The Empress Dowager of the Emperor _Joseph_ resides also at the Court of _Vienna_, and her Name is _Wilhelmina-Amelia_: She is the Daughter of the late Duke of _Hanover_, Uncle to the King of _England_. After the Death of her Father, who left no Male Issue, this Princess went and stay’d some time in _France_, and her Sister having marry’d the Prince of _Modena_, she accompany’d her into that Country, where she stay’d till her Marriage, which was concluded at _Modena_ with the Emperor _Joseph_, then King of the _Romans_; for whom the Duke her Brother-in-Law marry’d her as Proxy: She went afterwards to _Vienna_, where she was the Admiration of the whole Court, not only for the Lustre of her Person, but for the other Qualities with which Nature has endow’d her: She took Care to cultivate her Mind with much Reading, and especially by the Study of the Languages, to which she gave great Application with Success, and she understands _French_ and _Italian_ as well as her native Language. This Princess had several Children by the Emperor her Husband, of whom there are but Two Princesses living; the one call’d _Maria-Josepha_, marry’d to the Electoral Prince of _Saxony_, now King of _Poland_; and the other call’d _Maria-Amelia_, marry’d to the Electoral Prince, now the Elector, of _Bavaria_. These, _Madame_, were the Persons of whom the Imperial Family then consisted: I had the Honour in a few Days after my Arrival to kiss the Hands of all this august Family, and was afterwards introduc’d to the Ministers; so that in a very little time I was known by the whole Court, and was so happy, as to acquire some Friends of Distinction, who gave me Marks of their good Will, without putting me to the Trouble of dancing Attendance, and desir’d Prince _Eugene_ to give me an Employment: I had the Honour to wait on that Prince with particular Letters of Recommendation, that I brought from the Elector Palatine. The Prince, who receiv’d me very kindly, told me, that he could not insure me a Place, because the Colonels dispos’d of all the Employments in their Regiments; but that he would oblige me to the utmost of his Power; and indeed some time after, he was so good as to speak for me to the Count _Max----_ of _S----_, who gave me a Company in his Regiment, which was then in _Sicily_. I was mightily charm’d with this Present, and imagin’d that Fortune was at length weary of having so long thwarted me: Yet when I began to think coolly of the Matter, I had some Reflections which made me relapse into my former Melancholy: I was not in Cash, and I saw that I could not avoid being at a considerable Expence. Besides, I had contracted some dribbling Debts, which I wanted to clear before I left _Vienna_: My Equipage was so much out of Repair, that it would cost some Money to remount it; and finally, there was a Necessity for my going to _Sicily_; all which Things were not to be done with a trifling Expence: Upon this