[Extract]

No. 10

The troops from Brunswick arrived on the 27th in the road of Portsmouth, from whence they will sail as soon as possible for their destination.

His British Majesty has just signed a promotion list of General Officers in America. Messrs. [Guy] Carleton and [William] Howe were made Generals. Messrs. [Henry] Clinton, [John] Burgoyne, and the Lords [Hugh] Percy and [Charles] Cornwallis were appointed Lieutenant Generals, and seven Colonels were promoted to the tank of Major General valid in America only. General Burgoyne is getting ready to sail with the troops from Brunswick and the rest of the English troops destined for Canada. If General Carleton is still free, M. Burgoyne will have to serve under his c9mmand. A thousand men from the Guards are embarking at Portsmouth for Boston. As the King of England treated them with great courtesy when he passed them in review, some practical jokers claimed that it was His Majesty's last farewell to men he would not see again. The arrival of the Hessian troops is expected. Everywhere, transport ships are hurriedly chartered and ships and frigates are fitted out. Everything bustles with activity .... , , . No plans are being made here my Lord, to organize a~y establishment ~t Falkland. .At some time I had advised the Court that the New Englanders went there for whale-fishing because of the convenience ~f both tropics and the Equator. The Government told the Pdnce of Masseran that they wanted to chase the Americans from there but that they did not have any intention to establish themselves there, and I believe, indeed, that nothing is farther away from his thoughts. It may be that Captain [James] Cook has been ordered to carry out this expulsion in the course of his journey.