The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-07 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR JULY

(From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.)
Pompadours watered, or satin, mousseline and batiste de
barege with foulards, are favourite materials for summer
wear : organdys broches, prairie, and marbre muslin are most
suitable for bals champetre, dejeunees, &c.
There is but little variation in the make of dresses ; the
corsages cut en V, continue in favour, with the sleeves mode •
rately full, though tight sleeves are not without their advo-
cates in Paris, and a kind of double sleeve has been intro-
duced ; flounces for demi-toilettes, evening, or negligees, but
biais are often preferred to flounces or bouillons. Redingotes
are made with crossing bodies and muslins, are often full—
a la Vierge—trimmed with abroad lace, and ceinture of wide
ribbon or taffetas scarf, with long fringed ends, encircling the
waist, with mend in front, and ends reaching to the feet.
Many new pelerines and cannezous have appeared this
season in Paris, some buttoning up close to the throat ; the
Beguines collerettes also button to the throat, terminating
with a very small collar of square or rounded corners, which
turns over a cravat or velvet ribbon ; the collar is a little
open in front, and trimmed with lace, which descends ; the
habit shirt, as a frill, being delicately embroidered above the
lace. One of the new fichus is full behind, and with three
folds in front, and is trimmed with a small double ruche
ruches are much in favour. _ •

For bonnets, the materials are always crape, organdy,
straw, paille de riz, Leghorn, poult de soie, tulle, or lace ;
the colours are green, lilac, paille, blue, and the trimmings
of gauze, checked ribbons, lace voilettes, forming lappets on
each side, shaded marabouts, flowers in bunches, wreaths,
demi-guirlandes, and large feuillage and flowers of mixed
colours. Many Leghorns are of close forms, with low crowns,
the front sometimes ,a little turned up, trimmed with paille
ribbons, or demi-guirlande of Parma violets or wreath of
hawthorn, falling low at the ears. Capotes of tulle, particu-
larly if spotted, are pretty with pink or blue ribbon passing
through the runners.
Plaid scarfs are worn again, and shawls and scarfs of em-
broidered silk, with fringe to match the colours. The muslin
bournous, lined with gauze in pale shades of pink or blue,
trimmed all round with lace, and having hoods to place on
at pleasure, form elegant out-door toilettes. Some organdy
shawls are embroidered in coloured worsted, with fringes to
match. Silk fringes are sometimes substituted for lace on
the muslin bournous, in pink and white, blue and white, ac-
cording to the lining.
Velvet spencers and bodies, also watered silk ones, are worn
with white skirts. Very pretty little caps are made for neg-
lig& composed of half-handkerchiefs of tulle, trimmed with
lace, supported on either side by small pompons of gauze,
and nteuds of ribbon.

RAILWAY ACCIDkNT.—EarIy yesterday morning, when
the luggage trains were on their way from Liverpool to Man-
chester, a very serious accident, occasioning the loss of pro-
perty to the amount of nearly one thousand pounds, occurred.
We understand that the train belonging to Mr. Hargreaves
was following at a distance the train belonging to the Liver-
pool and Manchester Company, (which included some tim-
ber carriages,) and when proceeding up the Incline, a con-
necting rod broke belonging to the carriages in the first train,
which being thus loosened ran back down the incline at a
tremendous speed, and, as a matter of course, came in col-
lision with Mr. Hargreaves' train, smashing everything be-
fore them. Three casks of wine and a hogshead of spirits
were stove in and soon emptied of their contents ; and we
hear that one of the engineers could not resist the temptation
of having some liquor free of expense, and took so much,.
that a little time afterwards when attempting to step from the
engine to the tender, (the train having started,) he fell upon
the rail, the wheels of the carriage passing over him and
killing him.—Preston Pilot.
GAME.—Keepers inform us that there is every prospect of
plenty of game of all kinds, the season hitherto having been
remarkably favourable. It appears that the promise of hares.
pheasants, moor game, and partridges is considerably above
the averrge for some years past, and that, from the forward
state of vegetation, and the genial weather experienced, all
will be able to shy away cleverly from the deadly tube long
before the periods when the law permits it to be levelled at
them—Staffordshire Gazette.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard Office, Ten o'clock

EXECUTION OF COURVOISIER,

(From the Sun of Last Night.)
This morning at eight o'clock, Francois Benjamin Cour-
voisier, the murderer of his venerable master, Lord William
Russell, expiated his crime, as far as such crime as his can
be expiated in this world. Long before midnight last even-
ing groups of persons began to assemble in front of New-
gate, anxious to secure good places to witness the appalling
drama which was about to be enacted. These groups, as the
morning approached. became more and more numerous,
until at length they coalesced, and at 4 o'clock formed a dense
mass of human beings, extending from St. Sepulchre's church
to the gates of the Old Bailey. Shortly after two o'clock the
workmen employed in the erection of the gallows commenced
operations, and at half-past 4 had completed their horrid task.
Persons now began to flock in great numbers. At live
o'clock the street was crowded, and the windows of the
houses of the prison were all occupied. In one was seen
the fashionable exquisite with the opera-glass at his eye em-
ployed in attentively scrutinizing the preparations going on
for depriving' a fellow-creature of his existence ; while at
another a man of a lower grade, with tastes more vulgar,
perhaps, but most assuredly not one whit less coarse and
brutal, was whiling away the weary hours by having recourse
to the solace of a pipe and a pot. The roofs of the houses
were crowded with persons anxious to get a glance at the
last moments of the murderer, and even the chimneys were

made to afford an unsafe but eagerly converted resting-place
to the more adventurous of these cravers after excitement.% I
As the morning -advanced the crowd, which had been
during the night tolerably quiet, began to wax noisy—prac-
tical jokes were played off, coarse and ribald jests were ut-
tered, and roars of laughter were elicited in consequence, not
merely from the low vulgar who crowded the streets, but
from the high vulgar at the windows and on the house-tops.
It was the farce before the tragedy. Among the crowd were
many well-dressed females. At the windows were lads, some
apparently not more than twelve years of age ; but all were
gay—all were merry in anticipation of human. suffering—
merry at the thought of witnessing the agony of death. if
another fact were wanting to prove the brutalising and de-
moralising tendency of public executions, we have it here.
Would that those who conscientiously believe in their effi-
cacy as a prevention of crime had been present, to have
beheld the disgusting spectacle which for four long hours we
were unwillingy compelled to witness. The Rev. Mr. Car-
ver, the ordinary of the prison, arrived at six o'clock, and
immediately proceeded to,the prisoner's cell, to7administer to
him that spiritual consolation, of which in his awful situation
he must have stood in so much-need. :Shortly after we were
admitted within the walls of the prison. On inquiry we
found that Courvoisier, whose firmness, which bad never de-
serted him, astonished even those the most used to such
scenes, had retired to rest last night at eleven o'clock, had
slept soundly for an hour, when he awoke and inquired of
Locke and Sargeant, the turnkeys in attendance on him, the
hour of the night. On being informed'that it was only mid-
night, he desired to be called at four O'clock, and was soon
again sleeping soundly. At tour o'clock, agreeably to his
request, he was awoke by the turnkeys, and on his rising
commenced writing. He was thus occupied, we understand,
on the arrival of the Rev. Ordinary. At half-past six Mr.
Newman, the principal turnkey, passed .through the ward of
the prison in which we were; bearing the chalice towards the
cell in which the prisoner was confined. After the sacra-
ment bad been administered to him by the Rev. Ordinary,

breakfast was taken in, of which, we Understand, he par-
took but sparingly. At a quartet before eight o'clock we
were conducted to the yard adjoining the condemned cell.
The yard was crowded with well-dressed visitors, some of
whom evidently_belonged to the upper classes of society. We
are sorry to say that in some instances their anxiety to wit-
ness the preparations for the execution of the last sentence of
the law on the criminal, led them to press and crowd noisily
into the cell, utterly regardless of that decorum which all
ought to observe in the chamber of death. The unhappy
criminal, however, did not appear disturbed by this unseemly
interruption, but seemed totally absorbed in attending to the
exhortations of the reverend ordinary, repeating the prayers
after him in a low tone. Shortly before he was pinioned, Mr.
Sheriff Evans requested him, as we understood, to write some-
thing on a paper. Courvoisier immediately complied, and with
firm and steady hand wrote what he was requested to write.
This writing betrays nothing like agitation or nervousness in
the writer, and cannot be distinguishd from his ordinary hand.
At eight o'clock the knell of the prison bell was heard, and
the funeral procession of the living dead commenced. Cour-
voisier looked pale but calm, and quite firm. He followed the.
Rev. Ordinary with steady and unfaltering step. The limbs
trembled not—the eye wandered not—the lip quivered not—
beyond excessive paleness there was no outward appearbnce
to betoken the agony within. Neither were there any visible
signs of strong mental effort to suppress the outward work-
ings of inward anguish. The eye was not fixed, neither was
the lip compressed. The countenance was calm as that of a
child. As he entered the yard he seized the hand of the
turnkey between his, and shaking it with great warmth, ex-
pressed by his looks the gratitude he felt for the kindness he
had experienced. The procession then proceeded through
the dark and gloomy passages of the prison to the place of
execution. The appearance of Courvoisier on the scaffold
was the signal for a terrific burst of execration from the as-
sembled thousands below ; he however appeared totally un-
moved by it, and stood firmly underneath the fatal beam
while the executioner proceeded with his dreadful prepara-
tions. These were soon completed—the fatal bolt was with-
drawn, the drop fell, and after a few convulsive struggles the
spirit of the murderer had left this world to meet the spirit of
his victim before the judgment-seat of God.
The crowd outside the prison was greater than was ever
known on any former occasion, and there were present a vast
number of livery servants of noblemen, &c. As early as six
o'clock there were as many persons present as generally as-
semble on ordinary occasions, and before seven the spacious
area was completely filled, so that it was impossible to pass
one way or the other. Every window, as far as the eye
could leach, had its numerous occupants, and the roofs of
some of the houses were crowded. Soon after the platform
fell, the assembled multitude sought egress by the two prin-
cipal entrances, but they were met by a rushing counter
crowd, which caused a good deal of struggling and the loss
of divers hats, shoes, &c.
On. (31' the principal barrier.-gmre way, but nothing serious
occurred in consequence; nor did we hear of any accident,
excepting that of a well-dressed women falling from a first
floor window -upon the shoulders of the persons below, but,
as we understand, without any great damage or bodily harm
being done to any party.
During the hour the culprit was suspended there was a
continual influx of new comers, so that the crowd lost but
little of its density. Some of the spectators who had hired
apartments, had occupied them from eleven o'clock on the
previous evening, and they appeared to have been well sup-
plied with cigars and potations. There were several persons
in a state of great exhaustion from having stood for five hours
pressed against the barriers, but retreat was impossible.
The police were on the alert, and it is due to them to state
that they performed their duty in a :very efficient manner.
When the clock 'struck nine, the body., was cut down and
taken to the dead room, where some artists were in attend-
ance to take a cast preparatory to its interment, which will
take place in the evening, in the usual burial-ground, within
the walls of the prison.

THE FINAL CONFESSION

On Saturday the prisoner wrote a very long confession, and
delivered it to Mr. Carver, the Ordinary, and Mr. Baud, the
minister of the French Protestant chapel, in Threadneedle-
street, who afterwards read it over to him, and asked him whe-
ther it was all correct, to which he replied that it was. They
then asked him if there was any thing he wished to add to it,
and he replied nothing whatever, The confession is writ-
ten in the French language, with a slight admixture of Swiss,
which made it somewhat difficult to translate. We, howe-
ver, have seen a translation of it, and which has been also
read to the prisoner, and acknowledged by him to be correct.
We were not allowed to take a copy of it, it being thought
that it ought not to go forth to the public until after the ex-
ecution. The confession does not contain any fact with
which the public are not already acquainted. It commences
by stating, that he had planned the robbery several days be-
fore it was committed. It does not state (as in the first
confession) that Lord William Russell came down stairs and
caught him in the act of hiding some of his lordship's plate.
This part is altogether omitted. After stating that he had
resolved on the robbery, it says that he went up stairs to
his lordship's bed-room, and finding him asleep, he went
down and got a large carving knife, with which he returned,
and having tucked up the sleeve of his coat, cut his throat.
It then gives a very long account of his having hid the diffe-
rent articles he had stolen, and persists in the statement that
he hid some of them while the police were present. It re-
peats the story of his having hid the ten sovereigns in the cell
at Bow-street, and concludes by thanking the clergymen for
the kind attention they had shown him. It is written in' a
firm hand, all except the signature, and is attested by the or-
dinary and the Rev. Mr. Baud.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-LAST NIGHT
IRISH RIGISTRATION BILL.

Lord STANLEYWd perhaps he was not exactly in order,
but he wished before public business commenced to state
(under the circumstances of the case) the course he intended
to pursue relative to the Irish Corporation Bill. (Hear.)
He had introduced that bill in the month of March. Several
circumstances occurred to postpone the consideration of it
from time to time. Ten divisions had taken place, in five
of which the whole power of her Majesty's govern-
ment was arrayed against the bill, but they had only
partially succeeded in but one instance. (Hear.) In
?he other nine cases the bill had stood the test of discussion,
but on well considering the opposition (which would be con-
tinued) he saw no reason to expect that it would be carried
into a law during the present session. (Hear.) Enough had
been done to establish the principle of the measure, but as
government did not think that being repeatedly beaten on
such a bill, sufficient to induce them to-give up their offices
(hear, hear); and as it would be impossible, without inter-
ruption to other public business, to carry it through the house
this session, he wished now to state that he should withdraw
the bill for the present, but at the earliest possible moment
next year, he should move for leave to introduce a similar
measure. (Hear.) The noble lord then moved that the order
of the day be read, for the purpose of discharging it. (Hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said his opposition to the bill had not
been vexatious, but bona fide (laughter). He should be
ready to meet the noble lord in discussion on any similar
measure he might introduce next session, as he considered it
was an attempt virtually to repeal the reform act.
The order of the day was then discharged. The bill is
consequently postponed until next session.
[Left sitting.]