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mind a great portion of the 'knowledge so acquire,
and which probably forms the basis of future attain-
ment in different branches of education. (Hear.)
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
tmeness,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, shrewd gentleman,
well-known o
inf
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 field, but no gold was
there. In the next year, however, there was that
which was to them a treasure—a most ikon d ant
and valuable harvest. That was the treasure
which the father wished them to seek 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 will 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.

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'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 dress_
being enveloped in an enormous crinoline, and 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.

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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.

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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

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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.