 On August 12, 1849, French admiral Louis Tromelin arrived in Honolulu Harbor on the corvette "Gassendi" with the frigate "La Poursuivante".While in Honolulu, Tromelin found out about the past persecution of Catholics and the high tariffs on French brandy from Dillon, who oversaw French interests in Hawaii.Tromelin, angered by the Protestant ABCFM missionaries’ intention to shut out Catholicism and French trade, worked with Dillon to compose ten demands to King Kamehameha III on August 22.