Sir,

I am to acquaint you that General Howe and the Army under his Command, still continue in this place waiting for the Arrival of a supply of Provisions; and having informed you in my Letter of the 19th past which with my other Dispatches I sent you by the Princess Augusta Victualling Sloop, (Duplicates of which you will now receive) of the Accident that had happened to the Glasgow, and my intention to send her to England to be fitted; I have therefore Ordered Captain [Tyringham] Howe to take under his Convoy Such Vessels as are ready to accompany him, (among which is the Harriot Packet having on board Mr. Legge Governor of this Province) and proceed to Plymouth.

I need not represent to their Lordships of how much greater importance the King's Yard and Harbor of Halifax, as well as the whole Province of Nova Scotia is now become, than formerly; and of consequence they will please to consider the great necessity of keeping the Bay of Fundy well Guarded to prevent any Hostile attempts being made upon this Province from thence by the Rebels; this will require an additional Number of Ships, and their Lordships will please to Observe by the Disposition of the Squadron, how very inadequate even the great number I have under my Command is to the various Services I am Ordered to Execute, and the different Posts I have to defend, especially as the Rebels are indefatigably employed in Equipping a Naval Force in all their Sea Port Towns in the several Provinces.

The Orpheus being refitted sailed the 5th Instant under Orders to Cruize between the West End of Long Island and Cape Henlopen, calling in occasionally at New York and the Delaware; and having intended to have put the Glasgow under the Command of Captain Hamond in the Delaware, I have sent the King's fisher Sloop to supply her place.

I have Ordered on board the Glasgow Such Seamen and Marines, belonging to the Ships under my Command, as from Accidents and Disorders have been on examination found unfit for His Majesty's Service. I am, Sir [&c.]