vated among them. They have a remarkable public library, in which are thirteen volumes of original manuſcript letters of the firſt reformers. To ſee the different effects of different forms of government on the human character, and the happineſs and proſperity of nations, it would be worth while to compare this city with Conſtance, in its neighbourhood.
This happy and proſperous, though diminutive republic, has its grand council of ninety perſons, its little council of twenty-four, and three burgomaſters. The little council conſiſts of the three burgomaſters, nine ſenators, and twelve tribunes. The grand council conſiſts of all the little council, and eleven perſons from each tribe, for the city is divided into the ſociety of the nobles, and ſix tribes of the artiſans, of whom the weavers are the principal.
Beſides theſe there are, the chamber of juſtice, the chamber of five, and ſome others.
GENEVA.
In the republic of Geneva, the ſovereignty reſides in the general council, lawfully convened, which comprehends all the orders of the ſtate, and is compoſed of four ſindics, chiefs of the republic, preſidents of all the councils; of the leſſer council of twenty-five; of the grand council of two hundred, though it conſiſts of two hundred and fifty when it is complete; and of all the citizens of twenty-five years of age. The rights and attributes of all theſe orders of the ſtate are fixed by the laws. The hiſtory of this city deſerves to be ſtudied with anxious attention
