The Press.
London, England, 1857-07-25 00:00:00

PREDICTION OF NCTINY IN THE INDIAN ARMY.

Old Indians *ay, " There is nn re,pect for you in India
without magnificence and show." A greater fallacy does
not exist. Trumpery and humbng are our enemies in
India, as they were and aro the enemies of the Barbaric
Princes. Such folly ruined them and will ruin us, for if
we continue to imitate the Eastern style our officers will
deteriorate, and the native officers will take the empire
from us. A radical reform of the Indian army and an
increase of European officers is absolutely necessary.
Some years hence, for they will not increase the officers,
my words will prove prophetic. The sepoy now has no
European officer to loot to—no captain I mean ; he is
devoted to us as yet, but we take no pains to preserve his
attachment. It is no concern of mine, T shall be de id
before whit I foresee will take place, but it will take place.
I would give this opinion in writing if it wasald do the
Company any good; but it will not, for everything I say

or do is looked upon as war against them, and I will not
play Cassandra for the Directors to jeer and laugh.

The following extract from the letter of a gentle-
man in India, dated June 5, will be read with
interest :

In the meantime, all honour to those who with strong
hearts and hands manfully do their duty in front of dancer
and difficulty—among whom is Henry Cockburn. The
regiment of Irregular Cavalry (Ist Gwalior) has been
stanch, and done well. It has rescued twenty-five unfor-
tunate creatures, Europeans and East Indians, who were
forced to leave a station taken possession of by mutineers.
A letter has been sent to me to read from an officer up in
these parts, who says—" Last evening a most successful
rush was made three miles off by Cockburn and 50 men.
The robbers had collected in numbers of 500, and were
stepping and plundering every one on the road in
a most shameful manner. Cockburn sent a bul-
lock-cart with red curtains, such as women go
in, but with four troopers, representing the weaker
sex. The main body kept 400 yards in the rear, and were
to rush up when the four men fired. A capital ruse—as the
object was to get the robbers to show themselves. Well, the
wretches mate a rush for plunder ; the four women in-
stantly fired, and Cockburn's party galloped up at full
speed to the spot. They had rough ground at first, and
the robbers broke, of course, hut too late to save them-
selves. Cockburn was nearly unhorsed by a man who,
after making a cat at him, which he parried, seized him by
the leg. Cockburn swung round his horse, and killed him
with his sword. His troopers killed fifty, and made
prisoners of others. A number also jumped down wells,
and unless rescued must have been drowned. None of
his men were touched, and the moral effect in the country
round in the present crisis will be very great."
We give also another extract of a letter from Capt.
Alexander, commanding Ist Cavalry Gwalior Con-
tingent, dated Hattros, 31st Msy, nine p.m. :

Intelligence was brought in this afternoon that
a number of plunderers had attacked a village near
to this. I sent out a party under Lieutenant Cock.
burn, and several officers of the 9th accompanied
him. Between twenty and twenty-five of the leaders have
been cut up. The Sowars behaved admirably. Lieutenant
Cockburn dismcnnted twelve men, and took the village by
storm. Every praise is due to Lieut. Cockbuni—a gallant
soldier, and who had some very narrow escapes. He killed
four men with his own hand.

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FRANCE.

PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

The Moniteur of Wednesday contained the fol-
lowing official statement:—

For more than a month the police has had proof that a
plot had been formed in London to make an attempt on
the life of the Emperor. Three Italians, charged with the
execution of this horrible project, were at Paris, and
arres►ed. The arms also which were to have been used for
the perpetration of the crime have been seized ; they
consist of poniards, revolvers, d:c. Brought to justice, the
prisoners had already confessed their crime and revealed
the names of their accomplices. The Government not-
withstanding suspended the proceedings against them, in
order that the éclat of the process might not be regarded
as a means of influencing the result of the elections which
were about to take place. The proceedings are now re-
sumed, and an ordinance of the Judge of Instruction has
sent before the Chamber of Accusation all the prisoners
arrested, with their accomplices. Their names are
Tibaldi, Bartolotti, Grilli (otherwise Saro), 3lazzini,
Ledru Rollin, 31azarenti, and Campanello.
In connection with this we may observe that ru-
mours are rife of further arrests ; and the
names of D'olliver, and Goudchaux, are mentioned
as persons compromised by the confessions of the
arrested men and women. The Constitutionnel
reprints a London letter to the Austrian Gazette, in
which it is asserted that Lord Cowley has already
promised to Count Walewski that Lord Palmerston
will apply to Parliament for a law enabling him to
expel those refugees from England who took a part
in the last Italian plot.

The funeral of Beranger last week was the occa-
sion of a remarkable display of force upon the part
of the Government. The affair passed off quietly.
Count Nessekale is hourly expected in Paris.
Ferouk Khan and Lord Cowley have both left
Paris,—the first for Belgium, the second for Mar-
seilles and Toulon.

The French journals are warm in their condem-
nation of Lord Palmerston's refusal to entertain the
prospect of the Suez Canal.

_ .
The Emperor continues at Plombieres.
Three out of the five Democratic deputies for
Paris, Cavaignac, Goudchaux, and Carnot, decline
to take the oath.

The Mini'ter of War has determined that the
Zouaves of the Line, as well as those of the Imperial
Huard, shall henceforth be armed with rifles and
sabre bayonets. This measure will increase the
Light Intantry by eleven battalions of picked troops.

AUSTRIA.
The Emperor and Empress of Austria set out on
the 17th for Mariazell, in Styria. The Emperor is

THE PRESS, JULY 25, 1857.

to be at Trieste on the 27th, and inaugurate the
railway. His Majesty will afterwards resume his
journey to Hungary.
The Archduke Maximilian left Vienna on the 20th,
on his return to Brussels.
PRUSSIA.

The King and Queen have returned to Potsdam
from Pillnitz and Dresden. The indisposition from
which the King suffered in Pillnitz was, in spite of
its being in some quarters represented as apoplexy,
only a state of exhaustion, the result of considerable
fatigue undergone in great heat. The King and
Queen have settled to take up their abode in the
Neues Paleis at Potsdam, leaving Sans Souci for the
exclusive accommodation of the Empress Dowager
of Russia. The Empress was expected to arrive on
the P4th, accompanied by the Grand Duke Michael
and his fiancee, the Princess Cecilia of Baden,
together with her mother, the Dowager Grand
Duchess.

The Prince of Wales is now established at Konigs-
winter, in the Hotel de l'Europe, which has been
taken for him and his suite till the end of August.

RUSSIA.

The Emperor was to leavo Kissengen on Thurs-
day for Frankfort and Potsdam, where he is expected
to arrive to-morrow. On the 28th his Majesty and
suite will embark at Stettin, on the return to St.
Petersburg. _ . _