The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-30 00:00:00

GOOD 'REDLY.

The weather this morning was highly propitious
for those who desired to make of Good Fitlay
a day of recrastion. Large numbers of persons took
edvantage of the brightness and warmth of the
day by proceeding to the country, whilst others
&veiled themselves of such sources of amusements u the
Agrisaltarel Hall—where feats of wrestling, pole leaping,
hurdle racing, and other sports were exhibited—afforded.
For those, on the other hand, who wished to keep the day
as one of sanctity, their respective places of worship were
open. had were attended by large numbers.

CURIOUS GOOD FRIDAY engrom.—This morning
large numbers of people assembled in the churchyard of
the parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, Smith-
field, for the purpose of witnessing s very ancient
ceremony. It appears that some centuries ago a lady who
resided in the perish left by her will certain property to
form a filed for the preach's( a sermon on Good Friday and
to give to 40 poor widows of the pariah sixpence each every
year for ever, and it was Erected that the same should be
placed on the tombstone over her grave. No pro-
vision, however, ha►ing been made for keeping the
stone i■ repair, it has eo completely gone
to decay that not a vestige remains. The moony
is now therefore every year deposited on the ground above
where the coffin is supposed to have been placed. This
ceremony was this morning gone through in the prcrience of
the Rev. J. Abbiu, 11. A., the rector of the perish, the
churchwardens, and the persons who were attracted
by the strangeness of the proceedings. Afterwards there
was service in the chards, with a sermon, as directed by the
long deceased lady. It is more than probable, however,
that there would have been a sermon on a day held in
such honour by the (March, whether the thoughtful lady
had directed it or not.
Elutrony or note/rm.—ln a letter in the
Athourtusi of this week Mr. Charles Dickens notices a
statement which has gsiued publicityreepectiog the supposed
share of the late Mr. Seymour in the "Pickwick Papers."
Mr. Dickens says :—" Mr. Seymour the artist never ori-
ginated, suggested, or in any way had to do with, save se
illustrator of what I deyised. an incident, a character (except
the sporting tastes of Mr. Winkle), a name, a phrase, or a
word, to be found in the ' Pickwick Papers.' 1 never saw

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Mr. Seymour's handwriting, I believe, in my life. I never
even SAW Mr. Seymour bat ogee in my life, and that was
within sight-sad-forty hours of his untimely death. Two
persons, both still living, were preesot on that short Gem.
mon. Mr. Seymour died when only the first twenty-
four prioted pages of the Pickwick Papers' were
published; I think, before the next three or four
peps were completely written; I am earn before
ortie subsequent line of the book was invented.

Viscountess Powerscourt and Lady Anne Coke 11 jalY
wiSow 0( 1118r' earns incoharthit emmtices made
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have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Powerscourt, Ireland. of here to raise mosey,. ioduced me to address a letter to
Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald will leave town Mr. Edward Chapman. them the only a
sareivhog_ badness
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pubhebed ►the Pickwick Panora, rumens, boa to
the Easter holidays.
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Lady Julia Landon has left Penance's Hotel. itorreat. Ia Chaposaah conermatory avower, hams.
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Hotel for Guy's Cliff, Warwick. new atom credit thee was his dna. As this later is to
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