First. Examination, made by the Field Officer of Artillery in the-- Course of Military Art. Course of Artillery. Course of Veterinary Art. Sham Siege (part relating to Artillery.) Course of Military Law and Administration. Second. Examination, held by the Field Officer of Engineers. Course of Permanent Fortification and the Attack and Defense of Places. Course of Construction. Sham Siege (part relating to the Engineering.) Third. Examination, held by the third Examiner, taken either from the Artillery or Engineers, in the-- Course of Mechanics. Course of Applied Sciences. Course of Topography and Geodesy. German Language. Every Student, on presenting himself before the Examiners, submits for their approbation the drawings and manuscripts relating to the subjects on which the examination is to bear. Independent of the questions which are placed before him by the Examiners, the Student Sub-lieutenant must reply to any objections or questions which the members of the Jury may think fit to address to him. The German Master directly questions the Students, if the Jury wish it. The Professors or their Assistants must be present at the examinations relating to their course. As soon as the examination is ended, the members of the Jury retire to an adjoining room with closed doors, to determine on the amount of marks to be given to the Student examined. When the trials of all kinds are finished, the Jury proceed to the definitive classification of the Students belonging to each arm. In making this classification, regard is had to the following considerations:-- 1st. Each examination has a co-efficient of importance equal to the sum of all the different courses which are included in it. 2nd. The co-efficient of importance for drawing is equal to the 1/20 of the sum of the co-efficients of the three examinations. 3rd. The co-efficient of importance of the practice, drill, &c., is, as for the courses, the sum of the co-efficients appropriated to the works taught in the School. By multiplying the co-efficients of importance by the mean number of marks of merit obtained by the Students in the different examinations, the definitive credit which must be assigned to each Student in the Table of Classification is obtained. The classification of the School enters into the definitive classification for a value equal to one-third of the total number of the three examinations, without comprising the valuation of the drawings; this value is added to the credits determined above. The Jury give an account of the proceedings of the examinations in a “_procès-verbal_” addressed to the Minister by the General acting as President. III. PROGRAMME OF THE ARTILLERY COURSE. FIRST PART.--INTRODUCTION. _Twenty-six Lectures common to Students of both Arms._ _First Lecture._--(1.) Definition of the word Artillery. Material, personnel, science. Object and division of the course. FIRST SECTION.--EFFECTS OF POWDER.