aring and arrogant.
Every victory which Napoleon has gained for the last nine
years, has made the disposition here to resist more manifest.

_Brigadier Brock to his sister-in-law, Mrs. W. Brock_.

QUEBEC, June 8, 1810.

It was my decided intention to ask for leave to go to England
this fall, but I have now relinquished the thought. Several
untoward circumstances combine to oppose my wishes. The spirit
of insubordination lately manifested by the French Canadian
population of this colony, naturally called for precautionary
measures, and our worthy chief is induced, in consequence, to
retain in this country those on whom he can best confide. I am
highly flattered in being reckoned among the number, whatever
inward disappointment I may feel. Some unpleasant events have
likewise happened in the upper country, which have occasioned
my receiving intimation to proceed thither, whether as a
permanent station, or merely as a temporary visit, Sir James
Craig has not determined. Should, however, a senior brigadier
to myself come out in the course of the summer, I shall
certainly be fixed in the upper province, and there is every
probability of such an addition very soon. Since all my
efforts to get more actively employed have failed; since fate
decrees that the best portion of my life is to be wasted in
inaction in the Canadas, I am rather pleased with the prospect
of removing upwards.

There is a lady living at Barnet for whom I feel much
interested. If you should by chance drive that way, and do not
object to form a new acquaintance, I wish you to call upon
her. She is the wife of Captain Manners, of the 49th, and the
daughter of the celebrated Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia. She has
a most amiable disposition and genteel manners. Her sister,
Mrs. Ross Cuthbert, a charming little creature, makes her
husband--my most intimate friend, and with whom I pass a
great part of my leisure hours--a most happy man.

I received the other day a long and exceedingly well written
letter from Henrietta Tupper--she is really a charming
girl. What Maria[25] (Potenger) do you begin to slacken in
your attention to your poor devoted uncle?

_Brigadier Brock to his brother Irving_.

QUEBEC, July 9, 1810.

I have a thousand thanks to offer you for the very great
attention you have shewn i