taloons of blue cloth, with yellow buttons, and a waistcoat of red cloth, or kerseymere. To be admitted as a pensioner, the student must be a Roman Catholic. If a Protestant, he boards in a house convenient to the college, where he enjoys equal advantages with the Catholics, except as to admission to the instruction and exercises of the Roman religion, to which, without express orders, none but Roman Catholics are admitted-the necessary result of giving education to youth, intended to be brought up in different systems of religion. No upright man can teach youth what he believes to be error; nor can parents who intend their children to differ from the Roman Catholic religion, wish them to imbibe its principles and doctrines. Out boarders are furnished by the parent with the uniform of the college, and pay every six months in advance the sum of fifty dollars. The student is instructed in the English, French, Latin, and Greek languages; in geography, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and the different branches of classical education. Public examinations are holden four times a year. Prizes are given to the indus trious; the idle are punished by confining them to their rooms and studies during the period of vacation. The age of admission is from eight to fourteen. There is an elementary class, where, if necessary, the scholar is taught to read and write, and prepared for classical education. At Georgetown there is a female boardingschool, kept by Madame du Cherray, a native of France. Boarders pay in advance fifty dollars per quarter; washing, dancing, and music, are extra charges. Half-boarders, who dine only, pay thirty-seven dollars. The price of dancing is from twelve to fifteen dollars per quarter, during which there are thirty-six lessons. Drawing is from eight to ten dollars. Music three-quarters of a dollar lesson. The scholars are instructed in English grammar, arithmetic, and geography. Drawing is taught by Madame du Cherray. per A free school has been lately established by subscription, to be conducted according to the plan of Mr. Lancaster, who has engaged to send two masters from England for its superintendance and direction. This seminary was incorporated in 1812, by an act of Congress, under the title of the "Trustees of the Georgetown Lancaster School Society." The trustees are twelve in number; and three successors, duly elected and appointed, form a corporation and body politic in law and in fact. The following is a copy of this act of incorporation: AN ACT To incorporate the Trustees of the Georgetown Lancaster School Society. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That John Laird, Henry Foxall, Stephen B. Balch, Robert Beverley, Robert Munroe, John M'Daniel, jun. David Wiley, Walter D. Addison, Daniel Bussard, Francis S. Key, Walter Smith, John Abbott, and their successors, duly elected or appointed, in manner hereinafter directed, be, and they are hereby made, declared and constituted, a corporation and body politic, in law and in fact, to have continuance for ever, by the name, style, and title of "The Trustees of the Georgetown Lancaster School Society." Sec. 2-And be it further enacted, That all and singular, the lands, tenements, rents, annuities, rights, privileges, goods and chattels, heretofore given, granted, devised or bequeathed, to the said school, or to any person or persons, for the use thereof, or that have been purchased for or on account of the same, be, and are hereby, vested in and confirmed to the said corporation: And further, That the said corporation may purchase, take, receive and enjoy, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, rights or privileges, or any goods, chattels or other effects, of what kind or nature soever, which shall or may hereafter be given, granted, sold, bequeathed, or demised, unto them by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, capable of making such gift, grant, sale or bequest; and the said property, real and personal, to rent, sell, convey and confirm, or otherwise dispose of, as fully and effectually as any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, may or can do: Provided, That the clear annual income of all such property may not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars; and that the aforesaid property, real and personal, be considered as held in trust, under the management and at the disposal, of said corpo ration, for the purpose of defraying the expenses incidental to said school. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation, by the name, style and title aforesaid, be, and shall be hereafter, for ever, able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in any court or courts, or other places, and before any judge or judges, justice or justices, or other persons whatsoever, within the district of Columbia or elsewhere, in all and all manner of suits and actions, complaints, pleas, causes, matters and demands, of whatsoever kind or nature they may be, in as full and effectual a manner as any other person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, may or can do. -- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall have full power and authority to make, have and use a common seal, with such device and inscription as they shall think proper, and the same to break, alter and renew, at their pleasure; to appoint a president, treasurer, secretary, and such other officers, as they may deem necesinay |