Sir

Having, after finishing my Letter of Yesterdays date, had it confirm'd, from the mouth of an Eye Witness, I can now, with unutterable Satisfaction, congratulate my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, on the certainty, of all the Rebels, who were, at Trois Rivieres, amounting, ('tis said) to about One Thousand, having left that important Post, (where they were casting Shot Shells &ca) with precipitation on the 21st in the afternoon, And with out particulars, we learn in general, but with certainty, that a Body of forces, of from four, to Six Hundred Men, which they had posted, at a place, call'd the Cedars, in the neighbourhood of Montreal, had just been Surprized and destroy'd, by the expected loyal Succours, from the upper lakes, To which event, and the News of our preparations, here, to move upwards by Water, their hasty retreat from the late important Post in question, to their New One at the Mouth of the Sorel, has plainly been owing where it is said, their scattered parties, have made a Stand, and are making defensive preparations, with some peices of heavy Cannon, which preparations we presume are making, with a View to their final retreat, out of Canada. And the said heavy Cannon, to be mostly such, as were originally intended for the more effectual reduction of Quebec; relanded there, from the Batteaus, which were to have brought them down this River, on the News of the dispersion of their Army before this place. Be the disposition of the Rebels at the Mouth of the Sorel, as they may it is presumed, by many who know the Country well, that their first Stand, after the arrival of His Majesty's Forces, from Ireland, which are hourly look'd for (the Wind being Easterly) will be if they make any stand at all, at St Johns, which but 'tis even believed, they will find themselves unable to support. The Wind blowing fresh & favourable, I make no doubt of General Carleton in the Maria Arm'd Schooner, Captain Harvey in the Martin Sloop, Lieut [Joseph] Nunn in the Magdalen Arm'd Schooner, with the three Transports, having the 47th Regiment on board, with the Grenadier & Light Infantry Companies of the 29th passing the Rapids of Richlieu, with the Flood; Nor of the Residue of the Whole embarkation, doing so tomorrow, if this Wind continues, of which there is the strongest appearance. Nor do I doubt of the whole being assembled, at Trois Rivieres (weather permitting) by Monday evening. Besides the Ships, or Vessels of War, already named, and going upwards, there are two arm'd Transports, the One carrying Ten Nine Pounders, and the other Six Six Pounders, and Men in proportion to their Guns, so that it will be impossible, for the Rebels to shew their faces, on the Water, any where between this and Montreal, ー Be pleased to communicate the foregoing to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. I have the honor to be &ca

P.S. I have this moment, received the following authentic particulars from above Vizt That His Majesty's Troops, Canadians and Indians, alluded to in the foregoing, utterly destroyed a body of 400 Men, which the Rebels had posted at a strong Pass called the Cedars, about 8 Leagues from Montreal, and opposite to the upper end of the Island, bearing that name, with the Loss only one Man kill'd, and two Wounded on our side: That they made sure, of cutting off another Guard, of 90 Rebels, on the Island itself, And, that all the able Countrymen of the said Isrand had upon the News of the above defeat, and of General Carleton's intended motions (now in agitation) unsolicited thereto, taken up Arms, and embodied themselves for His Majesty. We learn Nothing for Certain, from the Town of Montreal, but it is believed, that the Rebels, will not continue long there. From whence if my information be true, A Triumvirate, consisting of Doctor [Benjamin] Franklin and other Members of the Rebel Congress, went away in a great hurry, on hearing of the flight of their Army (of 3000 Men) from before Quebec. Upon the Whole, I trust that before November next, the native rights of Mankind, will have been so far restored in North America, that one shall dare to speak his Sentiments; And do his duty as in old England; without any danger of being Tarr'd and feather'd.