The Press.
London, England, 1855-07-28 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF LORD RAGLAN.

THE Caradoc steamer, bearing the remains of the
late commander-in. chief in the Crimea, arrived in
the Bristol Channel on Tuesday, and next day the
funeral ceremony commenced, when the coffin con-
taining the body was landed and conveyed in solemn
procession through Bristol on its way to Badminton.
The morning was ushered in by the firing, from
many points of the city, of minute guns and the
chiming of the muffled bells. The body of the de-
ceased hero was trans-shipped from the Caradoc to
the Star as early as six o'clock, and placed on a bier
covered with black cloth and crape, and surrackanted
by a catafalque of the same materials, on the deck
of that vessel.
At a little before eleven o'clock the mourners
boarded the Star, as follow :—Lord Raglan, the Hon.
Colonel Begot, Colonel Kingscote, Lieut.-Colonel
Somerset, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Burghersh, Lieut.-
Col. Nigel Kingscote, the Hon. Capt. Calthorpe, Lard
Calthorpe, Commander Derriman, R.N., Commander
Manse, the officers of the Caradoc, &c. The Star
then commenced slowly steaming up the float, at-
tended by a guard of honour of about fifty boats, all
uniformly manned—the different vessels anchored
in her course firing minute guns. On the quay, where
the landing had been appointed to take place, there
was a spacious shed for the reception of the body and
mourners, in the centre of which was a bier, the roof
and sides being richly ornamented with festoons and
draperies of black cloth and velvet, interspersed
with rosettes of black crape.

The procession having come up to the quay-head,
the disembarkation took place at about twelve
o'clock. The appearance of the quay at this period
was exceedingly imposing : the decks of the ship-
ping, the windows and roof-tops of the houses, and
every available spot from which a view of the cere-
mony could be obtained, were crowded with spectators
while the melancholy nature of the occasion was at-
tested by the half-masted flags and other signs of
mourning which were visible all round. As the body
was being landed, the battery of artillery fired, at in-
tervals of a minute, nineteen pins. The coffin having
been placed in the hearse, the funeral part of the
procession was formed, and proceeded, accompanied
by the military, to Princes-street, where it was joined
by the mayor, corporation, and public bodies of the
pity.
The procession was of immense length, and its
appearance was both solemn and imposing. With
the exception of the military, every person engaged
in it was habited in deep mourning, and the military
themselves wore crape scarfs and hat-bands, and
had their banners deeply craped. The state liveries
of the mayor and high sheriff, and all the ornaments
of the mayor's state coach, were covered with the
same material, as were also the maces, staves, and
batons of office; and there were mourning rosettes
on the handles and hammercloths of the different
carriages. The procession thus formed proceeded
at a slow and solemn pace through the city. Every-
where the thoroughfares were densely crowded; but
the disposition to pay due respect to the occasion
was manifested throughout the entire route, and by
every class of citizens, from the highest to the low-
est. The shops, the banks, and the warehouses of
the city were closed ; the bells of the different
churches chimed muffled; and of the thousands of
ladies and gentlemen, and members of the middle
class, who thronged the windows of the line of route,
very few were to be seen who did not wear either
partial or entire mourning.
On the procession reaching the suburbs of the
city, the roads and thoroughfares were even more
densely crowded than the city itself. At every
vantage-point stands had been erected, whilst the
houses wore crowded from roof to ground-floor.
After proceeding about a mile from Bristol the
public bodies and a great portion of the military
attendants returned, and the cortege became a pri-
vate one until it reached Badminton.

ItEronTs of the resignation of General Simpson
at present commanding the British army in the
Crimea, have been current at Constantinople and
Rortsmouth. lately.

JULY 28, 1855.

FRANCE.

GERMANY.

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lottign aub Culotta! 3nitlligtatt.

The Emperor Napoleon left Paris on Wednesday
morning for the Pyrenees, where he will remain a few
days and return with the Empress.
"Queen Victoria," says the Constitutionnel, "will
make her entrance into Paris by the terminus of the
Strasburgh Railway and by the Boulevard de Stras-
bourg. Arrangements are being made which will
allow the royal train to pass without stopping from
the Northern to the Strasburgh line."
The subscriptions to the new loan continue to pour
in, and are expected to amount to 100,000,0001.
sterling before the lista finally close.

At the dinner given on Monday to Prince Napoleon
by the persons oonnected with the Universal Exhibi-
tion, M. Dumas (Senator) proposed the health of
the Emperor, and the Marquis of Hertford that of
Prince Napoleon, who in replying adverted to the
war, despite of which France yet pleased to under-
take a universal exhibition, the success of which he
pointed to as an indication of the strength of Kan
organised democracy":

In Net, we are a nation of democracy and equality by
our habits, our institutions, and more particularly our
object. With us the employi becomes a minister ; the work.
man, a manufacturer; the peasant, a landowner; the sof.
dier, a general ; and the whole people crown themselves by
raising to the throne a dynasty of its own choice. The
sovereign understands the genius of his nation; and, thanks
to that union of ideas and of sentiments between the
people and its chief, notwithstanding the obstacles, the
calumnies, and the individeal hatred of persons, of
faced in the resurrectional movement of our country,
France sees with grief, but without weakness, the blood
of her generous children flow; she gives directly, and
without intermediation, fifteen hundred millions in
less than a year; her commerce responds to the
extraordinary impetus given ; her revenue increases ;
gigantic works ornament her capital, and the towns of the
departments ;—in short, the whole of France brings the
produce of her labour and of her genius to the Universal
Exhibition of Manufactures and the Beaux Arts. The
civilised world, here represented, will form for the future
but one great family.

This address was received with loud applause, and
the evening passed over with the utmost cordiality.

The effective of the Austrian army now stands at
about 400,000 men. Next spring—unless the ordi-
nary course be departed from—there will he a new
levy throughout the monarchy. The army is just
now severely tried by disease. The deaths in the
military hospitals are one in thirty-two.
Great preparations are making in anticipation of a
journey which the Emperor and Empress of Austria
will shortly make to Venice. The birthday of the
Emperor, the 18th of August, will be celebrated at
lschl, where the whole imperial family will meet.
The King of Prussia had another attack of fever on
the 18th, which lasted the whole day. He passed,
however, a tolerably good night.