HANOVER，SEPTEMBER27th。BritannicMajesty，reducedtothatfrightfulpinch，hasatlastgivenway。TreatyofNeutralityforHanover；engagementagaintostickone’spuissantPragmaticswordintoitsscabbard，tobeperfectlyquiescentandcontemplativeintheseFrench—BavarianAnti—Austrianundertakings，anddigestone’sindignationasonecan。ForourPaladinofthePragmaticwhataposture！ThisisthefirstofThreeAttemptsbyourpuissantlittlePaladintodrawsword；——nottillthethirdcouldhegethisswordout，ordotheleastfighting（evenfoolishfighting）withallthe40，000hehadkeptonpayandsubsidyforyearsback。
TheNeutralitywasforHanoveronly，andhadnospecificlimitastotime。Opportunitiesdidrise；butsomethingalwaysrosealongwiththem，——mainlytheimpossibilityofhoistingthoselazyDutch，——andcheckedone’snoblerage。HisMajestyhascovenantadtovoteforKarlAlbertasKaiser；evenhe，andwillmakethethingunanimous！Athoroughlycheck—matedMajesty。PassinghometoEngland，thistimeinagloomyconditionofmind，shortlyafterthesehumiliations，hewasjustissuingfromOsnabruckbytheEasternGate，whenMaillebois’speopleenteredbytheWestern，——
theuglyshoesoftheminsultinghiskibesinthismanner。AndafuriousAnti—WalpoleParliament，mostperturbedofNationalPalavers，iswaitinghimatSt。James’s。Heavy—ladenlittleHerculesthatheis！
KarlAlbertlayatLinzforamonthlonger（tillOctober24th，sixweeksinall）；pausinginuncertainties，inapleasantdreamofvictoryandsovereignty；notpouncingonVienna，asFriedrichurgedontheFrenchandhim，tocutthematterbytheroot。Hedoespushforwardcertaintroops，ComtedeSaxewithThreeHorseRegimentsasvanguard，evernearertoVienna；atlasttowithinfortymilesofit；nay，light—horsepartiescamewithintwenty—fivemiles。
AndtherewasskirmishingwithMentzel，asanguinaryfellow，ofwhomweshallhearmore；whohadgot\"1，000Tolpatches\"underhim，andstoodruggedlyatbay。