With much satisfaction we observe a number of additions to the Newspaper Press, all on the side of the people. We have The Glasgow Argus, The Leeds Times, and The Devonport Independent, advocating Radical Reform in the best sense of the term, that is thorough reform, without regard to party; and all of them conducted with ability, if we may judge from the single numbers of the Leeds and Devonport papers we have seen. With the talent employed on The Glasgow Argus, we are well acquainted. The editor is William Weir, Advocate, a gentleman to whom we have been indebted for many excellent papers. We have looked with no careless eye for manifestations of talent among the young writers of our day, and have found few, indeed, in Scotland, who come near Mr. Weir as a writer, on either political or literary subjects. Had he remained at the bar, Mr. Weir was entitled to aspire to the very highest distinction in his profession. He is one of the few young men of genius which Scotland can boast of. But he is also a man of extensive knowledge and industrious habits. We venture to prognosticate that his career will not be an obscure one. So much servility to party yet prevails, that we observe the independent vote of our worthy and highly esteemed Representative, Mr. Abercrombie, on the Courtmartial clause, with no small pleasure. Mr. Abercrombie did not, as was generally supposed, vote against Mr. Hume, on the question of Naval and Military Sinecures. He did not vote at all. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Communications for this Magazine may be addressed (post paid) to the Publisher, at Edinburgh; or to the care of Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Hall Court, London, who send the Publisher a parcel, by coach, every Saturday afternoon. Copies of New Books, and New Music, for review, should be forwarded early, to be sent by Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall's weekly parcel. 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From the great quantity of Poetry sent us, it is quite impossible for us to return the pieces not found suitable, or to intimate their unsuitableness, otherwise than by not inserting them within a few Numbers after their receipt. Several approved articles, in both prose and verse, have been necessarily postponed till our next number. Among these are, "The Population System;" "Letter from Junius Redivivus ;" "Corn-Law Hymn;" "The European Movement;" "The Siamese Twins ;" "The Poor Laws," &c. &c. We have received a very clever Song from Cambridge, on Mr. Macauley, which we withhold, in the hope of witnessing, ere long, an amendment of Mr. Macauley's political conduct. A man of his splendid genius should be above being the mere apologist and supporter of what he must be conscious is a bad system. Complaints have reached us, from various parts of England, that the Magazine has not been received in proper time. We beg to mention that the delay is caused by no fault of ours. The copies must be detained by the persons by whose parcels they are forwarded. If the Magazine is sometimes later of reaching the Scottish towns than Mr. Blackwood's, the lateness is owing to our giving a Monthly Register, and to the wish that our remarks should have reference to the latest events of the month. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Communications for this Magazine may be addressed (post paid) to the Publisher, at Edinburgh; or to the care of Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Hall Court, London, who send the Publisher a parcel, by coach, every Saturday afternoon. Copies of New Books, and New Music, for review, should be forwarded early, by Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall's weekly parcel. Every work of merit sent will be noticed in the Literary Register, or reviewed at length, if found of suffi cient interest. In future, particular attention will be paid to all Medical Books sent for review, and to works relating to the Fine Arts. 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From the great quantity of Poetry sent us, it is quite impossible for us to return the pieces not found suitable, or to intimate their unsuitableness, otherwise than by not inserting them within a few Numbers after their receipt. Complaints have reached us, from various parts of England, that the Magazine has not been received in proper time. We beg to mention that the delay is caused by no fault of ours. The copies must be detained by the persons by whose parcels they are forwarded. If the Magazine is sometimes later of reaching the Scottish towns than Mr. Blackwood's, the lateness is owing to our giving a Monthly Register, and to the wish that our remarks should have reference to the latest events of the month. |
