We have had very hard gales from the East.

The Iphigenia frigate, with her convoy, could not have cleared the land, and the greatest apprehension is entertained for her safety.

Her commander, Captain Lambert, is a friend of George Brock.

I find him an exceedingly good fellow; and I have reason to think that he left us well satisfied with the attention he received from me.[23] Sir James Craig has certain intimation of the appointment of Colonel Baron de Rottenburg, of the 60th, to be a brigadier in this country, and he is daily looked for.

This most probably will make a change in my situation, as one must go to the upper province, and, as he is senior, he will doubtless have the choice.