I read yesterday in a public paper that Lord Sandwich said in the House of Lords that, far from being reluctant to serve in America, the Sailors preferred to go there rather than stay at home. But I am certain that Lord Sandwich is mistaken and that he mislead the House. I spoke to several members of Boyne and Somerset, and I see that all the men among them who have some common sense, and they form the majority, have a great dislike for the Service. Of course there are a few, but thank God they are very few, who are ungodly and blasphemous scoundrels, people who respect neither law nor religion and who would not hesitate one moment to set fire to the paternal home and to murder father and mother, if Lord Sandwich were capable of giving them such an order. He apparently referred to these people. Indeed if the people are so eager to take a part in this American war, why do the Ships sail so poorly manned?