he kind terms in which you
have alluded to the birth of the Prince, my son--an event
which has filled me with the greatest pleasure and gives rise
to many hopeful anticipations.

MAY 29, 1858.

_Published by Authority in the_ =Polynesian=, _May 29, 1858._

ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

Know all men that we, Kamehameha, by the Grace of God, of the
Hawaiian Islands King, by virtue of the power and authority in
us vested as Sovereign of these realms, and in accordance with
Article XXXVII, of the Constitution of our Kingdom, have
decreed, and do, by these our Royal Letters Patent,
constitute, establish and declare the following to be the
style and title of our infant Son, born on the twentieth day
of May, instant, the Hereditary Heir Apparent of Our Throne,
viz:

"HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF HAWAII."

He, Our said infant son, from now and henceforth to assume,
and to receive the aforesaid style and title for himself, and,
in the event of his succeeding Us in the Throne, and having
male issue of his body lawfully begotten, then, the said style
and title shall descend to, and be the style and title of his
first-born son, as being the nearest hereditary and
Constitutional Heir to the Throne of the Hawaiian Islands.
Done at the Palace, in Honolulu, this twentieth day of May,
A. D. 1858, and in the 4th year of Our Reign.
(Signed,) KAMEHAMEHA.

JUNE 11, 1858.

_His Majesty's Speech at the Opening of the Session of the Hawaiian
Legislature of 1858._

NOBLES AND REPRESENTATIVES:--Since the Legislature was last in
session, it has pleased Almighty God to bless me with a son. The
birth of an Heir to the Throne is an event which you, now
congregated to pass measures, not for the temporary only, but
for the permanent prosperity of the Hawaiian Islands, under a
Constitutional Monarchy, cannot but regard with solemn
interest. Not only the continuance of his life, but the
characteristics which the Prince may develop as he grows to
manhood, and the education to be imparted to him, are matters
in no small degree inseparable from the future of our
country's history--from that distant