, and with the whole world that
fell upon one another's throats in her quarrel! Some eight years of the
most disastrous War; and except the falling of Silesia to its new
place, no result gained by it. War at any rate inevitable, you object?
English-Spanish War having been obliged to kindle itself; French sure
to fall in, on the Spanish side; sure to fall upon Hanover, so soon as
beaten at sea, and thus to involve all Europe? Well, it is too likely.
But, even in that case, the poor English would have gone upon their
necessary Spanish War, by the direct road and with their eyes open,
instead of somnambulating and stumbling over the chimney-tops; and the
settlement might have come far sooner, and far cheaper to mankind.--Nay,
we are to admit that the new place for Silesia was, likewise, the place
appointed it by just Heaven; and Friedrich's too was a necessary War.
Heaven makes use of Shadow-hunting Kaisers too; and its ways in this mad
world are through the great Deep."

THE YOUNG DESSAUER CAPTURES GLOGAU (MARCH 9th); THE OLD DESSAUER, BY HIS
CAMP OF GOTTIN (APRIL 2d), CHECKMATES CERTAIN DESIGNING PERSONS.

Money somewhere her Hungarian Majesty has got; that is one thing
evident. She has an actual Army on foot, "drawn out of Italy," or whence
she could; formidable Army, says rumor, and getting well equipped;--and
here are the Pandour Precursors of it, coming down like storm-clouds
through the Glatz valleys;--nearly finishing the War for her at
a stroke, the other day, had accident favored;--and have thrown
reinforcement of 600 into Neisse. Friedrich is not insensible to these
things; and amid such alarms from far and from near, is becoming eager
to have, at least, Glogau in his hand. Glogau, he is of opinion, could
now, and should, straightway be done.

Glogau is not a strong place; after all the repairing, it could stand
little siege, were we careless of hurting it. But Wallis is obstinate;
refuses Free Withdrawal; will hold out to the uttermost, though his meal
is running low. He pretends there is relief coming; relief just at hand;
and once, in midnight time, "lets off a rocket and fires six guns,"
alarming Prince Leopold as if relief were just in the neighborhood. A
tough industrious military man; stiff to his purpose, and not without
shift.

Friedrich thinks the place might be had by assault: "Open trenches; set
your batteries going, which need not injure the Town; need only alarm
Wallis, and TERRIFY it; th