... LETTERS OF CHAS. DICKENS.: i. I An important contribution to our knowledge of one of I the greatest writers of this century will lio issued this I week front the publishing house of Chaprman and Hall. Mr. Forster's Life of Charles Dickens contains a very ...

... different account of the robbery at the Arbour-square police station to that he had sworn to in this ?? Partridge recalled the prose. eutor, and told him that on the last examination he swo-e that he gave information of the robbery at the Arbour-square station ...

... Matrhall read a paper befonr the members of this society, On modern novelists, eips. cially with reference to the works iof Charles Dickens.' J. H. Shaw, Esq., occupied the chair. After some apologetoalo remarks, explanatory of the circuenstauces under which ...

... read, but bring the matter to ans issue by immediately arresting Charles Dickehe and f holding hins as a hostage for the captured Train. Here iR a direct road out of the difliculty. Dickens and Train are both great talkers, each has an immflens3 t idea ...

... AN EDIFYING SCENE. I Charles Dickens has been plagiarized at the Mansion- house. A scene has'been stolen from some unpublished work of the author of Pickwick. Ile suppressed it, thinking it rather too bold inc the ridiculous, and exceed- iug the absurdity ...

... by means ' of a dose of morphine, of Mrs. A. N. Dickens, widow of g the brother of Charles Dickens; ' and say that depression y of spirits, due to poverty, was the cause of the act. Dar- a 'ag Mr. Dickens's last visit to this country certain western vi ...

... lecturer, delivered a lecture before a crowded audience, composed of the members of the above Institute, on The Writings of Charles Dickens. The President of the Institute (the Rev. H. W. Kemp, ?? occupied the chair. The lec. turer pointed out the many excellencies ...

... Myrtle and Mr. Orton Bradley; violin, a Mr C. F. Crowder; violoncello, Mr. 'Trust; reciter Miss Mary Dickens (granddaughter of the late Charles > Dickens). An attractive programme of vocal and instru- i .f mental music was ably submitted and highly appreciated ...

... Corporation. This is the third City Com. a pany that has contributed a similar sum. c Mt. CHARLES DICiENS.-The Daily Telegraple t of Saturday says:i-Mr. Dickens is suffering from e no distinct ailment, and to all appearance he is t perfectly well. Yet ...

... scheme of the directory yesterday was a fall in the price of Midland stock, of from 5 to 56 per cent. CHA BLES DIcKENs IN AMERICA.-Mr. Dickens presented himself to an American audience for the first time (since his arrival upon his second visit) on Deeember ...

... House of Commons, in his sermon at the Savoy Chapel, on Sunday, spoke of the death of Mr. Charles Dickens, and said that, strange as it might sound, Mr. Dickens had by his writings done essential service to the Christian Church. There swas a punity and ...

... £2t,800;o The V icar of Bellhianpton, flaph the Heir, The Enstace Diamonds, and The Prime Minister, each £2,500. Dickens, at his death, left £80,000, a considerable slice; of wvhich caie from hooks. The stipulated paynient for his first great ...