The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-30 00:00:00

THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.

The following notice and memorandum have
been issued by the military authorities :
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" Horse Guards, S.W., Dec. 29.
" Notice is hereby given that the competitive exami-
nations of candidates for the admission into the junior
department of the Royal Military College, referred t• in
article 6 of the subjoined memorandum, will be held at
Burlington-house, Piccadilly, on the 28th, 29th, and
30th of January

"Memorandum.
" Horse Guards, Deo. 3.

"Her Majesty having been pleased to approve that
the education of gentlemen of all arms of the service
who do not obtain commissions by direct appointment
shall be given at the Royal Military College at Shnd-
hurst, the following will be the regulations for the future
admission of candidates into that College :
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" The age of admission to be from 16 to 18 years.
" The candidate must apply through his parent or
guardian to the General Commanding-in• Chief for per-
mission to have his name entered on the list of competi•
tors for the College. On receiving that permission it
will be open to the candidate to coinpate at any one of
'the half-yearly Entrance Examinations which may ocour
while he is within the prescribed limits of age. It un-
successful, he will be allowed a second trial ; but if again
unsuccessful, he will be debarred from further competi-
tion for entrance into the College.
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3. The unsuccessful candidate, however, will still be
eligible to enter the army by paeeinsr the examination for
40-mmieeinnf..

"4. The period of study will be two years. It will
be terminated by a competitive examination, the most
succesAul candidates in which will be permitted to select
the Corps of Royal Engineers or Royal Artillery, ac-
cording to the number of vacancies in those corps, or
will receive commissions without purchase in the Ca-
v4ry, Guards, or Line. Those who select the Ordnance
Corps will be removed to the School of Application at
Wool wich.

" 6. The payments by Cadets at the Royal Military
College will be on the following scale,

Per annum.
For sons of private gentl.men £loo
For sons of admirals and general officers having

regiments
For eons of general officers not having regiments 70
For sons of captains and commanders of the Royal
Navy and field officers of the army having sub-
stantive rack 5O
For eons of all officers of the :Royal Navy and

Army under the above ranks
For the sons of officers of the Navy and Army
who have died in the service, and whose fami-
lies are proved to be left in pecuniary distress 20
Twenty ' Queen's Cadets,' being sons of officers
in the Navy and Army who have fallen in
action, or have died from the e&cts of active
service, and have left their families in reduced
circumstances .

Free.

" In addition to the above payments, there will be re-
quired to be deposited on entrance such sum as shall be
found necessary for supplying clothing, books, and in-
struments.
" 6. The first competitive examination for the Royal
Military College will take place in the month of Jan.,
1853, at which 24 of the most successful candidates, if
duly qualified, will be admitted.
"7. E,,ch candidate will be required to produce a
certificate of baptism, or other satitlaetory proof of his
age, a certificate from a minister of the Chureh or deno
mination to which he belongs that he has bee* dilly in-
structed in the principles of religion, and a certificate
from the master or tutor under whom he has been edu-
cated of his general moral conduct for at least the two
preceding years.
"The candidate will be examined by a medical officer
to ascertain that he is in every point of view, as regards
his physical constitution, fit for military service.
"The following will be the subjects in which exami-
nation papers will be set, and the number of marks
assigned to each, viz. :

Marks.
Classics (Latin 2,000, Greek 1,600) 3,600
Mathematics
English language
French 1,200'
Any other modern language 1,200
History, with geography
Natural Sciences—a. e., mineralogy and geo-
logy
Experimental Sciences—i.e., chemistry, heat,
electricity, including magnetism
Drawing
"In mathematics the following elementary branches
will be required to be taken up, viz. :
" Arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal fractions;
proportion, extraction of the squares root, interest,
" Algebra, including fractious, simple equations, and
questions producing them.
" Euclid,' the first two books.
"To these two branches 1,200 marks (out of the above
8,600 marks for mathematic:) will be allotted, and ii
will be neces. ary for qualification that at least 600 marks
in all be obtained.

"In the English language 400 marks will be assigned
to correct and legible writing from dictation and to coin
position, and of these it will be required that at least
200 shall be obtained for qualification.
" In the French language 400 marks will be allotted
to correct reading and translation from an easy French
author, and of these at least 200 will be required for
qualification.
"In history (with geography), 400 marks will be
allotted to that of England with its dependencies, of
which 200 will be required for qualification.
"And, in addition to the number of marks just stated
as indtsperpable for qualification in the required portion
of mathematics, English, French, and history, it will be
necessary that the candidate shall obtain such a number
in these and the remaining Aubj-cts above enumerated as
shall raise his total number to 2,400 marks.
"No marks will be allowed to count in any subject
left optional to the candidate, unless at least one-fifth of
the marks allotted to that subject be gained.
"The candidate will be required to forward to the
Council of Military Education one month before the ex-
amination a statement of the subject, he desires to take
up, in which he will specify the names of the classical
authors he has studied, and the course of history he has
been reading.
"The competitors will be reported to the Commander-
in-Chief in their order of merit, and those first on the
list will succeed to the vacancies at the College.
" By command,
"G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."