| Description | Extract of a letter from New York, complains that General H[owe]'s conduct since he has had command of the army has been a heap of blunders and ridiculous delays, that he has always been jealous of the superior military capacity of Burgoyne and Clinton, and has now made a sacrifice of the former by disabling the latter from making any diversion in his favour having left him barely enough troops to defend Kingsbridge, New York, and Staten Island, others assert the contrary, and blame Carleton, declares Washington's army to be stronger in consequence of General Burgoyne's affair, and that we cannot send over less than 20000 more troops, as early in the spring as possible, public opinion of the necessity of changing the Commander in Chief |