The Virginia Gazette

Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Berlin to his Friend in London, dated April 27.

"I have Reason to think that the Cloud gathering in Germany will not disturb the present Peace of the Empire. My Barometer is, the actual State of Security and Tranquility in which the King of Prussia remains; for, from the Knowledge I have of that Prince's Temper, and Way of acting, I have Reason to think that if he entertained but the remotest Suspicion of any hostile Intention against him, or dangerous Consequence to his natural Ally Russia, from the present Armaments of the House of Austria, he would not be so inactive, and appear so unconcerned. Besides, the good Understanding which apparently subsists at this Moment between him and the Court of Vienna confirms me the more in this Opinion, and induces me to believe that he is no Stranger to the present Views and Designs of that Power, which tend, it is thought, with the mutual Consent of the Courts of Berlin and Petersburg, to restore Tranquillity to Poland, and to oblige the Turks to a Peace with Russia, who, it is assured, has declared her Inclination to the Court of Vienna to treat with the Porte on Terms so moderate and equitable as gave the greatest Satisfaction to the Austrian Court. A very short Time, however, will soon discover the End and Intention of the present immense warlike Preparations of the House of Austria, with Regard to which the greatest Secrecy is observed at Vienna."