Letter signed : "Castle Hill Lodge" [London], to [Frederick Augustus] Wetherall, 1803 July 26.

Congratulating him on his "confirmation in the appointment of Deputy Adju[tant] General to General Bouyer's district" and his "nomination to be Colonel of the Nova Scotia Regiment"; asking him to name Mr. Ridge his "Regimental Agent"; writing, "whatever favor the Duke of York [Frederick Augustus] has shown you on the present occasion, it is but justice to him to say, must have arisen altogether from himself ..., for I am unfortunately so situated with the Commander in Chief, as to be unable to ask him a favor of any kind for any one of my friends"; thanking him for various marks of his friendship; discussing bills and debts; noting that he and Madame de Laurent are concerned about Lady Wentworth's health [wife of John Wentworth]; commenting on military personnel in Canada; giving a summary of what has happened since he received a communication from England desiring him to return there because of the mutiny at Gibraltar; complaining that since he left, everything at the garrison in Gibraltar is "verging fast towards the same state of licentiousness and indiscipline for which the Garrison was renowned in the latter days of General O'Hara"; observing that he thinks General Barnett is "determined if possible to ruin" him; giving details of his trip home from Gibraltar, including a visit with his brother, the Duke of Sussex; noting that "the reception [he] met with from the King [George III], and every member of [his] family, one alone excepted, was cordial beyond [his] most sanguine expectations"; describing his efforts to vindicate his character by explaining the mutiny to various figures in government; requesting that he send various letters for him.