The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-24 00:00:00

BLOWING UP THE CASHMERE GATE AT
DELHI.

The following is an extract of a report, dated
Sopterkber 17, from Colonel Baird Smith to Major °metal

Wilson :
" Par. 13. The gallantry with which the explosion party
desperate ateLieduutry ofw t:lowilionwgeripLuathe CB‘ikeidashinere' performed-g
ate,inbrote
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daylight, will, I feel sure, be held to justify me in
making special mention of it. The party was composed, in
addition to the two officers named, of the following :
Sergeants John Smith and A. S. Carmichael, and Cor-
poral Burgess, Sappers and Miners; Bugler Hawthorne,
her Majesty's 52nd, 14 native sappers and miners, 10 Ponjeub
ditto, musters covered by the fire of her Majesty's 60th
Rifles. The party sdvanced at the double towards the
Ciatimera-gate—Liwatenant Home, with Sergeants Smith
and Carmichael, and Hairnets: Meteor, all the sappers lead-
ing and carrying the powder begs, followed by Lieutenant
Selkeld, Corporal Burgess, and • portion of the remainder of
the party. The advanced party reached the gateway unhurt,
end found that part of the drawbridge had been destroyed ;
but passing across the precarious footway supplied by the
remaining beams, they proceeded to lodge their powder begs
against the gate. The wicket was open, and through it the
enemy kept up a heavy Are upon them. Sergeant Car-
michael was killed while laying his powder bag, Ilavildsr
Mahor being at the same time wounded. The powder being
laid, the advanced party slipped down into the ditch to allow
the firing party, under Lieutenant (Wield, to perform Its
duty. While endeavouring to ire the charge Lientenant
Selkeld was shot through the arm and leg, end
handed over the slow match to Corporal Bur-
gess, who fell mortally wounded just as he had
successfully accomplished the onerous duty. Havildar
Tilleh Sing, of the Sikhs, wee wounded, and Raruloll Sepey,
of the same corps, was killed during this part of the opera-
tion. The demolition being most sucessda4 Lieutenant
Home, happily not wounded, caused the bagka to sound the
regimental call of the 52nd, as the signal for the advent:big
columns. Fearing that amid the noise of the assault the
sounds might not be beard, he had the call repeated three
times, when the troops advancod and carried the gateway
r with complete success. I feel mean that a simple statement'
of this devoted and glorious deed will suffice to stamp it as
one of the noblest on record in military history. The perfect
soccer contributed most materially to the brilliant result of
the day, and Lieutenants Home end fialkeld, with their gal-
lout subordinate Europeans and natives, will, I doubt not,
r receive the rewerda which valour before the enemy so dia ls-
! giddied aa theirs hes entitled them to."

THE BUIE OP TRADE'S RS WARD FOR SER.
MB AT SEA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
OD Saturday last, a meeting of the Local
Marine Board was held at the Seie Home, lie the Plor-
pose of awarding silver medal' from the Board of Trade to
Lewis Whitetway, meter, and John Canna Beer. chief
caw of the ship, Denim Brunch* of Liverpool, far their
gallantry and humanity in rescuing a portion of the crew of
the barque Walton Munster, of Wlaitehaven, which was
wrecked on • reef near the port of Chanetal, in the Pacific,
on the 27th June last. The their was occupied by Piz. B. R.
GRAVES. Captain Whitewsy was unavoidably absent, but
his chief officer, Mr. Boor, was in attendaace to receive the
teatinioniele.
The Ca.uneux in presenting the medal to Mr. Beer,
said—ln seecedann with the request of the Board of Trade,
we have met here to-day to convey to you the high sews
their lordships entertain of your gallantry and humanity.
You will find on the medals whkh are about to be presented
to you their opinions recorded ; and when you will have
passed away, these medals, I hem no doubt, will
remind your children that their father possemed high
attributes of British seamen. Considering the close rela
tionship which exiets between the Board of Trade end the
shipping of this country, it is scarcely to be wondered that
their lordahipe rococo to themselves the privilege of select-
ing those persons who particularly distinguish themselves
in the preaervatioli of their fellow men from shipwreck, for
bestowing on them ouch marks of their approbation. ,
although it is the province of her Majeety's consuls over
the world to beneath to the Perelgs-otace every cams of
humanity or dletinguialted gallantry, it I. the province of
tho Board of Trade to deal with these came on their own
motile when they come before them. This board hes
lien—l may my too often—the painful duty of sitting
in condemnation of races, but which could only be
regarded as exceptional, of masters and mates of
British shipping, ter the indulgence in that vice
which, above all others, tends to disqualify them from com-
mand. It rote them of their means of livelihood, and
deprives them of the confidence of their owners, who
naturally look to them as the safeguards of their interests;
and ultimately the indulgence in this vies tends to
br' die-
credit in the eyes of foreign nations on the bigh standing of
British mantanship. But, happily, there seems to be &change,
and these exceptions are becoming more exceptional, if I may
judge from the proceeding of this board, and during the last
six month' we have not had a single instance of drunkenness
investigated, while during those six months we have been
made the medium of presenting decorations to mix British
oMeers. Taking the previous six months, flied that we had
only two presentations and tea investigations for drunkenness.
Therefore I think that we are correct in hoping that in a
short time the few exceptions colt be rem indeed. It is not
the duty of this board to draw comparisons between the
merits of cases which come for presentation before them,
but in conveying these medals to you they may
perhaps indulge In giving utterance to an opinion
that if there is one ease more than another
which calls for the highest approbation of the board, it
is the rase we are now considering. It appease that the
ship Walton Munster left the harbour of Chaneral on
the 27th of Jane last. Your vessel, the Denis Brundrit,
and the Hamburg barque Helene, were both loading in
the same harbour, and witneesed the departure of the
Walton Mancester. In the afternoon you weer able to
me from the mulles& that the Walton Muenster emu on
the rocks. Lowering your boats, Captain Whitewey took
command of one, and yourself (Mr. Beer) took command of
the other, Captain Boston, of the Helene, sending out
his boat at the Name time. They found the mewl on the
rocks, and that peculiar roll of the Pacific wee breaking
heavily over her. They approached the Walton Hun-
easter, but finding it impoesible to keep their boats aloog-
side, they were compelled to withdraw outside the roll of
the serf. The crew of the Walton Muneaster, left to their
own resources, launched their longboat, and 11 of them,
with the captain's wife, embarked, and endeavoured to
mach the boats of the Helene and the Denis Brandrit.
The Helen's boat dashed in and succeeded in rescuing
four of the crew from a watery grave, leaving the other 'even
unfeetunatedy to perish, it being impoicible to save them.
Night came on, and it being impoesible to do more, the boats
returned to the ships, the men exprossing their intention to
renew their efforts in the morning. At daylight on the fol-
lowing =orphan Mr. Beer, the second mate, and three other
men, proceeded in the pinnace to the rescue. of them poor
fellows who bad been left on the rocks. They found the
surf as heavy as lefties; but notwithstanding this they re-
solved, if possible, to reams the men. No goner, how-
ever, had the boat reached the ship than she was cipsised,
and the second mate and the three men were unfortunately
drowned. Mr. Baer remained for two boars and three
quarters in the water, and ultimately he woe picked up in
a state of inssimibility by the boats of a Spanish
vessel. The captain of the Walton Munaurter then launched
a ref', and four of the survivors allowed themselves to
float from the vessel. The captain of the Denis Brundrit,
who had been watching the proceedinge, seeing the men on
the raft, instantly got into his boat, sod succeeded in ream-
ing the captain of the Walton Muncaeter, and four of the
mew, being et the Limo in total ignorance of the fate of Mr.
Beer and his crew. Such conduct as this deserves very pro-
perly the strong approbation of there board, and I am quite
sure that in expressing it as I have done the man at large
will fully approve of what we ace doing. I regret very much
that Captain Whitey:ay is compelled to be absent to-day, but
in a letter which I have received from him he has expressed
Ma acknowledgments. I have now to hand you this medial,
and I beg yen to convey to Captain Whiteway this other
medal, with the best wishes of this board.
Mr. ISZER.,ID accepting the medals, briefly returned his
Pitmen thanks for the testimonial which had been presented
to him. He said he should always consider It Me duty to
risk his life on behalf of his brother mailers as long as he was
obliged to follow the secte(i=e)
The proceedings then

SALMON Poacitugo.—We (Berwick Advertiser)
have hoard that on Monday sight list the superintendent of
the Tweed police mired, at the station of the North British
Railway in this town, • hamper, containing • quantity of
ont-ofmearran since and trout, which, from the without
upon It, eras pretty well tranderetood to be on Its way to
the Paris flab market. To eve some idea how extensively
the eyetemn of pomattog must be married on, it may be men-
tioned that, since the sat-totting closed on the Tweed, there
have been daily essleals of salmon anti trout in the Paris flab
mark end Weals are IA eo common in other rime,
there is de doubt that moat, If not ell, of these flratt are
from the . Between the sth and 17th days of the pm-
peat month so fewer Cheat 30 tease and 64 baskets of outmf-
reawm fish had beenireceived et that market, and such •
wholesale destruction of spawning Bah meet be Tel iOlOl4OOO
to tits intimate of the river proprietor?.