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SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
From this day the king’s disorder rapidly increased; the 
loss of the queen decided his fate: his spirits sank, his 
cough increased, and he himself declared he should not long 
survive. To divert his thoughts, and to lighten the disease 
if possible, Mr. Byng caused the whole family to be re¬ 
moved from the apartments they had hitherto occupied 
into those belonging to the hotel on the other side of the 
street overlooking the river. On this occasion, the implicit 
deference paid by the Sandwich Islanders to their king was 
strikingly displayed. Kapihe, the admiral, the only one of 
the followers who had suffered from the disorder in a de¬ 
gree at all equal to the king and queen, had by some means 
incurred the displeasure of Tamehameha, who had forbidden 
him to appear in his presence. This prohibition he strictly 
obeyed; and even on the removal of the family, though 
often entreated, he never would consent to venture into the 
him with a feeling of respect. Though very anxious to express his grief in the 
manner of his country, and to show the marks of deference which are usually 
paid to the dead there, he submits with good sense and patience to every sug¬ 
gestion which our habits dictate. 
We have every reason to believe that his anxiety and depression of mind 
have aggravated all the symptoms of his disease, which, but for this cause, 
might ere now have terminated prosperously: but we hope, in a day or two, 
that he will be better. 
(Signed) Henry Halford. 
Henry Holland. 
Hugh Ley. 
Thursday evening, July 8, 1824. 
