Letter signed : "Kensington Palace" [London], to [Frederick Augustus] Wetherall, 1802 Jan. 10.

Discussing changes in military personnel in New Brunswick; remarking that he has "not heard anything ... upon the subject of Sir John Wentworth's recall from Nova Scotia," but he fears "it is a measure still intended to be carried into effect in the Spring"; commenting on efforts to upgrade the military's quarters; telling him that he and Madame de Laurent are happy to hear that Mrs. Wetherall "is so much better"; reporting that the plants and seeds sent "in the Cleopatra" have arrived and been planted in the "Royal Gardens at Kew," where "the King's Gardener seems to think the Collection a valuable one"; giving his opinion on various military matters; promising to help Hughes's son be "made a Lieutenant"; commenting on the behavior, requests, and transfers of various military men; informing him that if there is to be "any reduction ... of the staff now existing in British North America," Wetherall "may depend on [his] utmost exertions, first to prevent its affecting [Wetherall], and if [he] cannot succeed in that, to obtain for [Wetherall] that provision ... or any other that may seem most eligible for [him]"; noting that he does not expect to go to North American this year.