A LETTER, &c. MY DEAR G I NOW sit down to give you a summary of those strange events, which, from causes unimportant in the view of a careless observer, have led to a state of unexampled confusion in public affairs. This will reach you through the kindness of a friend who has promised to deliver it in safety. I should otherwise hesitate to incur the risk of committing my sentiments to paper, as it is confidently asserted and believed, that no seal, or form of confidence, can insure secrecy, or shield the writer of opinions not entirely favourable to the present measures, from the vengeance of that rigour beyond the law, which now rules over our miserable settlement. I anticipate all the horror you will feel at learning that the army in which you so long 'served, and the companions with whom you largely shared in the applause which was eminently due to enthusiastic ardour, loyalty, and B |