The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

LETTERS FROM INDIA.

An officer in the 93rdIiighlanaers, writing ender
date Jeksnabed, October 19, says capital story Yet
of a Sikh regiment st Delves. ftraO's detac
paraded in full dries
it= a pipe, end the Sikhs were so
delighted with the II elliassark
_lhst ober parade they
petitioned their corers to rouge Ree dare fee than."
The following Yea extract from a liar of an aim com-
manding a Queen's tegiment at Persewr I we, presi-
der at _othersenetnalotir sheens more we rot.
One man of this lei bra iverd dark twice over. Only
fancy : he was In the Me bark eared to be shot; he fell
down when the volley wee Irk nagenebed; he kept quiet
till dark, and than got up and made el; he was retaken
at Howahrirs, about twenty-her mike from here.
No one knew this in the roust but myself; the
adjutant of bin regiment told me before we arm-
bled ; but I said, as he bad been once condemned, It we, the
greater reason be should be so again; accordingly, be Ins
shot with the rest. He wee an unlucky fellow to be re-
taken. I was glad the 61st Bengal Native Infa.ntry gave as
an opportunity of shooting some of them. Hy men were
getting fearfully savage at the soooonts we day got from
down countty ; I always feared they would break loose and
murder all the black faces they met. They performedtheir
bloody task well. It was trying for men who had never
seen blood shed to shoot as many in cool blood. I heard
roma of them say, I with the bagger would show
fight.' I must glee the blackguards the credit to my
they died splendidly. Odd It is that men who take death
so coolly will not fight; they her never stood for
• minute in the open event us, yet *cos men stood up,
untied, to In shot, m steadily es possible, sad, on 'ring the
word,' Right dress,' they dad it perfectly, to get opposite the
firing party. P—, of my regiment, found one man deeps.
early wounded in the pursuit; the man said to him, ' Hill
me, sir, or give me erne water.' P— gave him rams
water, and said to him, ' If you had found me this way, you
would not have OM me water.' He seaweed, ' No, sir,
I should utterly bare killed you.' P— then irked him,
' What made you rise against us, as we have never done you
anything but good He said, 'We don't know, sir; evil
wind has pried over ua, sad we ere now suffering fur It., "

VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO GOSPORT.—His
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Captain
Du Plat, embarked yeetardsy forenoon at Osborne on board
the Royal steam-tender Elfin, kir. Alfred Balliston, Master,
commanding, sad proceeded to Gosport, where his Royal
Highness had notified his intention of making a thorough
inspection of the new and extensive line of defences. The
prince landed ender considerable difilcaltiee, by the aid of a
60-round ladder and n navvy's tram track, at Fort Elam,
where Colonel Forster, Aids-de-Camp to the Queen, oxe-
mandieg Repel Engineers In the south-weet district, true
in waiting to receive and conduct Wen over the
works, the objects and debt& of which, Teepee.
lively, be explained by plans and personal
deamfp-
tioes. From Fort Eisen the prince and peaty were
<named in carriages to the other forte, down to the last at
Browndown, after which the Prince proceeded to the Royal
Chrenosisrd to meet bee Majesty, who had arrived there in
the .centime in the Fairy, Captain the lion. Joseph Den-
man. Her Majesty having landed at the Chremos-yard, she,
with the Prince Consort and Prince Alfred, with their res-
pelling personal attendants, entered the carriages provided,
sad were driven to Alver Bank (the establishment of Prince
Alfred) to luncheon, and thence to Aiverstoke-beach, to
re-embark in the Fairy about three o'clock for Osborne.
Prince Frederick William of Prussia arrived at
Berlin early on Teleplay morning, and immediately repaired
to the Prime of Prosodies palace, to wait on his father and
mother. In the afternoon he proceeded to Charlotte& ng, to
pay his respects to the Ring and Queen.
On the 3rd inst., Baden laid its convention with

France, respecting & 13111111iTe bridge across the Rhine
at Rohl, before the Diet. Tin latter of course
relents:l the matter to its military committee. The Em-
pwor of the French some years since proved to the
Gssssa•s that It wee a matter of little importance whether
there was or was not a bridge saws the Rhino. Ho was
at that time a suitor for the Princess Caroline Wass, who la
at present married to the Crown Prince of Saxony, and to
gh. her and the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Bodes
favourable Idea of his power and gallantry, he throw n post-
toosebridge over the Rhine, and rode serer It with •
aninarena m•ita.