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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW

the ableSt representatives oi I4e pthneip"t
which the people of Great Britain are divided. z
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW z
$ the exponent of the Wing party in Great Britain, ;
having from its commencement advocated Freedom
and the rights of the people. When the war, appa- l.,
rentlv of extermina ton, was waged against France by "
British Tory rulers, and during which occurred the :
second great struggle of England with our own coun'
fry this Review first unfurled the flag OF resistance, f.,
and made by its unanswerxble and eloquent appeals
in behalf of inalienable rights, the halls OF BRITISH
lppi ia ton and even the throne itself to tremble. The
graphic and stirring deiineations OF those events. pre-
s.nted in the pages OF that distinguished journal ex-
hibit the truest portraiture OF those perilous days TO
be fonnd, perhaps, in the Language. Its influence was
becomine 80 apparent, that at length the leaders OF the
Tory party. at whom the thunders of its %eloquence
we're especially directed, found it too powerful an IN
strument to be resisted by ordinary means, and hence
they established the Quarterly, or as 1t Is disun
guished among the American Reprints,
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW,
whereby to counterfeit tina. influence which its power
full rival exerted against their measures. The two
great political parties thus made strenuous EFFORTS
through their respectives organs, for the PRONUNCIATION
of their antagonistical principles; and during a long
series of years. these two leading Periodicals have con
centrated 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 az digni-
taries, civil and ccclesiastic, have contributed 10 the
pages of these works: among them might be mentioned
some of the most resplenIent names on the scroll OF
fame. Among the regular contributors to the London
Quarterly Review were souTHEI, SCOTT, LockHARr, kIts
present editor) APPERJ Ey, FERGUSON. WoRDswNRTH.
LORD MAHoy, DR. MMMAS, (whose article on Oriental
literature have been SO highly esteemed-) and tna'
wonderful woman of science, Mrs. SoMER'ILLE, with
man others scarcely less celebrated. Then again IN
the Edisluqh Rerietc. it is enough to mention the |
following names, any one OF which would of itself in
sure a high degree OF renown To any work with which
it might be asSociated:-we refer to JEFFREY. NAPIER, |
BRorGHAx, MACINTOSH, and MAcAr1Ar;t the first of whom
during his long conuexion wSth the Review acctuaiy
wrote on the average. one third of the articles that
graced it's brilliant pages; while the universally ad-
n,ired ESSAYS of the last. republishei so extensively
in our own and the parent country, leave US IN no
manner of doubt as to their great intrinsic merit.
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.
This able Journal was established under the patron
are and support Of the ultra liberals, so styled in the
British House of Commons; among whom RoEHrck.,
MILLS. BowRING. PROFESSOR Lone OF the London Uni
versi;y. Miss MAETlNEAC, and Others whose names need
not be ouoted. conspicuously figured. 1t was for some
wears under the editorial supervision of Jeremy Beth
am. from which fact it obtained the sabTi4ud Of the
mouth piece of B~enthamisn. This work has ever
been especially devoted to the great topics which inter
est the mass of people: its pages have been RTE, 1t Will
be remembered. with a series Of powerful articles. ten
| ding to the reduction OF Tory and exclusive privileges,
hereditary rights. kinsly perogatives. &c. The as
founding Developments made a lew years since, re
srecting the wretc,ed and. TIL then, unhe&rd Of hor-
rors of some branches of the mining population OF
England. first appeared in its pages. Not only have
its articles ever teen directed against the atore- men
toned abuses; the work has also maintained an unre-
lenting crusade against the alliance of Church and
State, thus virtually seeking to abolish the 'Parlia-
meutarv Religion of England, and eventually to re-
move the still existing remnants Of feutaNsm, which
continue TO afiict the British nation. 1t is has recently
become the medium through WHICH Coblen pronul-
gates his Free-:rade doctrines. which viii give it in
creased interest to the numerous admirers. here and
elsewhere. of that great Reformer. In many particu-
lars. the Westminster Review eSpousss 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 it as an exotic worthy
of being engrafted into our more genial soil. 1t has
recently been united with the Foreign Quarterly Re
view, the more attractive features Of the two Reviews
beis, now combined in the Westminster, and thus
adding greatly to its value as a literary periodical.
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW
is a work of more recent origin than those already
described-but is, nevertheless, destined to occupy a
place in the Republic of Letters.
The great ecclesiastical movement in Scotland led to
its establishment. There was no JOURNAL. in the UNI
TED KINGDOM, which appeared to meet the necessities
r of this Anti NationalChurch agitation. Indeed, the
revolution caused by the disruption induced a new
state of things. placing the actors in a new position of
observations: nor could they give utterance to their
new perceptions of State and Church Polity-their new
svmpathies-their new emotions. without ome or
other organ of thought than any extant. Hence the
spontaneous agreement of the great master of minds
among them. in the necessity of a new outlet of opin-
ION. and the immediate creation of the NORTH BRITISH
REVIEW. The basis of this Journal is the Evangelism
of the Nineteenth Century; nor is it to be overlooked
as one of the striking characteristics of the times.
that the grand principle which Robertson, Smith. and
many of the eminent men of Scotland took the feld a
century ago to wrae dorn, is now advocated and rtndi-
!. Gated in this able work, and in the same literary me-
~tropolis.
l of the grand departments of human knowledge: at the
same time it never drifts from its moor,ngs on the
shores of pure Evangelical religion of the Bible. Nor
will it fail to compare most %favorably with every other
contemporary in the amount of talent, energy and
shirt, enlisted on its side. The. names of Sir David
Brewster, Drs. Hanna, Cunningham, Lorrimer, Can
dish, Gordon, Buchanan, Smith, &C., are a host with,
in themselves. Much foreign talent is also pledged to
, adore and enrich its pages.
i Is not to be considered strictly a Theological Rerte,c,
= for topics Of every kind calculated to occupy and inter
est the well cultivated mind are introduced, Political
questions, not so much in their party aspects as thei,
, general character, are considered. Literature and the
literary merits OF works are discussed, and discoveries
in mental pnd physical science unfOldeG; the discuss
4 ion Of religious subjects, however, in a dispassionate
t and Christian split, form adistinct feature of the
work, and will continue to occupy a prominent place
in its pages.
principal Editor of this Review, and since his dealt
8 has been ably conducted by his sonin-law. DE-. Hanna
= = BLACKwooDs' EDINBURG MAGAZINE
is less exclusive in its character than the works al
ready noticed; its contents may be considered unde,
4 the general heads of classical literature, biography
5 narratives, historical and fictitious poetry, critica
analyses of new works, &C., &c. The high order Of it.
disquisitions has long renderedit proudly distinguished
in the department of Greek and Roman archaeology
while its range of elegant fiction may be said to dis
2 cover a mastery power and skill, unsurpassed by an,
d of it's numerous contemporaries Again, in it's bio
graphical department, and narratives of voyages an,
travels, no less than in its papers on subjects purel,
scientific, this adm Fable Periodical has ever displaye,
- resources unquestionably superior to any similar worl
= : in the world. As t. its political opinions, although
deeply infused with Troyism, to an extent the mos
!. jealous partisan could desire; yet, so witching is it
: rhetoric, and so consistently uniform is it in its anti
republican o%bliquity, that, however obnoxious its ten
cts, it is impossible for the reader to fail of bein