The National Register.
London, England, 1818-07-27 00:00:00

DORE V.ANIi.OBLS

This WWI in action Imunght be 0 ponontiff astainta :••-
fcadart4, sir E. Antroona, Bact. • ni Conti, Tr 0;!•••
e•t•cotois of the hite Earl of l'et. ;norour to • •••• • :-.••• oft
expenct•s incurred in roi•locting. da • (Awe

man, mud vr:ts set tlowo on etc , I r.
sveciat jump*, however, t,oly one.: .to,i • te.e dare
fore or:lye(' on tbe part Cie ,•,.‘ tt. hay.
ing been opeatett, by which it appt.a 1.,: k: !,I„ittoitf 's
chin' amounted to the sotto 2,0001 hail bet u
paid into C.tort, Mu. Set geatit FL.II state ti g••1;1 ral est,
eutostaare,t of tilr ease.

The pleintiti was is peraerlenga:ett in avers extensive Ike
of lousiness in the city of Itatle, w lucre the Lite Losil Peter.
borotieli had In some iiine before his death etruerally reside.;,
He died, however, in June, tell, at his seat at 1111111,1.),
distant Item Petit eboto 26 miles. Upon this occasion apt
plicaton was matte to Mr. Dote to underteke the myrrh'
tendaurrcl the funeral on a scale of unusual magnificence.—
It was natural that lie should accept this otter, ai II not only
involved a very coteittleratee profit, but furnished the °ppm-
teeity of display log his skill in a sery eecithar branch of
his business. He was sure the ls of the jury would not be
insfavoutaloy prepossessed towards the eleint of his client,
merely on account of the extent or aepereiet enormity of his
dien.mil. The qnest•on depended on the natttre of the elm-
time, and on the fact of the work inelertaken having been
pee letemeti. The 'element of a large portion of the debt into
Court emended from consideration every point except the
beer reasuttebleuess of tile various items of which the
demeoil was composed. The sum no& disputed was 90tia
and as all attempts at an amicable adjustment of this dd..
feret.ce luau unfortunately failed, his client had been driven
to his action against the executors.- It wunld appear in ed.
deuce, that Mr. Dore received his first instructions oil this
snippet fl din an intimate ft scud of the late Lord Peterborough,
Mr.Staiith, who informed hint that the funeral was to be con.
dueted in no ordinary way, and that he must exercise his own
judgment in the prelim:thou of it, on a plan of adequate
splendour. In addition to this, it would he proved that Mr.
Omits 'trotter, one of the executors, Terminally attended the
faunal, and must have been aware of its nature, andthe ex-
pense which it neeeerarily involved. He might remark also,
that although the hill was sent in immediately after the fu-
neral, no objection was made to the charges it contained fur
a pet nod of six mouths. The defendants had not, therefore,
beets very suddenly stiock with the excess of Hie demand
made upon them. He would state, also, without fear of con.
tradictiun, that the ceremony had been conducted in every
respect with the most perfect order, and in strict conformity
to the general instructions which had been received. The
procession had passed over a space of two miles, and if it
was thought-right in this manner to consult the (heftily of an
English Cerl, the disposition to defray the cost ought not to
be wantisig. It the remains of the Eat I .of Peterborough
were not to be deposited in the grate without all these lac-
companitimets of grat:tem.
a•The boast of heraldry, and pomp of power,"
the common principles of justice requited that the burthiet
should fall on those who succeeded to his pi opus ty. It was
probably their elegance and taste which hall been the cause
of so stiaterb a display of raincoat ornament, toad they insist nut
shriek 'from the cousespiences of their gratification. He
would beg to draw their attention to one single point of the
bill, on the fairness of w Inch they would be ceded oil to decide;
because, if the justice Of that charge should be established.
it would serve to indicate the merits of the whole inquiry.
sum of hetiveen LOGO!. and I teraill. fuming part of the whole
denuintl, was oar account of the furniture an.l decorations
provided fur the occasion of the deceased East's lying its
state. It appeared that it was deemed necessary, as a last
token of respect to his person, to adorn this state room will
every cost ly appendage suitable to such a purpose. He would
not enter into any minute description of these decorations,
ishicli would come with mote authority from Ilse isittnssess
and conclude therefore by assuring the jury, that although
this inquiry wield probably engage a considerable portion of
time, no effort had beeu spared ou his part to generalize it as
much as possible.
Dat id Hassell was the first witness called, and stated that
lie hariected as assistant to the plaintiff in pros .ding for the
fouteral of Lord Peterborough. He had been engaged hi
that like of bushiess for 12 years previouely, and lied inspect.
ell the :tents of the plainfill bill when it was otigiuully made
out. Ili:. lAA dAhip died in June, 1 1-1, and the lit lit' et ceo e-
monies were un the largest tied most expensive Peak lit,t ho
had ever witnessed or lateen of'. 'rue body lay in stele for
two or three days in a lerge room must splendidly fitted-up. -
Mt. Trutter was present, toad the iv &Mess canto to stir, 10 the
due execution of every 4,1 der that was given. The state
room was oh large dimensions, and asl4 hung with seise' hue
black cloth front the ceitine, the doer being eoveied with
second black cloth. Between 70 and SO wax-lights were kept
burning, le of which weighed "above a petted each. Tee
bode was placed on a in t' pleifin in, ornamented with
feetaions or b'tek satin, and eartnomittel with it donne, lint d
inside mid thateide with a shed black velvet, .ttail co% ered With
ostrich ;denies. The platfollll au, also Cringed %sills velvet,
and Iseltind it was placed a trasisperr fey, to it hieli was set
the achievenieut of lite deteased. Teel c oils also some
eat :der tiaisspareaselee in the roue. Seseial 114:111CIA and
• esetitelierate were inked in different •claces, end eight mutes
%vet a kept constantly in attendance. The ceffin was coveted
oiih she richest criansun Genoa velvet, en which were alto
inscribed the East's bearings. 'l'! pall wen the
handsomest the witness had ever sren. Mr. Sonith mid
Trotter were present shave days beim e its welt us diarist; ihe
funeral. 'Co sum,. ti.-:tigA they itejected as not ileiwz good
en•ongli. The prcees,imi cinisister) of a hearse, seven Vt/ul.:11t
c.12111.11'i15511 b) aiS 1,..1 •es, one eiteriet sated four for the e!ergy-
men, attended by six Mai eight mutes, two reetliee.
Islets, Eight noilea brarCie, 5.' ty Me pages, stud aga and page
au tiorsebaih, loaning the coronet. 'fits- plan taseels
pao-
dueed its Coto t were rsjeettel, as nut beaus; s.atlicit tole heud.
,unie lei the tabbboal, 414111 gold 1:114C4 wore AtAAJAJIi.6I) tuna

JULY 27.

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It .4: .!,•..,-:!ry to send for the gt eater part of thew
thffies rum 1. :stifb:i. (Here the witness was examined as to
the price of particular items, most of which l►e thought were
not valued at too high a rate.) It was not the practice to re-
turn the ordinary articles provided on such en occasion to
the underta:, er, :nit they became the perrinisites of the clergy.
man and It I;‘,...sties. ' Certain sums were ord,•red by 111 r.
Wei& tr•• rd, to be paid to particular individuals in
lien•;, • The oh., k of the parish received
• ' •! •• • •••t 21. each, the undertaker. for his personal trouble
7 .• at the solemnisation of the et ►emony, 2SI. and
• If 101. Several tnimpike, were posed by the
• u• its way to the chord). Hatbands and scarfs
• .A given to those wbo was tl eak on these occasions.
he servants received one, tad some two suits of

ass examined by Mr. Casherd. —Witness was no longer
eneat;ed in the business. of an undertaker, but travelled for a
Iroise in the wine and spirit line. An interval of about ten
days :warted between the death and the funeral of Lord
Peterborough. The diAance between the church and the
roomlin which his Lordship's body lay in state did not eaceed,
by the nearest door, above twenty yards ; but by the grand
entrance it might be about 200. *The procession, however,
took a circuitous coal se of two miles, that it might be seen
by a sufficient number of spectators. lie recollected that for
not article alone. the *aver gilt nails of the coffin, tssl. had
been eintrard. They were of a yellow colour, and their vit-
iate he was ignorant of.
Barnes, a labourer, deposed, that he bad made the
shell, and the oak coffin, in which the remains of Lord Pe.
terhorough were deposited, and his charge for the timber and
labour was 101. Bs. ;id., which Mr. Dore paid him: Nina
this he paid to a man who assisted him.

Here at appeared by a reference to the bat, that the charge
wafrabonr 161. to the defendant..

Su:himself liummin, housekeeper to the late Lord, dent ibed
the dress of the body when laid in the coffin. It was com-
posed of satin and the fittest cambric. The servants, who
were 'tine inonntber, received two snits of clothes each.
A fte r souse additional evidence on the value of the different
articles, 83 this inquiry appeared to be almost indeterminable.
Mr. Justice Barrough earnestly rccommenticd a retereuce to
some gentleman at the bar, who, as the witnesses had been
brought in great r. 'ambers, belt from Bath and London, might
immediately proceed in their further examination, and decide
on the general merits of the account. This suggestion, after
so.ne reluctance, was acquiesced iu by the parties, anal the
whole ease refei led to Mr. Abraham Moore.

Nothing look plate oil the Cruwu side of the slightest pub•
lic interest.

WED NI. SDAY.

John ',awes was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering
the lieusa of Muty Steevens, in th,.. parish of Bishopstone, on the
night of the 18th of April, 1817, and stealing therefrom 88 guinisti.
This trial occupied a cons.dernble portion of the thy, and depended
upon very peculiar and rirsunbtantial eti idenec. _ _

Mary .t evens, an elite-id/woman, and a widow with four children,
deposed, that on tic night in question she was awoke by hearing 1
nom: resembling that of a person rummaging in her drawers, and
percoived a tall man walking through her room. She was much
alarmed, and called out 6' Who he you, and what do you wait: "
He answered," He quiet, or I'll blow your brains out." Ile had in his
hand a lantern, with a candle burning in it, and wore a dark great
cost. There was a great deal of money consisting of guineas, hash'
guineas, and seven shilling pieces, which ehe kept in her chest. bet
the exact amount of it at the lime she did not know. It wax
left to her by her husband in order to provide for her children.
Ming cross:-examined, she admitted that she received assistance from
the parish at the period of the robbery. Iler daughter and another
woman were in the home, and they all welt to bad at the same time,
attar fastening the doors and windows. The woman who lived with
her was named army Perrin„ and was plead :hsre by tit:: gentle-.
inert of the parish. Her own weekly allowance was 51. and a quer-
tern loaf. She paid no rent for the hooter. as it had been her hus-
band's freehold. She could not say whether the prisoner at the
bar W. 1.5 the men she saw in her roam, although the moon shone
brightly.
He-examined.—She got up when he was gone, fruni that the
money had been taken away, and a winds st forced open wide enough
to admit the budy of a man.
Sarah Steevens, the daughter of the last witness, was next called,
and corroborated the testimony of her mother in all its material
circumstances, with the addition that she also saw the man de.
seethed. and believed puke to be the prisoner. She had seen him
Ilequently .before, but being ignorant of the name, had Leon
unable to give any information to the magistrate mud he wasepprehended in April last, twelvemonths after the commission of the
robbery. She, and net bar mother, had the matiagetnera of the
money left them by her father, and she knew the exact amount of it
at the time it was carried away. Thirty guineas of it had been lent
to a perion of the name of Lodge, who had returned it in the March
preceding.
Fanny Perring also saw a man, ns above described, pass through
the outer chamber in which she slept, between the hours of le and
one at night. He had on a dark great coat with several capes to
it, was of a ruddy complexion and sandy hair. She was quite sure it
was the prisoner at the bar having frequently seen him before.
They got up after he was gone, and went to oneor two neighbouring
• farmers, who came to their house and witnessed the state of the
window. She met the prisoner on the road in company with Mts.
' Lodge about two months after. He accosted her, but tlity had no
conversation. _

Cross•exr.tnined.--.She had krown the prisoner's person for sortie
tare, but are: ignorant of his name. hhe had always suited, that it'
she shoirht sec again she could recognise him. Slir had been in
the habits et' e'oberving him at the meetine-i,oute, where he assisted
in ne•'orrtiug the trin.,ie. She mind not distinctly recollect, but her
arcs that she did not .fro him -there after the rubbery. She
retail sot wady swear that had never expressed her hr lief thia
it was ar.ol,ta perita), or cl:;-: she had ever said she had hid hir
head nudes the bed-eloth.:s \oriels she perceived a stranger in lice
chamber. •

ltichanl Curtis, -a tithinginnn, in conseonemie of information
which lie had waived, apprehend:xi the in ter in April List. lie
f: and him in gaol at Boeumin, in Comte:ill, end knew hint having
funictly bi!en a feature,. in the parish of Bishop:4one.
W.Bwaiae, Dtputy Clerk of the Peace fur tile county. knew the
prisoner's person. lie had been, previous to Avil, in the ha-
bit of reeeiving parish teller, and workiimg on what viols :ailed M.:
efen,which signi:ied the doingjobs fot did:A-eat farmers in succession.
oath of April of last year the prisoner came to him hand-
somely dressed, ua.icg letore generally t: urn a ..habLy dark :.:reit s
mei. Ile peodured two guineas, and said Ile cane to pay ti:r f,e,
rf an expired 'ref ngM ranee to keep the peace, whicir tor Ilium if tuld
Kited::: :a:wonted toil. 19s. Ile had a purse with more guinea. :a
it, ' the fees of another recognizance which had bem..l
it •'. !I!' atw hilt: no more until• he was taken into eliontly.
The pm: r wutsamer ic.l Mall, and his wife kft bishoysuote I. short
time al:Le ..i • tiiwn,pearance.
'flu. in 111.3 defence merely threw hiem•elf on the merciful
consitierotion of the Court, observing that he had Inen addicted to
o,eching, the consequence of which was that his friends had btronie
his Ines.

Mr—Justice summed up the evidence with great accuracy
stud miattu no A. font: ..nc i lig with the hunch, that It wits aca of
tixt.ctne itni.cmAnre. A enuLt had been suggested whettuit this
Cv.tid be su:unt.;iavd by the prawn int:it:mica, on the grute.t; mut

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.TULY !Y

the swim money was nut the property of Mary Steevena the elder.
This doubt was. however. altogether removed by the circumstance
of the indictmedt containing another count, in whi.dt it was laid as
the prop.trty of the c oil Item Winitbdt the father had died im.estate
or not. tti' verbal declaration by winch he intrit,ted the money in,
question td his wit: vented it eitlatr in her or her children. Toe free-
hold tenemilt wieessarily b;:lortged to tle_in. An attempt had Joan
made to disc-lit her testimony, by showing that if the money was
her own, she :Loa have falsely sworn that the wa...; not worth live
pounds, that beia.c requital bylaw to be done. b;:fore a person can
receive parish nisei: This. howevcr,was a form not always observed,
end the probability was, that the witness, who was ignorant of the
amount of the moans., conddered it as belonging to her ehiliren ra-
ther than to herself. There was another eire.mistance, ale, to be
taken into consideration, that of her having a aendtn quartered on her
by the parish, for whose maintenance it &righc be that the weekly
Mlotvanee was administered. The main ',cast, therefore, in this case.
referred to the, uestion of identity t. and it was for the jury to con-
sider. whether a variety of corresponding circumstances might not
establish as fern a conviction of the Volt, as the most direct evidence
and whether the linger of Providetice did not point Out tne prisoner as
the man it ho had cduunittcd the robbery in question.—Verdict—
Guilty—Death.
business on the Wi.ti l'rius side terminated this morning, one
MeV alone remaining thr trial. It related to a question of right of
fishery. which had been before tried, and was of no general interest.
Mr. Henry Hunt, the W estrainster candidate, was the principal
witness.