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In consequence of the postponement of the state-trials of the rioters of Ballaarat, it was deemed expedient to retain the 99th regiment some time longer at Melbourne; and a Commission of Inquiry having been ordered by the Government, it was considered further advisable to retain them until all matters were put upon a proper footing. Of the termination of these matters we have elsewhere spoken at length. In the beginning of March, his Excellency having reviewed the 99th regiment, and written a highly complimentary letter to the commanding officer, a General Order appeared, of the same purport, and directing their return to Hobart Town on the 14th, and thus closed the disturbances of Ballaarat.