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rubini. They were placed on two cars, with black cano-pies, and each drawn by forty of the inferior male chiefs:it is customary to have all services to a dead chief ofhigh rank performed by chiefs only, in European dressesof deep mourning.
Sixth. The young king, in his Windsor uniform,with crape on his arm and sword-hilt; and the princesshis sister, in full black : the former supported by Mr.Charlton, in his consular character and costume, andthe latter by Lord Byron , in full naval uniform.
Seventh. The rest of the high chiefs, according totheir rank and relationship to the deceased, two abreast,with an officer of the Blonde, in full dress, on eachside.
Eighth. The inferior chief women, in Europeandresses of black.
Ninth. The foreigners, mercantile agents, residents,and sea-captains in port.
And lastly, about one hundred of the men of theBlonde, in a uniform dress of white jackets and trow-sers, white hats, and shoes bound with black, and blackhandkerchiefs and hatbands : the whole making a mostrespectable, and, for the Sandwich Islands at least, atruly' splendid appearance.
The great weight of the coffins, each body havingthree, one of lead, one of mahogany, and one of oak,rendered it almost impracticable to have them takeninto the chapel, which had been hung in black for theoccasion : on reaching the door, therefore, the proces-sion, instead of entering the building, fell into a circlearound the cars, and Mr. Bloxam read a part of the2 f