LETTER XXVII 422
OTHER BOOKS 432
INDEX 433
ERRATA
FOOTNOTES
To the Right Honourable
PHILIP, _Lord_ HARDWICKE;
Baron of _Hardwicke_, in the County of _Gloucester_;
LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR of _Great Britain_;
AND
One of the LORDS of His Majesty's most Honourable PRIVY COUNCIL.
MY LORD,
The good Reception these Memoirs, which I most humbly offer to your Lordship, have met with Abroad; and the Protection and Favour the _Author_ has obtain'd at one of the Chief Protestant Courts of EUROPE; encourage me, tho' with the profoundest Submission, to intreat your Lordship's favourable Acceptance of this _Translation_.
'Tis, my Lord, the only Homage I am capable of paying your Lordship, and the best Testimony I can give with what Zeal and Pleasure I join in the Congratulation of the Public for that illustrious Regard paid to your Lordship's Merit, and Their Wishes, by his SACRED MAJESTY, this Day in Council.
That your Lordship may very long enjoy a sufficient Portion of Health, equal to the Abilities of your Great Mind, for supporting you under that vast Weight of Service which you have now taken upon you for your King and Country, is the hearty Prayer of all good ENGLISHMEN; and particularly of Him, My Lord, who has the Honour to subscribe
YOUR LORDSHIP'S _Most Devoted, Most Obedient, and Most Humble Servant._
PREFACE,
By the TRANSLATOR.
The Author of these _Memoirs_, who is a Person of an honourable Family in _Prussia_, and confess'd by all that know him to be a Gentleman of extraordinary Talents, is one that may be truly said to have seen the World; he having not only travell'd twice thro' the principal Parts of _Europe_, but by his Acquaintance with People of the first Rank, and a diligent Inquiry and nice Inspection into Men and Things, attained to that Knowledge of Both, which is of such Service and Entertainment to Mankind in the general, and so particularly necessary for All who attend to what is doing in high Life.
He has succeeded very happily in the right Narrative Stile; and the _French_ Language, in which he wrote the following Letters, seems to be as natural to him as if it was his Mother-Tongue. But the Thing which has most contributed to the Demand for these Memoirs, is the Multitude of Characters that the Baron has interspers'd, not only of the Deceas'd, but even of Persons that are still living, and distinguish'd by the exalted Spheres in which they move.
That every one of those Characters is equally just, or that every Circumstance relating to them is told with the utmost Exactness, is not to be imagin'd: For supposing the Author to have been ever so circumspect and impartial, how was it possible for him to take the true Likeness of every one, in such a Variety of Personages of both Sexes, and to be perfectly sure of every Particular that he mentions; since he could not be Eye-Witness of every thing, and must be oblig'd for many to Information from other Persons, of whom, 'tis no wonder if some were prejudic'd? But to do the Baron Justice, it must be allow'd, that he no where fails in that Respect and Decorum to Princes which are their due; and that he has not discover'd a predominant Passion for Satire: because where he has painted in the strongest Colours, and represented his Subjects in the most disadvantageous Light, they were such whose Follies or whose Vices were too flagrant and notorious to be either conceal'd or disguis'd: And, considering the Groupe of Courtiers whom he has crouded into his Canvass, the Reader will rather be surpris'd to meet with so few Imperfections in his Characters, and so many excellent Qualities. By this means, his Memoirs have, upon the whole, done Honour to his Understanding, without offending his Conscience, or hurting his Fortune; he being, at this very time, upon a handsome Establishment at the Court of _Prussia_.
It cannot possibly escape the Observation of the Reader, that the Baron, when he wrote these Letters to his noble Friend, was a profess'd Member of the Church of _Rome_; but that nevertheless, he was not such a Bigot to its Constitution, nor such a Believer in the Legends of its Writers, or the pretended Miracles of its Saints, as to incur the Character of a blind and furious Zealot; it appearing on the contrary, from several Declarations of his Mind in the following Pages, that he did not want Charity either in his Nature or Principles for those from whom he differ'd in religious Sentiments. Such a Catholic Spirit, assisted by his good Sense, made it, no doubt, much easier for him, after reflecting upon the Fopperies and Impostures which he had seen in that Church during his Travels, to abjure the _Romish_ and to embrace the _Protestant_ Religion, which he did accordingly with great Devotion last Summer, at _Berlin_; after which, his _Prussian_ Majesty was pleas'd to distinguish him with peculiar Marks of his Favour and Esteem, by declaring him one of the Gentlemen of his Bed-Chamber, and Chief Cup-Bearer of his Court; and he has very lately given him a considerable Prebend.
To the new Edition of his Memoirs, from which the following Sheets are translated, there's not only a great number of material Additions in the Body of the Work, as is observ'd by the Editor of it, _Amsterdam_, but several new Notes: In this Translation, these Notes are likewise considerably augmented, for the sake of continuing the Thread of the History to the present Time, by the Notice taken of certain remarkable Alterations, or other curious Particulars that have happen'd to the Persons or the Places mentioned, since 1734, when the said Edition was publish'd.
One great Defect for which the foreign Editor has been very much blam'd, was the want of a Table to these Memoirs; which, if not absolutely necessary in a Work of this kind, wherein so many Persons and Facts are mentioned, cannot be necessary for any Book whatsoever that comes from the Press. To supply this Defect, the Translator has added an Alphabetical Index to each of the two Volumes; which Indexes are the more copious, that the Reader might know where to turn in an Instant for some Account of the Characters, Conduct, or Familys of those public Personages, whose Names so often occur in the News-Papers.
THE
AUTHOR's PREFACE
TO THE
FIRST EDITION.
_There are very few Books without a +Preface+; and that there are so, is in a great measure owing to the Fancy of the +Booksellers+, who think them to be absolutely necessary, and too often judge of the merit of a Copy by the Flights of its Preface, and the insinuating Tone of the +Author's+ Voice in reading it. I had the misfortune to fall into the hands of one of these Booksellers, so fond of Prefaces, whom nothing would serve but he must have one at the Head of my +Memoirs+. My telling him that I did not know what to put into a Preface, signify'd no more than if I had been talking to a Post; for he threaten'd to get a Preface compos'd by an Author who wrote for Wages. This startled me, and I trembled for the fate of my Book, not doubting that a Preface written by a Man of Letters, who made it his profession to compose such marvellous Pieces, would altogether eclipse the few Excellencies in this Work of mine. What, said I to myself, the Sale of my Book then must depend only on the Goodness of the Preface, which, when the Readers compare with the Book it self, they will say, O! what a wonderful Man is the Author of the +Preface+! What a pitiful Writer, the Compiler of the +Memoirs+! No, said I again to my self, I am resolv'd that the Preface and the Book shall run the same risk; and since Chance has enter'd me an Author, I'll play out the whole part of one._
_I am told, that the Design of a Preface is to give the Publick an account, in the first place, of the Reasons that have engag'd the Author to compose his Work; that then he is to inform the Publick, that 'tis in meer Complaisance to his Friends, and because there are mangled Copies of his Manuscript abroad, that he has been determined to put it to the Press; and finally, that he is to conclude with a sort of Petition, wherein he is to beg the Reader's Indulgence for his Productions. This, I have been assured, is the Plan of a Preface; let us now see how well I can execute it._
_As to the first Article, +viz.+ what Motives I had to write, I sincerely own that when I set Pen to Paper, I meant nothing more than to amuse myself. I was the farthest in the World from thinking that I should one day be overtaken with the Temptation of setting up for an Author. I wrote Letters to a Friend of mine, purely to divert him with an Account of such things as came in my way; the Minutes of which Letters I preserved till I had insensibly formed a Volume of 'em; and having nothing else to do, I augmented and digested them in the manner that I now give them to the Publick. The truth is, that my Friends have not used the least Importunity with me to commit my Manuscript to the Press, nor was it possible for any spurious Copies of it to get abroad, because no body ever saw it till I put it into the hands of the Bookseller._
_But I shall be ask'd, what possess'd me to commence Author, and how came I to be so idle as to put my Name at the Head of a sorry book? I must answer again, that it was downright Indolence. As to my Name, it would have been very difficult to have concealed it from Persons to whom I have the greatest Obligations. I should have been suspected to have been the Author of these Memoirs at certain Courts, for which I have a Respect both by Inclination and Duty; and perhaps, if I had left this Copy to the wide World, as some do those Foundlings which they are asham'd to own, such Passages might have been foisted into it, as would have been father'd upon me, in spite of all Protestations of my Innocence._
_As to the Book itself, I am apt to think there is nothing in it that any Person whatsoever ought to take offence at. When I speak of Sovereign Princes, 'tis with the Reverence due to the +Lord's Anointed+; and I also endeavour to honour them in their Ministers, being taught by my Religion that I ought to honour God in his Saints. I have done my utmost to paint the true Characters of People in Place, and can safely say, that my Authorities are not meer hear-says or scraps out of News-Papers; for, thank to God, my Birth and Fortune have put me in a capacity to see, hear, and judge for myself._
_It will be thought perhaps, that when I speak of Nations in general, I judge too rashly. It may be so; this being an Article especially in which all Men do not think alike. The +French+ have a quite different Idea of the +Germans+ from what the +English+ have, and the +English+ do not pass the same Verdict on the +French+ as the +Swedes+ do. 'Tis the same in private Life. Every one makes his own Condition the Standard of his Judgment. The Man of Quality, the Citizen, the Soldier, the Merchant, have all different Ideas. The Traveller judges of the Nation where he is, by the Company he keeps. A +Frenchman+ who in +Germany+ converses with none but those of the second Class, will say that the +Germans+ are honest People, but clownish; whereas another, who keeps company with Persons of Quality, or those in Offices, will agree, that the +Germans+ are more polite than they have been painted by certain +French+ Writers, who have been transplanted to +Germany+ either by their Distresses, or by meer Chance. So, a +German+, who, when he is at +Paris+, sees no better Company than the Marchionesses of the Suburb of +St. Germain+, imagines that all the Women both at Court and in the City are like them. In fine, a Foreigner who takes up his Residence in the City of +London+, will entertain a different Idea of the +English+ from what another shall do who lodges at +St. James+'s end of the town. They are, as one may say, so many different Nations in one and the same State, which stand in little relation to one another; and sometimes attribute Virtues and Vices to each other without due Consideration. A Foreigner therefore can form a solid Judgment of none but those with whom he is conversant; and if he has the good luck to pitch his Tent well, he entertains an advantageous Opinion of the Nation in general. Let Foreigners, when they return home, after having kept such various sorts of Company, sit down to draw the Characters of the Nations they have seen, I do but think what a strange difference would appear in their Descriptions! The Judgment therefore which I make of People, is founded upon the Company I kept, and upon what I heard from such Inhabitants of the Country as appear'd to me to be altogether unprejudiced, and were pleased to honour me with their Information. I do not say but, after all, I may have been mistaken; for I do not pretend to have painted things in any other light than as they appear'd to me. If, nevertheless, any particular Person thinks himself particularly intended when I speak of the Inhabitants of any Province or Town in general, I beg him to remember, that I confess in my Memoirs there are worthy People in all parts of the World, and 'tis not my fault if his Conscience does not permit him to rank himself in that number._
_No doubt I shall be reproach'd for relating too many Trifles, and passing too lightly over things of greater Importance. To speak freely again, I will make no difficulty to own, that, if when I began these Memoirs, I had ever thought of printing them, the desire of promoting their Sale might perhaps have put upon inserting a great many Nothings which I omitted, as not thinking it worth while to charge my Memory with 'em. The far greatest part of what the World reads is Trifles, and a History will make its fortune not by the instructive Facts that are in it, but by the Romantic Turn the Author gives it. Besides, I am not so vain as to write with a design of Instructing; for what could I relate in my Travels which others have not done before me in better Terms? To talk of Learned Men, to make a Catalogue of Books and MSS. that are to be met with in Libraries, to ransack the Cabinet of the Curious, to publish Inscriptions, to treat of antique Medals, to affirm that I have seen an +Otho+ of Brass, which is known to be but of Silver, what a Posse of Men of Learning would rise up against me! Whereas, now I fear nothing; the Learned don't read Trifles, or if they do, they scorn to criticise them. I shall to them remain unknown, or at least, my Meanness will be my Protection against their Indignation._
_I would fain be as secure against the Criticism of those, who reading for the sake of their amusement, require an exact, elegant Stile in trifles, that is, adorn'd with the Flowers and Garlands of Rhetorick. But how shall I gain their Indulgence? If I own to them that I could do no better, they will say to me, and justly enough, +Alas! then what made you write?+ To which I shall answer, as I said before, that it was meerly for want of something else to do. If they will but forgive me this time, I assure them that I not only will never relapse into the same error, but that I shall not be sorry if they disdain to take Notice of my Book: And if the reading of these Memoirs inclines them to sleep, I shall think my self very well rewarded for having contributed to their Repose._
_After all, I am more particularly obliged to ask pardon of the +French+ than any other Nation: 'Tis in their Language I have presumed to write, and they are my proper Judges. Such is their Politeness and their Readiness to assist Foreigners, that I doubt not of Mercy. And in return, I promise them, that if a +Frenchman+ ever vouchsafes to write in the +German+ Language, I will forgive him any Errors that he may commit._
ADVERTISEMENT by the EDITOR.
N. B. "These Memoirs went off so quick, that before they had been out scarce six Months, the _French_ Bookseller was oblig'd to prepare for this _Second Edition_; to which, there are considerable Additions both in the Body of the Work and in the Notes, of curious and interesting Facts and Characters, and the principal Alterations that have happen'd at the several Courts, since the first Edition.
"There is added in particular, a very circumstantial Account of the present Elector of _Saxony_'s Family, his Ministers, and Officers; and in short, of the Chief Persons of both Sexes belonging to his Court and Houshold. This is prefix'd in the Original, at the Head of the Memoirs; but the Translator thought it more regular as well as more consistent with the Method observ'd every where else by the Author, to place it at the End of his Description of the City of _Dresden_. The Baron has dedicated that Account to the present Elector (_Augustus_, King of _Poland_) and introduc'd it with the following Preface."
PREFACE,
TO THE SECOND EDITION.
_The_ PRESENT STATE OF THE COURT OF SAXONY_, which is added to this Edition, has no need of a Preface to recommend it, the very Title shewing that 'tis what concerns every +Saxon+ especially to be acquainted with._
_All Subjects have a desire to know something of their Sovereign; and private Men in every State have this Curiosity, with respect to their Ministers and Courtiers. These are the Characters which I have ventured to draw, tho' I own, that I don't think I have always hit the Life, for want of that Penetration and Delicacy of Imagination which Nature, to me a Step-Mother, has deny'd me; and also because it would have been necessary for me to have stay'd longer than I did at +Dresden+. Three Months Residence at so great a Court, are hardly sufficient to make a Man acquainted with it, were his Fund of Knowledge even as deep as mine is shallow. Then what a Presumption would it be for me to think I have attained to it!_
_I must not dissemble, that this Book with all its Imperfections, has cost me more trouble in composing than one much larger would have done upon a Subject that had been more familiar to me. There was a necessity for me to make Inquiry into many Particulars, and to get some of my Information from a private hand. I own my Obligation to the Civility of M. +Konig+, the Counsellor of the Court, for the Intelligence I wanted relating to some of the Court-Nobility. If I had been so happy as to have found out but one or two Persons more as active for me as he was, my Work would have been more correct and more extensive. Such as it is, I intreat the Reader to accept it, and to forgive any Errors in it, in consideration that I am the first who has ventured to treat of such a Subject. I own, there is a certain degree of Rashness in the Undertaking, but the noble Motive that has induc'd me to it, seems to plead for my excuse._
_All +Saxony+ knows in general, that 'tis govern'd by a Sovereign, gracious, and vigilant to render it happy. It were needless to set the King's Virtues and Actions before their Eyes, which the People already admire, and pray for him. But as this Great Prince does not want those who envy his Glory, they are the Persons whom I have chose to make asham'd of themselves; and have endeavoured, if possible, to reclaim others whom a fatal blindness keeps at a distance from his Majesty's Person[1]._
_All that ever had the honour of approaching +Augustus III.+ will agree with me that he adorns that Throne, upon which a respectful Nation has plac'd him; and that whatever I have said of this Monarch is short of what might be mention'd. How is it possible to give the true Portraiture of a King born without Vice, by Principle virtuous, and religiously good? To admire him in silence is the only way to please him, which I know too well, not to conform to it; and therefore I have not presum'd to expatiate so far in his Praise as the Sublimity of the Subject demands._
_The same Aversion of the Queen to Praise, has confin'd me within the same bounds. How many Virtues have not I been forc'd to smother? What Thoughts_ _have not I sacrific'd, lest I should offend the noble Modesty of that August Princess, who with a Simplicity attending her Grandeur, makes her Glory to consist in being humble in the midst of Honours?_
_I believe no body will dispute the Truth of what I have advanc'd relating to the_ PRINCE ROYAL_ and _ELECTORAL_, the_ PRINCES HIS BROTHERS_, and the _PRINCESSES HIS SISTERS_. The hopes I have raised of what may be expected from_ THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES_, will surely be confirm'd by Time, and by all those who have access to them._
_The Actions of the Duke +John-Adolphus+ of +Saxe-Weissenfels+ are so well establish'd that I have not thought fit to anticipate History, by which they are to be consecrated: And for the same reason, I have but just touch'd upon the amiable Qualities of his Mind, which are rever'd both by the Court and the Army._
_As to the Princess of +Saxe-Weissenfels+, I frankly own, that as I had not the honour of paying my Court to her, what I have said of her Virtues has no other Authority than the Voice of the Publick, which can never speak enough in her Praise._
_I have been more copious in treating of the Ministers; and what I have said of them is so true, that they who know them not may thereby form a just Idea of what they are._
_I have taken as much notice of the principal Lords and the most distinguish'd Ladies of the Court, as the little time I had for this Work, and the Limits to which I was confin'd, would permit. I flatter myself they will forgive the Freedom with which I use them; and hope I have preserv'd a Decency in my Language which will secure me from Reproach._
ADDENDA to Vol. I.
Pap. 15. M. _Beausobre_, Minister of the Gospel at _Berlin_, and Author of several learned Treatises, died in _May_ 1738.
P. 26. The Princess of _Brandenburg-Schwedt_, fourth Daughter of the King of _Prussia_, was deliver'd of a Daughter in _April_ 1738.
P. 27. The Count _de Truchses-Walbourg_, Major-General in the Service of the King of _Prussia_, died at _Berlin_ in _April_ 1738.
P. 34. In _July_ 1738, his _Prussian_ Majesty, together with the Prince Royal and Prince _William_, made a Tour to _Holland_, and paid a Visit to his most Serene Highness the Prince of _Orange_.
P. 66. His Excellency Baron _Hattorf_, Secretary of State for the Affairs of _Hanover_, died in _August_ 1737.
P. 70. _Christina-Louisa_, Princess of _Oetingen_, died in 1736.
P. 72. _Philippina-Charlotte_, Duchess of _Brunswic-Wolfembuttle_, and third Daughter to the King of _Prussia_, after having had two Sons by Duke _Charles_ her Husband, _viz._ the first born in 1735, and the other, who is called _George-Francis_, in 1736, was deliver'd also of a Daughter in _September_ 1737, who in the Month following was baptiz'd by the Names of _Christina-Sophia-Maria_.
P. 105. M. _de Miltitz_, who was Tutor to the present King _Augustus_ when he was Electoral Prince of _Saxony_, died in _March_ 1738.
P. 113. The Princess Royal of _Poland_ was married in _July_ 1738, to Don _Carlos_ King of _Naples_ and _Sicily_.
P. 130. The Count _de Sulkowski_ in _January_ 1738 fell under some Disgrace, so that his Majesty order'd his Papers to be seal'd up, and excused him from farther Attendance on him, but was willing he should keep the Title and Rank of Minister of the Cabinet, and General of the Foot, with 6000 Crowns Pension.
P. 140. _Adolphus de Bruhl_ was in _January_ 1738 appointed Grand-Master of the Horse, at the _Saxon_ Court, in the room of the Count _de Sulkowski_.
P. 142. The Count _de Moschinski_ died in _September_ 1737.
P. 147. The Count _de Diedrichstein_ died at _Prague_ in _September_ 1737. He was Baron of _Hollenbourg_, _Finckenstein_, _Dahlberg_ and _Landskroon_, Hereditary Great Huntsman of _Styria_, Hereditary Cup-Bearer of _Carinthia_, Knight of the Order of St. _John_ of _Jerusalem_, Grand Prior in _Bohemia_, _Moravia_, _Silesia_, _Carinthia_, _Styria_, _Tirol_, _Austria_ and _Poland_, Bailiff of the aforesaid Order, and Commander of the Commanderies of _Little Oels_, _Furstenfeld_ and _Mosling_, a Privy-Counsellor of the Emperor, and Governour-General of the Kingdom of _Bohemia_.
P. 168. The last Duke of _Saxe-Mersebourg_ mention'd in the Note of that Page, died in _May_ 1738.
P. 182. In _April_ 1738, the Emperor appointed the Prince of _Saxe-Gotha_ Lieutenant Velt-Marshal of his Armies; and in _September_ following he solicited the Diet of _Ratisbon_ for the Post of second Velt-Marshal-General of the Empire, in the Disposal of the Protestant States, vacant by the Death of the Baron _de Wutgenau_.
P. 182. _Augusta_ Princess of _Wales_ was deliver'd of a Princess on the 31st of _July_ 1737, who was baptized after her own Name; and on the 24th of _May_ 1738, she was deliver'd of a Prince who was baptiz'd _George-William Frederic_.
P. 208. The Margravine of _Brandenbourg-Culmbach_, Mother to the Queen of _Denmark_, died at _Copenhagen_ in _August_ 1737, in the 70th Year of her Age, very much lamented.
P. 220. Count _Philip Kinski_ was made Chancellor of _Bohemia_, in _May_ 1738, in the room of the late Count _de Collowrat_.
P. 233. The Archduchess, Wife to the Duke of _Lorrain_, had a Daughter, born _January_ 25, 1737, and another born in _September_ 1738.
P. 264. The eldest Son of the Duke _Ferdinand_ of _Bavaria_, died in _April_ 1738.
P. 266. The Count _Maximilian de Fugger_ died at _Vienna_, in _January_ 1738.
P. 266. The Count _de Thirheim_ died in _January_ 1738, at _Lintz_, the Capital of _Upper Austria_.
P. 285. _Charles-Alexander_ Duke of _Wirtemberg-Stutgard_, died on the 1st of _March_ 1737, and was succeeded by his eldest Son _Eugene-Lewis_ the present Duke, who was born the 30th of _January_ 1728.
P. 298. The Margrave of _Baden-Dourlach_ died the first of _May_ 1738, at _Carelsruhe_, who having no Issue living, is succeeded by _Frederic_ of _Witgenstein_, who is marry'd to the Princess _Augusta-Amelia-Albertina_ of _Nassau-Siegen_. The Deceased was 58 Years and near 11 Months of Age, being born the 17th of _June_ 1679. He was a General in the Emperor's Army, and Great Master of the Artillery in the Circle _of Suabia_. By his Wife, a Daughter of the Duke of _Wirtemberg-Stutgard_, he had four Children, who are all dead. When he laid the Plan and Foundation of the City and Castle of _Carelsruhe_, he gave equal Liberty of Conscience to the Lutherans, Calvinists, and Roman Catholics.
P. 321. The Cardinal _de Schonborn_ died in _August_ 1737.
P. 335. The Baron _de Beveren_, Grand Marshal at the Elector Palatine's Court, died there in _January_ 1738.
P. 357. In _January_ 1738, the Prince of _Hesse-Hombourg_ was married to the Velt-Marshal _Trubetskay_'s Daughter.
P. 362. After the Death of the Count of _Hanau_ without Issue, the Succession was awarded to the Prince of _Darmstad_ as next Heir, on condition of his paying 200000_l._ by way of Compensation to the House of _Cassel_.
ADDENDA to Vol. II.
Pag. 14. Cardinal _Bissi_ died in _August_ 1737.
P. 44. Cardinal _Olivieri_, Secretary of the Pope's Briefs, died at _Rome_ in _February_ 1738.
P. 61. Prince _James Sobieski_ died in _December_ 1737.
P. 136. On the 28th of _June_ 1737, the Great Duke of _Tuscany_ died in the 67th Year of his Age, and was succeeded by _Francis_ Duke of _Lorrain_ (who married the Emperor's Daughter) for whom possession was immediately taken of the Duchy by the _German_ Forces.
_Ferdinand_, Duke of _Courland_, who is mentioned in the same Page, died in 1737; and the Nobility assembling at _Mittau_ elected Count _Biron_, a Native, to succeed him.
P. 150. The Affairs of _Corsica_ are very much alter'd since the first Edition of these Volumes. Baron _Theodore_ having left the Island, and promis'd to return soon with Succours, went to _Amsterdam_, where he was confin'd for Debt; but being soon discharg'd by the Interest of some foreign Power, he proceeded to _Paris_, and thence to _Marseilles_, in order, as he gave out, to put himself again at the Head of the _Corsicans_: But during this the _French_ having undertaken to be Mediators betwixt the _Corsicans_ and _Genoese_, have, with the Approbation of both, sent a General thither with some Troops, and the _Corsicans_ have agreed to send over a dozen of their chief Men to the Court of _France_ as Hostages for their good Behaviour; but since this, _Theodore_ has set his Foot again upon that Island.
P. 257. The Duke of _Liria_, Son and Successor to the late Marshal Duke of _Berwic_, died at _Naples_ in _May_ 1738.
P. 260. The Marshal _d'Estrees_ died the 5th of _December_ 1737.
P. 309. The Marshal _de Wrangel_, Governour of _Brussels_, died in _August_ 1737, in the 87th Year of his Age.
P. 332. The Succession to the Duchies of _Juliers_ and _Berg_, is an Affair which has been very much canvass'd for several Months past, between the Elector Palatine and the Courts of _Prussia_ and _Saxony_. The maritime Powers of _Great Britain_ and _Holland_ have proposed an Accommodation, with regard to the Succession, into which the Elector Palatine is willing to enter; but the Courts of _France_, _Prussia_ and _Saxony_ don't concur with it; and _France_ has guarantee'd the actual Possession of those Duchies to the Prince of _Sultzbach_.
P. 447. On the 20th of _November_ 1737, _Wilhelmina-Carolina_ Queen of _Great Britain_ died of a Mortification in her Bowels; and on the 17th of _December_ following she was privately interr'd in _Westminster-Abbey_.
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MEMOIRS
OF THE
Baron de POLLNITZ.
In SEVERAL LETTERS to Mr. _L. C. D. S._