The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-24
Court Presentations.

On Saturday, July 10th, HIS MAJESTY held NJ
audience at Iolani Palace, at which Monsieur
THEODORE BALLIEU, the newly-appointed Commits
siorer of His Imperial Majesty NAPOLEON THIRD
was presented to the King. Tie Commissioner
addressed HIS MAJESTY as follows
"SiRE If a Frenchman is honored by the choice
made Of him by II. VI. the EMPEROR to represent
His Government abroad, he ought to congratulate
himself when be is accredited near n Sovereign par.
ticularly known for His justice and spirit Of impair
TALLY.
Convinced that I shall meet with these two ines
Unable qualities in the Hawaiian Government, ]
beseech Your MAJESTY to be good enough to add
also, in order to facilitate my mission, all YoUn
MAJEsTY's personal good will"
Ills MAJEsTY's was pleased to reply, Us follows
"Sm I extend TO you, n cordial welcome to the
Hawaiian Islands, and hope, that your mission may
tend to perpetuate the good feeling which now hap
PLY exists between my Kingdom, and the Empire OF
your august Sovereign.
"You may rest assured Of Our sincere cooperation
In all that may tend to strengthen friendly inter-
course with France, and l pray you to receive and
transmit 10 the Government Of HIS IMPERIAL MAJ
EsTY, the expression Of Our earnest GOODWILL"
On Monday last, July 10Th. His Excellency
HENRY 4. PIERCE, American Minister Resident,
was presented to HIS MAJESTY by the Hon. ELIAS
PERKINS, who since the departure of Gen. McCook,
has held the Office of Charge d'Afaires. The
Minister addressed HIS MAJESTY as follows:
"MAY 1T PLEASE Your MAJESTY: Having been
appointed, by the President Of the United States of
America, their Minister Resident. near the Govern
ment Of the Hawaiian Kingdom, / have now the
honor TO present n letter from the PRESIDENT, adj
dressed to your Majesty, which accredits me for that
character.
have also the pleasure Of conveying to your
Majesty renewed assurances Of the firm friendship,
and earnest good wishes, entertained by the Govern
ment and people of the United States, for your
MAJESTY nprSOnlllv- y0nr c0nnfry art1 Gnyarp,na,t
On my return to again reside in this pleasant land,
with grateful recollections Of the hospitality and
friendship. shown to me formerly by His late Majesty
hANEHAMEnA Ill. his chiefs and people, | take the
occasion to say, that while fulfilling the obligations
Of duty to my Government as its official representa-
tive here, l shall be animated with an earnest desire,
not only to preserve unimpared, but to promote and
advance the harmony and friendly relations existing
between the two governments, and moreover to ben
eft, to the best of my ability, the commercial and
political interests of both countries in their relations
with each other. May God preserve Your MAJESTY,
and increase the happiness and prosperity of your
country"
HIS MAJESTY replied as follows
"YoUR ExcELLENcY: 1t gives me pleasure to
extend a cordial welcome to the representative of
that Great Republic. by which you have been accred-
lted TO my Government, and i trust that the happy
now existing, may long be maintained.
Those relations are becoming more intimate
and important negotiations, now in progress, having
in view the establishment of a more perfect system
OF commercial reciprocity, invest them with peculiar
"It is most gratifying that, under such circum-
stances, the Government of the United States should
intrust its national representation to n Minister, who
with general commercial knowledge, an
acquaintance with the wants Of my Kingdom and
the customs of my people, acquired during many
years of actual residence.
"I accept such an appointment as an Indication
OF sincere interest, on the part of the United States,
in the welfare Of the Hawaiian Islands,-of a pur-
pose to respect their independence, and, by the inter-
change OF friendly Offices, 10 promote their continued
81 desire to express to the world-renowne GES-
ERaL, who now presiies over the Government of the
Union, my appreciation of his illustrious
iamc, and my earnest wishes for his welfare