The Crown of Poland, August III.

has got it, by Russian bombardings and other measures: Crown shall stay with August,--all the rather as there would be no dispossessing him, at this stage.

He was your Imperial Majesty's Candidate; let him be the winner there, for your Imperial Majesty's comfort.
"3.

And then as to poor Stanislaus?
Well, let Stanislaus be Titular Majesty of Poland for life;--which indeed will do little for him:--but in addition, we propose, That, the Dukedom of Lorraine being now in our hands, Majesty Stanislaus have the life-rent of Lorraine to subsist upon; and--and that Lorraine fall to us of France on his decease!--'Lorraine ?' exclaim the Kaiser, and the Reich, and the Kaiser's intended Son-in-law Franz Duke of Lorraine.

There is indeed a loss and a disgrace; a heavy item in the Election damages! "4.