1 SEPTEMBER 1855, page 12

Examination Bun Mad.

IT is affirmed that the examination of candidates for admission to the Civil Service of India is no sham. The papers will soon be made public, and we shall have them before us :......

Progress Of Joint-stock Banking.

A FEW numbers back we noticed recent events which were calcu- lated to cast some discredit on the system of private banking, as being peculiarly liable to concealment, and......

The Nightingale Testimonial. .

THE form proposed for the tribute to the virtues of Florence Night- ingale is not unnaturally suggested by the occasion. Miss N ight- ingale distinguished herself by the proper......