Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1852-05-15

! nIc Majesty, perfect and unrestrained liberty
of conscience, and shall be allowed to cxer.
else their religion publicly or privately, with.
in their own dwelling houses, or in the
Chapels, and places of Worship appointed
forthat purpose agreeably to the system of
liberation established. in the Dominions of
Her said Majesty.
l ARTICLE Is. In case there should al any
time be established British Mail packets,
touching at a Port of the Sandwich Islands,
British packet Agent shall be permitted to
reside at such Port, and to collect, on ac-
! count of the British Post Office, the British
Sea rate Of Postage which may be hereafter
hxed for the conveyance of Letters by Brit.
ish Packets from the Sandwich Islands to any
other place to which those Packets may pro-
ceed
| Such British Mails Packets shall have free
access to the Ports of the Sandw ich Islands.
and shall be allowed TO remain to refit, to re-
iresb tn land passengers and their baggage,
and TO transact any business connected with
the public Mail Service Of Great Britain.
They shall not be subject in such Ports TO
any Duties oftonnage, harbor, lighthouses,
quarantine, or ether similar duties. of what
ever nature or under whatever denomina-
ton.
ARTICLE l6. fany ship of war or mer-
chant vessel, of either Of the Contracting
Parties, should be wrecked on the coasts Of
the other, such ship or vessel, or Hny part.
thereof, and all furniture and appurtenances
belonging therenn.o, and all goods and mer-
chandIze which shall be saved thereirom, or
the produce thereof, it sold, shall be faithful
!y restored to the proprietors upon being
CLAIM ed by them or by their duly authorized
Agen's; and if there are no such proprie,ors
or agents on the spot. then the said goods
and merchandise, or the proceeds thereof as
well as all the papers found on board such
wrecked ship or vessel, shall be delivered 10
the British Hawaiian Consul in whose
district the wreck may have taken place
and such Consul, Proprietors, or agents shall
pay only the expenses incurred in the preser-
vation of the Property, together with the
rate of salvage which would have been paya-
ble in the like case of wreck of national J.
vessel. The goods and merchandise saved
from the wreck shall not be subject TO duties,
un.ess cleared for consumption.
ARTICLE IL. In order that the two Con.
tracing parties may have the opportunity of
hereafter treating and agreeing upon such
other arrangements as may tend still further
TO the Improvement of their mutual inter-
course, and to the advancement of the inter-
est of their respective Subjects, it is agreed
that at any time after the expiration Of seven
| years from tie date of the exchange of the
Notifications OF the present Treaty, either Of
the Contracting parties shall have the right
| of giving To the other Party notice Of its in
tention TO terminate Articles a, and 6, Of
the present Treaty and that at the expira-
tion of twelve months alter such notice shall
have been received by either party from the
other, the said Articles, and all the sipuIa-
lions contained therein, shall cease to be
binding on the two Contracting Parties.
ARTICLE 10. The present Treaty shall be
ratified and the Raiifcaions shall be exchang
ed, at Honolulu, IN Ten Months, or sooner,
if possible.
In witness whereof, the respective Pleni-
pouentiaries have signed the same, and affix-
ed thereto their respective Seals.
Done at Honolulu, this tenth day Of
July, in the year of Our Lord one
Thousand eight hundred and fity-one
e.. s.l ROBERT CREIGHTON WYLLIE.
e.. s. WILLIAM MILLER.
And whereas, We have fully examined all
the points and articles, thereof, by and with
the advice of our Priyy Council of state, We
have confirmed and ratified the foregoing
Treaty and We do confirm and ratfy the
same, in the most efectual manner promising
on Our faith and word IA King, for Us
and Our successors, TO fulfil and observe il
faithfully and scrupunusly in all its clauses.
In faith Of which We have signed this Rat
ification with Our own Hand, and have affix-
ed thereto the great Seal of Our Kingdom.
Given at Our Palace at Honolulu the 9th
day OF Nav in The year of Our ord one
thousand eiehr hundred and ffiy-lwo. and il
the twenty y-seventh Of Our Reign
KAMEHAMEHA.
kEoNI ANA. L. s
EXCHANGE OF RATiFICATIoNs.
The undersigned having met together for
the purpose OF exchanging the Rarifcatons
of a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and
Navigation, between Her Majesty the Queen
of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and
ireland, and His Majesty the King of the
Hawaiian Islands. concluded and signed at
Honolulu on the 10Th day of July 1851; and
the respective Raiificaions of the said instru-
ment l2ving been carefully compared, and
found To BIZ exactly ccnformable TO each
other, the said exchange took place this day
in the usual form.
In witness whereof, they have signed The
present certificate of Exchange, and have
affixed thereto their respective Seals.
Done at Honolulu, the sixth day of May,
1852.
II. } ROBERT CREIGHTON WYLLIE.
e.. 81 WILLIAM MILLER.
Napaopao, March 22d. 1852.
Mr. Editor-Dear Sir :-Wiil the writer of
L Il,