waggishly, "there was more in it than met
the eye." We have seen Mr. Pickwick smile, and he would say, "well,
sir, she was a fine woman, a very fine woman, and I'm not going to
kiss and tell."

MR. PICKWICK AT DULWICH POLICE COURT.

Thomas Bardell, aged 19, was charged before His Worship, with
extorting money under false pretences from Mr. Pickwick. It appears
from the gentleman's evidence, which he gave with great fulness, that,
many years ago, a woman of the name of Bardell, a lodging-house
keeper, brought an unfounded action against Mr. Pickwick, and obtained
damages which Mr. Pickwick refused to pay, preferring to go to the
Fleet Prison. This person had a son, then a mere child, who was the
prisoner. A week ago, Mr. Pickwick received a piteous letter, signed
Tommy Bardell, saying that his mother was dying, and in the deepest
distress, all their furniture sold, or pawned. After making some
inquiries, and finding that there was a woman in distress at the
place, Mr. Pickwick sent the prisoner two sovereigns. Within a
fortnight he received a second application, saying that the unhappy
woman's bed was being taken away, &c.; he sent another sovereign. When
he received a third application he thought it high time to put it into
the hands of his man, Sam Weller, who made enquiries and found out
there was no mother, Mrs. Bardell being long, long since dead. His
worship committed him to jail for six months as a vagabond, but, at
Mr. Pickwick's request, reduced his sentence to two months.

II.--Mr. Pickwick's Funeral.

The funeral _cortege_ left the Dell at ten o'clock, and was one of the
most striking displays of public feeling that Dulwich has seen for
many years. And not only was Dulwich thus affected, but in Camberwell
all the numerous shops were closed, and the inhabitants turned out in
crowds. The procession comprised many mourning coaches containing all
Mr. Pickwick's oldest friends. He had survived all his relations.
Among the mourners were Mr. Wardle, of Dingley Dell, with his son-in-
law, --- Trundle, Esq.; Mr. Tupman, who travelled specially from
Richmond; Messrs. Winkle and Snodgrass, who had been his inseparable
companions in his famous tours; and --- Perker, Esq., who was the
deceased's legal adviser and confidential friend. An interesting
incident was the appearance among the mourners