Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-04-16
Niscelianeous.
An Irishman In the Bedroom Of a
Princess

Princess
Correspondent of the Louisville Journal,
writing from the Sandwich Islands, under
date of January 2sth, mentions the follow
ing incident:
Some few nights since, his most gracions
Majesty, King Kamehameha ~. of the
Sandwich Islands, was pleased to let it be
know that be would hold an evening recep-
ton at the royal palace. Accordingly a
large number of the lords and ladies Of the
kingdom, and private ladies and gentlemen
who were familiar at court, were in atten-
dance. Among those who figured largely
in receiving the guests of the crown was the
Princess Royal Victoria, sister to the King
and Premier of the kingdom; also, Prince
Lott Kamehameha (brother to the King
and to the Princess RoyaD commauder-in-
chief of the army of the kingdom and heir
apparent to the throne. Those two distin-
guished personages were the principal ac-
tors in this grand entertainment.
Among the invited guests and privileged
characters that surrounded the throne, was
one NJ. C. Manserrat an Irishman of auc-
tioneer distinctions in these Islands, and
military aid to Prince Lott, of gallant and
noble bearing, fine person, and lofty pre-
tensions. = Well, after the evening had
somewhat advanced, her Highness, the
Princess Victoria, excused herself to her
gay companions and retired to her own
apartment. Shortly afterward, our gallant
auctioueer also took leave of the royal pres
ence of the King and Queen. The circum-
stances seemed little singular, and Prince
Lott, the brother of the Princess Victoria,
seeing something that awakened his sus-
picions, took with him the Kings Lord
Chamberlain Ia man named Nelson, of
New York memory,) and the two repaired
to the door of the bed-chamber of the Prin-
cess Royal; and finding their suspicious
still further excited, burst the door open,
and there were the guilty pair, the Prin-
cess and Monserrat, sure enough.
The crash of the door brought the King
and his royal consort to the scene. The
King proposed the instant death of Mon
serrat by shooting. The son of the EN-
erald Isle unfolded his bosom, and admit
ting his guilt, told them to execute their
threat. Thereupon parley ensued, the
Princes defending her paramour warmly,
and threatened the royal pair, as well as
her distinguished brother, with her power
as Premier Of the Kingdom if they injured
one hair of his head. Finally duel was
talked of, and at last Punishment from the
Kingdom agreed upon by all parties; where
upon our gallant NJ. c. Monserrat took his
departure on board the Fanny Major for
San Francisco. .-....
saw the Princess to-day in her Garage
before one of our fashionable dry goods
stores with one of her female companions
by her side, as unconcerned as if nothing
had happened. This startling intelligence
first became known on Saturday, the oath
of January, and the next day after the de-
parture of our gallant for San Francisco
The day following was Sunday, and, at the
meeting of the congregations of the differ
ent churches of these Evangelical Islands,
the mods, winks, and smiles among the fair
ones can be better conceived than described.
The old matrons drew deep and heavy
sighs. ..
The Princess is young woman, about
Is or 10 years of age, of middling stature,
hanesome form, and somewhat graceful in
her manners, but no beauty. She is quite
dark, heavy eyes and eye brows, resembles
dark mulatto. She is the daughter of
the present Governor of this Island, Oahu,
by his first wife, who was the reigning
queen of this kingdom the minority of
Kamehameha Ill. She is the richest per-
son in the kingdom. 1t was probably her
wealth and her power as Premier Of the
kingdom that enabled her to hold at bay
her two royal BROTHERS, when they had de-
termined on the destrsction of her para
mour; for she told them il: the midst of
the scene, standing in her dishabiile, with
firmness worthy, of a better cause, tat
if they laid violent hands upon Monserrat,
she would shake the throne TO its centre,
and dash the royal diadem from the brow
of her noble brother. To banishment she
consented. The Princess is all-powerful
among the natives. Her father, the Gov
ernor, and ber two brothers, the King and
Prince, are the finest looking natives on
the Islands. They all, as well as the Prln-
cess, have an English education, and speak
the language well. |
remain, gentlemen, respectfully yours.
OTHELLO.