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Show Tried Bardell vs. Pickwick. To the western circuit belonged In 1821 Wilde. Coleridge. Cresswell, Crowder and Oaselee, the last named, rained to the bench In that year, being be-ing the model taken by Dickens for his Justice Starelelgh. who tried the cause celebre or Ilnrdell vs. Pickwick Itompass was another, the son of the. original of Sergeant lluzfus In the satno famous case. There appeared not long ago In a dally paper, says the author of "Pie Powder," a statement that his Honor Judge llompas had recently presented a lock of the sergeant's hulr to the Dickens Fellowship. The original warmlngpan which Mrs. Itardell was Implored not to forget has long stood on the landing of a west country hotel ho-tel frequented by the bar mess. It should be pun-bused to muke the gift complete. Londoo Graphic. |