Sir

In pursuance of your advise and concurrence the day before yesterday was fixed upon for the embarkation of the five Companies of the Royal Irish Regiment under my Command, and from the resolutions of the Committee and Provencial Congress, that the troops while they behaved peaceably should not be molested either in their barracks or in their embarkation, we had no reason to expect interruption, much less insult; but notwithstanding the presence of the Mayor, Recorder, and other Magistrates, as well as several members of the Congress, who attended us on our march, the carts on which our baggage was loaded, were forcibly carried off by a body of people, the trunks and packages in violation of all faith broke open, their contents Examined, and upwards of 100 stands of arms together with several of the absent officer's fusils, are still detained from us, and this as we are credibly informed, by the advice of some of the Members of the Provencial Congress, and Committee, and which we are the more inclined to believe, from some of them personally assisting in stopping the carts ー The interruption of our baggage occasioned us to make a halt in the street, when some of the apparent leaders among the people harranged our Men, and publickly encouraged them to forfeit their allegiance to which they had solemnly sworn, and desert the service they had engaged in ー Had we been equally prone to Acts of violence, and which indeed we had sufficient provocation to justify us in, the consequences might have been fatal to many; but upon assurances from the Magistrates that the Baggage should be restored to us, we chose rather to depend on these assurances than add to the confusion of the City. The private property of the officers has been restored to them, in the mutilated disorderly condition I have just mentioned, as well as the Regimental Cloathing but the arms and accoutrements are still in their possession, and I should deem myself very difficient in my duty, were I tacitly to pass over the high insult and outrage offered to his Majesty's troops, or the detention of his property; I have therefore taken the earliest opportunity of laying these circumstances before your Honor, and solliciting your Advice and assistance on the Occasion.

I have the honor to be Sir [&c.]