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Mr. and Mrs. Shelly to join the Mission. About a week 
after the arrival of the Norfolk^ the Venus^ another 
colonial vessel^ came into the bay^ and left on shore 
Captain Bishop and six seamen^ to purchase pigs and salt 
pork for Port Jackson^ while Captain Bass pursued his 
voyage to the Sandwich Islands _5 on the same errand. 
About the 30th of March the Norfolk was wrecked in 
Matavai bay^ having been driven on shore by a heavy 
gale of wind. The hull was destroyed^ but all the stores 
were preserved. Seventeen Englishmen were thus cast 
ashore^ and added to the number of those already 
residing there. These_j together with Captain Bishop 
and his men^ exposed to one common enemy^ united 
with the Missionaries for mutual defence; and to them^ 
under God, the Missionaries owed their preserva¬ 
tion. Two or three hundred warriors came from Eimeo 
to Pomare’s aid. They encamped in the northern part 
of Pare, where they were joined by a number of the 
inhabitants of those districts, favourable to his cause; 
but they were attacked and driven in confusion before 
the rebels towards Matavai, which had now become the 
frontier district. 
On the day of the engagement. Captain Bishop, with a 
strong party, occupied the pass on the top of One-tree 
Hill, arrested the progress of the victors, and favoured 
the retreat of the vanquished, whose courage appeared to 
have forsaken them, under the conviction that the god Oro 
hadfought with their enemies, andrendered them invincible. 
The rebels did not attempt to enter the district, but sent 
a messenger with proposals of alliance, offering the 
English the government of Matavai, and the two districts 
to the southward, which they had already ravaged. If 
this was not agreed to, they demanded permission to 
