... street is left almost intact. %Bow - street, under its origical name of Illuegate-fields, was well known to the late Charles Dickens, memories of whom still linger amongst some of the police-officers of the district. On the western side of this once ...

... AT MR, CHARLES DICKENS'S.—On Friday last a person named George Blackman, who was described as a market-gardener at Higham, was charg:d before the magistrates at Rochester, with having stolen some ~ hay from the premises of Mr. Charles Dickens, Gad’s-hill ...

... Among those who rendered very material assistance in this way were two of the sons of Mr Charles Dickens, whose residence is close to the Little Hermitage, Mr Dickens himselt Leing from home at the time. The Rev. Mr Formby and other neighbours were also ...

... complains that the Postmauh'r-Gfl:ern{doosnot refund the money, though the robberies cccur on official premises. Perhaps, however, his Grace of Norfolk knows neither of the robberies nor of the circumstance that the vietims of them have to bear the loss. ...

... number of children, aud he having hitherto borne a good character, the Beach only imposed a penalty of £2. DARING ROBBERY.—An impudent robbery was perpetrated on Monday at the Berkley-Crescent shop of Mr. Notton, hatter, Gravesend. Lt appears that two men ...

... is as interesting as & museum. In its window {on can see tor nothintthe black-jack used by Cromwell,s tankard &\;enn'.ed y Dickens to a friend, a ring of Lady Mary ortley Montagu&e. Then you are set to moralise by noticing one of the racing-cups that belonged ...

... The Bench remanded the prisoner in order that th eon- Fielding Dickens, of the South-Eastern Circutt (second dition of his mind might be ascertained in the meantime.. san of the late Charles Pickens, to the Recordership of I AT the Petty Sessions, Wimborne ...

... these proper provision has been made by Government. No deaths from starvation reported this week. CHARGE OF ELOPEMENT AND ROBBERY. At the Manchester City Police-court, a young man named Mark Dawson was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel ...

... picked up by the steawmer and brought on ¢, Dover. THE “ Poor Travellers’ ” house at Rochester, th, subject of one of Charles Dickens's Christmag stories, is threatened with extinction. Py, travellers for generations have received food ap shelter within ...

... , but the taste for his form of historical novels. Time was when Ainsworth's name was coupled with Bulwer Lytton and Charles Dickens. He was famous before the reading public had found out Thackeray. Cruikshank illustrated his novels ; and Middlesex m ...

... 2 ancellor bas appointed Davi Esq., of the Norfolk Ci avid Power, Counsel. orfolk Circuit, to be one of Her Majesty's Charles Dickens is about to commerc2 a serie: of readings from his own works for his own benefit, a proce ding which, there s little doubt ...

... ess. What can be more despicable than the appropriation of workmen's tools To the same category belongs an extraordinary robbery which recently took place at Brighton. The Royal Hand-bell Ringers, on returning to St. James's Hall for the evening performance ...