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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. 



the ordinary articles provided on 

 such an occasion to the under- 

 taker, but they became the per- 

 quisites of the clergyman and the 

 domestics. Certain sums were 

 ordered by Mr. Ward, the 

 steward, to be paid to particular 

 individuals in lieu of these per- 

 quisites. The clerk of the parish 

 received 1 0/., the mutes 2/. each, 

 the undertaker for his personal 

 trouble and assistance at the 

 solemnization of the ceremony 

 28/., and witness himself 10/. 

 Several turnpikes were passed by 

 the procession in its nvay to the 

 church. Hatbands and scarfs 

 were always given to those who 

 wore them on these occasions. 

 Some of the servants received 

 one, and some two suits of clothes. 



Cross-examined by Mr. Cas- 

 berd. — Witness was no longer 

 engaged in the business of an 

 undertaker, but travelled for a 

 house in the wine and spirit line. 

 An interval of about ten days 

 occurred between the death and 

 the funeral of Lord Peterborough. 

 The distance between the church 

 and the room in which his Lord- 

 ship's body lay in state did not 

 exceed by the nearest door, above 

 20 yards ; but by the grand 

 entrance it might be about 200. 

 The procession, however, took a 

 circuitous course of two miles, 

 that it might be seen by a suffi- 

 cient number of spectators. He 

 recollected that for one article 

 alone, the silver gilt nails of the 

 coffin, 85/. had been charged. 

 They were of a yellow colour, 

 and their value he was ignorant of. 



Joseph Barnes, a labourer, de- 

 posed, that he had made the shell, 

 and the oak coffin, in which the 

 remains of Lord Peterborough 



were deposited, and his charge 

 for the timber and labour was 

 10/. 8^. 3f?., which Mr. Dore paid 

 to him; part of this he paid to a 

 man who assisted him. 



Here it appeared by a reference 

 to the bill, that the charge was 

 about 16/. to the defendants. 



Susannah Rummin, house- 

 keeper to the late Lord, described 

 the dress of the body when laid 

 in the coffin. It was composed 

 of satin and the finest cambric. 

 The servants, who were nine in 

 number, received two suites of 

 clothes each. 



After some additional evidence 

 on the value of the different 

 articles, as this inquiry appeared 

 to be almost interminable, Mr. 

 Justice Burrough earnestly re- 

 commended a reference to some 

 gentleman at the bar, who, as the 

 witnesses had been brought in 

 great numbers, both from Bath 

 and London, might immediately 

 proceed in their further examina- 

 tion, and decide on the general 

 merits of the account. This sug- 

 gestion, after some reluctance, 

 was acquiesced in by the parties, 

 and the whole case referred to 

 Mr. Abraham Moore. 



COURT OFCOMMON PLEAS, GUILD- 

 HALL, .TUNE 27. 



Breach of Promise of Marriage, 



Shannon v. Brandon. The 



plaintiff in this case was a young 

 lady residing in Bury-street, in 

 the city, and the defendant a 

 merchant in Goodman's-fields. 

 The parties were both of the 

 Jewish persuasion, and having 

 been acquainted from infancy, an 

 attachment of a tender nature 

 was formed between them at a 



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