The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-08 00:00:00

FRAN CE.

We read in the Debats—" Accounts have been
received from Tahiti to the 24th June ; they mention
the arrival of the squadron under the command of
Captain Page, and his installation as Governor at
Papeiti. The Moselle, with the three political pri-
soners of Lyons, MM. Gent, Ode, and Longomazino,
arrived at.Nouka• Hive on the 2d. Captain Page found
at Tel o-Hai, in Nouka-Hive, the remnants of the
establishment which had been founded there some years
since by the French, but which had been abandoned
for the last three years. Everything will therefore
have to be done for the accommodation of the above
transported men and their families. It will be neces-
sary to construct a house for each of them, and to
secure the proper surveillance over them. During
their voyage the convicts kept much aloof from each
other, but on one or two occasions their quarrels ren-
dered the interference of the captain of the Moselle
necessary ; the remainder of the time they scarcely
exchanged a word, and it is probable that the same
coolness will continue when they have tahen posses-
sion of their houses on shore. The country is fine,
tied the soil admirably rich; the bay forms
almost a circle surrounded by high mountains,
but which, however, are not inaccessible, as has
been long supposed. Captain Page, on arriving
at Papeiti, received the direction of affairs from the
hands of Commandant Bonard, who has returned to
France by the Thisl.L At the momee, when the
new Governor landeo, le's ship, the Artecnise, fired
a salute of 15 guns, an 1 another salute of the same
number was fired 13 entering i. residence.
Commandant Bonarti, pis predecessor, was there
to receive him, and presented to him the foreign
consuls, the civil and military officers, &c. On
the same day, the new Governor went to the re-
sidence of Queen Pomar6. Her Majesty received
him in It salon, furnished completely in the Euro-
pean style; her husband, and all her family were
present. The Governor handed her a letter from the
Prince President, a magnificent ring, with the arms
of the Prince, and some rich presents for herself
and her children. The Queen both understands
French and English, but she only speaks her own
language; the conversation is therefore carried on
by means of an interpreter. Two days afterwards
she returned the visit of the Governor, accompanied
by her husband. The Queen was dressed in a blouse
of black satin, embroidered with coloured silk; she
had a rice straw bonnet profusely ornamented with
roses, and the other parts of her attire added to the
strange appearance of the dress and the bonnet. The
King is a tall muscular man of colossal strength;
he had a coat of blue velvet, embroidered with gold,
white cashmire trowsers with gold bands, a very
handsome sabre, white gloves, and red slippers, and
he had, on his head an enormous drum-major's cap
surmounted by a feather, which rivalled in height the
cocoa-nut trees round the house. The persons who
accompanied the Queen were far from being so well
dressed ; many of them only wore a garment indis-
pensable for decency sake. The Queen has a daughter
about 16 years of age, who is pretty and intelligent."