Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-05-31
TAHITI.

The following letter, which bears the latest date
from Tahiti, does not exactly accord with the intel
ligence received from the same place, by way Of
Paris, per the last European steamer. Dispatches
of the I'd January had reached the French Govern
ment from Admiral HAMELIN, who, after weeks
observation represented the island to be perfectly
tranquil" and that every thing "tended to lead to
the supposition that the restoration of friendly
lations was on the point Of taking place. These
dispatches, however, state that the Natives were
still in arms, occupying camps at some distance
from each other, but that no conflict had occurred
between them and the French since the both June.
The special messengers who were sent to the Is
land of Roitea did not succeed in seeing Queen
PoMARE, and therefore brought back the letter Of
he French ambassador, which was ordered to be
delivered to the Queen alone. This was the first
attempt on the part of the Admiral to open commu-
ncatons with the Queen, in order to induce her to
return to the French establishments 1t is the in
tntion of the French Government to re-establish
the Protectorate conformably to the treaty of Sep
tenfaer, 1912; and if Queen PoMARE be absent or
on beard foreign vessel, and do not uncondition-
ally consent to the Protectorate, Admiral HAMELIN
IS instructed to assemble the different chiefs Of the
island and announce to them the intention of France
TO maintain that treaty-the Queen, in her absence,
TO be represented by three chiefs, elected in man.
country. These are the instructions which, we are
led to believe, the French officers are now endea-
voring to carry out but which cannot be complete
ly carried into effect while the Natives continue to
maintain a hostile attitude.
aPAprErr, (TAHrrr,) JAN. 8, Is45.
have now been shore about six weeks, but cannot
as yet realize that the Island of Tahiti for you
not imagine the alteration that has taken place here my abb
sence The French in full possession of the Of
Pspeete and the harbor which strongly guarded They
HAYS built four forts and ten bochouses protect the habo
and town. Their garrison shore consists Of about
thousand men, Their ships in port consist Of three g.
msate three corvetes, and steamer. They keep all
their forces confined to the town. which is under martial law
nc therefore make behave like good citizens
% De IN our houses by eight o'clock in the evening,
zap . sne drum for there large parties of the natives
encamped on both sides of the town who are only waiting
for some definite from France "a bo;Ies
nave mad four battles in ALL in which the natives have
suffered severely though they fought bsvey and did
%. smTns the French in the third battle At
Mahua the natives ef Ito Of their number de.d - ,hs
trenches among whom three chiefmen Two Sod"
ago rode out TO one Of their encampmsns. .h .
miles from this place, and found party conssns of ,h,.,
SIX hundred men in the camp and they ara I. .sr; -
that they fog the French, but thew never s, CO
they too much split up among themselves 70 make s a.
cded stand. The Queen Is the Island Of Roe. 80
refuses to hold any communication with the Government off,
GERS here, either by letter otherwise. Mr.. Hamcn ~
French Admiral, arrived here about week SINCE direct from
France. Two days after his arrival the steamship was d.
patched to the Island Of Roitea it Is sad demand Of the
Queen TO- accept Of the Potecorate Of France and return in
the steamer to Tahiti, where she is to be installed in all her
former possessions which conscated TO the Govern
ment here but in of her REFUSAL of which there
be no doubt the whole group be declared possessions
and measures to be taken Immediately for subugang
them % the disposal Of Fancepcaceab IL they cam fcrc
bly, they must such the facts (and have the whole
statement q truth we shall have smart fighting in these
dggn before long the natives are not inclined to Weld
up their rights peaccsby, as yet"
on me night Of the 26th Of last month we observed here
most magnificent comet the nucleus of which was a. large
and bright a. inc planet Jupterhe tail full large and
brilliant than that Of the ono we saw here two YEAR go
When first seem bore SSW. true and II has been visible
nightly since, and appears in Sc. direction
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