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LITERATURE.
BLEAK HO U SE. No. V. By Charles Dickens.
Without advancing the movement of the Ow, or
Imparting any additional interest to the narrative, the
fifth instalment of Mr. Dickens's new work reveals
more than anything he has recently written the re-
ITurces of that exquisite genius which commands
!like our tears and our laughter. One incident in par-
ticular, recounted in the fifteenth chapter, is such as
that gentle heart alone could have conceived, to the
noble sensibility of which the world was already in-
debted for the histories of Nell, of Tiny Tim, and of
Little Paul Dombey. It relates to the orphan chil-
dren of poor " Coavinses." Nothing can be more
touching in its incomparable simplicity and truthful-
ness than the scene in the garret at Bell-yard, where
Emma, a baby, and Tom, " a mite of a boy, some five
or °ix years old," are found, supported by " Charley,"
Ur Charlotte, a child of thirteen! Often as
Charles Dickens has before shown his appre-
ciation of the virtues of the very poor,
Pa has never evinced the fullness of this appreciation
in a manner more lovely, or more bewitching. It is
IMPossible to read this account of the sorrows and
Wale of poor dear little Charley without an effusion
of tenderness in the depth and sincerity of which a
..ertain illustrious namesake of hers is not altogether
forgotten.
In the previous chapter, under the ap-
propriate heading of "Deportment," we are intro-
iticed to another new character, in the person of Mr.
i,arveydrop. The son of this abominable old villain
1?' a " buck" is affianced to Caddy, having made her
acquaintance as her dancing master. One Gridley,
another victim of the law, appears upon the scene in
'rl1-yard, and gives promise, by his passion, of making
nirelf remembered as the man from Shropshire.
oh,"1 All-alone's," which is the title of the sixteenth
thePtert carries the reader to the squalid abode of Jo
th cr°BBing-aweeper and recounts the way in which
at unfortunate conducts Lady Dedlock to the ob-
acene graveyard where the body of Nemo has been
1 burled away among the rats—according to the custom
IN practised in the wealthiest and moat en-
aightened (!) capital in Christendom.

" CZERKEY WELL PAROCHIAL CHARITY
SCHOOLS.
On Friday evening, the 9th instant, about 100 gentle-
men dined together at the Higbury Barn Tavern,. to
c°Lanlemorate the 152 d anniversary, and in aid of the
funds of these exceilent schools.
the Bank toof the unavoidable absence of the Governor of
the chair ve England (Thomson Hsnkey, jun., Esq.),
ably filled, byss thet a very short notice, taken, and most
• bard, Esq. Deputy-Governor, J. Gellibrand Hub-
These schools are
daily giving instruction to 600 chil-
dren of the
poor, and at the present time 190 of that
l_umber are clothed; and it was announced by Mr. R.
,•1811:1180t.zies that, at the next meeting of the committee, lie
ii
propose to add ten more children to the cloth. d
which announcement was received with very great
applause.
buring.the evening the 190 clothed children were in-
troduced into the room, and their cleanly appearance
.danucriecleat dress,
together with their happy faces, pro-
Part °fan unmistakable expression of delight on the
La° Company present.
yera,address from the two senior scholars was deli-
when t*lrd % hYhin sung by the whole of the children,
addre
_esseedll'het Nir. Wroth, the curate of St. Pniiip's,
Letn in a peculiarly neat and efficient manner.
W roust not omit to mention that these 190 children
were rey
p
e Wed on that occasion by the committee with
xcellent and substantial dinner, in accordance with
rtral custom, and it reflects great credit on the pa-
ths loners of Clerkenwell that they show their care for
eyir poor not in words only, but ia deeds.
12At was gratifying to find on this occasion so large a
arnber of the parochial authorities present, and which,
rrom its having been particularly alluded to, was, we
suPpose, an unusual event.
111 concluding this brief notice, we cannot sufficiently
uo justice to.the very able manner in which the chair.
roan acquitted himself. Suffice it to say, that the senti•
bients he delivered were highly appreciated, and that be
gave the most unqualified satisfaction.
The collection amounted to 152/.-10/. 103. from
Thompson Hankey, jun., Esq.; 10/. 10s., J. G. Hubbard.
Esq.; 101. 10s., Baron Lionel de Rothschild, M.P.; 101.
10s., VV. J. Boulton, Esq.; 101. 10s., Thomas Slingsb)
Dunconabe, Esq., M.P.