The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-04 00:00:00

Y. AUTHORITY of his MAJESTY the
EMPEROR of AUSTRIA,--Will take place irrevocsilaPyion
the 16th of March, 1844, the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beautlfol
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from 150,000 Francs down to 125 Francs of Common Bonds, and Rs
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one Red Bond ; for 101. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for
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AFFAIRS OF OTAHEITE.
FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OF FEB. 29.
The motion of M. Came being the first order of the day,
brought together great crowds.
After some routine business, M. Came mounted the tribune
and said, the Chamber, in 1842, had been divided in its opi-
nions relative to the new colonies. Some regarded them as
useless and dangerous acquisitions. Others, again, regarded
them as valuable. This opinion was formed between the two
extremes, and what should now influence the Chamber in
maintaining the French flag in the Society Islands was a sen-
timent of national honour. The French flag had been planted
on the soil of the Pacific, and it should not be withdrawn.
The Honourable Deputy then read the various documents
laid on the table, and continued to state that Queen
Pomare, led away by the presents which she had
received from the English GoternMent, and by the
instigations of that Government, had refused to abide
by the treaty of the protectorate of September 18. The diffi-
culty which had arisen had been laid to the fault of a Crown.
He should be curious to know whether the French flag had
ever been removed.
Admiral de Mackau here rose, and said that the flag of the
protectorate, consisting of the old flag of Otaheite and the
French tricoloured flag united, had remained hoisted over
the island during the fourteen months which followed the
conclusion of the treaty of the 9th of September, 1842. The
Queen had besides a fancy flag flying over her residence, on
which figured, not a closed crown, but a crown of the most
inoffensive nature, for it was formed of interwoven leaves of
the cocoa-nut tree; and the only difference between M. Du-
petit Thouars and the Queen was, that the former required
that she should substitute for those cocoa-nut leaves either
red or white stars.—(Laughter.)
M. de Came next resumed, and proceeded to justify the
susceptibility of the Admiral, and his indignation at not see-
ing unfurled on the Royal residence the flag which he had
left there a year before. He then blamed the conduct of Mi-
nisters, who waited ten days before publishing their dis-
avowal, and contended that it had been evidently an act
dictated by the English Government.
M. Guizot, after repelling the charge of having yielded to
a foreign influence, described the real position of France at
Otaheite in virtue of the treaty of the 9th of September, 1842,
by which the Admiral had merely and provisionally accepted,
in the name of King Louis Philippe, the Protectorate of the
Society Islands. On receipt of that document the Minister
of Marine, he said, had forwarded instructions, on the 28th
of April, 1843, to the Admiral and to M. Bruat, the Governor
of the Marquesas, and " Commissioner" of the King at
Otaheite, from which it would be seen that the latter was
recommended to have a perfect understanding with the
Queen and the Chiefs on all domestic affairs, and to attend
.zto the strict 'execution of the treaty. They had received
no instruction calculated to justify the measure to which
the Admiral had had recourse. After signing the treaty,
the Admiral repaired to the western coast of America,
and was absent an entire year. During his absence
the English missionaries had exerted themselves to
prevail on the Queen and the Chiefs to elude the exe-
cution of the treaty. They had been abetted in their
intrigues by some of the naval officers of the British station.
In the mean time, however, the English Government having
notified to France that it would not oppose the establishment
of the French in the Society Islands, the English missionaries
and officers, who had acted as they did, because they were
ignorant of the intentions of their Government, no sooner
heard of this decision, than they altered their course. Cap.
tain Nicholas, who commanded a British frigate off Papaiti,
and had countenanced the proceedings of the missionaries,
had been recalled by his Admiral six weeks before the return
of M. Dupetit Thouars, • who found off the island the Dublin
frigate, whose captain, by his peaceable demeanour, gave
him no subject of complaint. The Admiral had no difficulty
to encounter which could not have been surmounted, without
having recourse to force, by a little moderation and wisdom.
Queen Pomare and the chiefs did not resist the execution of
the treaty, and no obstacles thereto had been raised by the
English. The Admiral had committed an egregious error in
starting the question of the flag, and deported himself nei-
ther with prudence nor wisdom throughout the affair. There
were then three banners unfurled on Otaheite—the tri-co-
loured flag, the flag of the protectorate, and the personal
or domestic flag of the Queen, which she had aright to hoist
in virtue of her sovereignty, which she had not abdicated by
the treaty. The Admiral had a right to demand the execu-
tion of the treaty, whether she had signed it voluntarily or
under the impression of fear, and he was not justified in tak-
ing forcible possession of her dominions. Under those cir-
cumstances, the Government conceived that the Admiral had
exceeded his powers, and did not hesitate to disavow him.
There was nothing in the instructions addressed to him or to
M. Bruat, nor in the facts or circumstances in which they
found affairs at Otaheite, to justify the military occupation
of the Society Islands. No plea of necessity, utility, or jus-
tice, mild be invoked to justify that act. M. Guizot vindi-
cated himself against the charge of having yielded on this
occasion to the injunctions of England. He denied that such
had been the case, declared that the resolution of the Cabinet
had been spontaneous, and adopted before entering into any
communication on the subject with the British Government,
and officially, positively, and completely denied all assertion to
the contrary. They had acted with the same independence
which had presided at the decision of the British Cabinet
when the latter refused to sanction the taking possession of
the Sandwich Islands. The French Cabinet had not been in-
fluenced by what had been said on the subject of Otaheite in
the British Parliament. It was a calumny which he indig.
nantly repelled. He felt proud to have re-established the
good understanding with England, and exerted himself iu
maintaining it, but it was at the cost of no sacrifice. His great
object had invariably been to maintain friendly relations and
a cordial understanding with Great Britain, but he had,
nevertheleis, been guilty of no act of weakness,nor subscribed
to a concession to secure her good-will.
M. Billault, who succeeded M. Guizot, complained of the
insufficiency of the documents communicated by the Minis-
ters, and expressed surprise at the Admiral only devoting the
few lines produced to the account of so important an event
as the occupation of Otaheite.
Admiral de Mackau here interrupted M. Billault, and de-
clared, on his honour, that the dispatches deposited in the
archives of the House were the only ones he had received by
the Elizabeth whaler.
M. Billault next resumed, and was left speaking.

FISHMONGERS' AND POULTERERS BENEVOLENT IN.
arrrurroN.—The ninth annual general meeting of the above
Institution was held, on Thursday evening, at Anderton's
Hotel, Fleet-street, for the purpose of receiving the financial
and general Report for the last year, with an account of the
petitions for relief, and also to elect officers for the present
year. The meeting was most numerously attended ; and, in
the absence of X. W. Attwood, Esq., the president, Mr.
Kenneth presided. The Report set forth that the funded
stock amounted to 2,7501. ; the subscriptions and donations
of the past year, including the,balance in the banker's hands.
the produce of the theatrical benefit in October last, Etc.,
amounted to 480/. 6s. Bd., which, after defraying the neces-
sary expenses, left a balance (in addition to the capital
stock) of 78/. 7s. sd. It was further stated that the pressure
of the times and other circumstances had diminished the
amount of subscriptions, while the theatrical benefit, which,
in 1839, had yielded a profit of 123/. 125., had last year
dwindled down to 31. 16s. 6d. ; it was consequently deter-
mined to discontinue the theatrical benefits, steam excursions.
balls, &c., the Committee and the majority of those present
agreeing to double their subscriptions, and to induce their
friends to do the like. The various officers havingbeen elected,
and the other business having been completed, votes of thank
were awarded to the past officers and to the chairman of tit
evening, and the meeting broke up.
In the House of Commons, on Friday, Mr. Blewitt
quoted the following extract from Dr. Channing's
works :—" To a man who looks with sympathy and brotherly
regard on the mass of the people, who is chiefly interested
in the ' lower classes,' England must present much which is
repulsive. Though a monarchy in name, she is an aristocracy
in fact ; and an aristocratical caste, however adorned by pri-
vate virtue, can hardly help sinking an infinite chasm between
itself and the multitude of men. A privileged order, posses-
sing the chief power of the State, cannot but rule in the
spirit of an order—cannot respect the mass of the people—
cannot feel that for then Government chiefly exists, and
ought to be administered; and that for them the nobleman
holds his rank as a trust. The condition of the lower orders
at the present moment is a mournful commentary on British
institutions and civilisation. The multitude are depressed
in that country to a degree of ignorance, want, and misery,
which must touch every heart not made of stone. In the
civilised world there are few sadder spectacles than the con-
trast now presented in Great Britain, of unbounded wealth
and luxury, with the starvation of thousands and tens of
thousands, crowded into cellars and dens without ventilation
or light—compared with which the wigwam of the Indian
is a palace—misery, famine, brutal degradation in_ the neigh.
bourhood and presence of stately mansions, which ring. with.on
gaiety and dazzle with pomp and
unbounded
ts profusion,
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shock us as no other wretchedness does; and not au
accidental, but an almost necessary effect of the spirit of
aristocracy and the spirit of trade acting intensely together..
It is a striking fact that the private charity o England,
I though almost incrediblet makes little impression on this mass
of misery—thus teaching the rich and titled to be just before
being gelleroilior and not to look to private Munificence as
I rowdy fbr the evil of selfish ivatitutions."