NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE telegrams received throughout the week about Burmese affairs have been satisfactory, but they are not quite conclusive. It is stated that the King had explained the reception of General Leeseetahi to Sir Douglas Forsyth, had pledged himself to respect the Karennee country claimed by the British, and had agreed to allow the free passage of British troops to the frontier of Western China. This news was to the 23rd, and comes both from Rangoon and Simla. On the other hakud, Sir Douglas Forsyth was com- pelled to receive his audience'without his shoes, —that is to say, the King resigns none of his pretensions—a Chinese army is eeported -to_ be gathering at Momein, and stocks had fallen in Calcutta tin the report of that assemblage. It is quite possible, therefore, that the. King is merely gaining time to allow his allies to join him, and it is needful to await an official despatch an- Kouncing that the Viceroy is contented. The entire matter de- pettds upon decisions which have been taken at Pekin, and which will be revealed to Europe only through Chinese action.
