Translate into German : My dear Sir, I inclose a note and other papers received from Lord A. relative to exercise ground at S. It is desirable that this ground should be looked at by one of the gentlemen of the QuartermasterGeneral's Department, in order to ascertain whether it will answer in point of situation. I don't think the worse of it for being uneven; and there will be no difficulty and no great expense in blowing up and removing the rocks which are stated to be upon it. Ever yours faithfully, Grammatical Questions. 1. Write the indicative of the verb wollen. 2. State the cases governed respectively by the prepositions mit, durch, wegen, von, and nach. 3. Which of the following verbs are separable: -empfangen, vorlesen, unterlassen, überlegen, überHangen, and nachlassen? PRINTED AT THE WAR OFFICE. EXAMINATION PAPERS USED AT THE Examination of Candidates for APPOINTMENT TO THE Commissariat, HELD IN AUGUST, 1862. London: Bookseller to the Queen. EXAMINATION PAPERS. AUGUST 1862. ENGLISH. W. STEBBING, Esq., M.A. 1. What is Civilization ? 2. What are the effects, generally, of maritime discoveries, and what were the consequences, in particular, of the discovery of America? 3. State what circumstances are most favourable to the advancement of the several branches of literature and the fine arts. HISTORY FROM 1789. W. STEBBING, ESQ., M.A. N.B.-Not more than eight or ten Questions should be attempted. 1. Write lives of Lord Castlereagh and the late Sir Robert Peel. 2. Write lives of Sir John Moore, Lord Duncan, the Earl of Dundonald, and Lord Collingwood. 3. Give some account of the Indian administration of Lord Minto, the Marquis of Hastings, and Lord William Bentinck. 4. Give the dates of Lord Howe's victory of the 1st of June, the battles of Quatre Bras, Vittoria, Salamanca, Camperdown, and Navarino, the death of Pitt, Perceval, and Canning, and the bombardment of Algiers. 5. Explain the phrases Chartist, Repeal of the Union, Free Trade, Orders in Council, Catholic Association, Suspension of Cash Payments, Emancipation, with reference to their use in the history of this country, since 1789. 6. Describe the relations between this country and China, Birmah, and Persia, since 1789. 7. Mention, and account for any great commercial panics and crises, since 1789. 8. State the causes of the resignation of the following Ministers: Mr. Pitt, in 1801; Lord Grenville, in 1807; the Duke of Wellington, in |