The Litchfield County post., 1827-01-02

as Lord Byron had done, at tho council he held wiiiI the chiefs. He answered that
 he would not write, but would talk and would EgAt-that his vessel was small, but like fre--warned the chiefs as to their own safety, if they resisted his wiShes-said he would shoot Mir Bingham if he came to the council, and would have the law remo- ved at any consequence. At the council he was more moderate, but insisted on the repeal of the law--cOmplained loudly that the chiefs had insulied him by not admit ting females to his schooner, when they had allowed them to go on board the Blon- de frigate, (which was not true) and said he would rather have his arms and legs cut of, than to be thus insulted. Your Mis- sionaries, he added, tell you so and so, but they are only Kan0kas, Common low men)-I know nothing about them---I am Chief from the U. s. and you must lis- ten to me.
 To his speasii the chiefs made little re- ply, exceppfhat they had recently heard the s@6fd'of God, and were determined to obey his commandments and walk in the right way. In answer to this mention of the word of God, he said, "When scme wicked people took an adultress to Jesus sChrist to be punished, lie did not punisl. her, but told her to go back again"-and here left the passage, so that the people who believed what the Capt. said supposed that our Lord commended the woman for adultery.
 Kaahumanu said to him, "We have turned to the Lord, and we wish our peo- ple to do the same-for this reason we have laid the law. We make no law for you, nor for your men, nor for your wo-s mcn-it is for our own females we have made the law" He received no answer at the Council, concerning the repeal of the prohibition. The next morning, he sent a messenger, demanding liberation of five noted prostitutes, and threatened that he would blow the town down if they did not listen to him. On Saturday evening, the 18th of February, Capt. P. came to Kaahumanu again-told her she was heva- roa Every wicked) for not removing the law-told her she was putting herself and people in danger, and spent an hour in railing at her, the chiefs, and the mission sometimes merely hinting at the hazard to which we were exposing ourselves, and at others uttering the most positive threats. Kaahumanu replied, ,ts have seen men of war before-I have seen men of warfrom England and from Russia, ,and from France and from Spain but have never before seen such man of war as yousare!" And she actually came to me to enquire wheth
 CT Capt. P. was indeed an American, or whether he was not pirate. The next C,,hh hhnt 011 v1n and quiet as usual. In the afternoon, a.
 bout the time of worship, it commenced
 raining, and the people were prevented
 assembling in the usual place of public ser- vice. karaimoku was in his sick chamber,
 and most of the chiefs with him. M. Bing-
 ham went to the Government house to
 consult the chiefs about tlie afternoon wor-
 ship. While he was there four sailors came
 in, armed with clubs, demanding the remo- val of the law-saying, they would have
 the restoration of their former pactices, or
 they would have the houses down. Kara
 imoku ordered them peremptorily from
 the house, as did Kaahamanu and the oth-
 CT chiefs-they refused to go, and formed line brandishing their clubs. Other sail lors soon arrived, and they commenced an dtldCh OH tuC NOuScs dlu UFOAC uCdFIy dH :he glass in the front windows. They then left the enclosure of the chiefs and pro- ceeded towards Mir. Bingham's residence, immediately adoining-Mrs. Bingham was alone, and MT. B. perceiving their design, sprung by cross path to her defence. He was met, however, at the door by seven of the mob, and forced back to the gate. He there escaped and fled again to the yard of the chiefs-he was pursued by the mob,o ,one of whom, struck him with club, and an- other drew his knife on him. As soon as the natives perceived this, they waited no longer, but fell on the sailors, and secured them all. Mf. Bingham then went to his own house, but had scarcely fasteneds the door, when an additional party arrived.-
 Two of them proceeded to MT. Bingham's with heavy clubs, and beat in the windows and attempted to force the door; but from some cause turned their clubs against each other, till one was laid senseless on the ground. In the mean time, the battle was
 renewed in the other yard---stones & clubs flew i4every direction, till Capt. Percival
 arrived, and the men were secured and de-
 livered to his charge. 2 he whole number
 of sailors was near twenty-nearly all from
 the Dolphin, a few from the whale ships, |