26 OCTOBER 1839, Page 8

The Moniteur of Thursday officially contradicts a report that pass-

ports had actually been sent by the French Government to Don Carlos, The Univers regrets that the French Government had not anticipated the English in the colonization of New Zealand. The same paper re- presents the Baron de Thierry as "a man of character!" and lays much stress on the fact that he had been chosen King by the Chiefs of the islands of Ikanamarvi and Tavai-Pounamou, where he reigns as " Charles the First !"