New-York tribune., 1883-03-11
4 SEPoY'S DIARY oFHIS JISIr TO LONDON
From The PaH Mall gazette.

From The Pal Mall Gazette.
Iientenant- colonel Sim sends to The Morning POst
translation of a short account Of what one of the
Indian COntingcut-N Naiguo Shaikh lsmall Queens
OWN Sappers and Miners-thinks of England, Its
people, and its institutions. The diary Is written
on he 9th of November the "hoolSirui" camo for
us to parade at the lndia Office. Then ColoHe
Pennington and Captain MacOay with thirteen ma,
tive officers, seven nOn-cOmmlssioncd officers and
twelve prIyates ithirty.two in AID, left Southrog
House at 1890 in the morning. III "busseharries.'
How can describe The journey After llttl" delay
Lord Harrington came. All ronnd the once was
such wonderful lamp chirdql. Ike the wheel of a
coach. without any shade or chimney. and its color
was wonderful such light never saw IN India.
Every one stood at the Dunbar" :, never never
saw such "duTbAr." Lord Harrington
called up each officer by seniority and asked some
their names, others their regiment or nook" or
what "laTars' they had been III. We were tDen
dismissed. In front OF the India once there Is an
other great Office of ships (he Admin altv.l Newent
there and GOT refreshment of grapes figs. bis
cults, cakes, ana whoever was 20 minded drank
permitted to see the Lord Mayors show, aud
description of the men the music iLjd), the sahibs
carriages. could not be contained In one book II
We people had been foot in PariIamept-st., then
there is nc doubt in my mind that all the sahibs,
the native officers and the non-cOmmissioned OIL
GERS would have been wounded hand and foot; but
bv the blessing of God we were upstairs. Aftor
while the sherIfs procession passed away, but Tue
crowd renamed and cheered us As long as we re-
mained on the balcony, so long they continued 70
cry out. There was with us also kaIah hIrbln
sing who had come from Bengal TO learn the sci
euces. and he cOnVerscd with us very aUably. we
reached HOomaldOn" again about p m, and set
TO work to prepare our own food, which was an ex-
cellent ration Of rice, flour. bread sugar tea NUT
ton fowl butter, grapes and Other frult, cabbage,
carrots eggs. 1he paymaster gave also 81 ioI
native officers half pound for nOn-cOmfnlssioned
officers and quarter Oi pound for prlyates.
On November IL We were taSen to Parliament
where | am told 200 or 800 officers (sdrddrs sit
and administer jus ice also II rs forbidden Tor any
OF these officers 10 wear sword aud 10 come aTnel
On November II We were taken to the Geological
Gardens; all the way from HOOmaldOn to the gar
dens We were Cheercd. How can describe the gar
dcnsi IL them there are all sorts OF animals. had
read OF the zebra and l was glad to see him and
there was another beast, the seal, which always re-
NAMED IN the wafer. never al o saw before such
an animal as the white bear. lie always nyes near
On he 18th six officers. six prvates and
havildar went to Liverp O0l but Captain wilkinson
took us 10 the National Gallery winch IS very
worthy Of description. There are pictures Of past
age, but old, how people were dressed 700 or 300
years ago. The drawings though 20 oil, are still
very ceaD but 10 LOOK at hrln close Is very stupid
1t is necessary to look at them at distance. L
think il must be balf mile TO 90 round The rooms.
My own people think this a he but the sahibs know
il i true.
On the 18th the Queen came from Scotland 10
Windsor. On the evening OF the lGth OF November
We went to the Alhambra, and were taken TO nr.t-
class seats How can describe the " nautch r. My
own people would not believe me but then all the
English gentlemen know the theatre well.
don't think if We were to teach our boys ana girls
to dance like this they would ever do 1t So well;
and the dress of the fairies (pdriOH hdtibdsl
and the drill in the middle Of the dance astonished
me very much / understood the story very we'll,
and saw all the people laugh. When the curtain
iell bow quickly did they change the scene GmahaH
Ia ndkshd). At last a woman came, seventeen years
old, and whose height eight feet Elk inches;
they gave each of us her photograph.
On the 2lst the Queen gave us the medals for
Tel-el-KebIr We were called To Windsor Palace
and the Queen, Wi her own hands, pinned on the
medals. saying IT, each OF us: " i have called you
all mere to-day that might give you your medals
for the campaign that has been so quickly finished.
I'll t.gFtg IN HAN
well you have fought for me and the EnghSh
people"
On the 22d inst we were taken to Lord Glanden-
sahib Mr.. Gladstonel 1 never saw such biq
building The nor-cOmmsslOned officers stopped
DOWNSTAIRS while the naUve officers went upstairs;
On the 23d we went 10 WOOlwlch Arsenal by rail
and boat. In one moment tyek dam) they make
gun. There were more than 5000 people working
there. Also. OIL this day, we visited the rover,
built 500 years ago. Here there pictures OF the
kings and queens of the past 300 years and also the
gOd crown OF the Queen. All the shes and basins
are also OF god also saw The Armlet (DUa1dRal oil
kaja RuDjeet Sing 1t Is OF diamonds, anu the size
of each diamond is about that OF small lime
There plenty Of other gold thiEgs but there is
no sentry, only "a European guard below,
On 25th November we visited the Duke Of Buck
ingham at Stowe / his Is a small palace with a
beautiful garden and II was SO cold that every
where else but in the garden We felt the cold. The
garden was like warm water. In the front OF tho
palace we saw the hounds XIII ioX, and the hesh
was given them to eat. The Duke showed Us his
very big horses THAT 49, cart hotsesl and cows
The milk looked very good, ana the out'ef WAS
made up into large bricks." :,
On the 27th he took US to see the "Immediates"
(the Midgets) truly wonderful sight-a grl fifteen
vears old and boy of eighteen-bOih very beaut-
in and whose heights were only "A and 70 inches.
While they were on the platform, and pr preparing e
PATH m order that they might see us better. We
were then shown over Queen Anne's mansions, q
very large palace OF thirteen stories with 400
rooms, where 400 families can live. There ID no
such large building in the word. ,
On November 20 We left " Hoomaldon IN
" for IiVerDOOl Street Station. 10 embark
in The Ganges at Gravesend very sorry leave the
English people, who had treated us with such
honor lissab. NAIGUE SHAIKH lsMAI,
LIST Company Queens Own sappers and Miners.