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mit BANK OF DEPOSIT. `(Established A.D. 1844,) No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sont free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. ADVOWSON._FREEHOLDS UPTON AND BOTHERS- THORPE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, in a cause of Donaldson v. Fairfax, with the anprobation of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, in Five Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and Son, at the George Motel, Northampton, on SATURDAY, the 26th day of Octo ber, 1861, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, very valuable Freehold Estates, situate at Upton and Rothersthorpe, in the county of' Northampton, consisting of 374 Acres of Land, Water Mill, and the perpetual Advowson and Right of Pre sentation to the V . earage of Rothersthorpe, part of the Estates of the late Sir Thomas Samwell, Baronet. Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, may be had gratis of Messrs. King and AP:Minn, No. 4, Danea-inn, St. Clement's, Strand, London, solicitors ; at the George Hotel, Northampton ; the Swan Hotel, Bedford ; the George Hotel, Huntingdon ; the Royal Hotel, Kettering ; the Angel Hotel, Market llarboroug,h ; the Spread Eagle, Rugby ; the White Bart Hotel, Leicester ; the Crown Hotel, Leamington ; and of the Auctioneers, Pitsforcl, near Northampton. EDWD. WEATHERALL, Chief Clerk. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONESS-11er Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. :PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair man of Lloyd's. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. APPEAIi. The Committee of Management APPEAL to state that, during the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ing to £6,258 is. on the following Life-boat stations: — ENGLAND. Llandudno, Carnarvonshire, Newbigg,in, Northumberland. Southport, Lancashire. Saltburn, Yorkshire. Lytham, Silloth, Cumberland. Caistor, Norfolk. SCOTLAND. Aldborough, Suffolk. Ayr, Ayrshire. Margate, Kent. lrvine„, Walmer, „ re, A Selsey, West Sussex. Grange, Isle of Wight. Brooke, •, Penzance, Cornwall. St. Ives, •• Newquay, IRELAND. Penarth, Glamorg,anshire. Portrush, Antrim. Llandwyn, Anglesey. Tyrella, Dundrum Bay. The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores, alterations. and inspection of its numerous Life-boats, Boat houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632 19s. ; and £1,550 for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats —making altogether a total of £11,441. During the past year the Life-boats of the Institution have been in'trumental in rescuing the Crews of the following wrecked Vessels : Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of tilverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow • Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth • Schooner Catherine, of Newry Barque Niairara, of Shields • • • . A Barge of Teignmouth • • • • Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby . • • • Coble Honour, of Cullercoats Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blvth •• • • Sloop Hope, of bublin •• • • Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon . Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby • • • Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. .. • , Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn • • •• • Brig Prodroma, of Stockton Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. Kantyre, Ar,zyleshire. Buckle, Banffshire. Banff, ~ St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. North Berwick, Haddington shire. .. 1 .. 5 .. 4 .. 11 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 3 .. 7 .. 15 .. 9 .. 2 .. 6 .. 5 .. 5 .. 8 .. 3 .. 5 .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 .. 9 .. 6 .. 5 .. 3 .. 11 .. 7 .. 6 .. 7 .. 7 Total ..210 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has oted £9OB Bs. 4d. as rewards. It has also granted rewards mounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by Shore-boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United Kingdom. During the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti lution have also been instrumental in rescuing the Crews o the following Vessels : Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham •• Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. Schooner Prospect, of Berwick • • Sloop Thomas and Jane. of St. Ives A Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth • • • • Schooner Dewi Wvn, of Portmadoe Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris Schooner William, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven Schooner William, of Liverpool .. Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown . Brig Providence, of Shields .. • • Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .. Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. Brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna. French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast . Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven Brig St. Michel, of Marans Spanish Barque Primers de Torreviega(sa4ed ves sel and one of the crew) Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) . • Brig, Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and crew).. • • • • • • • • • • •• 6 Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. Barque Peace, of London .. .. 6 .. .. 5 .. •• 4 .. 4 .. 8 .. 5 .. 4 .. 19 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 5 - 4 Total .. ..200 The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being . made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Fifteen Life-boats under its management, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency. a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, it its humane mission is to be perpetuated. Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Herries , Farquhar, and Co., In, St. James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. Payments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 1861. TENDERS will be Received at this Office until Noon on Monday, November 4 next, from Persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to Supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD, in such quantities as may be required, from December 1, 1861, to May 31, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces sta tioned at ALDERSITOT CAMP, And within the Command. Forms of Tender, and Conditions of Contract, may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and sic:ned, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve lope, marked on the outside "Tender for Flour for Hospital Bread," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from this Office. (Signed) ALFRED SELWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. V.R.—ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 1861. TENDERS will be received at this Office until Noon on Monday, may be willing to ente r ; into NovemberconContracts a c 4, t l s B t 6 o l , s furpopml supply who FLOUR AND MEAT, in such quantities as may be required, from December 1,1861, to May 31, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces at ALDERSHOT CAMP, And within the Command. separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat. Form of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. Tenders on the printed Forms must be properly filled up, and signed, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve lope, marked on the outside "Tender for Commissariat Sup plies," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from this Office. (Signed) ALFRED SALWEY, Deputy Commissary •General. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACT. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, QE NEED October 10, 1861. 1./ Office • l unti TENDERS will be received at this persons who may on Thursday, November 7 next , fro m y be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of P AILLASSE STRAW. AND STRAW FOR ROYAL ENGINNER SERVICE, in such quantities as may be required from Ist December, ism, to 30th November, 1 862, for the use of Her Majesty's Land Forces stationed at and within the - ommand. ALDERSHOT CAMP, Printed Forms of Tender, to application at this Office be- Contract, may be obtained onngatphely with the Conditions of tween the hours of Ten and Four mation which may be required c ?,rek , where every infor- Inrnis.hed. on the subject will be _ Th e Tenders must be made on th e Printed Forms, which should be properly filled up and signed , and delivered sealed invelope a t the above mentioned office, marked under " render for Army Supplies," before noon on the id outside 7th No Tender will be no ticed unless made on Forms proximo. from the Office. obtained ALFRED SELVrEy , (Signed) Deputy Commissary-G„eraL ------- RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. HITE'S MO C - M A IN LEVER TRUSS W (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two h most effective Ilundred Medical Gentlemen to b invention in the curative treatment of the _ 1-I_ n E .t it s N er l A. 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Let nobody, therefore, run away with the notion that competitive examinations are not of great and infinite value, because there are men who instruct the candidates in those branches of knowledge respecting which the .examinations have to take place. Depend upon it that the boy who is crammed, - if he is crammed successfully, not only may succeed in.the examination for which he is preparing, but is from that time forward more in tellectual, better informed, and more disposed to push further the knowledge which by that cram ming he has acquired. (Cheers.) It is also said that you are teaching young men a great variety of things which will be of no _use to them in the career which they are destined to pursue, and that you are pandering to their vanity by making them believe they are wiser thai they really are. These objections, also, are in my opinion utterly futile. As to vanity and conceit, those are most vain t men es s , it and conceited who know the least. (Hear.) The more a man knows, the more he acquires a convic tion of the extent of that which he does not know. former A man ought to know a great deal to acquire a knowledge (Cheers) There was a very sharp, s h rew d gentleman, well-known o in f the immensity times,' named ignorance. ;ll arvey y of his Coombe. He was conversing one day with a friend, of whose attainments he had no very high opinion, and having made some observation, his friend said, "Well, I am sure, I don't know." " You don't know 1" said Mr. Harvey Coombe, " I tell you what, my friend, what you don't know would make a very large book." (Cheers and laughter.) The same may be said of the great mass of mankind; and let no parent be deterred from sending his son for compe titive examination by the notion that he would get much beyond the titlepage of that great book. (Cheers and laughter.) If competitive examination is not liable to objection upon the score that it tends to raise undue notions of superiority on the part of those who go through it, so also it is a great mis take to imagine that a range of knowledge disqua lifies a man for the patticular career and profession to which he is destined. Nothing can be more pro= per than that a young man, having selected a par ticular profession, should devote the utmost vigour of his mind to qualify himself for it by acquiring the knowledge which is necessary for distinction in that line of life; but it would be a great mistake for him to confing himself to that study alone, and you may be sure that the more a young man knows of a great variety of subjects, and the more he exercises his faculties in acquiring a great range of knowledge, the better he will perform the duties of his particular profession. That sort of general knowledge may be likened to the gymnastic exer cises to which soldiers are accustomed. It is not that it can be expected that these particular move ments would be of any use to them on the day of battle ; but these gymnastic exercises render their muscles flexible, strengthen their limbs, invigorate their health, and make them better able to undergo fatigue, and to adapt themselves to all circumstances. So with a wide range of study ; it sharpens the wits; it infases general knowledge into the mind; it sets a young man thinking; it strengthens the memory and stores it with facts ; and in this may makes him a better and more able man in the par ticular profession which he is intended to pursue. (Cheers.) It has been well said that in this happy land there is no barrier between classes, and that the highest positions are attainable by persons start ing from the most humble origin. If he has only talent, if he has only acquirements, if he has only perseverance and good conduct, there is nothing within the range of the institutions of the country to which any man may not aspire, and which any man may not obtain. (Cheers.) 1 trust that among those to whom it has been my good fortune this day to give certificates there are young men who will rise far above the position from which they start. (Cheers.) It is the peculiar character of this country as distinguished from many others, that whereas in some countries, unfortunately for them, men strive to raise the level on which they stand by pulling others down, in England men try to raise the level on which they stand, not by pulling others down, but by elevating themselves. (Cheers.) I trust, therefore, that the number of candidates for com petitive examination in Southampton and and its neighbourhood will continue to increase from year to year. Such examinations will produce among the rising generation a spirit of emulation, which is one of the noblest feelings of the human heart, and upon which depends the rising of individuals and the prosperity and greatness of nations — a spirit wholly distinct from that of jealousy or of envy—a spirit which is compatible with the utmost kindness and goodwill to those with respect to whom the emulation is felt—a spirit which ennobles the individual and does not lead to any unfriendly sentiments towards others. But this system of com petitive examination will not only inspire that gene rous spirit of emulation in the minds of the rising generation ; it must also act powerfully upon those who are the instructors of youth—a most valuable class of society, men upon whose exertions depends the whole success of the nation, because, unless the people have their minds cultivated and stored with knowledge, it is plain that for all great purposes they are almost as if they were not. (Hear.) I say, then, that the system of competitive examination tends to excite emulation among the instructors as well as among the instructed, and that it, there fore, has a double effect in advancing the intellec tual progress of the country. Having stated the advantages which the system of competitive exami nation confers upon those who are successful, I would take leave to say a word of encouragement to those who may have failed to obtain certificates. Let not these young men, and let not their parents, think that they, the unsuccessful competitors, have gained nothing by the struggle in which they have engaged. Depend upon it, that although they may not have succeeded in obtaining the distinction at which they aimed, they have succeeded in acquir ing a great deal of useful knowledge ; they have suc ceeded in acquiring habits of mind and powers of thought, and of application, which will be of use to them during the rest of their lives. You all know the old story of the father who upon his deathbed told his sons that he had a treasure buried in a cer tain field, and that if they dug the whole field through they would find it. The sons, acting upon his advice, dug the fie ld, but no gold was there. In the next year , how ever, there wa s that which was to them a treasure —a most ikon d ant and valuable harvest. Th a t was the treasure which the father wishe d them to s eek for and ' with the unsuccessful which they found. So it is found the treasure which competitors. They have not they sought for—namely,a certificate of attainments from the examiners —but they ha vo gained a trea sure which to them w ill be of infinite value—those habits of mind, those powers of thought, and that amount of knowledge upon which a larger building may be erected ; and they therefore will have reason to thank their parents for having sent them to a competitive examination, thus rendering them better able to struggle through life in whatever career they may choose to pursue. (Loud cheers.) The meeting shortly afterwards separated. A FEDERALIST'S TEXT.--Tho chaplain of a Connecticut regiment prepared, previous to the Bull Run battle, an eloquent sermon on the text, " Manasseh is mine," intending to deliver it at Manassas Junction. ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—The most Bene ficial Medicine. —Nothing has yet equalled the efficacy of these balsamic Pills in checking disease in, and restoring vigour to, the human body. They root:all impurities from the blood, and invigorate every organ. Immense care is taken to secure the genuine preparation to the public, that no disappointment may be caused to all seeking health by Holloway's Pills. Their composition and careful packing prevent the impairment of their virtues by time, sea voyage, or climate. They never gripe or cause any incon venience. In short, whatever the disease, or wherever the sufferer, if provided with these Pills he had their non panying directions, and implicitly follow there, lie maY loci assured of a rapid recovery, 'T COAS 'T OF iyal Mail Steamship Company's .honian, arrived at Liverpool yes ith the mails, 4,000 oz. in specie, THE KING OF BONNY. The brig Bewlch, with Peppel, King of Bonny, his wife and suite, arrived at Bonny on the 20th August, after a long and tedious voyage. On the arrival of the Athenian at Bonny, the purser, Mr. Le Brun Corrie, and two of the pas sengers went on board the brig, to pay their respects to their- Majesties,- -They- found the King sitting in his state room, dressed in an admiral's undress uniform, surrounded by secretary and clerks. He was in very good health, and seemed glad when once more in sight of the shores of Bonny. The Queen still adhered to the English style of d ress _ being enveloped in an enormous crinoline, a n d a , "Kiss-me-quick" bonnet. She was invited on board the Athenian to dinner, and gladly accepted the invitatten ; but towards evening, to the. great astonishment of those on board, she refused to leave the steamer, it being, she said, " too comfortable." After much expostulation and a great deal of "palaver," the officers of the Athenian, with the assistance of six Kroomen (for the Queen weighs !bout 17 stone), succeeded in lowering - her Majesty into a boat, and sent her on board to her husband about two a.m. _ . The King had not landed up to the time of the departure of the mail, and it was then uncertain when it would be tp fe for him to do so. Three out of the four Regens, who have ruled the country during the King's absence in England, are agree able to his landing, and once more resuming the government or the country, previded he be satisfied with the cowries or revenues of the place—which. amount to about £7,000 per annum—and not trade. Those who are against his reigning as King are principally people of his own house. Preparations have been, and are still making on a large scale for war ; but, as the natives never let the white men know their real intentions, one cannot positively assert whether they will fight or not. The white traders had applied to the senior officers of the Bights for a gunboat to be kept in the river until such time as King Peppel shall have landed and been crowned King; and also for the protection of their ships and property. - - On the Ist September a very extensive confla gration broke out in Bonny, and destroyed half of the houses in the town, and a large quantity of powder and rum. A new house, the principal one in the town, the property of Ocho Sumbo, 'was destroyed, besides several of his canoes, which were moored alongside of his wharf. He did not save a single article, and before he could go on board any of the ships in the river he was obliged to send and borrow a shirt, which article of dress is the only one deemed requisite to wear. Those in England who have known Ocho in Bonny will regret to hear of his loss, as he is a native who is very much re spected by all who have ever had dealings with him. The friends of the women who went with the King of Bonny—one as a lady in Waiting to the Queen, the other as teacher—will no doubt be glad to hear that they intend returning in the Bewlch, being satisfied that Bonny is not a fit place for any respectable white woman to live in. TRADE ON THE COAST, &c. Palm oil was rather plentiful on the rivers and on the coast, but the prices still continued to keep up very high. The health in the Bights, on the west coast, was, accord ing to the latest advices, very good. Strong sea breezes and very cold weather had been experienced inßonnyßiver for ten weeks ; in fact such as, in the memory of the oldest traders, have never been known before. At Sierra Leone and Bathurst (River Gambia) there had also been a continuance of very heavy rains. At Bathurst' many cases of fever had occurred, but only two proved fatal. The natives at Lagos and the surrounding neighbourhood were very quiet. Her Majesty's ship Prometheus was still inside the bar. The Buffalo was to proceed up the Niger to render assistance to the war steamer Espoir and the explor ing steamship Sunbeam—both of which vessels were pre vented getting down the river on account of the lowness of the waters. _ Speaking of the growth of cotton on the coast, the West African Herald says—" We are certainly not doing much towards cotton planting yet ; and, in spite of some en couragement and earnest recommendation from parties in terested in the welfare of this country, we do not think much will be done till capital comes forward. Our native farmers who are rich enough will not engage in the cul tivation of a new article, for which there does not, in ... , fact, seem to be a demand. Why do these farmers grow corn, yams, plantains, peppers, fruits ? Why do they culti vate the yalm tree ? Simply because they know that their palm oil, peppers, corn, yarns, fruits, &c., find a ready and constant sale. But what merchant asks for cotton ? Who says to the farmer—" There are £lOO on credit for you. Go, grow cotton and part me with it at so much per pound." But this is done to those who will bring palm oil, or corn, or gold dust ; and until it is done in respect of cotton, none will be grown—that is to say, not enough for exportation. In the eastern district there is progress being made in the cultivation of coffee, and we are glad to learn that the plan tations are doing well. The harvest this year has realised our expectations, being better than usual." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Benin—ln port, Medea, Dorothy. Fernando Po—H.M.S. Philomel sailed for South Coast on the 30th August. Camaroons—Emily, Montezuma, and Invincible. Old Calabar—Coronet, Araminta, Tapley, Gartsherry, St. George. Mary Hamilton sailed on the 25th August. Brass River—Belle arrived from Gaboon Ist Sept., Lotty Sleigh and Express. Bonny—C. Horsfall, Sunshine (to sail in a few days), Commodore, Faith, Elizabeth, Mary Black, Golden Age, Mermaid, St. Andrew, Dauntless, Woodman, Bewlch (ss), King, Eyo, Honesty. Lagos—H.M.S. Buffalo; to sail on the 12th Sept. for the Niger; H.M ,S. Promethus, and Brune, Louisa, Asia, Com merce, and Providence. Cape Coast Castle—Aguara. Cape Palmas—Mail steamer Ethiope off on the 16th of September. Sierra Leone—Eliza Nelson, and Clarendon. Bathurst —Splendid, 11.111.5.5. Antelope arrived on tho 25th September. Teneriffe—Anne, of Exeter. Madeira—Comet. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1861. THE 7 PEABL DIVERS OF CALIFORNIA• The divers on the Californian coast use no weights in order to sink more easily, as those of Ceylon and of the Persian Gulf are said to do. It sometimes happens that the diver is forced to come up without a single shell, either from the difficulty of detaching from the bottom those old rough ones in which alone there is any chance of finding pearls of value, or from his having made the startling dis covery that a shark is watching his motions from above. In the latter case he trusts to his quickness and agility in swimming, and still more to audacity. The experience of generations of divers has proved that the shark is a coward, and that when met with resolution and pre sence of mind it is not impossible to make him retreat. The Yaqui, if he finds himself interrupted, swims directly towards the fish, and strikes it with his spud. Generally, the shark becomes impressed with the idea that he has caught a Tartar, and his fright is increased by the plashing on the surface which the companions of his antagonist make when they become aware of what is going on. Fatal accidents are rare ; on the whole coast, not one occurred during the diving season of 1859, al though in no part of the world are sharks more numerous. A good diver will often bring up a hundredweight of shells in one day. The process of opening them takes up a con siderable time. The oyster is carefully examined for the pearls which may exist in part of it. Sometimes very large ones are found in it, adhering to the inside of the shell ; but being necessarily imperfect, they are less valuable than smaller ones unattached. The oyster itself is cooked and eaten by the Indians, but 'few other persons ever acquire a taste fo: them. When a large and valuable pearl is found, the fortunate diver receives a gratuity from the Armador of 20 or 30 dollars, and is allowed a holiday of a week, to en able him to go to town and spend it. These are the glorious moments of the Yaqui-Indian's existence, and it is the remembrance of them which brings him across the Gulf year after year. lie clothes lamself in graceful and flowing garments of white calico, he drinks mescal and sings wild songs in the streets, smokes innumerable cigarritos, and dreams away long hours in the shade, lulled by the plea sant notes of his three-stringed guitar. The music of the Yaquis is livelier and more varied than that of the gene rality of American tribes, and when performed on instru ments more melodious than their own, many of their airs are not without beauty. They are quite sensible of the superiority of the instruments of the civilised man, and I have seen Indians thrown into an ecstatic state when one of our patty played one of their festival airs with varia tions, on the harmonium. An eager crowd soon collects in front of the verandah, and a dance, fall of complicated figures and graceful movements, is executed by the white robed children of the sea. The holiday joviality of the divers occasionally brings them into trouble, and a few of them may sometimes be seen chained together by the ankle, en gaged in what are supposed to be " government works." The punishment is a mere joke; the culprits pass their time chiefly in making fun of their guard, and grinning at the passers-by; and in a day or two they are allowed to return to their little wigwam on the beach,—St James's Magazine. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Lincoln, Abraham, an American lawyer and statesman, born in apart of Hardin county, Kentucky, which is now included in Larue county, Feb. 12, 1809. His ancestors, who were Quakers, went from Berks, county Pennsylvania, to Rockingham, county Virginia, and from there his grand father Abraham removed with his family to Kentucky about 1782, and was killed by Indians in 1784. Thomas Lincoln, the father of Abraham, was born in Virginia, and in 1806 married Nancy Hanks, also a Virginian. In 1816 he removed with his family to what is now Spencer county, Indiana, where Abraham, being large for his age, was put to work with an axe to assist in clearing away the forest, and for the next ten y ears was mostly occupied in hard labour on his father's farm. He went to school at inter vals, amounting in the aggregate to about a year, which was all the school education he ever received. At the age of 19 he made a trip to New Orleans as a hired hand upon a flat boat. In March, 1830, he removed with his father from Indiana, and settled in Macon, county Illinois, where he helped to build a log cabin for the family home, and to make enough rails to fence ten acres of land. In the following year he hired himself at 12 dollars a month to assist in building a flat boat, and afterward in taking the boat to New Orleans. On his return from the voyage his employer put him in charge as clerk of a store and mill at new Salem, then in Sangamon, now in Menard County, Illinois. On the break ing out of the Black Hawk war in 1532 he joined a volun teer company, and to his surprise was elected captain of it, a promotion which, he says, gave him more pleasure than any subsequent success in life. He served for three months in the campaign, and on his return was in the same year nominated a Whig candidate for the legislature ; but the county being democratic, he was beaten, though his own election precinct gave him 277 votes and only 7 against him. He next opened a country store, which was not pros perous, was appointed postmaster of New Salem, and now began to study law by borrowing from a neighbouring lawyer books which he took in the evening and returned in the morning. The surveyor of Sangamon county offering to depute to him that portion of his work which was in his part of the county, Mr. Lincoln procured a compass and chain, and a treatise on surveying, and did the work. In 1834 he was elected to the legislature by the highest vote cast for any candidate, and was re-elected in 1836, 1838, and 1840. in 1836 he obtained a licence to practise law, and in April, 1837, removed to Springfield, and opened an office in partnership with Major John F. Stuart. He rose rapidly to distinction in his profession, and was espe cially eminent as an advocate in jury trials. He did not, however, withdraw from politics, but continued for many years a prominent leader of the Whig party in Illinois. He was several times a candidate for presidential elector, and as such in 11844 he canvassed the entire state, together with part of Indiana, in behalf of Henry Clay, making almost daily speeches to large audiences. In 1846 he was elected a representative in congress from the central dis trict of Illinois, and took his seat on the first Monday of Dec., 1847. In congress he voted for the reception of anti slavery memorials and petitions ; for motions by Mr. Gid • dings for committees to inquire into the constitutionality of slavery in the district of Columbia, and the expediency of abolishing the slave trade in the district ; for various reso lutions prohibiting slavery in the territory to be acquired from Mexico. He voted 42 times in favour of the Wilmot proviso. On January, 16, 1849, he offered to the :house a scheme for abolishing slavery in the district by compensat ing the slaveowners from the treasury of the United States, provided a majority of citizens of the district should vote for the acceptance of the proposed act. Ho opposed the an nexation of Texas, but voted for the Loan Bill to enable the Government to defray the expenses of the Mexican war. He voted also in favour of river and harbour improvements, in favour of .a protective tariff, and of selling the public lands at the lowest cost price. He was a member of the Whig National Convention of 1848, and advocated the nomination of General Taylor. In 1848 he was a candidate for the United States Senate, but the legislature was democratic, and elected Gen. Shields. After the expi ration of his congressional term, Mr. Lincoln applied him self to his profession till the repeal of the Missouri com promise called him again into the political arena. He entered with energy into the canvass which was to decide the choice of a United States senator in place of General Shields, and it was mainly to his exertions that the triumphs of the republicans and the election of Judge Turnbull to the senate was attributed. At the republican national con vention in 1856, by which Col. Fremont was nominated for president, the Illinois delegation ineffectually urged Mr. Lincoln's nomination for the vice-presidency. On June 2, 1858, the republican state convention met at Springfield, and unanimously nominated him as candidate for United. States senator in opposition to Mr. Douglas. The two can didates canvassed the state together, speaking on the same day at the same place. The debate was conducted with emi nent ability on both sides, and excited universal interest. In the course of this debate Mr. Lincoln said, in reply to questions from his antagonist, ' I do not now, nor ever did, stand in favour of unconditional repeal of the fugitive slave law. Ido not now, nor ever did, stand pledged against the admission of any more slave states into the Union. Ido not stand pledged against the admission of a new state into the Union with such a constitution as the people of the state may see fit to make. I do not stand to-day pledged to the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia. I do not stand pledged to the prohibition of the slave trade between the different states. lam impliedly, if not ex pressly, pledged to a belief in the right and duty of Con gress to prohibit slavery in all the United States territories.' He said further, in explanation of these answers, ' In regard to the fugitive slave law, I have never hesitated to say, and I do not now hesitate to say, that I think, under the con stitution of the United States, the people of the Southern States are entitled to a Congressional fugitive slave law. Having said that, I have had nothing to say in regard to the existing fugitive slave law, further than that I think it should have been framed so as to be free from some of the objections that pertain to it, without lessening its efficiency. And, inasmuch as we are not now in an agitation in regard to an alteration or modification of that law, I would not be the man to introduce it as a new subject of agitation upon the general question of slavery. In regard to the other question, of whether I am pledged to the admission of f a r n a y nk m v o rtehslavestateswo d into b e th e e di Union. s r l r state to to you very ut in a b e position ex eeedi o n f g h i y a v a g d t o t o p ass know o u w p on t thatthat there equestionre would e s v h e o r u l b d e another slave stated admitted into the Union; but I must add that, if slavery shall be kept out of the territories during afinelddwe h t n h e e tnh t te e h r pe r ey i t o o cp r ol i em a sehexistencet ofntgh cons titution, do such a a n f y ai ro one a g n i v c n a n t e d r r a i t c o l r e y a ' r an extraordinary thing as to adopt a slave cons titution, un eir LW:htenced by the promo of the institUti9 ll 413.9ng them, I see no alternative, if we own the country, but to admit them into the - Union. In regard to the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia, I home my mind very distinctly made up. T should be exc3,3dingly glad to see slavery abolished in the district of Coluro bia. I believe that Congress possesses tha constitutional pc , wer to abolish it. Yet as a member of Congress I should not with my present views be in favour of endeavouring to abolish slavery in the district of Columba, unless it would be upon these con ditions : 1, that the alolition should be gradual ; 2, that it should be on a vote or the majority of qualified voters in in the.district ; and 3, that compensation should be made to unwilling owners. With these three conditions, I con fess I would be exce4ingly glad to sad congress abolish slavery in the distric of Columbia, and, in the language of Henry Clay, sweep iore our capital ti tat foul blot upon our nation.'" The vault of ,:the election was a vote of 125,275 for the repullican candidates, who were pledged to the election of Mr. Lincoln, 121,190 for the Douglas candidates, and 5,071f0r the Lecomptoro candidates. Mr. Lincoln had thus a majority of more than 4,000 of the popular vote over Mr. Douglas ; but tho latter was elected senator by the legislature, in which his supporters had a majority of Bon joint ballot.—On May 16, 1860, the repub lican national convention met at Chicago, and on May 18 began to ballot fora candidate for President. The whole number of votes was46s—necessary to a choice, 233. On the first ballot Mr. Sward received 1731, Mr. Lincoln 102, Mr. Cameron 50i, aid Mr. Bates 48, while the rest were scattered among several candidates. On the second ballot Mr. Seward had 1841, and Mr. Lincoln 181. On the third ballot Mr. Lincoln had 354, Mr. Seward, 1101, Mr. Dayton 1, and Judge M‘Lean half a vote. The nomination of Mr. Lincoln was subsecuently made unanimous on motion of the chairman of tht New York delegation,—Nov Ameri can Cyclopaclia. escutcheons and tablets destined to be placed on the pedestal erected at Woolwich for the reception of the monumental memorial in progress of execution by Mr. Bell were yesterday placed in position. The tablet facing the barrack field bears the following : " Erected by their comrades to the memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, who fell in the war with Russia in the years 1854, 1855, 1856." The tablet fronting the north-eastern gate leading to the barracks contains,—" In honour of the dutiful and brave." And the two sides are covered with escutcheons bearing the arms of the corps. LORD PaILMERSTON ON COM PETITIVE EXAMINATIONS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EVENING. The distribution of certificates to the successful candidates in the recent Oxford Middle-class Exa minations took place this afternoon in the Carlton rooms. More than usual interest attached to the proceedings from the fact of Lord Palmerston,' who is at present residing at Broadlands, having con sented to present the certificates to the youthful students. The hall, the largest in Southampton, was crowded by a brilliant assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, while the platform was occupied by a considerable number of the principal inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, including clergymen and ministers of all denominations. The members of the corporation, in their robes of office, were also present. When Lord Palmerston entered the hall he was received with loud and protracted cheering. The MAYOR, who presided on the occasion, briefly opened the proceedings. He was followed by The Rev. W. SELLS, one of the secretaries, who read the report of the local committee, which stated that this year the number of candidates for exami nation, as well as the proportion of prizemen, was considerably larger than last year; that though none of the candidates attained the first class, either senior or junior, yet out of 19 actually examined no fewer than 14 passed ; and that all showed them selves interested in their work and anxious for the advantages which the University of Oxford was so generously affording them. The Bishop of ROCHESTER, in moving the adop tion of the report, expatiated upon the importance of the University examinations as an admirable means, not only of raising the standard of education throughout the country, but also of breaking down the system of caste which had so long prevailed in England. 'The Rev. S. S. WRIGHT seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Lord PALMERSTON then distributed the certifi cates. Each of the candidates when he appeared on the platform was hailed with marks of approbation. There were 14 in all, and to the more distinguished of them the noble lord addressed a few words of commendation and encouragement. A vote of thanks to the noble lord was moved by the Hon. and Rev. T. HARRIS, seconded by Mr. FALVEY, and carried with acclamation. Mr. FALVEY remarked that, though the English people often exercised the privilege of abusing their Prime Ministers, yet they were ready to say of Lord Palmerston, in the words of a late eminent statesmen, "We are all proud of him." Lord PALMERSTON then rose and said,—l beg to return you my most grateful and heartfelt thanks for the honour which you have done me, in the first place in permitting me to perform a most agreeable duty upon the present occasion ; and in the next place, in giving me that mark of your goodwill and approval which you have just accorded by your vote. My hon. and rev. friend who moved the last resolution told ou that a member of the committee which arranged these proceedings said that who ever should propose thanks to me would do well to be short, because the assembly would be more dis posed to do me the honour of hearing me. Although ‘ I should be disposed as a speaker to acquiesce in such an opinion, because in general a speaker is more pleased to hear his own voice than to hear that of anybody else—(a laugh)—yet I must say that if those who spoke were always, in regard to myself, as kind as my hon. and rev. friend has been, and as forbearing as well as kind as the seconder has been—who has abstained from using the British privilege of abusing Prime Ministers—(laughter) — and has kindly on the present occasion only availed himself of that which, I trust, is also a British pri vilege—the privilege, namely, of saying something in their praise—l can assure you that speakers so complimentary and kind will always be more agree able to every man even than the hearing of his own voice. (Cheers and laughter.) It is always most agreeable to me to be present at a meeting of my friends and neighbours, but it is peculiarly grati fying to be allowed to present my self upon such an occasion as this. There is nothing, perhaps, more remarkable in the progress of the country than the advance which of late years has been made in the diffusion and in the quality of education. The ad vance which England has made in population, in wealth, in everything that constitutes in common opinion the greatness of a country, is well known and most extraordinary. But we should indeed have been wanting in our duties as a nation if we had not accompanied that progress in wealth and population by a corresponding progress in the de velopment of the intellectual faculties of the people. (Cheers.) Southampton, which equals in the rapi dity of its progress, both as to numbers and wealth, almost any town in the kingdom, ought tc keep pace, and I think has kept pace, with the progress of the country in its intellectual development as well as in its material prosperity. (Cheers.) It is satisfactory to see that of those who have presented themselves to-day to receive certificates of attain ment so many have distinguished themselves in that particular department of science which per haps of all others requires the closest and most per severing application of the faculties of the mind— I mean in mathematical studies. (Cheers.) Consi dering, too, how near we are to the sea, and how much navigation must tend to the prosperity of Southampton, it is pleasing to see so many Of the rising generation directing their minds to the attain ment of distinction in mathematical science. (Hear.) The advancement of education has for many years past been an object of the most earnest solicitude to almost all the public men who have risen to emi nenc,e in this country. We are glad to see that the universities have started forth in that honourable career; and it is peculiarly gratifying to me, as a member of the University of Cambridge, to be per mitted to distribute certificates arising out of exami nations by the sister University of Oxford. (Cheers.) There was a time, now long gone by, when envious critics, who wanted to run down the universities of the land, said they might be likened to hulks moored in a rapid current, where they served only to mark the rapidity of the stream. That has long since ceased to be a true representation of our uni versities. They have improved the course, the object, and the direction of their studies, and they may now fearlessly vie with the academical insti tutions of any country in the world. (Cheers.) Cer tain objections have been made to the system of competitive examinations. Some people say it leads to cramming. It often happens that when man , kind seize upon a word they imagine that word to be an argument, and go about repeating it, think ing they have arrived at some great and irresistible conclusion. So, when they pronounce the word olikest emptyeasa bottle,n it mind. w a n a d s b t e h f cr a o t r eeh w . b h o e Ty n h yout i who h wa " cramming," they think they have utterly discre dited the system to which that word is by them applied. Some people seem to imagine that the human them have f i lled it with anything you pour it out again andnotit has been crammed, to use the popular word, has, in point of fact, learned a great deal, and that learning h as accomplished two objects. I n the first place the boy has exercised the faculties of his mind in being nature becomesi! mind is a f h a um eralAmed, and in the next place there remains in his ItArx, • - The Rattlesnake, 21, screw corvette, 400-horse power, having shipped her screw, which was put on board by means of the floating shears at Chat ham, was yesterday hauled up to her former berth alongside the Glocester, 50, in harbour. The screw steam gunboat Handy, which is going to Sierra Leone under escort of the Orestes, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. The repairs of the screw steamship Donegal, 99, Captain Sherard Osborn, C. 8., at Plymouth, have been completed. She will, it is said, accompany the Warrior, 40, Capt. the Ho n. Arthu r A. Cochrane , on her cruise. The flag shi p Reven g e, 89, Capt. C. Fellowes, is named as likely to be engaged on the same duty. The Revenge is appointed to come out of dock at Keyham steamyard to-day. She will be ready for sea about the 24th inst, The Greek frigate Amalia, Capt. Palascas, from Sheerness for Athens, put into Plymouth Sound on Thursday afternoon; The iron paddlewheel steamvessel Recruit, Com mander D. Spain, from the Mediterranean station, having been dismantled in basin at Woolwich, was yesterday paid off and put out of commission for repairs. The Punj ab and Assay° paddlewheel steamvessels, lately in the service of the East India Company, having been moored off the dockyard at Woolwich for some considerable time pending the decision of the Board of Admiralty for their transfer and re gister in the British navy, were yesterday ordered to be paid off and plized in the Victoria docks for sale. _ The transport vessel Kate and Jane, in the ser vice of the War Department, yesterday shipped at Woolwich the armament complete intended for Seaham, and will sail to-day for her destination ? It is understood to be the intention of the Govern ment to erect a breakwater on the coast of York shire, at Scarborough, similar to that at Portland, the work to be performed by convicts sent from Chatham, Portland, and the other convict prisons for that purpose ; and it was, it is believed, in con nection with this intention of Government that Lord Palmerston paid a visit of inspection to the breakwater at Portland. THE ARM}, A meeting of the Royal Commission on the Sani tary State of the Army in India was held at the War-office on Saturday last, the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P., in the chair. The other commis. sioners present were Sir Proby Cautley, K.C.B. Col. Greathed, C.B. ; Dr. Gibson, C. 8., Director• - . General Army Medical Department ; and Dr. Farr. Mr. T. Baker, the secretary, was in attendance. In order to guard as much as possible against accidents from carrying on practice with cast-iron ordnance, and also with the view of ascertaining correctly the present condition of the armaments mounted on the forts and batteries of the United Kingdom, a scientific examination of the whole of the guns connected with the defences is now pro ceeding, under the direction of the Ordnance Select Committee. The great number of guns, mounted and dismounted, which are distributed over the land and sea defences of the kingdom, and the large amount of practice, regular and experimental, carried on annually from guns in position, render it desirable that the closest inspection should be made to guard against the dangerous contingen cies which accrue from the use of cast-iron ord nance. By direction of the Secretary of State for War, a correct register is now minutely kept of each gun's service, in order to guard as much as possible against guns bursting from being over• vented, or from fissures in the diameter of the bore. The battalions in Colchester camp have this week had a field-day in the presence of Col. Guy, the Commandant, and the 9th Battalion has been offi- cially inspected, the general appearance of the men having elicited approval of the gallant officer. The customary time marches of the troops into the country during the winter months will shortly commence. The last detachment from the batta lions in Colchester camp will this day be with drawn from Landguard Fort, and the station for rifle practice closed till the spring. On Thursday a garrison ceurt-martial assembled to try Private Allen, of the 38th Regiment, upon the serious charge of loading his weapon with the intention of murdering Sergeant Robinson, of the same company. The matter assumed a very serious aspect, and there is little doubt that but for the prompt conduct of a corporal who seized the delin quent in the act of putting the cap upon his rifle the sergeant would have been murdered. The sen tence upon the prisoner awaits the confirmation of the Commander-in-Chief. He has been 20 years in the service, and is decorated with four medals, but his general conduct has been very bad indeed. Other acts of insubordination have taken place in this regiment which call for a more severe punish ment than a garrison court-martial can award, and an application for power to hold a general court martial on a desperate fellow named Grosser, of the 38th, has been made to the War-office. The erection will bo shortly commenced of a fort and casemated barracks at Shotley Point, on the Suffolk coast, at a cost of about £25,000. A meet ing of building firms has been held this week for the purpose of electing a surveyor to take out the quantities on which the contracts will be based. i There were nine building firms present, and Messrs. Lansdowne, of 34, Bedford-place, were appointed surveyors. The Artesian well in connection with the new cavalry barracks at Colchester has been commenced this week. The barrack buildings are expected to be ready for occupation by the end of next year. Two of Mr. Lancaster's cast-iron guns;strength ened upon his improved system, have been severely tested during the last few days in the bombproof cave in Woolwich Arsenal, with a view of ascer taining their utmost amount of durability. The improvement consists in the gun being clad through out with longitudinfil layers or bars of wrought iron, hooped over with rings of the same metal, The test is stated to have been exceedingly satis -1 factory. One of the guns has so far resisted every effort to burst it. The second only gave way at the breech after having been fired several rounds loaded to the muzzle. After much delay and expectation the bronze STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, October 11.—There has again been a good deal doing is yarns, at fully 8(1. per lb. advance on Tuesday's prices. A fair amount of business has taken place for Calcutta, Bombay, and China, and German houses and those in the home trade have purchased pretty freely. The market appears to be still gaining in strength. The advance since this day week is nearly -id., and, in some cases -id. per lb. There is some irregularity in quotations, some spinners b ein g morehere ready thaos meet the offers of buyers tha n others. 1. been a little more activity in cloth since Tuesday at an advance in prices. This is ()vying, as on Tues day, in great measure to the excitement prevailing in the Liverpool cotton-market, and the demand is su pposed to be a pur el y s p eculative one, as there seems to be no legitimate inquiry for shipping pur poses. The business done has been mostly in cloths suitable for India, at higher rates than on Tuesday, and some manufacturers are asking 3d. to 6d. per piece advance, but extreme rates tend to check operations. At a moderate advance some good sales have been made, but principally for speculation. In cloths generally, and for other than Eastern markets, there is no particular change in prices, but business is mete active than last week. The movement for reducing production is still going on, and in Stockport it is reported seven mills are stop ping altogether. At Liverpool the sales have reached 28,000 bales to-day, and it is reported that some manufacturers here, who stocked themsel' es largely with cotton some time since, are sending large portions of it back to Liverpool for re-sale at the high speculative rates now obtainable. LITERARY INTELLtGENCE.—Messrs. Hurst and Blackett announce the following in their list of new wotks in preparation :—" The Life and Correspondence of Mull rel Sir Charles Napier," by Major-General E. Napier.— " The Life of J. M. W. turner, R.A.," by Walter Thorn bury.—" The Private Diary of Richard, Puke of Bucking ham and Chandos, K.G."—" The Life of the Rev. Bdwnrd Irving," by Mrs. Oliphant.—" French Women of Letters," by Miss Kavanagh.—" The Court and Society from Eliza beth to Anne," illustrated from the raperS at Kimbolton, edited by the Duke of 1\ lanchester.—A new Book of Travels, by Fredrika Bremer, translated by Mary Howitt,—, " Twenty-flve years Musical Recollections," by Henry Realities F. Chorley.—" Memoirs a Queen Hortense, Mother a Napoleon III," edited by Lexcelles Wraxall.—c( of French Military Life," by the author of " Flemishte, &c.—" Lady Herbert's Gentlewomen," by l n pen. — pp The Homo at Rosefield," by Edward Silver" And also New Novels by the Hon. Mrs. Norton, the author of " Margaret Maitland," t Mac donald, Mrs, Grey, an a th e he lion , Mrs, ois J 4 Bellew. - M . , I