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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 698, 10 April 1852, Page 3

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[From the South Australian Register] By the arrival at Adelaide of. the Penelope from Singapore, news from Calcutta has been received up to the 9th of November. The Ex-Governor-General of Netherlands India, was the guest of the Depute-Governor of Bengal at Barrackpore, and was to embark in the mail steamer on the Bth November. The Governor-General of India had arranged to return to Calcutta on the 20th January. H. M. ships Fox (Commodore Lambert) and Serpent had arrived at Calcutta. The object of their visit was said to be connected with some projected proceedings against the King ofßurmah, for his unwarrantable treatment of several British subjects and traders. A correspondence had been opened on the subject between the Governor-General and the Commodore, and it was hinted that the-Admiral would shortly proceed with his fleet to make a demonstration at Rangoon, with the view of bringing his Burmese Majesty to terms. Now that the Siamese are on a friendly footing with the British, it is probable that a mere naval demonstration will accomplish all that is desired. The cholera had made its appearance among the crew of H. M. S. Serpent, and had been attended with such alarming mortality that the ship was ordered to sea immediately. The Calcutta Morning Chronicle, of Nov. 9, publishes the following important news received from Peshawar, under date Oct. 21 ;— “Intelligence has just reached us of the death of the Ameer Dost Mahomed, ruler of Cabul, and a fearful scene of anarchy, civil broils, and all the horrors concomitant, has already commenced in that unhappy country. “The Mahajuns, with other peaceable inhabitants, are already flying from the land, some into districts under our rule, others to wherever a state of tranquillity and general safety reigns. “ The annals of Cabul from this time forward will tell a sorrowful tale of atrocities and crimes, and bloodshed most inhuman. It is difficult to conjecture yet what the sequel will be. “It is possible that when satisfied with human gore—when the different scions of royalty have all been swept away and but one remains —a master-hand--matters may settle down into something hke order ; and on the other hand, it is equally possible that British intervention may be necessary to stop, with a puissant arm, their lawless deeds of blood, or perhaps some act of diplomacy may render such interference expedient.”