ARRIVAL OF MISSIONARIES. 45 
forty-sixth year of His present Majesty, entitled, ‘ An Act 
for the more speedy trial of offences committed in distant 
countries, or upon the sea/ ” 
By the Porpoise, the Missionaries received the 
agreeable intelligence that a ship, with a reinforce¬ 
ment of their number, and necessary supplies from 
England, was on her way to the islands. In the 
afternoon of the 10th of July, 1801, the Royal 
Admiral, commanded by Captain W. Wilson, 
anchored in the bay, having a number of Mis¬ 
sionaries on board, together with supplies and 
letters from their friends and the directors, from 
whom they had heard only once, during the four 
years they had dwelt on the island. Mr. Shelly, 
one of the Missionaries who had been stationed in 
the Friendly Islands, but had escaped to New 
South Wales, returned to Tahiti in this ship, and 
was cordially welcomed by his friends, along with 
those who had arrived from England. 
On the 13th of July, 1801, Captain Wil¬ 
son, and the eight Missionaries from England, 
landed near Point Venus, and were introduced 
to Otu, Pomare, and other principal chiefs, by 
whom they were welcomed to Tahiti. Pomare 
said he was pleased with their arrival, and ex¬ 
pressed his willingness that others should join 
them. The gratification he expressed on their 
landing, however, did not arise from any desire 
after religious instruction, for in this interview he 
spoke of their engaging in war with him, and pro¬ 
bably rejoiced in their arrival only as a means of 
increasing the extent of his influence, and the 
stability of his government. After remaining about 
three weeks at Tahiti, and assisting the society in 
their regulations by his counsel, and in the prepa¬ 
ration of their houses by the carpenters of the ship. 
