FUNERAL or SIR TDONIAS LAWRENCE. —The remains of Sir Thomas Lawrence

were interred in St. Paul's Cathedral on Thursday. We copy the account given in Friday's Times. " It had been announced that the funeral precession would move from Somerset House at eleven o'clock, but it was nearly one before the removal took place. Long before eleven o'clock, a multitude of people had assembled in the open space in front of Somerset House, and endured the unexpected delay with great patience. The interest taken in the funeral was certainly very great. We have seldom, indeed, observed so great a crowd in which the people conducted them- selves with equal propriety. No act was committed inconsistent with the melan- choly business of the day,—a circumstance which, when the heterogeneous in- gredients which compose a London mob, and the temptation to excess which always attends an assembled multitude, are considered, reflects no little credit on the persons whom curiosity or a better feeling drew into the streets. The expectation of beholding a spectacle doubtless was a strong inducement to many amongst the thousands who lined the streets between Somerset House and St. Paul's; but we are willing to believe that not a few were influenced by the in- terest which they felt in' the fate of a man whose talents had shed a lustre upon his country, and acquired immortality for him. Byron's funeral did not excite nearly so much public attention. The reason perhaps was that Byron's talents were not so familiar to the great mass of the inhabitants of the metropolis. The thousands who annually visit the exhibition of the Royal Academy had Lawrence's merits constantly before theirleyes. Through him they were made acquainted with, the personal appearance of our greatest statesmen, warriors, and lawyers, an acquaintance which thousands had not the opportunity of acquiring in any

other way. "The remains of this celebrated and excellent man were removed on Wednes- day night, at nine o'clock, in a hearse and four, from his house in Russell Square to Somerset House. On Thursday morning the body lay_ in state in the model room, which, was fitted up for the occasion, hung with black, and the armorial bearings of the deceased placed at the head of the room. The academicians, associates. and students, were all in attendance at about ten o'clock in the Royal Academy, and none but the private friends of the deceased were admitted to witness the lying in state. Shortly before ten, the mourning coaches and car- riages of the nobility entered the square of Somerset House, and placed them- selves in four lines. Mr. Thomas arrived with his division of the new police, and stationed them at their various posts, so that no inconvenience might be expe- rienced by the parties attending this ceremony. At a quarter past twelve o'clock preparations were made to convey the corpse to St. Paul's Cathedral. Policemen were stationed along the Strand, to prevent any vehicles, except those connected with the procession, from passing. At half-past twelve all was ready, and the procession moved in the following order

Twelve Peace-officers, to clear the way. Four Marshal's men, two by two. The two City Marshals, with scarfs and hatbands, and crape round the left arm, with a constable on each side. The Carriage of the Lord Mayor, empty. The Sheriffs, Messrs. Ward and Richardson, in their carriages. The Under Sheriffs. The Undertaker (Mr. Thornton, jun.) on horseback. Four Mutes on horseback, in gowns, two by two. Six Horsemen, in cloaks, two by two. A Lid of Feathers, with Two Pages. THE HEARSE. Drawn by Six Horses, with Sixteen Pages, eight on each side. The Pall-bearers, in mourning coaches. The following mourning coaches then followed, with the family of the Deceased The old Servant of Sig Timm J4eWrent`g I

The Executor ; The Rector of St. George, 131nomsbury ;

Sir Henry Raiford, the Physician of Sir Thomas ;

The Chaplain to the Academy ; The Keeper of the Royal Academy;

The Secretary •to the Royal Academy;

The Treasurer to the Royal Academy ; The Academicians and Associates, two in each.

The Students, two by two, in each of the following mourning coaches. Private mourners, two by two, in each of the succeeding mourning coaches.

The Officers, &c. of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, two by two. The Officers of the Society of British Artists, two by two.

The Officers, &c. of the Artists' General Benevolent Institution,

Forming, in the whole, a procession of forty-two mourning coaches, each drawn

by two horses caparisoned with plumes and velvet. Next followed—

The carriage of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence ; Carriages of the Pall-bearers ;

The Carriages of the Nubility and Gentry; amounting in number to about eighty.

Pall-Bearers.—The Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Gower, Mr. Peel, Honourable Agar Ellis, Sir G. Murray, Mr. Croker, air. Hart Davis, the Earl of Clamvilliam. Mourners.—The Rev. Rowland Bloxam, eldest nephew, chief mourner ; the Rev. T.

Lawrence Bloxam ; Mr. Henry Bloxam ; the Rev. Andrew Bloxam ; Mr. Mathew Bioxam ; Mr. John Bloxam ; Mr. Meredith ; the Rev. Dr. Bios= ; Mr. J. Aston ; the

Rev. Roger Bird ; Mr. A. Keightley, executor; the Rev. J. Lonsdale, rector of St.

George's Bloomsbury ; Mr. John, the confidential attendant of the deceased. On arriving at the western gate, the procession was received by the Dean, Chap- ter, and the whole of the Choir, and proceeded as follows

The two junior Vergers.

The Marshals.

The young Gentlemen of the Choir, two by two.

Their Almoner or Master.

The Vicars Choral, two by two.

The junior Minor Canons, two by two. The Feathers, with attendant mutes and pages, two by two.

The senior Verger.

The Prebends, two by two.

The junior Residentiaries, two by two.

The seuior Residentiaries, two by two.

The Dean's Verger.

The Dean.

C e O F F I N.

Pall-bearers. r Pall-bearers. Chief-mourner. Mourners, two by two. The old servants. The family Trustees and Executor. The Rector and Medical Attendants. The Chaplain to the Royal Academy. The Secretary, &c. to the Royal Academy Arrangement in the choir. The Corpse, on each side of which were the Pall-bearers. The members of the Royal Academy ranged outside on each side. Chief-mourner. Old servants, standing. The Executors.

The Rector. Old servants, standing. Medical Attendant.

The Marshals, with constables and undertaker's men, formed a line pro- ceeding to the vault-door. The chief mourner proceeded to the dome, and the other mourners formed a circle round. The Academicians lined off to the right, and the mourners to the left. An outer ring was formed, within which the other mourners surrounded the clergy, choir, and chief mourner. "The service was performed under the dome by the Bishop of Landaff, who is the Dean; Dr. Hughes, one of the Prebendaries, reading the lesson. The other Prebendaries present were the Rev. Dr. Birch, Rev. Mr. Watts, Rev. Mr. Charles Wodsworth, and the Rev. Mr. Hale.

"A strong body of police lined tile whole road. and a guard of honour was Amongst the carriages were—The Dukeosf mounted at the Royal Academy.

Wellington's, Mr. Peel's, the Lord Chancellor's; the carriages of all. the Minis- ters; the American Minister's, the Duke of Devonshire's, time Duke of Richmond's,' the Duke of Bedford's, the Duke of St. Alban's, Marquis of Londonderry's, Mar- quis of Stafford's, Earl Bathurst's, Lord Melville's, Earl of Essex's, Earl Spen- cer's, and others of time nobility. None of the carriages of the Royal Family followed. The shops in St. Paul's Churchyard and the immediate neighbourhood were closed until after the funeral ceremony was performed."

[The newspaper anecdotes of Sir Thomas Lawrence have run so much to the lees this week, that we are not inclined to follow in the track of our contempo- raries. Perhaps we shall have a few final reminiscences in our next Number.]