monstrance would be unavailing, or
worse; the shearer would in all pro-
bability reply to his employer, "Do
your work yourself," and then take
his departure.
Matters are much better than this
in Tasmania-labourers are not so
scarce there, and consequently the
prices are not so high nor the shear-
ers so saucy, and the work is all the
better done. There a man will not
shear more than fifty sheep in the
day, and the day's wages range from
fifteen shillings to a pound. A stand,
however, is always made at the begin-
ning of the shearing season for the
price, and the unlucky sheep-owner
who is the first ready has sometimes
the mortification of seeing all his
shearers troop off for higher wages
just as he is preparing to commence
operations.
There is, we are convinced, a great
and a prosperous future in reserve for
Tasmania, and we believe that future
is not far distant. At the present
moment she is in a state that augurs
the very best, if we can trust the ac-
counts of writers or the figures of sta-
tisticians. We find from recent tables
that the number of immigrants for
the year 1855 was 9,525; and of
these 3,900 were British. Thus we
may count on an abundance of hands
and heads for every kind of labour
and skill, and feel the assurance that
English principles of liberty, perse-
verance, and integrity will diffuse
and maintain their influences so-
cially and politically throughout the
colony.
The value of imports in 1855 was upwards
of £3,000,000, and of exports £2,000,000.
The number of vessels entered inwards 1,220,
with 298,612 tons. The number cleared out-
wards 1,200, with 296,612 tons. The return
of ships engaged in the fisheries is 10 vessels,
3,700 tons; the number built and registered,
10 of 400 tons and upwards, and 90 with a
total of 11,340 tons; the number of steamers
14, with a total of 1,760 horse power.
The revenue of the colony amounted to
£298,784, the expenditure £276,650; the
return of land revenue £113,335, expenditure
£86,620. Return of land sold and rented
during the year 1855: 2,804,183 acres sold,
and 2,284,214 rented; remaining still un-
sold in the colony 12,482,214 acres.
In 1855, there were in crop upwards of
50,000 acres of wheat, 10,000 of barley,
40,000 of oats, and 12,000 of potatoes;
producing, wheat 990,500 bushels, barley
225,000 ditto, oats 610,240 ditto, potatoes
43,000 tons, hay 23,860 tons. The live
stock in the colony was-horses 17,450,
horned cattle 105,420, sheep 1,941,308,
pigs 24,598.
A return of public schools shows 54 male
teachers and 10 female. Children on the
books, 2,300 males and 2,126 females, for
which was voted by the council £10,000.
Here, as in Victoria, every year will
work changes of great magnitude.
Towns will spring up in the solitary
forests; railroads will bring every
place of importance into communica-
tion the one with the other; and
steam vessels will navigate rivers
whose existence is now little more
than known, diffusing wealth, civili-
zation, and enlightenment in a
healthful current of life-blood through
her whole body. And it is not too
much to expect, seeing what wonders
Mr. Cyrus Field is about to work in
a telegraphic communication between
America and Ireland, that ere the
lapse of many years, we, in this city
of Dublin, may gossip with our good
friends in Victoria and Tasmania at
the rate of question and answer in
half an hour; and thus shall they be-
come in reality, what we have called
them somewhat paradoxically, “Our
ANTIPODEAN NEIGHBOURS."
We need scarcely say that the
works which we have noticed are va-
luable accessions to our knowledge of
these our Australian colonies. Mr.
Howitt's character as an author is
well established; and his volumes,
though we see occasionally marks
of haste that show them to be in
truth what they profess to be, writ-
ten at the moment, yet
are full
of good, strong, common-sense, and
show large views as well as acute-
ness and sagacity, and have the great
advantage of the vividness and true
coloring of first impressions. Car-
tain Stoney is not altogether without
literary experience; and though his
views of great political and social
questions are somewhat superficial,
he makes up for his deficiencies in
this respect by accuracy and pains-
taking in his delineations of the ex-
ternal features of the country and the
people. His books are very elegantly
brought out and well illustrated, and
the last of them has the additional
recommendation for us that it bears
the imprint of our own University
press.
Æsop Smith, The Rides and Reveries of, 646.
Agnes Waring, An Autobiography, Notice of,
498.
American Question, Mr. Crampton and the, 1.
Antipodean Neighbours, Our, 735.
Aquaria, Marine, Seaside Occupations, 353.
Aquarium, The, by Philip Henry Gosse, A.L.S.,
noticed, 353.
Austria, How must Sardinia fight Austria? 505.
Autumn Eclogue, by Anthony Poplar, 493.
Autumn, by Jonathan Freke Slingsby, 497.
Cæsar, by Thomas Irwin, 603.
Chemistry of Common Life, by J. F. W. John-
ston, noticed, 320.
Cloak and Feather Ballads, by G. W. Thornbury,
The Fight in the Inn Yard, 611; The King
at Charing Cross, (Restoration) 614.
Collins, Mortimer, Shirley Chase, 111; Under
the Moon, 112; Footmarks of Faith, 238;
The Bridge of the Bush, 239; The Serenade
of Troilus, 240.
Crampton, Mr. and The American Question, 1.
Cyprus, Chap. 175; Chap. ii. 178; Chap.
iii. 184; Chap. iv. 329; Chap. v. 335;
Chap. vi. 340; Chap. vii. 485; Chap. viii.
469; Chap. ix. 523; Chap. x. 527; Chap.
xi. conclusion, 532.
Davis, Francis, Our Coast, 106; Faith, 139;
Our Colours and Creeds, 140; Low and
Clean, a Harvest Melody, 494.
Darragh, The, Chap. v. 15; Chap. vi. 22;
Chap. vii. 141; Chap. viii. 148; Chap. ix.
297; Chap. x. 304; Chap. xi. 424; Chap.
xii.; concluded, 434.
De Foe, Daniel, noticed, 57.
Doctor of Philosophy, The, a Tale, see Philosophy.
Dred, a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, by
H. B. Stowe, reviewed, 675.
Education, Position and Prospects of Popular
Education in the British Empire, 240.
Emerson, R. W. English Traits, reviewed, 5C9.
English Traits, by R. W. Emerson, reviewed, 569.
Evelyn Marston, by the Author of Emelia
Wyndham," notice of, 503.
Faith, by Francis Davis, 139.
Ferguson, Robert, The Northmen in Cumberland
and Westmoreland, reviewed, 594.
Fight in the Inn Yard, The, by G. W. Thorn-
bury, 611.
Footmarks of Faith, by Mortimer Collins, 238.
Forster, Rev. Charles, The Voice of Israel from
the Rocks of Sinai, noticed, 320.
Fortune, a Gossip on, 234.
Fortunes of Glencore, see Glencore.
France before the Revolution of 1789, 442.
France, Border Lands of Spain and, reviewed,
France, on the State of Society in France before
the Revolution of 1789, and on the Causes
which lead to that Event, by Alexis de Tocque
ville, translated by Henry Reeve, reviewed,
442.
French Versions of Shakespeare, 203.
Fulcher, George Wm., The Life of Thomas
Gainsborough, R.A., reviewed, 607.
Gainsborough, Thonias, R.A. Life of, by the late
George Wm. Fulcher, edited by his son, re-
viewed, 607.
Galbraith and Haughton, Professors, The Scien-
tific Manuals of, noticed, 250.
Gerrard, C., Grace and Remembrance, noticed,
482.
Glaciers, The Retreat of the, 549.
Glencore, the Fortunes of, Chap. xxv. a Duke
and his Minister, 98; Chap. xxvi. Italian
Troubles, 103; Chap. xxvii. Carrara, 269;
Chap. xxviii. a Night Scene, 272; Chap.
xxix, a Council of State, 275; Chap. xxx.
The Life they led at Massa, 278; Chap. xxxi.
At Massa, 379; Chap. xxxii. The Pavilion
the Garden, 382; Chap. xxxiii. Night
Thoughts. 385; Chap. xxxiv. A Minister's
Letter, 388; Chap. xxxv. Harcourt's Lodg
ings, 579; Chap. xxxvi. A Fevered Mind,
585; Chap. xxxvii. The Villa at Sorrento,
589; Chap. xxxviii. A Diplomatist's Dinner,
690; Chap. xxxix. A very Broken Narra-
tive, 695; Chap. xl. Uptonism, 701.
Gosse, Philip Henry, A.L.S. Marine Zoology,
noticed, 353.
Gurney, Rev. Archer, Songs of Early Summer,
noticed, 475.
Harvey's Marine Algæ, noticed, 354.
Haughton and Galbraith, Professors, The Scien-
tific Manuals of, noticed, 250.
Hibberd, Shirley, Rustic Adornments of Homes
of Taste, noticed, 353.
"Homme de Lettres," Lamartine, reviewed, 408.
Howitt, William, Land, Labour, and Gold; or,
Two Years in Victoria, by, noticed, 735.
Irish in Spain, The, 281.
Irwin, Thomas, an Old Autumn Day, 495;
Cæsar, 603.
Israel, The Voice of, from the Rocks of Sinai,
noticed, 320.
Israelitish Authorship of the Sinaitic Inscriptions
Vindicated, by the Rev. C. Forster, noticed,
321.
Italian Question, The, 364.
John Halifax, by the author of "The Head of the
Family," notice of, 503.
Johnston, J. F. W., M.A., &c. The Chemistry
of Common Life, noticed, 320.
Jones, The Rev. Alfred, The Proper Names of the
Old Testament Scriptures, expounded and
illustrated, noticed, 328.
Kidd, Robert Boyd, B.A., A Delineation of the
Primary Principles of Reasoning, reviewed,
King at Charing Cross, The, by G. W. Thorn-
bury, 614.
Lamartine, "Homme de Lettres," reviewed, 408.
Latin Verse, Modern English, 189.
Low and Clean, a Harvest Melody, by Francis
Davis, 494.
Machell, Mrs., Poems and Translations, noticed,
477.
Marine Algae, Harvey's, noticed, 355.
Marine Aquaria, Seaside Occupations, 353.
Marine Zoology, by Philip Henry Gosse, A.L.S.
&c., noticed, 353.
Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George
the Third, by the Duke of Buckingham, re-
viewed, 84.
Memoirs of the Regency, by the Duke of Buck-
ingham, reviewed, 84.
Merivale's History of the Romans, reviewed, 30.
Microscope, The, by W. B. Carpenter, M.D.,
F.R.S., noticed, 354.
Modern English Latin Verse, 189.
Montgomerie, Robert, A.M., The Rose of Rs-
trevor, a Poem, noticed, 481.
Montgomery, James, Memoirs of the Life of, re-
viewed, 215.
My Own Funeral, A Tale; by the author of
Love in Curl Papers," 556.
Navy, Progress of the British, 159.
Navy, United States, The, 253.
New Translation of the Bible, 345.
Northmen in Cumberland and Westmoreland,
The, by Robert Ferguson, reviewed, 594.
Novels and Novelists; Daniel De Foe, 57.
Notices, Critical.-The Proper Names of the
Old Testament Scriptures, expounded and
illustrated, by the Rev. Alfred Jones, 328;
The Chemistry of Common Life, by J. F. W.
Johnston, M.A., &c. 320; The Voice of
Israel from the Rocks of Sinai, by the Rev. C.
Forster, 320; The Israelitish Authorship of
the Sinaitic Inscriptions Vindicated, by the
Rev. Chas. Forster, 321; The Aquarium, an
Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea;
Handbook to the Aquarium; Tenby, a Seaside
Holiday; A Naturalist's Rambles on the
Devonshire Coast; Marine Zoology, Part I.
by Philip Henry Gosse, A.L.S., 353; Rustic
Adornments for Homes of Taste, by Shirley
Hibberd, 353; Harvey's Marine Algæ, 354;
Songs of Early Summer, by Rev. Archer
Gurney, 475; Poems and Translations, by Mrs.
Machell, 477; Adventures of a Summer Eve,
by W. G. T. Barter, 478; Lonely Hours,
Poems by C. G. Philipson, 480; The Rose of
Rostrevor, a Poem, by Robert Montgomerie,
A.M., 481; Grace and Remembrance, by C.
Gerrard, 482; Agnes Waring, an Autobiogra-
phy, 498; The Young Lord, by the author
of "The Discipline of Life," 500; Evelyn
Marston, by the author of Emilia Wyndham,
503; John Halifax, by the author of "The
Head of the Family, &c." 503; Two Years
in Victoria, by Wm. Howitt, 735; Victoria,
by Capt. H. Butler Stoney, 735; A Residence
in Tasmania, by Capt. H. Butler Stoney, 735.
Old Autumn Day, by Thomas Irwin, 495.
Old Church Bells, by Jonathan Freke Slingsby,
363.
Our Antipodean Neighbours, 735.
Our Coast, by Francis Davis, 106.
Our Colours and Creeds, by Francis Davis, 140.
Palestine, Sinai and, in connexion with their His.
tory, by the Rev. A. P. Stanley, reviewed, 313.
Persia, Our Political Relations with, 631.
Philipson, C. G., Lonely Hours, Poems by,
noticed, 480.
Philosophy, the Doctor of, Chap. i., 722; Chap.
ii., 728.
Plants of the Superstitions, The, 71.
Poetry. Our Coast, by Francis Davis, 106;
Shirley Chase, by Mortimer Collins, 111;
Under the Moon, by Mortimer Collins, 112;
Old Church Bells, by Jonathan Freke Slingsby,
363; Low and Clean, a Harvest Melody, by
Francis Davis, 494; An Old Autumn Day,
by Thomas Irwin, 495; Autumn, by Jonathan
Freke Slingsby, 497; Cæsar, by Thomas Ir-
win, 603; Cloak and Feather Ballads, by G.
W. Thornbury; The Fight in the Inn Yard,
611; The King at Charing Cross, 614.
Poetry, Good, Bad, and Indifferent, 471.
Prisons and Prisoners, 47.
Progress of the British Navy, 159.
Reasoning, a Delineation of the Primary Princi-
ples of, by Robert Boyd Kidd, reviewed, 514.
Reformatory and Industrial Schools, 127.
Retreat of the Glaciers, 649.
Romans, Merivale's History of the, reviewed, 30.
Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, by
Shirley Hibberd, noticed, 353.
Reviews.-Merivale's History of the Romans, 30;
Memoirs of the Court of George the Third,
84; Memoirs of the Regency, &c., 84; Con-
tributions to the Edinburgh Review, by Henry
Lord Brougham, 113; Memoirs of the Life of
James Montgomery, 215; Sinai and Palestine,
in connexion with their History, by the Rev.
A. P. Stanley, M.A., Canon of Canterbury,
313; Bacon's Essays, with annotations by
Richard Whately, D.D., Archbishop of Dub-
lin, 391; Lamartine, "Homme de Lettres,"
408; On the State of Society in France before
the Revolution of 1789, and on the Causes
which led to that Event, by Alexis de Toc-
queville, translated by Henry Reeve, 442; A
Delineation of the Primary Principles of Reason-
ing, by Robert Boyd Kidd, B.A., 515; Eng-
lish Traits, by R. W. Emerson, 569; The
Northmen in Cumberland and Westmoreland,
by Robert Ferguson, 594; Border Lands of
Spain and France, reviewed, 616; Dred, a
tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, by Harriet
Beecher Stowe, 675.
Sardinia, How must Sardinia fight Austria? 505.
Schools, Reformatory and Industrial, 127.
Seaside Occupations-Marine Aquaria, 353.
Serenade of Troilus, The, by Mortimer Collins,
Shakespeare, French Versions of, 203.
Shirley Chase, by Mortimer Collins, 111.
Sinai and Palestine, in Connexion with their
History, by the Rev. A. P. Stanley, reviewed,
Slingsby, Jonathan Freke, Old Church Bells, 363;
Autumn, 497.
Smith, Esop, The Rides and Reveries of, 646.
Spain, 624.
Spain, The Irish in, 281.
Spain and France, Border Lands of, reviewed,
616.
Stanley, Rev. A. P. Stanley, M.A. Canon of
Canterbury; Sinai and Palestine, in connexion
with their History, reviewed, 313.
Stoney, Capt. H. Butler, A Residence in Tasma-
nia, and Victoria, noticed, 735.
Stowe, Mrs. H. B., Dred, reviewed, 675.
Talma, Francis Joseph, Biographical Sketches,
Tasmania, A Residence in, by Capt. H. Butler,
Stoney, noticed, 735
Thornbury, G. W., Cloak and Feather Ballads,
The Fight in the Inn Yard, 611; The King
at Charing Cross, 614.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, on the State of Society in
France before the Revolution of 1789, and on
the Causes which led to that Event, reviewed,
442.
Twiller, John, by Godfrey Massingberd, Chap. i.
The Oriel Window, 535; Chap. ii. Psycogra-
phy, 538; Chap. iii. In the Vein, but inter-
rupted, 545; Chap. iv. Aunt Trumperant,
661; Chap. v. A Chapter upon a Cat, 671;
Chap. vi. How the Story was to begin, 672.
Under the Moon, by Mortimer Collins, 112.
United States Navy, 253.
Victoria, by Capt. H. Butler Stoney, noticed,
Victoria, Two Years in, or Land, Labour, and
Gold; by William Howitt, noticed, 735.
Whately's, Richard, D. D. Archbishop of Dublin,
Bacon's Essays, with Annotations by, reviewed,
391.
Young Lord, The, by the Author of "The Disci-
pline of Life," notice of, 500.
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