Letter written to his young Brother-in-law, Karl of Brunswick, who is now become Duke there; Grandfather and Father both dead; [Grandfather, 1st March, 1735; Father (who lost the _Lines of Ettlingen_ lately in our sight), 3d September, 1735.

Supra, vol.vi.p.

372.] and has just been blessed with an Heir, to boot.

Congratulation on the birth of this Heir is the formal purport of the Letter, though it runs ever and anon into a military strain.

Here are some sentences in a condensed form:-- "DANTZIG, 26th OCTOBER, 1735....