Should I be so lucky as to obtain leave, I shall not commence my journey to New York until after Christmas.

Baron de Rottenburg, a senior brigadier, has arrived at Quebec, where he remains.

His presence unquestionably diminishes my prospects in this country, and I should stand evidently in my own light if I did not court fortune elsewhere.
I have been as far as Detroit, a delightful country, far exceeding any thing I had seen on this continent.
I have not had a letter from Europe since May, and wish you to write to me by way of New York.

I avail myself of an unexpected passenger to scribble this in the presence of many of the court, who tell me it is time to resume our labours; therefore, my beloved brothers, adieu.

I shall write again in a few days, via New York.
_Colonel Baynes to Brigadier Brock, at Fort George._ QUEBEC, October 4, 1810.
By yesterday's post, I was favored with your letter of the 23d ultimo.