The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-19
FO R E IG N
THE MAILS OF THE EUROPA.
GOSSIP ABOUT CHARLES DICKENS.

"hGf the Gossips sag about h-Nss T1nan Lapli-
Go'ed-P"dttc Sgmpahhy nih Hrs. Dickens-The
HHe"angs at 81. Martins Hall Continued.
certain vague and painful rumors have been
goliiS tne rounds Of London Society for the last
M, Meeh vi two' and now they assume definite FORM
ne great novelist and delineator of the character
OF the lnmitable Mr.. Pecksnif has senarotad from,
his WIFE, There are various rumors on the snbiect
put am assured of the truth of the following III
incompatbiity of temper F ~ !"
: at Is all Judge. A married life of twenty-two
nearly dozen children, spotless life Gn tbe
part of the wife and mother, and now IN boya my
congenial temper a separation is simnI, rn
posterous. You know how exceedingly nhiiaItbro
pic Mr.. Dickens, Mr.. Wilkie Collins, Mr. Marl,
Lemon, and Mr.. Buwer Lytton have been of late
years; the honorable baronet, the NJ. z for Hert
to"dshlre, writing play to prove that we are not
so bad as we seem, and the youthful iteraters
putting on the sock buskn-I really do not
know which-and acting the tame nonsense toa
very select company of very amable persons-"old
maids OF both sexes" as Christopher North would
say-al for tho "stonsibe purpose of assisting SONS,
charity.
At these amateur theatricals it was necessary to
get some histrionic talent beyond the benevolent
projectors, and Miss Ternan. well known in Man
chester, and lattcrly the London boards was one
of the 0rtiSes selected to bear part. very pure
and very platonc Affection sprang up between this
young lady and the author of Pickwick am told
she has been on very friendly and familiar visiting
terms with Mr.. Dickens family. She is now charged
with being the of the separation that has
Just taken place between the eminent author and
his wife.
The affair has not been outI quite long enough
yet believe, to get in the Journals but very soon
the whole world and his wife will be gossiping and
laying their heads together and rolling the sweet
morses under their tongues something terrible
to contemplate Dickens does not ret much sym
pathy, the public generally deciding, as it does us,l-
ally in such cases, in favor of the lady II is the
demon in the household the shadow on the wall,
that has been at his elbow for years, and will form
the staple for many narrative. Mr. Dickens
daughters reside hp her but borln
sticks to his mother.
Some years ago. you may have heard, Miss Bur
dett Coutts offered to take Mr.. Dickens son
(Charles, then 4 child, bring him mp and provide
for him, with the understanding that she should
have the privilege of educating him in the faith of
the Church of England. Boz not only accepted the
offer at once, but formally withdrew. with all his
family, from the Unitarans. where he had been a
constant attendant and worshipper for many years
This was looked on, and justly, by Mr.. Dickens
friends as very great weakness, and fur
nlshed material for many bon mot that no one
could so well portray the hypocricies and time
serving of Others as he who spoke from experience
Gossip has not got so far to assign the partic-
ulars and terms of this voluntary divorce the
amount of almony, &C.; but as the novelist editor,
lecturer and theatrical performer is in the receipt
OF large income, if the matter comes before the
law courts the yearly settlement for the wife will
doubtless be in the shape and amount of what
might be termed swinging damages. In the mean
time the readings of the author at st. Martins
Hail. ofthe ''Chimes," the "Crcket on the HEARTH
ana Otnef CHRISTMAS StOrleS continue a popular
ever, and promise to be permanent an institution
as Albert Smiths Mont Blanc, the American Cir
Gus, Christys Minstrels or Queen Fictorias annual
donation to the British people in the shape of an
increase OF the population-and taxation.
ENGISLH OPINION OF THE RESULT OF
NJ. BELLY'S OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL
AMERICA.
From the City Article Of tie London Times
The statement from Paris to-day, that a conces-
sion for the canal to unite the Atlantic and Pacific
through the territories of Nicaragua and Costa Rca
has been granted to French company, is surprising
only from the fact of its apparently not having be
come known at New York, where the influence over
Nicaragua is paramount, and where there are per-
sons who still claim rights to the route, which,
whatever may be their validity, likely to be
supported for political purposes. The whole affair,
however, is rdhOm 1,rncticai Importance since The
conditions are nerer Gkeiy TO be tuIfHed.
The Company to commence the work in two
years, and complete it in six, and the channel is to
be such to admit two of the largest ships to pass
abreast. The direction, moreover, is to be entirely
French, and the French Government are to have
the exclusive privilege of keeping couple of ships
oi-war on the waters of the route throughout the
whole period occupied in its construction capi-
of fl0000,000 Els 000, 600 would not suffice and
the public easily Judge the prospect of any such
amount being raised within the next "A months on
the Paris Bourse.
The schemes originally proposed in London, and
most unfortunately rejected, was for canal of
much more moderate dimensions or even in the
first instance, for ordinary transit by improving
the navigation of the San Juan, and crossing the II
miles of hilly land between Lake Nicaragua and
the sea by railway or other temporary means,
until the success of the enterprise should have
couraged further expenditure.
The following ''declaration is appended to the
grant made by Costa Rica and Nicaragua to NJ.
Belly for the purpose of constructing the ship canal
across the lsthmus, referred to in the preceding
tice:
DECLARATION AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES AND IN FAVOR OF A EUROPEAN
PR0TECTORATE.
The following is appended
The Supreme Chiefs of the two Republics of Mica
ragua and Costa Rica assembled at Rvas, after hav
ing settled the questions which divided the two Re
pubcs, and having re-establishcd peace and the
most complete harmony between them, with a com
mon accord, and in order to secure the indepen-
dence and safety of the two countries well of
all the States of Central America;
Considering that fresh invasion of American fill
libusters still menaces the independence of Costa
Rlca and Nicaragua, in contempt of all the laws
that protect nations and that guarantee the lives
and properties of citizens in civilized countries;
That this invasion. officially rcprobated by the
Government of the United States, is preparing in
reality. under its patronage, the means of def
nitively taking possession of Central America, if
Central America refuse to surrender itself vounta-
rilv to the United States;
That hitherto all the official agents Of the United
States at Nicaragua have been the accomplices and
auxiliaries of the invaders acting masters, and
audaciously hoisting the flag of the United States
in all parts where, at San Juan del Sud, the
flag of Nicaragua onl ought to float, and openly
menacing Central America with an inevitable an
nsxaton;
That the Minister actually accredited to Nicara-
qua boasts in public of peremporily proposing this
dtimatan-either the legal possession of Nicaragua
by the ratification of the treaty CassG rssari,
fresh invasion of the illibustcrs already organized
at Mobile under the American flag;
That, moreover, the Government of the United
States has, according to official reports made to
that of Costa Rica by its Minister PlenipOtentiary
at Washington, declared that it was utterly power
less to prevent fresh attempts by the fibustcrs, or
to protect the neutrality of Central America, owing
to the insuicency of the laws Of the United States
this head;
Considering that three years of war and devasta-
ton have deprived the two Republics Of the means
of resisting fresh attack on the part Of many
thousands of brigands that the towns of Nicaragua
destroyed in whole or in part; that their com
merce is annihilated; their population decmated;
and that after desperate resistance, which testi-
tes their patriotism, they must succumb before
superiority of numbers, unless Europe deign at last
to defend them against attempts unprecedented in
the ninteenth century.
They declare soemnly:
/. That they place the Convention above men
toned relative to the canal of Nicaragua under the
patronage of civilized Europe, by appealing to the
justice and humanity of all Christian nations against
the attacks of pirates and buccaneers oil whom they
have been for three years the victims.
2. That they place the independence and nation
ality of the Republics of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
under the guarantee of the three Powers who have
caused the independence and nationality of the
Ottoman Empire to be respected, namely, France,
England and Sardinia.
3. That they supplicate the Governments of
these three Powers not any longer to leave the
coasts of Central America witt out Defence its rich
country at the mercy of barbarans and the future
route of the trade of the world without a serious
guarantee OF liberty and neutrality.
A. That they bind themselves in the name of their
people to accept from those three Powers all the
conditions they may attach to their assistance pro
vided the public law of civilized Europe be ex Tend
ed to all the States of America, and imposed by
force if needs be, on those who 50 audacousy vio-
late it.
ton.