A series of entries in Baden Powell's manuscript journal covering the years between 1823 and 1826 help in establishing the authorship of reviews on theological subjects Baden Powell contributed to the British Critic and the Christian Remembrancer. In the former magazine Baden Powell published articles on Van Mildert's edition of Daniel Waterland's works, on John Davison's (1777–1834) Discourses on Prophecy and on John Davies's Inquiry into the Limits of Reason in the Investigation of Divine Truth. All these reviews appeared in 1824. During the closing months of 1824, and in early 1825, the magazine underwent a period of prolonged crisis. Publication was suspended until January 1827, when the third series of the British Critic appeared.

During the closure Baden Powell sent his contributions to the Christian Remembrancer, a journal edited at the time by Renn Dickson Hampden (1790–1864), later the controversial Professor of Divinity at Oxford. Hampden was a cousin of the economist Nassau William Senior (1790–1864) and a lifelong friend of Richard Whately (1787–1863). In 1814 Hampden was elected Fellow of Oriel College. The circle of his intimates included Joseph Blanco White (1775–1841), the Spanish ex-Catholic priest, Philip Nicholas Shuttle worth (1782–1842), the Whig president of New College, Philip Bury (1772–1863) and John Shute Duncan. Through his friendship with Whately, William Bishop and Edward Copleston (1776–1849), Hampden was a frequent visitor to the Oriel common room, even after resigning his fellowship following marriage. His family, like Senior's, was linked to West Indian landed and commercial interests. It is worth mentioning that the Christian Remembrancer, the High Church journal edited by Hampden from 1825 to 1826, was established with strong financial support from West Indian merchants.