land on the death of the Maid of Norway. Under what pretext did Edward I. of England interfere?

4. Mention in chronological order the principal rebellions in Ireland, and how they were suppressed.

5. Why is the reign of Henry VII. an important epoch in English history? Contrast the present extent of the royal authority with its extent at that period.

6. Sketch briefly the causes which led to the rebellion in England.

7. Give a short account of the following eminent persons:-Humphrey of Gloucester, Sir Thomas More, Anselm, Lord Peterborough, Stephen Langton, Prince Eugene.

8. Give the dates, the names of the commanders on each side, and the results of the following battles:-Stoke, Homildon Hill, Lincoln, Killiecrankie, Pinkie, Towton, and Prestonpans.

9. How far was the origin of the several states of North America in each case connected with religious or political causes at home?

10. When did England acquire possession of Malta, Gibraltar, Ceylon, Jamaica, New York, Aden, and Canada; and from whom were they taken respectively?

Give an account of the manner in which one of these was acquired.

11. Enumerate the dependencies now administered through the Colonial Office by distinct subordinate governments.

12. Write a short history of British India from the beginning of the present. century, with the dates of the principal battles, and the names of the generals engaged in them.

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For the Situation of UNPAID ATTACHÉ, who are required to show a general Knowledge of Modern History, since the year 1789;" the text-books being "the fourth volume of Russell's Modern Europe, and so much of Heeren's Historical Manual of the Political System of Europe and its Colonies, as treats of History since the year 1789."

MODERN HISTORY FROM THE YEAR 1789.

1. When was the Union between Great Britain and Ireland effected? What persons took a prominent part in opposing or forwarding that measure? Mention some of the arguments they employed. How was Ireland represented in the combined Parliament ?

2. Give the date and principal articles of agreement of the treaty by which Venice was subjected to Austria; and give a brief account of the events which led to the overthrow of the Venetian government.

3. Who were the Girondists, and why were they so called? When did their influence cease? Give a brief sketch of the lives and characters of some of the leading men among them.

4. Give some account of the struggle in Switzerland in the year 1798, and its result. What was the professed object of the French Directory?

5. What was the nature of the Act of Germanic Confederation framed by the Congress of Vienna in 1815? What agreement was made at the same time with regard (1) to the Ionian Islands; (2) to the Swiss Confederacy?

6. State briefly the circumstances under which the following battles were fought: Leipsic, Hohenlinden, Albuera, Arcola, Valmy.

7. When and where did the following eminent persons flourish, and for what were they respectively famous:-Kutusoff, Haller, Euler, Marshal Ney, Kant, Lessing, La Fayette, Kotzebue, Darwin, Diebitsch, De Saussure, Madame de Stael?

8. When did the Russians first gain possession of Bessarabia? Describe briefly the campaign which preceded the treaty of Adrianople, and give its date, and the principal articles of agreement.

9. Trace briefly the history of Sweden throughout the period 1789-1815.

The same, with the following alterations:

For Question 4, substitute-What were the circumstances connected with the flight of the Royal Family of Portugal in 1807?

In Question 6, for Valmy, substitute-Bautzen and Aliwal.

In Question 7, for Euler, Kant, Kotzebue, Darwin, Diebitsch, De Saussure, substitute Bruéys and Marshal Berthier.

For Question 9-Give a brief account of the struggle in Italy in 1848, and its results.

10. What were the principal causes which led to the French Revolution? 11. Give a sketch of the political state of Europe in the year 1800. 12. Discuss briefly the most important political questions which have agitated Ireland during the last thirty years, mentioning the enactments they may have led to, and the most eminent men who have taken a prominent part in connexion with them.

13. Who were the Jacobins, and why were they so called? Give a brief sketch of the lives and characters of three of the leading men among them.

14. What causes led to the war between England and America in 1812? How were the matters in dispute finally adjusted?

15. Mention the dates, the contracting parties, and the most important conditions of the following peaces or treaties:-Tilsit, Leoben, Amiens, Jassy, Campo Formio, Adrianople.

16. Give a short account, with dates, of the following sieges :-Saragossa, Ciudad Rodrigo, Antwerp, Toulon, Ismail.

17. Who were the parties to the Quadruple Alliance in 1814? Where was it signed, and what were its provisions?

What was the Holy Alliance, and why so called?

18. When and where did the following eminent persons flourish, and for what were they respectively famous:-Chateaubriand, Necker, Wittgenstein, Murat, Moreau, De Saussure, Diebitsch ?

19. What additions have been made to the British Empire in India in the present century?

Mention briefly the circumstances which attended these annexations.

20. What are the Colonial Possessions at present (1) of Spain, (2) of Portugal.

Mention when they were severally acquired, and describe the constitution and present condition of one of them.

The same, with the following alterations :

For Questions 17, 19, and 20, substitute:

:

(17.) What was the nature and object of the Rhenish Confederation in 1806? What nations were parties to it, and what political results were obtained by it?

(19.) What were the circumstances connected with the abdication of Charles

III. of Spain?

(20.) What are the colonial possessions at present (1) of France, (2) of Holland?

21. What was the political creed of the Montagnards? Why were they so called? Give a brief sketch of the lives and characters of some of the leading men among them.

22. Describe the course of events in France from the opening of the States General to the taking of the Bastille.

23. Give some account of the celebrated retreat of Moreau in 1796.

24. Important European treaties were made in the following years, 1795, 1807, and 1814; mention the powers which concurred in them, and the principal articles of agreement.

25. With what events in Switzerland is the name of D'Erlach connected? 26. Sketch the political state of Europe in 1808.

27. Give the dates, and state briefly the circumstances under which the following battles were fought:-Millesimo, Tudela, Bautzen, Fuentes d'Onor, Assi, Aschaffenberg, Borodino.

28. Who were the following persons? Mention when and where they flourished, and the most important facts connected with them: Jourdan, Carnot, Brissot, Marshal Berthier, Marshal Radetsky, Prince Bagration, Barthélemy, Pichegru, Runjeet Singh, Brueys, Dost Mohammed, Hoffer.

29. What alterations have been made in the Government and Constitution (1) of Sardinia, (2) of Savoy in the present century?

30. Give the dates of the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Act, the Bank Charter Act, and the Reform Bill.

Enumerate very briefly the chief provisions of these enactments.

31. What was the constitution of the Canadas established in 1791? mention the most important alterations which have been subsequently introduced.

32. Give a list of the ministries which held office in England successively between 1789 and 1820.

33. What obstacles arose in carrying out the provisions of the peace of Amiens? How long did it continue? By whom was war again declared, and on what grounds?

31. Point out any permanent traces of Napoleon's conquests still existing on the map of Europe.

35. Give some account of the following congresses and conferences, stating when they took place, what powers were represented, and what were the results-Erfurt, Presburg, Pilnitz, Rastadt, Vienna.

36. Who were the following persons? Mention the most important facts connected with them:-Vergniaud, George Cadoudal, Argenteau, Edmund Burke, Don Pedro, Kutusoff, Casimir Perrier.

37. When and under what circumstances did Prussia become a kingdom? Trace the rise of her power as a state. On what occasions has she either made important acquisitions, or sustained material losses of territory?

38. Mention in order the most memorable engagements which took place in the Peninsular war, and describe any one of them minutely.

39. Write a short account of the Revolution in Belgium in 1830.

40. Make a sketch of the political state of Europe (1) in 1807, (2) in 1830. 41. Who were the parties to the Quadruple Alliance in 1814? Where was it signed, and what were its provisions?

What was the Holy Alliance, and why so called?

42. State briefly, with dates, the circumstances with which the following battles were fought, the names of the commanders on each side, and the results:-Amberg, Busaco, Meeanee, Jemappes, Maida, Wurtzburg, Millesimo.

43. What are the colonial possessions at present (1) of Portugal, (2) of Denmark?

Mention when and from whom they were acquired.

44. Important European treaties were made in the following years, 1795, 1797, 1814: mention the powers which concurred in them, and the principal articles of agreement.

45. Who were the following persons? Mention the most important facts connected with them:-Junot, Carnot, Ney, Danton, Godoy, Prince Bagration, Lord Castlereagh.

46. Write a short account of the struggle in Germany in 1848, and of its political results.

47. Give the dates of the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Act, the Bank Charter Act, and the Reform Bill.

Enumerate, very briefly, the chief provisions of these enactments. 48. Describe briefly the state of the leading powers of Europe in the year 1792, noting especially the military force and the revenues possessed by each, and mentioning the men who directed their councils and the spirit of their policy.

49. Explain the terms Chouan, Corvée, Montagne, Gironde.

50. Give a brief sketch of Napoleon's Russian expedition, and describe fully any one of the actions in it.

51. Give the dates, and state briefly, the circumstances under which the following battles were fought :-Tudela, Fuentes d'Onor, Assi, Aschaffenberg, Meeanee, Maida, Vittoria, Wagram, Jemappes.

52. Trace the history of Bavaria from the year 1789 up to the present time. 53. Important European treaties were made in the years 1795 and 1814; mention the powers which concurred in them, and the principal articles of agreement.

54. Who were the following persons? Mention the most important facts connected with them:-Turgot, Argenteau, D'Erlach, Don Pedro, Pichegru, Godoy, Bagration, Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Canning.

55. Of what does the republic of the seven Islands consist?

What is the

form of government which prevails there, and when was it established? 56. What are the colonial possessions (1) of France, (2) of Holland? When were they severally acquired? Write a brief account of the present condition and constitution of one of them.

QUESTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND AND THE CONSTITUTION.

To candidates for the situation of Clerk in the PARLIAMENT OFFICE or HOUSE OF COMMONS.

1. Describe shortly the principal political events which occurred between the execution of Charles the First and the assumption of the Protectorate by Cromwell.

2. What is the constitutional position of the cabinet council?

3. Under what limitations were the regal powers exercised by the Prince Regent during the mental incapacity of George III.?

4. What are the privileges of the House of Commons in regard to money

bills?

5. When the House of Commons and the House of Lords disagree as to amendments introduced into a bill by one or other of them, what course has to be pursued?

6. What was the nature of the claim to the English Crown advanced by, or on behalf of, the following persons :-(1) Perkin Warbeck, (2) Lady Jane Grey, (3) Mary Queen of Scots, (4) the Duke of Monmouth?

In all cases dates should be given.

7. What were the claims to the English throne of Henry IV., Edward IV., William III., and George I.?

8. Write a short account of the origin of the British Parliament, and of the growth of its power.

9. Give a short account of the policy and character (1) of Lord Strafford, (2) of Mr. Canning.

10. Enumerate the leading English statesmen in the reign of Charles II.; and write a short account of the life and character of one of them. 11. When was the union effected (1) between England and Scotland, (2) between Great Britain and Ireland? How is each nation represented in the combined Parliament ?

12. Who were the contending parties in the following battles, and what were their results:-Dettingen, Dunbar, Stoke, Lexington, Tewkesbury, Quatre Bras, Talavera, Flodden, Najara ?

13. Describe concisely the purport of the following laws and ordinances :The Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act, the Test Act, the SellDenying Ordinance.

14. Describe the proceedings necessary for the passing of a law.

15. Trace the descent of the reigning Sovereign from Henry VII.

16. State when the following measures were enacted, and mention their most important provisions :-The Habeas Corpus Act, Poyning's Law, the Self Denying Ordinance, the Test Act.

17. Mention the circumstances connected with one of the following cases :(a) The Attainder of Sir John Fenwick.

(b) The Impeachment of Lord Danby.