tuition in the family of the principal, $200 a year; tuition alone in English, $35; for the languages and mathematics. $50; no scholar received for less than a term.

COLLEGES AND HIGHER SEMINARIES.-Brown University. This institution was incorporated in 1764, by the general assembly of the governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island; it was originally established at Warren, where, in the year 1769, the first commencement was celebrated; it was removed to Providence in 1770; it takes its name from Nicholas Brown, its most distinguished benefactor; it has two halls, both of brick, namely, university hall, four stories high, 150 feet long and 46 feet wide, containing 50 rooms for officers and students, besides a chapel, library, and philosophical rooms; and Hope college, built in 1822, four stories high, 120 feet long, 40 wide, with 48 rooms for officers and students; they are placed on some of the highest ground in the city. Hon. Nicholas Brown has resolved to erect at his own expense, another college edifice, to embrace a chapel, library, philosophical hall, lecture rooms, &c., to be brick, three stories high besides the basement, 86 feet long and 42 wide; it will be placed in the front yard of the college, on the south, and will of course front the north; a subscription has just been commenced in Providence, for the purpose of raising $25,000, intended to constitute a permanent fund, the proceeds to be applied to the purchase of books, and philosophical and chemical apparatus; Mr. Brown has given $10,000 toward it, and another gentleman has subscribed $1,000, and it is expected that the sum will be completed by the next commencement. The government of the university is invested in a board of fellows, consisting of 12 members, 8 of whom, including the president, must be Baptists; and a board of trustees, of 36 members, 22 of whom must be Baptists; 5 Friends, 5 Episcopalians, and 4 Congregationalists. The philosophical apparatus is very complete; the following is the list of presidents, Rev. James Manning, D. D., 1765-1791. Rev Jonathan Maxey, D. D., 1792-1802. Rev. Asa Messer, D. D., LL. D., 1802-1826. Rev. Francis Wayland, D. D., 1826. The faculty are,

Rev. Francis Wayland, D. D., president.

William G. Goddard, prof. mor. phil. and metaphysics.

Rev. Romeo Elton, professor of languages.

Rev. Alexis Caswell, prof. math. and nat. philosophy.

Rev. Solomon Peck, prof. Latin language and literature.

George I. Chace, Christopher M. Nickels, and William Gammel, tutors. Horatio G. Bowen, librarian.

Any young gentlemen of good moral character, may, without becoming a candidate for a degree, be permitted to pursue, with the several classes of the institution, such branches of study as his parent or guardian may select. The bill for board, tuition, room rent, library, and incidental expenses, varies from $103 to $128 per annum; the board in commons is charged at its net expense, and varies with the price of provisions; good board is furnished at $1 per week, and that which is more expensive at from $1 50 to $1 61 per week.

CONNECTICUT.

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.-The sum divided among the several school districts for the year ending March 31, 1832, was $76,585 50, which considerably exceeds the expenditure for all other public purposes. This sum proceeds from a fund derived from the sale of lands in Ohio, of $1,882,261. The number of children between four and sixteen years of age, in all the school districts, according to the enumeration in August, 1831, was 85,095. It is doubtful whether the schools would not be better supported by an annual tax; in other States, as in Massachusetts, the tax is on property, and thus the poorer classes are not burdened, while they pay such a proportion as to be interested in the success of the schools; the rich can afford to pay, by the greater security which the education of the poorer classes gives to their property.

ACADEMIES AND HIGH SCHOOLS.-Bacon academy at Colchester, incorporated in 1802; fund, $35,000; Charles P. Otis, principal, Samuel P. Fox, Dillon Williams, assistants; vacations, first Thursday in September, 3 weeks, first Wednes

day in January, 2 weeks, first Wednesday in May, 2 weeks. Plainfield academy; James Humphrey, principal and teacher of the French language, Chandler Leeden, assistant; vacations from anniversary last Wednesday in August, 3 weeks, from first in January, 2 weeks, from first Wednesday in May, 2 weeks. Hartford female seminary; John T. Brace, principal. Hartford grammar school; Francis Fellows, principal; tuition, $6 a term; studies taught, are geometry, algebra, Latin, Greek, and various English studies; Andrew Kingsbury, Esq., treasurer. Norwich female academy; Misses Caulkins and Wood, instructresses; Drs. Farnsworth and Hooker, lecturers. New Haven young ladies institute; Ray Palmer and Mrs. Palmer, principals. Litchfield female academy, Miss Sarah Pierce, principal, Misses Jones, Ogden, and Hart assistants. Goshen academy, John Norton, instructor. Lancasterian school, New Haven, John E. Lowell and Cynthia E. Bradley, instructors. Franklin institute, New Haven, Charles U. Shepard, curator. Collegiate institute, New Haven, Professor Cleaveland, principal. Episcopal academy, Cheshire, Rev. Bethel Judd, D. D., principal. This seminary has large funds. Anniversary, first Wednesday of September. Vacations, four weeks from first Monday in May, and four weeks from first Monday in September. Tolland academy, incorporated in 1829. Rev. William Ely, president, Jeremiah Parish, secretary. Ellington school. This school is situated at Ellington, about 16 miles north-east from Hartford, in one of the most pleasant villages in the State. It is designed exclusively for males, all of whom board together under the care of proper guardians. The summer term, of 24 weeks, commences on the fourth day of May. For board, washing, tuition, superintendence, fuel, and lights, the charge is $90 a term, payable in advance. The officers of Yale college say, that 'the school, after a trial of three years, has fully answered expectations, and is distinguished for the fidelity of its teachers, and the accuracy and completeness of its system of instruction.' Edward Hall, superintendent, John Hall, principal and instructor in elocution, Luther Wright in Greek, Samuel G. Brown in Latin, Luther Haven in English.

COLLEGES AND HIGHER SEMINARIES.-Wesleyan University, at Middletown. This institution is on the west bank of Connecticut river, 15 miles south of Hartford, and 25 north-east of New Haven. The population of Middletown in 1830, was 6,892. It is a pleasant and prosperous town. The university was commenced in August, 1831. The following statements will show its present condition. Faculty.-Rev. Wilbur Fiske, D. D, president, and acting professor of moral science and belles lettres, Augustus W. Smith, A. M., professor of mathematics, and professor of natural science, -, professor of ancient languages and literature, and acting professor of natural science, Rev. Jacob F. Huber, professor of modern languages. All the studies pursued at the university, are divided into departments, or general classes, with a professor at the head of each. The number of these departments will be increased, as the means and wants of the university shall increase. At present they consist of five, viz.-I. Moral science and belles lettres; II. Mathematics; III. Ancient languages and literature; IV. Natural science; V. Modern languages. The students of each department are divided into sections, so as to accommodate their different degrees of advancement, without any reference to their standing in the other departments, or to the time they have been members of the university. Any student may take a partial or an entire course, as may suit his circumstances; and when regularly dismissed, shall be entitled to a diploma, according to his attainments.-But no one will be entitled to the collegiate degree of bachelor of arts, except he pass a thorough and satisfactory examination in the entire classical course. Whenever he does this, he will be admitted to his degree, without regard to the time he may have been in the university. Daily bills of merit and demerit are kept of each student-the former denoting the excellencies of each in his recitations, and other college exercises-the latter, the deficiencies and delinquencies of each in his respective duties. The president will furnish an exhibit of these records in any particular case, when requested by the student or his friends; and in all cases where the delinquencies exceed a certain number, and where private and public admonition has been given without effect, a statement of the bill of demerit will be forwarded to the friends of such delinquent scholars. This will be the last step of discipline,

preceding the final one of suspension or dismission. The faculty are determined that the university shall not be infested, and the whole community embarrassed and perhaps corrupted, by idle or corrupt members. The university has a choice library of about 3,000 volumes, and a very respectable philosophical and chemical apparatus.

Washington College, at Hartford. This institution is under the control of the Episcopalians, and was established in 1826. It is pleasantly situated about three quarters of a mile west of the city, on elevated ground. Rt. Rev. Bishop Brownell was the first president. The faculty are now

Rev. N. S. Wheaton, D. D., president.

Rev. Horatio Potter, prof. mathematics and natural philosophy.
William M. Holland, prof. ancient languages.

J. S. Rogers, M. D., prof. chemistry and mineralogy.

George Sumner, M. D., prof. botany.

Hon. William W. Ellsworth, prof. of law.

Rev. F. S. Jarvis, D. D., prof. oriental languages and literature.

Rev. Lucius M. Purdy, tutor.

Gregory A. Perdicaris, teacher Greek language, and librarian.

We quote the following statements from a late prospectus of the college. 'Terms of admission:-For the Freshman class, English grammar, geography, and arithmetic; Cæsar's Commentaries, or Sallust; Cicero's Select Orations; Virgil; Jacob's Greek Reader; the Gospels of St. Luke and St. John, and the Acts of the Apostles; Latin and Greek prosody, and composition in Latin and Greek, as taught in the Latin Tutor, and in Neilson's Greek Exercises. Candidates for an advanced standing must sustain a further examination on those branches, which have been pursued by the class which they propose to enter. Students of the partial course must be qualified to pursue to advantage those studies of the regular course, to which they propose to devote their attention. They recite with the regular classes, and have the privilege of attending the lectures. The study of the modern languages forms a separate item of expense. Every candidate for admission shall present to the president a certificate of good moral character, signed by his preceptor or some other responsible person; and, if admitted from another college, he must produce a certificate of dismission in good standing. Public Worship.-The students are required to attend morning and evening prayer in the college chapel; and on the Lord's day, to attend public worship, either in the chapel, or at such places as their parents or guardians may desire. Expenses.-For tuition $11 00 per term; for room rent, $3 50 per term; for the use of the library, $1 00 per term; for sweeping rooms, ringing the bell, fuel for recitation rooms, and printing, $2 00 per term; all payable in advance. Besides the above, there will be occasional assessments for damages, extra printing, or other common expenses. No commons are established, as it is preferred that the students should board in private families, contiguous to the college. The price of board varies from $1 25 to $1 75 per week. The students reside in the college, and provide for themselves bed and bedding, furniture for their rooms, fire-wood, candles, books, stationary, and washing. Books and furniture may be sold, when the student has no further use for them, at a moderate reduction from the original cost. The following is a near estimate of the necessary expenses, exclusive of apparel, pocket money, traveling, and board in vacations. College bills $60, board 40 weeks, from $50 to $70; fuel, light, washing, from $16 to $30; use of books, stationery, furniture, from $10 to $30; taxes in classes, from $5 to $8; total, per annum, from $141 to $198. In regard to all moneys and expenses the following provisions of the college laws must be strictly complied with:-To prevent extravagant or improper expenditure by the students, all moneys designed for their use shall be placed by their parents or guardians in the hands of the college Bursar, who shall superintend their expenses with a parental discretion. No student may purchase any thing without his permission. All necessary articles for the students' use are to be paid for by the Bursar, who shall keep a correct account with each student of all receipts and expenditures on his behalf, and shall receive a fixed salary for his services; and he shall charge each

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student with three per cent. on all moneys so disbursed, and pay the same into the college treasury. If any student shall receive any money which does not pass through the hands of the Bursar, he shall be liable to dismission from the institution.' A botanical garden and green house is attached to the college, well stocked with plants, both exotic and indigenous.

Yale College. This institution was established in 1700, and incorporated in 1701. It was established at Saybrook, and the first commencement was held there September 13, 1702. To avoid charges, the commencements were for several years private. In 1703, there was a general contribution throughout the colony to build a college house. In 1716, the institution was removed to New Haven. The first commencement at New Haven was in 1717, when four individuals were admitted to the degree of bachelor of arts. About this time, Mr. Elihu Yale, of London, gave a donation of books to the college, worth £100, and goods to the amount of £300. In gratitude for his munificent donation, the institution was named YALE COLLEGE. In 1733, Bishop Berkeley, of Ireland, gave 1,000 volumes of books, and two small foundations for premiums. There are now ten college buildings; four of which are halls, 100 feet by 40, four stories high, containing 32 rooms each for students; a new and convenient chapel, one story of which is appropriated to the theological school, and another to the library; two other buildings containing rooms for recitations, lectures, and libraries; a dining hall of stone, with an elegant apartment above for the mineralogical cabinet and lectures; a chemical laboratory; and the medical college, a large edifice of stone. The philosophical and chemical apparatus are very good. The cabinet of minerals is the most valuable in the United States. The following is the list of presidents:-Rev. Abraham Pierson, 1701-1707. Rev. Timothy Cutler, D. D., 1719-1722. Rev. Elisha Williams, 1726-1739. Rev. Thomas Clap, 1739-1766. Rev. Naphtali Daggett, 1766-1777. Rev. Ezra Stiles, D. D., LL. D., 1777-1795. Rev. Timothy Dwight, D. D., LL. D., 1795-1817. Rev. Jeremiah Day, D. D., LL. D., 1817. The faculty are now:

Rev. Jeremiah Day, D. D., LL. D., president.

Hon. David Daggett, LL. D. prof. of law.
Thomas Hubbard, M. D., prof. of surgery.

Benjamin Silliman, M. D., LL. D., prof. chemistry, mineralogy, &c.
James L. Kingsley, LL. D., prof. of Latin.

Eli Ives, M. D., prof. theory and practice of physic.

Rev. N. W. Taylor, D. D., Dwight prof. theology.

Jonathan Knight, M. D., prof. anatomy, &c.

Timothy P. Beers, M. D., prof. obstetrics.
Josiah W. Gibbs, prof. sacred literature.

Samuel J. Hitchcock, Esq., instructor in law.

Rev. Eleazar T. Fitch, D. D., prof. divinity.

Rev. Chauncy A. Goodrich, prof. rhetoric and oratory.
Denison Olmsted, prof. math. and natural philosophy.
Theodore D. Woolsey, prof. Greek.

Henry Durant, William Carter, Henry N. Day, Flavel Bascom, Alfred Newton, Leverett Griggs, Anthony D. Stanley, and David C. Comstock, tutors; Oliver P. Hubbard, assistant to the professor of chemistry; Erasmus D. North, teacher in elocution. The following statements will give further information in respect to the college. No one can be admitted to the freshman class, till he has completed his fourteenth year; nor to an advanced standing without a proportional increase of age. The whole course of instruction occupies four years. In each year there are three terms or sessions. The three younger classes are divided, each into three parts; and each of the divisions is committed to the particular charge of a tutor, who, with the assistance of the professors, instructs it. The senior class is instructed by the president and professors. Each of the four classes attends three recitations or lectures in a day; except on Wednesdays and Saturdays when they have only two. Gentlemen well qualified to teach the French and Spanish languages, are engaged by the faculty to give instruction in these branches to those students who desire it, at their own expense. The Berkeleian premium, of about forty-six dollars a year, is given to

the scholar in each class who passes the best examination in Latin and Greek; provided he reside as a graduate in New Haven, one, two, or three years. Premiums are also given for Latin and English composition, and for declamation in public.

The Theological department. The instructors in the theological department are a professor of didactic theology, a professor of sacred literature, and the professors of divinity and rhetoric in the classical department of the college. The whole course of instruction occupies three years; and the students are divided into junior, middle, and senior classes.

The Law school. The law school is under the direction of the Hon. David Daggett, LL. D., a judge of the Supreme Court in Connecticut, and professor of law; and Samuel J. Hitchcock, Esq., Attorney and Counselor at Law. The students are required to peruse the most important elementary treatises, and are daily examined on the author they are reading, and receive at the same time explanations and illustrations of the subject they are studying. A course of lectures is delivered by the professor of law, on all the titles and subjects of common and statute law. A moot court is holden once a week or oftener, which employs the students in drawing pleadings and investigating and arguing questions of law. The professor of law delivers lectures to the senior class in college, during the first and second terms once in each week.

The Medical institution. The instructors of the medical institution, are a professor of surgery, a professor of chemistry and pharmacy, a professor of the theory and practice of physic, a professor of materia medica and therapeutics, a professor of anatomy and physiology, and a professor of obstetrics. The lectures commence twelve weeks from the third Wednesday in August, and continue sixteen weeks. During the course, from 50 to 100 lectures are given by each professor. The entire expense of a residence of four months, through the course, including fees and all expenses, except clothing, is from 120 to 150 dollars.

Litchfield Law school. Litchfield is the capital of Litchfield county, 30 miles west of Hartford, 31 north-west of New Haven, 329 from Washington. We quote the following statements respecting the celebrated law school in this town. The number of students from 1798 to 1827, both inclusive, was 730. This law school was established in 1782 by the Hon. Tapping Reeve, late Chief Justice of Connecticut, and continued under his sole direction until the year 1798, when the Hon. J. Gould was associated with him. These gentlemen continued their joint labors until 1820, since which period Judge Gould has lectured alone. From its commencement, it has enjoyed a patronage, which distinguished talent combined with great legal attainment justly merited. It has been composed of young men from every section of the Union, many of whom have since And indeed even been eminently conspicuous, both as jurists and as statesmen.

now, notwithstanding the numerous legal seminaries which have been established throughout our country, this school maintains its pre-eminence. This, it is believed, is to be attributed to the advantages, which the mode of instruction here prescribed, possesses over the systems usually adopted in similar institutions. According to the plan pursued by Judge Gould, the law is divided into forty-eight titles, which embrace all its important branches, and of which he treats in systematic detail. These titles are the result of thirty years severe and close application. They comprehend the whole of his legal reading during that period, and continue moreover to be enlarged and improved by modern adjudications. The lectures, which are delivered every day, and which usually occupy an hour and a half, embrace every principle and rule falling under the several divisions of the different titles. The examinations, which are held every Saturday, upon the lectures of the preceding week, consist of a thorough investigation of the principles of each rule, and not merely of such questions as can be answered from memory without any exercise of the judgment. These examinations are held a part of the time, by Jabez W. Huntington, Esq., a distinguished gentlemen of the bar, whose practice enables him to introduce frequent and familiar illustrations, which create an interest, and serve to impress more strongly upon the mind the knowledge acquired during the week. There is also connected with the institution, a moot court for the argument of law