The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-10-20

to win the people 70 the Roman Communion: d
result from which the government l. averse- The
labors Of these two bodies have. however. only lad
a partial success Among their nominal converts
there still exists a heather belief and practice
fhiliy yelled under q superficial christianity. while
4 large proportion OF the people are not enrolled
und-r either Of these two denominations Under
these circumstances. the late King kamehaDeha ".
in Io60 renewed the application for English teach
rs. The King himself then wrote - Queen
Victoria, and by h- Minister. to the PriIraie Of the
English church. stating that il was not only his
own earnest wish. but that of many OF his chiefs.
and Of the principal European residents. 70 receive
a complete branch Of tbe English church. 10 be
ulauted among his people. Her Majesty agreed 10
lie request the late venerable Archbishop. con-
--ntrd 10 con--craie q Bishop Of Honolulu. and the
Bishop and a star OF clergy started On their I'M
p1rtaut Mission in lsG2. The Mission has been
blessed with a remarkable measure OF success.
Tie premature death Oi Tie late Ming was a heavy
Encouragement bat hi brother who succe.d"d TO
he throne continues To give the Mission Ills earn
eSt support. - i most important agency tor pro
noting the welfare oi bis people. Nothing seems
70 be wanting 70 it. entire success but the emp
rary continuance Of all from England. 10 furnish
il with the means of building churches and schools
ans 10 enable il TO enter upon the promising open
ings for Mission work. which We afforded on every
side. The DOwager Queen OF Ha"a!i : a. pres
en's in England in aid Of the good work.
1t is hardly necessary to say that the above con-
tains the most ~palpable and inexcusable miss,ate-
ments. The Rev. Mr.. Ellis has recently published
Il l-IL4 H-Ai- FAitlICIs 4EAA%lAiS tftAE hhS-AN A4--S
By the Bishop of Oxford in his addresses and in
the above introduction. The pamphlet and
statements of Mr.. Ellis are endorsed by the Lon
don Record, from which We copy on 10 our fourth
page an article. severely criticising the establish
ment of the Mission, and the sending hither of
Bishop Staley. That paper is understood to be
the official organ Of the Bishop Of London, the
Earl of Shaftesbury and the low party of the
Church Of England. and we leave our readers to
reconcile its language with the article published
in the Gazette, purporting To be u report of a
public meeting in London, in which the afore-
said dignitary is said to have taken part, which
will also be found reprinted on our fourth page.
Our readers can put these articles together, and
draw their own inferences from them.
Mr.. Ellis pamphlet is IL plain statement of
FACrs,-lacts to which ne became personally con
versant over }orty years ago, and which no CON
trary assertions of the Bishop of Oxford or any
religious society can gIinsay or in any degree
weaken. And when we see Il d~ignitary OF body
of the church of England uttering and publish
ing what is known to be false, it cannot tend
much to allay : the acrimony which seemed to
have been engcndered" by the attempt to establish
among us a new religious sect. Truth needs no
weapons Of such a nature.
The Government organ will suhserve in some
small degree the public service. if it gives Us
some light on the subject. of Mr.. IIoapili and
his wife's separation from the embassy. There
is a mystery about it which needs unravcling.
An inquisitive public would respectly ask
Why were they dismissed in Italy. away from
friends" strangers in a strange land :"
Was not the dismissal made at the instance OF an
oiicious attache of the embassy, and against the
circumstances of Queen Emma?
Are not iIoapili and his wife still left in Europe,
in the capacity of servants?
We're they not dismissed to make place for an
English maid of honor" who wished to accom-
~~amY
form OF
pany the UleHn Thursday, as tneH@rGasny an
These are very simple" qaesrE2f his noble T"
swered. and if there is any disposition ON the
part of the Ministry to relieve the public anxi-
ety, some statement will be Immediately made.
The facts, however, must all come ont, sooner or
I later