... says that Charles Dickens, during one of his visits to Paris, had his watch stolen from him at the theatre. This watch had been given to him by tbe Queen, and was, therefore very much prized by him. On returning to his hotel Mr. Dickens found a small ...

... number, and two of the seven were ladies. Sir Charles and Lady Lyell were two, and two others were George Grote, the historian, and his wife. Besides these four there were Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, and Thomas Carlyle. Her Majesty seemed chiefly ...

... ok in the pocket. He added that the robbery was committed by himself and Moore. The whole ofthe articles were identified Robiuson, his son, and wife, and the prisoners were committed to the sessions. Street Robbery with Violence.—Joseph Macdonald, shoemaker ...

... success with us as DicKens. If it seemed for a moment that Thackeray would obscure the fame of Dickens in Russia, it was only for a moment. The star of lhackeray has very soon paled in our literary firmament ana now tne sun of Dickens has re-assumed its ...

... murder and 1 robbery ; Viliet, 1 murder, 2 incendiary fires, 29 robberies; Prosper Viliet, 2 incendiary fires and 1 robbery; Jean V iliet, 1 murder and'robbery ; the other accused, various robberies or receiving stolen goods. The Schools Mr. ...

... again a saner aud a better man than he was on the llth of May—On Wednesday, at the Barnsley Court House, a vounir man named Charles Simmonds was charged with assaulting I ZfcTr^n Whilst on duty before the King's Head on the polling day Whilst a person named ...

... were tried at the winter gaol delivery, for being concerned in the same robbery. The former was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment, and the latter was discharged. Robbery at Hunslet. lad, of the name of James Smith, was charged at the Court House ...

... The Queen and Charles Dickens.—lt is said that the Queen expressed a desire, through Colonel Phipps, that Mr. Dickens and his admirable troupe of private performers should perform the play of The Frozen Deep at Windsor Castle. Mr. Dickens replied, on ...

... the life of the late Charles Dickens. The rumour is that Forster's Life of Dickens, vol. 2, which the world is anxiously expecting, hangs fire. The biographer thinks that he ought to tell the story of the separation of Dickens and his wife, and of course ...

... restricted to a display of patriotic intentions. —— ■ _ Mr. Charles Dickens and the Rev. Inewmah- Hall.-The fact that the Rev. Newman Hall was lecturing in the United States at the time of Mr. Dickens's arrival in Boston has given the New York Herald the ...

... intelligence, but of a wellbalanced mind. Application has been made to the Luuacy Commissioners to inquire into the case. Mr. Charles Dickens has left Philadelphia, and will give readings for the remainder of his stay in America in various cities of New York state ...

... premises of the Low Moor Company, with the intent to commit a robbery. He had simply got the pane of the window broken when the policeman came upon him, and denied that he intended to commit a robbery, though why else he should have been smashing the window ...