The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

REMAINS OF LORD RAGLAN.

The following is the official despatch of General
Simpson, descriptive of the removal of the remains of
the late Lord Raglan to the Caradoc for transport to
England :
Before Sebastopol, July 7, 1855.
My Lord,—l have the honour to acquaint your lordship
that the remains of our late lamented Commander-in-Chief,
Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, were removed from head-quarters
to Kazatch Bay, on Tuesday, the 3d instant, and placed on
board her Majesty's ship Caradoc, which departed for England
that same evening. Nothing could be more imposing than
the whole line of this melancholy procession. The day was
fine, and the appearance of the allied troops splendid ; as
many as could be spared from duty in the trenches, and with
safety to their camp, were collected, and the procession moved
from the door of this house exactly at four o'clock, p.m.,
in the following order :—ln the court-yard of the house
was stationed a guard of honour of one hundred men of
the Grenadier Guards, with their drums and regimental
colours ; fifty men, with one field officer, one captain, and one
subaltern, from the Royal Sappers and Miners, and from each
regiment, lined the road from the British to the French head-
quarters, a distance of about a mile; a squadron of cavalry was
stationed on the right of the line, two batteries of artillery
and a squadron of cavalry on the left of it; the infantry were
commanded by Major-General Eyre, C.B. The road from the
French head-quarters to Kazatch Bay was lined throughout
the whole way by the infantry of the French Imperial Guard,
and of the Ist corps ; bands were stationed at intervals, and
played as the procession passed, and field batteries (French)
at intervals, on the high grounds right and left of the road,
fired minute guns. The procession to escort the body was as
follows :—Two squadrons British Cavalry (12th Lancers); two
squadrons Piedmontese Light Cavalry; four squadrons French
Chasseurs d'Afrique (Ist and 4th Regiments); four squadrons
French Cuirassiers (2nd and 9th Regiments); two troops
French Horse Artilleay ; Major Brandling's troop Horse
Artillery. The coffin, covered with a black pall, fringed with
white silk, and the Union Jack, and surmounted by the late
Field Marshal's cocked hat and sword, and a garland of
" Immortels," placed there by General Pelissier, was carried
on a platform, fixed upon a 9-pounder gun, drawn by horses
of Captain Thomas's troop of Royal Horse Artillery. At
the wheels of the gun-carriage rode General Pelissier,
Commander-in-Chief of the French Army ; his Highness
Omar Pacha, Commander-in-Chief of the Ottoman Army;
General Della Marmora, Commander-in-Chief of the Sar-
dinian Army; and Lieutenant General Simpson, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the English Army. Charger of the
late Field-Marshal, led by two mounted orderlies. Rela-
tions and personal staff of the late Field-Marshal. Generals
and other officers of the French, Sardinian, and Turkish
Armies, a large number of whom attended. British Com-
missioners to Foreign Armies. British General Officers and
their Staffs. Staff of Head-quarters. One officer of' each regi-
ment of cavalry and infantry, Royal Sappers and Miners, and
Land Transport Corps ; two from the Naval Brigade, Royal
Marines, Medical and Commissariat Staff; and three from
the Royal Artillery. Personal escorts of the Allied Coin -
manders-in-Chief. The personal escort of the late Field-
Marshal (Captain Clletwode's troop of the Bth Hussars). A
field battery of the Royal Artillery. Two squadrons of
British Cavalry (4th Dragoon Guards). Detachment of
Mounted Staff-Corps. The escort was under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Dupuis, Royal Horse Artillery. Two
field batteries of the Royal Artillery, stationed on the hill
opposite the house, fired a salute of 19 guns, when the proces-
sion moved off. The united bands of the 3rd, 9th, and the
62nd Regiments, stationed in the vineyard that surrounds
the house, played the " Dead March." The band of the Sar-
dinian Grenadiers was stationed half-way to the French
head-quarters, and the band of the 10th Hussars on the left of
the line. The approach to the wharf at Kazatch Bay was
lined by detachments of the Royal Marines and sailors.
The body was received on the wharf by Admiral Bruat
and Rear-Admiral Stewart, C. 8., and a large number
of officers of the combined fleets. The launch of the
British flag-ship, towed by man-of-war's boats, conveyed the
coffin to the Caradoc, the boats of the combined fleet forming
an escort ; and the troop and battery of the Royal Artillery
included in the escort, formed upon the rising ground above
the bay, and fired a salute of nineteen guns as the coffin left
the shore. Everything was well conducted, and no accident
occurred. Thus terminated the last honours that could be
paid by his troops to their beloved commander. His loss to
us here is inexpressible ; and will, I am sure, be eqfially felt
by his country at home. The sympathy of our allies is uni-
versal and sincere. His name and memory are all that
remain to animate us in the difficulties and dangers to which
we may be called.—l have, &c.
JAMES SIMPSON, Lieut.-General Commanding.
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The Lord Panmure, &c.
The following is the order of the day issued by Gen.
Pelissier on the occasion of the death of Lord Raglan
Death has just surprised Field-Marshal Lord Raglan in the
exercise of his command, and has thus plunged the English
army into mourning. We all share in the grief of our brave
Allies. Those who knew Lord Raglan, who knew the history
of that noble and pure life, so full of services rendered to his
country—those who witnessed his intrepid attitude in the days
of Alma and Inkerman, who recall the calm and stoic grandeur
of his character during this rough and memorable campaign
—all men of heart, in short, will deplore the loss of such a
man. The sentiments here expressed by the General-in-Chief
will be those of the entire army, itself struck by this unlooked•
for blow. The public sorrow will be augmented for the army
by the regret of being separated for ever from a companion in
arms, whose cordial spirit it loved, whose virtues it admired,
and whose frank and anxious assistance it was always sure of.
PELISSIER, General-in-Chief.
Head-quarters before Sebastopol, June 29, 1855.

To this soldierlike and nobly simple address, we add
the similar and kindred order issued by General della
Marmora to our Sardinian Allies :
Soldiers !—Last night the illustrious Field-Marshal Lord
Raglan, Commander-in-Chief of the British army, expired after
a short illness. His long career, the important services ren-
dered to his country, his heroic courage, and the exemplary
constancy with which he bore with his army the hardships
and privations of a winter campaign, cause his loss to be deeply
deplored. Our army enjoyed his esteem, and he did much to
provide for its wants. Let us unite with our brave Allies in
deploring his death and venerating his memory.

The correspondent of the Morning Herald, writing
on July 7, says :
Contrary to report, the transfer yesterday afternoon of the
remains of the late Lord Raglan, from head-quarters to the
steamer which will convey them to England, was not a private
but a grand public ceremony ; a funeral worthy of a com-
mander-in-chief. Towards noon, the Enniskillen Dragoons
and the 17th Lancers were posted on the eminence facing the
house of the deceased, which, with its white facade and neat
balcony, had a pretty appearance, particularly as there is a
good garden in front, and a few trees on one side, and those
are rarities at present in this war-ravaged part of the Crimea.
The scene soon became highly animated. Here numerous
French officers, headed by a general, were seen rapidly gallop-
ing over the fields towards the above house, their brilliant
uniforms glistening in the summer sun ; there a body of Pied-
montese officers, in less showy, but not less handsome, dresses,
in which the darker, but not sombre, hues prevail, was per-
ceived slowly descending the hills. One minute the eyes of
the throng of spectators, near head-quarters, were directed on
Pelissier or Canrobert and their respective suites, and at
another moment on De la Marmora or Omar Pacha. The
former was plainly but suitably attired, and his demeanour,
like his character, is simple and unpretending, whilst noble and
naturally dignified. The gallant victor of the Danube was, so
to write, a mass of golden ornaments, and many an order
decorated his breast. Detachments of French, Sardinian, and
Turkish troops soon arrived and made preparations for taking
part in the mournful ceremony of the day, whilst the British
infantry lined the road all the way from the English to the
French head-quarters, the men standing six paces apart.
Through a mistake on the part of a young officer, a portion
of an infantry regiment was placed for a time with its back
to the road as well as to the other portion of the regiment.
Fortunately, all was set right just before a French battery of
artillery came up, otherwise our gallant allies would have
been treated to a military spectacle somewhat out of the com-

mon—British soldiers on one side presenting arms to them,
and British soldiers on the other side with their backs turned.
Soon after the arrival of the French Commander-in-Chief, the
head of -the procession was seen slowly debouching from the
courtyard of the house, and descending the garden slope. Au
Artillery,waggon, covered with the British flag, from beneath
the folds of which a gun obtruded, soon became the engrossing
object of attention. It was the plain but appropriate hearse
which bore the coffin, the latter being surmounted by the hat
of the -field-marshal, and by a crown of flowers, the gift,
I hear, of the French Commander-in-Chief. Every mark
of respect was paid as the procession moved along, the
civilians (English and French) raising their hats, the
troops presenting arms, the bands stationed here and there
playing funeral •marches, and the artillery being heard
from time to time. The-moment the French gendarmes, who,
from the head•quarterg, opened the procession, neared
Kamiesch, (which, as your readers know, is the French naval
etation,)nearly all the inhabitants; including the comparatively
few -females in it, flocked out to view the procession, which, at
that point, and whilst descending the gentle declivity to the
right of Kamiesch, bad an imposing appearance, with its very
numerous Dragoons, Lancers, Artillery, Chasseurs d'Afrique,
Cuirassiers, Bersagliere, and, above all, its truly brilliant host
of officers of -the four allied armies, the- four commanders of
which rode beside the coffin; General-Simpson and Omar
Pasha on the left, and General de la Marmora and General
Pelissier on the right. From Kamiesch the road takes a cir-
cuitous direction to Kazatch, the English naval station. It
would be impossible to conceive anything more picturesque or
striking than was the appearance of the procession as it wound
along-that circuit, passing by a small encampment, a slightly
raised aqueduct, and the hay depots of the French army, and
also as it ascended the heights of Kazatch, and halted on the
left side of the pretty bay, covered with British transports'
and men-of-wars' boats. Along the pier, called Victoria Pier,
were stationed the marines and sailors of several of our
vessels, and at the end of it was the long-boat, destined to
convey to the war steamer the remains of the late Com-
mander-in-chief. The lowering of the -coffin took up about
half-an-hour, during which all the assistants remained
uncovered.