He may have erred in the performance of the important and complicated functions of his post, but he was guided by sincerity; and it is due to his memory to add, that the objects of his administration, however erroneous the means he pursued for their attainment, were the concord, the happiness, and the prosperity of the people whom he governed for nearly four years.[36] _Major-General Vesey to Major-General Brock_.
PORTSMOUTH, June 10, 1811.
I congratulate you on your promotion, and you may return me the compliment.

I did not expect to appear in the same brevet with you as a major-general; it has so happened, however, and I am not at all sorry to go out to Sicily as major-general instead of a brigadier.

You have such a lot of generals in Canada at present, that it is impossible to continue them all upon the staff.

Your wish will be to come home, I dare say, and very glad I should be if you were in England at present, while all the arrangements are making.

It may perhaps be your fate to go to the Mediterranean, but the Peninsula is the most direct road to the honor of the Bath, and as you are an ambitious man, that is the station you would prefer--so should I, but I have been advised not to solicit for it, but to go where I was ordered; therefore, am I proceeding.