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Show N E W Y 0 R K. . T hey have feveral other branches of manufatture s~ but, ~t It. 1 fo inconfiderable, that I ihall not take notice of 10 genera ' . I me n the them · one t hw. g 1"t may be neceifary to mentw. .trn , . a f art1.c 1e. o f wJl. ..t"p - building '. about which, in dmerent parts o the rovince, they employ many hands. Tbe government of this colony is lodged in. the han~s of a governor appo.m t e d by the crown '. a council confifhng o!if 1 embers named by the fame authority ; and a hou e twe ve m ' . b h le . four of twenty-feven reprefentatives, elected y t e peop : for the city and county of New-York; two for. the City .and county o f Albany '. two for each of the other etght countfihe ·s ; one for the borough of Wefi-Cheller; one for the town lp of ScheneC!ady ; and one fo reach of the three ma.nor~ of Renflaerwyck, Livingfi.on, and Courtland. The leglfl~uve power is intirely lodged in their hands, each ~ranch havmg a negative; except that, as in the other colomes, all laws mufl: have the king's approbation, and not interfere with, or be repugnant to the laws of Great Britain. 'The courts of judicature are fimilar, I believe, in every re-fpea to thofe in the Jerfeys. The ellabliilied religion is that of the church of England, there being fix churches in this province with fii pends (to the value of about sol. currency) annexed to each by law. The clergy are twelve in number, who, excl~five of what they a:quire by the ellablilhment above-mentwned_, or by contnbutions, receive, as miffionaries from the Society for the Propagation of the Gofpel, 50 I. fierling each. Befides the religion of the church of England, there is a variety of ot~ers : diffenters of all denominations, particularly prefuytenans, abound in great nu(flbers, and there are fome few Roman Catholics. • ' Aru N E W Y 0 R K. Arts and fci.ences h ave made no greater prog.refs here th an in 'the other colonies; o ut as a fubfcription library ha-S been lately op ened, and every one feems zealous to promote l earning, i t may be h oped th at t L1ey wi ll hereaJter advance fafl:er than they have done hitherto. The college is ellabli!hed upon the fame plan as th at in the Jerfeys, except that this at New York p rofdJes the princi pies of the chu rch of Englan d. At prefen t the fi ate of it is far from being fl ourilhing, or fo good as migh t be wilhed. Its fund does not exceed 1 o,ooo 1. curre ncy, and there is a great fcarcity of profeffors. A comm e n ce m~nt was held, neverthelefs, this fum.mer, and feven gentl emen took deg rees. There are in it at this time about twenty·five ftudents. The prefident, Dr. Johnfon, is a very worthy and learned man, but rather too far advanced in life to have the direCtion of fo young an -infiitution. The late D r. Brifiow left to this college a fine library, of which they are in daily expectation. The inh abitants of New York, in their charaCter, very much refemble the Penfylvanians: more than half of them are Dutch, and almofl: all traders: they are, therefore, habitually frugal, indufirious, and par.fimonious. Being however of different nations, difFe rent languages, and different religions, it is a! moll im poffible to give them any precife or determinate character. The women are handfome and agreeable; though rather m,ore referved than the Philadelphian ladies. Their amufements are much the fame as in Penfylvania; viz. balls, and fleighing expeditions in the winter; and, in the fummer, going in parties upon the water, and filhing ; or .m aking excurfions into the country. There are feveral houfes p leafantly .fituated upon Eall: river, near New York, where it is common to have turtle-fealls : thefe h appen once or twice in a week. Thirty or forty gentlemen and ladies. meet and dine }( to- • - |