Funeral Of Bro. Sir Arthur Sullivan, Past Grand Organist.

FUNERAL OF BRO . SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN , PAST GRAND ORGANIST .

On Tuesday the mortal remains of Bro . Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan -were fittingly laid to rest in St . Paul's Cathedral . From the residence of the deceased in Victoria-street , Westminster , a funeral cortege moved by way of Buckingham-gate and St .

James ' s Park , to the Chapel Royal , where , b y the kindly desire of the ' Queen , the-first portion of the burial office was read . Thence the procession passed by the Thames Embankment route to the metropolitan church , where avast body of mourners

joined in the concluding obsequies , comprising selections of the dead musician ' s works . The progress of the cortege through the streets , both in the West-end and in the City , was watched

by crowds of people , whose sympathetic and reverent attitude indicated the sorrow pervading ail classes of the community . There was an exceptionally large number of floral tributes , a

URO . SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN ' , PAST GRANT ! ORGANIST .

wreath from the Queen being placed on the coffin b y Bro . Sir Walter Parratt , Past CO ., and another , comprised of white flowers gathered at Sandringham , was sent by the Prince of Wales . The Emperor William ' s wreath fittingly found a place beside these Royal mementoes .

Among those present in the Chapel Royal were Bro . Sir Walter Parratt , representing the Queen ; Sir Hubert Parry , representing H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ; together with Colonel the Hon . C . Eliot , the Hon . Alexander Yorke , General

Bateson , and Prince Lynar , who were present respectivel y in the names of Prince and Princess Christian , the Duchess of Argyll , the Duke of Cambridge , and the German Emperor . Elsewhere sat the Dean of Westminster , the American

Ambassador , Theresa Countess of Shrewsbury , the Countess of Essex , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Strafford , Lord Rowton , Bro . Lord Glencsk , Lady Kathcrine Coke , Bro . Sir Edward Lawson , Bro , Sir . Frederick and Lad y Dixon-Hartland , the

Funeral Of Bro. Sir Arthur Sullivan, Past Grand Organist.

Hon . Sir Charles and Lady Fremantle , Lady Bancroft , Lady Barnby , Bro . Sir Douglas Straight , Signor F . Paolo Tosti , Mr . and Mrs . C . W . Mathews , Mr . Pinero , Bro . Wilhelm Kuhe ,

P . G . O . ; Bro . J . C . Parkinson , Mr . and Mrs . T . Chappell , Madame Ella Russell , Mr . August Manns , Mr . Otto Goldschmidt , Bro . Lionel Monckton , Bro . Charles Wyndham , and others .

On the cortege arriving at St . Paul ' s , at 1 . 30 p . m ., the great western doors were thrown open . Then , headed by the choir , Minor Canons Kelly , Besley , Morgan Brown , Milman , and Gilbertson , Prebendaries Ingram , Covington , Tucker , and

Glendinning-Nash , Canon Newbolt , Bro . Archdeacon Sinclair , and Dean Gregory , the coffin , entirely hidden by a profusion of beautiful crosses and wreaths , was borne , with every mark of dignity and respect , up the nave . Though some of those who

had attended the service at the Chapel Royal had gone home , many friends followed his mortal remains to their last restingplace , the musicians being strongly represented . There were , amongst others , Bro . Lord Glenesk , with his son , Hon .

Oliver Borthwick ; Prince Lynar , representing the German Emperor ; Mr . Asquith , Madame Antoinette Sterling , Bro . Barton McGuckin , Colonel Arthur Collins , Hon . Alexander Yorke , Rev . Edgar Sheppard , Bro . Squire Bancroft , Bro . Ih

Beerbohm Tree , Mr . J . Comyns Carr . Mr . Edward Dicey , Mr . Charles Matthews , and Mr . Haddon Chambers . With the preliminary sentences of the Burial Service to Dr . Croft ' s setting the simple ceremony began : then came , when the choir had v .. ~ „ .... ^ . ~ .. v .. v .. . _ , „~ -.. V-.. ~ -, h

regained their places , the anthem , "Yea , though I walk throug the Valley of the Shadow of Death , " from Sir Arthur Sullivan's " Light of the World . " The Dean read in impressive , resonant , tones the lessons from Corinthians I ., while Archdeacon Sinclair

and Dr . Sheppard shared between them the concluding portions . The coffin , which had remained on trestles while tlie service was proceeding , was lowered to the crypt . " Earth to earth , dust to dust , ashes to ashes "—the final Benediction b y the Dean— - < ' * nu then the act of interment was over .