Funeral Of Lord Byron.
The Times, 1824-07-13T00:00:00

At 11 o'clockl yesterday monmig, sxordingjtoirerion arrangcz meat, the funeral of L.erd Byronx st out ftom ihe lisiseirn Ceat George-street, Westminster. where thteemai had nin:in0tate ,on its ro,ute to the Simily vault in Netin hamfshlre, wbere ite remiltti of this distinguished nobleman pre tO ba deposated. From' nar13y hour in the morning crowds is&enbled in Gieat George.street and che adjacent avenues, shich befoce die funeral were se hlocked upa,s to render h)e access of the mourner thers ousedifficult The car- riages of the lnobility and friends of the deceaed took their stati6n near the western gate ef Westminster Abbey, and formed r, tlie open spaze iii front and through Pinrce'sestreet, extending into the Pars end of GreatGeorge-..treet. Thirty-fivecarriages, rearly 11-f. which bore the armori insignia of the nobility, w'ure zrrangi in this manner, at half past nine o'clock. The serTants were furnidt d with black gloves, hatbands, &c: The bell of the Abbey was tlled in the course of the morning.andat half past ten o'clock, the rrange. mienua for the funeral being complete the hearse was drawn up to the door, and the coffin removed from the house and placed in it. No part of the crimson velvet covering of the coffin was vitible -. it- as entirely covered with a flowing black velvet paill, and s'-nmunted with a rich plume. The procemioa then moved in the following order:- dr. Lee, the High Constable of IWestminster, in full nourning. A Constable of St. Margaret's parihti. Two Mlutes on horseback. A Page. Plume. A Pae. Six Attendants on horsebacl-. The State Horse, caparisoned; and led bv two Pares the rider bare-headed, and carrying the Coronet of'the elece&ee Lord 0n cashion of splendid crimson velvet. The Hearse containing Not TIIE BOY,APae APsge. Not ornamented, having neither escatcheons A Page, nor atmorial bearings, drawn by six horsemsJ ourning Coacl, drawn by six hor with ? Page. the Urn containing the Heart of A iere ship, covered by a small Pall, omnamented A Page. L witn escutcheons. hflourning Coacl, also drawn by six horses, F in which were the Chief Mlournera, Capttain. A Page. R. Byron, Colonel Leigh, AIr. Trevansnion, A Page. and the Executos, Ir. tiobhouie and Mlr. I l,Hanson. J f oA ourming Coach, in which sat as Alourne Sir Francis Burdett, .ir. Ellice, 1U. Y APage. ilr. Bruce, Mr. Douglas Kinnaird, and A Page. I another gentleman. Mlourning Cozch with Thomas Moore, Esq ., Page.J ThomnasCampbell, 5sq., Samuel Rogers, Page. * .' the lion. Coloneleicelter Stanhope, A Page. i ana the Oreek Deputy, Orlando. J Tbe private carriage of Sir B. klobhmusv, containing the housthold of the late Lord 1yshn, Which was followed by the carriages of the following n(blemern and gentlemen:- Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Morpeth. J r. Winmot Horton, Lord Melbourne, aiid Ilon. G. Lamb, in carriages belonging to Lord and Lady Byron's family; his Royal highness theDukeofSussex andthe Duke of Bedford; 141arquieses of Tavistock and Lansdown; Earlss Jersey, Grey, Cowper, 'ankerville, Aberdeen, and Sefton, Lords Holliand. Alranley, and Wim. Rusmsell; Bon. A. Ellis, MY.P., and Sir Peter Parker; Mr. Thos. Hope the Greek Deputies-Alestrs. Orlando and Luriottis; Captain John Starkey, Etichard Byron, Esq., J. flurne Esq., lioti. Douglas Kinnaird, Sir Prancis Burdett, Sir B. hiobhouse, E. Ellice, Esq., ,M. Bruce Esq., Mon. Colonel Leicester Stanhope, Thornas Campbell, Esa., Thomas Aloore, Bsq., Samuel Rogers, Esq,,R.WilmotfLorton,q., H.P - Farquear, Esq., - Trevannion, Esq., Alr. W iliams, and many others. The procecsion moved froro Great George-street, along Parlia- ment..rrees, W%hitehall, *he Ilaymarket, Prsncec-s.tsectt the top of Oxford-street, and To uenham-cours. road. In differcn. parts of the line, the preisure of the people who were coileeted in thme aei,hbour. hood gave a momentart intcrruntion to the progre&s of the fneral; but the utmost order prevailed throughtout, notwithstandling the prtrs sure of the crowd in tsome of the narrow strecet. At 1S o'clock the procession arrived in front of St. JaRes's church, Frederick's.ph ce and the bells tolled on the arrival of the hearse. Within the tupikc-gate onr thin spot the procession haited, anm the hearse and mourning coaches only passed through towards the nortb road. The long line of carriages which formed thu fu- neral procession from town, here separated, and took the different routes assigned to them. The pedestrian crowd, however sfill con- gregated, and moved onward with the faneral. At the &'cw.toad, and tite different points of communication near the Pancras turnpike, there were assembled large bodies of people, who fell into tne pro- cession with that silent and orderly derneanour which evinced more than the ordinary curiosity of a crowd, and bespoke a svmpathy suited to the solemn occasion, and the public respect whieSl was due to the memory of Lord Ryron. The funerrl procession, after pass- ing through the turnpike, moved at a quicker rate, but the crowd seeme d still anxioUs to accompany its progress. A fine-looking honest tar was observed to walk near the hearse, uncovered, throughoitt the morning; and, on being asked by ra stranger whether he iormed any vart of the funeral ro,-wt. Le r-li..A thaLt he caine there to lpay hih reepect to the deceased, Wi'th~ vho~i he had t;erved for two yearet and a half ia the Levant, when he made hais tour of the Grecan IshadthiL This poor fellow was ki;dly olThred a piace by som-e of the servants who were behir.dl carriages, but he said hie was stronK, atnd had rather walk ne2r the liemcs-. FUNERAL OF, LORD BYROAM.