The New-Zealander.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 376, 21 November 1849, Page 2

The New-Zealander.

He just and fear not: Let all the ends ihou tiims't at, be thy Country's, Thy God's, and Truth's. W~E~D N E SIT/V V, NOVEMBER 21, 18*9

THE FRENCH IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

Although the narrative in oar last gave an extended view of the outrages lately perpetrated at Honolulu in the name of the Republic of France, there are various other documents, in addition to those which we have extracted, which have an intimate bearing on the subject, and which we desire to place on record in our columns as not ouly possessed of immediate interest, but also as having a historical importance which may render them valuable for purposes of future reference. In the admirably comprehensive and forciHe Pkotjgst issued by the Hawaiian Government (copied into our last), reference is made to the Joint Declaration of Great Britain and France by which His Majesty's Kingdom was recognised as a friendly independent State under the special protection of those Nations. The following is that Declaration : — Copy of the Joint Declaration of France and Great Britain appended under seal to the foregoing protest. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, taking iuto consideration the existence in the Sandwich Islandi of a Government capable of providing for the regularity of its relations with foreign nations, have thought it right to engage, reciprocally, to consider the Sandwich Inlands, as an independent State, and never to take possession, neither directly or under the title of Protectorate or under any other form, of the territory of which they are composed. The undersigned, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Ambassador Extraordinary of His Majesty the King of the French, at the Court of London, being furnished with the neces»aiy powers, hereby declare in consequence, that their said Majesties take reciprocally that engagement. In Witness whereof the unde signed have signed the present declaration, and have, affixed thereto, the Seal of their Arms. Done in duplicate, at London, the 23th day of November, in the Year of Our Lord 1843. Signed ABERDEEN (l. s.) Sr. AULAIRE. (l. s.) The Protest also referred to the Treaty of 1846, in which France herself guaranteed rights to the Sovereign of the Sandwich Islands which were flagrantly outraged by the recent proceedings. We subjoin that Treaty ;—; — Copy of the English Translation of the French Treaty of 20th March, 1846, (agreed to be the rule as it reads in the English Text, for the Hawaiian Com t? 9 between the King's Pleni notentiavy and the Commissioner of France, and the Consu l General of Great Britain) as appended under Seal to the Foregoing Protest.

FRENCH TREA.TY. Time having demonstrated Uie expediency of substi* tuting a general Treaty to the diverse convention! mutually consented to heretofoie by Franc and the Sandwich Islands, The Fiench and HaiVciian Government* have reciprocally agreed to tho following articles and have signed them after hating acknowledged and resolvfd, that every other Treaty or Convention, actually existing between the contracting parties, shall be now considered to be null and of no effect.

ARTICLE I. Tli ere shall be perpetual peace a>,d amity between His ATajestj the King of the French, and the King of the Sandwich Itlauds, their Heirs and Successor*.

ARTICLE 11. The subjects of His Majesty the King of the French resiJi»K within the dominions of the King oi the SinJwSh Islands shall enjoy the same protection in regard to their Civil rights, as well as to their persons,

and properties, ai Native subjects, and the King of the Sandwich Islands, engages to grant to French subjects, the S'ime rights and privileges, wh'ch now are, or hereafter may he, granted to or enjoyed by any Foreigners, Subjects of the most favoured Nations.

AUTICLE 111. No French subject accused of any Crime whatever, shall be judged otherwise than by a Jury composed of Native or Foreign Residents proposed by the French Consul and accepted by the Government of the Sandwich Islands.

ARTICLE IT. The protection of the King of the Sandwich Islands shall be extended to all French Vessels, iheir Officers ami Crews. In c »se of Shipwreck, the Chiefs and Inhabitants of the different parts of the Sandwich Islands shall succour them, and secure them from plunder. The Salvage Dues shall be regulated, in case of dispute, by arbitration chosen by both parties,

ARTICLE Y. The desertion of Seameti embarked on board of French Vessels shall be severely repressed by the local authorities, who shall employ all the means at their disposal to arrest deserters; and all reasonable expenses of capture shall be defrayed by the Captains or Owners of the said Vesiels.

ARTICLE VI. French Merchandise or Gooda recognized as coming from the French dominions, shall not be prohibited, nor shall they be subject to an Import Duty higher tlian five per cent, ad valorem. Wines, Brandies, and other Spirituous Liquors are, however excepted fiotn this stipulation, and shall be liable to such reasonable Puty as the Hawaiian Government may think fit to lay upon them, provided always that the amount of Duty shall not be so high as absolutely to prohibit the impor. tation of the said articles.

ARTICLE VII. No Tonnage, Import, or other Duties shall be levied on French Vessels, or Goods imported in French Vessels, beyond what are levied on Vessels or Goods of the most favoured Nation.

ARTICLE VIII. The subjects of the King of the Sandwich Islands shall, 'in the Commercial or other relations with France, be treated on the footing of the most favoured Nation. Done at Honolulu the 26th March, 18 J6.

(Signed) Em. Fbrrik, (Signed) R. C. Wyllie, Consul of France, charged His Hawaiian Majesty's with a Special Mission tJ Minister of Foreign Re« the Sandwich Island*. lations. (h. s.) (l s.)