The naval portion of that very important movement was performed under the personal supervision of Admiral Lord Howe, assisted by Commodore Hotham ; and the assistance of most of the Captains of the Fleet and that of the naval officers, in general, which were freely given, secured, for that difficult movement, the most complete success, the only loss sustained having been that of an artillery-boat, with three six-pounders and three men, which was upset and sunk by the rapidity of the current,* probably in Hell-gate.

General Howe, notwithstanding his successful occupation of Westchester-county, was made the object of much censure, because of his movement to Throgg's-neck, first, because of the danger to which the City of New York was exposed by the withdrawal of so large a portion of the Army ; and the temptation which was offered to General Washington to

1 The fine old mansion still occupies its place, with few, if any, alterations, on the high grounds forming the southern bank of the Harlemriver, near One hundred and eixty-ninth-street, a little below the Highbridge of the Croton-acqueduct. Madame Jumel, who was also the widow of Aaron Burr, has been dead, many years ; and the right to the ownership of the property has been bitterly contested, in the Courts ; but the old house remains-- and long may it remain.

2 Colonel Harrison's reply, under General Washington's instructions, " Head-quarters, October 12, 1776 ; " Colonel Ewing to the Maryland Council of Safety, " Camp near Harlem, October 13, 1776."