The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

APPOI TM I.:NTS TO THE ROYAL
ABTILUTY, c{:c.

An Examination for Provisional Commissions in the
Royal Artillery will commence on Monday, 30th June,
at King's College, Strand. About 20 appointments
will be made, supposing a sufficient number of compe-
tent persons to present themselves. The Candi-
d Ites must be between teeny-three and twenty-threeyears;
and tho,e appointed will be gezetted to deutenancies
in the Royal Art:Pery in the first instates, with tern
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 sa*iqfnetion of the Secretary
of State for War, will receive permanent commissions
with the date of their temporery appointment. They will
receive the pay of their rank (viz., sa. 7d. per diem)
from the date of their names appearing in the Gazette;
but will be required to contribute a deposit of 2@/. fur
the purchase of instruments, &e.

At the same time, provided a sufficient number are
found competent, about thirty admissions will be made
to the pratical class of the Royal Military Academy
amount t, one-sixth of the total number of marks allotted
to that subj-ct._

Every candidate must transmit to the War Depart-
ment, Pall-Mall, by the 20th June next :
The appointuvnts in both these classes svi!l he deter-
mined by the res.ult of a competitive examination. Tho
days and Fubjects of examination will be as follows, viz. :
Tuesday, July I.—Pure Mathematics, 2,000 marks.
Wednesday, July 2.—Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics,
Dynamics and Hydrostatics, 1,050 marks.
Tlursday, 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. dn. do of France, 1,000 marks.
Monday, July'.—Do. do. do. of Germany, 750 marks.
The examination in French and German will be both
written and viva voce.

Tuesday, July B—English Lang nuage, Literature, Com.
positon Histoiy, and Geography, 1,250 marks.
Wednesday, July u—Experimental Sciences, i.e., Che-
n iitry, Electricity, and Magnetism 1,00.) marks.
Thursday, July 10—Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, and
C 4, o'oc,v, 750 marks. _ _

Friday, July 11—Moral and Political Sciences, 1,000
marks.

Saturday, July 12—Drawing, i. e., Elementary Geo-
metrical Drawing, includiog the use of drawing instru-
ments, and either Machinery, Architectural, Engineering,
or Landscape Drawing, 750 marks.
Toe e,allin will commence on each of these days
at 10 o'clock in the morning, and continue until 1
o'cl,,ck. It will re-commence at 2 o'clock, and continue
until 5. No candidate will be admitted after the hour
fixed fur the commencement cf the examination.
Every candidate must be examined in pure mathema-
tics ; and no one who does not obtain at least one•fifth
of the marks allotted to that subject will be eligible for
anappc,iuttnen'.

From the other subjects of examination each candi-
date may select thoee in which he desires to be ex-
amined ; but no one will be allowed to count the marls
gained in any subject, unless those marks shall at least
at Woolwich, 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,.yal Artillery and Royal Engineers, according to
their proficiency. They will be required to pay a con-
tribution of 021. 10.. for the time during which they re-
m in at the Academy.
let. An extras. irotn the register of his baptism, or,
in default of that, a certificate verified by affidavit.
21. A certificate of good moral character, signed by a
clergyman of the parish to which be belongs, and by the
tutor rr head 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 Stlte.

3. A statement of subjects of examination in which
(in additinn to Pure Mathematics) he 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 ailment?, calculated to interfere with
the performance of military duties.
H. R. DREWRY.
War Department, Pall Mall, 7th April, 1856.