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clear of ships ; and he justly concluded that the 

 English fleet had suftered so much, that they 

 had given up the idea of making any attempt 

 upon Quebec. Immediately he ordered the 

 whole force of Canada towards Montreal, and 

 lake Champlain ; and formed a camp at Cham- 

 bly of three thousand men, to op[X)se Nichol- 

 son's army, should they attempt to penetrate 

 Canada in that quarter. But he was soon in- 

 formed that he had nothing to fear from the 

 colony army ; that Nicholson had returned with 

 his troops, upon the news of the disaster which 

 had attended the fleet ; and that the people of 

 Albany, instead of being engaged in any hostile 

 attempts against Montreal, were in much anxiety 

 and fear for their own safety. 



Such was the issue of the third attempt to 

 effect the reduction of Canada. The two for- 

 mer had served to bring heavy debts upon the 

 colonies, to destroy a number of their younp- 

 men, to discourage the public confldence and 

 expectation, and to abate the attachment of their 

 Indian allies. This, had not only produced the 

 same effects, but it served to nil the country 

 with jealousy and suspicion of the British min- 

 istry ; with severe charges, and loud complaints 

 against their conduct. The want of seasonable 

 intelligence and orders, the late arrival of the 

 fleet at Boston, the known impossibility of pro- 

 curing the provisions required v/ithout previous 

 notice, the complaints and obstinacy of the ad-- 

 miral, the ignorance of the pilots, the secret in- 

 tentions of the tory ministrv, were subjects of 

 angry debate and altercation. The remarks of 

 the whigs in England were still more severe., 



