Sir

Vice Admiral Graves intending to proceed to England in a few days in the Preston gives me an opportunity of transmitting to you, some late Intelligence from Captains Parker and Vandeput, and Governor Tryon, of the State of Affairs at New York, ² by which I hope their Lordships will see the necessity of continuing the Asia some time longer at that place, and that they will please to dispense with my immediate Obedience to their Order for sending her home at this Critical Juncture when perhaps the appearance of that Ship, may be the means of bringing over many of the disaffected, to a sense of their Duty to His Majesty, and disuniting that Colony from those where the Inhabitants are in a more open and avowed state of Rebellion; and in this opinion General [William] Howe, whom I have confer'd with and consulted on this Subject, is pleased to concur with me.

I transmit to you likewise, Sir, a Copy of the last Letter received from Captain Wallace of the Rose at Rhode Island, giving an account of the State of, and the Situation he is in at that place, ³ and as Captain Wallace's services deserve every reward can be confer'd on him, I humbly recommend it to Their Lordships Consideration sending him out a Larger and better Ship, especially as the Rose is Two years Foul, and that from his keeping the Inhabitants of that Province in so much Awe it would be improper to remove him from it.

I have the Pleasure to acquaint you of the Arrival of His Majesty's Ship Centurion at this place the 18th Instant after a Passage of Twelve Weeks, in which Captain [Richard] Brathwaite informs me all his Sails were blown away except those now bent to his Yards. I am, Sir [&c.]