g) is remarkably well: we celebrated
the anniversary of his sixtieth year yesterday at a very
pleasant party at Powell Place. Our general court martial is
over, and will be published in orders to-morrow. A soldier,
who was under sentence of death for desertion from the 101st
regiment, and transferred to the 8th, and a Jonathan of the
Canadians, who is considered a ringleader, are sentenced to be
shot; the others, a dozen in number, are to be transported to
serve for life in the African corps.

_Brigadier Brock to his Brothers._

FORT GEORGE, Sept. 13, 1810.

My good and dear friends,--I have been of late so much upon
the move, that I had no thought of writing to you, and no
letters of yours put me in mind that I should do so. Here I am
stationed for some time, unless I succeed in the application I
mean to make shortly for permission to visit England. At
present Vincent, Glegg, and Williams, 49th, enliven this
lonesome place. They are here as members of a general court
martial, and are soon to depart, when I shall be left to my
own reflections. 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. I regret that so much trouble should have been
occasioned to so little purpose, the more so as I apprehend an
example to be much called for in the 100th regiment. Murray
seems sanguine that the regiment will go on better under his
rule, and that he knows the men better. I hope his conjecture
may