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London, England, 1820-07-28 00:00:00

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PRICE SEVEN-TENe

THE SAND TVICII ISLANDS.
Letters from Petropawiowsk (Karntschatka), dated
the 10th of November, 1819, announce, that Tam-
' meamea, King of the Sandwich Isles, had died in the
month of March of the same year, and give, respett-
ing that event (on thefiriih of some Assairiesm sailors!)
the following details :
" Before the death of the King an ertraordirratr
phenomenon took place on the shores Q( the Sand-
wich Islands ; in an interval of three houri the
of the Ocean arose, and afterwards fell six feet, -with
so much calmness and regularity, that it caused not
the least damage either to the vessels in the harbour, •
or the villages on the coast. The inhabitants of
Owyhee, according to their superstitious feeling, re.
girded this as a progoostic of the approaching death
of the King. Meanwhile the Great Karnmeamea
had assembled for the last time, around his bed,
the Commandants of all the Isles subjected to his
dominion. lie made them promise to observe re-
ligiously all the useful Institutions which he had
established, and which we owe,' said he, to the
Whites who have come talus, and who live among us.'
He recommended to them to have the greatest re-
gard for them, to preserve their property untouched,
and to maintain theth in the possession of the same
liberty and the same advantages which they had en-
joyed under his reign. -In short, he nominated as his
successor Reo-Reo, one of his sons, twenty years of
age, who had received an European education, and
who speak., they say, very good English. He made
all the Chiefs present take the oath of fidelity to
him, according to custom. Ile recommended him,
on account of his extreme youth, to the care of hit
wife, whom he has also established as Provisional
Regent of all his possessions ; and this distinguished
Prince expired some hours after.
" According to a custom established among these
Islanders, the acknowledged successor to the Crown
must quit the• place, and even the Island in which his
predecessor dies. Young Reo-Reo, who exhibits a
character decided and ambitious, said, on leaving
Owyhee to his friends—' My father having judged
me, in preference to all my brothers, worthy of suc-
ceeding him, I will not suffer any authority above
me; and I declare to you here, that after the time
filed for my absence, I will return King among you,
or nett a►_ all.' The Chiefs remained at•Gwyhee, oc-
cutlied in military exercises; and the whole isle was
coveted with wart lots, armed, for the most part, irt
the European manner. All foreign vessels which -
were in the port were thus obliged to arm them-
selves, such was the critical situation of the public
affairs in the Sandwich Islands at the departure•of
these Americans.

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" They thought, netivithstanding, that young Reck-
Ilea, whci is at the headef *.strong party, and whom
the American vessels were ready to have supported
had .it been necessary, will be able to maintain his
authority, but not without some efrusion of blood,
The treasure in money which Tan.meamea hpd left,
and which he had amassed by commerce with Euro:.
-peans, amounted to about half s million of piastres.
They reckon at the same value the merchandize, and
some well-eqnipped merchant vessels which he has left.
"This fortune must appear extraordinary when it
is recollected that, at the time of the sojourn of 17.41.
couver at the Sandwich Isles, in 1795, this Tam-
mearnea, become since so celebrated, was 'but an
ordinary Chief; and that he, in common with the
other Islanders, gave the English bananas and pigs
in exchange for nails. He assisted the sailors in
hooping their casks with iron, and in filling them .
with water; at the first of which he was very expert;
and this savage died, twenty-four years after, the
Sovereign, as powerful as enlightened, of all the
Archipelago of the Sandwich Isiands,"—Moaiteur.

Rio DE LA HACEM—Extract of a Letter from Gel.
neral MoNTILLo, Commander of the Expedition from
Margarita, dated June the 4th, on board BRION'S -
squadron. After relating the gallant action in which'
700 of his men repulsed more than 2,000 of the Spa-
niards, he thus continues: -
" This advantage gave me the highest hope of
being able to advance on Santa Martha, and co-ope-
rate with Urdaneta's division in the reduction of that
place: but my troops, who had long been discon-
tented at the privations' hey endured, and particn-
larlrat the want of pay, which I was utterly unable
to give them, refused to advance a step further un—
less all their claims were satisfied in full. I repre-
sented to them the impossibility of complying with
their request, and urged them to march- for Santa
Martha, engaging
,to give them the whole on the
capture of that place. Ibis had no effect ; and they .
threatened to burn and plunder La Hache, and de-
sert-to the Spaniards, where they would be certain;
they said, to be liber4lly paid. The Spaniards, 11,0 w..
ever, had retreated so far alter their last defeat, that
there was no possibility of overtaking them. I the*
represented to them *their situation...drat it was im-
possible for them to. remain there or to get away
without co-operation with our fleet--and proposed, as
.the march by land to "Santa Martha had been found
impracticable, that they should go thither by sea.
This they consented to, btit not WI they had burned
a part_of the town,..and plundered the miserable in-
habitants, of Rio de la Hache. I had previously
laid an embaro on the vessels in the harbour, on
board Of whichi I had the troops conveyed in boats .4
and, havin3 preconcerted the matter with Admiral
Brion, each party, on coming on board, were quiet'y
disarmed, and placed in- confinement. When t: e
whole were embarked, I caused them to be informed
that I disclaimed all connexion with troops v.ho so ,
far disregarded the rules of discipline as to demand
their pay at a momenrwhen they knew it was,
possible to comply with the request, and who thriantt.
ened to burn and destroy the houses or -,pinikiet thin
persons of their friends and allies, as aievenge :{sr
such a refusal. They were at liberty,. told` them,
to go wherever they pleased, that their ,arms were
safely deposited on shore, and that the Ite,g4 I.e 1614
no further -occasion for "services.thett