Wyndham, of Salisbury, sister of Henry Wyndham, Esq., of that City, a maiden lady of ample fortune, has ordered her banker to prepare the sum of 1,000 pounds to be immediately remitted, in her own name, as a present to the King of Prussia." [_ London Chronicle,_ March 14th-16th, 1758; _ Lloyd's Evening Post;_ &c.

&c.] Doubtless to the King of Prussia's surprise, and that of London Society, which would not want for commentaries on such a thing! Before long, the Subsidy Treaty being now out, and the Wyndham topic new again, London Society reads, in the same Newspaper, a Documentary Piece, calculated to help in its commentaries.

There is good likelihood of guess, though no certainty now attainable, that the "English Lady" referred to may be Miss Bab.

herself;--of whose long-vanished biography, and brisk, airy, nomadic ways, we catch hereby a faint shadow, momentary, but conceivable, and sufficient for us:-- "TO THE AUTHORS OF THE LONDON CHRONICLE.

_London Chronicle,_ of 13th-15th April, 1758.
"The following Account, which is a real fact, will serve to show with what punctuality and exactness the King of Prussia attends to the most minute affairs, and how open he is to applications from all persons.
"An English Lady being possessed of actions [shares] in the Embden Company, and having occasion to raise money on them, repaired to Antwerp [some two years ago, as will be seen], and made application for that purpose to a Director of the Company, established there by the King of Prussia for the managing all affairs relative thereto.