New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-13
DICKENS'S REAL PEOPLE.
IT'S CHARACTERS AND THEIR PROTOTYPES.
From Tomplo Bar.

In arttIa
"a S romancers mover produced intended 10
nroduce. complete picture OF living person, bun
Only the n ls1qns his cSpoe2ce Of nifty although
az we shall see, the likeness in some cases bore
resemblance to the unconscious sitter VINO
naturally resented the publicity thus given 70 hs
PERSONAL or mental pccullsrcs. For those rosders
thing concerning the prototypes OF the characters 50
happily portrayed by bis magic pen, me pf..sontt
atfompt at their Identification may not 10 without
interest. , a. ....,,,
charlie, Dickens. leaving school in bis :, h Mc,rs
Ems and BlaokmOre solicitors, OF Gray, Inn, anu
during The period Of his ensssomsnt IN snn Inns
soT.s him Of % .aT wit" which
Characterized him throusho life, the various peon
m ns' tho Rs Junior partner. aan ssxs recognised
pages OF Pickwck and NlckIcby,' several incidents
that took place in the ONCE and tho orgnsis OF msny
| OF the characters in thoSc works werc pcTsonAy
known 10 him Dchens' early tsste for ,h's n,s
IN BY h n. Boon
panlon aferwsrd figured under bis prSPer Nam
S Ts Of q. tt. vssTs ss Gy described
city, whose income wss limited but whose friendship
Sh si nodas Mr. T sms yons gentle
man who appears " Jones, in another eEcscn esAsa
Misplaced attachment Of Mr. John pGsISe Us n
comPany-fuh Of anecdotor and having pen0han'
oTlnanss 1erraoe Chatham where tho mSssns;
i. eh,r.cior. Tor ,o@e Of to early sketches; aTa:
The Halfpay Captain va, also noghbor, whose
wclIremcmbersd oddly Of behavior was con.snt
rsliy in SPcRwick' whcr S Dickens most frequently
s% s: ne . e
sh n with . P be convinced ff ~ stood n1
portal, Of tho Artcled Clerk, and that our friend
enteraIns belief that 1t wa, Dlcson' himself who is
described as one Of the ONCE lads. In their 6r.t sur
sGaOp por,e su and thinks INK er non" Dohns
Iufnr I< he mir hat
that prince OF %po,tors and Asa nss
o Jingle 1 II. PORTRAIT Of The doctor said . have
Chatham and an uncle Of The novelist. MT Justice
Mr. fcrkcr, PckwlcEs solicitor in the famous breach
ofpromIsc case also drawn from he. Mr Black
MR. say. thar +. neyo. sar %.5 ntsnd
portrsIt 4 b: partner; M Ellis, who certainly had
cc,ssnt snur taking. There can BE- however. no room
for TO q; form nToS s of S .c
vs Si she hf% ola Of fs:H%1a
in spite Of ladies protests irsb tights and black gait
il !, fair to COZ lecture that San, Weller, living
prototype was chMactGr namsa Simon spssgSdiah
house,, local rnaman whose chlct popularity lay
quaint ;syTs and H "t
Vale, for whom tho farce, very popular one In the
% part IT Of s mt Year 1s the redTa y Of the
Icken, family to London Charlie. being then ten years
S%cnly smplGycd by sam ws,r, %sr Iavlshly in
troduced BY the actor into his part and worn doubt
less the origin OF Dchenss queci concelt. Vale had
mcllowncs OF voice with righteousness OF utoranco
which gayo his droLcries Of expression an unusual
value. and he was recognized as an actor OF genuine
The suggestion that Weller T. . form Of Weller,
and tho latter Is comparative form Of Vsis Is not
atogethor without weight, but so far .. the origin OF
the name I, concerned there some evidence worthy
mon one at the present day was familiar 70 Dickens
Of ldo% hi, MS nurse SS.'' was s" Nary %eer =, sso
been pointed ont that Thomas Weller once
kept n h' s S'?! nssS aS 'S 0se
tou' Marquis Of Cranky OF which Mrs Weller Sans
, HSD CDes ioa mi '' 9
Mr.. Weller was a real psrson and we know him Ho
daily from Rochester to. London ard back again
Tho good-naturod, rcd-facsd old follow
In the story of 'ollver Twist Dickens introduced
Mr.. Fang, police magstrae and described MS nloae
| Oliver brought on charge Of foglc hunting,
"a lean, long backed, stu nccked middle lie a:ea
growing on the back and sides Of his head HIS face
and mT1h a. more 10 h MS1 Exactly
| good for him. he might have brought an action against
d aI These attributes Of Mr. Fang also
possessed by his prototype Metropoan u, nag e,t
literary csstlgatlon. Mr. Forster tells us that tho
novelist, wanting for the purposes OF ms story an
OF an original ready to his hand In of ths London
Offices and Instead of pursuing his later method Ok
FENDER diicult the Identification OF mental pcouliari
ties no was only eager to get in the whole man COM
p' an, %90 m nd pfs s woo .s s" to ane
who S'% had s, Go4s ap'Y n %y S Sss
InE PoT'o Of Oliver twist must have magistrate
and fses s0 %on DOR sm IT :Soe
shown up have as necessary consequence stqmDSG
,n'c rrrlfectly well but rs IL "Ouiu
be necessary describe his personal spRcaSr'e aSO
iormnstciy. a, the ea,e may bel have never done;
In th, dilemma 1t occurred to me That psrnsW !.
ns Garden or,ce for few moments somo morning
il you further my Object sn%, ~ rs. found
rs,sstrse was brought up before tho novelist
and shortly after on some fresh oute7s. Oh nd
monular step 10 remove Mr. Lains from tho bench
q Comfort to everybody saving only 'hs principal
p0'i II VIII be remembered that Dckcn, and his Illus
traitor travelled together to tn. S1r,n %
for me phd Kings lead at barnard Castle their
headquarters. The novelist thers MADE nqueIh oIs
cT r1 Ma. directed 70 on- known Bowes Academy at
reta Bridge The master whose s c name v,h sx
.m. hsutonr and did not much a, withdrsT MS
rom the Sr.sGOsns . Of prRR %s W.oSns Bis op
nornnity skcched him on his nall 10 Drancm ., ..o
inc OF which mus, tHnfess S, whsn tho more
gnsbed enatlon OF him appeared In thn ooOh,
| no schoo beran to decline, aIh ui' f,,ho
| S.,.rted There arc many persons Sun nNIns thI o
uesu a urr,ls ~ William Shaw and well remember ms
ecsdcny at Bowcs who assert that 9s ;S h Sos o rs
W., ,lp ma that tho master was by no means snon
wretch az that depicted h. the novelist ~ t n,r
go varrnlv affirmed by some old residents Id b"I
Ord Cartlc that the alleged prototype OF biue1rs Wss'
% nrlyaic life at least, excellent and amlAo,c NAL
u. cIiey,nq the imputatlon TO be levolled a. lmselI
te,H ~ AZ was really the case, at the bad system
Which had long prevailed in that part OF me eounry
w., sor.I,venrss caused him TO become an oblcct OF
d,cnle TO his n.ghbors and this. together with ITO
subscqucnt loss OF his pupils utterly broke his sprt
| o"E urtber evidence confirming this account may DO
,onpd in tho autobiography Of Mr. H. +. Lloyd tho
| ,,pcu Lnovn Glasgow comedian. He was pupil OIL
! MILAN shaw whom he represents as most worthy
and kind hearted. Il somewhat peculiar yemt nv 49,
90 | can him now As plainly IA ala theh
and ran testify the truth OF tho outward prc.ee
mont of the man Is described by Dickens, and DE