The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-15 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON...—
Notice is hereby given to the GRADI'AfES, that tr e AD-
MISSION to DEGREES will take place at Burlington House, Picca-
dilly, on Wednesday, May 7th, at 2 p.m.
By order of the Senate, 11/
JOHN GEORGE SHAW LEFEVRE,
Burlington House, April 14, 1856.

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.-
The 82d ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will take place TO-
MORROW, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street; his
Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, Pre,ident, in the chair. Din-
ner at half-past five for six o'clock precisely. ,HonOrary medallions
Will be presented after dinner. Tic'ets 11. eacb, to be had at the
Roziety's office and the Freemasons' Tavern.

MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE
ASSURANCE and LOIN ASSOCIATION,
77, King-street, Manchester.
Assurances, Annuities, Endowments, and Loans effected on liberal
terms.

CHARLES HENRY MLNC,RIN, Secretary.
Agents wanted.

METROPOLITAN C. OUNTIES and
GENERAL LIFE AS:SUR INL'E SOCIETY, 27, Regent.
street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001.

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TRUSTEES.
Hrt. Spencer ll.Walpole,M.P. Richard qpooner, M.P.
I Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. - E. Vansittart Neale, Esq.
Life Assurance business transac!ed in all Its branches.
N.% The bonus declared at tin last division of profits averaged.
33 pgr cent. on all the premiums paid.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

SCN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
LONDON.
Policies effected with this Socie*y now will PARTICIPATE IN
POUR-FIFTHS, or SO per cent. of the Net Profits of the Society,
according to the conditions contain,cl in the Society's Prospectus.
The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
are lower than in many other 014-established offices, and Insurers
are fully protected from all risk by an amply guarantee fund, in
addition to the accut,nlated funds derived from the investments of
Premiums.
Policy stamps paid by the Office.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street,
London, or of any of the Agents of the Society.
CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.

IMPERIAL
HOTEL. COMPANY, TRA-
FALGAR-SQUARE. (Liability Limited.)
Capital, 1,000,000/. ; in 100,000 Shares of 101. each.
TRUSTEES.

Charles Manners Lushington, Esq., M.P., 9, Mansfield-street,
Portland-place.
W. J. Farrer, Esq., 64, Lineoln's-inn-fields.
Wilbraham Taylor, Esq., Hadley Hurst, Barnet..
PROVkIONAL COMMITTEE.
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Honourable William Ashley, St. James's Palace.
Charles Balfour, Esq. (Balfour and Co.), 39., St. James's-
street ; Cleveland-terrace, Hyde-park ; and Edinburgh.
Lieut.-Colonel Barnett, 10, Wilton-crescent.
Richard Blanchard, Esq., 1, Somerset•terrace, Belgrave-road,
Director of the Staines anti Wokingh,,na Railway.
J. P. Bull, Esq. (Bull and Wilson), 52, St. Martin's lane ;
and Arlington House. Turnbam-green.
Richard Davis, Esq., 9, St. Helen's-place; and Aberdeen-

place, Blackheath.
George Hanbury, Esq. (Wood, Field, and Hanbury), 25,

Mark-lane ; and 2, Hyde-park-square.
Henry Ludlow, Esq., Oriental Club, 18, Hanover-square.
William Marsden, Esq., 65, Lincoln's-inn-fields ; and Coombe

Wood, Surrey. - - -
G. H... 11. Oliphant. 'Esq., 1, New-court, Temple ; and Broad-

field House, Hesket,darlisle.
James Stuart Tulk, Esq., Leicester-square ; and Claremont
Cottage, Regent's-park.
Colonel George Underwood, 12, Sussex-terrace, Hyde-park,
Director of the Screw Steam-Shipping Company.
Major• General Watkins, East India United Service Club,
14, St. James's-square,
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS.

Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
Barclay Bevan, Tritton, and Co., 54, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS—C. and H. Hyde, 33, Ely-place.

The Imperial Hotel Company has been formed, with Limited
Liability under the Act of last Session, for the purpose of
building a large Hotel, on the principle of the great Hotel du
Louvre, Rue Rivoli, Paris.
Parliament having purchased a site for a new National
Gallery at Kensington, the site and adjacent ground now oc-
cupied by the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, is in every
respect one of the finest and most appropriate that could be
selected in London for such an Hotel.

Is investments for capital, such undertakings have proved
highly successful. The leading capitalists in Europe and
America have united in promoting them. The Great Western
Hotel in London, on the same principle, his proved to be a
highly remunerative investment ; the net profits in the last
division were 31 per cent. per annum, and the dividend was
at the rate of 25 per cent, per annum. The Shares have
about doubled in value, and, although it has not been in ope-
ration two years, it is too small to meet the daily applications
for accommodation. The profits of the IMPERIAL HOTEL, from
its superior situation and many other advantages, will be at
least equal to the most lucrative undertakings of a similar
nature.

A Bill giving powers to the Company, with reference to the
Bite in Trafalgar-square, has been read a second time in the
souse of Commons.
An instalment of 2/. per share is required to obtain com-
plete registration with limited liability; bat should that or
the site not be obtained the deposit will be returned to the
Shareholders, a sum not exceeding 3s. per share on ac-
count of expenses.

Applications for Shares may be made in the annexed form,
addressed to the Brokers, Messrs. Halbert, Wagg, and Co.,
1, Shorter's-court, Throgmortou-street ; or Me-srs. Barnett,
Ellis, and Co., 18, Finch-lane ; or to the Secretary, 4, White-
hall; but no Application will be considered unless a Deposit
of 1/. for each Share is previously made with Messrs. Coutts
and Co., 59, Strand; or Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and
Co., Lombard-street, the Bankers of the Company. This
Deposit will be carried to the credit of the instalment of 2/.
per Share payable after allotment, and will be repaid in the
event of the application not being acceded to ; and no further
eall will be made until the agrcemeints for the purchase of the
site have been settled.

Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be
obtained of the Brokers or the Secretary.
11. DAVIDSON, Secretary.

Offices, 4, Whitehall.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Imperial Hotel Company.
Gentlemen,—l have paid £ to your Bankers, and I re.
quest you to allot me Shares of 101. each in the Capital
stock of the Imperial Hotel Company ; and I hereby agree to
accept the same or any less number that may be allotted to
me, to pay the instalment of 21. per Share allotted, and to
execute the Deed of Settlement when required to do so ; and,
in the event of my failure herein, I hereby agree to forfeit the
Deposit made with theßankers, and I authorise you to cancel
the Allotment.
Name
Profession or Bussincss
Address
Date

A PPOINTMENTS to the ROYAL ARTIL-
-CA. LERY, and ADMISSIONS to the PRAC-
TICAL CLASS of the ROYAL MILITARY AC .-
1
An Examination for Provisional Commissions in the
Royal Artillery will' commence on Monday, June 30,
at King's College, Strand. About 20 appointments
will be made, supposing a sufficient number of compe-
tent persons to present themselves. The Candi-
dates must be between the ages of 20 and 23 years ;
stud those appointed will be gazetted to lieutenancies
iri 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 satisfaction of the Secretary
of State for War, will receive permanent commissions
with the date of their temporary appointment. They will
receive the pay of their rank (viz., ss. 7d. per diem)
from the date of their names appearing in the Gazette ;
but will be required to contribute a deposit of 201. for
the Purchase of books, instruments, &c.
At the same time, provided a sufficient number are
four,d competent, about thirty admissions will be made
to the practical class of the Royal Military Academy
ttt 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
!dght.months, and at the end of that period will, on pass-
ing a satisfactory examination, receive commissions in
the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, according to
their proficiency. They will be required to pay a con-
tribution of 621. 10s. for the time during which they re-
%We at the Academy.
The appointments in both these classes will be deter-
Mined by the result of a competitive examination. The
days and subjects of examination will be as follows, viz.
_Tuesiday, July I.—Pure Mathematics, 2,000 marks.
wi3dnesday, July 2.—Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics,
•uraamics, and Hydrostatics, 1,500 marks.
'Thursday, Jnly 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 Franco, 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.

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Tuesday, July B—English Language, Literature, Com.
position, History, and Geography, 1,250 marks.
Wednesday, July 9—Experimental Sciences, i.e., Che
ihistry, Heat, Electricity, including Magnetism 1,00
marks.

Thursday, July 10—Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, and
Geology, 750 mall"-
Friday, July 11—Moral and Political Sciences, 1,000
marks.

Saturday, July 12—Drawing, i. e., Elementary Geo-
tnetrical 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 aiming, 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
fired for the commencement of 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
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 marLs
gained in any subject, unless those marks shall at least •
amount to one-sixth of the total number of marks allotted
to that subject.
Every candidate must transmit to the War Depart-
ment, Pali-Mall, by the 20th June next :
let. An extract from the register of his baptism, or,
in default of that, a certificate verified by affilavit.
2d. A certificate of good moral character, signed by a
clergyman of the parish to which he belongs, and by the
tutor or 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) he may desire to be
examined.
All Candidates must present themselves at King's
College, on Monday the 30th t- f 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 Departraent, Pall Mall, 7th April, 1856.