The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-26 00:00:00

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The decorations of the portal will rise to an elevation of
100 feat ; the lower part will be ornamented with large escut-
cheons, bearing the names of Antwerp and Algiers, and sur-
rounded by wreaths of cypress. The centre escutcheon will
bear the initials of the prince, surmounted by a ducal crown.
At the height of the King's gallery there will be a rich ban-
deau, covered thickly with silver stars, ducal crowns, and
terminated with a rich bullion fringe.
The Place du Parris, in front of the Cathedral, will be em-
bellished by a variety of emblems of mourning, and at the
entrance will be placed two masts, 120 feet in height, sur-
mounted with black streamers, studded over with silver stars
and the initials of the deceased. The towers of the cathedral
will be surmounted by flag-staffs 50 feet in height, also bear-
ing black banners thickly studded with silver stars.

CORTEGE

The cortege from Nenilly will be headed by a small fune-
ral car, in which the royal remains will be afterwards con-
veyed to Dreux. This car is in the form of a close carriage,
of the style of Louis XIV. The top is ornamented by a chi-
seled border of silver bronze. The cloth, both within and
without, is ornamented with embroidery in black silk and
silver lace. Next to this car will follow the grand funeral
car, constructed with great splendour, and gorgeously orna-
mented. The upper part is surmounted by plumes of fea-
thers, supported by four figures, representing genii ; the whole
profusely ornamented with military trophies, emblems, tri-
color flags, &c. This car will be drawn by six black horses,
caparisoned in the style of the middle ages, each horse led
by a groom and a postillion, in deep mourning. Following
the car will come a mourning coach, drawn by six horses,
also clothed in mourning, in which will ride the princes of
the royal family. Another carriage, drawn by four horses,
will contain a prie DIEU, on which will be placed the urn
containing the heart of the royal duke. In this carriage will
ride two priests, who will recite prayers over the urn.
Sixteen other mourning carriages will close the procession.
The charger of his royal highness will be led next the car,
richly caparisoned.
The ceremony will, it is said, take place on the 30th July,
and for the three following days the body will lie in state, in
the Cathedral of Mitre Dame ; and on the night of the 4th
will proceed to its last resting-place. in the family mauso-
leum at Dreux.

LEGAL INTELLIGENCE,

VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT-SATURDAY.

SCOTT V. KIRBY AND ANOTHER.
His Honour delivered judgment in this case. The suit
was instituted by „the plaintiff against his partner and a
Mr. Elgie, and sought that it might be declared by the court
that a dissolution of the partnership had taken place on the
19th of March, 1840, on which day a deed for that purpose
had been executed by Mr. Elgie, Kirby's brother-in-law,
acting under a power of attorney, which had been left with
hinrwhen he (Kirby) had quitted the business at Liverpool
and proceeded to Mexico. The questions were, whether the
nett of Kirby in quitting England, and proceeding to Ame-
rlet were, under the circumstances, sufficient to justify the
*bluff and Elgie in declaring a dissolution to have taken
**Wand whether Elgie was authorised in assisting the
plaintiffin carrying it into effect under the power of attorney.
His honour decided both questions in the affirmative. It
appeared that Mr. Elgie had guaranteed the plaintiff against
all liabilities between him and his brother, up to the date
of the dissolution. The accounts and liabilities of the re-
spective parties must, therefore, be taken up to that period,
and the question of costs must be reserved.

EXECUTION OF TAMAR DICK FOR THE
MURDER OF HIS MOTHER,

Richard Edwards, alias Tamar Dick. who, at the last
Glamorganshire assizes, was found guilty of the murder of
of his mother, Tamar Edwards, underwent the extreme pe-
nalty of the law, on Saturday morning last, on' a gallows
erected in front of the county gaol, Cardiff. Since sentence
was passed upon him, this wretched man, whose life has been
one continuous scene of dissipation and crime. has manifested
a sullenness of disposition for which he has been character-
ised; but as the awful period fixed for his execution ap-
proached, be yielded to the expostulations of the Rev. Mr.
Stacey, chaplain of the gaol, and has directed his thoughts to
his sinful and wretched condition, and the necessity for sup-
plicating pardon at the Throne of Grace for his great and
manifold transgressions. He had promised on the Sunday
preceding his death, and on the 18th he made the confession,
which is subjoined to this account.
On the morning of his execution, the culprit maintained a
firm, and, as some consider, even a hardened, bearing. At
six o'clock he ate his breakfast, consisting of tea and bread
and butter, after which he asked for his pipe, when he sat
down and smoked, occasionally conversing with the gover-
nor, to whom he said tbat he felt in very good spirits. At
about half-past seven o'clock the sheriff arrived, and pro-
ceeded to the condemned cell, to demand, in the usual form,
the convict for execution. Edwards was then pinioned,
during the progress of which operation he repeatedly pm-
tested his innocence of the murder. The melancholy pro-
cession then proceeded to the platform, preceded by the
!plain, who read the burial service. The convict then said,
"1 welsh, " Hear me ! I have been guilty of every crime,
except thieving and murder." The rope was then placed
rngtul his neck, and in a few moments the bolt was with-
drawn, and the unhappy criminal launched into eternity.
H
!▪ „.„_.'skruiCled for a moment, but very slightly. A very large
of persona had assembled to witness the execution
from Merthyr and other parts, and from 8,000 to 10,000 were
esttited to have been present.
"mowing is the confession of Richard Edwards .
—I was not alone when my mother came by her death.
There wan, thy
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theelladPresent beside me. My child (10 months
,fiettiroom. My mother died on Thursday
beside my little bo , two women placed my mother in bed
Monday night, following re the corpse remained until the
besides me and my 1 • The two other persons present
(my wife.) Peggy inecf were the nearest relations of Peggy
room of the other. These three other person had been in the
law and my naother-in.bwathree persons told my father-in-
c matter that they had passed that
night on Cefn-Coed r..el gave my mother a blow
about the law, because Peggy
mother cried out that my mother was
beating her. My
downtll under my blow.
Peggy, her mother, and brother,. laid hold on my
mother. My mother did not speak She groaned for some
time. I saw Peggy and the other two squeezing
theueezing her throat
l three others
till she ceased groaning. I was in liquor
oecr. I cannot
k
were not. This happened about 12 or one'°
tell exactly, for there was no clock or watch there
if Peggy had been allowed to examined by n
hall, I should have made all this known be
there. ; andein now
the
asked me to bury her. I said I would not. I would leave
everything
her there, for I was afraid to be seen. I told them they had
killed my mother. They begged me to keep
secret. We all remained in the house till the dawn of day.g
I menth went up to Dowlais, and the others returned
about
to hinlaw, as they say, and told their story about
being all night at Cefn Coed Cymmer. I met my wife
again, about six o'clock in the evening of the following
Monday, at her aunt Jane Phillip's house in Caer Drau,
And we went together, the child in her arms, t .o. my.mother's
house. My wife placed the child on the opposite side of the
We.then, toge.
bed to where my mother's body was lying..
ther, dragged the corpse out, and placed It under the bed.
We continued to live in the house during the of the
week, sleeping five nights in the bed under whichrest the corpse
lay. I was full of anxiety all the week, and on Saturday r
started off, the day my mother's body was discovered, leav-
ing my wife in my mother's house. I was from Saturday
until the following Wednesday, when I was apprehended, in
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the cart-house at uffryn, and wandering about. I tell the
best truth—the truth I should tell in the presence of God,
where I shall be next Saturday—to you now. My blow did
not kill my mother, for she groaned afterwards. Her death
was caused by their meddling and scuffling with her on the
ground, I know not exactly in what manner. I mean Peggy,
and her mother and brother, were scuffling with her. Nei-
ther of these three charged me at this time with having killed ,
my mother. This is all true, as I shall answer to God. I
" know nothing of the death ofany other human being, male
or female.

The trial of Bean for the attack on her Majesty's life will
take place on Thursday, the 25th of August next. The ses-
sions of the Central Criminal Court commence on the 22d.
Mr. j • 'Warns will, it is expected, adjudicate on the
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