ABSTRACT
UNDER the style and title of Kamehameha V., Prince Lot Kamebameha, as he had been named by suggestion of the American missionaries-Prince Lota, as he was called by the native people-succeeded to the Hawaiian throne, on the 30th of November, 1863. Born on the 11th of December 1 R30, the present King was three years the senior of his deceased brother. With many features of resemblance, there were sufficient points of difference in his character to make him unlike Kamehameha IV. Possessed of great energy and firmness, he bad shown large administrative capacity as Minister of Interior; and he still shows an unusual disregard for the mere externals of royalty, though he loves and maintains the substantial part-the power of his position.
