Lord Sandwich has the honour to inform your Majesty that a thought has occurred to him that a large number of Transports may be procured at Hamburgh, which would aid us exceedingly, add greatly to the dispatch & be particularly convenient for the embarkation of the foreign troops at Stadt and Ritz-buttell. The Hamburgh Ships are five [sic fine] large Vessels of the Collier sort, and I believe are very fit for the purpose.
The Comptroller of the Navy is now with Lord Sandwich & greatly approves this idea, and Ld Sandwich has sent to Mr [William] Eden that no time may be lost in communicating it to Ld Suffolk.
If we get the Scotch from Holland, possibly it might be advisable to bring them in Dutch Ships.
The enclosed letter will shew your Majesty why we do not immediately send agents to Bristol &c. And as soon as the letters that were written on Saturday are answered, if the present mode does not succeed, proper people will be sent immediately to see what can be done on the spot.
Admiralty half past eleven.
