9. How do we arrive, on what Mill calls the psychological theory, at the belief in the existence of other minds ?

10. What is Hamilton's argument against the opinion that we know the whole through the parts; and what is Mill's reductio ad absurdum of Hamilton's view? What reply might Hamilton be supposed to make?

II. State briefly Hamilton's doctrine of Latent Modifications, and the nature of the facts on which he bases it. With what other doctrines of Hamilton does it appear to be inconsistent?

DR. TARLETON.

1. If our intuition must conform to the nature of its object, intuitive a priori knowledge would seem to be impossible; why?

Recent speculations have shown the compatibility of the supposed condition with the existence of knowledge which is in a certain sense a priori ?

2. What are the two different methods by which Kant arrives at the nature of space and time, and how does he confirm the correctness of his result?

3. The sensibility alone could not give us Mathematics; why?

4. What are the different meanings of the phrase "existence of external objects"?

5. The most important part of Mill's mode of accounting for the fact of the unimaginableness of the contradictory of a geometrical truth is the re-statement in a more general form of the fact itself?

6. The syllogism, says Mill, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion involves a petitio principii. What is the meaning of this statement?

What is the characteristic of a real inference, according to Mill ? What portion of the syllogism indicates the existence of such a process, and why?

7. Geometrical propositions, according to Mansel, are primarily necessary, not as truths relating to objects without the mind, but as thoughts relating to objects within: their necessity as regards real objects is only secondary and hypothetical.

By a Kantian this statement would be considered very incorrect; why?

8. What is Mansel's description of the exact belief implied in the principle of causality?

How does he account for the element of seeming necessity in this belief?

9. What is the genesis of our idea of material substance, according to Mansel?

He appears to have substituted another idea for that of substance, the most important characteristic of the latter being omitted?

10. How does Mansel show that primary qualities may be correctly distinguished from secondary, on the ground that they exist in bodies in the same manner in which they are perceived by us?

DR. MAGUIRE.

1. What does Locke mean by the "extent" of Knowledge? and what by the "original"?

2. What is Locke's definition of Power, and how has it been fruitful in Philosophy?

3. What is endless Space, in Locke's technical language?

4. How does Mill qualify Newton's doctrine of a Vera Causa ? and why?

5. What does Mill mean by saying a man's "character is formed by circumstances" ?

6. What does Mill consider to be the peculiar value of Greek history? Why?

7. How do M. Taine and Dr. Ward criticise Mill's view of the extent of Causation ? and how Dr. M'Cosh?

8. What fallacy, according to Mill, are the witches in Macbeth, in the incantation scene, guilty of? Give other instances.

9. What fallacy, according to Mill, is Kant's doctrine of Geometry ? How would the Kantian reply?

10. Discuss fully the various ways politics may be treated.

Experimental Physics.

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.

MR. FITZGERALD.

1. Explain how the laws of electrical attraction and repulsion may be studied by means of a torsion balance.

2. What is meant by the coefficient of induction of one conductor on another? Explain how it may be measured.

3. Explain how Carrè's electrical machine works.

4. What are the uses of—(a) zinc, (6) sulphuric acid, (c) Porous cell, (d) sulphate of copper, (e) copper plate in Daniel's cell? Why should the zinc plate be thick and amalgamated? What happens if it stand for some time unused ?

5. Explain how tangent and sine galvanometers are used.

6. Explain how to measure the strength of a current by means of a voltameter.

7. How may it be shown experimentally that the quantity of electricity set in circulation by moving a magnet near a conductor is independent of the rate at which the magnet moves, and only depends on its initial and final positions?

8. Describe any form of dynamo.

9. Explain how to find the ratio of the moment of a magnet to the horizontal magnetic force of the Earth.

10. How is the magnetic dip measured?

1. On Evaporation and Condensation, and notice "critical temperatures."

2. On Radiant Heat.

3. On Calorimetry.

4. On the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat.

5. On Thermometry.

Natural Science.

BOTANY.

DR. E. PERCEVAL WRIGHT.

1. How is the bast layer formed?
2. Describe conjugation in Spirogyra.
3. Where would you place Nostoc ?

4. Describe the reproduction in Saprolegnia.

5. Describe the colony in Volvox.

6. How do the "Diatoms" differ from the "Desmids"?

7. Describe the protonema in any moss.

8. Describe the prothallus in any fern.

9. How are the tetraspores developed in Polysiphonia ?

10. What is the so-called "fruit" in a moss?

ZOOLOGY.

PROFESSOR MACKINTOSH.

1. Describe the Gill system in Myxine.

2. What kinds of Scales are met with in Fishes?

3. Describe the Lateral line system.

4. Describe carefully the structure of the Gills in Teleosts. 5. Describe the skeletal elements of the Fin of a Dogfish. 6. Describe the structure of the Suspensorium in Ganoids. 7. Describe the structure of the Stapes in the Frog.

8. Write out a classification, with diagnoses, of Amphibia. 9. Describe briefly the arrangement of the bony labyrinth in a Bird. 10. How would you recognise the vertebræ of a Snake ?

Modern History.

HISTORY.

DR. INGRAM.

A.

1. What were the circumstances of the Battle of Mühlberg?

2. What was the state of parties, and who were the persons of most influence and importance in France, in the early part of the reign of Henry II.?

3. What was the conspiracy of Fiesco ?

4. Give an account of the Interim. What was the Leipzig Interim ?

5. "The ancient capital of Austrasia thus fell, by a fraud, under the dominion of France." Explain.

6. Give an account of the war of Philip II. against the Pope.

What

7. "This measure, which the Protestants regarded with so much confidence, proved the immediate cause of the ensuing civil war." measure, and what were its provisions ?

8. Give an account of the expedition of Don Sebastian of Portugal and its consequences.

9. Write a short history of the proceedings of Leicester in the Netherlands.

10. Mention, in their order, the principal events of French history from the death of Henry III. to the entrance of Henry IV. into Paris.

B.

1. Who was the model Prince of Machiavelli? Whose son was he? 2. What charge has often, though apparently without foundation, been brought against Las Casas ?

3. Who was the discoverer of Canada?

4. What arrangement respecting the succession to the imperial crown was made at the Diet of Augsburg (1550)?

5. What were the circumstances of the death of Maurice of Saxony? 6. Who was Isabel de la Paz, and why so called?

7.

Who had been regent of the Netherlands till Philip's accession ? Who was then appointed to the office ?

8. What were the Walloon provinces, and why so called?

9. What was known as the Chambre Ardente?

10. What was a Mercuriale?

11. What special political motive led Ferdinand to conciliate the Protestants more than Charles had done?

12. Who were the members of the Consulta under Margaret of Parma? 13. What was the Paix de Monsieur, and why so called?

14. What led to the suppression of the liberties of Aragon ?

15.

“The shadow-king Charles X." Who was he?

16. What was the last act of Philip II. with respect to the Netherlands ?

17. Who was La Valette?

18. How does Cervantes appear in the general history of his time? 19. Of what works were the following the authors: Gregorio Leti, Davila, Fra Paolo Sarpi?

20. What Pope is renowned for his reformation of the Calendar?

MR. BARLOW.

A.

I.

What character does Bacon ascribe to Richard III. ?

2. What account does he give of the ambassage of Francis lord of Luxemburgh, Charles Marignian, and Robert Gagvien, to the English court?