7. Consecutive fifths and octaves are both exhibited in the following example, No. 1. Show how they may be corrected in No. 2.

(Two Hours allowed for this Exercise.)

(1.) Translate into English one of the two following passages: Gweil yw y tlawd a rodio yn ei uniondeb, na'r traws ei wetusau, ac yntau yn ffol. Hefyd, bod yr enaid heb wybodaeth, nid yw dda; a'r hwn sydd

brysur ei draed a becha. Ffolineb dyn a wyra ei ffordd ef: a'i galon a ymddigia yn erbyn yr Arglwydd.

Afonig fechan, fywiog, fâd,
Pa le 'r âi di ?

"Af adref, adref at fy nhad;
Môr, môr i mi!"

Mae'r rhwystrau 'n fawr, mae 'r daith yn hir,
Mae'r ffordd trwy lawer diffaith dir:
Gwell iti oedi 'r hynt yn wir;
O aros di!

"Na, na nid all nad all nac anial mailt,
Nac unrhyw fryn na bro ychwaith,
Fy rhwystro i gyrhaedd pen fy nhaith,
Môr, môr, i mi!"'

(2.) Parse fully one sentence in the passage which you have translated, explaining carefully the literal mutatious in it.

(3.) Translate into Welsh

"We live in a beautiful country, full of mountains and valleys, rocks and streams, meadows and woods. The climate, though wet, is healthy; provisions are cheap and good; and the inhabitants are so honest, that you may leave your door unbolted at night without any fear of robbers."

(H.)

GENERAL EXAMINATION OF TRAINING SCHOOLS.
(CHRISTMAS, 1855.)-MALE STUDENTS-First Year.

All your answers are to be written on this paper. Answers written on any other paper will not be looked over.

You are not permitted to answer more than one question in each section. Before beginning your answers, you are to fill up the following table, so far as it applies to you :·

The Name of the Training School at which you are now

being examined.

Your Christian Name and Surname in full, and the current Year of your age.

Do you attend this Ex

amination as

1. A Resident Student? 2. A Teacher to be examined for a Certificate of Merit, and from what School?

If you are, or have been, a Student, state the Month and Year in which you entered the Training School, and the Month and Year in which you left it.

1. THE HISTORY, CHRONOLOGY, AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE BIBLE.

2. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN.

(Three hours allowed for this Paper.)

Section I.-1. Describe the situation and give a brief account of Dan, Samaria, Shechem, and Hebron.

2. Describe Jerusalem, and draw a plan of it.

3. Describe the river system of Syria, including Palestine. Section II.-1. Write a short history of Moses.

2. Give an analysis of the book of Genesis.

3. Write a history of David.

Section III.-1. Give an account of the prophet Jeremiah, with the dates of the death of Josiah, and of the last siege of Jerusalem.

2. Mention the prophets who prophesied in the northern kingdom between its revolt and its captivity.

3. Write a short outline of the history of Israel, from Jeroboam I. to Hosea inclusive.

Section IV.-1. Describe the means which Solomon took to increase the wealth of his kingdom.

2. Describe the Temple.

3. Enumerate the Jewish fasts and festivals, and mention the occasion of the institution of each, its typical meaning, and the manner of its ob

servance.

Section V.-1. What do we know from the Bible of the evangelist St. John?

2. In what respects does the gospel of St. John differ in character from the other three?

3. Mention any apparent discrepancies between St. John and the other evangelists, and show how they may be explained.

Section VI.-1. What miracles are recorded only by St. John, and what are common to him with the other evangelists?

2. Describe the interview between our Lord and the woman of Samaria. 3. Give an account of our Lord's discourse to the people after the feeding of the five thousand, and of its effect.

Section VII.-Explain one of the following passages:

1. If I have told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things?

2. If he called them gods unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken; say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?

3. And when he is come he will reprove the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; of sin because they believe not on me; of righteousness because I go to the Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment because the prince of this world is judged.

Section VIII.1. On what occasions does St. John mention that the Jews found fault with our Lord for not observing the Sabbath? and what answer did our Lord make to their objections?

2. Write out St. John's account of our Lord's trial before Pilate.

3. Mention any words which are used in a peculiar sense by St. John, and explain them.

CATECHISM, LITURGY, AND ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY TO THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON.

(Three Hours allowed for this Paper.)

Section 1.-1. Write out My duty to my neighbour.

2. Point out under which commandment each of its precepts falls. 3. Give Scripture texts to illustrate these precepts.

Section II.--What books or chapters in the Bible specially illustrate 1. The communion of saints. 2. The forgiveness of sins.

3. The resurrection of the dead?

Section III.-1. What are the chief Christian fasts and festivals: and what does each commemorate?

2. On what principle are the daily and Sunday lessons arranged? 3. Write out the deprecations in the Litany: and comment upon them. Section IV.-1. Give a list of the great ecclesiastical writers between the years 200 and 450 A.D.

2. Give an outline of the history of the Gnostic heresy, and its teachers. 3. What controversies, either with heretics, or within the Church, were peculiar to Western Christendom?

Section V.-Write an account of

1. Origen.

2. Athanasius.

3. Augustine.

Section VI.-1. Give the history of the Nicene Creed.

2. Are there any traces in the first four centuries of the papal power, such as it existed in the middle ages?

3. What were the consequences, for good and for evil, of the conversion of Constantine?

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

(Three Hours allowed for this Paper.)

Every candidate is required to write out the paraphrase and do the parsing. Besides this, he is to choose one question in each of the other sections.

Paraphrase the following passage:

3. The doctrine of hereditary right does by no means imply an indefeasible right to the throne. No man will, I think, assert this, that has considered our laws, constitution, and history without prejudice, and with any degree of attention. It is unquestionably in the breast of the supreme legislative authority of this kingdom, the king and both houses of parliament, to defeat this hereditary right, and by particulars, entails, limitations, and provisions, to exclude the immediate heir, and vest the inheritance in any one else. This is strictly consonant to our laws and constitution, as may be gathered from the expression so frequently used in our statute book, of" the king's majesty, his heirs, and successors." In which we may observe, that as the word "heirs" necessarily implies an inheritance, or hereditary right, generally subsisting in the royal person; so the word successors," distinctly taken, must imply that this inheritance may sometimes be broken through; or that there may be a successor without being the heir of the king.

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Section I.-Parse the following sentence:

This is strictly consonant to our laws and constitution, as may be gathered from the expression, so frequently used in our statute book, of “the king's majesty, his heirs and successors."

Section II.-No man will

any degree of attention.

1. What part of speech is "that"? In what other ways may be same word be used? Give examples. When may the relative be omitted in English?

2. What part of the verb are "assert," and "considered," if taken alone? What parts of every verb are incapable of making a complete assertion? And to what other parts of speech are they most nearly equivalent? Prove the point by examples.

3. Analyse the above sentence into its component parts, and show their relation to each other.

Section III.-In which we may observe

heir of the king.

1. What is the antecedent to "which"? What do "subsisting " and "taken" agree with? What parts of speech are "through" and “being”? In what case are “heirs" and heir" respectively, and why ?

2. Point out all the conjunctions in the above sentence, and show which words or clauses they couple. Point out, likewise, all the adverbs, and show what words they qualify.

3. Parcel out the above passage into simple sentences, and show how they stand connected grammatically with each other.

Section IV.-1. In the whole passage given to paraphrase, point out all the prefixes, or affixes, or both; and show what each of them signifies. 2. Give the roots of as many of the following words as you are able, with their literal meanings:

Doctrine-hereditary-indefeasible—imply-constitution-prejudice degree-attention-unquestionably-supreme-parliament-particular -limitations - provisions - exclude - consonant-expression -suc

cessors.

GEOGRAPHY.

(Three Hours allowed for this Paper.)

Section I.-Describe in words the coast of

1. Spain.

2. Italy.

3. Scotland.

Section II.-Describe (in words) one of the following coast lines— 1. The west coast of America.

2. The coast of Asia from Behring's Straits to the month of the Ganges. 3. The coast of Europe from Brest to Constantinople.

Section III.-Describe (in words) the mountain and river systems of—

1. Russia.

2. France.

3. Ireland.

Section IV.-1. Mention the chief lakes in Europe and the rivers which feed and empty them.

2. Trace the line which separates the waters which flow westward in England from those which flow eastward.

3. Give a precise account of the Swiss territory.

Section V.-Draw an outline map of France.

Section VI.-Draw an outline map of the Mediterranean Sea, including the Archipelago.

ENGLISH HISTORY.

(Three Hours allowed for this Paper.)

Section I.-Give an account of

1. The life and reign of Alfred; or,