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Governor's house, who, since the exile of the Queen, has
occupied her habitation. Every act of the French Go-
vernment in this , island shows the animus against
the Queen. I could swell your columns, did I mention
the daily acts of oppression which, are being committed.
The above I vouch for as

A BRITISH OFFICER.
No. 1.
POMARE'S LETTER TO THE CHIEFS.
Health to you all. I make known to you that our
ship of war is about to leave• it has been sent for by the
Admiral to return to Oahu. There is here a small ship
of war to watch over us; another is coming. Do not
listen to the men who will pain you by reporting that
we shall not be assisted. Britain will not cast us off.
Let our conduct be good, and wait until the dispatches
arrive.

This is my word to
you; do not on any account cause
evil to grow. By no means ill-treat the Frenchmen.
Have great patience.
Take me for a pattern, and fol-
low me, and let all of us pray very earnestly to God that
he may deliver us from our trial's, as be formerly did
Hezekiah. Peace be with you all. POMARE.

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NYo.b2.

FRENCH ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OCEAN.
In the name of the King of the French. The Governor
of the French Possessions to the people of Otaheite.
Taaniri, Kaheahu, Potowai, and 'l'eraitane refused to
listen to my word of peace ; in consequence I declare.
them rebels.

Their goods shall be put under sequestration. Eight
days are given them to make their submission. The
district affording them refugo shall be laid under a con-
tribution, which shall be fixed according to the import-
ance of the district.

The persons friendly to peace and the laws remain
tranquil under the protection of France. The severity
of the laws shall reaab the guilty.
Done at Papeete, the lith of February, 1844.
BRUAT.
No. 3.
FRENCH ESTABLISHMENT IN OCEANIA.

The Commandant for the time being of the Society
Islands declares what follows, viz.:—

Art. 1. Until the return of his Excellency the Go-
vernor, the establishments of the bay comprised between
Cocoanut Point and the barracks of the Uraine are de-
clared in a state of siege. f„,,

2. All Europeans and native residents must be within
their houses at evening gun-fire, and not receive any
person after that hour.
3. After evening gun-fire until that of morning, the
patroles, commanded by an officer, and police rounds,
commanded by a commissary of police, can demand en-
trance or open by force and search any house that may
appear suspicious, or in which they may suspect a meet-
ing of persons besides those who inhabit the house.
4. At evening gun-fire all the fires in the native
houses must be put out.
5. The boats of foreign ships,- of whatsoever nation,
must have left the beach at evening gun-fire, taking with
them their whole crew and all the passengers who have
come -on shore during the day. It is forbidden that any
officer, sailor, or passenger should sleep on shore.
6. From one gun-fire to the other, foreign ships are
warned that, besides the shots to which they would ex-
pose their men in sending a boat on shore, the crew of
the boat will be arrested, and the boat immediately sunk
or destroyed.
7. If the patrol or rounds of Gendarmerie find in the
houses which they visit people who do not reside there,
besides the arrest of those persons, of that of the pro-
prietor, the confiscation or immediate destruction of all
wine, alcohol, or other spirits,_ the houses may be de-
stroyed, and their materials transported, at the conve-
nience of the commandant for the time being, to con-
struct guard-houses, magazines, or useful shelter for the
garrison.
8. Whether the establishment preserves its tranquillity,
or that it should become disturbed by any cause, it is ex-
pressly forbidden to Europeans and native Indians to
leave their houses. Those who do not conform to this
order will expose themselves not only to arrest, but to
the 'fire of the patrol.
9. The agents of the native police, whose duty it is to
watch at night, shall come each night to the barracks of
the Gendarmerie, which they will not leave for their
duty without a light, and accompanied by a French Gen-
darmerie.

10. The officers of the establishments whose duty or,
any other motive shall require their being out of their
house after gun-fire must have a light.
11. At evening gun-fire, all whale-boats and canoes
belonging to residents or natives must be hauled up at
least ten times the length of the boat from highwater-
mark. Any boat or canoe found afloat after 8 o'clock
will be sunk or destroyed.
12. All whale-boats, boats, canoes manned by natives,
or containing any who may come into the bay, or who
may wish to leave it during the day, must come to the
station-house, that they may be searched, to make sure
that they do not contain alcohol, wines, munitions of
war, arms, or anything suspicious.
13. Boats of French men-of-war who wish to come on
shore, or remain there, after gun-fire, must be provided
with a light as well as the officers of the fleet.
14. It is forbidden to strangers and natives to fire or
explode boxes, whether by day or night, in the whole
space in the state of siege. Transgressors will be arrested,
their arms seized, and their houses searched.
D'AUBIGNY, Commandant.
(A Trne Cop
GUILLAN, Captaiyn.) of the Corvette com-
manding the Harbour.
Papeete, March 2, 1844.
No. 4.
FRENCH ESTABLISHMENT IN THE OCEAN.
A French sen-timel was attacked in the night of the 2d
to the 3d of March.

In reprisal I have caused to be seized one Pritchard,
the only daily mover and instigator of the disturbance
of the natives. His property shall be answerable for all
damage occasioned to our establishments by the insur-
gents ; andif French blood is spilt, every drop shall
recoil on his head. D'AU BIGNY,
Commandant Particular of the Society Islands.
Papeete, March 3.

THE ROBBERY AT THE BIR
MING-HAM BANK.

BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY EVENING.—As was to be an-
ticipate& from the very prompt measures taken by Mr.
Stephens, Superintendent of Police, the young man
Warner, who ran off on Thursday last from the above
bank, with twelve hundred pound notes, has been appre-
hended. He was taken into custody on Saturday even-
ing, in Chester, in a state of drunken insensibility, and
conveyed this morning to our police-office. He arrived
in care of Mr. Hill and Mr. Mitchell, constables, and was
placed in the dock, before 3. Bolton and T. Beilby,
Esqi., borough magi strates.
Mr. Ingieby, solicitor, appeared for the Banking Com-
missioners, and Mr. John Suckling for the prisoner.
George Mitchell, constable, ofChester, deposed that on
Saturday evening,-about eight o'clock, as he was walking
through iVatergate-street, in the above town, he saw the
prisoner furiously driving a horse and gig, and evidently
incapable of guiding the animal. Seeing that he was in
_danger of doing mischief he went up to him, and endea-
voured to persuade him to come down out of the gig, but
he would not consent, and resisted him very much. He
(witness) however insisted upon him giving up the con-
trol of the horse, and he conveyed the prisoner to the
Yacht Hotel, and asked the landlord to take care of him
until he became sober. The landlord said he would, and
he, Mitchell, then deemed it right to search him, in order
to secure any money he might have, previous to his
going up stairs to bed. He then searched his right hand
trousers pocket, and found in it nine sovereigns and
14s. 6d., and some copper money. He then found a
bundle of papers, containing twelve 51. notes of the bank
of Wolverhampton, and in another roll of paper he found
eleven 1001. notes. As soon as he counted the, money
he put the prisoner to bed, and gave information to Mr.
Hill, the superintendent of the district, who imme-
diately went to the hotel and examined the prisoner,
and= finding his fingers shrivelled up, •as had been de-
scribed in the advertisement, 'he said he was the man he
wanted.
Mr. Hill handed in the notes which he had obtained.
Mr. Ingleby requested that they might be marked and
given. over to the care of Mr.. Smith, the manager of the
bank.

The Magistrates said they would allow the money to
be given up.
Mr. George Allen, cashier, deposed that on Thursday
morning last he received from the Birmingham branch
of the Bank of England notes for two cheques, which he
deposited in a drawer in the bank in which the prisoner
was clerk. One cheque was for 3,5001., and the other for
2,5001. He knew that there were twelve 1001. notes
among those he had so received, but he could not tell
the numbers, neither could he depose to the loss of the
notes. All he knew was what he had heard. _ _

Mr. John Perry, clerk to the bank, deposed that in
making up his accounts-he missed 1,0401. He knew that
twelve 1001. notes were abstracted from onedrawer. He
could not, however, state the specific numbers which had
been so taken.

Mr. Ingleby said he could prove all that by the clerk
at the bank where the notes were obtained. As the
prisoner had only just arrived, he had not had time to
procure all the necessary witnesses.
The. Magistrates remanded the prisoner till Thursday.

RICHARD DADD, the PARRICIDE.
ROCHESTER, JULY 29.—This morning, during the
sitting of a full bench of county magistrates at the
police-office of Messrs. Essell, Hayward, and Essell,
College-green, in this city, an announcement was made
to them of the arrival of Richard Dadd. the supposed
murderer, jn the custody of Mr. May, of the K division
of police, with Sergeant Shaw, of the A division, who
were dispatched by the Secretary of State, Sir James
Graham, to France, to claim his person from the French
authorities. The prisoner was confined in a lunatic
asylum at Clermont, about 30 miles distance from Beau-
vais, to the right of Paris, which place they left on Fri-
day morning. The prisoner, who was pinioned by the
arms, and wore a large military blue cloak, alighted
with the' officers from a carriage. He wore rather a
lengthened beard, and hair over his upper lip. On his
entering the office, he with a firm step entered the dock.
There was a visible wildness of expression in his face,
and his eyes wandered over the whole court.
Mr. Hayward, the clerk, having prepared an infor-
mation against the prisoner, exhibited by Thomas
Cooper Bines, a constable of Chatham, charging the
prisoner with the murder of Robert Dadd, the prisoner's
father, in Cobham-park, the seat of the Earl of Darnley,
on the evening of the 23d of August, 1843.
Bines, the officer, prayed for a remand, to enable him
to procure the several witnesses to establish the case of
the murder against the prisoner.
The information was read over to -the prisoner, who,
with en expression of wildness, said, You say lam the
murderer, you b—y villain."
The Rev. George Davies, Chairman, observed, the in-
formation having been read over, have you anything to
say, prisoner, why you should not stand remanded ?
Prisoner.—No, nothing.
The Magistrates then remanded the prisoner for one
week,' and to be brought up again next Monday.
On the prisoner leaving the office,' he turned to the
Court, and said, " It is true, and I have got the money."
The prisoner was again placed in the carriage, and
conveyed away. in custody of a.r. May and Sergeant
Shaw for Maidstone gaol. The arrival of this unfortu-
nate young man in his native place has caused the great-
est sensation, as the whole of his family was well known
and much respected,

MURDER' DURING THE HONEYMQON.—An inquest
was held on Tuesday last in Freshford, by Mr. William J.
Maher, one of our county coroners, on the body of a man
named Thomas Meany, who, it appeared in evidence,had
been married only three weeks, and had then gone to lodge
in Freshford. About a week since Meany went to Dublin to
transact some business, leaving his wife behind ; on the day
of his departure a man named Thomas Lannan went to see
the wife, and called himself her brother. While this man re-
mained at Freshford he employed a car-driver out of
that town to bring him a pennyworth 'of Spanish flies
from Kilkenny, alleging that he wanted them for a
horse. Thomas Lannan left Freshford on Friday
week, and on that evening the deceased man returned to
his wife in good health, and went early to bed. About 10
o'clock that night the wife came to the woman in whose
house they lodged, and asked her for a glass of cordial for
her husband; the cordial was given to her; the woman
first tasted it, and in about an hour after the wife came
down, saying that her husband was not well, upon which
the family of the house went to the room of deceased,
and he told them that the drink which his wife had
given him was burning his mouth and stomach. A
doctor was then sent for, but in the interim the wife
removed what her husband had discharged from his
stomach, and cleaned the glass in which the cordial had
been. The deceased made a dying declaration that
the poison was given him by his wife, and he sus-
pected .one Thomas Lannan to be her accomplice. The
jury foimd, " That Thomas Meany came by hisLdeath
in consequence of poison having been administered to
him by his wife; Catherine Meany ; and we find the
said Catherine Meany guilty of wilful murder, and
strong suspicion attaches to one Thomas Lannan as an
accomplice." , The parties were strangers in Preshford,
and are. now, we understand, lodged M our county
gaol; where they await their trial for the awful crime
which they have committed.—Kilkenny Moderator.
ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAM-BOAT WITH Loss
or LIFE.—It appears that the Newcastle steam-tug boat
was proceeding down the River, and when off Herne -
Bay one of the paddle-wheels ceased. to revolve, having
"hung," as it is called, upon the centre. Crofter, who
was the second mate of the vessel, accompanied by the
engineer, immediately jumped upon the paddle-box, and
opening the trap-door on the top endeavoured with their
feet to force round the wheel in its proper direction,
.when, by some unaccountable cause, it became reversed,
and, by its contrary motion, caught the feet of both, and
they were drawn immediately through the aperture, and
jammed with great violence between the paddle-box and
the floats of the wheel. The engine was immediately
stopped, and both men were extricated, but they pre-
sented a most horrid appearance, having been dreadfully
lacerated and crushed. At this moment a homeward-
bound Indiaman was observed, when the captain of the
steamer, with great, presence of mind, ran alongside, in
the hope of a surgeon being on board. Such proved to be
the case, and the two, men were taken on board, and
very kindly treated-and attended to, but, unfortunately,
before they arrived at Gravesend, Crofter died, and the
other young man is in a dangerous state at Gravesend.
INFANTICIDE.—Yesterday morning a very long in-
quiry was held before Mr. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, at the
Lambeth workhouse, touching the death of a newly-born
female child, the illegitimate offspring of Faith Bowerman,
who resided with her brother and sister, at 38, Belvidere-
road, Lambeth. SOme particulars have appeared. The in-
quest was postponed, principally to allow time for the reco-
very of the young woman. " She had been taken before the
Magistrate at Union-hall Police-court, and -was fully com-
mitted to the Central Criminal Court to take her trial on the
capital charge of murder. Upon the re-assembling of the
jury yesterday, the Coroner inquired whether the accused was
present to hear the evidence, and he was told that she was
in Horsemonger-lane gaol; awaiting the approaching Old
Bailey trials. The Coroner replied that so far from the ad-•
journment having a beneficial effect, it had worked exactly
opposite to what he intended. He thought it nothing but
right that the accused should have an opportunity of hear-
ing the evidence, and had he been properly infokmed that
she wished to leave the workhouse, he would have made
out a summons and placed it in the hands of the constable.
At the inquest. yesterday the. evidence was .merely a repe-
tition of what previously appeared. The jury, after a short
cAnsiiltation, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against
Faith Bowerman."
PITMEN'S STRIKE.—We regret to state that the
strike still continues without any material change, for though
oil tbe one hand, we hear of additional numbers going to
work, on the other the general spirit of the strike seems as
unbroken as ever, and the determination to hold out, on the
part of the great body of the men, as unlike giving way as it
was three months ago. This' distressing state of affairs can-
not, however last much longer—it must, as a matter of ne-
cessity, be brought to a close shortly by one means or another,
and the longer that is delayed the greater will be the suffer-
ing and bad .consequences .resulting frbm it.--Newcastle
Chronicle.

ROYAL SEA-BATHING IN-
FIRMARY.
Yesterday the subscribers to this Institution, which is
situate at Margate, and is supported by voluntary subscrip-
tions, for the purpose of affording sea-bathing to the poorer
classes, in cases of illness requiring it, held their annual
meeting, at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. Benjamin
Bond Cabbell, Esq., took the chair, supported by a great
number of the donors and subscribers to the Institution.
Alderman Gibbs, the treasurer, read the annual statement of
accounts, which stated that the life subscriptions for the past
year had been 251/. 10s., and subscriptions and donations to
229/. ss. 9d. ; the collections at four chapels to more than
400/. ; cash received from parishes and patients, 949/. 15s. sd. ;
and the Val receipts to 3,462/. 18s. The disbursements
for the -year had been, for building and repairs,
830/. 14s. S. ; and the balance in hand was found to be
349/. 9s. Bd. Ths accounts were passed, with an assurance
from the Visiting Committee that the Institution was
going on prosperously—that the facilities afforded to
poor patients were greater than rich patients could
obtain at the same place—and that not one farthing of
debt was owing by the Institution. A resolution was passed
suggesting the necessity of taking some measures to procure
a more regular income for the use of the Institution than has
hitherto been obtained, and recommending an appeal to the
Life Governors to contribute an annual subscription, which,
if successful, might greatly relieve the • amount of patients'
board, which the directors were now obliged to charge in
order to make use of every ward in the Infirmary. It was
also agreed that an appeal be made to the London Hospitals
to take beds for the use of such of the hospital patients as
required sea-bathing. The main point of the day was the
passing a most unanimous and cordial vote of thanks to Al-
derman Gibbs as treasurer. Mr. D. W. Wire rose to move a
resolution of thanks to a much-maligned and undeservedly-
abused individual, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, for the assiduous at-
tention and unwearied exertion he had shown in attending the
meetings-of the Institution, collecting subscriptions for it, and
generally attending to its interests.. He (Mr. W.) was one of
those-who knew Aid. Gibbs, and he also knew hits tube incapa-
ble of those actswhich had been charged upon him by meetings
packed and secret, from which reporters from the public
press were excluded, and garbled, incorrect, and unfair re-
ports sent out to suit those who were his enemies. lie (Mr.
Wire) considered that the greatest'faults of Mr. Alderman
Gibbs had been that he had too long left uncontradicted
and uninterfered with the abominable and untrue tales
which had been circulated to his prejudice ; but a time
would come when he would be able, as candidate for the
highest office in the City, to prove his character and honesty.
In the meantime the votes of thanks passed to him by the
bodies of charitable and Civic institutions would best prove
the estimation he was held in by those who best knew him.
He then moved his resolution, which was extremely compli-
mentary to Alderman Gibbs. Mr. Eddison seconded the mo-
tion, which was carried unanimously. Alderman Gibbs ab-
stained in reply from any observation apart from the meeting
itself. He left his character to a future occasion, and a more
fitting and public place. He had been treasurer of this
society since 1811, and he hoped to be spared to render it
further assistance. The meeting then separated.

THE LATE TESTIMONIAL TO
MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER.

The following speech was delivered by Mr. B. Webster,
at the Haymarket Theatre, on Saturday night, on the
occasion of the presentation of an elegant epergne to the
above-named gentleman :
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—l am not much addicted to
speaking in the situation of a public man, except as an
actor, for there are certain events in a man's life that
language cannot express. In that situation lam now
placed by your kindness.—(Applause.) If anything on
earth could enhance the value of this memorial of my
humble exertions, it is that you have, selected as the
organ of your gift the mother of the stage, the most ac-
complished actress that ever adorned the profession in
this country—Mrs. Glover.—(Cheers.) In my boyhood, I
looked on her with reverence, and in my more mature
years I look on her with delight to find that added years
only shed more lustre on her talent. 1 have, and I own it
with pride, endeavoured to make the little theatre in the
Haymarket a home for English actors and authors. Your
zealous co-operation has enabled me todo so successfully ;
and while I live to conduct it, it shall be an English thea-
tre to the backbone. My excellent friend, Mrs. Glover,
among other kind expressions, spoke of my dear
children. (Mr. Webster here paused for a time, ap-,
parently overcome by his feelings). They shall not be
left with a bad name—(Cheers)—they shall be able to
look at this token of their father's exertions with honest
pride, or your valued present shall never be bequeathed
to them. I stated at the commencement, Ladies and
Gentlemen—my family I might say with more propriety
—(Applause)—that 1 was unable to do justice to my
feelings. I now repeat it. This is an era in ray life
that must ever be held in my most grateful recollection,
and I can only say in conclusion, Ladies and Gentlemen,
friends, and brother and sister artists—thank you, thank
you, and God bless you all."
Mr. Webster, at the conclusion of his address, was
greeted with loud applause ; and Mr. Strickland, Mr.
Buckstone, and Mrs. Glover, shook him warmly by the
hand, and some laughter was excited by the manner in
which Mr. Webster, in returning the compliment, saluted
the lady.
Mr. Webster then proposed the health of his estimable
friend Mr. Carter, the treasurer, in a feeling speech,
which was responded to with great enthusiasm.
The health of "Mrs. Webster and children" was
iext given, and "Success to the Haymarket" was drunk
with acclamation.

FROST, WILLIAMS, AND tiONES.-011T Monmouth
correspondent has received a letter from a friend in
Hobart Town, dated March 8, 1844, in which the writer
states—" I often see Frost, Williams, and Jones; the
former lives a few doors from me, at a grocer's ; he is
in the• counting-house ; Williams is a constable ; and
Jones is a guard to the mail." The above may be relied
on as correct.—Gloucester Journal.

DEATH OF DR. DALTON.—MANCHESTER, MONDAY
MORNING.—This distinguished philosopher, who has con-
tributed so much to science, more especially to discoveries in
chemistry, expired at his residence in this town on Saturday
morning. During the last few days of his existence he ap-
peared to be in good health, and on Saturday morning he
rose about half-past six o'clock (his usual hour), and was
attended by his servant. The servant left the room for a few
minutes, and on his return found the Doctor in a state of in
sensibility. Medical aid was immediately sent for, but before
the arrival of his surgeon, Mr. Ransome, he expired, appa-
rently without much pain. As a private gentleman 'Pr.
Dalton was most amiable, and as a philosopher much esteemed
and respected by scientific men. He died in his 78th year.
SUICIDE AT BATTERSEA.—On Saturday afternoon
an old woman, named Lewis, living in Morocco-place, Bat-
tersea-bridge-road, terminated her existence by nearly se-
vering her head from her body with a razor. 'The deceased
was seventy-three years of age, had been a widow for a
long period, and for twenty years had received out-door
relief. She was accustomed to work in the market gardens,
and the gentry of Battersea being very kind to her, distress
could not have prompted her to commit so dreadful a crime,
and no other motive can be assigned.
There are two things which are at present engag-
ing the gossip of the town. The one, the rapid strides the
Polka has made in the good graces of all classes. The other,
the singular virtues contained in a little lozenge. While the
former is provoking the followers of " Terpsichore" to join in
its graceful dance, the other is giving sweetness and power to
the human voice, and. drawing more closely the lovers of
" Thalia" to her side. The far-famed Dr. Stolberg, of Frank-
fort, the inventor of the Voice Lozenge, will have a glorious
monument erected in never-dying cadences to his memory;
the_vocal tones of our brilliant singers being rendered more
enchanting by his aid, and the amateur being raised higher
in the estimation of his private admirers.—Court Gazette.
DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL EDWARD SCOTT.—
We have to announce the death of the above gallant officer,
who died on Friday last, at his residence at Bath, at the
advanced age of eighty-two years. The deceased had served
with distinction in the 96th Foot, at St. Domingo, in 1794
and 1795; and was, on his return to this country, sent with
his corps to Ireland, for the suppression of the Irish rebel-
lion in '9B. He accompanied the expedition to the Ferrol
and Cadiz, under Sir James Pulteney ; afterwards re-
paired to Egypt for the campaign of 1801, and was present
at nearly all the engagements in that year, including the
actions of the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March, in which last he
was severely contused on the breast by a musket-ball. For
his services in Egypt he was rewarded with a medal, and had
the Order of the crescent conferred upon him by the Turkish
Government. His commission was dated as follows :—En-
sign, June 29, 1780; Lieutenant, August 4, 1781 ; Captain,
June, 30, 1790; Major, September 1, 1795; Lieutenant-Co-
lonel, January 1, 1801; Colonel, July 25, 1810; and Major-
General, June 4, 1813. _ . .

METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. - Yesteda.r, by
direction of the Coinmissioners of the Woods and 1. orests,
workmen were employed. in making the excavations for the
new sewer, which is to paj.s down the centre of the street
that is to connect Holborn with Oxford-street, and which
will be about 2,000 feet in length, the new street being
about 1,800 feet long. It is expected that this will take
about six weeks to complete; and when finished, the new
roadway will be carried out as fast as possible, as water and
gas-pipes will have to be laid down. The cellars onahe
south side, from Oxford-street to Charlotte-street, have the
southbeen removed, so that there is now an open thoroughfare
from Oxford-street to Bedford Chapel. In various other
parts the cellars are also formed, and the street throughout
is exhibiting the intended line. In a few days, on the houses
in Holborn being removed, there will be a clear view of Ox-
ford-street from Holborn.
. On Sunday last the Rev. Mr. Brasbie read his pub-
lic recantation from the errors of Popery, in Dingle Church.
The fact of a priest abjuring Popery caused great excitement,
and the magistrates having got full notice that the mob were
determined-to execute Lynch law on the priest on his road to
the church, they took full precautions to preserve the' peace.
'Before service commenced the townspeople were astonished
to see the Hon. Captain Plunkett- of, her Majesty's steamer
Strombeli, march into town • from Ventry, with a
force of about one I hundred men, including the
marine artillery and marines, with drums and colours.
This fine body of men, armed to the teeth, having
joined the, seamen and marines .of her Majesty's brigantine
the Lynx,, ,under thecommand of Captain Nott, presented
such an. iinposing appearance that. we 'need 'scarcely say
everything passed on very quietly. The coast'guards from
the surrounding stations were marched to church fullY-armed'
and toiiveyed the Rev. Gentleman to the house of the Rev.
Mr. Gayer, where he at present remains. Mr. Gilman, our
active sub-inspector, had all his police ready to turnout at a
moment's notice. Dingle, for the last ' twenty years, never
presented such a force.—Kerry Evening Post.
THE .GOLD DusT.,----The great fortunes that were
expected to be made off:the substance brought by the guano
ships to the Clyde, and ;which was thought to contain gold,
have ended in making good the' trite saying that " it is not
anzPlii.that ;Uttar:is" the analysis having shown that not a
panicle' of sOld is- contained in it.Giasow Evenina Post.