have seen a very handsome oil painting representing (he wreck of the French corvette Alcmenc , which has been sent out hy theofliccrs of that ili-fated vessel to Colonel Wynyard and the officers of the 38th regiment, as a memorial ol (heir continued and grateful remembrance of tiic hospitality and kindness with which they were treated hero. The inscription is as follows : “La Corvette Francaise L'Alcmene Naufragee le 3 Jain, 1352, cn Zealand. Souvenir dn Commandant D’llarcourt et des Officuers <ie La Corvette, an Colonel Wynyard et aux (Meiers du s&eme Regiment de L’Armee Anglaise. Ihc picture, which is hy a Fpencil pointer, possesses considerable merit as a work of nil, anu in iis richly ornamented frame presents an object Well worth inspection. We understand laat, with a view of gratifying those who may wish iO see if, it will bo placed for a fortnight in the large room of the Masonic Hotel, where it will be open to public inspection.
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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 740, 18 May 1853, Page 2
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