Dear Sir:
By Joseph Sharp, Jun., who has just now given me notice that he is setting off for Hillsborough in a few hours, I take an opportunity of writing you a line, and inclosing you the News Papers for some days past. In them you will find all the News which I can at present communicate.
I am in the most disagreeable state of anxiety for want of hearing from home; not a single line has reached me yet, and silence never could distress me more. I do not know whether I shall be here long enough to receive a letter which may be written after this comes to your hands.
I have every wish and some expectation of being relieved, and hope the Assembly have taken for that purpose the necessary measures. At all events I mean to set off for home on the 15th of March, if I can do it consistent with the public service; this, however, is at present little more than speculation. You know whether I am relieved or not; if I am not, pray write me a line. If I am, I shall myself lose no time in returning home.
I must take part in a debate that is now agitating and therefore am obliged to conclude.