MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND ART. 101 



PARTY POLITICS EXPOSED. CONTAINING COMMENTS ON CONVICT 

 DISCIPLINE IN NEW SOUTH WALES, &c. &c. BY AN EMIGRANT 

 OF 1821. SYDNEY. Pp. 74. 



CONVICT discipline is a subject which has never hitherto received due at- 

 tention ; the great principle seems to have been punishment with, we 

 regret to say, small regard for reformation. Party feelings seem to run 

 high in New South Wales on this point, so that there is little chance of any 

 temperate measures being listened to. It is, perhaps, impossible for us, 

 placed as we are, fairly to judge of the state of society in a penal settle- 

 ment, in which hordes of the most degraded and reckless beings, the off- 

 scourings of civilization, are located. That the strong arm of power must 

 be rigorously exercised is, we think, quite undeniable ; the question is, at 

 what point necessary severity ends, and where it degenerates into cruelty. 

 The work before us contains a good many striking facts ; but its tone is 

 somewhat violent. It is, however, well worth perusal. 



The following graphic description we recommend to the tribe of swin- 

 dlers, gamblers, et id genus omne. ee Before concluding my remarks upon 

 educated prisoners, I shall take leave to observe, that it may be well for 

 some of the gay dons of the Mall, and the exquisite loungers of Regent- 

 street, to know that here they must exchange the reins of the sporting 

 tandem for the bullock's bridle, the prancing charger for the stumbling 

 stock horse ; and enjoy the felicity of a sheet of bark, and a rough woolled 

 blanket, in lieu of a bed of down. Contemplate yourselves, ye stars of the 

 western metropolis ! under the boughs of a swamp oak washing a canvas 

 shirt." A most comfortable idea truly. We may, perhaps, have occasion 

 to return to this work at some future period. 



THE ARCHITECTURAL DIRECTOR, BEING AN APPROVED GUIDE TO 

 BUILDERS, DRAUGHTSMAN, STUDENTS, AND WORKMEN. SECOND 

 EDITION, PART VIII. BY JOHN BILLINGTON, ARCHITECT. 

 BENNETT, LONDON, 



A MOST excellent and well designed work, that well merits the popularity 

 which it enjoys. It does infinite credit to Mr. Billington. 



A LETTER TO THE KING AND PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, SHEWING THE 

 ADVANTAGE TO BOTH OF THE PRESENT CRISIS AND THE PRESENT 

 MINISTRY, FOR MAKING AN ARRANGEMENT TO THE SATISFACTION 

 OF ALL PARTIES, &c. 



THIS pamphlet is designed as a supplement to Mr. Bulwer's, from which, 

 however, it differs in several points. Its object is to shew that neither a 

 Whig nor Tory government can give general satisfaction, and that a middle 

 course must be adopted, and a ministry formed of men essentially different 

 from either the present or the late occupants of office. He observes, how- 

 ever, sensibly enough, that this only applies to the leading members of the 

 government, and that it matters very little to the country whether the 

 subordinate parts are filled by Whigs or Tories, so that they act in concert 

 with the principals. The most singular feature in this production is, that 

 while as strongly opposed as Mr. Bulwer to the continuance of the present 

 ministry, he is so far from disapproving of its appointment, that he con- 

 siders it the very best that could have been made for the time, and that it 

 will have conferred a lasting benefit on the community, by preparing the 

 way for a strong conservative but patriotic government. The author 

 states his views with much clearness, and enforces them with close rea- 

 soning; and with both the profession and air of perfect sincerity. The 

 tone, like the title, is at once conciliatory and hopeful ; and we cordially 



