TAHITI AND THE FRENCH.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume I, Issue 47, 30 August 1845, Page 4

TAHITI AND THE FRENCH.

Of what avail have been the representations I of those who cominisserate the fat© of Queen Pomare ? From England, it would seem, no protection is to come, for up to the date of the Coquette's sailing from Tahiti, the long-expec-ted Admiral ship, Collingvood, had not arrived there. It was thought the English Admiral was waiting for more definite orders from the Home Government, before he presented himself to Governor Bruat. Will Rear- Admiral Sir George Seymour, when he visits Tahiti with his force, be authorised to restore, peaceably or otherwise, the unfortunate Pomare, to her throne 1 or, which seems more probable, from the apathy of Great Britain, will he communicate the cruel fact, that her ally Queen Victoria, cau render her no assistance ; that the French have at last succeeded by a coup de main in securing a spot from which to annoy the English colonies. The following is the latest from Tahiti : — " The natives are still in their encampments at Papinoo and Bonaria, the former about fourteen miles, and the latter eight, from the principal settlement. They rest secure from any attacks which their enemies may attempt, surrounded by reefs and rocks at sea, and defiles impassable to more than one at a time by land. Several gala days have lately taken ] lace, the most important of them being Louis Phillippe's birth-day, at which all the chiefs in the French interest were invited to a grand dinner, the Governor occupying the chafr. At that feast, two other chiefs, who up to that time had resisted French interference at Tahiti, claimed to be French loyalists, and submitted themselves to that Government. The French frigate La CAartfewarrived a few days since from Valparaiso, with specie and paper, to the amount of 2,000,000 francs ; she also brought several priests, who have been forwarded to Waliis Island, to be placed at the disposal of the Bishop, where if civil war rages as it did a few months ago, they will be sent to the Navigator Islands, about 2SO miles from Waliis Island. While all this is transpiring outside the reefs of Tahiti, the French Government is not idle inside, in making their situation more Secure. Coals still continue to arrive direct from England, for their steamers, which are expected ; forts fast being completed ; and contracts issued for new barracks and officers' residences. — Hobart Toxin Courier.