THE

NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.

EDINBURGH :

PRINTED BY T. CONSTABLE, PRINTER TO HER MAJESTY.

THE

NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.

MAY-AUGUST 1848.

VOL. IX.

EDINBURGH:

W. P. KENNEDY, SOUTH ST. ANDREW STREET;

LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO.;

DUBLIN: JAMES M'GLASHAN.

MDCCCXLVIII.