neral desires me to let you know that his grace
intends leaving this in the stage on Tuesday morning for
Montreal. The duke has no attendant except a Colonel Gold,
_ci-devant militaire_; he appears to be very affable, and
perfectly _sans facon_; he particularly requested that no
compliments or ceremony of any kind might be shown him, and
that he might be permitted to indulge his fancy by going about
as he pleased. His grace is not likely to have many volunteer
aides-de-camp, for he treated those who formed his suite
yesterday to a walk of half a dozen hours in the sun at
mid-day round the works, the towers, plains, &c.; and from
which he did not appear to experience the slightest
inconvenience, being in the habit, we are told, of taking
similar rambles even in the West Indies. The duke will pay you
but a very short visit, being limited for time, and anxious to
make his tour as extensive as possible. He seems to like a
glass of Madeira, and would match any of the Canadian tribe in
smoking cigars; he walks about with one in his mouth at all
hours in the day. He begs you will have the kindness to secure
for him a boat and a good Canadian crew to proceed to
Kingston, and to facilitate his progress from that place,
inasmuch as it may be in your power to do so. I apprehend that
the movement of the troops may very materially interfere with
him, but the duke will not object to embarking with any of the
detachments if no other vessel can be spared.

_Colonel Baynes to Major-General Brock, at William Henry, Sorel_.

QUEBEC, August 12, 1811.

I have to acknowledge and thank you for your letter of the 8th
instant. I regret much that you did not find it convenient to
remain at Montreal to receive the duke of Manchester, as I
think you would have felt gratified; and if you could have
reconciled to your own feelings the want of due preparation
for the reception of so great a personage, I am sure, from
the specimen we had of his grace here, that he would have been
perfectly satisfied, and happy to have shared your fare. He
does not appear to be a lady's man--perhaps a little too much
the contrary, and I am confident that a dinner with a few
gentlemen, and an invitation to smoke, would suit his taste in
preference to a formal fete. On an excursion to the Chaudiere,
of which Mrs. D