The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-12-21
Meeting of the Pr1vy Council.

4 At the invitation of Chief Justice Allen,
Chancellor of the Kingdom, the members of the
Privy Council of His late Majesty present in Ho-
nolulu, assembled at the Palace on Monday last,
for the purpose of placing upon record resolu-
tions expressive of regard for the memory of the
late King. We copy the following account of the
proceedings from the Gazette
The Chancellor said
GENTLEMEN: In view of the overwhelming loss 10
the nation, by the sudden death Of our beloved Sow
ereign, and of the sorrow which this melancholy
event has especially caused TO US, who have been so
long and 80 intimately associated with His late Maj
esty 8 in the consideration of matters for the good OF
the State" 1 thought it proper, in which the Cabinet
Of His late Majesty concurred, to ask you to assem-
BILE informally, that we might give such expression Of
sympathy and sorrow as the melancholy event may
naturally suggest.
In making q request for this meeting, I have as
sumed no authority, gentlemen, to ask you to assem-
BILE as a Privy Council; but it was the best mode
which occurred to me of asking the friends Of His
late Majesty, who have been associated with him in
the public councils, 10 assemble together that they
might have opportunity to give such expression as
they thought worthy Of the occasion, and to place
upon record a memorial of the very high appreciation
we have always entertained of His wisdom and patri-
otto devotion as a Sovereign, and His noble qualities
az a Man.
Upon the conclusion of the Chancellor's re-
marks, the Privy Councillors, after consultation,
unanimously agreed upon the following decIara-
ton and resolutions, which will be signed and
presented for record when a new Sovereign shall
summon a Privy Council
The Priyy Councillors of His late Majesty Kane
hameha ". having assembled, after receiving intelii-
gence of his untimely demise, by invitation of the
Chancellor of the Kingdom, are anxious TO have
placed upon the records of the Privy Council, some
expression of their appreciation Of their deceased
Sovereign. Most of them have served the late King
during the entire period of His reign, and many of
them held a seat in the Council during the reign of
at least one of His predecessors. They were thus
brought in contact with the late Sovereign before His
accession to the Throne and while he held a most re-
spOnsible position in the organization of the Govern
ment.
They therefore request His Honor the Chancellor
of the Kingdom, whenever any Privy Council may
lawfully be assembled hereafter, TO present the fol-
lowing resolutions, and to request that they may be
placed upon it's records:
ResOlUed, That the Privy Councillors here as
sembled have received with profound sensibility
the intelligence of the untimely death Of their late
Sovereign, King K~AMEHAMEHA ". in the meridian
of life. while they were sincerely hoping that His
mild reign would have continued for many years
to promote the welfare of His people and the dignity
and strength of His Nation.
Resolved, That we bow with reverence to the in
scrutable DEGREES of Divine Providence which
tempereth all things well, but we can not be indif-
ferent to the great loss which this Kingdom has
sustained that we especially appreciate the moral
force. the sagacity and deliberate wisdom which
enabled our late lamented Sovereign to uphold
with so much dignity the authority of His Crown,
and the mild spirit which characterized all the
Sovereigns of the KAMEHANEHA Dynasty, and which
was largely shared by the last of the line. ~
RESOLVED, That we sincerely respect His attach
ment 20 the people Of His own native race, and the
pride with which he contemplated their position
among the nations Of the earth the frnness with
which he always asserted their independence, and
the anxiety for their welfare which had such a con-
trolling influence upon His national policy. Now.
that He is numbered with His Ancestors, we humbly
commend the people who are deprived of a father,
to the generous consideration of the whole world,
and the guardian care of Almighty God.
ReSOIUed. That in this hour of personal as we'll
as public affiction the Privy Councillors tender the
expression of their profound sympathy to ali who
were connected with the late Sovereign by any ties
of kindred or affection, and most especially to Her
Excellency Ruth Keelikolani, the Sister of the de-
ceased and the last of His immediate family, TO
whom the Chancellor is especially requested to
communicate the feelings of the Privy Councillors.
in such form as may seem most appropriate in view
of her great bereavement. p