Privilege of Franking. Letters and packets to and from the following officers of the government, are by law received and conveyed by post, free of postage. The President and Vice-President of the United States ; Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and Navy ; Attorney General; Post-master General and Assistant Post-master General; Comptrollers, Auditors, Register, and Solicitor of the Treasury ; Treasurer ; Commissioner of the General Land Office; Commissioners of the Navy Board; Commissary General ; Inspectors General ; Quartermaster General ; Paymaster General; Superintendent of Patent Office; Speaker and Clerk of the House of Representatives; President and Secretary of the Senate ; and any individual who shall have been, or may hereafter be, President of the United States; and each may receive newspapers by post, free of postage. Each member of the Senate, and each member and delegate of the House of Representatives, may send and receive, free of postage, news. papers, letters, and packets, weighing not more than two ounces, (in case of excess of weight, excess alone to be paid for,) and all documents printed by order of either House, during and sixty days before and after each session of Congress. Post-masters may send and receive, free of postage, letters and packets not exceeding half an ounce in weight; and they may receive one daily newspaper, each, or what is equivalent thereto. Printers of newspapers may send one paper to each and every other printer of newspapers within the United States, free of postage, under such regulations as the Post-master General may provide. Germany and the Baltic 85,000,000 France, Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean 60,000,000 The United States 50,000,000 Present yearly consumption lbs. 305,000,000 The stocks of coffee in Europe, Dec. 31, 1830, were lbs. 80,000,000 Do. do. in the United States, less than 10,000,000 Together 90,000,000 Whole growth of 1831 250,000,000 lbs. 340,000,000 Consumption in Europe and America, 1831 305,000,000 Estimated stocks in Europe and America at end of year 35,000,000 Of which there will be locked up in the United States 20,000,000 Leaving in all Europe, 31st Dec. 1831, only lbs. 15,000,000 The growth of coffee has yearly decreased from five to eight million pounds since 1828 (when it was greatest), and must continue to decrease two or three years more. It cannot be much increased until three or four years after the price reaches 10 or 12 dollars in the West Indies. The very low price of sugar in all countries adds to the increase of coffee consumption. Import. Consumed. (1826 153,000,000 141,000,000 1827 202,000,000 181,000,000 Import of coffee in Europe* 1828 210,000,000 205,000,000 1829 202,000,000 214,000,000 1830 198,000,000 228,000,000 The increase of production of coffee from 1826 to 1830, was 30 per cent. The increase of consumption from 1826 to 1830, was 60 per cent. The increase of production has stopped, while the increase of consumption goes on and will go on, till checked by high prices. In 1816 coffee in Hamburg was 6mk. bco. per lb. being 12 cents per lb. 1817 it rose in Hamburg to 8 being 16 cts. 1818 it rose in Hamburg to 16 being 33 cts. It thence gradually fell to 12 being 25 cts. And did not go below 10 (till after 1824) beirg 20 cts. Coffee continued to fall in Hamburg till 1830, when it was worth 34 mk. bco. per lb. being about 7 cents per lb. In February 1831, it was worth 4imk. bco. about 9 cents. And had not then reached by 30 per cent. the price from which it started in 1816. Estimated Stocks of Coffee in Europe. In 1825 December 31st, were 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 And as shown in the foregoing will be in 1831, only lbs. 74,000,000 87,000,000 107,000,000 121,500,000 109,700,000 80,000,000 15,000,000 * By Europe is meant the Netherlands, England, France, Hamburg, Bremen, Coponbagen, St. Petersburg, and Trieste. XVI. COLLEGES IN THE New York, do. Name. Presidents. Foun ded. 1 Bowdoin, Brunswick, Me. William Allen, D. D. 1794 Waterville, do. 2 Waterville, Jeremiah Chaplin, D. D. 1820 Dartmouth, Hanover, N. H. Nathan Lord, D. D. 1770 4 Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. 1791 5 Middlebury, Midd!eburý, do. Joshua Bates, D. D. 1800 6 Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Josiah Quincy, LL. D. 1638 Willians, Williamstown, do. Edward D. Griffin, D. D. 1793 8 Amherst, Amherst, do. Heman Humphrey, D. D. 1821 9 Brown University, Providence, R. I. Francis Wayland, D. D. 1764 10 Yale, New llaven, Con. Jeremiah Day, D. D. 1700 11 Washington, Hartford, do. Nathaniel S. Wheaton, A.M. 1826 12 Wesleyan University, Middletown, 1831 13 Columbia, N. Y. William A. Ducr, LL. D. 1754 114 Union, Schenectady, do. 1795 15 Hamilton, Clinton, do. 1812 16 Geneva, Geneva, do. Richard S. Mason, D. D. 1823 17 College of New Jersey, Princeton, N. J. James Carnahan, D. D. 1746 18 Rutgers, N. Brunswick, do. Philip Milledoller, D. D. 1770 19 University of Pennsyl. Philadelphia, Penn. W. H. De Lancey, D.D. 1755 20 Dickirison, Carlisle, 1783 21 Jefferson, Canonsburg, do. Matthew Brown, D. D. 1802 22 Western University, Pittsburg, do. Robert Bruce, D. D. 1820 23 Washington, Washiogton, do. David McConaughly, 1806 24 Allegheny, Meadville, do. Timothy Alden, D.D. 1815 25 Madison, Union Town, do. Henry B. Bascom, 1829 26 St. Mary's,* Baltimore, Md. Samuel Eccleston, 1799 27 University of Maryland, Do. ! 1812 28 St. John's, Annapolis, llector Ilumphreys, A. M. 1 1784 29 Mount St. Mary's,* Ncar Eminitsburg, do. John B. Purcell, 1830 30 Columbian, Washingion, Ca. Stephen Chapin, D. D. 1821 31 Georgetown, Georgetown, D.C. Thomas F. Mulledy, 1799 32 William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. I Adam Empic, D. D. 1693 33 Hampden-Sydney, Prince Ed. Co. do. J. P. Cushing, 4. M. 1774 34 Washington, Lexington, do. Marshall, M. D. 1812 35 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, do. Prof. Patterson, Chairman, 1819 30 Randolph Macon College Boydton, do. John Emory, D. D. 1831 37 Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel llill, N. C. Joseph Caldwell, D. D. 1791 38 Charleston, Charleston, S.C. Jasper Adams, D. D. 1785 39 College of S. Carolina, Columbia, do. Thomas Cooper, M. D. 1804 40 University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Alonzo Church, D. D. 1785 41 Alabama University, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alva Woods, D. D. 1828 42 Jefferson, Washington, Mi. E. B. Williston, A. M. 1802 13 Louisiana, Jackson, La. Jeremialı Chamberlain, D.D. 14 Greenville, Greenville, Tenn. Henry Hoss, Esq. 1794 45 University of Nashville, Nashville, do. Philip Lindsley, D. D. 1806 46 East Tennessee, Knoxville, do. Charles Coffin, D. D. 17 Transylvania, Lexington, Ken. 1798 48 Centre, Danville, 1822 49 Augusta, Augusta, 1823 50 Cumberland, Princeton, do. F. R. Cossit, 1825 51 St. Joseph's,* Bardstown, do. George A. M. Elder, 1819 52 Georgetown, Georgetown, 1830 53 University of Ohio, Athens, Ohio. Robert G. Wilson, D.D. 1802 54 Miami University, Oxford, do. R. II. Bishop, D. D. 1824 55 Western Reserve, Hudson, do. 1826 156 Kenyon, Gambier, do. Philander Chase, D.D. 1828 57 Franklin, New Athens, do. William M.Millan, A. M. 1824 58 Indiana, Bloomington, Ind. Andrew Wylie, D. D. 1827 59 Illinois, Jacksonville, Il. Edward Beecher, A, M. 1830 601St. Louis,* St. Louis, Mo. 1829 * Catholic Colleges : a large part of the students in these belong to the preparatory de partment. There is a Catholic College at Mobile, and one at Cincinnati, of which no statistics have been received. UNITED STATES. 20 Inst- Vols. in Vols.in Commencement. ents.t Library. Librari. 178 6,000 8,000 Last Wed. but one in August. 36 1,000 500 First Wednesday in August. 7 721 215 115 2,550 2,000 Third Wednesday in August. 6 1,182 442 114 6,100 6,000 First Wednesday in September. 70 5,000 | 1,200 First Wednesday in August. 100 8,000 6,000 First Tuesday in August. 93 2,900 3,000 Fourth Wednesday in August. 6 31 500 900 First Wednesday in August. Third Wednesday in August. Last day, not Sunday, in July, 21 2,000 5,000 Fourth Wednesday in September. 7 341 136 120 700 1,800 Last Thursday in September. 45 13 53 50 Last Friday in June. 143 26 47 400 525 Last Thursday in Septenber First Wednesday in July. July 15th. 147 Third Tuesday in July. Third Wednesday in July, Second Wednesday in February. Last week in June. Fourth Wednesday in December. Near the last of July. 60 3,600 600 July 4th. Fourth Wednesday in September. 700 1,500 Third Wednesday in April. 538 130 8,000 69 1,800 3,000 Fourth Thursday in June. 3,000 1,000 Last Tuesday in October. 31 Monday after 4th Mon. in Nov. 256 16 114 2,000 2,250 First Wednesday in August. 100 Third Wednesday in December. 160 2,100 30 31 32 93 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 43 49 50 51 52 53 51 55 56 57 58 59 60 32 95 21 141 66 98 57 150 75 57 82 25 3,500 Third Wednesday in September. 2,500 750 First Wednesday in October. 340 200 First Wednesday in October. 2,350 1,500 Last Wednesday in September. 1,258 108 July 4th. 1,500 550 Thursday after 1st Wed, in Aug. 1,000 600 Second Thursday in September. 500 Fourth Wednesday in September. 182 50 Last Wednesday in September. 40 4 35 125 | Undergraduates, not including modical, theological, and law students. VACATIONS IN COLLEGES. Bowjoin. 1. Com., 3 weeks ;-2. Friday after 3d Wed. Dec., 8 weeks ;-3. Fri day after 3d Wed. May, 2 weeks. Waterville. 1. Com., 4 weeks ;-2. Last Wed. Nov., 9 weeks. Dartmouth. 1. Com., 6 weeks ;-2. last Mon. Dec., 6 1-2 weeks ;-3. Thursday preceding the last Wed. May, 21-2 weeks. Vermont Univ. 1. Com., 4 weeks ;-2. 1st Wed. Jan., 8 weeks. Middlebury. 1. Com., 4 weeks ;-2. Ist Wed. Jan., 7 weeks ;-3. 3d Wed. May, 2 weeks. Harvard. 1. Wed. preceding 25th Dec., 2 weeks ;-2. Ist Wed. April, 2 weeks; -3. preceding Commencement, 6 weeks. Williams. 1. Com., 4 weeks ;-2. Wed. after 4th Wed. Dec. 6 weeks ;-3. 3d Wed. May, 8 weeks. Amberst. 1. Com., 4 weeks ;-2. 4th Wed. Dec., 6 weeks ;–3. 2d Wed. May, 3 weeks. Brown. 1. Com., 4 weeks ;-2. last Friday in Dec., 6 weeks ;-3.2d Friday in May, 3 weeks. Yale. 1. Com., 6 weeks ;–2. 2d Wed. Jan., 2 weeks ;—3. Ist Wed. May, 4 weeks. Washington. 1. Com., 6 weeks ;-2. Thurs. before Christmas, 2 weeks ;-3. Thuis day before 20 April, 3 weeks. Columbia. 1. Com. to the 1st Monday in October. Union. 1. Com., 7 weeks ;-2. in Dec. 3 or 4 weeks ;-3. in April, 3 weeks. Camilton. 1. Com., 6 weeks ;—2. 20 Wed. Jan., 3 weeks ;-3.2d Wed. May, 4 weeks. Gedeva. 1. Com., 5 weeks ;-2. at Christmas and New Year, 2 weeks ;-3. in April, 3 weeks. College of N.J. 1. Com., 6 weeks ;-2. 1st Thurs. after 2d Tues. April, 6 weeks. Rutgers. 1. Com. to Sept. 15 ;-2. Dec. 21 to Jan. 7 ;-3. April 7 to May 1. Penn. University. 1. Com., 6 weeks ;–2. 2 weeks ;–3. 2 weeks. Dickinson, 1. In Sept. and Oct., 5 weeks ;-2. in April and May 5 weeks. Jefferson. 1. Month of October ;-2. Month of May. Madison. 1. Com., 6 weeks ;-2. Dec. 25th to Jan 15. Washington. 1. Month of October ;2. Month of May. Western Univ. 1. July and August. Univ. Maryland. 1, Com. to 2d Mond. Sept. ;–2. Dec. 24 to Jan. 2.;-3. Wed. before Easter to lst Wed. aster. April 1 to April 15. 1. Com., 5 weeks ;-2. 3d Wed. March, 5 weeks. Nashville, 1. Com., 5 1-2 weeks ;-2. 1st Wed. April, 5 1-2 weeks. 1. Com. to 1st Mond. Sept. ;-2. a recess in March. Augusta. 1. Com. 6 weeks ;-2. in Feb. 21 weeks from 1st vacation, 4 weeks. Cumberland. 1. Com. to the last day of October. St. Joseph's. 1. 1st August till 15th September. University of Ohio. 1. Com., 6 weeks ;2. 2d Tues. April, 4 weeks. Miami. 1. Com. to 1st Mo. Nov.;--2. last Wed. March to 1st Monday in May. Western Reserve. 1. Com., 5 weeks ; -2.2d Wed. Jan., 2 weeks. Indiana. 1. Month of May ;-2. Month of October. EXPLANATION. Vacations of Bowdoin College ; Ist, from Commencement, 3 weeks , 420, from the Friday after the 3d Wednesduy in December, 8 weeks ;-3d, from the Friday after the 3d Wednesday in May, 2 weeks, |