The Trinity times., 1855-01-27
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BRITISH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


These periodicals are the critical censor'
of the British scholastic aud 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 toe
voluminous for general examination. They
fill a place which American magaziens cannot
supply; for they discuss topics relating more
str city to the affairs, POLITICAL religious scien.
tifc and literary of the Continent of Europe
They are conducted by the best talent o.
Great Britain; and are engaged with the
most important questions which interest oI
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 EGinJurg RcUep.
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 uuanswerabe and
eloquent appeals in behalf fof nalienable rights
the halls of British legislation and even the
throne :self to trimble. The graphic and
stirring delineations Of those events, prcsen-
ted in the pages of that distinguished journal,
exhibit the truest portraiture 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>
cially 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 ReUicac.
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 labors, 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
djgntaries civil and ecclesiastic, have con-
trbuted to the pages of these works: among
them might be mentioned some of the most
resplendent names on the scroll of fame,
Among the regular contributors to the Lon
don Quarterly Review, were Southey Scott,
Lockhart, tits present editor,) Apperley,
Ferguson, Wordsworth, Lord Mahon, Dr.
Mllman, (whose articles on. Oriental I.itera-
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 Edinburc Reveiw,
1t is enough to mention the following names,
any one of which would of itself insure
high degree ofrenown to any work " ith which
it might be associated refer TO Jeffrey,
Napier, Brougam, Macintosh, and Macaul-
ey; the first Of whom during his long connec-
ton with the Review, actually wrote, on the
average, one third of the articles that graced
its brilliant pages; while the universally ad-
mired essays of the last, leave us in no man
ner Of doubt as to their great intrinsic merit
The Westminster Rericp.
This able Journal was etabshed under
the patronage and support Of the ultra-libe-
rails, so styled, of the British House of Com
mons; among whom Roebuck, Mill, Bowrng,
Professor Long, Of the University, Miss
Martineau, and others whose names need
not be quoted, conspicrously figured. 1t was
for years under the editorial supervision of
Jeremy Bentham, from which fact 1t obtain
ed the sobriquet of the mouth piece of Ben
thanism. This work has ever been espcc-
ally devoted to the great topics which inter-
ested the mass Of the people--its pages have
been rile--lt will be remembered with a Sc
res Of powerful articles, tending to the re-
duction Of Tory and exclusive privileges, he
reditary rights, kingly prerogatiycs, etc.
The astounding developments made few
years since, respecting the wretched, and.
till ,hen, unheard of horgors Of some branch
es the mining population of England. first
in its pages. Not only have its ar
ticles ever been directed against the afore-
mentioned abuses, but the work has also
an unrelenting crusade against
the alliance of church and state, and thus
virtually seeking to abolish the Parliamenta-
ry Religion of England, and eventually TO re
move the still existing remnants of feudalism
which continue to afilct 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 Reformer. In MANY
particulars tbs Westminster Review espous-
es 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 it as an exotic worthy Of being
engrafted into our more genial soil. 1t has
recently been united with the Foreign Quar-
terly Review, the more attractive futures of
the two Reviews being now combined in .he
Westminster, and thus adding greatly TO
Its value as literary periodical.
The North British Rcvtew.
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 an
peared to meet the necessities of this anti.
church agitation Indeed, the revolution
caused by the disruption induced a new state
Of things, placing the actors in new positions
OF observation--nor could they give utter
anee to their new perceptions OF State and
Church polity-their new ympathies-their
new emOtiOns--without some other oro,, of