My Lords

Inclosed I have the honor to send your Lordships, by His Majesty's Command, a Paper of Intelligence respecting the Channels thro' which Correspondence & Commerce are carried on with the King's Rebellious Subjects in America; and I am to Acquaint Your Lordships, that it is His Majesty's Pleasure, that you do transmit the same to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships in North America, to the end, that being informed of the Manner in which this dangerous Correspondence is carried on, he may be enabled to make such Disposition of the Ships under his Command, as shall be most likely to prevent it, and to intercept the Supplies that are preparing to be sent to the Inhabitants of the Colonies now in Arms against the King. I am &ca