"Sir:-- You will preceive, by the enclosed copy of a letter, that the Original wa.s addressed to the present Governor of ZSew York, on occasion of a new dispute that arose between his Excellenc}^ and Ihe Chief Judge of the province concerning the establishment of a new Court of Equity. The Judge's argument upon the question is very long, and, for aught I know, very learned. I shall not take it upon me to say wlictlier liis opinion is right or not ; but certainly lie was right in giving his opinion upon a matter of law that came in judgment before him. The governor, however, was offended at what was spoken, and demanded a copy, which the judge sent him, in print, with the letter now mentioned.

I confess I had some curiosity to know the particular character of tliis extraordinary personage, who would seem to act and speak like an inhabitant of some other world. Tlie}' teU me he is nothing but a man, and a plain man too : exactly hke one of xis -- eats beef and mutton, drinks Madeira wine, and sometiines nun punch, as we do. His education was narrow, nor does he pretend to inspiration or any supernatural aid. His knowledge is derived merely from reading and observation, and his fortitude grounded on the Christian religion and the laws of his country, which he fancies are commonly on the side of honesty, and a good conscience.

I would not be thought to propose this northern magistrate to the imitation of his brethren between the tropics. I hope and believe the}^ will never meet with such trials ; and, if they should, I am persuaded they will be more polite than to copy after so coarse a pattern. I onlj- meant to help out your next paper with a strange and wonderful occurrauce, which may perhaps amuse your gentle readers as effectually as the accounts they have sometimes of hard frosts a/ul huge tc/iaks, though they never see such things in these parts.