ceeded in obtaining a modification of it in Lower Canada,
and must therefore, upon the occurrence of either of those
calamities, declare the law martial unqualified, and of course
shut the doors of the courts of civil law.

The report transmitted by Captain Dixon, of the Royal
Engineers, to Lieut.-Colonel Bruyeres, of the state of defence
in which he had placed Fort Amherstburg, together with the
description of the troops allotted for its defence, give me a
foreboding that the result of General Hull's attempt upon that
fort will terminate honorably to our arms.

If Lieut.-Colonel St. George be possessed of the talents and
resources required to form a soldier, he is fortunate in the
opportunity of displaying them. Should General Hull be
compelled to relinquish his operations against Amherstburg, it
will be proper his future movements should be most carefully
observed, as his late march exhibits a more than ordinary
character of enterprize.

Your supposition of my slender means is but too correct;
notwithstanding, you may rely upon every exertion being made
to preserve uninterrupted the communication between Kingston
and Montreal, and that I will also give all possible support
to your endeavours to overcome every difficulty.

The possession of Malden, which I consider means Amherstburg,
appears a favorite object with the government of the United
States. I sincerely hope you will disappoint them.

Should the intelligence, which arrived yesterday by the way of
Newfoundland, prove correct, a remarkable coincidence will
exist in the revocation of our orders in council as regards
America, and the declaration of war by congress against
England, both having taken place on the same day in London and
at Washington, the 17th June.

_Colonel Baynes to Major-General Brock_.

QUEBEC, August 1, 1812.

Sir George yesterday received your letter of the 20th with its
several enclosures, which are, I assure you, highly
interesting to all, and doubly so to those who feel warmly and
sincerely attached to you; and few, I believe, possess more
friends and well wishers than yourself. 100 effective of the
Newfoundland, and 50 picked men of the Veterans, left this in
boats on Thursday, and, as it has blown a gale of east wind
ever since, have I trust made great progress: they were