The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-10 00:00:00

LORD BYRON.

Yesterday the remains of Lord BYRON lay in
state in Sir EDWARD KNATCHUU LL'S house,
Great George-street. The front parlour was
appropriated for this ceremony, hung in black in
the usual manner on such occasions, and lighted
with wax tapers, placed in gilt girandole lamps,
arranged on the %sails of the chamber, which is
small and inconamodious:l.-The admission was
not for the public geuerally, but by tickets, and
several of the nobility and gentry called in the
course of the day. Amongst those who were
earliest in their attendance was the present
Lord Byron, accompanied by some of his
family and friends. The coffin is soldiered
down, and the remains of the deceased can
no more be seen before interment by any mem-
ber of his family.—At the head of the coffin
is placed, upon a. separate supporter, a large
square case, richly • covered and ornamented
to correspond With the coffin, containing four
earthen urns, of Grecian workmanship, in which
were deposited, at Missolonghi, the heart, brains,
&c. of the deceased. Near the coffin, on the
ground, is an escutcheon, which was painted on
wood in Greece, and there displayed when the
body of Lord Byron lay in state at Missolonghi.
The crest on this escutcheon is a stag, but the
real family crest, and which is preserved on the
armorial bearings upon the coffin, is a mermaid.
Five of the late Lord Byron's suite accompanied
the body to England. Amongst them is a doctor
(an Italian), who attended his Lordship, and also
his Italian courier, who was described in an
article in the last number of a magazine, pub•
lished at Edinburgh, as having been killed
by a Suliote in Greece. He is a man of
robust stature, and wears a rich uniform,
en militaire, of blue and silver. He has
divested himself, since his arrival in this
cauntry, .of time long black beard, which ap-
pears to have had such an appalling effect
upon the writer in the magazine, who describes
the visit which he paid the lute Lord Byron last.
year in Genoa. The feeling manner in which
these domestics speak of their late distinguished
master mast be now received as ,a disinterested
testimony of much private worth. The muscular
form and outline of bodily strength for which
the late Lord Byron was remarkable, were per.
reedy visible after his decease, notwithstanding
the operation of his last paralyzing illness, and
the previous indisposition, which was wended
with very debilitating effects. The personal ap•
pearance continued nearly the same when the
body was removed from the spirits, its which it
had been preserved in the voyage to this country,
into the coffin finally prepared for its reception.
The fine lines of the features had of course col-
lapsed in death, but they were previously re-
duced, and expressive of much care and anxiety.
His hair had grown thin,and become in many places
gray ; this alteration became more vicible after
death, when the curls lay more extended upon the
surface of the head. There was no appearance of
convulsion upon the features, and the approach of
death was in all probability impel c •ptible to
the deceased, who seemed to have died in a
state of extreme langour. it is defin'tively ar-
ranged that the remains of this hm-i to 1 Noble.
man shall be entomed in the family vault at
Newstead Abbey, in preference to Westminster
Abbey, at the express reqoest of Mrs. Leigh
(Lord Byron's sister.)—The funeral will set out
from Great George-street preckely at 10 o'clock
on Monday next, in the order mentioned yes-
terday.