Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-06-15
From The ". Y. T,ibua,
TIE SEIZURE OF THE SANDv,,
ISIANDS "

est astontshmcnt throughout tins Coun,fv
every additional item of intelligence ,p,,.i
explaining or pallia,ing the act, serves to ,o,,
all It's particulars, and to place in still boHe,
the nagran, wickedncss by which it was ma
The National lnielligencer MS indeed do -.
papers of ability and sound Judgment, e,,,..
the opinion tina, the affair was the rcsuh y,
such freak on the par, of Sir George Pal.
that which led our Commodore Jones IA
Mon,ery; and it anticipates a prompt di,a,,,,,
and apology from the British Governmep, 90
ever the facts shall become known in Epcl.,i
This, indeed seems most probable The R,s.
Atlas contains an extended history Of the ,,,r
ton. evidently from the pen Of one hmlln, ~
all its details He states that Mr. Charho, N
former British Consul there, has long cbet,.
the desire of accomplishing this seizure. and n,
there are strong reasons TO believe the og,,,,J
the Hudson's Bay Company a, the Oregon h..
for several years past secret y endeayorcd 10 a..
the same thing. Alexander Simpson Is rcpre,,
cd to be man Of good address intelligence nj
ability, thoroughly hating every thing Amera,
and heartily devoted to the scheme Of trnrinoA,
Islands under the power Of England Since h,
seizure has been made, he has confessed h,a,os.
'cy in it When Lord Pamerston was in The Nr
istry, Simpson, who was then in the sevv,ce 9th,
Hudsons Bay Company, urged him slroary .
take this step; Blu, his Lordship declined hEa-
ruary, 1912, Simpson with his uncle, Sir Geop,
Simpson, Governor ofthe Company, arTiycdaNs
islands and Sir George was speedily appcma
agent on the part of the Sandwich Islands, viii
Mcssrs Richards and Haalilio, ,oprocurc the ga
eral acknowledgement OF their independence
On his arrival, Alex Simpson, being dsa,
pointed in not being appointed agent Of the lla.
sons Bay Company. as he expected united hin
self with Charlton and his party the ptincipI
men of whom according to the correspondent d
the Atlas, was one Skinner, formerly waiter 4
a hotel at Macao, an ignorant unprnciplcd m'n
but possessing some property man by the name
Of Robson, who, for his misdceds, had been hons
whipped along the beach at Tahiti and backed
by number of Runaway seamcn, keepers Of grOg
cries, in short the refuse white population Of Hon
olulu. 1t was arranged that Charlton should 60
to England and defeat the object of the SandN3
Island Commission by making charges Of t't
faith, &c. He secured his passage in Simpson
name; both went on board the vessel, which va
about to sail, bat Simpson returned, with author
" from Charlton TO act as Consul
Charlton arrived in England in advance Nth
Commissioners, and was successful in creating
prejudice with the English Government again
the Sandwich Enthusiastically by representa-
that they were wholly under American influence
and that the rights Of the English residents wei
disrcgarded But when the Commission arrive
his statements were disproved, and he was disgra
ed The British Government avowed their "
ingness TO acknowledge the independence Of i
islands
In the meantime at the Islands Simpson had b
come involved in difficulties with the GovcrnmeI
and wrote to Mr.. Barron, the British Consu
Topic in Mexico, making serious charges agnI
the Government and desiring the presence OF
naval force immediately. Sir George Paulet v
then sent thithcr by Admiral Howos mi Simn'
had an interview with him at once. The sclzt
soon followed as is already known We co
from the letter in the Atlas the following accor
of the treatment which the American and Frcn
Consuls and others received from Sir Coore
" Mr., Hooper, American acting consul lmI
daely upon the arrival of the ship called on boa
TO pay his respects. He was met by an oiic
who told him tina, he could not be received as CO
sui that he was charged with having insulted 4
consul of Her Britanic Majesty, &c. NJ !
dot, the consul of France, next appeared. II
same message was given him. He walked up
Lord Paulet, and replied -'Sr, | came on boa
your ship in citizens dress, expecting TO be rece
cd as gentleman. did not come 10 make
bargain for salute. find that | have been
ceived as BLACKBOARD, by blackguard-anC
shall take the first opportunity to inform my g
eminent Of the insul. cast upon her represcntatiV
Lord Paulet discamed all intention 10 insult h
and endeavorod to explain the matter, by say
that Mr.. Simpson was on board, and that il wo
not be pleasant for them to meet, and wound
by requesting NJ. Dudoit, in his official capaci
to recognize Mr. Simpson as English consul
he left him. The agent on the part Of the Gt
ernment who visited the ship, was likewise gro
ly insulted. AS is customary at Honolulu, MI
bers Of the merchants came of, among whom "
CT Pelby, Esq, agent Of the Hudson's Bay Cor
pany, to pay their respects, and invite the con
mander and officers to parake of their hospia
ties ashore They were introduced by friend
Lord Paulet's. He unccrimoniously turned
back upon them, and walked aft Aherwad
sent for their introducor, and demanded TO kro'
why he had brought parcel of men on board D'
ship to make complaints---tell them ! have %
time to attend to them. Sir replied the lndrs'"
addressed, these gentlemen came aboard at mj"
quest, to pay you the customary visit Of el'l-l
they have no complaints to make"
No intercourse from that time took pace, 10 o.
tween the British officers and the residents ~
King was not allowed to make any remonsraaa
and the British opposed for time the publ =.
9th official correspondence, as they wish@ y
impression to go abroad that the cessation was .
tirely voluntary; and Mr. Simpson went 50 81 7
to tell Mr.. Barron explicitly that the kIng "
peiitioned Sir George to take POSSESSION o. ne y
ands. The new Government Immediately So
a proclamation, requiring among other thing :
foreigners TO produce evidence Of their titles p'@