e, I have strongly urged his sending you further
reinforcements, which I am sure can be spared: we are at
present checked from the want of conveyance, but I trust after
the corps, now on their route, are dispatched, that Sir George
will be induced to send you further aid, and that of the best
description. I think it of the highest importance,
particularly if we are likely to arrange matters with the
States, that the balance of military events should be
unequivocally in our favor. I found a very general prejudice
prevailing with Jonathan, of his own resources and means of
invading these provinces, and of our weakness and inability to
resist, both exaggerated in a most absurd and extravagant
degree--a little practical correction of this error would be
attended with the best effects.

The 1st battalion of the royals are upwards of 1,100 strong,
but sickly, having suffered from their long residence in the
West Indies, and they are in consequence marked for the Quebec
garrison.

_Major-General Brock to Colonel Proctor._

FORT GEORGE, August 25, 1812.

I wrote to you yesterday, informing you that a cessation of
hostilities had been agreed upon between Sir George Prevost
and General Dearborn, and requesting you in consequence to
postpone any attempt upon Fort Wayne, or any other post of the
enemy. I consider the present forbearance may lead to such
consequences that I cannot refrain from sending a second
express, to urge you to restrain the Indians likewise in their
predatory excursions: this, however, ought to be done with the
utmost caution, and on grounds foreign from the present
considerations.

Colonel Myers tells me that he forwarded on the 11th instant a
dispatch received from Sir George Prevost to me, in which his
excellency so clearly stated the principles of moderation upon
which he thought it expedient to act, that I fully expect,
should you have received the dispatch and perused his
sentiments, you will forbear from any hostile aggression; in
fact, act completely upon the defensive.

Should every thing remain quiet in the vicinity of Detroit,
you will proceed hither, bringing to Fort Erie the detachments
which Captain Chambers and Lieutenant Bullock took to
Amherstburg. All the spare ordnance is to be transported to
Fort Erie without delay.