Produced by Carla Foust and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) Transcriber's note Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without notice. Several words were spelled in two different ways and not corrected; they are listed at the end of this book. A few obvious typographical errors have been corrected, and they are also listed at the end. SPEECHES OF HIS MAJESTY KAMEHAMEHA IV. TO THE HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE, WITH HIS MAJESTY'S REPLIES TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN NATIONS AND TO PUBLIC BODIES; ALSO WITH SUNDRY PROCLAMATIONS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO HIS ADVENT TO THE THRONE, ETC., WITH THE LAST PROCLAMATION AND AN OBITUARY OF HIS LATE MAJESTY KING KAMEHAMEHA III. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. HONOLULU: PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS. 1861. SPEECHES OF HIS MAJESTY KAMEHAMEHA IV., AND OTHER DOCUMENTS. DECEMBER 8, 1854. _The last Public Proclamation made by His late Majesty King Kamehameha III._ PROCLAMATION. Whereas, It has come to my knowledge from the highest official sources, that my Government has been recently threatened with overthrow by lawless violence; and whereas the representatives at my Court, of the United States, Great Britain and France, being cognizant of these threats, have offered me the prompt assistance of the Naval forces of their respective countries, I hereby publicly proclaim my acceptance of the aid thus proffered in support of my Sovereignty. My independence is more firmly established than ever before. KAMEHAMEHA. KEONI ANA. PALACE, 8th December, 1854. By the King and Kuhina Nui. R. C. WYLLIE. DECEMBER 15TH, 1854. _Public Proclamation of the Succession To the Throne of His Majesty Kamehameha IV._ PROCLAMATION. Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to remove from this world our beloved Sovereign, His late Majesty, Kamehameha III.; and whereas, by the will of His late Majesty, and by the appointment and Proclamation of His Majesty and of the House of Nobles, His Royal Highness, Prince Liholiho, was declared to be His Majesty's Successor. Therefore, Public Proclamation is hereby made, that Prince Alexander Liholiho is KING of the Hawaiian Islands, under the style of KAMEHAMEHA IV. God preserve the King. KEONI ANA, Kuhina Nui. DECEMBER 15TH, 1854. DECEMBER 16TH, 1854.