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one of the principal proprietors in the year 

 1828 ; but nearly all of them have been re- 

 printed, and several of them have passed through 

 numerous editions. Among the articles in the 

 Westminster Review, by Col. Thompson, are 

 the following : viz. '* On the Instrument of Ex- 

 " change," (in the number for January, 1824, 

 p. 171), re-published February, 1830, with 

 additional observations appropriate to the period 

 of re-publication ; on the " Catholic Ques- 

 " tion," afterwards published separately, under 

 the title of "The Catholic State Waggon," 

 (January, 1829, p. 1) on " the < Greatest Hap- 

 " 'piness* Principle," (same number, p. 254, 

 October, 1829, p. 526, and January, 1830, 

 p. 246), on " Slavery in the West Indies," (Oc- 

 tober, 1829, p. 275) and a "Postscript" to that 

 article, (January, 1830, p. 263) on the " Colo- 

 " nization and Commerce of British India," 

 (October, 1829, p. 326) on " Essays on the 

 " Pursuit of Truth," (same number, p. 477) 

 on " Free Trade," (January, 1830, p. 138) and 

 on " Radical Reform/' (same number, p. 222.)* 



* The number for January last, of the Westminster Review, contains 

 the following articles by Col. Thompson; viz. " Defensive Force," (p. 1) j 

 " East-India Trade," (p. 93), and " Machine Breaking," (p. 191) ; the last 

 two of which have been re-printed : and in the number for the present 

 month, (April) the article entitled " Transactions of the Royal Asiatic 

 " Society," (p. 261) ; " Parliamentary Reform," (p. 440) ; and " Poland 

 " and France/' (p. 507) are from his pen : the article on Parliamentary 

 Reform has also been re-printed. 



