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ter — Ballet-master — and Scene- 

 shifter ? Ii\ what part of the 

 Theatre was the one-sliilling Gal- 

 lery? Distinguish accurately be- 

 tween Operas and Puppet-shews. 

 '2. Where was Downing-street? 

 Who was Prime Minister when 

 Crib defeated Molineux — and 

 where did the battle take place ? 

 Explain the terms milling — fib- 

 bing — cross-buttock — neck and 

 crop — bang up — and — prime. 



3. Give the date* of all the 

 Parliaments from their first insti- 

 tution to the period of the hard 

 frost on the Thames. In what 

 month of what year was Mr. Ab- 

 bot elected Speaker ? Why was 

 he called " tlte little inan in the 

 wig ?" When the Speaker was 

 out of the chair, where was the 

 mace put? 



4. Enumerate the principal 

 houses of call in and about Lon- 

 douj marking those of the Tai- 

 lors, Bricklayers, and Shoe- 

 makers, and stating from what 

 Brewery each house was supplied 

 with Brown Stout. ^Vho v.as the 

 tutelary Saint of the Shoemakers > 

 At what time was his feast cele- 

 brated ? Who was Saint Swithin ? 

 Do you rem ember any remarkable 

 English proverb respecting him ? 



5. Give a ground plan of Gilead 

 House. Mention the leading to- 

 pics of the Guide to Health, with 

 some account of the Anti-Impe- 

 tigines — Daffy's Elixir — Blaine's 

 Distemper Powders — Ching's 

 Worm Lozenges — and Hooper's 

 Female Pills. 



6. Give characters of Wat Ty- 

 ler, Jack Cade, and Sir Francis 

 Burdett. Did the latter return 

 from the To\ver by water or land? 

 On what occasion did Mr. Leth- 

 bridge's " hair stand on ind ?" 



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Correct the solecism, and give the 

 reason of your alteration. 



7. Enumerate the roads on 

 which double toll was taken on 

 Sundays. Did this custom ex- 

 tend to Christmas Day and Good 

 Friday ? Who was toU-takei 

 at Tyburn, when Mrs. Brown- 

 rigg was executed ? 



8. Distinguish accurately be- 

 tween Sculls and Oars — Boat and 

 Punt — Jack-ass and Donkey — 

 Ganger, Exciseman, and Super- 

 visor — Pantaloons, Trowsers, 

 Gaiters, and Over-alls — At what 

 place of education were any of 

 these forbidden ? W^hich ? and 

 Why ? 



9. Express the following words 

 in the Lancashire, Derbyshire, 

 London, and Exraoor dialects — 

 Bacon — Poker — You — I — Doc- 

 tor — and Turnpike-gate. 



] 0. Mention the principal coach 

 Inns in London, with a correct 

 list of the Coacl)es which set out 

 from the Bolt-in-Tun. Where 

 were the chief stands of Hackney 

 Coaches ? — and what was the num- 

 ber of that in which the Princess 

 Charlotte drove to Connaught 

 House? To what stand do you 

 suppose this removed after it set 

 her down ? 



11. Give a succinct account, 

 with dates, of the following per- 

 sons — Belcher — Mr. Waithman — 

 Major Cartwright — Martin Van 

 Butchell — and Edmund Henry 

 Barker. 



] 1. Draw a Map of the Thames 

 with the surrounding country, 

 marking particularly Wapping, 

 Blapkwall, Richmond, and the 

 Isle of Dogs. Distinguish be- 

 tween Newsastle on Tyne, and 

 Newcastle under Line — Glouces- 

 ter and Double Gloucester — and 

 2 R the 



