The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

-flit LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK
Itsport,?lles CIRMILAR NOTES of 101. each, payable at every
kid th-ut Place in Europe. These Notes are issued without charge,
lastlo-feY are cashed abroad free of commission. The Bank aiso
ree of charge, LETTERS of CREDIT on all the principal cities
i'vrrns in Europe.
City Office, Lothbury.
"Westminster Branch, 1, St. James's-square.
Illoomsbury Branch, 214, High Holborn.
Southwark Branch, 3, Wellington-street, Borough.
Eastern Brands, 87, High-street, Whitechapel.
karylebono Branch, 4, Strad gd-place, Oxford-street.
thy°
rate Temof
ple-bar Bnch. 217, Strand.
Interest allowed on deposits of 503/. and upwards, at
or any of its Branches. Is now 51 per cent.
J. W. GILBART, General Manager.

METROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS
COMPANY.
023uOTLIER. SHAREHOLDERS,
ita.tear Secretary, NIT. R. Pope, Esq., begs "to give to the
Az, °lents of our Director, A. 11. St. John O'Neill, Esq., his
clUalified denial."
tZthat is, we have the word of W. R. Pope, Esq., against
of A. H. St. John O'Neill, Esq.—nothing more.
hat does W. R. Pope, Esq., deny ?
~...teat our Director, Mr. O'Neill, " seconded a motion by
Zeether director that no person should sit at the Board who
gas. not a bona ftcle qualification ?"
a. proof, certainly, that there are such directors at our
—eard, •
That one of those directors was then present, who had bar-
elned to receive 1,000 shares, and others who were to receive
4‘lo for the •use of their names?
That atipther " salaried officer has bargained with himself"
to receive 2,700 paid up shares ?
That the patentee is to have 7,000 shares?
tThat persons who have no official responsibility are p..t
rinently forward in the management of the Company's
bass such as it is—being the exhibition of one omnibus
,iere, there, and everywhere, at an expense of 31. per day ?
Ito That attack' s on public or private characters are paid for
B~he Company's funds ?
S
e
el.ther Shareholders.—l ask a plain question, does our
IkietarY, deny these charges made by our Director ?
Vert!'" at all. He tells us, not that Mr. O'Neill did not ad-
vtiti,se such statements, but that he " denied any connection
tefie Certain posters" in which they had been reprinted ; and
been "At Mr. St. John O'Neill " had paid on Friday after-
-141, th,e d the Company's Bank, thus eposit on 100 shares to
his favourable opinion of the undertaking."
befor"'s Mr. W. R. Pope not know that this money was paid
kfei the meeting of that day? That its not having.. f beenth
•Uire,;.;°eg previously shows the anomalous condition o
e
110013:1°11 ? for Mr. A. H. St. John O'Neill's name has appeared
for some Weeks previously ; —and that it was ratite that meeting of Friday, and on Friday evening. that
tistr;'" a. St. John O'Neill " personally" inserted that adver-
Nelcat in the newspapers.
Dirac Mr. W. IL Pope has explained these facts, and a new
ytirt-etion has
been formed, it will be tine for us to look
Iliteher late manwiement of our business and the expen-
r° of otiv meow
y.
A SHAREHOLDER.
11134SPECTiTS of the NEXT EXAMINA-
-1147 TION for ADMISSION to the ROYAL
tiRY ACADEMY at Woolwich.
.13. No more direct appointments will be made to Provi.
4C„ Commissions in the Royal Artillery.
ItuiL4xamination for the admission of Cadets to the Royal
1401774., Academy at Woolwich will be held in London in the
b._l/44 of June, 1857.
atfivided a sufficient number are found competent, thirty
15t bla°, ieue will be made to that Institution ; candidates must
114ei•Nveen the ages of 17 and 20 year. Those, however, who
aetaisbet exceeded 20 years of age on the Ist Jan. next, will
l'epu"° Considered disqualified. The successful candidates will
le la under instruction until they are sufficiently advanced
sairrbtific knowledge to pass a satisfactory examination,
le they will then reeeive commissions in. the Royal Aral-
22r,Reyal Engineers. They will be required to pay a sum
book." i-Os. on admission, to cover the expense of uniform,
°,t t and a contribution of 621. 10s. for each half-year
ealfh; time during which they remain at the Academy. The
batararlY contributions, however, for sons and orphans of
rate; and military officers, will be regulated at the following
Far $' heretofore .
of admirals and generals having regiments £4O
sons of generals without regiments
'''°ss of captains and commanders of the navy and of
Colonel and regimental field officer of the army
"us of all officers of the Navy and Army under the
Sons
ranks 2O
'oils of officers of the Army and Navy who have
died in the service, and whose families are proved
to be left in peccuiary distress lO
44'`flue, sons of general officers paid only on their commissions
teide offi ld Officers, will pay the same contribution as the sons f
cers
The •
too. .Bmm of officers on full and half-pay will pay alike ; but
ten; °' Officers who have voluntarily retired on half-pay, or
k;evryed the difference, will only be admitted on the terms
tte eribeci for the sons of private gentlemen, viz., 621. 10s.
half-year..
grime sons of officers in the civil departments of the Army
adruissible to the Academy upon the same terms as those
ti TZeribed for the sons of Naval and military officers.
he admissions will be determined by the result of a compe-
-I,.„rve examination, the subjects of which- will be as follows :
'4% and Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics, Dynamics,
14•11c1 Rydrostaties 3,500
alishLanguage, Literature, Composition, History,
Oal d Geography. , 1,250
44"Ignage, Literature, Geography, and History of
Ancient Rome, and of Ancient Greece 1,750
Ditto ditto ditto of France 1,000
Ditto ditto ditto of Germany 750
and viva voce).
(The examination in French and German will be both written
Experimental Sciences, i.e., chemistry,
Heat, Electri-
city, including Magnetism.
1,000
....................
Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, and Geology .....
750
Moral and Political Sciences .....................1 000
brawing, i.e., Elementary Geometrical .
in-
eludian• the use of Drawing Instruments, and either
Machinery, Architectural, Engineering, or Land-
scape Drawing .............................................. . 1,000
No candidate will be allowed to be examined in more than
five subjects, of which one must be Mathematics, and no one
*llO does not obtain at least one-fifth of the allotted number
of marks in this subject will be eligible for an appointment.
From the other subjects of examination each candidate may
select those in which he desires to be examined ; but no one
be allowed to count the marks gained in any subject,
' balless those rks shall at least amount to one-sixth of the
total number of marks allotted to that subjeet.
410 candidate will he admitted into the Roal Military
"teademy unless ho obtain an aggregate of 3,00y0 marks at
%At.

Any candidate who shall not select French
beand drawing
e
_°lllC the subjects for his examination, will requiredleast
of
"fY the examiners that he has such knowledge, at
-40 eleaients of these two subjects, as shall afford reasonable
3,,,lPectation that he will perfect himself in both during Ins
'ealjence at the Academy
u 111,following papers will be required to be transmitted by
gentleman to the War Department, before the Ist June,
s).„."' his application to bo noted as a candidate, unless he
,a 7, notify that he has been a candidate at a previous exam:-
Zi°l2, hi which case the statement of subjects only need ac.
Pauy the application -
to .„;• An extract from the register of his baptism, or in de-
':t of that, a certificate verified by affidavit.
A certificate of good moral character, signed by a cler-
fra_. u of the parish to which he belongs, and by the tutor or
6f the school or college at which he has received his
elation for at least two years, or such other proof of good
k°tat character as will be satisfactory to the Secretary of
te.
aciacf. statement of the subjects of examination in which (in
ition to mathematics) he may desire to be examined.
vaAlel candidates will be required to present themselves at the
be ' of examination, hereafter to be determined, in order to
thehepected by military surgeons, that it may Le ascertained
y re free from any bodily defects or ailments calculated to
re With 1:113 cfmat,:t. of mllitary o.l;ticl
er tole° wlil be given a montli previously, in tlle puti;e papers,
e Place and days appointed for holding the examination.
De H. R. DREWRY
Pr 4 Partment, Nov. 14, 1856.