Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-21
harIeS Ilirlrenx

iAere areV2rlous rumors respecting the sspara-
ton OF Charles Dickens from his wife late
letter from London has the following:
q" must, however, not forget TO give you n lit
Tie bit OF scandal that is going the rounds of tL.
ntei2fy world just BOW about Charles Dickens
fOr TIE last fortnight more liz has been reSi,I
ing AZ the office OF Household NoId> and IL i
said that he desires to be divorced but Mrs Dick
ems VIII not consent on account of her children
near that Dickens has for some time been nav
ing attentions to actress at the Havmark.t
fanny Sedgwick, il is thOuyht) SOcharm,d yv,S
he with her that he went to Hunt 4 RoskeI's and
bought her beautiful bracelet, for which LIE oave
a hundred guineaS, and had the lady's name on
gTaved upon il. The tTinket was unfortunately
lost one night when he was taking her TO some
place OF amusement, and was found hy some
honest person, who took il to Hun; & KnskcI,S
who at once sent it up to Mr.. Dickens and as Mr.
Dickens was out, Mrs. Dickens received the
naughty telItale, which confirmed her susDicinns
She presented il TO her lord when he came HON.
and simply said: Charles. wish you would moi
be so open In these matters,' wheTeupon las the
lawyers saw the editor of Household VI ordS u,s.,
INTO towering passion, and said he would not
stay another minute in the same house with his
VIE He slept thai night at a hotel. and has
neTrI oreh nome since IL appears that all the
children except Charles) side with their father
MI Dickens has removed his children lSix ar
seven OF tbem) to his country house | do uo,
Know now all this will end but here cad. the
n TSt act.'' "
In Household Words of June .. we find the fol
lowing card:
Three and twenty years have passed >i,cc 1 81,
tered upon my present relations iib ti;, nuI,ir
lhey bVSdh when was so yOUn., that fad them
10 Lave Ilsttd Tor nearly quarter OF "a cenfuTy
through all that time / have tried Ia ,,e a
!dthfuI TO the public a. they have been Ia mo
~ was nv duty never to tTife with them or "a
IeceIse ITEM OF TO presume upon their favor or
do anything with II but work hard and insii,v
H. have always endeavored 10 DISCHARGE III,
duty. &c 'nd'
My conspicuous position has often made me tho
N ia HulI Ions gNfn
statements. Occasionally such thing have ., A. a
me; OF even wounded Inc, bat have always 3c-
copied them as the shadows insepara bic from H.
light OF INV nOtOTiety and success have neva,
-obtfnded any such personal uneasinesS of mine
upoh to- GENEROUS aggregate of my audience
OF tHe hI>t tiinr ia my life, aud believe for
lhe ldat, now Gsviate from the principle have
SO long observed, by presenting mysIIf i'm =, "
own journal, in my own private character ana
rhteatlng all my brethren las thew dem tL.,
me! nave reason TO think well Of me and 10 know
ma am a man who has ever been unafTrct-dIy
tiue 20 our common calling) to lend Their aid IN
'hS dissemination Of my present words
SOiiI7 uouiesuc trouble of mine Of Iob0 stand
j <, Oh winch Will make no further renal tLs,,
that II Claims To be respected as hin, - nc
p-PIIsh'e Latnrr, has lately been bTou1bt 70 a..
- 80 - "h5Ch involves no anger or III will
s,rro!y,,,1i anu The whole origin, progress and
suIIounuih2 circumstances OF which have Re-,
ihtol Shout within the kb1wled "a. nf nv = n Ii
- Co'hpCS'd and its details have but
now TO be forgotten by those cnnrrrus,i 80 :, "u'
kAnn
out Of folly or out of incOnceivabIr viii VI
or OUT OF ali three this troThle ms been ,,''
occasion of misTepr' srHtaiinn most aro,Siy go
most m1nstfOus aud most cTurI-iHvoIy}na, ~,
"nly NE, but Innocent persons dear to my H.
ana innocent person. Of whom have no kmort'
edge, II, Indeed, they have any existence. and -,
~ldeiy spread that doubt if one reader in a
thoO>ahd VIII peTuse these lines by whom som.
soucL Oh 'hr breath Of these ISLANDERS will not
idse passed Ike aH uIwhOiesOInp air
Los. VINO know me- and my nature need No
- a INC uhhtr my hand that such ralumnies
80 Ie'Ih' 10 Ole with me they are in this
tdh'Ic !ncOiiefeEce, with one another Ri ~.
-,,ri, 800 multitude who know he through my
80 ana who do not know me otherwise,
anu cannot bear that one OF them sbouId no too,
- OF YEA d Of doubt, through NV poorly
.a ~ .iS rom taf UnUsual means TO which
no" Ies"'t "i circulating the truth
most solemnly declard theu--and Iii.
o"tn In my own name aud my yyifrrs--tI,,t iii
the latrly whispered minors m hin, a., an
at which have glanced are lbou,iuaIIv 80
Lhd thd' whoever repeats one Of them M ~
denial will lie wilfuily and AZ r,'lI, ;,'!S
possible for any false witness to lie b+ fnI 81,
thAKLEs DICKENS