the other frontier posts of this province, but the one at
Montreal will be relieved this autumn.

Colonel Bowes having complied with Lieut.-Colonel Otway's
earnest application for leave to return to England, I have
appointed Captain Ormsby, of the 49th regiment, an officer of
approved merit, to act as deputy adjutant-general during his
absence; an arrangement which, I presume to hope, his royal
highness will be graciously pleased to sanction.


_Colonel Brock to the Right Hon. W. Windham._

QUEBEC, February 12, 1807.

I have the honor to transmit for your consideration a proposal
of Lieut.-Colonel John M'Donald, late of the Royal Canadian
Volunteers, for raising a corps among the Scotch settlers in
the county of Glengary, Upper Canada.

When it is considered that both the Canadas furnish only two
hundred militia who are trained to arms, the advantages to be
derived from such an establishment must appear very, evident.

The military force in this country is very small, and were it
possible to collect it in time to oppose any serious attempt
upon Quebec, the only tenable post, the number would of itself
be insufficient to ensure a vigorous defence.

This corps, being stationed on the confines of the Lower