The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-01-25
Prorogation Of the Assembly.

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King in person took place on Monday, January 10Th
At u O'Clock noon I sn early hour the military
marched to the Court House from the Pal.ce. in the
following order The Military Band, II. Berger.
leader; The Household Troops. Major MoehonuA;
Honolulu Rides, Capt Gulick; Artillery Corps, with
muske,s) Capt. J. Il. Brown. The battalion was
under command Of Major MOebOnua. and formed in
line in the Court House yard to await the coming of
His Majesty.
At 10 minutes before u. His Majesty arrived in
the State Carnage, accompanied by his Chamberlain
AMI by the Staff Of the late King on horseback, and
escorted by the Cavalry. under the command of
Major c. H.. judd. As the carriage entered the
grounds, the band struck up = God save the King"
the troops presented arms. and the crowds Of specta-
tors on the lawn and in the adjacent streets gave
three hearty cheers for the peoples choice, Z" to
which he responded by gracefully bowling with un-
covered head. At the porch, His Majesty was
received by his Cabinet Ministers, and passed into
the building.
The Hall in which the Legislative Assembly was
sitting, was densely filed with invited guests On
the right Of the dias upon which was placed the
Chair of State, was seated Her Majesty Queen Emma,
The Hon. Mrs Naea, Miss Peabody, Mrs. H. q.
Crabbe, the Hon. Mrs. A. f. Judd. the Hon. Mrs. E
o. Hall, and Mrs. F. S. Pratt. Immediately in front Of
these ladies were the Chancellor of the Kingdom, the
Judges, the Ministers of Foreign Relations, Interior
and of Finance, aud the Attorney General. The only
distinguishing mark worn by the members Of the
Cabinet was a broad blue ribbon. On the left of the
dias were His Elk. the U. S. Minister Resident, Ad-
miral Pennock and Mrs. Pennock, NJ. LIE Monnyer,
the Representative of France, III. b. Ms Acting
Commissioner and Consul General, Generals Scofeld
and Alexander, U. S. A.. the Captains of the U. SIS
California and Benecia, aud II. b. Ms Corvette
Scout, the U. 5. Consul and Vice Consul and other
members of the Consular Corps, officers Of men-of-
war in port, members of the Privy Council, Govern
ment officers, and ladies'. In front were seated the
Legislative Assembly, and behind them ladies and
gentlemen, and the citizens generally.
At y O'Clock precisely, His Majesty entered the
Hall, and assembled the dias, the audience rising up
on his entrance, and remained standing while prayer
was offered in Hawaiian by the Rev. II. II. Parker,
pastor of the Kawaiahao Church. At the conclusion
of the prayer His Majesty read the following speech
to the Legislative Assembly, in Hawaiian and
English
MOBILES AND REPRESENTATIVES,
You were called TO meet in an extraordinary session.
Your promptness and decision in accomplishing
the business to which your attention has been di-
rected, have made you a model Legislature.
| am confident that in the future your example
will be cited as worthy of praise and imitation.
l congratulate the nation on your Unanimity in
recommending certain amendments to the Constitu-
ton. Ample time will now be given to the people to
consider the ~propriety of their final adoption, so that
the next Legislative Assembly will be prepared TO act
upon them with a decision aud intelligence worthy of
your own.
The public mind has been for some time agitated
on the subject of amendments of the Constitution,
and trust that the course now taken viii lead to q
satisfactory result.
/ desire that the Constitution shall secure to My
subjects all the rights which shall best promote their
improvement and happiness.
MOBILES AND REPRESENTATIVES
By your choice, which is in accordance with the
popular suffrage, l have been made King, and my
efforts will be uuceasing to prove myself worthy of
that high trust.
In parting with you, l renew the expression of my
thanks for the cordial good will and support which
you have rendered me.
May the blessings of our Heavenly Father be con-
tinued to Our Kingdom.
l now declare this Legislative Assembly prorogued.
Leaving the Hall, His Majesty remained a few
moments in the rooms of the Chief Justice. where he
received many of the distinguished personages
present.
A large crowd of his enthusiastic subjects awaited
the temperance of the King on his departure, and
he was again greeted with loud and hearty cheers,
that were continued at intervals along the streets, as
he drove to the Palace. These demonstrations by
the people on every occasion of His Majesty's ap-
pearance in public, Enthusiastically evinee his personal
nonu1aritv-