The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-19 00:00:00

EVENING, APRIL 19, lB5O.

mountains are inhabited by natives who spend their
whole lives in killing the unfortunates who live on the
beach; every native is armed with a muskot or a
huge club; lives in this manner are lost every day.
About thirty w hite people are resident on the island,
and have formed for themselves a small village, well
protected by a wooden stockade. Some years since the
natives drove them off the island, and did them great
mischief, as killing their live stock; now all are on
good 'terms, the whites in appearance are as ferocious-
looking as the natives. The natives are cannibals; feasts

are quite common, human bones lie in profusion on the
beach—all are killed with the club. The Chief spent a
pest deal of his time on hoard, and brought presents
such •s he had to all who treated him Bell, and

amused us in the evening by making a number of his
subjects sing the feast and war songs. and such hideous
yells I never heard; on one occasion several women came
to see the ship, including the whole of the Royal Family,
they wear the same kind of dress around their bodies

as the men, scarcely so large, the royal party were only
distinguished from the others, by having some red
feathers in their hair. They sung and danced; one
would not credit such a set of beings existed if they
had not a' en th. m.

" The • Fejee' Islands are about 200 in number, only
a small number are known, each island is governed as
the cne (Ovals) by a chief who is king in his own land,
but he is under a king who resides at a small island
called Boa,' only three miles in circumference, and 30
miles from this; a party of five went to see his Majesty;
a missionary; and the only one among the islands, resides
on his small island; ho has a few converts; he accom-
panied his Majesty and a chief who is called the chief
of the fishermen came with them, they all came on
beard with the party; their canoe and a small schooner
followed them; both were fine men in form, just the
same men as before described, but their ferocious
aspect was enough to frighten many. Not many days be-
fore this they had sixteen women killed to have a
feast, and celebrated it with great joy; they carry their
clubs with them, so it any one offend them he is killed
on the spot. The chief of the fishermen always per-
forms this duty for the King ; they wore very much
pleased with the ship; we went to General quarters,
and fired at a target, distant 800 yards, at which they
were very much amazed ; a man happened to pass
so near the target as to cause us to cease firing.
When the King saw this ho said ho ought not to be
there, and desired us to fire and hill him; on another
occasion, when he was asked to sing one of his war
songs, he answered that he could not do it well enough,
but to afford some amusement, he would seize a man,
and kill him, to show how it was done. Before he and
his companions left, they had presents of various descrip-
tions, to wit, a full dress-coat and epaulettes of the
11th Regiment, a bunting scarlet coat, his coxswain
some ornaments, but they would not leave till they had
finished a bottle of brandy; to show the dread they
had of us, he cautioned all his attendants to be civil
to every person, or they were all dead men. We
sailed early on the 11th, and the same day anchored
at " Nandi;" this was one of the most dangerous
places wie had visited from the number of reefs, and
although we anchored in a large bay, it was very
shallow ; and what was worse, as soon as the tide
receded we could not land ; the land leading to the
beach was very low and covered with mangroves ; a
Missionary and his wife came on board and breakfasted
with the Captain. We sailed from here on the
15th, but from contrary winds were compelled
to anchor in the evening, and were wind-bound the
three following clays, during which time many amused
themselves with picking shells on the reefs. We
sailed again on the 26th, got clear of the reefs, which
extend 25 miles from the island. About sunset sighted
several island, and hove to off Ovate in the night,
to discharge the pilot. The chief sent a large log of
beautiful wood, as he had promised. Some pearls of
a very large size were procured here from clamps
shells. Some curious customs exist amongst the
natives ; as many of those who reside inland can
seldom come to the seaside, the shore residents, when
they do come, entertain them all the time for nothing.
The King is not elected by the people, uor is the title
hereditary—he who is the greatest warrior takes the
title and keeps it during his lifetime. A man named
Pickering, formerly a convict, resides, and is chief of one
of these islands. I do believe no white man would re-
main here if his conduct were good enough to reside
elsewhere. Fancy living 20 years among savages, in
danger continually of losing your life!
"On the 30th we arrived at Anatam,' New Heb-
rides; it is very lofty, well wooded, principally sandhi-
wood; a good trade is carried on by merchants of
Sydney. Mr. Pritchard, the Consul at the Navi-
gator's Island, has a son, resident here; a Captain
Padden resides here, and has amassed a deal of pro-
perty, landed and pecuniary, he has a good number
of mechanics, engineers, and the various things re-
quisite for them to work; cuts wood by steam, has a
printing-press, and also a large steamer. We only have
to inquire it the bishop of New Zealand had been here,
as agreed when we left him in " Auckland," he sailed two
days previously, we saw a great number of shoals daring
our short stay, numerous accidents are said to occur from
their upsetting boats. We sailed from hence to " Tarina"
distant 50 miles north of " Annatom." The bay is
not very large, but has such a peculiar entrance, the
heads of the bay being like towers; reefs and rocks
abound in great numbers, no man-e f-war has been hero
of late, and the natives appeared mad at the sight of so
large a vessel; only one white man lives here, no mission-
ary, one native teacher; tkey are cannibals, and are always
at war with one another; they wear no dress, except a string
round their waists, the *omen a small band; they rub
themselves with a kind of clay which makes them very
disagreeable to sight and smell; they live under ground,
and come out like mice; these are the first we have seen
who live in this manner. Here again we were disappointed;
the bishop sailed the same day we arrived for Erromango,
where Mr. Williams; the missionary, was killed somey ears
since. 31st, some of the stewards went on shore to see
if any food could be procured, but were not successful;
the natives, from ill-treatment they have at times received
from the sandal-wood purchasers, are very shy; it is a
common occurrence for a murder or two to take place
during the time of bargaining, and so frightened were
they when they saw so large a ship as we were entering the
harbour, that all the women were sent to the mountains.
We sailed again at three P.M., and had a very fine bret ze
so that we sighted Erromango at six P.m. and were hove
to at ten, to speak to a schooner, and learned that the
bishop had sailed for Tarina, so again we turned sail and
went " Leek again."
" Saturday, September I—At mid•day the bishop's
schooner came alongside; ho came on beard, he was 14
days from Auckland in a schooner of 21 tons navi-
gated by himself, no other person out of a crew of 7 being
scarcely able to read although good sailors. The bishop
had visited the Navigator's Island in the Dido, and
obtained a good amount of information that way ; as
soon as he had been on board some little time, we sailed
to the back of the island, the scene of murders, and his
craft followed, it was one of the finest days since we had
been out; we anchored about 8 P.M. Next day the
bishop preached a most excellent sermon, which gave
great and universal satisfaction. 3d—Watered ship,
the natives as savage as they could well be, and stole
anything they possibly could; it was found necessary to
send the mariners on shore to protect the boats. We
sailed soon after in company with the schooner to Sand-
wich Island, or Vatao" in the native tongue, which
we sighted after running up a large bay, and anchored
in the evening. It is a very fine island, lofty; trade is
carried on in sandal-wood; six nativet came on board;
no missionaries are here; some are to be sent shortly;
the natives were more tractable than the others we
visited; no name being given to the bay, it was called
Havannah Bay; no man•ot-war ever visited it before.
7th—Sailed for the Loyalty Islands; the bishop sailed
the eight before ; sighted them on the Bth ;
there are a good number; very little is known of
them, they are surrounded by very large reefs, on
some of which pines grow, which, at a dis-
tance, appear like large Cactus, and these are far from
the main land. We were not able to approach within five
miles of the island, and anchored inside some reefs; some
of the pines were cut and brought on board a brig, now
lying at anchor some distance from us. A good many
of the natives came on board, some had been at Sydney
and spoke pretty good English; they were very quiet;
they had no dress of any description, the young women
none also, the elder portion of them had only a small
band round their waists; some calico was given to them
which the men soon took away. 10th sailed; 11th sighted
New Caledonia and as there is a reef 400 miles long on
ono side of the island, and only one passage through, we
had some difficulty in finding it, and made the bishop's
craft a pilot boat; we anchored the same day and weighed
the next. We were in the same line of tract as Captain
Cook; and, as good luck attended us, observed just at
the entrance to the passage in the reef, a small island
exactly like a ship at a distance—l forget the simile he
gives it ; a great fall of rain here took place just as we
were about to emitter in Yongin Bay. The people
are much the same as those at the Loyalty Islands,
but they appear a little more industrious, and in some
parts the land appeared very like Madeira. It was
very warm here; the natives came off in great numbers.
We sailed again on the 15th for Lupin, Loyalty
Islands; we anchored the same day, the distance beieg
only one hundred miles, and the bay wo drop't in was
called Wreck Bay, on account of the number of ves-
sels that are lost here; certainly two were high and dry
on the beach; natives came off in great numbers, they
had no canoes, and were therefore obliged to swim off,
the distance being at least one mile, neither man or
woman had any clothes, or covering of any description.
A lad about fourteen years of age left with us. We
sailed on the 17th, and were off the island of Mari
on the 18th, but found no anchorage, and were obliged
to lay to, the schooner not having arrived; few natives
came off; two boats went on shore and brought off some
of their native axes, the cutting part made of a green
stone, rubbed to a very fine edge, and quite capable of
cutting any individual's head of We Baled from here
on the 19th, and early in the morning sighted the
Island of Pines, south of New Caledonia. The island
is not inaptly named, numerous large pine trees grow-
ing there as well as on the reefs adjacent. A curious
circumstance took place here, the bishop accompanied
us thus far, but just as we were about to anchor a
small schooner was seen ahead; subsequently we learned
it was a French bishop and six priests just going to
establish near; the next day he cats eon board. We
remained hero only to the 22d, the bishop at the same
time got under weigh to return to New Zealand, with
about eight natives of various islands. Our destination
was again the south part at New Caledonia, to search for
boats of ships, the men of which had been murdered;
We found them, but in too bad a condition to remove. I
really think New Caledonia one of the finest countries
we have yet seen; we finally left it on the 28th, and after
a good run, the wind somewhat light, arrived October
7th, after an absence of 134 days."

CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC.—The Princess Mary sailed
from Folkston harbour yesterday, for Boulogne, at 2.35
P.M., taking 92 passengers and five horses. The Princess
Helena arrived at Folkstene harbour, from Boulogne, haying
on board 110 pas/Angora ad Woo carriages.

ITALY.

[The following appeared in our Fourth Edition of
last night :—]
The discussion on the Bill for the abolition of
differential duties was continued in the Chamber
of Deputies of Turin on the 12th: On the motion
of Count Revel, a clause was inserted, making
reciprocity a necessary condition for the abolition
of those duties with respect to the ships
of foreign nations. Count Balbo also moved
that besides the right vested in Government of main-
taining differential duties with respect to a nation, it
should have also the power of abolishing differential
duties in case a nation should offer advantages equi-
valent to reciprocity. The motion was adopted under
this form by the Chamber. Art. 3of the Bill, which
concerns the coasting trade, entirely reserved for the
Sardinian flag, was again referred to the Commission
on account of some difficulties arising from the
geographical position of the island of Sardinia. In
the sitting of the Senate of the same day several
Bills, which had already passed the Chamber of
Deputies, were presented. The sitting was principally
taken up with the discussion on postal reform.
By a royal decree of the Bth the national guard of
Genoa is reconstituted. The council of the city is
charged with its re-organization.