The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1856-08-14

The Trustees of the Sailors Home Society, at a meeting re-
Gently held at the " Home Reading Room,'
Resolred, That all the correspondence in the possession Of the
Board up to the present date, relating to the sale Of spirituOus
Liquors on the Bethel Block, be printed in the PofynssiGn,
and Commercial AdUertiser.
CORRESPONDENTS.
HoSoLrLu, May 9Th, 1856.
Chairman Committee Sailors Home Society:
SIR III beg to inform you that, having taken counsel on the
subject, 1 have decided, that as the Bethel Block was included
pa passed ss in nj 1881 ifzn the tn beundaTieS which oh no ii licenses eeu Wers
to be granted by the Minister of the Interior, a license is to be
granted to Mr., Maxey for an hotel, on the corner Of Nnaanu and
Merchant streets, for one year from the 1st Of July proxino, as
he la6 had IL been ths promised nnisss = q Tic license sn2fol before 9Ten any yos objection an5 had + sns 5esn
herewith a copy OF a letter to Mr.. Maxey, informing him that his
license viii not be renewed after the 1t of July, 1886.
I would advise the Trustees t. aidress a petition to His Males
ty, in Priyy Council, requesting that the Minister Il the interior,
or beer shops on the Bethel Block.
I FsnnA dsiir sss yours 00i ksoNf ANA,
per L. kAMEHAMEHA.
Mr.. } MA1ar, yAsts s~a ~ H9t ell >.
interior, to notify you that a license viii be granted you for an
hotel, on the corner of Merchant and Nuuanu streets, on the 1st
tsnto2 pGt to renew UT tn the said lice license s@'t the re year year following, . or i to
grant any hotel or beer shop licenses on the Bethel Block after
beg to remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
Clerk, Dept Interior.
To Hrs ROYAL HIcHsEss, PRINCE L. KAMEHAuEHA, AcrlSG
MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR -
HoNoLU1r, August ], 1856.
The undersigned, Trustees of the Sailors Home, having OBJ
served that the sale OF Intoxicating drinks Is continue III Ie
Royal Hotel, Notwithstanding the period for which the original
license was given, has expired, and contrary to the assurance
subsequent ordinance to the same effect passed by His Majesty
Hon. L. II. Allen, Minister of Finance, beg leave to express their
disappointment and grief on this account, and respectfully petit
ton Your Highness to do whatever may be necessary to carry
out the original and benevolent intention of His Majesty's
We have the honor to be most respectfully,
Your obedient Servants.
(Signed by the Trustees of the S. II. So
IsrnnoR DEPARTMENT, August sth, 1850.
3. n. CASTLE, ESQ, Charm Of the Sailors Home Society
sR:-I beg to inform you that the memorial signed by several
Resolution passed by the Privy Council on the 21st of May 1855.
be carried into effect, was brought before His Majesty in Coun-
Gil on the 5th inst, and that L introduced before the Council all
the facts relating to the said Resolution.
he ap; lied for a renewal of his license, on the grounds that it was
on the assurance he received from this office, that the lot where
his Hotel now stands, was within the limits prescribed by law
for the sale of spirituous liquors, that he purchased the lot and
erected the Hotel, and that he would be q ruined man if his Ii
celse was net renewed.
the Home, viii be persons who do not frequent Hotels, and un-
no benefit by Sir. Maxey's Hotel being closed as there are other
fore a Resolution was passed repeating the one of May q, 1856,
and authorizing the Minister of the Interior to grant a license to
In a letter to G. NJ. Robertson, ESQ, dated May sth, 1856, I
enclosed a copy of M letter to Mr.. Maxey, informing him that
his license would not be renewed this year, which were the in
gtructions L had received from the Priyy Council, passed by a
vote of the majority then present. Subsequently a resolution was
passed instructing me not to grant any licenses for Hotels, ETC.,
on the Bethel Block.
The Privy Council has the power at any time to repeal its
own acts, so long as by so doing, it does not prejudice the inter-
WINGED, that by -efusing Nh. Maxey a license, the Sailors Home
would derive no benefit as there wasa Hotefimmediately opposite
this Hotel, at the corner of Marine street, and granted Mr..
Maxey's petition as they did not wish to ruin him by depriving
him of his license, and because during the past year, no complaint
was ever made against this house for being disorderly.
l would likewise state that the Government fully appreciate
the good intentions of the Trustees of the Sailors Home, and that
it viii be always willing to support the real interests OF the insti-
tuition.
(Sigued) KEONI ANA
per L. KAMEHAMEHA.