Sir  I conceive your early knowledge, of the possession of this principal key of all North America, being effectually secured to His Majesty, to be of such immense importance, to the public weal, that I cannot excuse myself, from sending, the herewith inclosed duplicates, in the Ship Hope; she being a Transport, which we can very well spare. On the 22d General Carl[e]ton sail'd upwards, in His Majesty's Arm'd Schooner the Maria, (retaken the 6th from the Rebels) with the two arm'd Ships, Troops &, Captn. [Thomas] Pringle superintends the whole embarkation, & Mr Butler late Master, now third Lieutenant of this his Majesty's Ship, whose Zeal, perseverance, skill and Activity during our whole Voyage from the Nore, & our toilsome struggles thro the ice, cannot be toto] much commended, is therein subordinate to him, as are also two Midshipsmen. Mr Berkely my second Lieutenant; commands for the time being, during Captn Pringles Absence, the Lord Howe arm'd ship to be Station'd off Point Platon, with Captn [Skeffington] Lutwidge of the Triton frigate; And the Bute is to be Station'd at point aux tremble: Both the said arm'd Ships have their Complements augmented, with stout, zealous, Voluntier Canadian Boatmen. Captn Harvey having the first division of Troops, consisting of the 47 Regiment, with the Grenadier and light Infantry companies of the twenty ninth, under his guidance, in three large Transports; and the Magdalen, & province arm'd Schooners, under his command, being already at point Platon, will pass the rapids of richlieu, the very first opportunity, and proceed towards Trois Rivieres. By thus possessing the river, and moreover, the most important post upon Earth: of Quebec: the Canadians are satisfied to whom the province belongs; and I am misinformed, if many among them, stung with the keenest resentment do not wish to expiate, were it even to blood, their late stupid credulity, in having swallow'd the falshoods, so highly injurious to the nation at large; which the rebel Agents of New England, traducing the old one, on every occasion, have so long, & so industriously, circulated among them by letters, hand bills or word of mouth, of which credulity, I beg leave to give the following instance. Three Canadians, who had been with the rebels, went on board the Surprize, in her way up, after she had passed the Traverses in the Idea, of her being a Ship of War, belonging to an expected New England fleet, which they had taken from Old England. Wou'd to God, the ambitious views of the rebel ringleaders and their disaffection, towards Great Britain, had been as well known on the other side the Atlantic, as they are notorious here! I am happy in sending this, with the duplicates above alluded to, by Lieut Fooke, late of the Lizard, who during the seige performd'd much to his honor, and the Good of His Majesty's Service, the painful duties of a Captain of infantry, in the Brave naval battalion; so much to the Satisfaction of General Carleton, that his Excellency, honors him, with the duplicates of his late dispatches also. I have appointed Mr Stone, Master of this his Majesty's Ship, (late of the Hunter) as Lieutenant of the Lizard in his stead, hoping, that my Lords Commrs may be pleased to acquiesce in and confirm, his being thereby rewarded, for his praiseworthy services, render'd to his King and Country, in the same cause, in the same rank and in the same glorious defence, of this inexpressibly important post so very important that had the Navies of France been superior to those of England during the last War, there would have been probably, few of English extraction, remaining in New England, at this day to have rebell'd against the most indulgent Parent State that ever rear'd a Colony. Every days fresh intelligence, from above, every days further informations from this neighberhood, gives us reason to be thankfull to heaven, for the very opportune arrival here, of His Majesty's Ships under my command on the 6th as aIso for the amazing rout and Confusion, communicated, to the very considerable rebel reinforcements, on their March hither, by the fugitives from before Quebec. It is even reported & believed, that they have evacuated, the important post of Trois rivieres, in great Consternation which if true we impute, to some account they may have had, of the preconcerted approach, towards Montreal, of the 8th regiment, several Nations of Indians, and the Canadians of Detroit from the upper lakes, having Colonel Caldwel, of the said regiment, for their leader. From this intelligence, we flatter ourselves, that the hourly expected Transports, with the regiments from Ireland, will join General Carleton at Trois revieres (for they are not to stop at Quebec) and possibly, shortly rendezvous at Montreal. So soon, as we shall have the happiness to be in possession of the latter, their Lordships, as well as the fleets, and Armies, employ'd on the eastern Shores of this continent, shall have the Earliest Account thereof, as they shall of any other important events, that may happen, wherewith, I trust the residue of this Campaign, is happily replete, for Great Britain. The Seamen, and Soldiers, are in the most perfect health, and animated with the same patriotic fire, which glow'd in the late defence of this Capital.

Be pleased to communicate the foregoing to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. And believe me to be Sir [&c.]