CAPTAIN LEICESTER VERNON, referring to the statement of the Clerk of the Ordnance (Mr. Monsell) in reply to a question put on Monday, the 11th inst., that "cadets at Sandhurst would of course be able to compete on the 8th of July for commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers," wished to ask the Under-Secretary for War whether any cadets so competing, in the event of failure, would be deprived of their prospect of obtaining commissions in the line, from Sandhurst, in due course?
§ MR. FREDERICK PEELsaid, the examination for commissions in the Engineers and Artillery would be an open one, and the successful candidates would be those who showed the greatest proficiency. Under these circumstances, failure would not deprive any of the candidates of any prospect they might have of obtaining commissions in the line from Sandhurst.