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3. Write down, with their meanings, words of the same sound as the following, but differently spelt: Air, hair, bare, check, boar, pour, pole, were. 4. Explain clearly, with examples, the distinction between concord and government, direct and • indirect object, complex and compound sentence, simple sentence and phrase. 5. Analyse the following : — It is quite natural that such a man should speak with contempt of the great reformers of that time, because they did not Rnow some things which he never would have known but for the salutary effects of their exertions. 6. Write a sketch of the life of the great Duke of Wellington. ' Passage for Dictation. Among men of less acquaintance with the subject of German taste, or of taste in general, the spirit of the accusation seems to be somewhat as follows : That the Germans, with much natural susceptibility, are still in a rather coarse and uncultivated state of mind, displaying, with the energy and virtues of a rude people, many of their vices also: in particular, a certain wild and headlong temper, which seizes on all things too hastily and impetuously ; weeps, storms, loves, hates, too fiercely and vociferously ; delighting in coarse excitements, such as flaring contrasts, vulgar horrors, and all sorts of showy exaggeration. Their literature, in particular, is thought to dwell with peculiar complacency among wizards and ruined towers, with mailed knights, secret tribunals, monks, spectres, and banditti. On the other hand, there is an undue love of moonlight and mossy fountains, and the moral sublime. Then we have descriptions of things which should not be described; a general want of tact; nay, often a hollowness and want of sense. ABITHMETIC. 1. Add together, and prove the correctness of your answer— £ s. d. 7,743 13 3£ 6,917 11 9J 14,370 15 10| 2,371 11 9 21,309 5 8J 1,528 3 6 6,408 13 10£ 8,411 1 5| 5,298 4 9 23,198 2 7--631 7 7| 691 13 9J 2,865 14 2 876 3 5f 12,839 16 6J 1,076 5 4 . 327 15 9J 29,986 19 llf 2. How many pounds troy = ninety thousand pounds avoirdupois? 3. Find, by Practice, the value of 16oz. 6dwt. 20gr. of gold at £3 17s. 6d. per ounce. 4. Define a fraction, and show that its value is not altered if its numerator and denominator be both multiplied by the same number. 5. What part of f off of 3 guineas is f of f of 15s. 9d. ? 6. Arrange in order of magnitude (a) 2*6, (b) J-g+ I\, (c) If + 1-35, (d) 2*3 + -2916. 7. Simplify jSSSSp 8. A metre = 1*09363 yards; a decimetre = metre ; a centimetre = T j^ metre. Express 3,571 feet in metres, &c. 9. If £1,200 produce £90 15s. simple interest in thre_e years, in what time will £1,850 produce £112 12s. 6d. at the same rate ? 10. If all the present denominations of English coins, from sovereigns down to farthings, inclusive, were being struck off simultaneously at the rate of 1,550 each per hour, what would be the total value of the money struck off in 14 days of 9 hours each ? 11. A public speaker spoke for an hour. During the first quarter he spoke at the rate of 150 words a minute, then increased to 160 (with occasional rushes up to 180, 190, and 200 words a minute for, say, 5 minutes, 4 minutes, and 3 minutes respectively). The reporter took 6 hours to transcribe his notes : at what rate per minute did he write ? HISTOEY. 1. Name the Kingdoms of the Heptarchy, their founders, and the tribes to which they belonged. What parts of Britain were not included in the Heptarchy ? 2. Eelate the chief social and political events of the reign of Edward I. 3. When and under what circumstances did England acquire Ireland, Scotland, and Wales ? 4. Why was the Spanish Armada sent against England ? Eelate its fate. 5. What do you-know of Stephen Langton, Owen Tudor, Arabella Stuart, William Perm, Dr. Sacheverell, Edmund Burke r -Daniel O'Connell? 6. What wars has England been engaged in since 1800 ? GEOGEAPHY. 1. Where are the following, and to whom do they belong: Buenos Ayres, Bahamas, Dantzic, Quillimane, Muskat, Pernambuco, Herat, Aracan, Callao, Magdala?