Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-16
FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

CoURr NEws.-On Monday, the 10th instant, the KIra
gave special audience to Commodore VOORHEES, Com
ander- Chief Of the Naval Forces of the United States in
the China and East India Seas The gallant Commodore,
with suite of Officers and the United States Consul arrived
at the Palace IL He presented to the Kingby
the Minister of Foreign Relations He then presented the
following Officers
Major c. A. Ogden United States Engineers Command
er T. M. Goldsborough, United States Navy Commander
G. j. Van Brunt, 8. r. Addison, Surgeon Commander
X. Knox d. B. Phillips Assistant Surgeons F. B. McNell,
Ist. 1t Marines y E. Boudinot, Master D. I. Bralne'
Midshipman d. Ochltree Acting Master; Cameron Ander-
son, Purser d. G. Writ, Secretary to the Commodore
The ComaoDoRE then addressed the King, in the following
terms
May it please your Majesty. have had the honor to be
appointed by my Government to TO shores an
Envoy in the person Of Charles Eames, Esq, for the
pose of making friendly treaty with your Majesty on the
principles Of reciprocity and mutual advantage On my way
hither, Mr. Eames met at San Francisco with Dr. Judd,
your Maestys representative and finding him duly appointed
for the purpose concluded the treaty with him there, of
which treaty had the honor to be the bearer and paced
have doubt you have been informed into the hands Of
his excellency, Mr. Wye your Majesys Minister of For
eign Relations On the conclusion Of this treaty, Mr. Eames
United States Commissioner deemed his mission at end
and San Francisco leaving his place open here to
be filled by successor who, he presumed, about to be
appointed fill the vacancy otherwise, he might have
companied me, originally designed. A Commits
WILL without doubt be here in good season. should my
Government deem another necessary and, as the
bearer of the treaty just formed between respective Gov
ernments through their respective duly appointed agents.
and messenger Of peace and good will am most hap
py congratulate your Majesty upon the happy
Of question which, trust, will be equally advantageous to
both nations.
The United States entertain friendly interest in
the welfare Of these Islands, and cannot but feel myself fiat
tered ia having been charged with matter by which have
it in my power to say your Majesty, May the friendly
aop long subsisng between the Government OF the
Sandwich Islands and the Government Of the United States
still longer continue, and without interruption J"
Ma.oa ,Ir
follows:
II much pleased to receive the Commodoren Chief
United States Naval Forces in the East Indies, and
many other brave Officers Of the United States Navy and Ar
my And should have been equally happy to have recev
ed, the time, Mr.. Eames, the Commissioner of
the United Saes and the negoiaor of the treaty Of which
you were the distinguished bearer.
81 have always eagerly desired to have treaty with
the United States have wished it be worthy of
nation great, liberal, just, and Phanthropc, and
framed accommodate its provisions, closely as pos
sb the present and future wants of the two countries,
which contiguous and intimately connected by rea-
tons Of commerce
81 have the daught Of which you the beare
shall carefully consider il with the aid of my Councils it
has be submitted the Government Of Washington and
hope will there shape leading to perfect parity
and uniformity in the conventional relations which are to sub
between my kingdom and all other maritime and COM
mercial nations that the policy of my small kingdom
may not be distracted nor its independence endangered by
the suspicious and eaoues which foreign Power may
entertain of another.
inuepenueuce
neutrality there will be peence for such ealousies and
they may all to treat them all with precisely the
same favor. 1t is my wish and my determination, with
Cons help, to adhere firmly to policy equal and impartial
all nations the only which my independence can
rest with safety.
81 take this occasion to thank you, and through you to
thank Commodore Jones and Mr. Commissioner Eames, for
their kindness my Penpoenay Extraordinary, and to
the young Chiefs Alexander and Lot while in San Fran
CISCO and also thank the other American Officers for their
kind attentions to them.
The Kings Minister'S most Of the high Chiefs, and his
Majesty's judicial Officers were present.
We have the draugh Of the treaty conveyed hthe
by Commodore Voorhees, and prepared comment
upon it. But be worthy of the great country with which
his Majesty treats, must utterly reject all restrictions upon
his sovereignty, and hold out the helping hand for this feeble
kingdom to esn upon Any thing less than this at the pre-
uncture of affairs would short of the reasonable
wishes Of his Majesty and tend protract still further the
conclusion Of treaty with country with whom, above all
Others of commercial intercourse his Majesty is
desirous to form reciprocal treaty
We therefore hope the daught presented has cut loose
from unworthy preceden and stands foremost in
tying the entire independence of his Majesty, of respecting
his neutrality, and of granting that reciprocity which such
nation the United States well afford to allow the little
kingdom Of Kamehameha Ill. to enjoy. os