The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1876-04-22 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER MONDAY IN LONDON. As usual on Good Friday, several of the singular customs observed at some of the City churches were duly carried out. At St. B ,r-tholomew-the-Great, 21 sixpences are thrown down upon a stone in the churchyard, whence old women pick them up. At Allhallow's, the younger boys of Christ's Hospital, the choir boys of the church, and some of the Sunday school children., each received a new penny, a packet of raisins, and many of them a bun apiece in addition. At other places shillings and Laves of bread were distributed. Soule of the bequests are so ancient that wills cannot he traced, or dates of when the principal was left. The religious services in the metropolis were generally well attended. At St. Paul's, in the morning, the sermon was preached by the Rev. W. R. Savage, vicar of Harefield, Uxbridge, nd chaplain to the Lord Mayor, from the text, " tle saved others; Himself He cannot save." At Westminster Abbey, Canon Prothero was the preacher at both services. At the Chapel !loyal, Savoy, in the morning, the pulpit was ocmpied by the Rev. W. Boyd Carpenter, vicar of St. James's, Holloway, who selected as the basis of his discourse the words, " He that humbleth himself shall be exalted." The Dean of Westminster preached at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, selecting as his text, "Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit." At St. Alban's, Holborn, there were eight services, all having special reference to the solemn character of the day. At the Roman Catholic Pro-Cathedral, Kensington, there nere the usual Good Friday celebrations, and the discourses upon the seven last words from the Cross which cons.itute the principal feature in the service of "The Three Hours' Agony," were &livered by Cardinal Manning.—About 2,000 Sunday school children assembled in Craven Chapel, Ilarahall-acreet, Regent-street, under the direction of the West ,London AuxiliarY Sunday School Union. An address was delivered by the Rey. It. ii. minister of the Victoria Park Congregational Church. In accordance with immemorial usage on Easter Monday, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and the principal officers of the Corporation, attended Diaine service at Christ Church Newgate-street, where the Spite' sermon was preached by the Bishop of Exeter. At a banquet at the Mansion House in the evening -the Duke of Edinburgh was amongst the guests. A procession, organised by the Tichborne and Magna Charta Association, started from Trafplgar-sqoare in the afternoon, and marched to Hyde Park, where a meeting was held, at which resolutions were passed demanding the release of the convict Orton; protesting against the Royal Titles Bill, and testifying to the services of Dr. Kenealy. Neither that gentleman nor Mr. Guildford Onslow, both of whom had been announctal to adddress the meeting, were present, although Dr. Kenealy accomp inied the procession over a portion of its route. As one among the many amusing incidents of Easter Monday in London, may be mentioned that of a person described as a cabinet maker and his married sister who were out in que:4 of pastime, and they insitged on making It sir way up the stairs that lead to the telegraph department of the new Post. Offices, in the full conviction that they were entering a place of amusement. In vain the policeman on duty remonstrated and explained; they insisted that it was a place of amusement and that they must see the performances. The perversely m istaken pleasure-huntets, seem to have had so much to drirrk before visiting the Post Office that they might possibly have contemplated the equestrian statute on the adjac .nt Holborn Viaduct for half the nigh under the impression that they were enjoying the daring performance, of Sangers' Circus. Unfor uoately for himself, the man who wanted amusement could not be persuaded that it was not in fall awing somewhere in the Post Office; he resisted the policeman, knocked him down, and was taken next day before the magistrate and fined. Next Mak. ‘londay he will probably remember that "Mirth, admit me of thy crew." is not an appropriate invocation to ardlress to busy telegraph clerks in the General Post Office.  A rich man may make a poor husband, but most any girl is willing to take the risk. John Glew, a labourer, whilst walking along a pathway skirting Endcliffe Wood, near Sheffield, fell over a broken wall into a ravine, and broke his neck. The corpse when found was much bruised. Richard Thompson was brought before the Souihport magistrates on Wednesday, chargel with the wilful murder of his wife, and also with attempting to commit suicide. He was committed for trial at the forthcoming Liverpool assizes.