The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-02-07

such case made and provided, it was
~"ORDERED, that q meeting Of the Legislative
Assembly be holden at the Court House, in Honoluln
on Thursday, which will be the twelfth day Of Feb
ruary, 4. b. 1874, at II O'Clock noon; and OF tins
order all members Of the Legislative Assembly viii
take notice, and govern themselves accordingly
@CHAs. r. BISHOP, Minister of Foreign Afairs
n ROBERT STIRLING, Minister Of Finance. n
q A. FRANCIS JUDD, Attorney General.
'IoIani Palace, February Sd, 1874"
The news of the Kings death few over the town
pike q fash of electricity, and by 10 o'clock many
Hundreds of people had collected in the grounds of
8 Haimoeipo, the Kings private town residence where
1.-THE body lay. At l O'Clock, preparations having
been completed in the Palace near by, the body was
placed on a bier and conveyed thither, to be laid in
state on the ensuing day. The crowd of silent and
decOrOus spectators opened to the right and left,
while the solemn procession Of government officials
and the staff of the late King, with the shrouded
bier in the midst, slowly passed along. The moon
shOne with unclOuded brightness, and the deep STILL
ness was broken only by the sound of the measured
q steps of the procession. 1t was a scene for the poet
or the painter.
y At 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning, minute guns
were fired from the battery on Punchbowl, and also
Sfrom II. b. MSS Ttnedos and w. S. S. TuscGrOra,
while the Gags were displayed at half-mast from the
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Ashipping in port.
Notice having been given that the remains of the
late King would lie in state between the hours of 10
"a. NJ. and 2 p. NJ, at the former hour and through
out the entire prescribed time, the population of the
getty and its. environs poured in n steady stream
5through the gate of Iolani Palace, into and through
gthe East Room, to gaze for the last time upon the
features Of their beloved sovereign. Many. both,
foreigners and natives, shed tears Of genuine grief.
(while the dismal wall resoundei frol the crowd
%withOut) as they looked upon the manly form now
still and cel1 ii death of him who but a few short
: .uOnths ago was so full of buOyant hope and promise
for his country.
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In front of the Palace, on either side of the en-
trance, were drawn up the Honolulu Rifles, as al
9guard of honor. Within the audience room, sur
rounding the bier. were the Cabinet Ministers of the
late King, the Judges of the Supreme Court, men,
beers of the Privy Council, and the high chiefs. The
scene was an impressive one, as. hour after hour,
the crowd continued to slowly pass from the hall of
the old Palace through the room where four Kings of
Hawaii-three Kamehamehas and now Lunalilo-
have been successfully laid in state.
The late King was of the highest lineage of the
native chiefs of these islands. Kaleimamahu and
AhdANAuNlllhLAN hNAS hAo m1NCAAal RAduuphiGuNSs 1uc
first was a half-brother of Kamehameha the Great,
zby the same father, the celebrated chieftain Keoua
kAheiheimalie, his grandmother, was own sister to-
zKaahumanu, who as Premier, held the principal au-
thOrity of the kingdom after the death of LiholihOj
and during the minority of Kamehameha III. Ke-:
kauluohi, the late Kings mother, was thus of the
highest rank among the hereditary chiefs. Origin;
ally one of the queens of Liholiho, Cor K~amehameha)
I'LL I after ha death 1eha was married IN Charles KoLf
naina, a commOner, and from this union was born
His late Majesty, Lunalilo. In 1889, she was select;
ed by Kamehameha III. as his Kuhina Nui, or Pre-:
mier, an officer recognized under the old system of
Hawaiian Government as second only in authority toj
the king, and without whose signature even no act
of the king was legal. This important position in
the government Kekauluohi continued to hold until
her death in 1916. being known as Kaahumanu II. :
when she was succeeded by the late John Young, )
uncle to Her Majesty Queen Emma. {
The late King was educated at the Royal School,,
established by the American Mission in 1889, and
conducted by Mr.. and Mrs. \. S. Cooke. Here, I'M
company with the late Kamehameha ". and Kame-s
|hameha v. and other scions of the chiefs, numberingI
lin all some fifteen, he became well versed in thex
common branches of an English education. He was
always noted as a bright scholar, and early deyelopedk
IA taste for literature and poetry. Of q peculiarly
!amiable and genial disposition, he was affable and
polite to all, and was particularly endeared to hist
countrymen, by whom he was designated as &" keS
lalii okomaiEai,''-th kind ehief-iu marked con-E
|trast to the stern and sometimes cruel treatment they'd
were accustomed to receive at the hands Of their
chiefs. That Lunalilo, as a private individual, 4
before his accession, had faults, is We'll known, which,
lit is as useless to deny as to dwell upon. But )
Be to his faults a Little blind =
And TO his virtues very kind" X
III is also true that he was practically ignored by the
two previous administrations, and, as he often com s
planned after arriving at manhood. he was neverE
afforded an opportunity to become acquainted withS
public affairs, or to prove whether he possessed anyS
for business. Thus inexperienced, butE
with noble and liberal instincts and high aspirationsS
for the welfare and Improvement Of his people, heS
WAS suddenly and unexpectedly called to the ThroneE
a little more than one year ago, by the death of
V. and the undivided choice Of the 8
nation. So brief has been his reign, and under such
peculiar circumstances, that it is hardly a fair subject
Tor criticism, and we can only speculate upon whatE
he might have accomplished had not He, who doeth
all things well, thus early closed the mortal career ofE
Hawaii's much loved LUSALuo. 8
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