By the arrival of the schooner Dauntless, we, Southern Cross, have five days’ later news than what came to hand by the s.s. Star of the South. From files to hand which extend to the 10th February, we make the following extracts: The Dido left on Sunday morning with re turned laborers for landing at their several homes. The officers seem much pleased at the early prospect of a return to England, she having been on this service for some time. We have at present the most varied assort ment of coins in Levuka, but we shall soon have a fresh importation from Tahiti, as the Paris mint has just coined 10,000 francs worth of centimes, which were immediately put in circulation, the lack of this small change causing a great prejudice to pur chasers. Fancy counting out 60 coppers for a nobbier ; for 5 centimes make a sou, and 20 sous go to a franc. The Dido returned on Thursday afternoon from Macusta coast, bringing Ritova and some others. The two chiefs charged with murder were conveyed here, and handed over to the police on arrival. Our quasi-military magnates appear doing a bit of privileged kidnapping, if the follow ing items supplied to us are reliable:— “ About a week before Christmas, Aroni, a native belonging to Matai Eeri, a town in Tai Levu, was taken to Levuka by a brother of Ko mai Namino, to be made a soldier, greatly against his wish. He refused to go with the messenger, saying he did not wish to leave his wife and child, but was, in the middle of the night, compelled by force and handcuffed, and in that manner removed. After being taken to Levuka he was dis missed back again, being rejected on account of some infirmity. A man named Vuni Valu was also taken away from Dou Samu, another town in Tai Levu, also against his will.” Some few months since we were favored (says the Times'), by Mr W. H, Fitzgerald with a sight of the diagram of a new descrip tion of a boat to be propelled without steam, sails, or oars. Since then Mr Fitzgerald has been busy at work, at Laucala, Rewa, con structing a vessel on the plan of the diagram, to give his invention a practical test. 