The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-09 00:00:00

DEATH OF SIR T. LAWRENCE, P.R.A

(From the Times.)

It is with sincere pain that we have to announce

paint all the eminent characters of his day, whether dis-
tinguished by personal attractions as beauties, by rank or
station, or by talents which were likely to render their
lineaments obj•'cts of curiosity with posterity. He
painted the Allied Sovereigns and their Ministers at
Vienna ; the Pope, and his Cardinal Secretary Gonsalvi,
with others, at Rome ; the King of France, and several
members of that Royal Family at Paris; the King of
England, in various position and attitudes, with all our
great men athome ; and rarely did he fail, whilst conveying
an accurate rssemblanee, to impart also some of those
graces or improvements which spring froni a mind having
the perfection of art always present with it, and diving
deeply into individual character, from the conformation of
the visage, the expression of the features—particularly
those more moveable ones, the lips and eyes—and the short
conversations in which he dextrously engaged his subjects
whilst sitting. Sir Thomas, was, we believe, somewhere
bordering on sixty-two on the day ()Ellis death. We know
not how his loss is to be supplied at the Academy, or
where a successor is to be found—

" --Uno avulso—deficit alter,
" —Nec simili frondescit virga metallo."
(From the Morning Journal.)

On Wednesday (we believe) Sir Thomas bad been bled,
and on Thursday evening complained to two frit ads who
were present at his table, of great uneasiness in the chest,
and of pain in the arms. His man-servant was called—
the arm was then bleeding profusely—he leaned hack in
his chair, and said "I am very must be d; ir.g."
The words were scarce uttered when he expired. His age
was nearly sixty. He had been a Member of the Royal
Academy for above thirty years. In private life Sir T.
Lawrence was distinguished fur the greatest urbanity of
manners. The highest authority in the realm pronounced
him to be " the most finished gentleman of his court ;"
and he was in more than one sense the aristocratic painter
of Great Britain. His personal appearance was greatly
in his favour : he had a fine intellectual head, and a &trace-
ful and dignified deportment; and much 'resembled the
late Mr. Canning in the expression of his countenance.
British art will have sustained a severe loss by his death.
He was acknowledged throughout Europe to be the first
portrait-painter of the age ; and many of the most distin-
guished men of every nation have done bomagc to his
transcendent genius. Emperors and kings have been
proud to give employment to his pencil. In his own
country there is scarcely a noble or wealthy family that
does not possess one of his works ; and in the various
continental galleries they are esteemed beyond any other
productions of modern art. He has left no family, having
never been married ; it is said, in consequence of disap-
pointed affection in early life. Devizes, in Wiltshire, had
the honour of giving birth to this accomplished artist.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday after-
noon at the Foreign Office, which was attended by the
LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WELLINGTON, Earls
ROSSLYN and ABERDEEN, Viscount MELVILLE, Lord
ELLENBOROOGII, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEORGE
MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr,
BERRIES. Earl BATHURST and Mr. VESEr FITZ-
GERALD were the only Members of the Cabinet absent;
the former being at his country scat at Cirencester, in
Gloucestershire ; and the latter gentleman not being suffi-
ciently recovered from his indisposition to attend. The
Ministers assembled between two and three o'clock, and
sat in deliberation till half-past four of o'clock.
The Earl of ABERDEEN, Mr. Secretary
PEEL, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, had
interviews with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday at
the Treasury.

We are enabled to state, from the most po-
sitive authority, that all the preliminary arrangements for
raising Prince Leorotn to the Throne of Greece have
been made, and that the result of the conferences have
been communicated to the respective Courts whose Am-
bassadors had taken part in them. There are, however,
still some obstacles to surmount, and we can confidently
state, that the affair is not considered to be positively set-
tled. So far as the Prince himself is concerned, no point
remains to be argued ; and it is believed that the Emperor
of Russia will also agree to what has been determined
upon in London. Should every thing be arranged de-
finitively as now intended, the Duke of WELLtsoroN or
the Earl of ABERDEEN, in the House of Lords, and Mr.
PEEL in the House of Commons, will bring in a Bill to
absolve the Prince from his allegiance, as a British sub-
ject ; and the means of enabling him to support the kingly
dignity will be provided for by the Allied Powers. As
to the income enjoyed by Prince LEOPOLD in right of the
late Princess CHARLOTTE, we have authority to state, that
no suggestion will be made to him by our Ministers, as to
relinquishing any part of it, it being felt that such an in-
terference would be indelicate. It is expected, however,
that such a liberal provision will be made for him as King
of Greece, that his Royal Highness will voluntarily resign
a portion of the income which is paid to him by this country.
In addition to this statement, which is from good au-
thority, we have to notice a rumour now very prevalent
in the best saloons in Paris, that a marriage is to take
place between Prince LEOPOLD and one of the daughters of
the Duke of ORLEANS. Such an union is much more
probable than the story which has been told of an intended
marriage between him and the widow of NAPOLEON. It
is a well-known fact that his Royal Highness and the OR-
LEANS family have lately been on terms of vet), great inti-
macy. During his stay in Paris he was a frequent visitor
at the Duke's palace, and since his return there has been
much correspondence between him and the Duke. The
statement in a Morning Paper that the KING was warmly
opposed to the projected elevation of LEOPOLD, is, we can
state positively, without foundation.—Court Journal,

MURDER OF HANLON.-011 Wednesday
THOMAS MELLON alias MULHALL, WILLIAM CLINTON,
awl MICHAEL BYRNE, were placed at the bar, charged
with the murder of THOMAS Harmon. The curiosity
of the public was greatly excited respecting this trial, and
for the purpose of hearing it, we noticed amongst the dis-
tinguished individuals in the Court, Lady GREVILLE,
Lady GOWER, Lord PRUDHOE, Archdeacon SINGLETON,
Captain DOYLE, Colonel VERNER, &c. &c. The case
having closed on both sides, Judge VANOELEUR addressed
the Jury, who retired for about an hour and a quarter,
and then returned with a verdict acquitting CLINTON, and
finding THOMAS MELLON and AfrotArr. BYRNE both
Guilty of the murder. Judge VANDELEUI then pro-
nounced, in the usual terms, the sentence of execution
upon both prisoners, to take place on Friday (to-morrow).
The two miserable men were then led, under a strong
guard, into Newgate. The Court immediately afterwards
adjourned.—Dublin Morning Register of Thursday.
SUDDEN DEATH OF COUNSELLOR SHER-
RIN.—On Tuesday evening, as this gentleman was pas-
sing through Abbey-street, he was obliged, on account of
extreme weakness, to sit upon the steps of a shop door.
A glass of water was given him by a person in the shop.
After drinking of it, he sunk lifeless on the flagway. He
was immediately conveyed to Jerrie-street hospital, where
Mr. CALLEN, the resident apothecary, opened the jugular
vein, but erery attempt to restore animation failed. This
unfortunate gentleman had been for some time labouring
under a pulmonary complaint, and had been taking medi-
cines, some of which were found in his pocket and a
blister in his hat.—Dublin _Morning Register.

EXECUTION.—On Wednesday, WILLIAM
ADAMS, who was convicted about six weeks ago of rob-
bery, aggravated by assault, suffered the last sentence of
the law at the ordinary place of execution.— Caledonian
Afereury.

day the death, not altogether sudden, but yet rapt,,,
that most atni:ble man and great artist, Sir Thomas Law
rence, President of the Royal Academy. He expired a,
his house in Russell-square, on ursdav night, after at.
illness of five days. On Saturday, we are toll, he dine('
with a party at the house of Mr. Secretary Peel. Or
Sunday he first complained of pain in the neck and low al
part of the face. The malady seemed to increase and re-
mit at intervals. On Wednesday, Mrs. Otley, the wife
of the distinguished writer on the Fine Arts, and a par,
of her young family, 'spent the evening with him, when
he appeared cheerful. After their departure he was worse,
and Dr. Holland was called in, who immediately saw the
danger of his patient, w:th whom he sat up all night: he
was relieved and better during Thursdey, so that moan!,
evening lie received two other old friends, one of whom
read to him, at his own request, some account of Flax-
man, the sculptor, in one of the periodical works. They
had retired, perhaps to take tea in another room, when
they were suddenly alarmed by cries for assistance : they
were those of Sir Thomas's servan', but when they reaches!
the spot which they had so recently quitted, his nn.-stet
had ceased to breathe.
Thus died the most distinguished painter of the day in
one branch of the art (and we do not know that he ever,
except in one or two instances, essayed his skill beyond
it)—that of portrait-painting. In this he was certainly
without a rival; and his reputation and success were not
incommensurate with his merit. He was called on to