It does not
seem certain whether the King of Prussia has advanced so far in that
mediation, and in the troubles he has excited in Poland, as to be
obliged to become a party. Nor will his becoming a party draw in this
country, the present year, if England remains quiet. Papers which have
lately passed between this court and the government of Holland, prove
that this nourishes its discontent, and only waits to put its house in
order, before it interposes. They have recalled their ambassador from
the Hague, without naming a successor. The King of Sweden, not thinking
that Russia and Denmark are enough for him, has arrested a number of his
Nobles, of principal rank and influence. It is a bold measure, at least,
and he is too boyish a character to authorize us to presume it a wise
one, merely because he has adopted it. His army was before disgusted. He
now puts the Nobles and all their dependants on the same side, and they
are sure of armed support, by Russia on the north, and Denmark on the
south. He can have no salvation but in the King of Prussia.
I have received two letters from Ledyard, the one dated Alexandria,
August the 15th, the other Grand Cairo, September the 10th; and one
lately from Admiral Paul Jones, dated St.
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