My object is to get home as soon as I can obtain permission; but unless our affairs with America be amicably adjusted, of which I see no probability, I scarcely can expect to be permitted to move.

I rejoice Savery has begun to exert himself to get me appointed to a more active situation.

I must see service, or I may as well, and indeed much better, quit the army at once, for no one advantage can I reasonably look to hereafter if I remain buried in this inactive, remote corner, without the least mention being made of me.

Should Sir James Saumarez return from the Baltic crowned with success, he could, I should think, say a good word for me to some purpose.
Vincent[24] is doing extremely well.

I however dread the severity of a winter upon his shattered frame.