The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-15 00:00:00

BPihi.T of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

mom THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—A more moderate tone is perceptible
throughout the discussions of the Otaheitian question
by the French journalists. Their voice is no longer
raised, in indignant tones, against what they have
been wont to designate the insolence of England ;
nor do they demand an appeal to the arbitrement of
war, as the only means of vindicating the imaginary
wrongs of the great nation. This is so far satisfac-
tory. It shows that the war- notes which these party-
organs have recently sounded are not prompted
by, nor in unison with, the sentiments of the
French Ministry. The firm, but reasonable and
moderate demands of reparation which, there is reason
to believe, have been made by the British Cabinet
upon that of the French, have been entertained with
a desire to afford satisfaction. The disputes which
at one period seemed ripening into an appeal to the
sword, will, there is now reason to hope, be settled
by the more rational functions of the pen. The public
press of this country--speaking, as it dues, the prevail-
ing opinions of the nation, and endeavouring, as is its
wish no less than is its interest, to promote the pros-
perity of the community—will respond to this im-
proved state of feeling in France. If the French Mi-
nisters repudiate the acts of their subordinate officers ;
remove from the scene of their unauthorised and il-
legal proceedings the perpetrators of the outrages
upon Queen Pomare and her subjects, and especially
upon the British Consul at Otaheite ;• if those subordi-
nate authorities be proceeded against as violaters of
the laws of nations, and offenders against the laws of
the country whose commission they have perverted to
purposes foreign to the objects for which it was con-
ferred ; if the French Government thus caution and
were other of its officers who may be influenced by a
kindred spirit of hostility to the interest of both
countries—it will furnish a practical proof of its
sincerity in disavowing the acts of the French
authorities in the Pacific. The English Government
—faithful to its declared desire to preserve and
strengthen peaceful relations between England and
France—will, we are certain, accept these explana-
tions and reparation of the wrong: and a mutual good
understanding between the two Cabinets will be restored.
Bitt there must be no delay in the negotiations tend-
ing to bring about an amicable adjustment of existing
differences. While protocols are being framed ; while
tine is spent in obtaining evidence as to disputed facts,
incidental to, but not constituting the gravamen of the
cause of quarrel; the danger of widening the dispute is
daily becoming greater. The very last arrival from Ota-
heite brought intelligence of proceedings calculated to
increase the embarrassments of the two Governments in
endeavouring to avert war. The proclamations issued by
M. D'Aubigny ; the acts of that officer, avowed in his
communications with his Government—these are suf-
ficient proofs of those acts, of which the British Go-
vernment complains, and demands apology and re-
dress. Unchecked by prohibitions from the French
Ministers, the French authorities in Otaheite will
proceed onward in their course of outrage and violence.
Fear of further wrongs may extort from the defence-
less Queen and her timid and oppressed people, con-
cessions and submissions on which new levies may be
made, new claims set up, and thus matter for new
disputes between the two countries be produced.
We have no disposition to pry into the secrets of
Cabinet=, much less to embarrass their efforts to
preserve peace, when threatened with interrup-
tien. But we are bound by a sense of duty to state
that the people of this country, anxious though
they be for the maintenance of peace, will be sorely
disappointed and dissatisfied if Otaheite continue
under a French "Protectorate." From that self-
imposed " Protectorate " the dispute between
the two countries was engendered. Under it, the
unoffending Queen and her people have been sub-
jected to tyranny and opression the most barbarous
and severe : the former has been dethroned, and is
now a fugitive on board a British vessel ; the latter
have been driven from their habitations, and com-
pelled to seek shelter upon the mountains, and in
dens and caves of the island, from the cruelty of their
persecutors! The French, under the pretext of be-
coming the " protectors" of Otaheite, are, in reality,
the eaundereri and destroyers of the inhabitant.
ST AND AR t).—The patriotic exertions of Lord
pinto, Lord Palmerston, and Lord John Russell, in
fanning into flame anew the embers of agitation in
France on the subject of Morocco and Otaheite, have
not been wholly unrewarded. But we are surprised,
considering the transparency of their motives, for
there is a common sympathy in their object,
that such journals as the Debatv should permit
thseneelves to be irritated by their " inter-
pellations." Whenever a crisis has arisen which
Sat- demanded an abstinence from irritating
iopics, some self-elected Whig champion of the honour
of !..1.3 country has invariably risen in his place in Par-
I i:nlent to propound inquiries which, whether answered
at not, would, he well knew, add fuel to the fire.
motives for such appeals are, however, not
r..e;tys unmixed. In each of the instances above
referred to, indeed, the desire for self-exaltation
ely probably have exceeded the disposition to be
el:sehlevous. Lord Minto, whose Government em-
l.roiled us in three-fourths of the world, is surprised
thet the Admiralty do not keep afloat as large a naval
armament as he found indispensable for the pub-
lic service during his career of official ne-
poeism. Lord Palmerston, whose diplomatic cox-
cembry had well nigh involved us in a war
in the only quarter of the globe in which we
ha 1 not already some quarrel upon our hands, is
unable to understand the ill-feeling which has grown
up against us in a country whose amour propre he
had wounded, and whose confidence he had chilled.
Lord John Russell, on the other hand, rises as
an affectionate monitor of the Government, to offer
a host of suggestions which he never attempted
to put in practice himself; and the chief ob-
ject of which, like his " lament over the scanty
means and severe toil of the labouring popula-
tion," and his allusion to the " gross outrage com-
mitted on a British subject at Otaheite," has been to
create discontent and strife. Such, we repeat, how-
ever earnest their disclaimer of factious motives,
bee been the aim and object of this patriotic
trio, and the arrow has not always fallen short of
the mark. Looking at the constitution of the
French press, and the fact that the same
farce is repeated by the opponents of the French
Government with no mean success on the other side
of the water, it is surprising that the attempts of either
party should have the slightest influence beyond their
own particular cliques. So long, however, as their
speeches produce results so completely in accordance
with their intentions, the nuisance is little likely to be
-abated. It is worth our while to remember that
those people who inveigh with so much bitterness
against the imputed forbearance of Lord Aberdeen
were pert and parcel of a Ministry, whose aggressions
on other powers were invariably followed by the
meanest and most abject concessions. In regard to
France it cannot be denied that the feeling which the
Governments of both countries find it so difficult to
*ditty, is the exclusive result of the foreign policy of
Lord Palmerston ; .that policy for which he assumed
to himself in his late manifesto so extensive a credit.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)
The yarn market continues in a very healthy state,
8.:1.1 some descriptions, which are relatively scarce,
c,LornAnd rather higher prices. In goods there has not
b-en quite so much doing as during the two or three
previous weeks, and 40-inch shirtings have been, in
cases, sold at a small reduction on previous
ruts; but other descriptions of cloth, though not in
such extensive demand as before, are perfectly firm
in j.irice.
Roc is DALE FLANNEL MARKET, AUG. 12 .—To-day
has been what is called the Little Monday ; yet there
has been a brisk demand for goods, especially for those
of a middlinr, quality. The manufacturers would
have no difficulty in selling at former prices ; but
they are now asking rather more to meet the advance
In price of the raw material. There is no change to
report in the wool market, either as to the demand or
price.

TUB NEW N.. r. discoveredi
Mauvais may flow ODIBT.-The e comet by M.
direction of the
eaabte 52;111 with the naked eye in the
Its tail appears to be about one
foot long, and its light is rather dim. Round the comet
is a circle similar which surrounds the moon when
the weather is about to clivia
brittlefe—Courrier Francais.
THE WEATLUIR.—Theand uncertain wea-
ther so prevalent for weeks past, has, we regret to say,
not entirely left us. The forenoons,however, have,
during the past week, been marked by by
agenial sun-
the crops shine, which has tended to ripen s considerably,
but they have been kept somewhat back 1133 y the frequent
and heavy rains, and in many places a good deal
laid. In various quarters patches of barley have
weather,have been
in
cut down, and with a few days of
f
many fields of wheat will yield to the sickle
this neighbourhood during the week. From Inverness-
shire, and the north generally, we learn that harvest
would also be begun this week. From the west the
rain still continues, and of course, excites some uneasi-
ness. For several days past Irish reapers have been tra-
velling eastward in great numbers. An excellent field of
barley was cut down on Friday by Mr. Hadden, at
the village of Longniddry, parish of gladsmuir. A
full crop of barley, on a small field belonging to Ellis
Dudgeon, Esq., Belhaven Brewery, was cut on the 6th
Inst. Ir. is completely ripe, and is of excellent quality.
Another field was cut last week on Inverleith farm. In
Yorkshire the harvest has partially commenced ; the
wheat crops are described as both abundant and excel-
lent.--Edinburgh Advertiser.
THE ClisiliNßL FISHERIES.—The Commissioners of
the Customs have issued directions to the collectors and
controllers of the several ports of the kingdom to prepare
and transmit., with the least possible delay, an account
a the costa which have been incurred at their respective
ports, in proceedings st French subjects for in-
fringements of the lishaeriny regulations, under the Act of
the 6th and 7th Vie., cap. 79.
is rom 1,500 to 2,000 persons, receiving intl ag-
gre ate about 200,000 L per annum, are in the employ
*IL: London and Birmingham Railway Company. of

AFFAIRS OF OTAIIEITE.

MEETING OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY
SOCIETY IN EXETER-HALL.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Dr. MoxxisoN moved the second resolution, which
he said he had no doubt would find a cordial response
from the meeting :—" That the meeting having heard
the letter addressed by Queen Pomare to the chiefs of
Otaheite, exhorting them to the exercise of forbear-
ance, peace, and patience, cannot withhold the ex-
pression of their esteem and admiration. They re-
gard her conduct on this trying occasion as eminently
worthy of commendation, and as an illustration of the
influence of Christianity over her mind, and that of
her people, and that while this people sympathised
with her, it desired more especially, as a religious
body, to express their deep and affectionate sympathy
with her as a suffering Christian and as a member of
the religious community of Papeete ; and that the
meeting offers its friendly acknowledgment to Captain
Nicholas, Captain Thompson, Captain Elliott, Lord
W. Russell, Captain Gambier, Captain Fitzroy, Cap-
tain Waldegrave, and Lieutenant Hunt, and the other
officers who had manifested an interest in the affairs
of Otaheite." He was sure that meeting would cor-
dially sympathise with Queen Pomare, who had been
subjected to such dastardly acts of perfidy on the part
of the French.—(Cheers.) It had been declared that
a great outrage had been committed—(Hear, hear)—
and the civilised world would expect that a great
outrage would be dealt with by Great Britain as it
deserved.—(Hear, hear.) lie was an ardent friend
of peace, and he wished the day might be far distant
when England and France might meet in hostile con-
flict, and it was in order that that peace might be
maintained that he wished that their relations might
exist on honourable terms. Popery had tried to ad-
vance its principles at the mouth of the cannon, but
they would meet them with their Bibles, and suc-
ceed.—(Cheers.)
Dr. LEIECRILD seconded the resolution. He said
he was sure they would give their cordial sympathy
to Queen Pomare—(Hear, hear)—and that they
would also sympathise with their missionary and con-
sul, for he was still their consul, Mr. Pritchard. That
individual had been calumniated, but when a man was
to be ill-treated, it was easy to find a pretext under
which to cover it. Mr. Pritchard had been obliged
to leave his family. He had been imprisoned for six
days, and in a French vessel, and was sent from
Otaheite to another island, from which he came to
this country, and was now amongst them. He had
no fear of their religious establishment in
Otaheite. The people there were too well grounded
to admit the errors and mummeries of Popery.
He did not wish for war, but if peace could only be.
maintained by the sacrifice of honour and humanity
and everything that was dear, why then he was not
an advocate for such a peace and woe to him from
whom the offence cometh.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was agreed to.
J. CONDOR' Esq., Editor of the Patriot, proposed
the next resolution. Tne effect of the resolution was
that the meeting saw with pleasure that the efforts
of the Roman Catholic priests to withdraw the people
of Otaheite from the truth and to introduce their own
superstitions ha ,I been without success. It expressed the
hope that the Protestant religion would be supported.
The speaker went on to give a detail of the pro-
ceedings which led to the circumstances which they
were there met to discuss. He said that there was
an opinion that the first fault committed was by their
missionaries, who had refused admission into the
island to two Roman Catholic priests. But the truth
was, there was a law of the island to that effect, and
the missionaries had nothing whatever to do with it.
They were not refused admittance on the ground of
religion, but from political motives, and he contended
Queen Pomare was justified in doing what she had done.
The missionaries had created laws and literature in
Otaheite, and had excited the admiration of the
world, and yet these priests had been sent there by
Louis Philippe, for the purpose of destroying the la-
bours of the missionaries. Subsequent events had
amply justified any advice which the missionaries
might have given to Queen Pomare. It had been
said that they wished to bring about a hostile colli-
sion with France. They had nothing to do with
questions of peace or war, but they ought not to be
afraid of any other country, when that country was
the aggressor. If, indeed, the star of the glory of
Britain was set, let them mourn over their country's
fall in private and succumb to France—(Cheers)—
or if they were too poor to keep up a navy equal to
that of France, they must succumb. If they did not
mean to continue the protection which they had
afforded to Queen Pomare, why had they appointed
Mr. Pritchard as British Consul ?—(Cheers.) It was
said that Exeter Hall usurped the functions of the
House of Commons. It was not their fault if the
House of Commons chose to devolve its functions on
Exeter Hall.—(Cheers.) It was a grievous thing
that the House of Commons hed not taken up the
subject.—(Cheers.) There was too much pusilani-
mity existing on the subject. Otaheite was not the
only island that was to be snbject to a French
protectorate. There was Hayti. There were the
Sandwich Islands. There were the recommenda-
tions to expel our consul at Cuba. It was time
the country should be roused ; but as to war, France
no more dared to go to war than England.—(Loud
cheers.) There might be a party in France who
would wish to take advantage of war to depose the
present dynasty—(Hear, hear)—but he did not be
lieve that there existed anything like a war party in
France.—(Cheers.) Louis Philippe, for his selfish
purposes, had taken the Roman Catholic missionaries
under his protection ; but he believed the French
people were perfectly indifferent on the subject.—
(Cheers.) The Paris press was completely under the
control of the Court, and did not express the feel-
ings of the people, and had our Govern •
ment 'not deceived the Missionary Society,
and suppressed information by garbling documents
laid on the table of the House of Commons—had
they sent out :proper instructions to Lord Cowley—
had they printed the whole of the information in
their possession, then the Society might have gone
to the French Government and demanded justice for
the missionaries. He concluded by proposing the
resolution.—(Cheers.)
The Rev. A. FREEMAN announced that the mis-
sionary press in Otaheite was fettered ; nothing being
permitted to be printed but under the censorship of
the French Government.—(Hisses.)
The Hon. and Rev. B. NOEL seconded the resolu-
tion. He had to recal to the recollection of the
meeting, that when the Otaheitans exhibited their
love of French protection, by doing what
they had a right to do, refusing to bring
their fresh provisions to the market for the
French crews to purchase, the French General issued
an ordinance proscribing all those who refused to
bring forward their provisions, and the Otaheitans
fled, the Queen was deposed, and her property plun-
dered. Under these circumstances when the British
Consul—and he had yet to learn that a British Consul
ceased to be such, because he pretested against a
flagrant usurpation—(Cheers)—when the British
Consul gave proper and good advice to Queen Pomare,
he was seized, and amidst the jeers of French sol-
diery conducted to prison. It was proclaimed by
the French that the British Consul should
he held responsible for all that might oc-
cur. This he took from French accounts.
Blood had been shed. Many Otaheitans had fallen, and
more wounded. They were assembled to express the
sympathy with their Christian Otaheitan brethren, and
with their own countryman, who had been oppressed,
imprisoned, and robbed.—(Cheers.) What repara-
tion could the French Government give for the wrongs
which they had committed ? Our Government said
they would get protection for British subjects, but
Queen Pomare and her people were not British sub-
jects, and if this meeting only expressed sympathy
with them it would do good. What reparation could
France make to those who had been made widows
and orphans by these wrongs?—and it was right
that they should meet this day to declare that
they would take measures to prevent such wrongs
from being renewed. Let it be remembered that all
these outrages, except the last, had been perpetrated
under the I rench Protectorate ; therefore it was no
security to the Otaheitans or the English to restore
that Protectorate ; and what guarantee could M.
Guizot give against the renewal of these outrages?
He should protest then against the introduction of
French brandy, against French priests, against
French cannon, and against the debauchery of
French soldiers.—(Loud cheers.) True, Dupetit
Thouars would no longer insult Papeete, but he
wished he could hear that M. Marenhout, the
origin of all these troubles, had also been expelled.
There was a gentleman on the platform who could
tell them if that desirable fact had transpired.
Mr. PRITCHARD-It has not transpired.
The Hon. and Rev. B. NOEL considered it was an
insult to Otaheite and to England to continue such a
man as Marenhout, who had been dismissed from the
office of American Consul for proved misconduct, in
the office of French Consul. There was one barrier
against
this flood of iniquity--the British missionaries.
—(Cheers.) They were the men whose independence
tohfis great
thought, vigour of character, and connection with
adot: '
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coward fear, e
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those
cetrgees,
therefore,they were charged with
and never would they be free
until the French Protectorate
should cease.—(ebees
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send Mr. Pritchard back,
back, as Consul to Otaheite.—(Loudhe
must go back with bis character unstained,
with his colours flying; but when he did go
back, and the French Commander knew that he
could not again oppress him, yet who was to protect
him against any insults which a bullying French
commander might think it nationality to offer ? -
'Cheers.) They must do what had been that day