TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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very frequent infliction on persons of condition. 
Kaulen Mengyi had since appeared in the Lut- 
d’hau, and in the King’s presence, and has 
been carrying on the business of the Govern¬ 
ment, just as usual. It cannot be supposed, 
however, but that the ignominy of such a 
punishment is felt by the person on whom it 
is inflicted; and consequently those who had 
seen the Minister since, described him as being 
low-spirited and downcast. 
By the dispatches which I received from 
Government on the 24th of last month, it was 
intimated to me that an attempt would be made 
to open a communication between Calcutta and 
Ava, by the route of Aracan ; and that dupli¬ 
cates of the dispatches which I received by 
Rangoon would be sent by this new convey¬ 
ance. The Aracan dispatch had been so long 
in coming, that I began to give it up, and was 
of opinion that it had been intercepted and de¬ 
tained like the letters from Munnipore. This, 
I have not the least doubt, would have been the 
case but for the remonstrances made on the sub¬ 
ject of the latter. It at length arrived this day, 
having taken in all two months to reach us, of 
which forty-five days were spent in the route 
from Akyab in Aracan. Our accounts from 
Calcutta, received by way of Rangoon on the 
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