The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-29

THE HERALD N THE SANDWICH IsLANDs-It
II with profound regret and dismay that we per-
ceive that this journal has fallen uaaer the
displeasure OF the august House o. MOBILES
OF the Sandwich Islands. Ga the ith Of
Angnst last. member Of thai exalted body,
rejoicing in the name OF Kahalekulu, moved
That
whcross It has been published in newspaper called
the >I~ York HERALD, Of the 18th Of Jane last that
dispatches bad been received BY the at WASH
ingion from Dir. Gregg the commissioner at Honolulu
stating that the King OF the Sandwich Islands had appl
81 10 him Tor immediate annexation to the United States
nIon the ground Of trouble with England and France,
Received That the Speaker inquire OF the Minister of
Icreisn Relations whether SAID report is true and il
true. what wa the trouble with England and France
which reduced his Majesty to extreme measure and
why the Minister did not report thereon in his last
nIei report.
Upon this another gentleman with the less
formidable though still unusual name of Mai
kai, proposed to refer the matter to the Commit
tee Of Foreign Relations, aud the tnmult among
the Sandwich Islanders subsidized We have
carefully perused the debates from this period
up to the time the mail left, but we do not fiud
the fate of the motion, or the report of the COM
mi'tee mentioned. We see that select CON-
mittee. instructed to draw up an address t, the
people on their rights, begged to be excused,
which shows that the 4th Of July sort of feeling
is not developed there yet: also that dispate
about the appropriation bill took place with the
Mobiles; also that an attempt was made to COM
pei the King to prorogue the House, but was
defeated by an adverse vote from the following
gentlemen viz
Hessrs. Kaauwa, Kahalekulu, Kalama Kamnibele-
kane. kamakau, kaumaea, Lokoniakai, Maikai, Moku,
Nahakuclua, Naonc, iii, Iapaua--1l.
But of the fate OF the 8 newspaper called the
NEw York HERALD we find no hint. We trust
that the House will look into the matter thor
oughly, and when they find that we have done
nothing but tell the truth, will turn their wrath
from our head to that Of their own gsvernmeuA,
Mn. BELMONT RBFoRHED.--We are informed
that our Charge to the Hague has not been 50
deep in financial operations since he went to
Europe as he used to be here, or as was gene
rally believed he had been in Holland He
says himself that beyon depositing enough
money at his bankers to pay his expenses,
(which money was drawn as we'll from his
salary as from his private fortune he has
bad nothing to do with banks, finance, or stock
jobbing. We are delighted to hear it. A
Charge d'Affaires whose head is full of opera
tions Of finance cannot attend to the business
of his country and if Mr.. Belmont has made
up his mind to let stocks and loans alone, it
will be all the better for the United States. He
will then have time to attend to the case
of Captain Gibson, who is sadly in want Il
some Of that money which the Dutch authori-
ties ought to have given him long ago. He
will also be enabled to devote due care and at
tention to the other concerns of his embassy
which popular rumour asserts were not bene-
fitted by the absence Of our Charge in Paris
Mr.. Belmont must remember that the prompt
settlement of Captain Gibson's case, and
closer attendance at his post, would have rem
dered any personal denial of the charges
brought against him perfectly unnecessary and
would have been the best answer to his assail-
ants.