The Hawaiian gazette., 1872-04-17


Commissioner and Consul, NJ. Ballieu had
an audience of His Majesty, the King, for
the purpose of presenting Admiral de
Lapelin, Commander in Chief of the Pa
cifc Squadron, the officers of his staff
and of the French Frigate La Flore.
His Majesty was attended on the occa-
sion by the Chancellor OF the Kingdom,
Chief Justice Allen, Their Excellencies
the Cabinet Ministers, His Excelency the
Governor of Oahu, His Honor Mr.. JUS
tice Widemann of the Supreme Court,
His Majesty's Chamberlain, Coils Kala-
kaua, Pratt, and Allen, and Majors Hof.
mann, Harris and Kahanu, of the Staff,
and the Hon. Chas. r. Bishop of the
House of Mobiles, Hons S n Castle and
G. Rhodes, of the Privy Council.
Admiral de Lapelin was accompanied by
Capitaine de Tdisseau-E. JUN.
Chef d'Etat Mqjor- de la Motto
Rouge
Comnaissqire de Dicision-Tayeau.
Nedecin de Dirision-Dr. A. Fourier.
A,monier de Djcisio,a-Abbe AIillour.
Hide de Camp-Talpomba.
Officer d'ordonnance-Ra thouis.
Lieutenant de Vdisseau- Floucaud de
Fourcroy.
E,,seigne dc Taisseau-de st: Blancard.
Aspirdnt de Northumberland.
Admiral de Lapelin, upon being pre-
scented by NJ. Ballieu, addressed His
Majesty as follows:
SIRE: J'ai etc assez heureux dams ma
carriere maritime pour qu'elle matt con-
duit plusieurs fois dams lie Royaume de Vo-
tire Majestic, ct, chaque fois, CONNIE il en-
sera de meme encore, jen al emporte lie
meilleur souvenir, tant pour raccueil gra
cieux qui a etc fat au pavilion de la France
que pour les progress incessants qui
ont etc accomplis sous lie regne de vos
predecessors, ct qui Sc poursuivent avec
tant de success sous celui de Votre Ma
jeste.
Je fails les veux les plus sinceres, tant
au nom du Commencement Francois, qu'au
mien, pour que cette ere de prosperite Sc
continue, ct que rentente entire les deux
nations Sc perpetue dams toute sa cordi-
alite.
Je remercier Votre Majestic d'avoir
bien voulu me procurer roccasion de lui
exprimer ces sentiments.
TRANSLATION
SIRE: have been fortunate enough in
my seafaring life to have visited Your
Maiesty's Kingdom several times, and on
my departure / have carried away with
me, as l shall now do, the pleasantest re-
membrance, not only for the gracious
welcome which the flag of France has
always received, but for the unvarying
progress which l have always seen going
on under the reign of Your Predecessors,
and which is now likewise so success
fully pursued under that of Your Majesty.
In the name of the French Government,
as well as my own, l most sincerely wish
that this era of prosperity may be con-
tinued, and that the good understanding
between the two Nations may be perpet-
uated in all its cordiality.
| beg to offer to Your Majesty my
sincere thanks for this opportunity of ex-
pressing these sentiments.
His Majesty was pleased to reply as
follows:
ADMIRAL: 1t is always with pleasure
that receive those who, like yourself,
having visited us in their younger profess
sional life, have advanced to the highest
rank in their profession.
1t affords me qualification to know that
in the intervals which have elapsed be
tween your different visits we appear to
you to have made some progress in social
and material well being.
thank you for your good wishes re
garding the prosperity of my people, and
most heartily reciprocate them for the
French Nation. !