The New Zealander.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 375, 17 November 1849, Page 2

The New Zealander.

Be just and fear not: Let all the ends Ihon aims't at, be thy Country's, Thy God's, and Truth's.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 18 49.

NEW AND FLAGRANT OUTRAGE BY THE FRENCH IN THE PACIFICVIOLENT SEIZURE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

Intelligence of the facts indicated in the above heading, has reached us \>y the Lady Leigh, and has an importance, the magnitude of which will at once arrest the attention of every reader. On the arrival of the vessel on the night before our last publication, we received some verbal information on the subject ; but, as it was not of a sufficiently definite character, we judged it better to make no allusion to it on Wednesday, lest we should be instrumental in spreading erroneous statements or exciting unnecessary apprehensions. We are now, however, (by the kindness of Mr. Lewis and Mr. Lievkl^y), in possession ot the pamphlet containing the various official documents which have been issued by authority, and proceed to lay before our readers a statement of events, the possible — or probable — consequence of which, not only in these Seas, but in Europe, we almost shrink from contemplating. Our object to day is to give copious extracts from the documents, interwoven with so much of condensed narrative as may render them generally intelligible; — postponing to another day the ommentsof which the occurrences are largely and painfully suggestive. Unhappily it is a transaction of which we are not likely soon to hear the end. We shall not now stop to inquire into the real motives and causes which led to the French proceedings, but shall be content for the present with guarding ourselves against being supposed to regard those proceedings as having originated merely or chiefly in any personal pique, or resentment entertained by the French Consul against individual members of the Hawaiian Government. We fear they are to be traced to a far deeper and more dangerous source. To come to the facts before us, however ; — we find, that during a temporary absence of King Kamehameha from Honolulu, Rear Admiral Legoarant de Tromelin, Com-mander-in-Lhief of the Naval force of France in the Pacific, and M. Dillon, the French Consul, demanded an interview with His Majesty and his Ministers, "to entertain some point* whose definitive adjustment is of importance to the maintenance and the duration of the good harmony between this (the Hawaiian)

Government, and that of the French Repnblic." This despatch was dated on the 15th of August. On the 19th the King returned, and, on the 21st, Mr. R. C. Wyllie, the Minister of Foreign Relations, made the following communication :—: — Foreign Office, August 21, 1849. The umleriigned, Minister of Foreign Relations of Ins Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, has the honor to acquaint Admiral Jo Tromelin, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean, nnd M. Dillon, Comul of the same, ia the Sandwich Islands, charged with the affairs uf France near the Hawaiian Government, that having laid their joint note of the 20th instant before his Majesty in Pi ivy Council, it has pleased his Ma. jesty to instruct the undersigned to convey to them the following answer : — '1 he King md Gortrnment of the Hawaiian Islandi are not aware that there are any matters pending between them and the Republic of France which have not been r ferred to the direct consideration of the Department of Foreign Affairs in France. The King's Special Commissioner having thote matters in charge has asmred bis Majesty that he will sptre no efforts to hare them adjusted at the earliest day possible; and the King now await* the result of that reference. If, however, Ad.niral Tiomelin and M. Dillou are of the opinion that there are any matters not so referred, now pending, it would much please bis Majesty if they would specify them tint he may he apprized of the extent and natuie thereof, »nd thereby prepared to take them into immediate contiJeration.* la communicating the above by order of the King in Privy Counci 1 , the undersigned for himself hat to add the renewed assurance of his highest consideration. R. C. Wylue. To Admiral Legoarant de Trome'in, Commander-in-Chief, &c.,and te- M. Dillon, Consul of France. * The intention was to fix a day for the desired audience, to Boon as the Admiral and Consul should have complied with thW r quest, but avoiding always a discussion with the King direct in Council,, which 'hey were understood to propose, and which the Hawaiian constitution does not alhw. The following despatch which was received on the next day, merits particular attention as containing the formal statement of the demands which have been made by the French officers, and which formed the pretext for their subsequent proceedings : On board of the Admiral* Frig its 4 Le Poursuivante,' off Honolulu, the 22nd August, 1849. Naval Station of the Punch Republic, and Consulate of France, in the Sandwich Islands. " The undersigned, Legoarant de Tromelin, RearAdmiral, Commander in Chief of th& Naval Forces of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean, ard Dillon, Consul of that Republic, in the Sandwich Itlands, fulfilling the functions of Charge d' Affaires of France neai the Hawaiian Government. " Have in concert, and in a joint note dated ihe 20th current, demsnded of his Majesty, the King of this Archipelago, through the medium of his Minister uf Foreign Relations, an Audience in hit Council, to entertain with him maoy grave que>tions actually | ending between the Consul of the French Republic, at Honoluir, and ihe Hawaiian Government. "By a note dated yesterday, 21 »t August, Mr. the Minister of Foreign Relations, making known the decision of his Majeitj, informs the undersigned that the King deliberating in his Council, bat not thou.hl proper to grant the audience demanded, upon the - ground tbat the difficulties raised bei we* n the Consul of France, in the Hawaiian Islands, and the Government of this ArcbipeUgo, have been submitted dir ot to the appreciation of the French Republic, through the medium of the Hawaiian Charge d'affaires at Paris. "The Minister of Foreign Relittom adds that in case there should be other questions, besides those submitted to the French Government, the undersigned are invited to formalize them, in order that the Hawaiian government may examine them and take them into consideration. " Neither the questions submitted to the appreciation of the French G .vernment, by the Hawaiian Government, nor those which the under»igued had the intention to make valid, not having been formalized by the one part and the o.her (it is presumed that the meaning in r>y both parties,) the re'usal of ths audience which results from the tenor of tho precited note of Mr. the Minister of Foreign R<lition», cannot be considered otherwise than as a dila'ory reply. The intention of the undersigned was at first to treat summarily, in a ccnf( rence, of the principal points in litigation, and to remit into the hand* of Mr. the Minister of Fcreign Relations, their deaaads duly and p-ecisely (nettement) formaliz°d. " In the meanwhile, the time for delibera'ion has passed : admitting at tiue the declaration given by the Hawaiian Government tha> the question* to be treated of have been submitted by it to the examination ofibat of the French Republic th» time required to know the decision of the cabinet of Paris, and the actual *>iiuati n iu which, the persons and commerce of the French in the Sandwich Islands are plaod, do not permit to accept any longe' new delay*. Tue undersigned, tUce. fore, consider themselves as bound to-day to accomplish here, and without delay, their whole duty, and to put the Government of bis Maj sty. King K-smehneha 111 , in the case (demeure) of giving a categorical answer to the following demands put by the undersigned, without exposition of facts aud discussions which the correspondence previously interchanged, render completely utelesi. j 1. "The complete and loynl adoption of the Treaty of the 26th uf March, 184G, as it read* in the French text. 2. "The reduction of SO per cent. a<2 valorem of the duty upon brandies and spiritous liquors of French origin. 3. " The subjection of the Catholic Schools to the direction of the Chief of the French Mission and to Special Inspectors, not Protestants, and a treatment rigorously equal granted to the two worships and to their schools. 4. " The adoption of the French language in business in ercourtc (pour les rapports) between French citizens and the Hawaiian departments (administiaions). 5. "The withdrawal of the exception with which French whalers are affected, which import wines ana spirits, and the abrogation ot the regulation which obliges vessels laden with liquids to pay and support the custom-house officer placed on board to superintend the loading and unloading. 6. " The return of all the duties received in virtue of the regulation of which the withdrawal is demanded by the s:h paragraph immediately preceding. " All these conclusions ought to be the object of the Resolutions of His Majesty, passed iv his Council, and of urgency. 7. " IV return of the fine of 25 dollars paid by the Fiench bhip " General Teste," besides an indemnity of 60 dollars for the time during which she was unjustly detained here.

8. *' iuserThe tiou in officlthe ia organ of the Hawaiian Government of the punishment inflicted upon the scholars of the High School whoie impious con* duct gave occaiioa to ths complaints of Mr. the Abbe Coulon. 9. " The removal of the Governor of Hatraiia, who violated or allowed to be violated the domicile of Mr. the Abbe Mirechal, or the order that that Governor make reparation to that Missionary, the one decision or the other to be inserted iv the official journal. 10. '• The payment to the French citizen proprietor of the Hotel of Fiance of the damages committed in hit house by foreign sailors, against whom the Hawaiian administration has not taken any process. 11. "The undersigned give a delay of three days from this day, 22nd August, 1849, to the Hawaiian Government to make a categorical reply to the demands above. " In default of this Government making known its decision, between this and Saturday next, the 25th August, 1849, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the undersigned, agreeably to the formal instructions af the Fre eh Government, will hare to declare the treaty of the 26th March, 1846, null and void, and replaced by the Convention concluded the 12th and 17th July, 1839, between the Post Captain Ljiplace, acting in the name of the King of the French, and his Majesty Kamrhameha 111. "Besides the t#o parties re-entering, by right, under the empire of that convention, it will become the rule of the reciprocal conduct to follow, and the Hawaiian Government will be bound to execute it in all its extent,, remaining after that day responsible for every infringement thereof which they may commit. "And in regard to the demands comprised in the paragraphs 7th, Bth, 9th and 10th above, the undersigned declare that in caie justice be not done, they will employ the means at their disposal to obtain a compelte reparation, declining for this case, and from the present till the responsibility of the subsequent acts that may happen. (S" d) Leqoarant db Thomelin, The prompt, and, to every honourable mind, satisfactory reply of the Hawaiian Government was as follows :—: — Foreign Office, Honolulu, Aug. 25, 1849. The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Relations of the King of the Hnwaiim Islands, had the honor to receive on the 22nd instant, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the despatch addressed to him, dated the same day, by Rear Admiral Legoamnt de Tronielin, Com* mander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of the French R public in the Pacific Ocean, and M. Dillon, Consul of France in the Sandwich lilandx, in which they make, in the name of the French Republic, ten demands, to which they lequire a categorical reply from the King, before three o'clock of the afternoon of Saturday, the 25th instant, under the penalty of their declaring null and void the treaty of the 2fith of March, 1846. ; and reviving in full vigor the convention with Post Captain Laplace, of the 12th and I7;h July. 1839 ; and under the further penalty of their employing the means at their digpoanl to obiain a complete reparation, un'ess the demands comprised in paragraphs 7th, Bth, 9 h, and 10th are complied with. The undersigned has the honor to reply to the Rear Admiral ami Consul of France, (hat 'heir de^pntch has been laid before thu King in Council, and delberated upoa will) a 1 ! the care possible, and that the King as an independent sovereign, under his rights guaranteed | by joint declaration of France and Great Britain, of the I 28th November, J843, as a party to the ireaty or 26th March, 1846, and as ths sovereign of thes.' t»la»d», in direct correspond< nee through hi« duly accredited representative, since the 23rd of April last, with the Government of the Fieneh Republic, by and with the advice of his Privy Council* hat instructed tin undersigned tv make the following reply : In the first place, the King and Government disclaim any intention in the letter of tlie Minister of Foreign Relations of the 21st instant, of refusing an audience to R<;ar Admiral de T/omelia anl the- Consul of Fiance. It appea'% ho \ever, from the demand, under hostile meracee, of categoiical answers ti ceitam pr eemp ory rr quiremetits without discussion or exposiiion of facts, on the ground that such discussion or exposition would be wholly uiekss, that sucti audience could have been of little ot no avail, if granted. But the undersigned is nevertheless commanded to add, that if it be the pleasure of the Admiral and Consul of France to have an audience of the King, upon matters actually pending between this Government and the Republic of France, it will be granted. In relation to the demands of the Admiral and Consul of France, the undersigned is instructed to reply as follows : — That the fir»t demand, namely, the complete adoption of the treaty of the 26th of March, 1846, as it reads in the French text, the King and Government assent j assuring the Admiral and Consul of France tha> they are now ready and willing 1 , a* they ever have been and will be, to fully and faithfully execuce all the provisions ot the treaty of the 26 h March, 1846', until the same bi modified, or superseded hy a n°w tieaty. Ta the second demand, namtly, thut the duties on brandirs, and othrr spirituous liquors— of Frtn-h or gin — bj reduced fifty per rent, ad valorem the undersigned is instructed io make aaswer, thut tj this demand, the King and Government mo»t respectfully dccl.iw to accede. First, on the ground that this queji. tion is now pending in dhect reference to the consideration of the Department of Foreign Affairs in France. —Secondly, because such demand is a plain and decided infraction of the letter aDd spirit of the treaty of the 26th of March, 1846 ; the sixth article of that treaty expreisly empowering the Hawaiian Gjverument io designate the amount of duty to be laid upon brandy and other spirituous liquon ; "provided always, that such duty shall not be so high as absolutely to prohibit those articles." So far is the present duty from amounting to an absolute prohibition of the importation of those articles, that it appears from the statistics of the Custom House at Honolulu, that there have been three thousand two hundred and eighty three gallons of brandy and other spirituous liquors iaported into this place, which hate paid duiies, since the first day of January last. To the third demand, requiring the subjection of Catholic schools to the direction of the chief of the French Mission, and to special inspectors, not Protestants ; anil a treatment ngorouJy equal granted to the two worthies and their schools, the undersigned is instructed to make answer, that it is the intention of the King and Government of the Hawaiian islands to treat with perfect equality the Catholic and Protestant worships and their schools. But that the schools referred to are public schools, entirely supported by the funds of the Government, raised exclusively trom natives, and that they cannot submit to place them under the direction of any mission, Catholic or Proiestant. As answer to the fourth nemand requiring the adoption of the French language in business intercourse between French citizens and the Hawaiian departments the undersigned is commnnried to state, that the sab* jept of this demand is now pending in reference to the Government of Frtuce ; and that it ji confidently be-

lieveJ by the King, that the remit of that reference will be favourable to the views entertained by this Government; namely, th»t this demand it without foundation in the treaty of the 26th of March, 1846, or the law of nations, and absolutely imparcticable in the present state of these Islands. To the fifth demand, requiring the alteration of the law •« to encourage the visits of whalers," 10 at to admit brandy and other spirituous liquors free of duty> in common with other commoditirs ; and the repeal of the regulation which obliges vessels laden vrith spirituous liquors to pay and support while on board, the Custom-house officer placed there to superintend the lading and unlading of such vessels, the undersigned! lias it in command to reaffirm the ground previously taken in regard to other demands, namely, that tiieio I questions have been referred to the direct considerat ion of the Government of France; the result of which 1 reference the King now awaits. But to add, however* that if the King and Government could see wherein such provisions conflict with the parity or any other right guaranteed to France under the existing treaty or the law of nations, or wherein lueh provisions apply to French whalers or merchant ships differently from the vessels of other nations, this demand would b# granted. In answer to the sixth demand, namely, the returnof all duties received in virtue of the regulations, the repeal of which is demanded in the fifth piragrapb, the undersigned is commanded to state, that it follow* as o consequence of the answer above given to the fifth requi-euient that i cannot be granted. To the seventh demand, requiriug the return of the fine of twenty-five dollars, paid by the French whale ship, the " General Teste," besides an indemnity of sixty dollars for the time during which she was detained here, the King and Government, through the medium of the undesigned, answer that this with other questions has been referred to France ; and that relying upon her justice to support the view they have taken, they respectfully decline to yield their assent to this demand. The "Geneial Teste", in leaving the port of Honolulu, without first obtaining a clearance, plainly violated the law, as admitted by the Consul of France, subjecting her to a penalty of five hundred dollar", which, through the clemency of the King* Commissioners of Customs, was reduced to twenty-fire. As answer to the eighth demand, requiring the insertion in the official journal of the Hawaiian Go- [ vernmeni-, of the punishment inflicted upon the scholars of the High School for impious conduct, giving motive to the complaints of Mr. the Abbe Caul lon, the ' undersigned ii instructed to answer, that tbe King and Government have discountenanced, and ever will, strongly discountenance all improper or impious conduct iv any church of this kingdom ; but, that in tb« 1 case referred to, thft King's Government are informed no conviction was had, or punishment inflicted, be* cause the Justice before whom the case was tried, was of the opinion that the charge had not been sustained by proof ; and, no appeal having been taken from his decision, no iuter-national question can arise in tbe matter. To the ninth demand, requiring the removal of the Governor of Hawaii, who, it is alleged, violated, or allowed to he violated, the domicile of Mr. the Abbe Marechal, or the order that he make reparation for the Srtine to that missionary ; tbe one decision or the other to be inserted in the official journal ;— the undersigned is instructed to reply, — that the Kingand Government have now for the first time learned of the grievance here complained of— that tbe legal tribunals uf tliii king'om have ever been open to the redress of all injuries of this nature ; and ttat it is for the party alleged to' have been injured to seek for justice by due recourse to such tribunals.— Uutil justice he so sought aud Jsuicd, nei her the Admiral or the Consul of France, can, under the law of nation* or the treaty of the 26th of March, 1846, rightfully proceed as if justice were refuted. To the tenth demand, requiring payment to tbe proprietor of the French Hotal of the damages committed in his house by foreign sailor?, tbe undersigned has it in command to. answer,— that the Courts of this kingdom have been and now are, open to the pro. prietor of the French Hotel, equally with »11 othsr persons, ta compel the remuneration of damages vriongfully susr/med. The King and Government are not aware that redress for such wrong hu» ever been denied to any French citizen, and until it is d nied, they can see no ground for such reclamations. Having answered the several demands in the order in which they are propounded, the undersigned is commanded to a. ld, that a copy of the Admiral and Consul's despatch, with full ex<t|an-ttious upon every demand' has been forwarded to the King's Special Commissioner, to be added lo those other documents winch he his it in command to submit to the French Government, with a view to the amicable adjustment •f every matter and question contested with tbe Consul of France. And he has ben instructed to u«e similar efforts to adjust all those embraced in the despatch now under reply ; so as not to leave one grievance, or even the al edged evils arising from the delay of said r.eferenco, unprovided for. And tbe undersigned is further commanded to add, that the King and Government of the Hawaiian Islands, ever ready fully and faithfully to curry out all the stipulations of the Treaty of the 26 h March, 1846 ; and ever solicitous to live on the strictest terms of amity and peace with the Republic of France, would respectfully propose, in case the reference made to France is not satisfactory, to refer all matters and controversies in difference between Fiance and the Hawaiian Islands, to the friendly mediation and adjustment of some neutral power, by whose arbitrament and award the King aud Government will engage to abide. With this answer and proportion solemuly conveyed to you in the King* name, it will be for the Admiral and Consul of Fiance to answer to their own Government, to their own consciences, and to the world, for the use they may mike of the large force at their disposal. The King has ordered that no resistance whatever shall be made to such force. R. C. Wylmb. On the afternoon of the 25th. (the same day on which this Reply was forwarded) the armed forces of France took military possession of the Fort, the Government Offices, and the Customhouse, and seized the King's royal yacht. This they did without forcible opposition on the part of the Hawaiians, as the King in Council had given orders " that no resistance should be made nor any insult offered to any French officer, marine, or soldier," and these ! orders were strictly obeyed. The French Admiral also, caused a Proclamation "to the inhabitants of Honolulu," stating his purposes, to be extensively placarded on the morning of Sunday the 26th. With refeience to this, Mr. Wyllie remonstrated in a despatch to the Admiral, stating that " his Majesty has not consented to the Proclamation, and, in regard to the same, reserves his rights as King of an ia-

dependent State, under the engagement referred to" — (that guaranteed by the joint declaration of France and Great Britain of the 28th Nov., 1843)—" and the treaty of the 20th of March, 1846." On the 28th of August two conferences, one of three, the other of five hours duration, were held on board the French steam corvette Gasscndi, between the Admiral and Messrs Judd and Lee, Special Commissioners appointed by King. No amicable arrangement was arrived at. A significant fact, illustrative of the animus of the French officers, is that, " during the neqociations, the work of dismantling the Fort was progressing, and continued up to the 30th inst., a little past mid-day." The next occurrence in this eventful history was the forwarding of the following communicarion, which strikingly shows the temperate and amicable disposition of the Hawaiian Government : Palace, 29th August, 1849, At half-past 2 p. M. Sir,— l ttn directed by (he Kiug and Council to past to you. officially, in the most respectful manner, copies of the enclosed Resolutions, imiy sanctioned by the King; and Council for your acceptance, and to state his Majesty's belief thut after this solemn offer all just occasion for war, or etch reprisals, i» completely removed, and the honour of Prance tnd your own fully covered under thf law of Nations. Hoping that you will take this view, I renew the assurance of the most dutingaished consideration with winch I have the honor to be, Sir, Your moit obedient humble servant:, R. C. Wyllie. Admiral Le(?oarstit de Tromelin, Comitiander-in-Chiefof the Naval Forces of the French Republic, &c, off Honolulu.

The following are the Reiolutiom of the King and Privy Council, alluded to in Mr. Wyllies preceding note :— Resolved, That the King and Government duly appreciate (he disposition of R?ar Admiral deTio-nehn to settle the existing difficulties wiih hit Majesty *i Commissioners sent 01 board tin* G<issendi. And th-t whilo the King and Government rep«at their determination to adhere to the Treaty of the 26th of March, 1(346, as it may be inrerpietcd by the joint parties to information, until it be modified or superiedei by a new Treaty to which France shall consent, they deplore tht necessity under which the Admiral conniders himself placed of pressing the King and Government to an Immediate decision in regard to the sense to he g.ven to that Treaty, bnd they hereby empower the Minister of Foreign Relations to make to the Admit al the following propositions :— j-.ist — Thtlall pending difficulties be referred to the decision of the Government of France in concert with the Kind's special plenipotentiaiy ; and, in case of a n n-tgreement upon any point, to the final award of any friend v P<iwer, to he named l>y France herself; the Hawaiian Government pledsjine the King's faith and the nnuonal revenues, and, if ivquired, the further guarantee of some friendly power to abide by and carry out all the provisions of such decision and »\v»rd Scondy— Tint if the Admiral agree to this, a contract to the ab >ye t ffect bi* dr.<wn up and kigued by him and tlie King's Comnri*Bionerb. Th'rdly— That having made these proposals, fie King of the Hawaiian Islands lolem ly declares that he hut done all in his power and all that under the law of Natinnt, and existing engagements w th France, can be justly required ol him as neressary to s<ti<-fy tbe honour of France and of ihe Admiral , and that after thts offer, securing «.nd guaranteeing the most ample rf|i<iration upon all points, as France herself, or the umpire of her own choice, may pionounce ju*t, the King bell vei tViat all just cau«e for war or even reprisal*, under the law of Nations, is entirely removed. (Signed) 'Kambhameha. (l.».) Keoni Ana. By the King and the Premier, R. C. Wylue, Minister of Foreign Relation!. The French " definitive declaration," in answer to this despatch is as follows : [Translation by Mr. Wylle, corrected by Admiral deTromelin.] On board the Admiral's Frigate of the French Republic" La Pour suiv ante, off Honolulu, Thursday, 30 h of August, 184 U, at 8 a.m. Naval Station of the French Republic, in the Pacific Ocean. The undersigned, Rear Admiral. Commnnder-in-Chief of ihe Naval Forces of the French Republic, in the Pacific Ocean, has received, yeiterday at three o'clock, fhe resolution of the Hawaiian Government, taken in Counril and signed by (he hand of King Kainehameha 111., and relative to Ihe diffrrrncts which exist on the subject of the infeip etationaud execution of the Treaty of the 26th March, 1846. The propositions made by the Hawaiian Government not being acceptable, for the reason that it persists in wishing to submit France to the arbitrution of a 'liiid power, whilst previously, in analogous circumstances, it has not persisted in such a pretension towards England, the undesigned, agreeably to the orders of the French Government, notifies to the Hawaiian Go vernment, that counting fr ,m this d.jy, the thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and foitv- nine, at mid-day, the Treaty of the 261h of March, 1 8 16, not being loyally execu'ed by it, is declared null and void, and that, from this day, tht two nations, French and Hawaiian, return, respectively, under the em| ire of the Contention concluded the 12ih and 17th Ju'y, 1839, between Captain Laplace and King Kumehameha 111. And, considering that in consequence of ihecnoneous interpretation that the Hawaiian Government persists in giving to the treaty of the 26th of March, 1846, it has exercised against the citizens and the commerce of France, exactions which have been protested against, to no effect by competent official | arties, and because it persists in the same courses, the undersigned, by way of reprisals and in order to have some guarantees of indemnity and reparation of damages occasioned to France, notifies here to the Hawaiian Government that ho will cuase to be seized and captured all the properties of this government which shall fall into hi* power, respecting always the property of prirate individuals, because the undersigned does not wuh to make Hawaiian subjects responsible for the faults of the counsellors of their King. ' It is for this reason that he confines himself, to day, to disarm the Fort of Honolulu, and to setee definitively* the schooner •' Kanjelianulia," the only one 0' the vessels actually under detention which belongs to the Hawaiian Government. Tht undersigned dcclaies this government responsible, (tohdairement) and personally) for all damage! which may be occasioned to French citizen! present in

the Hawaiian Archipelago, whether in their perions or property ; and he reiervei beiidei to the French Government to punue, by the means which it ihall judge proper, the complete reparation of all their grievances. (Signed,) LEGOARANT I>E TROMELIN. To Mr. the Minister of Foreign Relations, Honalulu. Immediately on the receipt of this ultimatum, the following very important document was issued :