The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-26

unusually mild For three mornings the Thermometer
tween and eight degrees The ground crustod
with snow and strong piercing wind blew from the
northeast.
News from the Sandwich Islands.
TWO WEEKS LATER-CUsToM HOUSE STATISTICS
COURT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF H0NoLULU-Ac-
CIpHNT TO KING KAMEHAMEHA.
During 1868 there IT'S 1895 gallons of sperm OIL
1877 348 gallons of whale OIL and 2020 264 pounds of
whalebone transhipped atthe islands
The Islands have 80 vessels engaged in coastng OF
], 1888 tonnage in the aggregate.
hundred vessels obtained supplies during the
The average cost Of the supplies for the merchant vessels
was 5000, and for the whalers 1915
Among the exports 635 900 lbs of sugar 500 900
lbs of coffee 800 lbs Of Irish potatoes lbs
Of sweet potatoes, 100 hogs, 200 cocoa nuts.
The total customs for the year was $l65, $40.
The spirits out Of bond for consumption amount
ed to ls,2o3 gallons, of which nearly twothrds was
brandy.
The following from the reports of the proceedings
the Supreme Court
k:ns hs Ess Fl
Ya sh. he had not sough: brandy the Horse
an e NJ s Sc Crown and
The kne =, He,sstaglnds.sd for perjury In falsely
swan verdict guilty Bates and Robertson for the
Grew tRe IT, S. ship Portsnoush indicted for
s ia
request Capt Dornin the Portsmouth and the Kings
sentionsl on the part q somos. Motion granted,
lulu under consideration It is proposed to fill in forty
three of ground at cost Of 000 the earth to
be confined to its place by substantial wall, with
frontage of about two thousand feet in water FIVE feet
deep On this extension two hundred and thirty lots
so by 1OO might be laid off, The only question in regard
to the matter is whether the Legislature will authorize
loan to pay for the work In the estimate the cost
manual labor reckoned at dollar per day. and horse
cart and driver at Ave dollars.
the 25h January last his majesty was thrown with some
violence from hs carriage He was stunned for the mo
from the accident He has nearly recovered from
Honolulu Feb. 0, 1854
The Annexation Queson-Bnsiness-7h observation-disclosures
It would be difficult to imagine more utter stagnation
of business than at present exists here The harbor
almost destitute Of ships and the streets Of pedestrians
We havn't had mail since the Lord knows when; and
for want of better topic must cen gossip about poll
tics
In San Francisco paper of December 23d last, ap-
pears the following paragraph from its especial
pondent" writing from Washington under date of No
Firss With reference to the, Sandwich Islands: There
4,
favor q that project Nj Allen, it win be remembeied
:ss
20 Ss s a o.
give that the
He win succeed better this time A. meeting Of the
.ss
hi s~s Of r ess
.sS the b
difenity from British French is
fss1:s e
the be sa9a ss IN
Allen here before the winter is over making Territorial
1t may perhaps be admitted, even by the author Of
the above that this side of the water likely
matters in which this speciality" is well posted and
which he SO fipPsntly details to the world.
What Pr Judds plan and reasons for annexation were
are best known to Mr. Alfred G. Benson Of New York.
and Lobos' Island notoriety.
Mr.. Allen carried with him In 1851 proposals in be-
half OF the Hawaiian government to annex the Sand
witch Islands either to the United Ses to other
power; but what he did carry was request to the 60
vernment of the United States to interest itself with the
Of Great Britain and France to place the
Hawaiian kingdom, sovereign, independent and
trail State under the joint and equal safeguard Of the
Mr. Allen may conscientiously believe that 1t would be
better for the king the chiefs and the natives well
all foreign residents for the islands to be annexed to the
United States than to remain independent but believing
for that very he would desire that the result
advise annexation the principle Of fortress
rendering at discretion, otherwise than under
dtions carefully providing for all the interests before
Both in the United States and the Hawaiian Islands,
Mr.. Allen 10 known rs a man Of integrity and honor
how he will act under the obligations of his oath of
allegiance to the King The Hawaiian oath of allegiance
=. &. Holy f I!1 upon
law. Of the Islands ana bear allegiance to
The honor Of bearing true allegiance to the King and
Of resisting every thing opposed to that true allegiance
does not belong exclusively to Willie the Scotch Min
lister for Foreign Affairs" Mr. Allen shares in It. Mr.
Young shares in it. Mr. Armstrong shares IT. and SO
does the highly distinguished and honorable VIM. L.
Lee, the Kings Chief Justice.
ryes and when the King consttutonay consents to It,
all these official servants of Kamehameha III. will be as
the standard OF their sovereign goes down only with
honor, and, under very strict just and liberal condi
tiSns, providing for every interest
ton all the Ministers voted for annexation except Mr.
Wyle Is as absurd as it false 1t presupposes that
ther the King the Princes or the Chiefs have vet made
known any wish for the extinction of the sovereign
rights of the race Of Kamehameha and would be rank
ector intention without his Majesys previous consent
Quite recently petition in favor Of annexation with
name is conspicuous, sent into the privy council
Another petition, emanating from the COMMITTEES Of
Thirteen asking for the dismissal Of A. B. Bates was
also but nothing has yet transpred in regard to
their ultimate disposition. Mr. Bates Is Dr. Judds bro
law, and under his (the Doctor's) admnstra-
ton had been well provided for in the offices of District
Attorney for Oahu, Registrar Of Public Conveyances
&C. but which he has not the delcacy resign after
the dismissal Of his patron.
In theatrcas II seems we are likely TO he we'll nrovd-
ed for some time to Mr. NJ L. Grfcn has taken
long lease Of the Varieties theatre with Mr. and Mrs
Waller at the head Of good company. few evenings
SINCE the citizens of Honolulu rendered to the walters
complimentary benefit, on which occasion gold watch
presented to Mrs. w.
News from the West Indies.
BY the arrival Of the steamship Northern Light We