The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-09-10
HoNoLULu, September z, 1857.

AONOAO1o Va ~
Mr.. EDIToR:-In your issue of August 80 there
appeared an eulogy upon an ex Minister of Finance,
very appropriately entitled " A dream
1t was quite unnecessary for your correspondent to
state the condition of mind responsible for said arti-
Gle, as it could not have been mistaken. As a
e'dream'' it was allowed to pass without notice. But
in your issue of last week there appears another arti-
Gle relating to. the same distinguished parsonage,
which has the force Of argument and may demand a
moments notice.
Your correspondent argues that his candidate is
entitled to the appointment of Minister of Finance,
first, for reasons which he will not give.
There is something amusingly ridiculous in that
plea, and its absurdity is so apparent that I will pass
& by.
Secondly, On account Of his surprising qualifca-
tions.
The incompetency of DR.. Judd as Minister of Fl
nance, displayed during his term of office is notori-
Gus. There is no occasion for attempting to prove
what is so generally known and acknowledged. l
wish no better guaranty that he will never again be
allowed to cucumber that office, than is afforded by
the same experience to which your correspondent al
ludes.
DIR. Judd is now quietly reposing in the political
grave which his own hands have dug; and if his
friends regard his welfare instead of bringing him
into public notice, they will endeavor to perpetuate a
hospitable oblivion. X.
Initiation of the X ling Of the Sandwich Islands.
HONOLULU, March 8, 1857.
CHAs. w. MOORE, Eso,-Sir and Brother.-As
your Freemasons' Monthly Magazine, which num-
beers many subscribers at these Islands, is a general
vehicle of Masonic intelligence from all parts of the
world, 1 have thought proper to send you by this
mail, the announcement of an important event taking
place here recently, that may not be uninteresting to
your readers-the admission into our Order of has
Majesty, the KING Of these Isles, K~AEHAMEHA ~.
He was initiated and passed on Wednesday eve
ming, Jan. 14th, in the Lodge LIE Progress de
POceanie, instituted at this place Ia March, 1843,
under special powers. granted to Capt. LIE Teller, of
the French ship .djar, by the Supreme Council of
France, at its Session of 18th April, 1912, there being
no Lodge here ut that time.
His Majesty, after his return from Europe, and be-
fore ascending the throne, had been DESTROYS of ioin-
ing in the Royal Art, from a favorable opinion enter
tanned of it; but was prevented, from not having at
tanned the lawful age. At the close of last year, his
application having been favorably received by the
Brethren, it was acted upon in the usu0 manner,
and a special Lodge was convened, as above stated,
and opened at 8 o'clock P. NJ; when His Majesty
having been duly and truly prepared, was admitted.
in due form, and initiated into the first degree OF
/ Masonry. The Lodge being called from labor, after
| a short recess, II. NJ. was then passed into the more
! honorable degree Of Fellow-Crat; after which the
] Lodge and visiting Brethren retired to the Hotel de
France, where a sumptuous Banquet had been pre-
| pared by order of the Lodge, in honor of His Majesty's
initiation into their Body; the utmost conviviality
and chee-fulness prevailed at the Board, the King
being seated st the right Of the w. M. and a distin-
guished visitor, high in the Order, ON the left. After
che health of His Majesty had been drank, several
Masonic sentiments and addresses expressive of the
occasion, were given and the company retired at a
late hour, highly grati6e6 with the Occurrences of an
evening, which had given so illustrious q Brother to
our ancient Order.
His Majesty having expressed the wish to render
himself more fully acquainted with the two degrees
by intercourse with a well-informed Brother an off,
Ger of his household, his raising was deferred until the
evening Of Feb. 8, when Especial meeting being again
called at the Lodge room, the Lodge was opened in
the +. C.'s degree, when he passed his examination
In open Lodge, in full, on the two degrees he had
taken, to the surprise and admiration Of the Brethren
present.-thus evincing the attention and interest
necessary In such proficiency in the time elapsed
Having retired, the Lodge assembled to the third de-
gree. when His Majesty was again admitted and
raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason. Bel
dom have 1 witnessed the impressive ceremonies q
this degree, conducted with such solemnity,-th
candidate, Invested Of all regal honors, standing be
fore the large assembly Of Brethren, many Of then