610 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



the two Richnionds. What cele- 

 brated Teacher flourished at one 

 of them ? — and who were his 

 most eminent Discipleg ? 



13. What were the various 

 sorts of paper in use amongst the 

 English ? To what purpose was 

 ivhited-brown chiefly applied ? 

 What was size ? Distinguish be- 

 tween this and College Sizings, 

 and state the ordinary expense of 

 papering a room . 



14. "For every one knows lit- 

 tle Matfs an M.P." Frag. Com. 

 Inc. ap. Morn. Chron. vol. 59, p. 

 1624. 



What reasons can you assign 

 for the general knowledge of this 

 fact ? Detail, at length, the cere- 

 mony of chairing a Member. 

 What were the Hustings ? Who 

 paid for them ? Explain the ab- 

 breviations — Matt. — M.P. — Tom. 

 — Dick.— F.R.S. — LL.D.— and 

 A.S.S. 



15. What was the distinguish- 

 ing title of the Mayors of Lon- 

 don ? Did any other city share 

 the honour? Give a list of the 

 Mayors of London from Sir Rich- 

 ai-d Whittington to Sir William 

 Curtis, with an account of the 

 Cat of the first, and the Weight of 

 tlie last. What is meant by Lord 

 Mayor's day ? Describe the Apo- 

 thecaries' Barge, and give some 

 account of Marrow- bones and 

 Cleavers. 



16. When was Spyring and 

 Marsden's Lemon Acid invented ? 

 Distinguish between this and Es- 

 sential Salt of Lemons. Enu- 

 merate the principal Patentees, 

 especially those of Liquid Black- 

 ing. 



17- Scan the following Lines — 

 But for shaving and tooth-drawing, 

 Bleeding, cabbaging and sawing, 

 Dicky Gossip, Dicky Gossip is the man ! 



What is known of the character 

 and history of Dicky Gossip? 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



History. — The district of Co? 

 lumbia was originally inhabited 

 by a tribe of Indians called the 

 ManahoacSj who, who according 

 to Smith, were at constant en- 

 mity with the Powhatans of Vir- 

 ginia. Their history is but im- 

 perfectly known. 'War, the 

 small-pox, and the introduction 

 of spirituous licjuors, thinned the 

 population rapidly. In 1669 a 

 census was taken ; and it was 

 found that in sixty-two years one- 

 third of their former numbers 

 was wanting. They are said to 

 have migrated westwardly, and 

 to have become blended with the 

 Tuscaroras. This district W£is 

 ceded by Virginia and Maryland 

 in 1794, and became the perma- 

 nent seat of the general govern- 

 ment in 1800. At the time of its 

 cession, the principal proprietors 

 on the eastern side of the Poto- 

 mac were D. Carrol, N. Young, 

 and D, Burns, who cidtivated 

 com, tobacco, and wheat, where 

 the city now stands. The selec- 

 tion of this site enriched those 

 proprietors, particularly the for- 

 mer, who, however, from a mis- 

 taken policy, has withered the 

 growth of that section of the city 

 in which most of his property 

 lies. The heir of the latter, Mr. 

 Von Ness, pursued a different sys- 

 tem, and by disposing of his 

 ground on moderate terms, has 

 contributed to the rapid improve- 

 ment of his section of the metro- 

 polis,- and to the consequent in- 

 crease of value in property. 



Topography. 



