The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-01
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
Opening of the Session OF 1856 by His
Majesty the King.

The Hawaiian Parliament was opened
yesterday, April Both, by His Majesty
the King in person. The day was charm
ing in every respect, and by almost com
mon consent it was treated as holiday
by the bulk of the population. From an
early hour workmen were engaged, I'M
der the supervision of the Inspector of
Public Works, in laying down tule and
mating from the Palace steps to Aliiolani
Hale, along the route of the Royal pro-
cession, and it was only a few minutes
before the King and Queen appeared on
the Palace steps that the work was fin
ished. This was rendered specially nee
essary owing to the condition of the
streets in the vicinity of the Govern
ment Building.
Early in the forenoon the grounds of
Aliiolani Hale presented a lively appear
ance. Here and there were groups of
natives who had taken up a position so
as to view the procession. That part of
the hall set apart for the general public
was also rapidly filling up. The follow
ing gentlemen acted as ushers: Messrs.
Joseph S. Webb, J. A. Hassinger, w. O..
Atwater, Henry Smith, Henry Poor, Geo.
f. Smithies and Oliver Stillman.
A few minutes after eleven o'clock the
Royal Household Troops, Kings Own,
Princes Own, Queens Own, MamalahOa
Guards, Honolulu Rifles and Leleiohoku
EuorJo 6aoJaJ Nv, tho RO1yol JaUoiioy,
Band, arrived and took their position on
either side of the carriage drives leading
to the Hall. The Royal band was sta
toned in the enclosure Immediately be-
hind the Kamehameha statue.
The Assembly hall presented a very
attractive appearance. Seats were
placed on the dais for their Majesties
and the Royal family To the right, on
the floor of the hall, were seats set apart
for the wives of His Majesty's Ministers,
while on the left, space was reserved for
the Diplomatic and Consular corps and
other invited guests. His Majesty's
Ministers occupied seats directly in front
of the dlis, the Mobiles and Representa-
tives being seated behind them.
The Government and Consular flags
were flying gaily in the breeze, and
II. B. NJ. SIS Satellite and Heroine Were
dressed from stem to stern.
Punctually at y o'clock, the booming
OF cannons from the shore battery an
nounced that their Majesties the Kim
and Queen had arrived at Aliiolani
Hale The band struck up the National
Anthem and played until their Majest
les entered the office of the Interior De
partment A few minutes later the large
door leading to the Legislative Chamber
opened and the procession entered in
the following order Four kahili bearers,
His Majesty's Ministers, the Justices o.
the Supreme Court, His Majesty tn
King, Her Majesty the Queen, Her Royal
Highness Princess Liliuokalani, Heir
Apparent; His Excellency Governor J.
0. Dominis and Hon. A. S. Cleghorn.
The Royal party was attended by
Colonel c. II. Judd, Chamberlain !;
Colonels c. p. Iaukea and Geo. w. Mac
farlane, of His Majesty's personal staff;
Colonel C. w. Purvis, Vice-C Chamberlain !;
Brigade-Major A. B. Hayley, Majors j.
H. Boyd, Antoine Rosa and j. d. Holt,
Jr.
Among those present in addition to
the above were: Mrs. Chas. T. Gulick
and Mrs Paul Neumann; His Excellency
Hon. Geo. W. Merrill, United States
Minister Resident, and Mrs. Merrill
H. B. NJ. Commissioner Major j. H.
Wodehouse and Mrs Wodehouse; Mon
sieur Henri Feer, French Commissioner,
and Mrs. Feer; Senior de SOuza Cana
varro, Portuguese Commissioner; EIr.
TarO Ando, Japanese Consul, and Mrs..
Ando; Hon. J. III. Putnam, United
States Consul-General, and Miss Put
man; Mr. Frank p. Hastings, United
States Vice-Consul-General, and Mrs.
Hastings; The Right Reverend Bishop
of Honolulu and Mrs. Willis; Mr.. Theo.
H. Davies, British Vice-ConsuI; Mr.. L.
w. Lame, Consul for Mexico, Mrs
Laine and Mrs. l. B. Chatterton; Mr.. !.
w. Phuger, Russian Vice-COnsul, and
Mrs. Phuger; Mr.. J. F. Hackfeld, Act
ng-Consul for Sweden and Norway; Mr.
II. r. Macfarlane, Consul for Denmark
Mr.. H. +. Glade, German Consul; Fir.
A. J. Cartwright, Peruvian Consul
Mr.. F. A. Schaefer, Consul for Italy;
Mr.. Goo Kim, Assistant Chinese Com
mercial Agent; Mr.. Nakayama, Japan
csc Agent, and Mrs. Nakayama; Captaias
Arlington and Blackburne and the OIL
GERS of II. B. VI. S Satellite and Hero
inc; Colonel Claus Spreckels and Miss
Emma Spreckles; Viscount Forte, Nj. F.
Fujila, Hons J. A Cummins, W. d.
Alexander, II. \. Trip, etc, etc.
His Majesty the King was dressed in