Here, if ever, was an election.

Here, if a king were at all possible, was the king.

And yet the natives were not satisfied.

Laupepa was crowned, March 19th; and next month, the provinces of Aana and Atua met in joint parliament, and elected their own two princes, Tamasese and Mataafa, to an alternate monarchy, Tamasese taking the first trick of two years.

War was imminent, when the consuls interfered, and any war were preferable to the terms of the peace which they procured.