but　runs　now　hither　now　thither；　is　at　Torgau；　where　an　important　establishment；　kind　of　New　Government　for　Saxony；　on　the　Finance　side；　is　organizing　itself。　What　his　work　with　Ambassadors　was；　and　how　delicate　the　handling　needed；　think！〃Here　is　another　Clipping：
  。。。　〃Polish　Majesty　passes　the　day　at　Struppen；　amid　many　vain　noises　of　Soldiering；　of　Diplomatizing；　the　night　always　at　Konigstein；　and　finally　both　day　and　night；quite　luxuriously　accommodated；　Bruhl　and　he；　to　the　very　end　of　this　Affair。　Towards　Struppen　＇this　is　weeks　farther　on；　but　we　give　it　here＇；　Comte　de　Broglio　＇Old　Broglio's　elder　Son；　younger　is　in　the　Military　line＇；　who　is　Ambassador　to　his　Saxon…Polish　Majesty；　sets　out　from　Dresden　for　an　interview　with　said　Majesty。　At　the　Prussian　lines；　he　is　informed；　'Yes；　you　can　go；　but；　without　our　King's　Order；　you　cannot　return。'　'What？　The　Most　Christian　Majesty's　Ambassador；　and　treated　in　this　way？　I　will　go　to　where　the　Polish　King　is；　and　I　will　return　to　my　own　King；　so　often　as　I　find　business：　stop　me　at　your　peril！'　and　threatened　and　argued；　and　made　a　deal　of　blusterous　noise；far　too　much；　thinks　Valori；　think　the　Prussian　Officers；　who　are　sorry；　but　inflexible。　Margraf　Karl；　Commandant　of　the　place；　in　absence　of　King　Friedrich　（who　is　gone　lately；　on　a　Business　we　shall　hear　of）；　earnestly　dissuaded　Excellency　Broglio；　but　it　was　to　no　purpose。　Next　day　Broglio　appeared　in　his　state…carriage；　formally　demanding　entrance；　free　thoroughfare：　'Do　you　dare　refuse　me？'　'Yes；'　answered　Margraf　Karl；　'we　do　and　must。'　Indignant　Broglio　reappeared；　next　day；　on　foot；　Lieutenant…General　Prince　Friedrich　Eugen　of　Wurtemberg　the　chief　man　in　charge：　'Do　you　dare？'　'Indubitably；　Yes；'and　Broglio　still　pushing　on　incredulous；　Eugen　actually　raised　his　arm；elbow　and　fore…arm　across　the　breast　of　Most　Christian　Majesty's　Ambassador；who　recoiled；　to　Dresden；　in　mere　whirlwinds　of　fire；　and　made　the　most　of　it　＇unwisely；　thinks　Valori＇　in　writing　to　Court。　＇Valori；　ii。　349；　209；　353　（〃Wednesday；　6th　October；〃　the　day　of　it；　seemingly）；　ib。　i。　312；　&c。＇　Court；　in　high　dudgeon；　commanded　Valori　to　quit　Berlin　without　taking　leave。　Valori；　in　his　private　capacity；　wrote　an　Adieu；　＇Friedrich's　kind　Letter　in　answer　to　it；　〃2d　November；　1756；〃　in　Valori；　i。　313。＇　and　in　his　public；　as　the　fact　stood；　That　he　was　gone　without　Adieu。〃
  And　the　Dauphiness；　daughter　of　those　injured　Polish　Majesties；　fell　on　her　knees　（Pompadour　permitting　and　encouraging）　at　the　feet　of　Most　Christian　Majesty；　on　her　knees；　all　in　passion　of　tears；　craved　help　and　protection　to　her　loved　old　Mother；　in　the　name　of　Nature　and　of　all　Kings：　could　any　King　resist？　And　his　Pompadour　was　busy：　〃Think　of　that　noble　Empress；　who　calls　me　COUSIN　AND　DEAR　PRINCESS；　think　of　that　insolent　Prussian　Robber：　Ah；　your　Majesty：〃　…and　King　Louis；　though　not　a　hating　man；　did　privately　dislike　Friedrich；　and　evil　speeches　of　Friedrich's　had　been　reported　to　him。　And；　in　short；　the　upshot　was：　King　Louis；　bound　only　to　24；000　for　help　of　Austria；　determined　to　send；　and　did　send；　above　100；000　across　the　Rhine；　next　Year；　for　that　object；　as　will　be　seen。　And　all　Frenchmenall　except　Belleisle；　who　is　oldare　charmed　with　these　new　energetic　measures；　and　beautiful　new　Austrian　connections。
  Certain　it　is；　the　Austrians　are　coming；　her　Imperial　Majesty　bent　with　all　her　might　on　relief　of　those　Saxon　martyrs；　which　indeed　is　relief　of　herself；　as　she　well　perceives：　〃Courage；　my　friends；　endure　yet　a　little！〃　Messengers　smuggle　themselves　through　the　Mountain　paths；　and　go　and　return；　though　with　difficulty。
  Since　September　19th；　the　Correspondence　with　Polish　Majesty　has　ceased：　no　persuading　of　the　Polish　Majesty。　Winterfeld　went　twice　to　him；　conferred　at　large；　Bruhl　forbidden　to　be　there；　on　the　actual　stringencies　and　urgencies　of　Fact　between　the　Two　Countries；　but　it　was　with　no　result　at　all。　Polish　Majesty　has　not　the　least　intention　that　Saxony　shall　be　even　a　Highway　for　Friedrich；　if　at　any　time　Polish　Majesty　can　hinder　it：　〃Neutrality；〃　therefore；　will　not　do　for　Friedrich；　he　demands　Alliance；　practical　Partnership；　and　to　that　his　Polish　Majesty　is　completely　abhorrent。　Diplomatizing　may　cease；　nothing　but　wrestle　of　fight　will　settle　this　matter。
  Friedrich；　able　to　get　nothing　from　the　Sovereign　of　Saxony；　is　reduced　to　grasp　Saxony　itself：　and　we　can　observe　him　doing　it；　always　the　closer；　always　the　more　carefully；　as　the　complicacy　deepens；　and　the　obstinacy　becomes　more　dangerous　and　provoking。　What　alternative　is　there？　On　first　entering　Saxony；　Friedrich　had　made　no　secret　that　he　was　not　a　mere　bird　of　passage　there。　At　Torgau；　there　was　at　once　a　〃Field…Commissariat〃　established；　with　Prussian　Officials　of　eminence　to　administer；　the　Military　Chest　to　be　deposited　there；　and　Torgau　to　be　put　in　a　state　of　defence。　Torgau；　our　Saxon　Metropolis　of　War…Finance；　is　becoming　more　and　more　the　Metropolis　of　Saxon　Finance　in　general。　Saxon　Officials　were　liable；　from　the　first；　to　be　suspended；　on　Friedrich's　order。　Saxon　Finance…Officials；　of　all　kinds；　were　from　the　first　instructed；　that　till　farther　notice　there　must　be　no　disbursements　without　King　Friedrich's　sanction。　And；　in　fact；　King　Friedrich　fully　intends　that　Saxony　is　to　help　him　all　it　can；　and　that　it　either　will　or　else　shall；　in　this　dire　pressure　of　perplexity；　which　is　due　in　such　a　degree　to　the　conduct　of　the　Saxon　Government　for　twelve　years　past。　Would　Saxony　go　with　him　in　any　form　of　consent；　how　much　more　convenient　to　Friedrich！　But　Saxony　will　not；　Polish　Majesty；　not　himself　suffering　hunger；　is　obstinate　as　the　decrees　of　Fate　（or　as　sheep；　when　too　much　put　upon）；　regardless　of　considerations；and；　in　fine；　here　is　Browne　actually　afoot；　coming　to　relieve　Polish　Majesty！The　Austrians　had　uncommonly　bestirred　themselves：
  The　activity；　the　zeal　of　all　ranks；　ever　since　this　expedition　into　Saxony；　and　clutching　of　Saxony　by　the　throat；　contemporary　witnesses　declare　to　have　been　extraordinary。　〃Horses　for　Piccolomini's　Cavalry；they　had　scarcely　got　their　horses；　not　to　speak　of　training　them；　not　to　speak　of　cannon　and　the　heavier　requisites；　when　Schwerin　began　marching　out　of　Glatz　on　Piccolomini。　As　to　the　cannon　for　Browne　and　him；　draught…cattle　seem　absolutely　unprocurable。　Whereupon　Maria　Theresa　flings　open　her　own　Imperial　Studs：　'There；　yoke　these　to　our　cannon；　let　them　go　their　swiftest；'which　awoke　such　an　enthusiasm；　that　noblemen　and　peasants　crowded　forward　with　their　coach…horses　and　their　cart…horses；　to　relay　Browne；　all　through　Bohemia；　at　different　stages；　and　the　cannon　and　equipments　move　to　their　places　at　the　gallop；　in　a　manner；〃　＇Archenholtz；　i。　24。＇and　even　Browne；　at　the　base　of　the　Metal　Mountains；　has　got　most　of　his　equipments。　And　is　astir　towards　Pirna　（Army　of　60；000；　rumor　says）；　for　relief　of　the　Saxon　martyrs。　Friedrich's　complexities　are　getting　day　by　day　more　stringent。
  From　the　middle　of　September；　Marshal　Keith；　as　was　observed；　with　Half　of　the　Prussians；　Duke　Ferdinand　of　Brunswick　under　him；　has　been　on　the　Bohemian　slope　of　the　Metal　Mountains；　securing　the　roads；　towns　and　passes　thereabouts；　and　looking　out　for　the　advance　of　Marshal　Browne　from　the　interior　parts。　Town　of　Aussig；　and　the　River…road　（castle　of　Tetschen；　on　its　high　rock　known　to　Tourists；　which　always　needs　to　be　taken　on　such　occasions）；　these　Keith　has　secured。　Lies　encamped　from　Peterswalde　to　Aussig；　the　middle　or　main　strength　of　him　being　in　the　Hamlet　of　Johnsdorf　（discoverable；　if　readers　like）：　there　lies　Keith；　fifteen　miles　in　length；　like　a　strap；　or　bar；　thrown　across　the　back　of　that　Metal…　Mountain　Range；or　part　of　its　back；　for　the　range　is　very　broad；　and　there　is　much　inequality；　and　many　troughs；　big　and　little；　partial　and　general；　in　the　crossing　of　it。　A　tract　which　my　readers　and　I　have　crossed　before　now；　by　the　〃Pascopol〃　or　Post…　road　and　otherwise；　and　shall　often　have　to　cross！
  Browne；　vigorously　astir　in　the　interior　（cannon　and　equipments　coming　by　relays　at　such　a　pace）；　is　daily　advancing；　with　his　best　speed：　in　the　last　days　of　September；　Browne　is　encamped　at　Budin；　may　cross　the　Eger　River　any　day；　and　will　then　be　within　two　marches　of　Keith。　His　intentions　towards　Pirna　Country　are　fixed　and　sure；　but　the　plan　or　route　he　will　take　is　unknown　to　everybody；　and　indeed　to　Browne　himself；　till　he　see　near　at　hand　and　consider。　Browne's　problem；　he　himself　knows；　is　abundantly　abstruse；bordering　on　the　impossible；　but　he　will　try　his　best。　To　get　within　reach　of　the　Saxons　is　almost　impossible　to　Browne；　even　were　there　no　Keith　there。　As　good　as　impossible　altogether；　by　any　line　of　march；　while　Keith　is　afoot　in　those　parts。　By　Aussig；　down　the　River；　straight　for　the　interior　of　their　Camp；　it　is　flatly　impossible：　by　the　south　or　southeast　corner　of　their　Camp　（Gottleube　way）；　or　by　the　northeast　（by　Schandau　way；　right　bank　of　Elbe）；　it　is　virtually　so；at　least　without　beating　Keith。　Could　one　beat　Keith　indeed；but　that　will　not　be　easy！　And　that；　unluckily；　is　the　preliminary　to　everything。
  〃By　the　Hellendorf…Hennersdorf　side；　in　the　wastes　where　Gottleube　Brook　gathers　itself；　Browne