EXTRACTS.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 1, Issue 10, 31 December 1842, Page 3

EXTRACTS.

DEATH OF THE DUKE DE ORLEANS.

This event, of which we recently gave an account, is one of importance to all Europe. We subjoin the following additional intelligence:— The King of the French had addressed the chambers on the subject of the succession of Ins grandson and the appointment of a regency. Both measures seem likely to be carried

without opposition. The Due de Nemours was to be nominated regent, and the Duchess of Orleans guardian, of the two infant children of the Due d'Orleans, the Comte de Paris, and the Due de Chartres.

Previously to proceeding from the Tuideries to the chamber of deputies, the king presided at a cabinet council. On his way to the chamber the King was cheered by all the people. The following is a translation of th# speech: — " Gentlemen, Peers, and Deputies— Under the grief which oppresses me, deprived of that dearly beloved son whom I considered destined to replace me on the throne, and who was the glory and support of my old age, I have deemed it imperative to hasten the moment of your assembling around me. We have together a great duty to fulfil. When it shall please God to call me to himself, it is necessary that France, and the constitutional monarchy be secured against being for a

moment exposed to any interruption of the royal authority. You will, therefore, have to deliberate upon the measures requisite for preventing, during the minority of my beloved grandson, this immense danger. "The ea'amity that has befallen me does not render me ungrateful to Divine Providence, which still preserves to me my children, worthy of all my tenderness and of the confidence of France.

" Gentlemen, let us now secure the repose and s tfety of our own country. At a later period I shall ca'l upon you to resume your .accustomed labours relati e to state affairs."

The following despatch had been addressed by the minister of the interior to the prefects of the several departments throughout France :---

" The minister of the interior to the prefects. The Prince Royal has had a severe fall from his carriage ; he died from the effects thereof at half past four this afternoon. The King has borne this severe blow with his customary firmness. His Majesty is in good health. What a loss for France P* The Courier Francais states that Prince Albert, the consort of her Majesty Queen Victoria, had written a letter to King Louis Phillippe on the late tragical event, couched in terms of the most affecting condolence. The Duke of Wellington had likewise written to his Majesty, expressing his deep regret for the loss the French nation and its sovereign have sustained.

SYDNEY. SMUGGLING.

Tt has been notorious for a long time past that a system of wholesale smuggling in spirits has been carried on 'on these coasts, and that several of our socalled respectable merchants have been implicated in these transactions. The result of the trials against the charterers of the Fair Barbadian, in addition to a little more vigilance on the side of the customs department, will, it is to be hoped, give a check to this disreputable svstem. Mr. Dunlop has been mulcted in £5,000, Mr. Ross in £6,000, in addition to the loss of £3,000 worth of spirits, and the costs of the actions, which have been estimated at £I,OOO, making a total forfeiture of about £ 1.5,000, a sum in these days sufficient to deter most men whose fortunes are not already desperate from engaging in similar enterprises. To put down these disreputable practices is but just to the fair dealer, and beneficial to the public. Whi'e, therefore, due praise is awarded to Captain Browne, who made the seizure, it is to be hoped that the. party who first the information will have his dife share cf the praise and the reward.—Australasian Chronicle,

SOUTH AFRICA,

Fron the "atest Cape papers we learn with satisfaction, that the Port Natal rebels had returned to their allegiance, and that a treaty, had heen entered into with them, to the effect that they were to retain cheir own form of sovernment until the Queen's pleasure should be known. It was the general opinion that the government would form Port Natal into a separate colony, independent of the Cape.

TA FITTI AND TH E MARQUESAS. (From the Australasian Chronicle.) The schooner Sarak Anne, from Tahiti, has brought news of some importance. It appears that tho French government has at length succeeded in putting an end to the disturbances that, existed among the foreigners of different nations settled nt Tahiti The following proclamation issued by Queen Pomare and Rear Admiral Du Petit Thouars, of the French Frigate La Reine Blanche, is now the constitution of the foreign colony settled on the island :

PROCLAMATION. In the name of her Majesty Queen Pomare, Her Majesty the Queen Pomare on the one part, and the Bear Admiral Abel Du Petit Thouars, Commander of the Legion

of Honour, and commanding in chief the Naval Station of Fiance in the Pacific Ocean, on the other.

Taking into consideration the stipulations upon which is founded the protection of his Majesty Louis Phillippe, provisionally granted under reserve of the sanction of the King; and moreover taking into account the impossibility of taking immediately the orders of his Majesty the King of the French ; and considering, moreover, the total absence of laws and regulations which may serve as a basis of society, find themselves under the necessity of founding at Tahiti, a provincial government, to direct the affairs in that which concerns the whites and foreign relations, and to guarantee personal security, the rights and public order. The Queen Pomare and the Pear Admiral Du Petit Thouars resolved : Ist. That a council of government shall be established at Papiete the capital of Tahiti. 2nd. The council is invested conformably to the conditions of the protectorate with the administrative and executive power, and of the foreign political relation? of the government of Queen Pomare. The council of the governmemt is composed of three members, viz.— The Consul of France, Commissioner of the King to the government of her Majesty Queen Pomare.

The military governor of Papiete. The captain of the Port of Papiete. The decisions of the council of the government shall only be taken after deliberation in council, and shall only be executive when pronounced unanimous. Out of the council each of the members shall only preserve the power of which he is especially charged. The council shall only be assembled when convened by the Consul of France, Commissioner of the King, or by the Military Governor of Papiete. Every decision which is not agreed to unanimously, shall be null in its effect } and shall be sent for the decision of the government of the King. The minutes ot all the deliberations of the council, whatever be the result, shall be drawn out and registered upon registers stamned for this purpose. There shall he two true copies of the minutes, signed by all The members of the council in the four and-twenty hours which succeed the session, placed in the chancery of the consulat of France, one to be sent to the Minister of Marine, the other to form part of the archives of the consulat, and to be communicated, if necessary, to those having the right, or to the foreign consuls.

In case of appeal from a judgment to the council of the government, the council shall join to themselves as assessors the consuls of the party concerned ; or, if the affair is mixed, that is to say, between a white man and a native, the consul of the party concerned on the one part, and the governor of the district on the other; in this case, the judgment shall only be given by die majority of voices. There shall be no appeal from the judgment of the council of the government to the government of (he King, but i i criminal matters. The council of the government can in no case pronounce the sentence of death; affairs of this irnpoitance shall be sent for the decision o* the government of the king. All appeals of a judgment given in native affairs, shall be rejected by the council of government, unless itis referred in virtue of a demand in writing of Queen Pomare, who in all cases, and according to the conditions of the protectorate, is reserved the entire administration and jurisdiction over the natives. Civil justice shall he exercised at Tahiti

Ist By tribunals entirely composed of natives" named by the Queen for the affairs among the natives, according to the established custom.

2nd. By the same tribunals, to which sha I be joined to the native jurors ati equal number of white jurors for the mixed tribunals named by the council of the government, who shall ciioose them from the triple list of candidates presented in equal number by each of the foreign consuls for the affairs between the whites and natives, In fact, the whites may refer their affairs to the tribunals of the country, but in this case, all the jurors shall be named by the council of the government, as has been said above, for the jurors of the mixed tribunals.

The foreign consuls shall preserve, until the French and their government be in-

formed, their jurisdiction over their conn trymeu—they can proceed themselves to conciliate them—whether it be by per suasion or arbitration, or in appealing to the tribunal, fo the formation cf which they will contribute in naming the candidates of their countrymen, among which the jurors must be takea in proportional numbers to that, of the nations represented at Tahiti. From the judgment of the tribunal they can again appeal to the judgment of the council of the government, to whom they shafl have the right to be joined as assessors. In fact, they can appeal from the judgment of the tribunal directly to the government of the king. All judgments shall be given after the laws of the country already promulgated ; the natives and whites shall be equal in the eye of the law.

Liberty of worship is proclaimed, the government will afford them an equal pro tectiou ; none can be sought out for his religious opinions, nor constrained in the exercise of his worship. Individual liberty is guaranteed ; none can be arrested but by a written and explained order of the council, after deliberation, and upon r>n unanimons decision.

All property, of whatever description, is guaranteed ; disputes that may arise on this subject, conformably to the reserves made by the Queen, shall be exclusively the resort of the native tribunals; none can be constrained to sell or exchange his property. All white residents at Tahiti must have a certificate of nationality, or be known by the consul of his nation, or, again, taken under the protection of one accredited ; in default of this guarantee, he may be considered as a vagabond, and as such obliged to quit the country. In all cases this judgment cannot be given but after due deliberation of the council of the government, and by unanimity of voices. All persons who would wish to follow commercial pursuits must take out a license; they shall be given gratis until the decision of the government, and by the consent of the council of the government, and enroUed in a public register kept for this purpose; the licenses must be signed by the three members of the government.

The inti rdiction upon the sale of spirituous liquors, pronounced by the laws of Queen Pomare, is maintained. The sale of wines, beer, and other drinkables, not alchholised, cannot be assimilated to that of spirituous liquors, shall continue provisionally to be authorised. Every body's dwelling house is inviolable ; it cannot be entered except they keep public houses, such as hotels, eating houses, taverns, and billiard rooms, but these public places cannot be entered save bv an order of the council, or only of the Military Governor,

Gaming houses are interdicted. All infraction of this shall be severely punished ; and in case of second offe ce, the* person rendering himself guilty shall be to quit the country

All whites who intennedle wi h the affairs between the government of Queen Pomare, and that of the King provision? iillv established, or who by their clamours their intrigues, their calumnies, or their actions, shall seek to trouble public order and good harmony, which is about to be established, can, upon a resolution taken in council by unanimity of voices, be forced to quit the country. Captains of vessels who may enter the Port of Papiete shall be obliged *o make declaration of ihe motive of their coming, at the office of the Captain of the Port, to inform him of the day of the departure, and in paying pilotage and harbour dues fixed by Queen Pomare, these dues shall remain the same until the decision of the King is known, under the acceptance of the protectorate. Whenever the public force shall be necessary to put in execution the orders of the council of the government, the native Governor of Papiete, named by Queen Pomare, shall, at the written order of the council of the government, lend public assistance, if it be required. Speaker to the Queen. (Signed) Pairata. The Rear Admiral Commanding in Chief the Naval Station of France in the Pacific Ocean. (Signed) A. Du Petit Thouars." This arrangement between Queen Pomare and the French government seems to have met the approbation of the British residents at Tahiti, who presented to the Admiral the following address previous

to his departure. The story about " the-' guns oT the Venus," in yesterday's Herald, is the production of our contemporary's' fertile imagination, •• the Venus 7 being; probably in another hemisphere. " Tahiti, September 19, 184*2*1 " The British Residents of Tahiti to the Adniiral Du Petit Thouars, Commander in Chief of the French Force* in the Pacific Ocean.

" Sir, We, the undersigned British residents at Tahiti* beg to return you our thanks for the provisional acceptance «>f the demand of Queen Pomare for the protection of his Majesty the King of rim French, as regards her exterior relations with foreign powers, the government of foreign residents, <fec, <&c. We are happy that an end is now put to the disorder and mal practices that have hitherto characterised this port, and we congratulate ourselves that you have pro tempore, as appears by your proclamation, made such good laws and regulations, and givt-ii such good security for the due protection of pmperty, and for the administration of justice

(Signed) P. Rootoon Alexander Saimnir V.J. A. Newton D. Poole James Argent G, J. Fisher John Hannon Thomas RiW John Cain Richard Davis Joseph Merrick Henry Curtis W.J. Newton William Archbold Henry Rowe Peter Hart William Radcliffe Michael Jones Barnard Barry Fred. Richardson Wm. Hamilton Thomas Eccles George M'Lean John Peck Fdward Buckle John Morriss William Green Peter Reid Samuel Wilson William Skey.

[translation.] "Haibour of Papiete,

"Frigate La Reine Blanche, Sept. 20, 1842. " The Rear Admiral Commander in Chief of the Naval Station of France in the Pacific Ocean to the British Residents at Tahiti.

" Gentlemen,— I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the letter you were kind enough to address to me on the acceptation that 1 have made, " save ratification," of his Majesty Louis Phillippe, King of the French, of the protectorate of the estates of her Majesty Queen Pomare, as well as the exterior sovereignty thereunto belonging. 1 teel myself happy, gentlemen, to receive your sentiments ; it assures me of your concord for. the execution of the measures which I have thought my3elf bound to take tor guaranteeing individual liberty and property, and the public tranquillity, after the departure of La Reine Blanche.

"That the dispositions I have taken may lead to the end so desired and so useful, 1 have purposed to myself to begin that era of prosperity which every one has in prospective, !<ut which olrinot be obtained but under the administration of laws protecting all un-n, and tqually obeyed by every body

" Accept, gentlemen my sincere thanks, the assurance distinguished consideration. \ "The Rear Admiral CorSnander in Chief of the Naval Station of Pacific, (Signed) "A.Du Petit Thouars." The fist steps of the French government in founding a colony at the Marquesas Islands have been singularly unfortunate. The senior officer of the expedition, who was to have been the first Governor of the colony, had landed on one of the islands, accompanied by a iiuard of 14 men, and proceeded to the residence of the King or Chief, with whom he concluded a treaty. Reluming afterwards to his vessel, he was waylaid by some of the natives, who are a very power fill race, of savages, and the whole party were baibarously murdered. The marines who accompanied the expedition afterwards landed, but uo further intelligence has been received. Previous to this unfortunate occurrence the Reine Blanche had sailed for Valparaiso, it was said lor the purpose of conveying a body of troops there stationed to the Marquesas. In this case there can be no doubt that, terrible vengeance will be taken upon these treacherous islanders.