7. Can you justify or explain the following old expressions?" It am I;" "His pavilion were dark waters;""It liketh thee;" "I never was, nor never will be false."

8. Are the following expressions grammatically correct or not? Give reasons for your opinion.. "He is a better philosopher than a statesman;""The tenth and the eleventh boys in the class;" "The words are as follow" "This is one of the most successful works that ever was executed;""Death has come to all greater, better, wiser than I.”

9. In what respects are the following sentences incorrect or obscure? Rewrite them :-" No one regretted more than myself that the matter was brought before the public until all other modes of redress had been tried;" "I would have given little consideration to the news if an Englishman's opinion did not confirm it ;" "This gentleman may be a good churchman, but his whole sympathies are evidently with her enemies;" "Tourists may break the journey at any of the stations between Carnforth and Coniston Lake to enable passengers to visit Furness Abbey."

HISTORY.

G. W. DASENT, D.C.L.

1. Write a short life of William the Conqueror. 2. Describe the condition of England during the reign of King John.

3. Under what kings, and in what way did England acquire dominion over Ireland and Wales? 4. Mention the grounds of quarrel which Edward the Third and Henry the Fifth had with France.

5. Describe the events which placed the first Tudor on the English throne.

6. Write a short character-not a life-of Queen Elizabeth.

7. For what events was the reign of Charles the Second remarkable?

8. Describe the Massacre of Glencoe.

9. How long did George the Third reign? Mention some of the great events which happened during his reign.

10. Give some particulars of the lives of Lord Chatham, William Pitt, Charles Fox, the Princess Charlotte, Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, Lord Liverpool, Mr. Canning, Daniel O'Connell, and Sir Robert Peel.

HISTORY.

W. STEBBING, Esq., M.A.

1. Account for the difference in the practical extent of the royal prerogative, as exercised by the Houses of Lancaster and Tudor respectively.

2. Explain the expression Convention-Parliament; and give some account of the proceedings of the Parliaments so termed.

3. Mention cases of opposition, in England, prior to the Reformation, to the Papal power.

4. Mention cases of interference by foreign powers, before the sixteenth century, in the internal affairs of this country.

5. How did Henry II, Henry V, and Henry VIII, respectively, acquire their several foreign possessions?

6. What infractions of the English Constitution were alleged against Charles I?

7. Explain the expressions, "Divine Right," and "Passive Obedience," as used in English history; and refer to particular occasions on which those phrases were employed.

8. State the grievances which provoked the Irish Rebellions of 1641 and 1798, and the American War of Independence.

9. Write very brief accounts of the statesmen who took a leading part in the passing of the Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act, and the Catholic Relief Bill of 1829.

10. What appears to have been the foreign policy of King William III and Sir Robert Walpole respectively?

GEOGRAPHY.

G. W. DASENT, D.C.L.

1. Explain the following geographical termsArchipelago, Delta, Isthmus, Peninsula, Estuary, Plateau, and Watershed. Give some examples of each of these in different parts of the world.

2. Mention the countries which produce most gold, silver, coal, iron, copper, and cotton.

3. Enumerate the Sovereign States of Europe, and their capital towns. [N.B. Nothing below a kingdom in Germany need be given.]

4. Mention ten great Seaports in Europe, and state their principal imports and exports.

5. What are the chief articles of export and import which pass between England and the United States ?

6. Give some account of Japan, and of its form of government and trade with foreign countries.

7. Enumerate the Colonies of England in Australia, and give some particulars of the population, climate, and commerce of each of them.

8. Give as complete a list as you can of the remaining Colonies of England, and state when and how each of them was acquired.

9. Fill up as completely as you can the Map given to you.

GEOGRAPHY.

W. STEBBING, Esq., M.A.

1. In the accompanying map of Asia distinguish by lines, with the names written near them, the important political divisions.

2. In the same map insert the great rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges.

3. Enumerate the territories comprehended under the expression British North America. Name the principal rivers and mountain ranges, and describe the general direction of each.

4. By what states, seas, rivers, or mountains, are Belgium and Portugal, and the Brazilian and Turkish Empires, respectively, bounded?

5. Enumerate the most important vegetable products of Jamaica, Ceylon, Egypt, Poland, and the

Rhine country. Have these districts any qualities of soil or climate peculiarly favourable to the plants there cultivated?

6. Enumerate the roads, practicable for carriages, over the Pyrenees and Alps.

7. Name the great towns on the Rhone, Danube, Niger (or Quorra), Ohio, and James River.

8. Are there any geographical circumstances by which the past or present prosperity of Holland, Massachusetts, and Asia Minor, may be, wholly or in part, explained?

9. Draw on your writing-paper an outline of Great Britain; and mark in it the lines of any two important railways. Show, by asterisks (*), with the names written near them, the positions of the chief towns on each line.

10. In the same map show, by lines, with the names of the minerals written near them, the principal mining districts. Indicate, by asterisks, the positions of the chief towns in those districts.

LATIN.
Morning Paper.

PROFESSOR RAWLINSON, M.A.

Grammatical Questions.

1. Give the gender and the genitive case singular and plural of amor, arbor, avis, avus, domus, homo, nurus, onus, respublica, and sus.

2. Give the perfect active and passive (1st pers. sing. only) and the infinitive active of adigo, adimo, deleo, domo, dono, pendo, pereo, quatio, sepio, and tondeo.