The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-17 00:00:00

LETTERS FROM THE CRIMEA.

One of the renowned Coldstream., in a letter of the
20th ult., written to his brother in Gateshead, from the
camp before Sebsstopol, communicates the following foots
from his own personal experience:
"I wr in the trenches the other eight, and the Russians
come out upon us ; but -*rather took them in. We walked
round upon them just like a cooper round a cask, and
str.pped them on our bayonets like herrings on a stick. I
wish it was all over. The sights we the here are dreadful.
I was in the trenches the night before last, and was along •
, aide one 01 the 72nd when the Russians came out upon us,
• and the fellow shot at one, sail hit him in the mouth. He
then went out and collared him like a bulldog and brought
him into our trenches, saying to one of his comrades,' What
d'ye think of that, Willie ?' Give my beet respects to all
ioquiring friends, and tell them I em ge ting on well, and
fighting _like a young devil, and not like a soldier.
Oo Wrinesel.y. olio, another letter was received, written
by the same hand on the let instant.
" We ere getting on (he fly.) the same as usual in the
trenches. The Russians make an attack nearly every night,
but we are becoming rather too old-fashioned for them.
They never come but they ere token in. Every night when
we go to the trenches we put out sentries within about 30
yerds of the Redan. Sometimes that is my lot. I was at
the trenches the night before last, and volunteers to go on
sentry were invited. I made one, with five more, and a
captein. sergeant, end corporal. When we went out,
Johnny Russ was there already. They sent a volley at Is;
but we all escaped, love the captain, who wee wounded
severely. Johnny followed us up to the trenches, with a
very strong party. We outflanked him, however, and
killed a great many. I believe there were two or three of
the Scots Fusilier Guards taken prisoner the same night.
We lose a great many men in the trenches. We are so des*
to the Realms they cannot help killing some of us. I hop*
we shall storm the plane soon ; and if we succeed in taking
it, I think it will soon be all over. Give my kind love to all
friends. Let all who inquire after me know that I am fight-
ing away like thunder, and don't mean to give over until I
see Sebastopol taken."—Gateshead Observer.

COLLISION AND Lose OF LIFE.—On the Bth of
this mcnth the Norge and Bergen, two steam vessels which
ply between Hamburg and Norway, came into collision
during a thick fog. The Norge immediately sunk, and out
of 91 pawns who were on board, only 43, including 9
sailor', saved themselves.
THE LATE LIEUTENANT PEESTON.—A Southampton
correspondent writes :—lest March a military officer, quite
a lad, took a watch to Mr. Pegler, a watchmaker in South-
ampton, to be repaired, and wished to have it spin at two
o'clock, as be was going to embark for the Crimea. It was
thought he meant two o'clock the neat day. Soon after mid-
night he cams rapping at Mr. Pegler'a door, and it was then
discovered that be wanted the watch at two o'clock in the
morning, as he was about to embark very early. This was
Lieutenant Horatio Preston, of the Coneasibt Banger,
who fell gloriously in the Crimea, within a few weeks after
he had landed there. The watch was returned to his full).
It was in a battered state. On the 31st August his brother,
Lieutenant George Benton Preston, of the 97th Regiment,
fell lighting is the Crimea. Both the brothers were killed
in timmiees beluga the Great Rides,. The Crimean nor
a the SWIM hes recorded the deaths Sot
;helleiaere. gad spokes el their warms youth, their
umiak absresesTh and their &flag errarage. They win
the mai of Mx. W. R. Presto*, a 'glibly meelleed linhe•
isia d Mom main et 3112404 Is the Wu Pena.