My situation will then depend upon the force the enemy may bring to invade the province.

Should the troops have to move, the want of tents will be severely felt.
A person who left Sandwich yesterday week, pretends that the enemy was then in the act of cannonading the place.

I have not heard from Lieut.-Colonel St.George since my last letter to your excellency.
An officer is so absolutely necessary to command in the eastern district, that I have consented to Major-General Shaw proceeding thither in that capacity.

I have full confidence in his judgment, and his conduct in the field is undoubted.

He of course will assume the command in virtue of his militia rank, and will be liable to be superseded by any lieutenant-colonel your excellency may be pleased to appoint.
The expense of defending this province will unquestionably be great; upon a rough calculation, and supposing that 4,000 militia be constantly embodied, it cannot be estimated at less than L140,000 per annum.