Coloiiies," and consists of a most able and temperate det.iil of tlie profrrcjtf? of the 

 West India Governineuts towards amelioratiug the condition of the Slave Popu- 

 lation. There never was a question involving' such vital interests of our country, 

 so shrouded by the mists and clouds of interested paitizans, and we would, 

 therefore, strongly urge all those of our readers whose judgments may have been 

 influenced by the distorted details of cruelty and bloodshed, so liberally vomited 

 forth by that very numerous, and, for the most part, very pestilent combination of 

 quacks, so aptly denominated " Les Amis des Noiri^," carefully to peruse the article 

 in question. We much regret thai we cannot transfer the whole of the writer's 

 sensible remarks to our columns, since any attempt at giving an abstract would, we 

 fear, serve greatly to weaken their force, as well as destroy the lucidus ordo which 

 characterizes them throughout. Under these circumstances, we have thought it better 

 to present our readers with a portion, and shall avail ourselves of the first oppor- 

 tnnity of continuing the subject. — Felix Farley's Bristol Journal, Sept. 12. 



The September number of Whittakei-'s Monthly contains one of the most caustic 

 political articles we ever read, under the title of " The Duke of Wellington and 

 Domestic Politics." No extract from it would do it justice; we, therefore, recom- 

 mend the whole to the perusal of our readers. We find also an able article on " the 

 Progress of the West Indian Government-i towards Ameliorating the Condition of the 

 Slave Population," in which full justice is done to those calumniated bodies. The 

 light reading is of various character, but none without interest. Another chapter of 

 the " Walks in Ireland," contains a humorous and highly graphic description of 

 Donuybrook fair. The Notes of the Month are, as usual, pithy, sarcastic, and 

 humorous, the reviews of new publications liberal and judicious, and the " Varieties" 

 well selected, and entertaining. Upon the whole, the September number is au excel- 

 lent one. — Manchester Courier y Sept. 5. 



Whittaker's Monthly Mag.\zine. — In the hands of the present Publishers, this 

 periodical deserves to be ranked among the most able productions of its chiss. The 

 talent brought to bear upon it is evidently of a high order, ^^hether as it reg'ards 

 politics, light reading, or general literature — we feel obliged to make this acknow- 

 ledgment, although we do not accord with the political bias of the work. In the 

 present number there is an elaborate table on Russian Sfatistics and Finance, from 

 ■which we find, that " from the year 1462 to the year 1S25, that is, from the accession 

 of John III. to the death of Alexander, a period of three hundred and sixty-three 

 years, the extent of Russia had increased from 295,000 square miles to 5,879,000, and 

 her subjects from 6,000,000 to 58,000,000 souls ! Her public debt amounts to about 

 54,000,000Z. sterling, and her revenue to about 17,000,C00Z. sterling per annum. 

 The numerical force of her army is upwards of a million of men; and the number of 

 her vessels of war is about one hundred and thirty !" — The addition which the pos- 

 session of Turkey in Europe would make to this extensive empire may be easily 

 seeuby a reference to a map. — Bath and Cheltenham Gazette, Sept. 15. 



The Monthly has been striving hard of late to draw up neck-and-neck with the 

 great Northern Maga, and it has certainly, this month, got considerably within the 

 distance-post, and is whipping and spurring with very commendable energy. The 

 article " My Inabilities," is excellent, and there is a great deal of spirit and tact in 

 the way in which " Affairs in General' are condensed and reviewed. In " Walks in 

 Ireland, — No. IV., Douybrock Fair," is graphically sketched ; and the best spalpeen 

 of the O'Hara family never penned a truer specimen of the Irish vernacular than the 

 following apocryphal historiette (the hero loquitur) descriptive of the manner in 

 which our gracious Sovereign, then Prince Regent, conferred the honour of knight- 

 hood on that redoubted pugilistic champion. — Edinburgh Observer, Sept. 18. 



Amongst the monthly publications this, perhaps, holds the highest rank in point of 

 circulation. For many years its prosperity seemed to depend on its early popu- 

 larity, and others would soon have gotten ahead, had it not had the good fortune 

 to fall into more skilful hands. The present editors have given it a new character. 

 The last eight volumes of the new stries, though they possess all that was valuable 

 in the old, of the miscellaneous matter, literary, scientific, and political, are 

 rendered, by the addition of many well-written original articles, the medium of much 

 valuable information and sound argument. — Cheltenham Journal, Sept. 11. 



The new series of the Monthly Magazine, which is conducted on firm Tory 

 principles, has strong claims to public approbation, not only in the variety of its 

 contents, but in the judgment evinced in the selection of subjects equally amusing 

 and instructive ; whether it be considered as a picture of the times, a pleasant mis- 

 cellany, or as a literary and scientific journal. — Wolverhampton Chronicle, Sept, 8. 



