The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-05-05

fHOroBossoo -
, The two Houses of the Legislature having Of
Tuesday last, after a long and arduous sitting
concluded their labors, and duly informed tn
King of the same, His Majesty and suite proceed
ed yesterday, at IL NJ, to the Hall of the Hous
of MOBILES, where The Parliament was formally
prorogued. A large audience was present, many
of whom were ladies. The Honolulu Rifle
turned out on the occasion, and were supposed te
have done escort duty, yet for some reason did
not. The Household troops were also present
and the entire military force made a fine appear.
ance. After the Representatives, headed by thei,
Speaker, had appeared at the bar of the House,
His Majesty proceeded to deliver the following
speech:
MOBILES AND REPRESENTATIVES, -
l congratulate you upon having concluded
the labors of a Session protracted beyond my
expectation, and, | imagine, that of the conn
try at large. l trust that after all the atten-
ton which has been expended on the revised
Civil Code, the result will prove a compila-
ton sound in its principles and convenient in
its arrangement. If it have no other effect
than to encourage a decrease of litigation, by
exposing in its proper place a law applicable
to every civil regulation which Legislation
makes the framework of our national system,
your time, and the expenses of the Session,
will not have been consumed in vain.
l nave heard with satisfaction that the
amendments of the Constitution, which ! sug-
gested and laid open to your consideration,
have been acted upon, and ! do not doubt
that the next session will see them confirmed
and made effective l think they will initiate
a more wholesome system of legislation, pre-
vent unnecessary delays and expenses, and
place the Executive Government in a position
better calculated for giving explanations and
receiving instructions from that House which
originates every fiscal measure.
thank you, Representatives, for the pro-
vision you have made for myself and those
nearest to me and, while abiding to the Bill
of Appropriations, Icheerfully notice the fact,
that in making distribution Of the revenue
you have, for the first time, proposed for the
country a system of expenditure strictly pro-
portioned to the estimated receipts.
| confess that the act of your two Houses,
WHICH regard Win most cOmplacency, Is that
in which you commit the public Treasury to
the aid of Hospitals. You, Representatives,
whose constituents are those very
persons for whom these places of refuge are
designed, have expressed a kind
grateful feeling for the personal share
and the Queen have taken in the
labor of securing the necessary means for the
establishment of n Hospital in Honolulu.
Whilst acknowledging your courtesy | wish
to take this first public ,~occasinn to express
the almost unspeakable satisfaction with which
| have found my efforts successful beyond my
1t is due to the subscribers as a BODY,
that | should bear witness to the readiness,
not less than the liberality, with which they
nave met my advances. When you return
o your several places. let the fact be made
that in Honolulu the sick man has a
riend in everybody. Nor do l believe that
He who made us all. and to whose keeping
commend in now dismissing you, has seen
With Indifference how the claims of a COM
non humanity have drawn together, in the
Inscription list. names representative of
lmost every race of men under the sun.