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London, England, 1868-10-10 00:00:00

ASSISTANT SC HO 0 LMASTE:It. AT
SHEERNESS.

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ADMIRALTY, 23d Sept.. 1868.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a VACANCY exists for
an ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER at Sheerness Dockyard.
Candidates who may wish to undergo a Competitive Examina-
tion for such an appointment are invited to apply, either per-
sonally or by letter, to the Civil Service Commissioners, Gateway,
Dean's-yard, Westminster, on or before the Bth of October, fur-
nishing certificates of age and health, together with testimonials
as to character and capacity for teaching. The examination will
commence on Tuesday, the 13th October. Candidates must be
between the ages of 20 and 35, and will be examined in the fol-
lowing subjects, in all of which it will be necessary for Candi-
dates to pass:-
1. Exercises as to Handwriting and Orthography.
2. Arithmetic and t: ensuration.
3. Grammar and Analysis of Sentences.
4. English Composition.
5. Physical and Political Geography of the World, especially
of England and Europe.
6. English History.
7. Euclid—first four and sixth books, and first twenty-one pro
_ positions of the eleventh hook.

8. Algebra.
9. Plane Trigonometry.
10. Differential and Integral Calculus (Elementary), and Plane
Co-ordinate Geometry (Elementary).
11. The Elementary Principles of Mechanics and Hydrostatics,
not requiring the Differential Calculus.

They will also be competitively examined in the following sub-
jects, and although it will not be necessary for each Candidate
to have a knowledge of these latter subjects, a high value will
be set on them:—

19. Elementary Chemistry and Physics,
13. Plane Trigonometry (Analytical) and Spherical Trigono-
metry.
14. Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (more advanced) and Analyti-
cal Geometry of three dimensions.
15. Differential and Integral Calculus (more advanced) and the
easier Differential Equations.
IG. Mechanics and Hydrostatics, including Problems requiring
the Differential Calculus for their solution.
The salary of the Assistant Schoolmaster at Sheerness Dock-
yard commences at £lOO per annum, increasing by £lO each year
to £l4O, and the Certificate of the Civil Service Commissioners
will entitle the successful Candid .te to the benefit of the Super-
annuation Act.
Assistant Dockyard Schoolmasters are eligible for promotion
to the higher office of Schoolmaster and Head Schoolmaster,
with salaries varying from £l5O to £250 per annum.
W. G. ROMAINE.

PROPOSED MEMORIAL OF LEIGH
HUNT.
The grave of Leigh Hunt—one of England's most
charming Poet; Essayists, and Critics—at Kensal Green,
is without even a headstone. It has been proposed to
erect there a modest Monument to his memory. Mr.
Joseph Durham, A.R.A., has been selected to execute a
Portrait Bust and Pedestal. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE
SOLICITED for the purpose. The following gentlemen
form a Committee for the collection and application of the
requisite amount :
William Barry, Esq. Charles Kent, Esq.
Sir John Bowring. W. C. Macreadv, Esq.
Thomas Carlyle, Esq. J. Bertrand Payne, Esq.,
Robert Chambers, Esq., F.R.S.L.
LL.D. Sir F. Pollock, Bart.
Charles Dickens, Esq. B. W. Proctor, Esq.
George Godwin, Esq, F.R.S. Sir Percy Shelley, Bart.
C. L. Gruneisen, Esq., Chas. Ratcliff, Esq., F.S.A.
F.R.G.S. E. M. Ward, Esq., R.A.
Alexander Ireland, Esq.
S. C. HALL, F.S.A, Hon. Secs.
EDMUND OLLIER,
S. R. TOWNSHEND MAYEII, F.R.S.L., 25, Norfolk-
street, Strand, W.C., Hon. Treasurer, by whom Subscrip-
tions are received.
Bankers—Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing

370 children.

£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, 1,10; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-flela's.