Summaryis,theseMediatingPowerswillbeofnohelptohisMajesty;noteventheDutchwill,withwhomheisspeciallyinfriendship:nay,inthethirdyearitbecomesfatallymanifest,thechiefMediatingPowers,KaiserandFrance,listeningrathertopoliticalconvenience,thantotheclaimsofjustice,godirectinKur—Pfalz’sfavor;——byformaltreatyoftheirown,[\"Versailles,13thJanuary,1739\"(Olrich,GeschichtederSchlesischenKriege,i。13);Mauvillon,ii405—446;&c。]FranceandtheKaisersettle,\"ThattheSulzbachersshall,asapreliminary,getprovisionalpossession,onthenowSerenity’sdecease;andshallcontinueundisturbedfortwoyears,tillLawdecidebetweenhisPrussianMajestyandthem。\"Twoyears;
Lawdecide;——andweknowwhataretheNINE—POINTSinaLaw—case!
This,atlast,provedtoomuchforhisMajesty。Majesty’sabstrusedubitations,meditationsonsuchtreatmentbyaKaiserandothers,didthen,itappears,gloomilysettleintofixedprivatepurposeoftryingitbytheironramrods,whenoldKur—Pfalzshoulddie,——
ofmarchingwitheightythousandmenintotheCleveCountries,andSOwelcominganySulzbachorothergueststhatmightarrive。
HappilyoldKur—PfalzdidnotdieinhisMajesty’stime;