Sir,

The Navy Board, having appropriated the Silver Eel Transport, of 14 Guns, to receive and carry to Quebec such part of the Stores as cannot be taken onboard the Proteus and Porpoise Sloops; And the said Transport being capable of receiving about 40 Soldiers with one or two Officers, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you therewith, for the Information of Lord George Germain, and to desire if there is an occasion to send any Troops to Quebec, the numbers abovementioned may be ordered onboard the said Transport, the better to enable her to defend herself against the Rebel Cruizers, in case she should by any unavoidable accident separate from the Convoy. I am &ca