Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-11
ENGLISH GOSSIP.

long time. Among its richest articles, are those
on the foreign policy Of Great Britain, and on the
recently published correspondence OF the late Lord
Dudley and ward-a man whose misfortune it was
TO have he'd ESQ, 900 year! Had he been poor
man, compelled TO write for his bread, he would
have taken high rank among the literati of the
land. But he wealthy and wrote only n
few articles-cxcelent ones-in the Quarterly Re
risp.
The opening article, said TO be from Lockharts
pen, will somewhat astonish the Americans, accus-
toned as they TO censure and sarcasm from such
source. IL Is review of the comparative merits
OF American orators-some of whom il places very
high indeed. have not the Rerie,c at hand, just
now, only write from recollection. Daniel
Webster, Writ, Z. Everett and John Quincy Ad-
ans, are all duly noticed, with many more. The
iavoute Is your great orator. Patrick Henry. OF
HIM, the reviewer says, that he must have been
equal to Chatham and Mrabeau.
Among the novelties announced for 1siI is Tie
English Journal. IL wall be a weekly magazine, Of
low price, but the highest quality. The best of our
authors write for II. Miss Milford opens
with capital story.
The Penny Magazine, which has been losing its
popularity Of late, is about being remodeed. 1t
is TO appear on better paper Of a smaller size, and
with superior engravings.
Allan Cunning ham the editor of the new edition
Of Phkingtons Lives OF the Painters, in one volume.
he brings il down to the present day.
Captain Marryatt (whose new work, Ola Podri-
da, is but collection Of already published magazine
articles, has commenced a novel called The Peach
err. He has chosen an odd vehicle for bringing il
before the public. IL appears, in weekly install
mens, in clever sporting paper called 'sTHE ERA"
-Four weeks have passed since he commenced it,
and 1t bids fair to equal Peter Simple, Jacob Faith
ful, or Japhet. The calculation is that the work
will be completed in six months.
Following this example, the editor of the SUNDAY
Times has engaged Ainsworth (aulhor OF Jack
ShtpPd'd) TO supply that paper with a new work
OF fiction. The first number to appear in the
paper yesterday, which have not seen yet 1t
will be completed in So weekly numbers The
cost OF these novels 10 the respective journals will
be t5OO, at least. | forgot to mention that Aims
worth's is called Old Saint Paurs.
The Lords OF the Admiralty patronise a selec-
ton of the most popular naval ballads OF the late
Charles Dibdir. They will be illustrated by
George Cruikshank, and published by John Muir
ray.
Cruikshank has been i'll, the first efforts os hi.
pencil and sraver (for he usually etches his own
plates) appear in the Comic Amanack. This work
Is rather failure, this year. The fun is evidently
forced, and of all the illustrations only one In on
don street scene during a November fog) is quite
worthy of Cruikshank's great genius In his IL
lusratious OF Ainsworth's "Tower OF London ~ now
finished, he has eclipsed his own best previous eff
forts.
Lord William Lennox, ex-husband of Mrs
Wood, has a novel in the press. Ii will be entitled
Compton Audey." He has written good many
magazine and annual articles.
1uphy's Weather .4lmuack which sprung in
10 extraordinary popularity, in 1887 because lis
prediction that January l6 would be The coolest
day IN the year, turned true,) has had host Of
imhators MS year 1t announces, for January IL,
Probably the lowest degree ofwinter cold "
There is another work, however which has run
thro' eleven yearly editions, in which the author
takes higher fight than merely predicting the state
Of The ~eaIher-thoush he does that also, giving an
account oil the weather at home, and the storms
abroad IN iSii. The author of ZadkiePs 4Lulanaek
and Herald Of .dstrnLogyi is Lieutenant r. ]. Morri-
son, X. N. He residedfor some years at Liverpool.
where knew him. He undoubtedly believes in
astral influences, and has many followers. just
now, he is IN high feather-havng last year before
there was any idea that Victoria would marry Al.
bert, formally declared that the Queen would mar
Ty early IN Febroary (which she didI and have a |
daughter on November 2Ist, ls4O-iohieh actually
happened. He now predicts that on the 9th OF De.
cember, lS4l, the Queen will have another daugh-
ter, but says there will be "some degree Of danger
10 the infant, or difficult birth"
Iadkie ioretells events for oil places during 1871
He alluGes rarely 10 America. In March, at Wash |
ington, he doubts not 'that the government will do |
well as TO revenue and friends, but they also VII
oently opposed by their enemies. Some epidemic
also in the United States. Sudden interru ptons 70
their trade. and much fraud among monied people
banks &c" In June he ioreSAes ga return ofhealth
and prosperity and plentiful cotton harvest"
What think you ofZadkiel?
Mrs. Gore has a novel in the press-hGreyille
OF a Season at Pars."-This lady writes TOO fast
and too much, but always writes ceverly.
Mercedes OF CASTLE" by Fennimore Cooper, has
fallen from the press almost still born
Captain Halls new work, patchwork =" is clever
but made up OF odds and ends-arLicles which az.
pear as If written for magazines.
The author Of the fngods BY LegiOns, is wr-
ting novel, "Some account of my Cousin Niclo.
las"
Tie January number OF Biaekpoofs Magazine
contains Part XIV. Of 'Ten thousand a Year,
BY the way, the Backwoods have taken , b,nJ
some shop in London, % Pail Mall, where as well
Hsin Edinburgh, they intend to carry on the pub.
ishing business. This does rot look % If thew
were going down hill as has been reported.
Charles Knight has completed the new transIa-
~
Lano,) with illustrations by w Harvey. TINS is
one OF the handsomest works ever published in En-
gland.
The ninth and last volume Of AIison's "J;s,o,v
OF Europe from the commencement Of the Reyolu,
ton 10 the Restoration Of the Bourbons1 is in press
IL is decidedly finest historical work since the
time Of Gbbon and Roberts.
Horace Smiths novel will be called MONEY!
ed Man. or the Tesson Of Life"
he hrst chapters Of Mrs. Troope's new work
The Blue Bellies Of England" appear in the Metro
politan Magazine for this month.
Bulwefs new novel "Night and Motninp y il mr.
tually printed, but will not be published until tbs
middle OF the month"; when the magazines will be
out Of mind and out OF date.
mentioned some months ago, that DR. aver ,y,s
the author Of Harry LOrrequeT and CLayIes O'N,I
ley lie IS now ayowed such. In the new mum.
Der Of the Dublin University Magazine is a cspitaI
story Of his called lie Chateau de Vandyk Cb5rles
Lever, NJ. ID. lives at Brussels.
Boz Is bringing out new work in J vola II
IS announced, IN Columns list, as "The PIC Me
Paper" sdiied by Boz, and illustrated by George
Cruikshank and PHI.
Ward, author Of "Tremaine" has new novel
~ the press, entitled "DeClfIord, or the Constant
MANI '
Thomas CamPbell's Life Of Petrarch," is just
SIR Chsrles and Lady Morgan announce two
volumes OF "the Book without nameD
MRS lrolope's son has written "TraveIs in the
Central Provinces Of France which will lac eJi,ed
vieu. '' VIC Aiet-
The Lille, Remains, and Correspondence NJ I
Il. L." by Lamar Blanchard ther literary .ys,a.
tori forthcoming immediately ''O
The Journal and Correspondence Of tb, late
Henry S"inburne, author Of Travels in snso /
and Portugal" arc in the press DP'"
CABALiSI Galignani has the following
singular calculation: II the year 1874 death oc
Louis XVI be taken, and ts eyphers suceessiv.Iy
added 70 the figure 10 the units place Of that mum.
Der, the year 1898 will be obtained; fdeatb of Io,s
NVl IL 1894 death Of Robespefrel lie TAKEN.
and The same operations repeated, Il will give isis
(hnal fall Of Nepoeon;l the same method snplied ~
that year gives 1880, lfsl Of Charles X i and tbs
same operation with the cyphors ofts3O gives 1910
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