The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-16 00:00:00

ANOTHER OTAHEITE IN THE

THAMES.
(From Punch.)
At the very time Otaheite was being a bone of con-
tention abroad, the Thames was almost set on fire by
the flame of discord at home. The affair at the So-
ciety Islands has found a parallel in a series of pro-
ceedings at the Eel-pie Islands, where a sort of Queen
Pomare has long held peaceful dominion in the person
of a respectable landlady.
It appears that a party of Frenchmen landed a
little while ago on the Eel-pie, and endeavoured to
make themselves masters of the island. The Twicken-
ham policeman, who acts as a sort of chargé d'affuires,
Merely watched the proceedings without taking any
part in them, but he reported what was going on
from time to time to the seat of government at the
station-house. The civic consul, who acts as British
resident to look after the swans belonging to the cor-
poration, kept a jealous eye on all that was being
done, but observed for some time the strictest neu-
trality.
A little while after lamplight the Frenchmen be-
came exceedingly noisy, and a shot was fired from. a
pea-shooter, which shivered to atoms the glass of a
clock, and stopped the minute hand, so that the inha-
bitants were prevented from ascertaining the hour.
A scene of riot then ensued, the French were in a
state of fierce intoxication, and the landlady, the
Pomare of the Eel-pies, screamed for help, upon
which the Frenchmen offered their asssistance, and at
once proclaimed a French Protectorate.
Poor Pomare fled for succour to the only British
vessel, which happened to be a coal-barge ; for it will
hardly be believed that such has been the apathy of
the Government, there was not even a steamer on the
station.

The French, then finding themselves masters of the
island, began to insult the helpless natives, and the
civic consul having advised resistance, was at once
seized and shut up in a small boat-house, where he
was kept a prisoner until Captain Snooks, of the
Vivid, having arrived, demanded his release in the
name of the Civic Government.
Mrs. Pomare remains on board the coal-barge,
where she bears her misfortunes with becoming dig-
nity.

The following scene in the Twickenham Vestry
will throw some further light on the affair, which it
is hoped may yet be arranged satisfactorily :
Mr. Swaddles, seeing the Churchwarden in his
place, would ask if there was any truth in the
dispatches that had been laid upon the table from the
Eel-pie Islands ?—(Hear.)
The Churchwarden said that advices had certainly
been received which had caused some embarrassment;
but in the present state of affairs he was unprepared
to say anything.
Mr. Swaddles would only ask whether it was true
that the only force we had at the Eel-pie was a coal-
barge ?—(Hear.)
The Churchwarden replied it was true that a coal-
barge was at one time our only force, but a punt had
since been sent out, and a wherry of observation had
been commissioned for the Eel-pie service.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Swaddles was of opinion that there should
have been a steamer on the spot. It was wilful neg-
ligence to leave the Eel-pie exposed to the chances of
surprise. The island might be sacked in a few hours ;
and if that were done, what was to prevent Twicken-
ham falling into the jaws of the foreigner ?—(Hear.)
The Churchwarden thought that if it became a
question of jaw, there could be no fear while the
Vestry could boast of the Honourable Member's
countenance.—(A laugh.)
The subject here dropped, and the Vestry adjourned.

THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.)

BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock ........ lB9%llndian Stock ....... ........
3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds — pm.
3 per Cent. Cons.
8% per Cent. Red 102% Ditto New Annuities ... 97%
New 3% per Cent. lOl5 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 134 d ... 73 pm.
New 5 per Cent...—. -Ditto 5004 ........ ..... 75 pm.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11.... ..... ... 75 pm.
Jan 1860 — Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 1859 12% Consols for Act. 98%
Jan. 1860 12% India Stock for Acct....
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent ........ Portuguese, 5 per Cent .....
Belgian, 5 per Cent — Ditto, New Ditt0..„....„,„..
Brazilian Bonds .....
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Russian 5 per Cent.......... 121
Chlliant 6 per Cent
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824 — 3 per Cent 334
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... !Ditto, Deferred 12%
Danish, 3 per Cent — 'French, 5 per Cent...." —I. --c•
Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent — Exchange .. ........ .... —f —c-
Mexican, 5 per Cent .
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837.." — , Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 61 %
Peruvian, 18.25, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent .......100%

SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) mg
Ditto, New Shares, 17% paid
Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid)
Dublin and Cashel, 234 paid
Great North of England, 100 paid
Great Western (75 paid)
• Dittb Half Shares, 50 paid ..... ....
Hull and Selby, 50 paid .... .. ... .. ........... .
224
-I,,ondan and Birmingham (Stock)
1 0
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
59
Ditto, Half Shares, 30 paid
.1410Wcatelle and Darlingron Junction. 21 paid 45
'North British; 2% paid 2
roPrw_icii and Brandon, 4 paid ...............
nth Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid)
Ditto New shares, 4 paid
Trent Valley, 2 paid lO%
Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid)
York and Scarborough Branch (23s paid)
Paris and Rouen, 20 paid