TAHITI.

Wellington Independent, Volume I, Issue 25, 25 June 1845, Page 3

TAHITI.

We regret to say that another misunderstanding between the English and French has occurred at Tahiti. We give the following version of the "story from the Journal de Tahiti, dated Papeiti, February 16.

Papeiti, February 16.—0n Monday last an English ship of war haviug been signalled, the chief officer of the staff proceeded by order of M. Le Gouverneur, outside the harbour, on board the vessel, to instruct the commander as to the formalities he would have to fulfil if it were bis intention to anchor at Papeiti. It was her Britannic Majesty's sloop of war Talbot, whose name has already figured so much in the discussions which have taken place in Europe relative to the affairs of Tahiti, in consequence of the part she enacted at Papeiti, wh;-n she was stationed during the period of provisional government —apart in which anything but a friendly feeling towards us was shewn. Having b.en informed by the chief officer of the staff that he would have to salute the French flag, in token of the external sovereignty which we exercise here, and the protectorate flag, each with twenty-one guns, and that unless he went through, this formality, he could not communicate with the shore. Captain Thompson of the lalbot, answered, that he had no objection to do so, only, added he, before saluting the two flags, he wished according to established usage to enter into communication with Mr. Miller, Consul-general of his nation. The Tulbot, anchored in the harbour of Papeiti on the same day, and the interview with Consul-general Miller, demanded by Captain Thompson, immediately took place, At the end of this interview, when everybody believed that he was about to order the two salutes to be fire-1, the commander of the Talbot wrote to the Governor that he could not consent to give the two salutes demanded, unless the British Consular flag, which had been brought by Mr. Pritchard, were hoisted on shore. — Port Phillip Gazette. May 14, 1345.