The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-12-03
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3.
DEATH
OF
HIS MAJESTY
KAMEHAMEHA w!

( IT becomes our painful duty to announce the
: death Of our beloved Sovereign ALEXANDER LIHO-
! LILO, which occurred very suddenly at the palace
in this city on Monday morning at 9! O'Clock.
I For several months His Majesty had not enjoyed
/ good health, and most of his time lately was spent
I in the cool air of his country seat in Nuuanu
! Valley. On Friday morning he returned TO
! town accompanied by the Queen, and it was
soon apparent that he was growing worse, though
no reports of dangerous illness mad been made.
1t is stated that during Sunday he said to one
of his attendants that he could not live long,
but his own premonitions were not shared by
those around him. At the time of his death
he was attended by the QUEEN, Mr.. WyIlie and
the members of the Royal Household.
His late Majesty was born on the 9th of Feb
ruary, 1884, and was therefore % years. 9
months and 81 days old when he died. His
mother was KINAU, the daughter of kameha-
meha the Great. and his father is our venerable
Governor Kekuanaoa. An anecdote is related,
that when Liholiho was born, Kauikeaouli was
So prepossessed with the babe, that he wrote on
she dOor-sill that he should be called his child and
heir. He was afterwards formally adopted as his
successor to the throne, and on the death of
Kauikeaouli, Dec. Is. 1854, in accordance with
that choice, he was proclaimed King. His reign
thus extended a few days less than nine years.
In June, 1856, he was married to EMMA RooKE,
who survives him. Trey had but one child, the
late Prince Of Hawaii, whose death, a little more
than a year ago, robbed the nation of the fond
hopes that it had placed in him as their future
Sovereign.
1t is not the fit time nor place here, while the
nation is still uncovered from the first shock
of grief at the announcement of the death of
their King, to make 4 review of his short reign,
or to PASS a e~ulogium on him that should be
reserved for the future. But we cannot omit I'd
speak here of one act of his short and ~eventfuli
reign, which will place his name and that
his noble Queen EMMA in letters of gold on
the pages of his country's history-and this is,
the design and successful completion of the
benevolent institution, known as the Queens
Hospital. To the united efforts of the late King
and his Queen, it owes its origin, and now stands
there a monument of their sympathy and love
for their wasting people. Well do we remem-
Der seeing him in 1859 going alone and unat- !
tended through our streets, from house TO house, !
and from store 10 store, with his memorandum (
book, and how the addition of $50 or 500 to I
his subscription list frightened up his counten- :
anee, and cheered him ON in his good work till I
he saw some St. 900 pledged to second him in :
his noble undertaking. You. reader, may re- /
his quiet, earnest bearing. as he asked !
you TO - allow him the honor of setting your !
down for any amount you might choose to I
accompanying his request by a genial :
smile or by some lively remark. As long as that !
coral building stands and serves as a hospital, :
so long will the names of Kamehameha ". and !
Queen Emma be cherished and venerated by all /
their people.
On Tuesday the body of the late King lay in :
state at the palace, and was visited by thousands :
Of foreigners and natives. The palace gates were Z
heavily draped in black, after the style adopted 3
at the death of Kauikeaouli and the Young &
Prince. Both sides of the broad avenue were z
lined with household troops, and the steps lead s
ing to the yerandahs by the Honolulu Rifles, (of :
company His Majesty was Colonel.) At s
the door of the hall, staff officers received the Wis !:
TORS, and passed them to the reception or throne :
room, in which the body lay in state. Arranged S
about it were four large candelabras burn :
ing numerous wax candles, and vases of flowers. 3
In attendance on the body were the family of 7
the deceased, Chiefs acting as kahili bearers 8
and high state officers Members of s
lie Progress de I Oceanic and Hatrdiidn No. e
81, F. and y. NJ, and other friends of the Royal s
Then passing again into the ball and 3
put of the opposite door, where the same s
disposition was lade rs to troops, passing =
the rear gate into palace walk. In the z
rard We noticed an old native repeating in a low G
nonOtonous manner an ancient -Nele. Crowds of s
were in attendance from first TO last. 3
Ioud wailing was heard on every quarter, and s
wherever the eye turned everything conveyed 8
he sad intelligence that another of the Kameha- 8
neha's has passed to his long home. 6
OFFICIAL NOTICE. 6