viding for a Quarterly Abstract of the attendance register to be sent to the School Committee, the Bill proceeds thus: "The grant shall be calculated on such scale as may have been arranged between the school committee and the managers, but such scale shall not exceed the following sums for each week that the child has attended the school; that is to sayIf the school is a free school-for a boy above six years of age, Sixpence; for a girl above six years of age, Fivepence; for a boy or girl under six years of age, Fourpence; for a boy or girl employed in a factory, or in service, or in some particular description of labour, Fourpence Halfpenny; if some trade, business, or manual occupation is taught in the school, for each boy or girl, Ninepence; if the school is an aided school, one-half of the sums above-mentioned respectively. Where, with respect to a school which is not in receipt of any annual grant out of monies provided by Parliament, the local inspector reports that at his last half-yearly inspection any child above six years of age who has attended the school during the six months preceding such inspection has been properly instructed in reading, writing. and arithmetic, or in any two or one of those subjects, the school committee may grant to the managers of the school in respect of such child for those six months a further sum, not exceeding One Shilling and Fourpence in respect of each of the above subjects in which the child has been properly instructed." The schools coming under the provisions of the Bill are to be examined once in six months, by local Inspectors, appointed by the School Committee. The minor provisions are very numerous and minute. term "District" is in the First Schedule explained as applying to— The "The city of London and the liberties thereof. Parishes within the Metropolis mentioned in Schedule A to 'The Metropolis Management Act, 1855.' Districts within the Metropolis formed by the union of the parishes mentioned in Schedule B to The Metropolis Management Act, 1855.' Boroughs (1), with the exception of the boroughs of Oxford and Cambridge. The borough of Oxford, and places which are not included in the above descriptions, and are under the jurisdiction of a local board. The borough of Cambridge, and places which are not included under the above descriptions, and are under the jurisdiction of commissioners, trustees, or other persons entrusted by any local act with powers of improving, cleansing, or paving any town. Unions (2), which are not included in the places above described." CHRISTMAS EXAMINATION FOR CERTIFICATES. THE following are the questions on the several subjects indicated, given by the Government, at the recent Examination for Certificates at the Borough Road and at Stockwell, in common with all other Training Colleges : BRITISH HISTORY. MALE CANDIDATES, SECOND YEAR. You are to answer questions in one section only. SECTION I. (Before A.D. 1272.) 1. Who were the chief Roman generals or governors in Great Britain? Describe the administration of the country under Roman government. What traces are there now of the old Roman dominion? Was it an advantage to Britain or not that it was conquered by the Romans? 2. What was the division of the country in the time of the Heptarchy? Explain the terms Bretwalda, Witenagemote. 3. The chief events of Alfred's reign. The influence of his institutions and character on the progress of the nation. 4. Describe the Feudal system as established in England by William I. What was Doomsday Book? 5. The chief provisions of the Charter of Liberties issued by Henry I. How may we deduce from them the state of the country as regards the social condition of the people during the preceding reigns? 6. The rise, fortune, and death of Thomas à Becket. The principal articles of the Constitutions of Clarendon. 7. The disputes and negotiations between Henry III. and Alexander II. and Alexander III. of Scotland; and between Henry III. and Simon de Montfort. What were the Provisions of Oxford? SECTION II. (To the Battle of Bosworth, A.D. 1485.) 1. The conquest of Wales by Edward I. 2. An account of the Knights Templars, and the suppression of their order in the reign of Edward II. 3. The life of the Black Prince. 4. The growth of the House of Commons before the accession of the House of Lancaster. 5. Some account of the Statute of Provisors (1344), Statute of Treasons (1352), and Præmunire (1393). 6. Some account of John Wycliff and the Lollards. What tenets were imputed to these latter? 7. What was a benevolence? abolished? When first introduced? When finally 8. An account of the introduction of printing into England; the first printers; and the earliest printed books. SECTION III. (To the Death of Queen Elizabeth, 1603.) 1. The title of Henry VII. to the crown of England, how set up, maintained, and finally settled. 2. An account of the Court of Star Chamber. What was Poyning's Law? 3. The administration of Cardinal Wolsey. 4. When was the first provision made by law for the relief of the poor? What were the causes of popular insurrections in the time of Edward VI.? Give an account of Ket's rebellion. 5. The war with France in Queen Mary's reign (1557-1558.) 6. An account of the Spanish Armada; and the chief English naval commanders of Queen Elizabeth's reign. 7. The growth of commerce in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 8. An account of Protector Somerset, Cardinal Pole, or Cecil Lord Burleigh. SECTION IV. (To the year 1660.) 1. Who were the sovereigns contemporary with James I. in France, Spain, Germany, and Italy? Was there any rival claimant of the throne? On what grounds? 2. Explain the terms, "subsidies," "fifteenths," "wardships," "purveyance," "monopolies." How were they sources of public revenue? 3. An account of the Scottish Covenant (1638), and the Solemn League and Covenant (1643). 4. The exploits of the Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650). 5. The arguments for and against ship-money. 6. An account of Wentworth, Earl of Strafford; or, John Hampden; or, Archbishop Laud. 7. The reduction of Ireland by Cromwell (1649-1651). 8. The provisions of the "Instrument of Government" (Dec. 16, 1653). Was the government of the Lord Protector popular, or not? Support your answer by historical facts. 9. What was the object of the Navigation Act (1651)? Discuss its policy. SECTION V. (To the year 1789.) 1. The principal clauses of the Declaration of Breda (Ap. 14, 1660). 2. The wars with the Dutch in the reign of Charles II. 3. An account of the great plague and the fire of London. 4. Monmouth's rebellion. Its results. 5. The power of parliament at the revolution, with an account of the Public Acts of William III.'s reign-the Bill of Rights, the Place Bill, the Triennial Act, the Treasons Bill. 6. The principles involved in Sacheverell's trial. Its result, and the effect on the Queen's policy. 7. The arguments for and against the treaty of Utrecht. 8. An account of the reformation of the calendar (1752). 9. The chief articles of the treaty of Versailles (1783). SECTION VI. (To the year 1815.) 1. An account of the Irish rebellion of 1798. 2. The Indian administration of Warren Hastings; the charges against him. 3. The exploits of the Marquis Wellesley in India. 4. What were the "letters of Junius"? Describe them, their effect, and the controversy about their authorship. 5. What are the chief courts of Law and Equity?-Where are they held? Write full notes for a lesson to Pupil Teachers in their last year on the word Assizes, giving historical illustrations. 6. Give some particulars of the battle of Trafalgar; or, the battle of Waterloo. In each case describe the political situation at the time, and the effect thereon of the victory. 7. What effect had the private character of George III. and his Consort on social life in England? 8. Give some account of public measures (1) to relieve the poor; (2) to provide for the education of the poor; (3) to regulate wages, and the relations of master and servant. 9. Compare the condition of an agricultural labourer in the time of Queen Elizabeth and in the time of George III. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. LEGACY, DONATIONS, NEW ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS, &c., Subscriptions and Donations will be thankfully received by Messrs. BARNETT, HOARES, HANBURYS, and LLOYD, Bankers to the Society, 60, Lombard Street; and at the Society's House, Borough Road, S.E. JARD W. RIDER, PRINTERS, 14, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE, LONDON, E.C. TO TREASURERS OF SCHOOLS.-To meet the requirements of the Committee of Council on Education as to the form in which the School accounts should be kept, a Treasurer's Cash Book has been carefully prepared, with all needful instructions, which can be procured at the Depository of the Society in the Borough Road. It consists of 100 pages, each ruled, and the headings printed. It is an oblong foolscap folio, half-bound, with clothi sides, and the price is 3s., if sent by post 7d. extra. To TEACHERS.-Teachers who have remitted postage stamps, value 10d., will receive the present number of the Educational Record; the numbers for July and October, 1868, will follow in due course. After the notice given in the last publication, it is assumed that those teachers who have not forwarded the required payment of 10d. do not desire to receive it. Communications from Teachers in the form of queries, and correspondence on subjects of practical bearing upon the work of teaching, will be acceptable. We hoped by means of such correspondence to have given and received intelligence of general interest to teachers, and that this portion of the Educational Record would have been an attractive and instructive feature in the new series. In this matter we confess to disappointment, and we do so in the hope that some seasonable and useful topics may even now be introduced through this medium. All such communications, and books for notice, should be addressed to the Editor, British and Foreign School Society, Borough Road, London, S.E. RECENT EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS. Chaucer. Edited by R. MORRIS. This is another of the Clarendon Press Series, and includes the "Prologue," the "Knightes Tale," and the " Nonne Prestes Tale," from the "Canterbury Tales." In an elaborate, but interesting introduction, the editor gives, in addition to a sketch of the life and times of Chaucer, a learned disquisition on the poet's system of versification, with an outline of his grammatical forms. There is also a table of the historical events of his times, both home and foreign. The text of this selection of the "Canterbury Tales" is taken from the best known MS., Harl. 7334, collated throughout with Lansdowne MS. 851; and such collations as seemed to furnish better readings than those in the text, are inserted in their proper places in the notes. The editor says, "No other deviations from the original copy have been allowed, so that the reader has before him a text which, notwithstanding its manifest errors, is that of a MS. not later, perhaps, than the year of Chaucer's death." The Conscience Clause and the Religious Difficulty. By an OLD MagisTRATE OF BRISTOL. Macintosh & Co. The author of this work presents to his readers a plea for the free education of the poor in the Christian religion, as revealed in "those canonical books of the Old and New Testaments, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church." Illustrations of this object are drawn from the history of the Redcross Street British School, formerly the Bristol Royal Lancasterian School, of which institution an historical sketch is given from its establishment in 1808. Extracts from sundry papers are given with a view to represent the origin and nature of the religious difficulty. The spirit of his volume is eminently Protestant. The School Treasurer's Cash Book. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. This book, which contains 100 pages of oblong folio, half-bound, with cloth sides, is prepared for the use of treasurers of schools in accordance with the prescribed method of keeping the school accounts. In addition to ruled columns with printed headings throughout, there are foot notes of specific directions. It is to be had at the Depository, Borough Road, London, at the low price of 3s., if per post at an addition of 7d. per copy. |