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London, England, 1856-11-18 00:00:00

PIMLICO IMPROVEMENTS.—Extension of
Time for Compulsory Purchase.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in-
tended to be made to Parliament, iu the next session, for an
Act to extend the time granted by " The Pimlico Improve-
anent Act, 1853" (public), for the compulsory purchase of
• 4. lands, tenements, and hereditaments, authorised by the said
Act, and also by the Act of the 15th and 16th Victoria, cap.
78(public), to bo purchased or taken by the Commissioners of
"s, her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, for the purposes
Of the said Acts, er either of them.
Dated this seventh day of November, one thousand eight
• •
hundred and fifty-six.
By order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works
sal Public Buildings.
, t JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor,
',;-,Board of Works, &c., Whitehall-place, Westminster.
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7.11r1R313L1C OFFICES EXT ENSION.—
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That ap
intended to be made to Parliament; in the next
Neat cation is
:4• pm.tOn, for an act to empower the Commissioners of her Ma-
,llt es Works and Public Buildings to pull down and remove
' tain houses and tenements, situate in Upper Crown-street,
• "Crown-court, Lower Crown:street, Charles-street, Duke-
street, Upper Charles-street, King-street, Whitehall, and
Parliament-street, in tke parish of Saint Margaret, Westmins-
ter, in the county of Middlesex ; and to appropriate the sites
of the said houses and tenements, and a small portion of
Saint James's-park, and all the ground detcribed in the plan
hereinafter referred to, whether now used as streets, ways,
Yards, pleasure grounds, vacant ground, or otherwise, as a
Site or sites for the erection thereon of offices for the public
service. Also to empower the said Commissioners to stop
up any streets, ways, paths, or passages which now lead into,
or pass upon, through, or over the site hereinbefore de.
scribed, or any part thereof; and in such act powers will be
contained for the compulsory purchase of all such lands, tene-
ments, or hereditaments as maybe necessary for carrying the
purposes aforesaid into effect, and to vary or extinguish all
rights and privileges in any manner connected with the lands,
tenements, or hereditaments proposed to be taken for the
Purposes aforesaiti„
And Notice is hereby further Given, that a duplicate plan
and section, describing the situation of the houses and tone-'
ntents proposed to be pulled down and removed, with a book
of reference thereto, containing the names of the owners, or
reputed the said houses and owners, lessees, or reputed lessees, and occupiers of
tenements, and also a copy of this notice,
as published in the London Gazett,. will- on or before the
30th day of November instant, be deposited for public inspec-
tion with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of le
t his office, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, in Middlesex,
county of Middlesex ; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the
city and liberty of Westminster, at his office, at the Sessions
30
oue, Clerkenwell aforesaid ; and that on or before the said
th day of November instant, a copy of the said plan and
hook of reference, and also a copy of this notice as published
in the Lonolvt Gazette, will be deposited with the Parish
Clerk of the said parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster at
Places of abode. ,
htiundarteed.. this seventh day of November, one thousand eight
" and fifty-six.
By order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works
and Public Buildings,
JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor,
Board of Works, dte., Whitehall-place, Westminster.
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ROSPECTUS of the NEXT EXAMINA-
TION for ADMISSION to the ROYAL
MILITARY ACADEMY at Woolwich.
N.B. No more direct appointments will be made to Provi-
sional Co'mrnisaiens in the Royal Artillery.
An Examination for the admission of Cadet to the Royal
Cadets
Military Academy at Woolwich
month of June, 1857, be wilt held in London in the
Provided a sufficient number are foun d Competent, thirty
admissions will be made to that Institution ; 'dates must
be between the ages of 17 and 20
years. candidates
have not exceeded 20 years of age on the Ist Jarever' Who
net be considered disqualified. The successful candindeat will
remain under instruction until they are sufficienetlxay advanced
and in scientific knowledge to pass a satisfactory arid they will then receive commissions in the Royal Artil-
lery or Royal Engineers. They will be required to pay a sum
of 22/. 10s. on admission, to cover the expense of uniform,
books, tkc., and a contribution of 62/. 10s. for each half- year
of the time during which they remain at the Academy. The
half-yearly contributions,. however, for sons and ohans of naval and militar rp
y officers, will be regulated at the following
rates, as heretofore:—
For Sons of admirals and generals having regiments Z4O
Sons of generals without regiments
Sons of captains and commanders of the navy and of
colonel and regimental field officer of the army
Sons of all officers of the Navy and Army under the
above ranks
Sons of offim 2()
ce of the Army and Navy who have
died in the service, and whose families are proved
to be left in peccuiary distress lO
The sons of general officers paid only on their commissions
an field officers, will pay the same contribution as the sons of
field officers.
The sons of officers on full and half-pay will pay alike ; but
sons of officers who have voluntarily retired on half-pay, or
received the difference, will only be admitted on the terms
Prescribed for the sons of private gentlemen, viz., 621. 10s.
for each half-year.
The sons of officers in the civil departments of the Army
are admissible to the Academy upon the same terms as those
prescribed for the sons of Naval and military officers.
The admissions will be determined by the result of a compe-
titive examination, the subjects of which will be as follows :
?are and Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics, Dynamics,
and Hydrostatics 3,500
English Language, Literature, Composition, History,
and Geography
Language, Literature, Geography, and History of
Ancient Rome, and of Ancient Greece 1,756
Ditto ditto ditto of France 1,000
Ditto ditto ditto of Germany 750
(The examination in French and German will be both written
and viva voce).
Experimental Sciences, i.e., Chemistry, Heat, Electri-
city, including Magnetism ................ 1,000
Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, and Geolo -0
gy ')
Moral and Political Sciences ............................ ..
Drawing, i.e., Elementary Geometrical Drawing, in-
eluding the use of Drawing Instruments, and either
Machinery, Architectural, Engineering, or ecape Drawing
Land-
oN 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 appointmtnt.
Select those in which he desires to be examined ; but no oue
will be allowed to count the marks gained in any subject,
unless those marks shall at least amount to one-sixth of the
total number of marks allotted to that subject.
No candidate will be admitted into the Royal Military
lead.
Academy unless he obtain an aggregate of 3,000 marks at
~__Ally candidate who shall not select French and drawing
Zuti°sfygtthhee subjects for his examination, will
exoafratihneers that he has such be required to
knowledge, at least of
the elementsexpectation that se
two
during his
subjects, as shall afford reasonable
he will perfect himself in both
residence at the Academy.
zeThe following papers will be required to be transmitted by
tt gentleman to. the War Department, before the Ist June,
.t. is application to be noted as a candidate,. unless he
a '
:all notify that he has been a candidate at a previous exam i-
n'att(la, in which ease. the statement of subjects only need ae.
"""'., Any the application :
# 4' All extract from the register of his baptism, or in de-
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.f that., a certificate verified by affidavit.
rr,,_ A certificate of good moral character, signed by a clu-
man of the parish to which he belongs, and by the tutor or
I'4l of the school or college at which' acrd
has received his
Zioarearieon for at least two years, or such other proof of good
Mate. uaracter as will be satisfactory to the Secretary of
addltionßttaote
ment of the subjects of examination in which (in
~,
11. mathematics) he may desire to be examined.
hi.'Tof dictates will be required to present themselves at the
..`!".' examination, hereafter to be determined in order to
's Inspected from • •
they axe f . ilitary surgeons, that it may be cent fined
ihterfere
duties. alculated to
'e.ls any bodily defects or ailments e
Notice v7l'9l:he performance of military
of the pia,,Tategi,ven a month previously, in the public
u* gaYs appointed for holding the papers,exaractiaiio,;
'War
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