TROY UNIVERSITY.

Located in the City of Troy. This is a new institution, being liberally founded by the friends of a higher course of study, combining a Collegiate and University education. The University buildings are situated on Mount Ida, in the rear of the city overlooking Troy, the Hudson River, and adjacent country. It is surrounded by thirty-six acres of land, which is to be properly inclosed and improved. The view from this elevated site is one of rare beauty and extent. There will be two departments in the Troy University-the Collegiate Department and the University Department. These again will be subdivided into Literary and Scientific courses ; embracing the Faculty of Philosophy (or Arts), as commonly taught in Europe in the Universities or higher schools of learning. The University course of instruction will be adapted to those who wish to obtain a more thorough and complete culture, either with a view to teaching, to the acquisition of general scholarship, or to professional life.

Board of Trustees.
Hiram Slocum, Esq.,

E. L. Fancher, Esq.,
L. Bennett, Esq.,

Hon. George Gould,
Rev. 0. C. Baker, D.D.,

Joseph Hillman, Esq.,
J. W. Freeman, Esq.,

F. A. Stowe, Esq.,
L. A. Battershall, Esq.,

Rev. A. M. Osbon, D.D.,
J. A. Millard, Esq.,

W. R. Martin, Esq.,
Rev. N. S. S. Beman, D.D., Rev. H. Mattison, A.M.,
Rev. B. M. Hall,

W. W. Cornell, Esq.,
Rev. G. C. Baldwin, D.D., L. R. Avery, Esq.,
Rev. Sanford Washburne,

Rev. S. Van Dusen,
J. A. Griswold, Esq.,

J. M. Corliss, Esq.,
Rev. Z. Phillips,

R. P. Wites, Esq.

PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, BROOKLYN. The object of this flourishing institution is to furnish to females the same advantages of education enjoyed by the other sex in colleges. It is governed by a Board of Trustees, of which the Mayor of Brooklyn is ex-officio a member. There are three departments-Preparatory, Academic, and Col. legiate. The last is divided into two classes, Junior and Senior, and diplomas are conferred on those who have completed the course of study in this department. The Commencements take place in July, after which there is a vacation until September, when the academic year begins. The institution is provided with chemical and philosophical apparatus, and a general library for the use of the students. The ancient and modern languages are not included in the regular course of study, but may be attended to, if desired, under teachers provided by the Institute.

Faculty. A. Crittenden, A.M., Principal. Darwin G. Eaton, A.M., Professor of Mathematics, etc. F. T. Winkelman, Ph. D., A.M., Professor of Latin, German, and French. Juan Barcello, Professor of Spanish Language. Francisco Martinelli, Professor of Italian Language. Miss Adeline L. Jones, Assistant Teacher of Mathematics. Miss Harriet Backus, Teacher of History, Grammar, etc.

Together with other Teachers, male and female. Whole number of pupils in 1857, 672.

BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE AND POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. This institution was incorporated in April, 1854, and first opened for students in September, 1855. Its object is to afford to young men facilities for a thorough and finished education. A large and commodious edifice, erected for its use, has been elaborately fitted up, and furnished with all the necessary means and apparatus for the purpose in view, affording accommodation for about 450 pupils. The general management of the Institute rests with a Board of Trustees, elected by the stockholders. The plan of the Institute embraces two departments, Academic and Collegiate, each consisting of two classes, Senior and Junior, with further subdivisions. The course of study is to some extent optional, but is intended to include all the essentials of a classical, scientific, and commercial education.

The Faculty is composed of the President, John H. Raymond, LL.D., who is also Professor of History and Philosophy, and a corps of eighteen professors and instructors in the various branches of study pursued in the institution. The whole number of students in 1857 was 516.

FREE ACADEMY. Lexington Avenue, corner Twenty-third Street. Established in 1848, by pursuance of an act of the Legislature, passed May 7, 1847, for the purpose of providing higher education for such pupils of the Common Schools as may wish to avail themselves thereof. The Free Academy is under the general superintendence of the Board of Education. All its expenses for instruction, apparatus, library, cabinet collections, books, and stationery, are paid out of the public treasury. The students are admitted in annual classes, and the full course of study embraces five years.

The Board of Education is authorized by law to confer the usual collegiate degrees on the recommendation of the Faculty.

The Academical studies during Term time continue daily (except Saturday and Sunday) from a quarter before 9 o'clock A. M. to 3 o'clock P. M.

Terms of Admission. No student can be admitted to the Academy unless he reside in the city, be thirteen years of age, shall have attended the common schools in the city twelve months, and shall pass a good examination in Spelling, Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, Elementary Bookkeeping, History of the United States, and Algebra, as far as simple equations, inclusive.

Students who remove from the city lose the privileges of the Academy. The classes are annual, and the full course of study embraces five years.

Officers. Horace Webster, LL.D., Principal. John Graff Barton, A.M., Librarian. John Jason Owen, D.D., Vice-Princip. Joseph O. Nodyne, Registrar.

Together with an Executive Committee of six members, and the Faculty of nine members.

ACADEMIES. A CATALOGUE OF THE ACADEMIES REPORTING FOR THE YEAR ENDING

BETWEEN THE 20TH OF JUNE AND THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1856, WITH THE TOWN OR INCORPORATED VILLAGE IN WHICH THEY ARE SITUATED.

COPIED FROM THE REPORT OF THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY for 1857.

ACADEMIES, ETC.

Towns, etc.

County. Academy at Little Falls..

Little Falls Herkimer. Albany Academy

Albany..

Albany. Albany Female Academy.

Albany..

Albany. Albany Female Seminary

Albany..

Albany. Albion Academy

Albion

Orleans. Alfred Academy

Alfred Centre.. Allegany. Amenia Seminary

Amenia ...

Duchess. Ames Academy

Ames...

Montgomery. Amsterdam Female Seminary

Amsterdam.

Montgomery. Argyle Academy :

Argyle.

Washington. Auburn Academy

Auburn.. Cayuga. Augusta Academy.

Augusta

Oneida. Aurora Academy.

Aurora

Erie. Ball Seminary

Hoosick Falls Rensselaer. Bethany Academy.

Bethany .. Genesee. Binghamton Academy.

Binghamton Broome. Brockport Collegiate Institute.

Brockport

Monroe. Brookfield Academy..

Clarkesville

Madison Buffalo Female Academy

Buffalo

Erie. Cambridge Washington Academy

Cambridge Washington. Canajoharie Academy..

Canajoharie. Montgomery. Canandaigua Academy.

Canandaigua Ontario. Canton Academy

Canton...

St. Lawrence. Cary Collegiate Seminary

Oakfield... Genesee. Cayuga Academy

Aurora Village . Cayuga. Champlain Academy.

Champlain Clinton. Cherry Valley Academy.

Cherry Valley Otsego. Chester Academy.

Chester

Orange. Clarence Academy.

Clarence

Erie. Clarkson Academy

Clarkson.

Monroe. Claverack Academy and Hudson River Inst. Claverack. Columbia. Clinton Academy..

East Hampton

Suffolk. Clinton Grammar School

Clinton ...

Oneida. Clinton Liberal Institute..

Clinton

Oneida. Clover Street Seminary

Brighton

Monroe. Cortland Academy..

Homer

Cortland. Cortlandville Academy.

Cortlandville Cortland. Deaf and Dumb Institution

New York

New York Delaware Academy.

Delhi.

Delaware. Delaware Literary Institute

Franklin

Delaware. De Ruyter Institute

De Ruyter

Madison Dundee Academy.

Dundee

Yates. Duchess County Academy

Poughkeepsie Duchess. East Bloomfield Academy

East Bloomfield Ontario. Ellington Academy.

Ellington. Chautauque. Erasmus Hall Academy..

Flatbush

Kings.

ACADEMIES, ETO.

Towns, etc.

County. Fairfield Academy.

Fairfield

Herkimer. Falley Seminary..

Fulton

Oswego. Farmers' Hall Academy.

Goshen

Orange. Fort Covington Academy.

Fort Covington.. Franklin. Fort Plain Seminary and Female Coll, Inst. Fort Plain Montgomery. Franklin (Malone) Academy..

Malone..

Franklin. Franklin (Prattsburgh) Academy

Prattsburgh Steuben. Fredonia Academy

Fredonia

Chautauque. Friendship Academy.

Friendship Allegany. Galway Academy

Galway

Saratoga. Genesee Wesleyan Seminary

Lima

Livingston. Genesee and Wyoming Seminary

Alexander. Genesee. Geneseo Academy

Geneseo

Livingston. Geneva Union School..

Geneva

Ontario. Gilbertsville Academy and Coll. Institute. Butternuts Otsego. Glen's Falls Academy.

Glen's Falls Warren. Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary.

Gouverneur St. Lawrence Grammar School Columbia College.

New York

New York, Grammar School Madison University

Hamilton

Madison. Granville Academy

North Granville. Washington. Greenville Academy.

Greenville.... Greene. Groton Academy..

Groton.

Tompkins. Half Moon Academy

Half Moon. Saratoga. Hamilton Academy

Hamilton

Ma lison. Hamilton Female Seminary.

Hamilton

Madison, Hartwick Seminary.

Hartwick

Otsego. Hobart Hall Academy.

Holland Patent Oneida. Holley Academy

Holley

Orleans. Hudson Academy

Hudson

Columbia. Ingham Collegiate Institute.

Genesee. Ithaca Academy:

Ithaca

Tompkins. Jamestown Academy:

Jamestown Chautauque Jefferson County Institute

Watertown Jefferson. Johnstown Academy.

Johnstown

Fulton. Jonesville Academy.

Jonesville Saratoga. Jordan Academy

Jordan..

Onondaga. Keeseville Academy

Keeseville

Clinton. Kinderbook Academy

Kinderhook Columbia. Kingsboro' Academy.

Kingsboro Fulton. Kingston Academy

Kingston. Ulster. Liberty Normal School.

Liberty

Sullivan. Lockport Union School

Lockport. Niagara. Lowville Academy,

Lowville

Lewis. Lyons Union School

Lyons

Wayne. Macedon Academy.

Macedon Centre. Wayne. Manlius Academy.

Manlius.

Onondaga. Mayville Academy

Mayville

Chautauque Medina Academy

Medina

Orleans. Mexico Academy

Mexico.

Oswego. Middlebury Academy.

Wyoming Wyoming. Millville Academy.

Millviile

Orleans. Monroe Academy

Henrietta

Monroe. Montgomery Academy.

Montgomery Orange. Monticello Academy

Monticello.

Sullivan.

Le Roy