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 Tin: death of lord raglan. 305 Bruat, by Rear- Admiral Stewart, and by a lame c i-i a p. XIII. concourse of officers from both the fleets, then L. placed in a launch — the launch of the English Flagship, which numbers of man-of-war boats lay- ready to take in tow — then moved off from the shore under a salute of artillery, and borne thence with all naval honours, the bier at length reached the side of the vessel awaiting it, and was taken on board the Caradoc.( 5 ) On board the Caradoc ! The sound, the bare sound of her name, carried with it a heartrending contrast between the past and the present. In those eager days, only ten months before, when Lord Raglan, in concert with Lyons, was forcing on the Invasion, it used to be from the Caradoc — men saw her then constantly signalling — that the Chief exerted his power ; and now the same vessel, still ruled by the same devoted commander, was receiving Lord Raglan once more, but receiving him only in death. Soon, the Caradoc moved, and was gliding towards the mouth of the bay, when a flutter appeared at her mast-head which showed her to be speaking once more. As though in imagined communion with the honoured freight lying on board, beneath the Flag of the Union, she flew out the signal — ' Farewell ! ' VOL. IX.