The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

OTAHEITE.
Extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship
.C 3111;
fort, off Otaheite, July 13, 1844 :—" We
here on the 11th, after a long passage of forty-Tr:
days from Valparaiso, owing to light winds. ."1
natives
find here the Salamander and Basilisk. The
are in arms, and have confined the French too,
mere strip of land adjoining the harbour
arrived off
Papeete, about five or six miles in length use
perhaps an average breadth of half a mile. The.
half-armed poor creatures have had one sever':
and several partial actions with their oppresa°l1t 4
in the first, the French stormed and took a hate
fort, at a sacrifice of some 65 men hors de cam
while the natives' loss is estimated at perhaps 200.
all the smaller actions the natives have not con3e,!;
second best, and the French have in killed and ',ounce;
upwards of 250 men. In a partial engagement In_,
took place between a party of natives and the ree.l_.
guard of the French troop, one of the missioner.l7
(Mr. M'Kean) was accidentally shot by a inlti.;
He died on the instant, and has left a most aca
wife with two children to lament him. I had,
"'J
here before, formed an acquaintance with him oe
had ripened into a degree of intimacy, which gave na
opportunity. of estimating the value of his pure.rber
powerful mind. His religion was not put on, ne" t
was it introduced unseasonably in conversation, het.
man more enthusiastic in the cause for whichfu
laboured, I think it would be hard to find. .41-afor
as we are capable of judging, I should say that sc,.
were found better prepared than my lanientedbeep
quaintance. The rest of the missionaries have to
obliged to leave their stations and assemble in Pstre-ed,
—all their labours for the present ended. in' r
I am afraid that, under any circumstances, the t'clt
deluded natives will never be brought back t° •
former comparatively innocent state ; and the t
sions will have a most up-hill task for the 01,0
ten or twelve years, to eradicate the mischief Ones
by the French. Poor Pomare, the ex-Queen' gi•
being on board the Basilisk for protection les
the 30th of January, (only fourteen days L 4
the Dublin left the island), embarks on P,4
the Carysfort this day for the small island of 11:,
Bora, the king of which place was formerly her 4'o
band, but divorced; the natives of this place will, II:100
little doubt, take good care of her, and she will :0•
be more at her ease and less exposed to veaatintlisve
terference ; it would have been impracticable to tow
kept her on board a man-of-war, as she expeeta,for
confined shortly. She is a most superior woman%nil!
demi-savage that is), and has kept up a dignity
her transactions, though placed in such very d. 0,
circumstances, which has surprised every of
She still trusts implicitly in the interference 0
England on her behalf, and shame will it he not
if we prove unworthy of the trust. The Franc'. to
a frigate of 30 guns moored in a harbour n", 011
S.W. side of the island, with boarding-netting Pihert
up to her tops! dreading these roused islanders'
is a frigate of 64, and a steamer of 6 guns in paps
and about 1,000 men landed at the latter o.
and strongly entrenched. They have declared 700
selves in a state of siege—no boat moves after.
A.m.; no one is allowed to sleep on shore belong:do
the ships, and they are harassed to death witliZi-0
&c. The insurgent natives last week came be
some force to within a mile of the village, sill- baal
the Roman Catholic priest's house, which cost lay
Crapaud in building, some 2,0001. sterling•
ther they are sick of their colonies in the .I'44'
which have been considerably more trouble the II
to them, and would, I believe, be very gladLi
orders from Europe to resign them—Dewar-
legraph.

CONTEMPLAT ED TAiti°l

REFORM.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) LA 14
An important document has just been prinTejs, I
fifty copies of it have been issued from the P.,,befe,
these are said to be intended only for the Inel,.Ple3r)
the Privy Council. The document is of grentiol
and forms more than 200 folio pages. The is, Ordi
it is to show the operation of Sir Robert reepostoru
It contains statements, in columns, of the ri e 7
receipts upon each article imported for ea° ios 01
four years preceding the new tariff. It on,ttt tor,
a similar statement of the receipts since tr".., terd
came into operation. The advocates of ',';;;r a gid
will rejoice to learn that the gross receipts lei 1:1
under the new tariff exceed those of any ntibthoaer
four years accounted for by one hundred JO ty I
oro
pounds. The receipts upon some articles Ols A
are ludicrously illustrative of the absurclindotOrd
duties levied. Some articles have yielde(..l lad !,70
than twopence, and several have not yield
coP:AI
than sixpence or a shilling. The docutnenyboorni,
a separate classification of all articles which 01 I'd
yieided to the revenue one hundred pounds, „ii bet
intimated that the duty upon all of these pounded
a,
commended by the Premier for abolition., 5
further reduction upon the tariff generahiti4
templated, and the various classifications of '11:, 1
the document referred to, intimate that gresy to A '
are contemplated, although they afford nn clite
ho
Premier's intentions. The greatest secrecy 3. 4 !
observed with regard to this important Pgeilsoe4.
which Sir Robert Peel, no doubt, intends tic),Aff
tariff alterations for the ensuing session.'
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THE LATE DOCK ROBici---- of
It appears by the police reports, that fonocr ),03, )
men out of the five charged by the London 9,,5ie05,0°
pany with being concerned in the late exteiopile
bery of tobacco from the London Docks, has ftbeVfe ,)
mitted to take their trial at thenextsessionse otorsr '
tral Criminal Court. No further evidence seeToils..4
I
been brought against them than on the prat 12
mination before the magistrate—viz., thill',oso t
concerned in the one robbery in questi°ll,„ooV,
they had been remanded in the expectsit;ere.Al I
would have been clearly proved that they.,„iiberviY
the perpetrators of the other extensive i'heiaici
spirits at the neighbouring Docks, it f 011010/
opinion of the Dock authorities and °hit 2 -
netted with the Dock establishments 'I- 010
daring robberies have been effected bY °wet ct, '
plunderers well acquainted with the Prerntbe e ler
have managed to obtain admission int°„if , ,t 4
in a surreptitious manner, to await tr're" iwe, ••
tunity. The several instances, therWriv'e '4, 1
robberies of brandy from the St. Xathee 13011 i
continue undiscovered, and not the least cluoyoeV ib
present been obtained, bringing the inattlrfstoeLer h,
guilty parties. The Company are un"%g Pr,
exerting themselves to the utmost too
dare li
sons concerned in these impudent and daf aprd y Flo
to justice, and probably, although no Pr°4" oriss,'",
have been obtained as yet, something Mai.od ei jor ti(
these inquiries between this and the perrOes tie,
trial, which are being made by the rto ),F, V,
rested, inculpating the persons alluded 41
ed ~e
transactions also. It may be useful t° 1-to 004 tli
order to calm the public mind with resPlihiebi tr, t.. 4
robberies at the Dock establishnients,9 ot fri I' ,fie
robberies
111
created considerable excitement and 2"aisia_ 0 I
safety of property at thest places, that clividorg
extent of the premises, and the extraordocripvo sr i
ber of all sorts of packages' and of every niellfeA °Ilt:
merchandise, necessarily lying on thertla
,01,1
times, after being landed from the iniP°obberlie tlltlt
and previously to being housed, very few rod, Opllll hgt
place, and it may confidently be antieil° vele ' j", 71
the gang of plunderers has been broken 11P (51 $ 4 rvi
that we shall hear of no more atteranti tbk., N
nature being made. At all events, fr°lol P; ell, Ish
rience furnished by the late discoveries, 0 we ch.
l i Is,
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creased vigilance observed in cons it, ,b I
Dock Company's watch and the pnliceeci With 1
ttli
almost impossible for them to he effect
degree of success. 1 ti
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SALE OF PIG EU EN 8 .-An e trilo4-: ~., e
x .., go- 0,0 to ,
pigeons, comprising almost every desc,'P 43010 toll'j "II
yesterday at the Auction Mart, 13,3j'evoiltififii I .1
under the direction of Mr. Bryant, ei ''''' 150 rleilei 1 4
The birds, which numbered altogether of of,,pr tt,
peered in excellent feather. The price per cessl,6,° 1 Ppt
vied from half a crown up to three Pone- a
iiii 1 clf'
almond cock and black kite hen, rare2/61: Y fie i trt,
birds, (couples) were knocked down .riitt 17, It) el 1
pair of almonds, sold for 21. 10e. ""° ari I del
hen, brought two guineas, and lot 126, i ,
black carriers, ran up to three guineas•
Leis
r heti" ' Nli
SALE OF THE EFFECTS OF TILE liecti OLV
SOPHIA. MATILDA.—The sale of the eis ofr fer til'qii
Royal Highness the Princess Sophia bode'd,
's OOP d
take place to-morrow, at the Ranger 1 100, fil 1
heath. Great competition is anticipateueooloo NI
c the - A
sons anxious to become possessors of
ere yr. fi 1
of vertu and bijouttri©, many of which w,..05. OVF ktiti
the deceased Princess's illustrious reid.11"100::10/1 tltil
NEW DINING-ROOMS FOR TUB *"'„,ls v 10),.. 3Si
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Worklllell anti-itor tP:',,, r, i, kr
Nk
up the new rooms as dining apart'ffee-bev-on0e; l .0%
of the House of Commons, BellamY'slits °ref. Oigpf the
been pulled down. The new apartmeh ea bi ice
lip I.
Members' entrance, they are aPPreacjaikvilssiseegill lielti
to a lobby on the top of the house; 311,,-froo3 Icatilly.l 1,
to the house has also been forme" 00' If; tr
with a waiting-room with a staircase co 0 e ,_4
the lobby. dret est,,, NI
_we reCie„.9 ,kii'
ACCIDENT TO MR. GULLY.-- .09 0, iperfe ,litl
that Mr. Gully has met with a seriolire or
rowly escaping with his life. •Abilut.;'e yet flo hp'' Atli
after returning from hunting, and viv,illwere ;it be,
'lll
thhicekialnyimtiestlis,up
red coat, he entered D. lair, in wh'',l- „ffing '1301,4 Af' ~,
by their heads. 4-`,..-efore, ~ more it
enraged, rearedas huep,hgaodt ehfitmendodw°lll!elemblfrotrbeecilloeibiloe4l t‘tlhel
inflicted a severe wound in his thiPioselYhostori sp,
cued. Fortunately they were 0 cibeir ;leiter eltl
their necks, that they could not 117 The
ashy iii .
consequences would have been fa° IA sot' „Olio, Lt),
did effect were far from agreeable, ao time' nilli l
I tql
fined their victim to his bed 1"r s°°3ll that b 1 i's 01, 114
We have heard with satisfactio
_,,,e,peonnol..e i
foratmee so la.ruca too. d -14
Mini tens have made such all
crease the income of Mlle. Dloyed cl„S°s6„olifffof tiNt
btieminegoefqhuisaliatteßtohyaot
Iwililiigcteses °th,e,l2ruilcof illgro,' 1 ife
liEpuoTioN or RENTS.--The earl
cony F,., .
his recent audit, with a praisewOe'd ; rePl. Or
the welfare of his tenantry, cal° rev"
0
cent. to be made on the whole of
th
ous tenants in Staffordshire.
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