200 DanielVs View of the Palais Royal. 



the union of the two islands, which took place in 1801 : but, if knowledge 

 were so universal as that nations were governed by opinion, by the press, in 

 short, by the newspapers; if standing armies were no more necessary for 

 nations than coats of mail are for individuals ; if commerce were as free as it 

 one day certainly will be ; if these things, and those which will inevitably be 

 connected with them, were to take place, the independence of Ireland might 

 become as advantageous for both countries in 2001, as their union was 

 two centuries before. In the meantime the system of colonies and distant 

 possessions must go on ; because Providence has fixed upon the necessity of 

 transporting convicts, and providing for the sons of the British aristocracy, 

 as the means of civilising the world, and of planting every where the most 

 improved variety of the human species, 



A chapter is devoted to the state of gardening in the colonj', from which 

 we do not find much to extract, that is not already given in our notice of 

 the Tasmanian Almanac. (Vol. Ill, p. 462.) " Cucumbers, pumpkins, and 

 melons, can be raised under glass in the spring, and in the open air, during 

 summer, either by hotbeds, or by the assistance of dung, in the open 



grounds The vine has Ijeen cultivated in Tasmania with great success, 



and wine of a sui)erior quality has been made from the grape. The apple 

 and peach, where they have been attended to, grow plentifully throughout 

 the island: I have seen fruit, of moderate size, grow on grafts that really 

 were not fit to unbandage. The different kinds of apple common in 

 England have been introduced into the island. The cherry appears well 

 adapted for the climate, and thrives well. The raspberry and strawberry 

 grow more abundantly than in any place I ever saw ; they appear to yield 

 more fruit than they do in England, especially the former. Currants and 

 gooseberries are grown by almost everybody who has a garden. Pears, plums, 

 and d'lmascenes, have not yet made much progress ; nevertheless, every tree 

 that England can produce may be grown in the colony, and many species 

 that cannot stand the winter in England, will flourish in the open air in Tas- 

 mania, The myrtle and geranium are constantly green, and wear a beauti- 

 ful appearance throughout the winter." 



Daniell, W., Esq. R.A. : View of the Palais Royal, as it will appear after the 

 Completion of the Improvements, 



These are two aqua-tinta prints of considerable size. The improvements 

 are chiefly an immense hall covered with a curvilinear glass roof, and con- 

 taining, along the sides of the hall, a row of shops with small rooms over. 

 Each shop has a small fire-place, the chimney of which is a cast-iron tube, 

 which forms the newel or spindle of a geometrical winding staircase. The 

 chimney, which terminates this newel, is carried as high as the glass roof, and 

 is of a handsome shape. The whole building is elegant, both externally and 

 internally ; and the covered saloon, whether in the day lighted from the 

 roof, or at night from gas, forms a commodious and highly interesting lounge. 

 Viewed, however, with reference to the health of this part of Paris, we 

 think it should not have been erected; the Palais Royal was before a pent 

 up enclosure, and is now two pent up enclosures. 



Kennedy, L. and Granger, T. B. : The present State of the Tenancy of Land 

 in Great Britain ; showing the principal Customs and Practices between 

 incoming and outgoing Tenants, &c. London. 8vo. 



" We have risen from the perusal of this work, with feelings of much 

 satisfaction, and an accession of useful information, relative to the customs 

 connected with the tenancy of land. We strongly recommend the volume 

 to the attention of the farming interest, as embracing a compilation of the 

 various systems of husbandry adopted in different counties, and developing 

 many local particulars that cannot fail to be regarded as novel and interest^ 

 ing." (Farm, Mag., Nov. 1828.) 



