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LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1853.

The intelligence just received from India and the
Cape not only announces the virtual termination of
the Kafir war, and the cessation of that heavy and
very unpopular drain on the national exchequer,
but it also affords grounds for a reasonable expec-
tation that the Burmese war has been brought to
a conclusion, and ample atonement made for the
injuries which induced the Anglo-Indian Govern-
ment to demand redress, and, on the contuma-
cious refusal of the KING of Ava, to institute hos-
tilities. It is not, however, to the energy or
activity of the octogenarian General of the British
troops that this happy result can in any degree be
attributed. No ; General GODWIN has main-
tained his character to the last. All the stimu-
lants that have been so freely applied proved ina-
dequate to excite the modern FABIUS into acti-
vity ; and, if we have succeeded in the contest,
it has been in spite of rather than in consequence
of the proceedings of the veteran commander.
Domestic disturbances, however, have achieved
the result which the British arms, under the
great Ceruetator, could not accomplish within any
reasmab.e time. A formidable revolution, insti-
gated and commanded by a junior member of the
Royal Family of Ava—a brother to the reigning
MorrAncir—has taken place. The army support
the claims of the Pretender, and it is more than
probable that the SOVEREIGN who, by his con-
temptuous disregard of the remonstrances ad-
dressed to him respecting the misconduct of cer-
tain officials, has expiated his offences by the for-
feiture of his throne, if not of his life. Under
such circumstances, it is by no means surprising
that unequivocal submission should be made, and
abundant reparation promised. The severe les-
sons already taught, the universal dissatisfaction
expressed by the Burmese people, proved to the
new aspirant to the throne, the imperative
necessity of conciliatirig the powerful opponent
that might ere long be thundering at the gates of
his capital. The Burmese troops were accordingly
withdrawn from Bassein and Pegu, so that our
troops were left in exclusive possession of these
important provinces ; and ambassadors were at the
same time dispatched to the English camp with
plenary powers to conclude peace with the invad-
ers. Such an opportunity will, of course, not be
neglected, even by General GODWIN. As it is
neither our interest nor our wish to annex the
Burmese Empire,
or to substitute a British Com-
missioner, or a British Collector for the "golden-
footed monarch,'' all that we can desire is to obtain
full satisfaction for the past, and the best possible
security for future tranquillity. These matters
the new King will be as willing to concede as we
are determined to enforce.ilbewis
himll rejtooiceatthegolden opportunity which enablesle
inaugu-
rate the commencement of his reign byoapeace
with the Conquerors of flind„tan—
thse who
now wield the power and authority once exercised
by the MOGUL.
The intelligence would be altogether of a satis-
factory character but for a melancholy tv,„saction,
in which the lives of several meritorious ()facers
and many gallant men have been sacrificed. Cap-
tail]. GLANVILLE LOCK, one of the most distin-
guished and energetic officers of the Royal Navy_
and it requires no ordinary merit to acquire dis-
tinction among such eminent competi tors -- has
fallen iu a petty, we will not call it an inglorious,
skirmish, for nothing can be inglorious in which a
man is ably and efficiently discharging his duty to
his QUEEN and country. In an attack against a
body of robbers who had taken up a strong posi-
tion near Donabau, Captain LOCK met his death.
His premature and lamented decease was not
cheered by victory. The British attack was most
unequivocally repulsed, with a loss of 88 men
killed and wounded, and two guns (!) which re-
mained as spolia °pink in the hands of their
ignoble adversaries. Lieutenant KENNEDY, R.N.,