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deserved

Braves braved

covered give

given burnt

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blighted

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Junior Division.

Exercise XVII., Vol. IV., p. 317.

Senior Division.

Parse the following verses, and state all you know of the parts of speech, government, and agreement, &c., of the words:

Children of plenty, who the cheering rays
Of liberal fortune's golden sunshine share,
While love parental crowns your cloudless days,
Meets every wish, prevents each rising care,
Ah! do not spurn misfortune's outcast child,
Who knows no shelter, finds no earthly door,
A snowdrop, shatter'd in the dreary wild,
Nipt by the storm, with rain besprinkled o'er.

MATHEMATICAL CLASS.
SOLUTIONS.-XIV.
Question 37. 100 miles 6336000 inches

y2+x z=612 z2+xy=792

5236

=28-39507

W. D. HASWELL.

As x, y and z are in arithmetical progression, let d their common difference. Then y=x+d, and z=c+2 d, and

(a) 2x2+3d x+2 d2=576 (b) 2x2+4dx+ d2=612 (c) 2x2+5 d x+4 d2=792 (d) By adding (a) to (c) 4 x2+8 d x+6 d2=1368 (e) Multiply (b) by 2 and 4 x2+8 d x+2 d2=1224 Subtract (e) from (d) and 4 d2=144 d2=144 4

=36...d 6. By substituting this value for d in equations (a) and (b), and subtracting (a) from (b)

6x-36=36 ...6x=72...x=12 y=x+d=12+6=18

QUESTIONS FOR SOLUTION.-XVI (a) 61. If 3 lbs. of tea cost 11s., what will 28 lbs. cost?

62. If 3 cows eat as much grass as 14 sheep, and a field of 7 acres will keep 6 cows, how many sheep can be kept in the same field if the cows are removed?

63. There are 12 ounces in a pound troy, and 16 ounces in a pound avoirdupoise, but the po and troy is to the pound avoirdupoise as 5760: 7000. What is the proportion of the ounce, troy to the ounce avoirdupoise?

61. Reduce the ounce avoirdupoise to a decimal of six places of the ounce troy.

(b) 65. Two messengers, A and B, were sent a distance of 35 miles, when A, by travelling at the rate of 2 miles per hour faster than B, arrived at his destination an hour before him. At what rate did they travel?

I

66. Bought a number of books for £7. Now, if I had obtained 8 books more for the money, should have paid 2s. per book less. How many did I buy?

67. Required the difference in cubic inches in the capacity of two vessels-the one a parallelopiped and the other a cylinder; the former having a square base of 9 inches on the side; the diameter of the latter being 9 inches, and the depth of each 24 inches.

68. Required.the above in pints.

(c) 69. Divide 20 into two such parts that the first shall be the square of the second.

70. A young man being questioned respecting the length and breadth of his father's rectangular field, replied that he had forgotten, but he knew that it was just as far round as Squire Johnson's 16 acre, though it contained only half as much ground. Supposing this statement to have been correct, what were the dimensions ?

71. Given 2xy2=170 to find x and y.

xy? y2=798)

72. At the top of a brewery, 60 feet high, is placed a cistern, 15 yards long, 8 wide, and 4 feet deep, which bas to be filled by a horse with a common pumping engine, from a circular well, 12 feet wide and 30 feet to the surface of the water. In what time will the horse be able to fill the cistern, supposing the horse to perform 17,550 useful units of work per minute, and no water to flow into the well during the operation?'

PHONETIC SHORT-HAND CLASS
SEVENTH AND CONCLUDING LESSON.

1. Commence this lesson by going over again the list of prefixes and affixes on pages 40 and 47 of the "Manual," and by studying the " General Rules for Writing."

2. Read and copy. several times the lists of Grammalogues, Nos. I. and II, on pages 56, 57 of

the" Manual."

3. Read and afterwards carefully copy the first part of the Essay in the "Manual' on the "Advantages of Shorthand."

4. Read and copy the chapters on " Phraseography," and the "Contractions," pages 60-62 of the "Manual."

5. Study the Rules of Punctuation, as laid down on page 63 of the "Manual," and read and copy. the second part of the Essay on Short-hand.

6. Send us as a Phonographic Exercise the 3rd, Psalm, and we will return it, enclosing you the name of a member of the " Phonetic Society," who will be happy to receive and correct future ex

ercises.

expression of your opinion of Phonography, and 7. With your exercise favour us with an honest the success or otherwise of the experimental plan by which we have sought to direct your studies in it.

GEOGRAPHICAL CLASS.
EXERCISE No. VI.

1. Give the direction of the great watershed of Europe.

2. What rivers drain the southern slope? the northern?

3. Give the names of other important rivers, and the general course of the rivers of Europe. 4 Which are the most rapid? the slowest ? the six longest?

5. How many sets of lakes are there? Where are they?

6. What are the names of the chief Alpine lakes on the south slope? on the north? on the east? on the west? of Sweden? of the plain?

7: What is the extent of all the lakes in the north-west of the plain?

8. Explain the names, Maggiore, Neuchatel, Neusiedel.

9. Describe the climate of Europe. 10. What causes its peculiarities?

11. What effect does the neighbourhood of Asia produce? of Africa? of the ocean?

12. Describe the summers of the north.

13. What is the cause of the great heat? a con. sequence?

14. What parts have no spring? no winter? those in which the spring advances gradually ?

15. What parts experience the greatest difference in temperature? Those subject to the most sudden changes?

16. How is the average temperature of different climates ascertained? What are the lines called which indicate the difference of climate?

Manchester-All Saints' Mutual Improvement Society. The second annual coffee party of this society was held on Thursday, the 27th April. After an introductory address from Mr. Robert Thornhill, the president for the past year, Mr. Hope, the secretary, read the report, which showed that the society had made very satisfactory pro gress since the last annual meeting, and now consists of twenty-seven ordinary and four honorary members. A manuscript magazine has been established, and is well supported.

It was stated that Dr. Burton had accepted the office of president for the ensuing year; and that the committee had been empowered to arrange for a course of lectures during the winter months

An essay on "Woman-her Influence," was read by Mr. Partington; and the meeting was addressed by representatives from the following societies, Mr. Cooke, of St. John's Zetetic Society Mr. Heathcote, of Cavendish street Literary and Scientific Society; Mr. Nickson, secretary to the Manchester Union of Mutual Improvement Societies; and by several of the officers and members of the society.

Blyth Youths' Improvement Society.-The first annual soirée of this society was recently held in the Wesleyan schoolroom, Blyth. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Messrs. J. Reid, A.M., J. Hansom. J. Simon, and D. Carmichael. Mr. J. Wood, junior, presented a set of books to the Rev. D. Carmichael, for conducting a class on Mental Philosophy; and Mr. J. Robinson. junior, presented a set of books to the Rev. J. Reid, A.M., for conducting a class on English Grammar. The society has been nine months in existence, and besides the above classes, debates have been held weekly. It is now in a prosperous condition, the treasurer having in hand a balance of £6-ONWARD.

|ishing condition. The meeting was then addressed by Messrs. Towers, Percival, Maltman, and Jones; and after an eloquent address from the chairman the meeting closed, all present expressing themselves much gratified with the proceedings.

The City of Madras Young Men's Literary Society.-The eleventh half yearly meeting of this society was held on Friday, the 31st March, 1854, in the large upper room of the society's premises, in Popham's Broadway, Black Town. John Hathaway Parry Wilson, Esq., presided. The speakers on the occasion were Messrs. Izaacke, Gilby, and Avery. Their sentiments nad but one object in view, the means to be adopted to induce others to join the society. Their speeches were short, and to the purpose. It will be more interesting to your readers to peruse an abstract of the report of the society than that of the speeches. The report announced that 100 persons were members of the society. It is gratifying to find that this number is the largest the socie y has had from its institution. The treasurer's account showed that the amount collected during the past half year, inclusive of the balance in hand on the 1st of September, 1853, was rs. 763 2 a. 7 p., and the sum expended rs. 420 5 a. 4 p., leaving a balance of rs. 343 2 a. 7 p on the 1st of March, 1851. This is also excee lingly pleasing. It has always been the object of the committee of the society to have a balance on hand, to meet extraordinary or emergent charges. As the society is dependent on local subscriptions and donations, the committee deserve great credit for their prudence. The society, since the 22nd of October, 1853, has removed to the present premises, and this has had the effect of drawing greater attention to the reading room. The number of visitors to the rooms amounted to

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M. Marnel, a Frenchman established in Belgium, who wrote a remarkable "Life of Wellington" some few years ago-remarkable for being the first and only work from a French pen which did justice to the great soldier and great citizendeparted this life a few weeks back. He was in the early prime of manhood, and had for some time been engaged on a "History of Napoleon," and other works of importance.

The gentleman who "does" the Times ohituaries is Mr. Dod, author of " The Parliamentary Companion," and known among his brethren of the parliamentary staff as " Dod upon Death."

A subscription has been commenced for a monument to the memory of Professor Wilson, of Edinburgh. The honour of a public funeral, at which the magistrates of the city, the professors of the university, and other public bodies attended, has already attested the high sense entertained of the late Professor's genius and his services to literature. In private life being as much beloved as he was respected in his public character, it is not surprising that his friends have projected some more permanent memorial. Edinburgh is renowned for statues and monuments of its illustrious men, few towns being richer in such public memorials. With the names of Burns, Scott, Dugald Stewart, Playfair, and Jeffrey, that of John Wilson is not unworthy of being thus associated. The subscription list contains some of the names most distinguished in literature or in public service in the northern part of the island, but many who have elsewhere been delighted by his works or instructed by his lectures may be glad of the opportunity of joining in this monumental tribute.

Macaulay's two volumes, in continuation of his "History," are said to be ready, but are withheld for the present, until a more favourable time for publication arrives.

Victor Hugo is busily engaged in his exile at Jersey in putting the finishing touches to a phi

losophical romance in four volumes, called "Les Misères ;" and it is rumoured that an eminent publishing firm of Paris has already bargained to give him £4800 for it. It is, however, not yet certain whether, on account of the restrictions on the press, it can be printed at Paris.

M. de Lamartine, it is well known, since his exclusion from political life by the last Bonapartean revolution, has, partly from choice, and more from pecuniary necessity, occupied himself most actively in literary pursuits. In addition to a "History of the Restoration," a "History of the Constituent Assembly," and other works of pretension, he has brought out a bi-monthly periodical, called the "Civilisateur," and this periodical he has filled with biographies of the great men, poets, generals, rulers, and others, of former days, from Homer downwards. On such personages it would not be easy, after years of research, for any mortal man to give anything new; and Lamartine had neither time nor inclination to do more than compile his matter from well-known biographical sources. We hear from Paris that there is every prospect that these biographies, of which an English translation has just been published by Mr. Bentley, will henceforth assume a certain degree of political and literary importance, inasmuch as Lamartine has discovered that in recording and commenting on the career of the illustrious dead, it is easy to say very disagreeable things of the living, and also to advocate opinions palatable to large political parties, but hostile to the powers that be.

On 31st April, Herr James David Haas-translator of Kohlranseh's "History of Germany," and many other works, a distinguished teacher of German, a man of great industry, amiable habits, and love of learning-died, at 134, George-street, Glasgow. He was endeared to an extensive and intelligent circle of friends by his good qualities and genial intellectuality.