Smyrna times., 1870-08-10
The viii Of Charles Dickens.

he Will Of Charles Dickens is published in
iuii III the London papers The main body Of
me text was evidently COPIED from tie careful!
draft oI' a competent legal man. i pro. i>i.n
uI the interest on eight thousand pound, Tor
HE is made for Mrs Dickens. TO Miss Iio-
lr"lh b" Give, eight thousand and all his per
S"lai WY except his watch e. the geld re-
peaicr presented To me at Coventry, which,
with >, tie chains ana seal, and all appenda-
geN, he hcquoatha to JOHN Forster, who is
also the legatce OF such OF the manuscripts Of
his published work, as rcn, .ine{ in his no,>4>-
son at the time Of his death 70 his eldest
son Charles he hc4ueaths his library Of printed
books, and all his engravlugs and prints For
the other legaceS, " Miss Ellen Lawe>s Ter
nan late oI lIOuoht0n place, AmpjLill Square
IN the county Of MIittiroex, receives one
thousand pounds, and all the servants who
have .een i'll the family for one wear have
nineteen gu,naas each. In a codicl the prop
GGrty IL All the Year Round is given to Chas
bcNeA., the younger, designation OF his
SON "Hisi would seem t. imply that b, desired
TINS Seutlem20 to ASSUME such n title, ratlfar
than ;har.rs Dickens Jr, " in like manner
with the yonger Golman.
After having fully expressed Iii. intentions
IN LEGAL t.r'nicalitios, Mr. Dickens cOuc.u les
ms lt-t III ana testament as follows:
And lastly, as | have now set down the
form oi words which my legal advisers as :ure
me are necessary to the plain object OF this
my wiz, ! soIemny cni)in my dear children al
Ways to remember how much they owe to the
sald Georgiaua iio2arth. ani never to be want
Ing III grateful and ailccIonato attachment
10 her, Tor they know well that she has been
through al the stages Of their growth and
progress their ever useful. Suli-denying and de-
voted friend. And desire here simply to re-
t si,,N g.
by consent has been IN the receipt from me Of
an annual income Of c1oU; while All the great
charges OF numerous and expensive family
nave deVOivcd wholly upon myself | en-.
phaucaliy direct that be buried IN an mex
penSlve, transformations and strictly private
manner, that 10 public announcement be made
ot the time or place OF my burial. that at the
utmost not more than three Iiain tnourninr
coachcs be employed, and that those who at
tend my funeral wear no scarf, cloak, black
bow, long hat-band, or other such revolving alb
surdIty. | direct that my name be inscribed
IN plaln English letters on my tomb without
the addition Of Mr. or Esquire. coniure
my friends on no account to make me the sub
i2ct Of any monument memorial, or tcstiuoni-
al whatever | rest my claims to the remcm-
brance OF my country upon my published works.
and to the remembrance Of My friends unun
their experience of me; in addition thereto I
commit my soul to the mercy cf God through
our lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. and ex-
hort my dear children humbly to try and guide
themselves by the teachings of the New Tcsta-
ment in its broad spirit and to put no faith in
any man narrow construction OF its letter here
or there. In witnes, whereof |, the said ChaS.
Dickens, the tcstator. have to thi, nv last will
and testament set my hand this twelfth dav of
May. in the yyar OF our Lord one thousand
EIGHT hGnired and sixty uine. -lIHlLiphiq
I,}y.,