"
or Us it is distinguished among American re-
prints.
The London Quarferly Revicw.
Whereby to counteract that influence
which its powerful rival exerted againt their
measures The two great political parties
thus made Strenuous efforts through their re-
spective organs, for the PRONUNCIATION of their
antagonist principles; and during 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 well as
dignitaries civil and ecclesasti have con-
tributed to the pages of these work; among
them might be mentioned some of the most
resplendent names on the scroll Of fame
Among the regular contributors to the Lon
do (luapfaply
Locknatt, Tits present editor,) Apperlry,
Ferguson, Wordsworth, Lord Mahon, Dr,
Milman. (whose articles on Oriental Litera
ture have been so highly esteemed,) and that
Wond rtu woman Of Science, Mrs. S0mer.
vill', with many other scarcely less celebra>
ted. Then again in the Edinburg Reyeiw,
! Il ~ enough to mention the following names,
any one OF which would of itself insure a
high degree oirenown to any work with which
it might be associated we refer 10 Jeffrey,
Napier, Brougam, Mack ntosh and Macau
ey; the first Of whom during his long connec-
tion with the Review, actually wrote, on the
average, one third Of the articles that graced
lis brilliant pages; while the universally ad-
mred essays OF the last, leave Us in no man
ner OF doubt as To their great intrinsic merit.
The Hssmnister RerieU.
This able Journal was etab shed under
the patronage and support of the ultra lbe-
rails, so styled, Of the British House of Com
mons; among whom Rocbuck Mill, Bowring,
Professor Long, of the University, Miss
Martineau, and others whose names need
not be quoted, conspicuousy figured 1t was
for years under the editorial supervision OF
Jeremy Bentham, from which f,ct 1t obtain
pd lA f,ft tI,.At ,CI D.,
thanlsn. This work has ever been especi-
ally devoted to the great topics which inter
ested the mass Of the pcope--ts pages have
cen rie--it will be remembered with Sc
res of powerful articles, tending to the re-
duction OF Tory and exclusive privileges, he
redltary rights, klngy prerogaty,s, etc -
The astounding developments made few
years fnce, respecting the wretched, and,
till then, unheard of horrors Of some branch.
es ofthe mining population of England, first
appeared IN lis pages. Not only have its ar
ticles ever been directed against the afore-
mentioned abuses, but the work has also
maintained an unreentng crusade againsl
the alliance Of church and state, and thus
virtually see kng to abolish the Parliamenta-
ry Religion of England, aud eventually to re
move the sui existing remnants of fcudalism
winch continue 10 Ati1ict the British nation -
1t has recently become the medium through
which Golden promulgaies his Free Trade
doctrines, which will give it increased inter-
est to the numerous admirers, here and else
where, of that great Reformer. In many
particulars the Westminster Review espous.
rs political Iaith closely allied to that of our
own country--and therefore we may, without
any extraordinary effort of charity, be induc.
ed TO cherish II as an exotic worthy OF being
engratted INTO our more genial soil 1t has
recently Deer united with the Foreign Quar-
terly Review. the more attractive fatures of
the two Reviews being now combined in The
" stminiser, and thus adding greatly to
ITS value AZ literary periodical
The North British R,view.
IS work of more recent origin than those
already dcscribed--but is. nevertheless, des-
tined 10 occupy as prominent place in the
Republic Of Letters
The great ecclesiastical movement in Scot
land led 10 its establishment There was no
journal in the United Kingdom which ap