The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-02-08

FRox SsDxEr-The bark Ethaa -fUsa arrived Mt
this port on the evening Of the 9Th, sixty days from
Sydney. en- route Tor San Francisco. with q cargo u
GOALS and 80 passengers We have been permitted
u re q file Of Sydney papers received ut the Gazette
Office, and find but little Of special interest TO our
READERS. Prince .Aifrei, the Duke Of Edinburgh.
who Is making q voyage around the world in the
ship Caiafsa, had arrived ut Melbourne. The great
est enthusiasm was exhibited by the authorities AMI
poFutaee on his arrival. and the colony was alive
with Examinations, professions. dinners and fstiyi-
ties lie was To visit Sydney in December. anil viii
then 60 10 New Zealand and afterwards conc north.
An interesting account Of the murder Of Rev. Mr..
Baker is Published in one Of the papers, which we
may insert hereafter. The editor has the following
comments on the affair:
The mGrter Of the Rev. Thomas Baker and seven
native teachers Mt ZIP IL one Of those events which,
however appalling. must be expected to occar in
cornexion with missionary enterprise. The risk Of
being murdered by unehri-tian tribes all missionaries
run; and. TO their honour he IL spoken. they, as n
body. encounter the risk fearleSsly in the prosecution
OF that which they conceive to be q duty. As the
story 70 told. the murders seem 20 have been an act
% gross trcnchery on the part of the chiefs and mem
bers OF the Nayoso tribe King Thakombau chival-
rousiy undertakes the ehasti-eneut Of the murderers.
noe wishing any interference from the whites. the
only assistance be requires being in the way Of am-
munifion and other war stores OF course. we have
great ueai YET 10 learn hs To the possible motives
astuatng the savage muryiercrs. IL appears that IN
unfortunate idea prevails among the tribes Of the
interior that the advance Of Christianity into their
ferritaries IS synonymous with conhscation Of their
pohfseal power, their land, and their independence
generally The outrage Is Of such n character that
the Queens Government cannot refrain from action
OF some kind. either apart from or in conjunction
with rhakombau- The sable potentate i represented
as enrnged at the massacre, aud he has determined
70 open . campaign against the Nayoso tribe - soon
~ the ynm-planting season shall have terminated.
which wml be during the latter half Of the present
month tie declares that the whole tribe shall be
Drought To Ban, the capital Of the island; that all
VINO had any hand in the murder shall be hanged;
the rest, with their children, To be slaves for ever;
and that the Navoso tribes shall in all time coming
De Known as the " Nurderers' tribe OF course.
the English Government can have nothing directly 20
90 or say either to promote or to veto in detail this
rough vengeance; for ThakOmbau i. king in his
territory" -
FROM TAHrTr-The bark Ethan -fIsn touched at
Tahiti on her passage hither. leaving there on the
10th Of January Prom Captain Snow. we learn
that the schooner Flying Dsri had arrived from
kAwaihae, 30 days passage. having lost fifteen cattle
our Of her cargo Of ~forty-6ve. There were no vessels
IN port excepting French transports and coasters.