Perhaps from no great expectations of prosperous events in North America, I am rather pleased at the little success obtained by the expedition to destroy the vessels in the Delaware.¹ Had that mode been more adopted during the contest, it must have greatly distressed the rebels and prevented their taking the number of ships with valuable cargoes which enabled them to continue their unjustifiable measures.

I trust our next accounts from Keppel² will be from Cawsand Bay or Torbay.³