The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-24 00:00:00

THE CIVIL SERVICE.

The second report of her Majesty's Civil Service `-'ld
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missioners came out yesterday in the form of a la
blue-book. The report is partly the continuation 0.4
narrative of proceedings since May, 1855. The 01401
of the examination is-1. To test the candidate's act ;d
fitness for his duties ; and, 2, to test his education aOO
intelligence generally. The number of candidates 11,1
whose cases the commissioners adjudicated from the ,;04,
of May, 1855, to the 31st of December, 1856, was 3,v„,
Of these 60 were extra. atatem, 12 physically incorero,
tent, 10 devoid of satisfactory evidence as to cb21.01
ter, 99 admitted without examination (on reP,°to
from heads of departments), and 137 declined 0
undergo the examination or withdrew without ceol
pleting it. Of the remaining actually examitoe
1,587 passed, and obtained certificates of quab°oo
tion, 880 were rejected, and 219 were unsuccessful ell
competition. Thus, the rejections were in the ratio
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35.7 per cent. on those actually examined (not coOttho
the unsuccessful competitors). In the seven mcatot,
ended December, 1855, the ratio was 29.5 per cetd
Out of the 880 candidates thus dismissed it is reper,,d
that no less than 425 were turned back for ".e;
spelling alone, or with other subjects, except arithraetiol
147 for arithmetic alone, or with other subjects, exurb
orthography ; and 243 for spelling and arithmetic, le et)
or without other subjects; so that only 65 have btei
rejected since the commissioners commenced their
for deficiencies not involving spelling or arithWe:or
or both. For four situations (three of them kt„ljniel,
clerkships and one a senior clerkship of 2001. to ov
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a year) there were 46 competitors, including tie
sons of professional men and independent gettgy
men ; 26 of the candidates had already been id
gaged in some definite occupation ; 25 out of the 46 'or
fins-hed their education at one or other of the u°'l2lsities or colleges of London, and 16 of the remainillorgs
were educated at public or grammar schools. A '!lci,•
proportion of the candidates gave evidence of coer„00
able information and ability, and the four successf°l"ece
have been tried and not found wanting. Precioto,e,„P of
mens are given in the appendix of the orthogreP"'..,-
rather the cacograpby, of rejected canditi,
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" Beatry " is spelt " beaughty ; " "Blenheim,'
Ileum ;" " bowels," " bowls ;" "confederacies, iiej.B,o
fedrisis ; " character," " charikt ar ; " " cav!;ure,,,
" caveleirs ; " " credulity," " credvalty ;'' '`;
" ingure ;" " into," intoe ;" " elements," " pbi;
" neighbour," "nabour ;" "monks," "munks ; ;
losapher," " pholisper ;" "panegyrics," " panoger7o4o
" patriots," "patrotes ;" recesses," "resess ;'' "r_elotb;
" rieveu ;" "without," "whiout ;'' warmth," "7'
and the like.

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THE TEA TRADE, Feb. 23.—The deliveries in 1419:1 •
cstimat• d for the week were 439,5831 b., being a decreaF
of 78,0621 b. compared with the previous statement. a.
We (Salisbury Journal) hear that Mr. W. B. yin
has been succesbful in discovering in the Purbeck be
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Durleston Bay, what Sir Chailes Lyell states to be t.11:7.
new genera ot the oolitic inainmsl4. This is a 001°10
able reward for this gentleman's untiring activity
search of fossil fauna.