to be striving-wealth? This is the first and most widely operating cause of mental labor and excitement."

That the above is literally correct, will be readily acknowledged. But now for a hint to snuff-takers :

"Snuff-taking is an uncleanly habit-it vitiates the organs of smell; taints the breath: ultimately weakens the faculty of sight, by withdrawing the humors from the eyes; impairs the sense of hearing; renders breathing difficult; depraves the appetite; and, if taken too copiously, gets into and affects the stomach, injuring in a high degree the organs of digestion."

After this, if people will persist in taking snuff, they must also take the consequences.

A Series of Colored Views in the Isle of Wight, from Drawings by the late F. Calvert. Nos. and 2. 4to. Pigot and Co.

A very beautiful work; publishing monthly, and to be completed in eight parts. The drawings are particularly well colored, in aqua-tint, by Percy Roberts; and the designs by the late F. Calvert are spirited and correct. The view of Alum-Bay is strikingly effective, the various colored strata being clearly and accurately defined.

The Pilgrims of the Thames. Part 6. W. Strange. It is a somewhat singular circumstance, that this work is written by the father, and illus

trated by the son. The Pilgrims' have been before the public six months; we need therefore only say that, in this part, they continue their peregrinations, and meet with adventures 'wondrous strange.'

Of Mr. Egan, junior, we have a high opinion. We have had an eye upon him some time; and are pleased to see that experience is rapidly maturing his powers. With care and attention to the minutiae of his art, he will, ere long, rank high in the profession. There is an etching of his, in Webster's Acting Drama, that is not far remote from excellence. By the way-the tale of the Match Girl,' in this number of the 'Pilgrims,' is a curiosity. It is the best thing we have read, by the Author of "Life in London."

MAGAZINE-DAY.

The arrangement of our Paper will not allow of the insertion of an article we had prepared, on the subject of "Magazine-Day," a subject of universal interest,-we therefore postpone it till next week. It contains a number of strictures on an article, bearing a similar title, which was recently furnished to Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, by Mr. Grant, author of "The Great Metropolis." Like both volumes of the lastnamed publication, it is full of inaccuracies; and bears the impress of hurry, and guesses at truth, -two faults of so glaring a nature, as to require correction. Our Paper being a literary one, we purpose ourselves administering the chastisement. We therefore bid Mr. Grant adieu,

au revoir.

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THE THEATRES.

"See that the Players be well used."―Hamlet. Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." -Othello.

There has been a great lack of decided novelty at the theatres this week, although the public has had no excuse for complaining of the want of attraction: the baits, however, held out to playgoers, require but little comment on our part; consequently we are furnished with a very desirable opportunity of speaking at large, concerning matters upon which it is necessary that there should be a perfect understanding between our readers and ourselves.

If it be expected that, in our future theatrical papers, we shall furnish those tid-bits of scandal high a relish in certain quarters, we cannot too and blackguardism which are received with so soon disabuse the public of such an idea: our object is criticism-honest, fearless, sound criticism. The play and the actor will alike be subjected to the use of all our powers, but without any of their abuse; and whilst we shall view with microscopic eye, the smallest imperfection, we shall be equally watchful with a telescopic eye, to bring to notice the most distant beauty. Unawed by power, unswayed by interest, undisturbed by faction, we shall pursue one undeviating path in pursuit of truth, and with a proper consciousness of our fitness for the task, we at once offer ourselves as a Guide to all readers, bent on the same discovery. We repudiate the cant that playgoers should be left to judge solely for themselves; unfettered, they ought, of course, to be; and where the merits or demerits of what they witness is tolerably apparent, they are entitled to the free expression of opinion; and, whatever be their fiat, the duty of managers is to submit. But what is to guard them from imposition? Can we judge of false diamonds without the lapidary? Of base gold without the

EXHIBITIONS.

BURFORD'S PANORAMA, LEICESTER SQUARE.
We were yesterday admitted to a private
view of Mr. Burford's new Panorama, of the Bay
and City of Dublin; which is, perhaps, one of
the happiest of that gentleman's scenic efforts.
The view is taken from Killeeny, a hill of con-
siderable height, about eight miles distant from
Dublin, and so situate as to command a most ex-
tensive and varied prospect on every side. All
who are in the habit of witnessing Mr. Burford's
Panoramas, must be aware that any attempt at
description must fall infinitely below reality;
and that nothing but an ocular inspection can
prove satisfactory. We will, therefore, only
observe that every part of the beautiful scene is
so complete, that nothing is left for the fancy to
fill up,-every object successfully combining to
promote a general harmony, and to produce one
exquisite effect-the contemplation of which can-
not fail of exciting in the mind of the beholder,
a feeling of unmixed admiration.

OBITUARY.

THE ENGLISHMAN."

The gentlemen forming the committee of ma-
nagement of the new National Opera-house, have
already disposed of nearly one thousand shares,
well for the commencement; but we hope that
which, as far as £5000 are concerned, augurs
the production of native operas is not to be left
exclusively in the hands of Bishop and Rodwell.
The Petruchio of Mr. Pritchard, as recently
performed by that gentleman at Covent Garden,
is second only to that of the late Mr. Elliston.

The Covent Garden Theatrical Fund Dinner
takes place this day, at the Freemasons' Tavern.
Among the Vocalists engaged are,-Madame
Albertazzi, Mrs. Wood, and Miss Romer;
Signor Puzzi, Giulio Regondi, and a host of
other celebrated characters.

On Whit-Monday, Ducrow produces a mag-
nificent Spectacle in the style of the Jewess,
founded on Mr. Ainsworth's popular romance of
Crichton. Mr. Franklin's admirable illustrations

of Crichton are to be represented as tableaux in
the course of the drama.

The new theatre in Oxford-street is rapidly
progressing. Ward is engaged for tragedy, and
Tom Green for youthful comedy. Mrs. Waylett
and Miss Murray will also give éclat to the es-

and living on the alms furnished by the Provinces. At
last it was admitted into the arms of a Cheesemonger in
Wellington Street, North; and in his arms it breathed
its last-being overwhelmed and buried under a mass of
waste-paper, it fell, and perished sub pondere suo.

The Provincial Joint Stock Company' met together
on Wednesday evening, at the Hole in the Wall;' to be-
moan the loss of their £35,000, and to sing a requiem
over the ashes of their departed bantling. Mr. Clarke,
Cheesemonger, was in the Chair.

to the musical direction. The house will open
on the 14th of June.

GASTRONOMY.

A new and unexpected source of pleasure has just
arisen for the curious in eating. Mr. Cramp, of Peg-
well Bay, near Ramsgate, (whose Tavern is the resort,
during the season, of nearly half the metropolis), has
discovered a mode of preserving SHRIMPS, SO peculiar,
that the original flavor of the shrimp is retained for
weeks, and even months after its preparation-a thing
hitherto considered, and indeed acknowledged, by all
epicures, to be impossible. Being manufactured on the
spot, and the shrimps operated upon immediately on
their being taken out of the water, may in some mea-
sure account for the article retaining its natural flavor;
but of the process used by the manufacturer to preserve
them, we are in ignorance. Mr. Cramp has obtained
the patronage of the Duchess of Kent and the Princess
Victoria-he has also secured the valuable services of
Lopresti as his Town agent. When Mr C. next visits
London, we trust he will again bear us in mind-we ex-
hausted, for this morning's breakfast, the whole of the
Shrimps that he sent us as a taste.' On this occasion,
at all events, we were not 'IDLERS.'

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MAGAZINE-DAY.

An article under the above title, from the pen of Mr. GRANT, author of The Great Metropolis," (a second series of which has just been published, as full of mistakes' as the first), having appeared in a recent number of Chambers' Edinburgh Journal-and being very incorrect in the statements it contains-we beg leave to set the public right, and to expose a few of its principal errors (to analyse the whole would alone fill our paper.) Mr. Grant says, imprimis:

"The point from which the magazines and other periodicals all start when their distribution is about to take place, is Paternoster Row; which, with that fondness for brevity of expression so characteristic of the people of London, is invariably called "the Row.' The Row is not only the great, but the ONLY emporium of periodical literature on Magazine Day."

This is not the fact. The 'Row' is the emporium for the East-end of the town only. The