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the Conne&ticut river, through many fmall 
towns and villages, whofe inhabitants 
were chiefly occupied in barrelling fhips” 
provifions, great quantities of which are 
annually fent down from thence to New 
York, and fo to the Weft India Iflands. 
-Ship-building is another lucrative and 
eonfiderable branch of trade in this di- 
ftriét. Much fine timber grows adjacent 
to the river, which epables thé inhabi- 
tants to build at an eafy and cheap rate 
veflels of many tons burthen: thefe are 
moftly. chartered or fold to the New Yor! 
merchants. The oak timber they ufe 
for the purpofe juft mentioned, is neither 
fo firm nor fo Jafting as that ufed in 
England, the common calculation of a 
fhip’s durability mot exceeding eight or 
nine years; but there is-a fort, which 
they diftinguifh by the name of live oak, 
found in many parts of Vermont, that is 
confidered as equally, if not more ftout 
and durable than any ufed in Europe. 
Newhaven is a large town, irregularly 
built, but airy and fpacious, containing 
many handfome houfes in the rural ftyle, 
with gardens annexed to them. Many 
families refort thither from various parts, 
on account of its beauty and healthful- 
nefs ; preferring this place as their feat of 
retirement, and chufing to enjoy here the 
emoluments derived from a life of in- 
duftry. This town is alfo famous for 
a handfome and extenfive college, with 
profeffors and tutors, for the education of 
‘youth in every branch of fcience: it is, 
moreover, under excellent regulations. 
This pvblic feminary is in great repute 
en the continent ; many of the American 
youth reforting to it from different parts 
of the fouthern countries, upwards of 
500 miles diftant. A number of packet- 
boats, every fititable tide, fail from hence 
to New York. 
As I learned, from good autherity, that 
nothing very firiking or snterefting was 
to be expected in the route by land, *and 
as the roads were alfo very-indifferent, I 
thought it right to take my paffage by 
the above conveyance; and this, Mm fact, 
concluded my -month’s tcur through a 
great part of the New England fates, 
july accounted the best iettled country, 
with the mod fteady and bef informed in- 
habitants in the Union; yet truth obliges 
me to add, that I couid sot help diiccver- 
ing amopgit them in general a keenneis 
nearly approximating to difhonefly, to- 
gether with an uncommon. paffion for 
gambling, and a ftrong predominating 
fpirit for airy fpeculations, in preference 
to fubftantial, regular,ewell conducted 
commeree. 
Révolution at Lucknow. 
Thefe, Mr. Epitor, are a few of my 
curfory, but impartial remarks, contain- 
ing fome little information relative to the 
extenfive territory of the United States of 
America; which, from various favour- 
able circumfiances and events, but chiefly 
from its enlightened fpirit of univerfal 
toleration, will, in all probability, at 
fome future, perhaps not very remote pe- 
riod, become highly prominent in -arts 
and {ciences, wealth and power! Well 
might the comprehenfive mind of Dr. 
Franklin, in his laf&t moments, exclaim, 
‘* Could I but a century hence revifit thee, 
my country, and take one view of thy 
improvements and profperity!’* The 
fcene of life clofed upon him, ere he. 
could collect fufficient ftrength to com- 
plete the fentence ! 
Iam, Sir, your's, &c. 
London, 1798. W. H. 
Sane 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
Mr. Eprror, 
C)* the late revolution of Lucknow Z 
can give you very little account be- 
yend a tew of the moft public events. The 
negociations were carried on with fuck 
profound fecrecy, that it is prebable they 
were not even known to the whole of the ~ 
governor general’s family. 
Aioph ul Dowlah, fabob of Oude, 
and vizier of the empire, died on the 
22d September 1797, at Lucknow, his 
capital. He was immediately fucceeded 
by Vizier Ali Khan his fon, without any 
fort of oppofition, and with the confent 
of Mr. Lumfden, the company’s minifterg - 
at his court. Mr. Lumifden’s conduét 
met with the approbation of government, 
and the afcenfion of Vizier Ali Khan was 
proclaimed by a royal falute from the 
ramparts of Fort- William. 
Vizier Ali Khan was a boy about fe- 
venteen years of age; his birth was 
thought {purious by many ; but the late 
nabob conftantly avowed him as his for 
and fuccedlor, and he was uniformly ac- 
knowledged as fuch by every governor, 
governor- general, or commander in 
chief, who had vifited Lucknow ; among 
whom were Mr. Haftings, the Marquis 
Cornwallis, Sir Robert Abercrombie, 
Sir John Shore, &c. &c. 
What happened ‘in the interval, or gave 
eccafion for the journey, is unknown 5 
bnt Sir John Shore, gevernor-general, - 
and Sir Alured Clarke, commander in 
chief, left Calcutta in November, ate-. 
tended by their refpective fuites, and pros 
ceeded by dawk {that is by pot) to Ba- 
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