The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-15

The Dickens Domestic AfksIr.
rne following letters 10 circu stioo among the
friends o. Mr.. and Ars Dickens They speak for them
selyes-
vavwrvcx Houss, rAvpsocx SorARE,
LosDos, " E tuesday Nay 20, 1908 }
Ny DxAs AErxua-You b 70 MOI ony my ruii permits
sho~ this bus bog you To sho~, 70 any one wno
~~oes 70 40 ae rshs any ons ~no may have oesa
msIsd into doing wrong rh'aiiy, &c. c..
To ARssvs SIXTH, Co.
T.vprocx House., rsvrscosx SBuApE1
LONDON, W. 4, ns.asy, day IS, 1858
Hrs DIcssrs and bsv- lived onnsppily together for
mspy years. aSrdiy any one who las kno yn Us init
msrsy can fail have tnes are 10 all res peo.
ef character ana Temperament, woSdsruy uusu,ted
esrb other suppose shss people Dot vicious IN
themselves ever joined soss,her ~no bad greater
difficulty In understanding another wbn had less
10 COZ mon. an satanhso servAn, fnore friend
to both Of % than servspt, Who with
years, and 1" now mssr,ea, and who ~as, and s IL 10
Mrs Dickens confidence ana IN NINE psd the closest
familiar experience Of this rDhsppness, 10 London tne
country, N Fsrce in Isy, shersver have heen year
str yesY, month sfer month, week after week. day ser
day, ~ill bear isstmouy y, soils
Nothing hss msDy sssi.pe, stood 81 and
ssepAfA'ion Dus Mrs iackeis niser, Geo HogarD
From zoe age Of fifteen sne has devoed ae'seif %
house AND chorou sne oesD tn.ir oil. mate
n,se, 'rs.roetrsss, friend oroecEress
psn1h N tne manly alton ~ yards Ns 0ckeas
which : owe to my ~iie, ~u merely rsSosrx Of ma,
tpAt ne peculiarly Of her character has tro ali the
children on DO ocs sDo~I csonot by any
stre,co o. fancy mssise-~hat woua nave oacDne o
hem but Tor this aunt yno has ny With them, to
-tom they devoted, hss sAcri deed ossi
part 1T beI soo,b and lie to
s las reconstructed. ressopeo, suffered and tailed,
ADO came sgs.n 10 prevent separation bet Mrs.
D'cseps and me. Ars Dickens has often expressed 10
her her o. Der snectoLst soo Devotion sue
more sro.gy than "isnb these last twelve
mpnLhs.
Eor yesrs past Mrs. Dickeus has been in tbs
bsbt u representing ,hss DO for
&c away ara live apart mat her always noreasing
esiT anEe nept made q meps, oMoroer under which
sometimes lAbors-more that she felt herself uaa, for
the life she had 70 eAd my wife, aod that sae ~oso
DC lar better away. l have uniformly oiled ta.s
nat bear our misfortune and Egoi the fgn. out TO tbs
end that the children the first coDsideratoa, and
hss isGed they must oind rs sososher " IN appear
snce."
A, length, within these three weeks 1t vas suggested
70 me ~ Forster that even for their cakes, would
surrey be cener 70 70 construct and their
h.ppy come eu1ossred hun 10 treat win Mrs
hcsens Sc lhe iena both Of Us Tor one aud twenty
years Mrs Dicsen wished 70 sdd her part Marx
lemon, and did SO 90 Saturday last iepon Sfoss 10
Forster that Mrs Dickens grateful sDd tnsckdiiy DC
copied" the terms proposed to her.
al the pecuniary part oftneD viii only that DO
btve hey generous Is ars Dickens we're lady
Of dis IL cton, and OF fortune Tns remaining
pare Of their sre easily describedny eldest boy 70 lice
Win MR. Dckeos and take of her my eldest girl
TO keep my huuse--Dotb my girls and ali my children
oul the edest soa 20 i've ~sD me, he continued
psLopshp Of then aunt Geore'pe, for whom sbeJ have
young people, sno " DO nas higher claim (as have
oIen declared for many yesrs) upon Dy Adoction,
spect aud gratitude, nan Any body IN this World.
/ hope tna. DO one Soo may oscc acqaaicted ~ith
shat sre here. cso possibly be cfuel Apd unjust
u put aly mfconsrucuou separation, My
elder coiiirsp s understand perfectly, and all accept
10 ~ inevaoie. There Is not sos1o~ Of DOUBT
ce>lment among us-my eldest 500 aud are ooe,
TO IL Ali
Two wicked persons ~ao should have spokso very diff
ferepty ~ NE, consideration of earned aud
ersuuie, have Zee am tod, snd indeed to my per-
sonsl knos.dse) coupled with tins name
OF young lazy for whom have great sad
regard vil not rspea her osme-I honor IL much.
Upon my ,oui sno honor. there Ia not a
vrruous and spotIess creature han thai young
lady. know to innocent AID pure, and as good
~ my own oesr dsugbers Fursosr, I am quite
toss Mrs D,ssns, bsvce received This from
me, mots bos believe n, 10 the respocs koos her
have Ind 10 the perfect confidence know IN
nsr be,er moments 70 repoee IN my trdtnfrln-es
On tbs bead again, there is not . shallow Of dou
coGcs aniens betS,en children and AL Ia oooa
spo slse among u, ~ though brssssrs sod
t<rs roey perfectly thai ,od deceive
them, ana the confieDce among u 10 without fear
CD
Nay 80, 1853
hsvrp been stated 70 tha, reeren 70 to he off
fereIces which have resulted 10 the OF Mr. AMI
hre CbAs DICKENS certain statements have ci-cu-
lsted that such differences oocssiopei oy crcum
stances deeply Affecting the chsrscter Sr Dck
osberr, roiemny dec toss dis oslcve
ptsss We KnoS that they believed by Ms.
Dickens, and we pledge all
rsotct tb-m ~ entirely destitute Of foundation
asr- foloT The signatures VI Mrs. 6ogsr and her
yourGes. oaugh,er d J. A.