§ COLONEL BERESFORDsaid, he would beg to ask he Secretary of State for War, If Clause 7, page 2, of the Regulations of February 15, 1870, for the Woolwich Academy ("The number of trials allowed will not exceed three,") will come into operation from July 1871, or when; and, as to Clause 9, page 3, (No. 2), limiting the examinations in English literature to specified authors, and (No. 2A) in English History to certain fixed periods, who is to fix the authors and the periods? The candidates or the examiners? And how long beforehand is the notification to take place? Will two years be allowed in order to prevent a system of "cram" being adopted consequent upon a shorter notice; and, when will candidates be again allowed to compete for Sandhurst College?
§ MR. CARDWELLSir, the authors and periods of history have been fixed, in communication with the Civil Service Commissioners, for July, 1871. Notice will be given at once for the examination in July, 1871. In consequence of the reduction of commissions without purchase, the ground on which the recommendations of the Royal Commission respecting Sandhurst were founded has failed, and the subject has, in consequence, been referred back to them.