The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-05-06
The Opening of the Session Of the Leg
isl1tiVe Assembly of 1892


His Majesty, the King, pursuant to the
p1yal proclamation, duly opened the Session
of the Legislative Assembly Of 1882 At Il
noon, on Saturday the 29th ultimo.
ErThe proceedings of the opening ceremo-
NAL were well-arranged and carried out.
The Hall of Aliiolani Hale which had just
ceased to be a Court of justice, was speedily
arranged under the manipulation of Mar
shall Parke and his subordinates, as a Hall
of Audience Tor the Estates of the Realm.
a large and highly interested audience had
occupied every available seat before the
hour Of noon. The military band under the
able direction of Prof. Berger, were in posi-
ton on the circular lawn of Aliiolani Hale
d~iscoursing noble music. Tn Kings Guard,
the Princes Own, and LeleiOhuku cavalry
were formed in lines leading to the entrance.
a multitude of people We're assembled in
the streets to witness the pageant, and Re
presentatives of the Kingdom in full dress
had assembled within the Hall. And in
succession arrived the foreign Representa-
tives, Justices of the Supreme Court, for
eign COnsuls, and other officials and per-
SONS invited within the court circle, to ap-
pear in full dress.
Enlivening strains from the band accom-
panied each notable offici'l entry; the airs
of the "Star Spangled Banner" " God
Save the Queen" ''the MaTseillise," and
1.-The Watch on the Rhine, Accompany
ing as they arrived the entry of the Repre-
sentatives of America, of England, Of
France and of Germany.
At noon, amid the strains of the Kane
hameha Hymn, and amid the peais OF Il
salvO of guns on the esplanade, His Majesty
King Kalahaua, accompanied by Her Maj
esty, Queen Kapiolani, Her Royal fIighness
the Princess "Liliuokalani, Her Royal High
ness the Princess Miriam Likelike, His
EXcellency, Governor j. O. DominiS, Hon.
| A. s. Cleghorn, His Majesty's Ministers
and His Majesty's Acting Chamberlain en-
tered the Hall-the whole assemblage ris-
ing as their Majesties entered.
His Majesty wore the full dress uniform
\ Of N Ganaral of Division a hOra on his
breast the insignia of numerous royal deco
rations and wore the blue sash of the royal
Order of Kalakaua. Her Majesty was very
richly and tastefully rob-d in cherTy-colored
velvet dress, trimmed with white satin and
decorated with the blue sash and insignia
of the royal Order of Kaiakaua. The PIin-
cess Liliuokalani was dressed in pink satin
| robe en- train, trimmed with white lace, and
was decorated with the blue sash and in
sigma of the royal Order of Kalahaua. The
| Princess Likelike wore cherry-colOred SILK
en- train, with rich white lace overskirt; and
was decorated with the crimson sash and
insignia of the royal Order of Kamehameha.
Their Majesties and the Princesses on the
dais presented a very graceful and dlgnlhed
appearances.
guage by the Rev. y. Macintosh, acting as
His Majesty's Chaplain on the opening OF
Parliament.
After prayer His Majesty received from
the hands of the acting Chamberlain a port
| folio covered with maroon SILK NelNet, which
contained the Royal speech, which His
Majesty read in both anguages-first in
Hawaiian, and subsequently in English,
as fOllows:-
MOBILES AND REPRESENTATIVES:
Since the propagation of the Legis-
lative Assembly in August, 1880, a por-
ton of My Kingdom has suffered from
the plague of smallpox. Happily,
through the unremitting eXertiOns of
the Board of Health, the disease was
| confined to the Islands of Oahu and
Kauai, and in the latter Island it was.
by strict quarantine regulations con-
| fined within narrow bounds. 1t gives
me pleasure to recognize the eXertions
of the officers of the Government in
| the performance of their arduous duties
during this trying period, which, COM
bined with the willing cooperation and
self denial of the people at large, con-
tributed so much to limit the ravages
of the pestilence.
Our relations with Foreign Govern
mentS continue in the most satisfactory
state. At the desire of the Govern
ment of the Emperor of Japan, a re-
vision of the Treaty with that country
was undertaken, but certain political
relations of the Empire with some Of
the Great Powers induced the japanese
Government TO request that the final
ratification of said revised Treaty should
be postponed for the present, and His
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of japan
sent a Special Envoy to this country to
explain the situation.
heartily appreciate the enthusiasm
r D,l-ln -, nv paf11u1 fpz.,
abroad.
During my rGtenLt0ur around the
world, | was received in the most hos
pitable and friendly manner 10y the
Rulers and Governments of the differ
ent countries through which | passed.
| shall always look back with pleasure
to this trip, and | trust that what saw
and learned may accrue to the benefit
of my People.
The figures which my Minister of
Finance will lay before you i'll his Re
port, clearly exhibit the progressive and
hourisning condition of our AgrcuL
ture, Commerce. and Finance, mainly
due, no doubt. to the Treaty of Reel
procity with our near neighbor the
Fh Zted States of America, with which
81. Nr main commerce has always
l Ma /o-~ya. @4pE.
portant :.sgdom seems most to
dominateS ~HloIlhu"ilce ol It,
posters, the intelligence sSssres - Is fami
hinese, represented by the inhabi.
written sbonld ruia H. smroIw n-SI@tc
of all for the assertion of State s~ove1gEty:
bad already been asserted with ar
hand, and in vain-and so the repre-
of tives of the wealth and inteIJigenoa
o.ase' III th'ir uHrepresented COM
preston with patience, until the ign,
and mismanagement of the creatu