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between 1,500/. and 1,800/., form- 

 ing part of the whole demand, 

 was on account of the furniture 

 and decorations provided for the 

 occasion of the deceased Earl's 

 lying in state. It appeared that 

 it was deemed necessary, as a 

 last token of respect to his person, 

 to adorn this state-room with 

 every costly appendage suitable 

 to such a purpose. He would 

 not enter into any minute des- 

 cription of these decorations, 

 which would come with more 

 authority from the witnesses ; and 

 conclude therefore by assuring the 

 jury, that although this inquiry 

 would probably engage a con- 

 siderable portion of time, no effort 

 had been spared on his part to 

 generalize it as much as possible. 

 David Russell was the first 

 witness called, and stated that he 

 had acted as assistant to the plain- 

 tiff in providing for the funeral of 

 Lord Peterborough. He had 

 been engaged in that line of 

 business for 12 years previously, 

 and had inspected the items of 

 the plaintiff's bill when it was 

 originally made out. His Lord- 

 ship died in June, 1814, and the 

 funeral ceremonies were on the 

 largest and most expensive scale 

 that he had ever witnessed or 

 heard of. The body lay in state 

 for two or three days in a large 

 room most splendidly iitted-up. 

 Mr. Trotter was present, and the 

 witness could testify to the due 

 execution of every order that was 

 given. The state-room, was of 

 large dimensions, and was hung 

 with superfine black cloth from 

 the ceiling, the floor being cover- 

 ed with second black cloth. Be- 

 tween 70 and 80 wax lights-were 

 kept burning, 12 of which weighed 



above a pound each. The body 

 was placed on a magnificent plat- 

 form, ornamented with festoons 

 of black satin, and surmounted 

 with a dome, lined inside and 

 outside with rich black velvet, 

 and covered Avith ostrich plumes. 

 The platform was also fringed 

 with velvet, and behind it was 

 placed a transparency, in which 

 was set the achievement of the 

 deceased. There were also some 

 smaller transparencies in the 

 room. Several banners and 

 escutcheons were raised in dif- 

 ferent places, and eight mutes 

 were kept constantly in attend- 

 ance. The coffin was covered with 

 the richest crimson Genoa velvet, 

 on which were also inscribed 

 the Earl's armorial bearings. The 

 pall was the handsomest the 

 witness had ever seen. Mr. Smith 

 and Mr. Trotter were present 

 three days before as well as 

 during the funeral. To some 

 things they objected as not being 

 good enough. The procession 

 consisted of a hearse, seven 

 coaches, each drawn by six 

 horses, one chariot and four for 

 the clergymen, attended bj"^ six 

 marshalmen, eight mutes, two 

 feathermen, eight underbearers, 

 forty-six pages, and a grand page 

 on horseback, bearing the coronet. 

 The plain tassels produced in 

 court were rejected, as not being 

 sufficiently handsome for the 

 cushion, and gold ones were ac- 

 cordingly provided. It was neces- 

 sary to send for the greater part 

 of these things from London. 

 ( Here the witness was examined 

 as to the price of particular items, 

 most of which he thought were 

 not valued at too high a rate). 

 It was not the practice to return 



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