The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-14 00:00:00

THE LONDON COFFEE HOUSE, Ludgate•
Hill —Tie Public are respectfully Informed that this long
est %I-dished ani mo't respectable 'IOTEI, is, now carried on in the
mo=t eftici nt manner, to insure the comfort of those families ano
gentlemen who may honour it with their support ; aided to which,
its central situation and other local advantages render it peculiarly
available and convenient

XI R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
II street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI-
ICIAL TEF.ITII, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They s.
erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro"
he original be the closest observer: they will never change colour or
iecay, and will be bound very superior to any teeth ever before used.
Phis ,retbod does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful
pernt'on, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, an is
goararteed to restore articuiation and mastication. Decayed teeth
r •ndered sound and useful in mastication.— 52, Fleet-street. At
ome from ten till five.

APPOINTMENTS to the ROYAL ARTIL-
LERY, and ADMISSIONS to the PRAC-
TICAL CLASS of the ROYAL MILITARY ACA-
DEMY.
An Examination for Provisional C•mnrnissiong in the
Royal Artillery will commence on Monday, June SO,
at King's College, Strand. About 20 appointments
will he made, supposing a sufficient number of compe-
tent persons to present themselves. The Candi
cl,tes must be between the ages of 20 and 23 years ;
and those appointed will be gazetted to lieutenancies
in the Royal Artillery in the first instance, with tem-
porary rank. They will be placed for instruction, for
about six months, under the director of artil
lery studies at Woolwich ; and on completing
their course, to the satidaction of the Secretary
af State for War, will receive permanent commissions
with the date of their temporary appointment. They will
receive the pay of their rank (viz., Se. 7d. per diem)
frcm the date of their names appearing in the Gazette ;
but will he required to contribute a deposit of 201. for
the purchase of books, instruments, &C.
At the same time, provided a sufficient number are
found competent, about thirty admissions will be made
to the practical class of the Royal Military Academy
at Woola-ic-, the candidates for which must be between
the ages of 17 and 20 years. It is expected that gentle-
men admitted will remain under instruction for six or
eight months, and at the end of that period will, on pass-
ing a satisfactory examination, receive commissions in
the R )7,1 Artillery and Royal Engineers, according to
their proficiency. They will be required to pay a con-
tribution of 62/. 10s, for the time during which they re-
main at the Academy.
The appointments in both these classes will be deter-
mined by the re,ult of a coinpeitive examination. The
days and subjects of examination will be as follows, viz. :
Tuesday, July I.—Pure Mathematics, 2,000 mar(cs.
Wednesday, July .4
—Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics,
Dynamics, and Hydrostatics, 1,500 marks.
Thursday, July 3—Language, Literature, Geography,
and History of Ancient Rome, 1,000 marks.
Friday, July 4--Do. do. do. of Ancient Greece, 750
marks.
Saturday, July s.—Do. do. do of France, 1,000 marks.
Monday, July 7.—Do. do. do, of Germany, 750 marks.
The examination in French and German will be both
written and viva voce.
Tuesday, July B—English Language, Literature, Com-
position, history, and Geography, 1,250 marks.
Wednesday, .July 9—Experimental Sciences, i.e., Che-
mistry, Heat, Electricity, including Magnetism 1,00)
marks.
Thursday, July 10—Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, and
Geology, 750 marks.
Friday, July 11—Moral and Political Sciences, 1,000
marks.
Saturday, July 12—Drawing, i. e., Elementary Geo-
metrical Drawing, including the use of drawing instru-
ments, and either Machinery, Architectural, Engineering,
or Landscape Drawing, 750 marks.
The examination will commence on each of these days
at 10 o'clock in the morning, and continue until 1
o'clock. It will re-commence at 2 o'clock, and continue
until 5. No candidate will be admitted after the hour
fixed for the commencement of the examination.
Every candidate must be examined in pure mathema-
ticsofth;e and
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an appointment.
From the other subjects of examination each candi-
date may select those in which he desires to be ex-
amined ; but no one will be allowed to count the mark s
gained in any subject, unless those marks shall at least
amount to one-sixthof the total number of marks allotted
to that subject.
Every candidate must transmit to the War Depart-
ment, Pall-Mall, by the 20th June next :
Ist. An extract from the register of his baptism, or,
in default of that, a certificate verified by affi lavit.
2d. A certificate of good moral character, signed by a
clergyman of the parish to which he belongs, and by the
tutor r bead of the school or college at which he has
received his education for at least two years, or such
other proof of good moral character, as will be satisfac-
tory to the Secretary of State.
3. A statement of the subjects of examination in which
(in addition to Pure Mathematics) be may desire to be
examined.
All Candidates must present themselves at King's
College, on Monday the 30th of June, at 1 o clock p.m:,
where they will severally be inspected by Military Sur-
geons, in order to ascertain that they are free from-any
bodily defects- or_ ailments, calculated' ointerfere'.3vith
the performance of military duties, -
H. R. DREWRY.
War Department, Pall Ma/1, 7th April, 1856. -

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