SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. [From the Sydney Herald, June 12.] TAHITI.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XII, Issue 836, 3 July 1855, Page 3

SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. [From the Sydney Herald, June 12.] TAHITI.

On the departure of the Wizard, th« island was in - some measure recovering from depression aad stagnation of trade generally, Attending the rainy season ; fewer whalers than usual had visited Tahiti, to relieve the monotony and increase the gains of the merchant ; but fortunately the export of oranges had coroe to the assistance of the residents, and upwards of 1,500,000 had been shipped to different ports, particularly to San Francisco. The acts of the new Governor, Captain dv Bonzet, (carried out in his absence by his commander), have been generally approved of, * and it was thought his teem of office after his return from the French colony at New Caledonia would be marked by prudent measures, beneficial to the foreign residents and native population. Tahiti, from its position, was attracting the attention of captains and owners of vessels ; from the facilities afforded distressed ships, several had been repaired of large tonnage, among which may be mentioned the English ship Swaithmore, American clipper ship John Land, and French ship Winslow, which, 'without the aid affended by the French Government, must have been condemned. . Merchants' stores are crowded with goods, and were shipments to cease for six months, ample supplies at the termination of that period would be found in th<? warehouses to satisfy all demands. The allied ships Amphitrite arid- L'Artemise, brought in several Russian prisoners taken from the Russian Government North West "Company's ship Sitka. Among them was a colonel and captain of artillery, who have their parole, and seem well pleased, with their new residence ; as an instance of the extraordinary marches made by the Czar's troops, we may mention, the captain was at the battle, or massacre of Sinope, m the Black Sea, and from thence was ordered to the protection of Petropalovski, a distance httle short of • 4000 miles ; but the vigilance of the allied cruisers prevented the final carrying out the autocrat's wishes. . The unfortunate repulse met by our troop 9, last season, at Petropalowski, will be amply revehg^d, not only by the destruction of the -above named fortress, (although that has been reinforced with 3000 troops) but also the complete annihilation of Sitka and the Russian forts at the river Amoor. We very recently had a conversation With one of the officers" of one of H.B.M ships, who was so unfortunate in the. attack of last year to received musket ball in the' breast, passing out at his back, and although the periodfpr the return of this ship to Eiigisud ,was expected, he told us he should certainly ask the admiral- to exchange into one of the ships gains; to the fresh attack, to endeavour to wipe away the pain caused by his unfortunate wound of last season. Russian doggedness must succumb to British courage. The active Admiral Bruce is appointed* Commander* in-Chief of the Pacific squadron, hoisting his flag in a vessel of the line, the Monarch (temporarily hoisted in the President) ; he is seconded also by the French, who have sent out a similar vessel ; and it js to b& hoped that no unwise and divided counsel will prevent their carrying out the one great object of their combined operations, the total destruction of Russian influence in the Pacific Ocean. , - •