The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-06-12


Pensacola.
GAMBLERs AND SUNDAY CONFERENCE.-The
Chinese we're caught by the Police a fe~ nights ago
gambling for money. and brought TO the Station
House. They all deposited bail. to the amount Of $40
each, which they forfeited By not appearing for trial
when their names-commencing with the suggestive
one OF Laapooa-were called in Court. at one
/ o'clock on Sunday morning. ten young natives were
pounced upon b. the Police while csrd-plsying il
a house near Kawaiahao Church. and each one was
subsequently, mulcted in the sum Of $40. And on
the same day a party Of six or seven foreigners we're
caught at the same species of Sabbath breaking. and
bailed themselves at the figure Of SO esch-which
they forfeited By not appearing. The last one of the
party gave his name as John Burst, which was per-
haps significant Of his condition peeuniarily.
MISSIONARY DIFFICULTIES IN JAPAS.-while Japan
is practically open to the labors of Christian mission
aries, and they are evidently making progress there.
yet they have to meet some formidable difficulties.
From an interesting article from one of the mission
aries published in the Herald for May, We quote the
following: "Our worst heathenism in Japan is not
Confucianism, nor Buddhism, nor ShintoOism. but
~iufdelity imported from Christian lands. Before
any of the Bible, save three Gospels, is published, in
fdel books are translated; and books full of objections
to Christianity, some of them truly blasphemOus in
their character, are prepared and scattered broadcast
through the land. Add TO this the tremendous pref
udice against Christianity excited by the J%esaits,
which this people have inherited, with ever increas-
ing bitterness, during three hundred years. and you
may see something of the need We feel of giving our
young men a thorough training for the work"
THE ROYAL SCHooL-The examination of this
Government school took place on Wednesday, June
9th. The buildings were beautifully decorated with
fine pictures Of His Majesty, the Queen and the
Prince Regent, in the large school house, and 81 well
decorated picture in the other building. The SPELL
ing match in Mrs. Kinney's department was well
contested, and we congratulate the little fellow who
carried of the prize, a handsome Bible. All the ex-
ercises in this department, considering there are out
two teachers for 120 scholars, passed of remarkably
we'll. Mr.. Macintosh, Miss Brickwood and Miss
Davis had examinations in reading, Grammar, spell-
ing, (some of the words given out would have
frightened the most enthusiastic in this branch)
Geography, English History, arithmetic and algebra,
in all of which branches thorough teaching was
shown. The rhetorical exercises were all excellent.
We particularly noticed Hatred, - (from the MIer-
chant of Venice) admirably spoken by a small hoy;
tThe Whiskers," which was well acted by the one
young lady of the school and a very youthful gentle
man; The Baron's last Banquet which we had
thought worn threadbare, so well rendered, it seemed
new; Cassius against Cesar was very fine; the
Sc Gridiron,'' surpasses descriptions; The School
Committee a l~aughable piece, where Hawaiian
boys ridicule American "Woman's Rights" The
Kamehameha Hymn closed the exercises. Long live
the Royal School and its pleasant teachers.