My father was now appealed to for his interest with his own publisher, Baldwin, which was exerted with a successful result.

And so in April, 1824, amidst anything but hope on my father's part, and that of most of those who afterwards aided in carrying on the _Review_, the first number made its appearance.
That number was an agreeable surprise to most of us.

The average of the articles was of much better quality than had been expected.

The literary and artistic department had rested chiefly on Mr.Bingham, a barrister (subsequently a police magistrate), who had been for some years a frequenter of Bentham, was a friend of both the Austins, and had adopted with great ardour Mr.Bentham's philosophical opinions.

Partly from accident, there were in the first number as many as five articles by Bingham; and we were extremely pleased with them.