OAHU COLLEGE.
PAUAHI HALL, OAHU COLLEGE.
THE RESTORATION.
On being informed of these events, Admiral Thomas, Commander-in-Chief of H. B. M.'s naval forces in the Pacific ocean, immediately sailed from Valparaiso for the Islands, arriving at Honolulu July 25th, 1843. He immediately issued a proclamation, declaring in the name of his government that he did not accept of the provisional cession of the Hawaiian Islands, and on the 31st restored the national flag with impressive ceremonies. His course was fully approved of by the home government,
and certainly tended to exalt the reputation of his country for justice and magnanimity in dealing with inferior races.
THE RECOGNITION OF HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE.
Meanwhile the Hawaiian embassadors,