CALCUTTA.

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CALCUTTA.

'.. The Galatea arrayed at Cajcntta on the j^H^jpfe^Jnb^i; vvHif iß7^ali|p[i|li4ss tlie!Duke of Edinburgh; imnj ediately . landed, land was.Tepeiived, by jthe Governprj-G(?ne- ; jial, the (jrijyerhiiaentij of Madraaand Bom-; 'bay r and' other" high "Indian bffifeials. A :^*at?=pfocessi<in was forn.ed, and jfche.r.eceptjLqn, was. altogether ..nagnificen^ ..Jiyp ■ mehse crowtls 1 of the city to see the firat Prince of tie Royil FapniljV _ who visited the great Empire of Jßrtaiii' in the East. The Duke is to be invested with the order of the Star of India, The work of retrenchment is actively 7 going on in all the presidencies. ;-:iAi A serious outbreak of the convict's occurred at the gaol at Rangoon. The governor of the gaol was killed^ the under-

gaoler wounded. Eleven convicts were Shot.. ■...:■-/;•„■ ; ■ ■■ •' ■ ; : A cftrnmeroial treaty has been signed between Austria; and Siam. ■';■•■: H:M.:S::-Bryad. rescued 146 slaves on the coast of Madagascar. . Fever rages throughout the Punjaub.: Heavy floods occurred at Madras. Haifa million : of persons died at Rajpootuna from want, during the last two years of famine^ The famines which have occurred recently in India jire attributed, by some to th^'increase of cotton cultivation and the negleot of the- growth of grain. The survey of the Rangoon and Promo Railway is about to begin.