The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-06-07
RECEPTIONS AT THE PALACE.

Or Thursday the 29th Of May, at - O'Clock,
NJ, the King gave q special audience to H.. b.
Ms. Acting Commissioner and Co~nsuI-General,
to place in His Alajesty's hands 4 sealed letter
from Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Mr.. Davies
arrived at the Palace 4, the hour appointed. and
10 the King the letter from Her Britain
nic Majesty, OF which the following Is 4 copy;
by the grace of God. Queen Of the
& United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland.
Defender OF the Faith. &c-. &c. &c, TO His Maj
esty LUNALHO. King of the Hawaiian Islands,
Oar Good Friend. sendeth greeting
By the letter which Your Majesty addressed 10
Is on the 18th Of January last. We have been made
acquainted with the death. on the llth OF Decem-
Der last, OF Your Royal Cousin aud Predecessor
King Kamehamcha the Fifth. and Your accession
To- the throne. We request You TO accept Our con
dolence on the death OF Your predecessor whlle'
at the same time. We offer to 1ou Our sincere con-
gratulatiOns on Your accession. and Our best Wishes
for the long continuance aud prosperity or -FOUR
reign. And so We You TO the proiec-
ton Of the Almighty. Given at our Court III
Windsor Castle. the fourth day Of April. IN the year
OF our Lord 1873. and in the thirty-siNth OF Our
reign. Your Good Friend, VICTORIA. X
LCountersignedl GRANVILLE.
On presenting the letter, the Acting Commits
sioner addressed His Majesty as follows:
SIRE: am deeply sensible Of the honor con-
ferred upon me by my being permitted TO approach
the throne OF l our Majesty. H. Dcabtl vi toN AOs1 -
letter committed to my care by the Queen, my SOW
ereign.
The friendly relations, happily so long existing
between the Government of Her Britannia Majesty
and that OF Your Majesty's Predecessors nave
been repeatedly manifested. and l doubt not, the
accession of Your Majesty TO the Hawaiian throne
will tend TO a further confirmation OF the friendship
between both Governments and nations.
With profound respect | present to lour Majesty
the letter OF the Queen
Permit me also to embrace this opportunity of
expressing the sincere friendship Of my cOuntrymen
for the Hawaiian nation. where so many OF us have
found q welcome and a home.
To which His Majesty replied:
Mr.. Dawes: The kind letter from Her Majesty
Queen Victoria. of which you were the honOred
bearer. is very gratifying to me. coming. as 1t does,
from a Sovereign universally beloved, and who has
always been, and | trust ever will be, numbered
among the best friends of my royal Predecessors
and of the Hawaiian nation.
To perpetuate the friendly relations to which you
so properly refer, will be the constant aim OF my
self and my Government.
Permit me. Mr.. Commissioner, through you. to
thank Her Majesty for Her kind congratulationS
upon my accession to the throne of this Kingdom
and to express the wish that Her reign, already II
lustrious. may, with Gods blessing. be greatly pro
longed in health and happiness.
Your countrymen have ever been welcome Il
these shores. and have. by their intelligence an(
enterprise, as well as by their friendly regard TO
my people. contributed largely to the general i'm
prOvement and prosperity here.
The Commissioner and Consul for France ha
an audience of the King, at Iolani Palace, o.
Thursday the 9Th inst, at IL o'clock, to deliVe
to His Majesty q scaled letter from His Excellcnc
the President of the Republic of France.
Mons. Ballieu arrived at the Palace at moor
accompanied by Mons Pernet, Chancellor of tn
French Consulate, Capt. Lefevre .-Lieut. LieutarC
Ensign Angiboust, and DR.. LIE Marie of tn
French gunboat Vaudreuii-
The Commissioner addressed His Majesty
follows:
TTRANsLATIoN.1
SIRE: Your Royal Predecessor has alway
treated me in such a gracious manner, that l te
il nv duty, at once to express toEyou the SINGER
regret. with which His Demise has inspired me.
On my return to this Kingdom, | beg Your Ma
esty TO kindly extend the same good will to II
! Representative of the nation. which will alwa!
entertain toward the Hawaiian Kingdom the Tee
ings of friendship which it has always enlisted.
Your accession to the Throne has been greett
by my Government as an event likely to secur
, tor the future, the development of all information
interests. and at the same time, the prosperity OF
nation. for which
l have the honor to lay in your Majesty's han,
the letter which the President of the French Il
public has trusted TO my care. and | beg You
accept my best wishes for the happiness of the Xii
and of his subjects.
And delivered to His Majesty the letter
President Theirs, of which the following isa copy
LIE President de la Republique Francaise, a L
ualilo, Roi DIES lies Hawuiennes Nous avons recu
lettre que vous mons aveZ ecrite pour nous faI
cOund!tre la mort de votre cousin ka~mehameha '
ct nous announcer qu'auX termes de la ConstitutiO
I F~assemblee Legislative vouS ayaut elu ROi des II
Hawaiennes. voUS eteS monte sur lie tr0ne, lie
Janvier dernier. Nous acceptOns cordialemen
au nom de la Republique Francaise, fassuran,
que vous nous donnez de votre desir de cOntinu
les relations de bonnie amitie que vOtre Roy
predecessor entretenait avec ellie. ct nous so
nations sincerement que votre regne soft heureu
ct prospere. Ecrit d Versailles, lie % Mars 1877
Votre Ami,
(SignG) \. THEIRS.
[Contresignel Remusat.
[TRANsLATIoN.l
THE President of the French Republic to Lunalil
King of the Hawaiian Islands.
We have received the letter which You have wri
ten us to inform us of the demise of Your Cous
Kamehameha V; and to announce to us that,
accordance with the terms of the Constitution, Il
Legislative Assembly having elected You King oftl
Hawaiian Islands, You had assembled the thron
on the 9th day of January last. We cordially a
cept, in the name of the French Republic the a
surance which You give us of Your desire to CO.
tinue the relations of good friendship which 1ol
Royal Predecessor entertained towards her, ar
we sincerely hope that Your reign may be hapI
and prosperous.
Written at Versailles. March 9th 1873.
Your Friend,