Star.
London, England, 1831-04-16 00:00:00

Was. Bolton Finch, an °Seer in our Nary 001111lainding the Ship of
Woe Woman.

Captain Flitch also bears to you from the President certAi sm.4l!
tokens of regard, for yourself and the Chiefs who are near w you,
and is anumanded to express to you in his same the anxious
desire which he feels for your advancement is prosperity and in the
arts of civilised life, sod for the cultivation of hammy and good will
between your nation and the people of the United States. He her
heard with admiration and interest of the rapid progress which has b. en
made by your people in acquiring a knowledge of letters and of 6e
true rel ion—the religion of the Christian's Bible. These are the beet
and the only means, by which the prosperity and happiness of nations
an be advanced and continued, and the President and all men evcry
whore, who wish well to yourself and your people, earnestly hope you
will continue to cultivate them, and to protect id encourage those
by whom they are brought to you.
The President also anxiously Wpm that pew, and kindness, alqi
justice will prevail between your people and those citizens of the
States who visit your islands, and that the regulations of your Govern-
ment will be such as to enforce them upon all.
Our Citizens who violate your laws, or interfere with your regula-
tions, violate at the same time their duty to their own Government
and Country, and merit censure and punishment. We have heard
with pain that this be' sometimes been the ease, and we have soughs
to know and So pleb there who are guilty. Captain Finch is com-
manded so enquire into the conduct of our citizens, whom he
may and at the and, as far as he has the authority, to ensure
proper conduct end deportment from them.
The President hopes, however, that then are very few who so act
as to deserve came or punishment, and Abe. all others he so-
licits the kindling sod premodern of your government, that their inte-
rmits may be premesed and every fisWity given to them in the transac.
ties of thdr busimun A mien he bespeaks your favour to those
who bate take. up theirteaiisees with you to promote the cause of
and hesning in your hinds. He does not doubt that their
modem ine we
send their (Nem most friendly to the happiness of
your peep* end that they will eo esoduet themselves as to merit the
kindness of year gumenment, One of their number the
Caries lirwelol ilisioset, who resided for a long time with
yen, hen as ivei the Swims of his government in an appointment to
an Aka et ilidisint i• we Navy, and will visit you in company with
Pbeit.
t'llgenTreeidext Wefts you with respect, and wishes you peace, hap.
pluses, and pemperhy.
[L. S.] SA ML. L. SOUTHARD,
of the Navy.
LSOISLATION OF THE SANDWlCScialititairiANDS.
The following is the code of laws lately established by the
Government of the Sandwich Islands, said to have been
made at the suggestion of the Missionaries.

(TRANSLATION.)
These are the names of the King of the Islands, and the Chiefs in
Council :
Kautweaoon, the King, Oov. Bon,
KauzuXlllltt, Gov. ADAMS Kt:WEIN t.
MANUIA, KEKVAMADAt AILANAZA, Pan, Korot:,
.10111 Ti, JAMZS HAEUMU.
OAHU, Ocv. 7, 11129.
This is my decision for you : we assent to the request of the
English residents; we grant the protection of the laws ; that is the
sum of your petition.
This, therefore, Is my proclamation, which I make known to you,
all people from foreign countries I—The laws of my country pro-
hibit Murder, Theft, Adultery, Fornication, Retailing Ardent Spirits
at houses for selling spirits, Amusements on the Sabbath day, Gam-
bling and Betting on the Sabbath day, and at all times.
If any man shall transgress any of these laws, he is liable to the pe-
nalty, the same to every foreigner and for the people of these Islands,
whoever shall violate these laws shall be punished.
This also I male known,—The Law of the Great God of heaven,
that is the great thing by which we shall promote peace; let all men
who remain here obey it.
Christian Marriage is proper for men and women. But If a woman
regard her man as her only husband, and the man regard his woman as
his only wife, they are legally husband and wife; but if the parties are
not married. nor regard themselves as husband and wife, let them forth-
with entirely separate.
11. This is also our decision, which I now declare to you.
—We have seen your wickedness heretofore. You did not
warn us that your dooryards and enclosed plantations were tabu before
the time when our animals went into your enclosures ; you unhesita-
tingly killed our aufmals. But we warned you of the tabu of our plats-
talons before the time when the animals came into them, even yours;
and then it was told again to you that have ealtle ; but for :some dots
past we have known your tattle to come in to eat up what we had
planted; on that account some of your cattle are dead.
This then is the way to obtain justices if you judged the matt
guilty, you are not forthwith to punish him ; wait till we have a
consultation first: then, had we judged him guilty, we would have
given you damages ; but no, you rashly steel-ondtlegitiOnitirg4 the man ;
that is one of the crimes of two of you. And we rtSie to you all that
the wounding of a beast is by no mean, quer to the wounding of a
man, inasmuch as man is lord over all the beasts.
This is our communication to you all, ye parents from the coutitti...
whence originate the winds : have companion on a nation of little
children, very small and young, who are yet in mental darkness., and
help us to do right and follow with us that which will be for the best
good of this our country.
M. As to the recent death of the cow ; she died for breaking a
tabu for the protection of the plantation. The place was defended
also by a fence, built by the owner of the plantation. Having Av.
cured his field by a fence, what remained to be done was the duty to
the owners of cattle, who were told by him who had charge of the
plantation, to bring home their cattle at evening. He did tell then,
so, but they did not regard it ; and in the night they canoe in,
but not by day. On that account, the owner of the
hoped to recover damage ; for many were the cattle that were
taken up before, but no damage wm recovered for the crop they
had devoured ; the owners plead them off without paying damage,
therefore he to whom the crop belonged determined that one of dm cat-
tle should die, for destroying the crop; for it had been said, that if
any of the cattle should come into the enclosure devouring the crop.
such cattle would be forfeited and become the property of the owner
of the expected crop. Many have been seised, but they were
begged off and gives up again ; this has been done many times. Why
then are you so quick to be angry ? For within the enclosure was the
place where the cow was wounded, after which she made her way out.
What then means your declaration that the cow was wantonly shot in
the common. The cow would not have been killed for simply grazing
in the common pasture ; her feeding upon the cultivated crop was
well known by those who bad the care of the plantation.
(Signed) RAUIREAOUI.I.
Considerable excitation has arisen during the exhumation
of bodies from St. Michael's, Cornhill. The Bridge Com-
mittee appointed an undertaker, but many relatives inter-
pose, and complain of disregard of their wishes and feel-
ings. At length the Common Council have censured both
the Committee and their undertaker, and the wishes of
families are to be respected.
It would appear from the silence of Parliament, that it
succumbs to public opinion, and will leave all its bad policy
to be corrected by its reformed successors. Why, however,
should it descend to the tomb with the critical marks of his-
tory upon it ? The people would not be unwilling to shed a
tear over it, if even at this " eleventh hour" it were, by
an energetic movement, to take into consideration the pray-
ers of the 185 bodies of petitioners who, in 1829 and 1830,
complained of sufferings in terms eloquent enough to move
any man but a political economist, a pernicious sect of which
there are, however, nut a dozen in the House. It would
find, that what was true then is more palpably true nowo
and that personal sufferings then, have since been aggravated
three or four-fold. Would it, at least, not be more satis-
factory to expire amidst the blessings and gratitude for this
100,000 petitioners than the contrary, which contrary we
respectfully forbear to express ? Is there no member for a
rotten borough zealous enough for his craft, to turn the tables
on their adversaries in this desirable way ? He would have
100,000 pledged allies out of doors, if not the whole peo-
ple ; and rotten boroughs themselves would become popular
again, were their members to associate for mice for the
public good ! Let us then witness an amiable contest of this
kind—let parties run a race in the public service—and we
pledge ourselves that the people are yet to be bought by
those who will do something for them. We argue however,
of course, in the belief that the 185 petitions have not yet
been sold for waste caper !
AFFAIR OF HONOUO.—Wednesday se'nnight a meeting
took place at Cratloe, near Limerick, between Eyre Evans,
Esq. of Ash-hill, and W. Coote, of Mount Coote, Esq. the
former attended by James levers, Esq. the latter by Joseph
Gobbing, Esq. of Ballincallow. Mr. C. having received
Mr. E.'s fire, a satisfactory arrangement was effected, anti
both gentlemen retired on the best terms.

SUSC EPTI BlLlTY.—There is now living in Spalding an
old widow lady, upwards of 80 years of age, nho declares
she never ..'red a tear these 50 years, during which time she
has buried three loving husbands.