The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-09 00:00:00

A public examination of the gentlemen cadets eclueatad
at the East India Company's Military EA= (inary took place
yesterday, in presence of the chairman,, J Ilajor Oliphant,
the deputy chairman, Mr. Eliot Mat= taghten, several
members of the Court of Directors, and. a large number
of visitors, among whom were Prince G h olam Mahomed,
Prince Feroze Shah ; Lieutenant -Ge la( srals Sir John
Burgoyne, G.C.8., Sir J. Thackwell, G.C.8., Sir G,
Scovell, K.C.8., Hunter, C. 8., and Boyd ; Major.
General Lewis, C. 8., R.E. (Royal tary Academy);
Colonels Jones, RE., Hay. Leslie, C. 8., Monteith
Douglas, C. 8., Hardinge, K.H., hinyates, C. 8.,
K.H., Hearsey, C. 8., Downing, W 11; inyates (Madras
Artillery), Armstrong, Bonner, J. Jexander, C.B.
(Bengal Artillery), C. S. Reid, J. D. ' I 'yens, and Good-
fellow ; Majors Durand (Madras El ilk Til?eers)and A.
Whish (Madras Artillery) ; Brigade- M-ajor Bingham ;
Revs. E. Austin, Goode, and G. C oles ; Sir Thomas
Redington, K.C.8., and Professors IV is.rrien, and S. H.
Christie.
The number of cadets brought f trward was 37, of
whom four were selected for the Engil a eers, viz.:—Mr.
William Jeffreys, Mr. Clement Metca ICe Browne, Mr.
Charles Thomas Haig, Mr. John Hills.
Twenty-three were selected for the A rtillery, viz.:--
Mr. David Ward, Mr. Wm. Frede) ibuk Fulford Mr.
Charles Brodie Forman Penny, Mr. trry North Dal-
rymple Prendergast, Mr. John Hebb le thwaite Moore,
Mr. Billington Baines Boyd, Mr. Ram 'non Aislabie, Mr.
Charles Gilbert Robinson, Mr. Charle a Baskerville Tan-
ner, Mr, Charles Somner Sedley Ta y lor, Mr. Arthur
Carey, Mr. Horace Seymour Kerr Pe c hell,. Mr. George
Grant Gordon, Mr. Charles George I ti yid, Mr. Penton
Thompson, Mr. Win. Thomas Somer ri lle, Mr. Robert
Hawkins Pitt, Mr. Somerset Edwar( I Townsend, Mr.
Win. Home Brydon, Mr. John Hoye s„ Mr. Frederick
Edward Haddow, Mr. Wm. Henry Nl‘Causland, Mr.
Francis Henry Thompson.
Ten were selected for the Infantry, v iz.:—Mr. Brude.
nell Rogers, Mr. George Anthony Au (fret.° Baker, Mr.
John Peter Harris, Mr. Win. John Bell, Mr. Arthur
Edmund Oakes, Mr. Charles Matti low Griffith, Mr.
Francis Wm. James Sewell, Mr. W. m. George Prole,
Mr. William Lumley Louis, Mr. Char les Douglas.
After the reports had been read by • Mr. Thomas R.
Clarke, of the India-house, the followl tag distribution of
prizes took place
FIRST CLASS.
First Mathematics, Military Survey Zng, Second Good
Conduct, and the Pollock Medal—W. Jeffreys.
Second Hindustani—C. M. Browne,.
Second Mathematics—C. T. Haig.
First Good Conduct—J. Hills.
French—D. Ward.
First Fortification, Second Military Drawing, First
Civil Drawing—J. H. Moore.
First Hindustani—R. Aislabie.
Second Fortification, First Military Drawing—H. c.
B. Tanner.
Latin—H. Pechell,
Second Civil Drawing—W. T. Somerville.
SECOND CLASS.

Mathematics, Hindustani, Third Good Conduct —A.
R. R. Macdonell.
Fortification, Military Surveying, Military Drawing
—E. Jones.
Civil Drawing—M. E. Eden.
French—H. J. G. Gordon.
Latin, Geology—H. R. Meiklejohn.
Fourth Good Conduct—W. J. D. Cairnes.
THIRD CLASS.

Fortification, Milit;;Drawing, Civil Drawing, Mill•
tary Surveying—J. Bonus.
Hindustani—C. A. Goodfellow.
Mathematics—G. Swinton.
Latin—H. Burra.
French—E. Gambier.
FORTIFICATION DEPARTMENT.

After the mathematical examination had finished in
the hall, Cadets Moore, Tanner, Haig, and Baker were
called upon to construct a two-gun battery (scale one
inch to a foot) in a shallow box six feet square, two-thirds
filled with moist sand, gabions and fascines to the scale
lying ready for use ; while Cadet Brown was desired to
explain the principles on which Vauban's First System
is constructed; Hadow, the various methods of retrench-
ing bastions ; and Taylor, the method of tracing conn-
termines. The other cadets were called upon to answer
various questions put by the Public Examiner by which
time the battery was completed, and remarkably well
executed.
After dinner the usual voltaic explosion of 201 b. of
powder in the cold stream was exhibited, but the water
was too low for the customary bridge practice. The
Sand Modelling-hall was the next object of attraction,
A front of Carnot's system was explained by Cadet Penny
(one-eighth of an inch to a foot)—a front of the Prussian
system (same scale), by Cadet Ward. Tebb's double
sap (scale one inch to a foot) was explained by Cadet
Prendergast—a sunken 4-gun battery (same scale), by
Cadet Hills ; a very fine model of Mullygaum, a native
Indian fort of great strength (scale quarter of an inch to
a foot), with the attack carried on against it in 1818, was
explained by Cadets Gordon and Pafford. The interest.
ing native fort of Nowa (scale half-inch to a foot), which
was successfully attacked in 1819, was explained by
Cadet Pitt. There was also a design for a sea coast
battery exhibited. The execution of these various models
was admirable. The drawings in this department were
of the usual style.
The gentlemen cadets obtained prizes for their military
drawings.

IST CLASS.
Subject.
Mr. Tanner (Ist prize)
Aden.
Mr. Moore (2d prize)
2D CLASS.
Mr. E. Jones (prize) Drawings from the Model of
St. Helena.