state how far, and when the Canons of the English Church were incorporated with the English law during those reigns.

Q.-Iu what instances did James I. interfere with the duties of the judges?

Q.-Give an instance of the intemperance of the House of Commons during the reign of James.

Q. What remarkable state paper was drawn up by the parliament of 1621? Give a summary of its contents. Mention the offenders who were punished by that parliament.

Q.-State the advantages which the Commons had gained, and the constitutional principles which they had established in their struggles with James I. at the close of that monarch's reign.

Q.-Give an account of the negotiations between James I., and the House of Commons, for the abolition of purveyance and wardship. State when this object was accomplished, and on what terms?

Q.-Give an account of the manner in which the judicial power of the House of Commons was established.

Q. When was the right of juries to return a general verdict established?

Q.-Give an account of the disputes between James I. and his parliaments.

Q.-Was any act affecting the right of Roman Catholic peers to sit in the House of Commons passed during the reign of James I., and in what manner did it operate on the rights of such peers ?

Q.-Did James I. attempt to bias the decisions of courts of justice?

Q-What negotiation took place between James I. and his parliament concerning an important branch of the prerogative; how did it end; and when was the object of it accomplished?

Q. What was Peacham's case? When was the doctrine laid down in it over-ruled?

Q-What is the act under which the bishops require

subscription to the articles from persons wishing to be ordained; and how does the practice agree with it?

Q. What is the earliest assertion of the doctrine that the king ought not to take notice of matters pending in parliament? Mention any instance in which the constitutional rule was violated.

Q. What was the case of Bates in the time of James I.?

Q.-Mention any instances in which the right of impeachment was exercised by the Commons in the reign of James I.

Q.-Mention any instance in the time of James I. in which the law of evidence was set aside by the judge on the trial of a prisoner accused of treason.

Q.-Compare the conduct of the parliament of James I. with that of the parliaments of Elizabeth, and state the causes of any difference you remark between them.

Q.-How were the chief guarantees of the liberty of the subject, during the reign of Elizabeth, violated during the reign of her successor.

Q.-Give an account of Sir Walter Raleigh's condemnation, and of the causes which led to his execution. Q.-What was the chief violation of justice on the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh?

Q.—Give an account of the parliamentary opposition during the time of James I.

Q.-Mention any proofs of the increasing consequence of parliament.

Q.-Point out the misrepresentations of Hume in his account of this period of our history. State what changes took place in our jurisprudence.

Q. -What was the quarrel between Lord Coke and Lord Chancellor Ellesmere?

Q.-Give an account of the third parliament of James I., and for what is it remarkable in the history of English party?

Q.-On what footing did the Law of Evidence stand in the reign of James I.?

Q. What had been done at that time to regulate the discipline and doctrine of the Church of England?

Q.-What were the difficulties which James I. had to encounter in his government, from what causes did they proceed, and in what forms did they appear? Q. How did James endeavour to raise money?

Q.-Mention the date and substance of any remarkable document put forth by the House of Commons during the reign of James I. in support of their rights. Q.-State what changes took place in our jurisprudence.

Q-At what period had the House of Commons established the right to interfere in the administration of public affairs?

Q. What rights had the House of Commons succeeded in establishing at the death of James I. ?

Q.-How was the Law of Evidence in cases of treason changed between the accession of Edward VI., and that of James I.?

Q.-Mention any instance of the violation of the law so altered.

Q.-In what instance during the reign of James I. did the House of Commons transgress the limits of justice and discretion ?

Charles I.

Q. What was the condition of the Roman Catholics on the accession of Charles I. ?

Q.-Give an account of Puritanism from its beginning till the close of the Long Parliament.

Q.-Trace the progress of parliamentary opposition to prerogative from the close of Elizabeth's reign to the breaking out of the civil war.

Q.-Give an account of the parliament of 1628.

Q.-Enumerate the chief violations of the Constitution by Charles I., and his advisers, in the interval between 1628, and April 1640.

Q.-Mention the most remarkable laws enacted by the Long Parliament as security against further encroachments of the crown.

Q.-Give an account of the quarrel between Charles

I., and his parliament, as to the Militia. What was the view taken by Whitelocke of this question?

Q.-In what respects had Charles, in his conduct towards France, given just cause of suspicion to English Protestants, and in what respect had Laud furnished matter for similar apprehensions?

Q.-Give an account of the parliament of 1628, and of the principal measure to which it obtained the assent, with an account of the manner in which that assent was given.

Q.-Give an account of the proceedings in Sir John Fenwick's case.

Q.—Give an account of the Courts of Star Chamber and High Commission.

Q.-Give an account of the temper of the House of Commons towards the court on the accession of Charles I., and of the causes to which it must be ascribed.

Q. What was the conduct of Bancroft towards the Puritans?

Q. What was the great act of the parliament of 1628? Give an account of the circumstances by which it was attended.

Q. What act was immediately passed as to Strafford's children after his death?

Q.-State the relation in which the church stood to the state at the close of Elizabeth's reign; and describe the conduct of the different ecclesiastical parties, and their leaders during her reign, and those of James I., and Charles I.

Q.-What were the encroachments of Charles I. on the civil rights of the subject?

Q-What districts of England at the accession of Charles I., were under the control of the Common Law?

Q. What was the political conduct of Mr. Hyde, from the time he entered parliament, till the breaking out of the civil war?

Q.-Give an account of the character of the Long Parliament of 1641, up to the breaking out of the civil war, of the chief actors in it, the most remark

able invasion of its privileges, and of the most important events connected with its existence.

Q.-Give an account of the Petition of Right, the date of it, the circumstances under which it passed, and the events by which it was immediately followed.

Q. When did the judges declare torture to be illegal?

Q.-What was the main charge against Strafford? Give an account of the proceedings in parliament which led to his execution. State your opinion as to the justice of those proceedings, and the reason on which it depends.

Q.-How long did Charles I. govern without parliaments?

Q. How does Lord Clarendon describe the two last parliaments of Charles I.?

Q.-What were the features of the English constitution that had remained unaltered from the time of Edward I., to that when Charles I. succeeded to the throne ?

Q. When was the Petition of Right passed? By what evils was it occasioned? What was the conduct of the king in passing it?

Q. What was its effect? How was it observed? Q.-Name the leaders of the opposition to the government of Charles I. in the year 1640. What particular abuse did Mr. Hyde attack?

Q.-Give an account of the public conduct of Charles I. from his accession to the breaking out of the civil

war.

Q.-Describe Hampden's life and character.

Q.-Give an account of the conduct of Charles I. towards the parliament which preceded the Long Parliament.

Q.-Give an account of the principal measures of the last parliament of Charles I. before the breaking out of the civil war.

Q.-Trace the progress of parliamentary opposition to prerogative from the accession of Elizabeth to the breaking out of the civil war; stating your opinion as