all be supplied as fast as
possible, except money, of which I have so little, as to be
obliged to have recourse to a paper currency.

The adjutant-general has reported to you the aid we have
afforded, in arms and ammunition, to your militia at Cornwall,
Glengary, Dundas, and Stormont.

To prevent an interruption to the communication between the
two provinces, it is fit a system of convoy should be
established between Montreal and Kingston; and as
Major-General de Rottenburg is to remain here in command of a
cordon of troops, consisting of regulars and militia,
(established in this neighbourhood to prevent an irruption for
the plunder of Montreal,) whilst I attend to parliamentary
duties at Quebec, on that subject you may communicate direct
with the major-general, as he has my instructions to
co-operate with you on preserving this important object.

_Major-General Brock to Sir George Prevost_.

FORT GEORGE, July 12, 1812.

With the exception of occasional firing from the opposite
shore, (the unauthorized act of an undisciplined militia,)
nothing of a hostile nature has occurred on this communication
since I last had the honor of addressing your excellency.

The enemy is busy constructing batteries at different points
in the river, but he does not appear to have yet received
cannon to place in them. We are doing all we can on this side
to counteract his views, and the arrival this morning of the
Royal George and the vessels under her convoy, bringing
various pieces of ordnance, will give us in this respect a
decided superiority.

The militia, which assembled here immediately on the account
being received of war being declared by the United States,
have been improving daily in discipline; but the men evince a
degree of impatience under their present restraint, that is
far from inspiring confidence. So great was the clamour to
return and attend to their farms, that I found myself in some
measure compelled to sanction the departure of a large
proportion; and I am not without my apprehensions that the
remainder will, in defiance of the law, which can only impose
a fine of L20, leave the service the moment the harvest
commences. There can be no doubt that a large portion of the
population in this neighbourhood are sincere in their
professions to defend the