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Sdiae Account of the isteST A \NISLAUS 
AvucustTus (PONIATOWSKY) KING 
of POLAND ; 
© TANISLAUS » ‘Auguftus 
kK) towiky, was berh on 
Ponia- 
the 47th 
of January, 1732, O.S. He was the 
third fon ef Count Pontatowfky, a man 

of fome talents, but of no family; 
had been the feounte of Charles XII. 
of Sweden, and who on the death, or 
as itis now fuppoied, the apes: nation of 
that prince, retired to, and fettled in 
native country. 
But if the birth of the father was ob- 
feure *, that of the mother was uncom- 
monly illufirious. She was the Prin 
Ezatory{ka, and boatted the poffeflion of 
the nobleft blecd im the repeblic, as fhe 
traced her defcent frem the Jec¢ellons, the 
ancient fovercigns of Lithuania. Their 
youngelt fon, the fubjeét of thefe me- 
moirs, who was known by fhe title of 
Count Poniatowiky, from his earlieft 
youth, was the darling of his mother, a 
and ambitious 
aH 
beautiful, accomplithed 
was commenced 
nd not only fuper- 
Fis edurc eabin 
under her owneye, 2 
#itended, butin part directed by herfelf. 
She was indeed admirably calculated for 
this important charge; fer fhe herfelf 
was coniidered as ‘pol feed of extraordi- 
Hary attainments; that foo in a coufitry, 
wuere the women are faid to be better in- 
fru€ted than the mens The young 
count was attentive to his feadies, arid, at 
a very carly period ef life, fortunat ely 
imbibed a -tafte for letters; to whi ich he 
has been indebted. fer confolatioa during 
his misfortunes. When about eigh teen 
years of age, he was {ent to travel, and 
received inftructicns from his mother, 
after, wvifiting Italy and Germany; to pro- 
WN:coOmMm 
Vi Cypar e 

ee 
% He i is Feprelunted to have been a fortu- 
nate adventurer, who, from the humble 
fituation ‘of a fervant in the fam ily of Miziel- 
ky, in Lithuann,. pailed i into the fervice of 
Charles XIT. “and obtained the confidence of 
thatiprince.,. He aiterwards attached himielf 
“ta cKing Stanifiaus Lecziniky, whom ke is 
fort 
faid to have bewayed; having 
ot the ‘nip “HeeRt of abdicatio Ds fox Tit erly 
dented to that prince, by Aug rufus Lf. 
fersce or Chases MIL, 
deprived him 
pre- 
in pre- 
Contiia it-is, that he 
Lepaited to Mies with this Jnemorable 
2 paper, where, Auguttus rewarc 
ag Exjacets Ezato: yskos OF hana G ty ika. 
e{s_ 
ceed: th ae rane’ me epee As 
fhe profefled a particular averfion fo. the 
court of Verfailles, fhe enjoined him te 
remain there but a fhort time >and as 
joved the Englith, fhe on the contrary, 
permitted ine to flay” in Great Britain 
as long as he pleafed. 
Tmmee: diately on his arrival | ‘sao thte 
scan he es on Sir Charles Han- 
SETA 
he it v7 af faw 3 a during 
dence there had received mane civilities 
from his family. - In the fuite of that 
minifter, and in no higher ait 8 —_ 
that of a gentleman of the fembafly, he 
eee to St.-T *eterfourgh, and dag 
tered on a career that condu&ted him to a 
crown. Flizabeth was at this ° period 
feated on the throne of the- eure She 
had married her nephew, the unfertanate 
Peter FI. to an obfeure German prin- 
cefs; for the frequent revolutions ° ie 
Rufa had rendered a mateh with any of 
the royal families of Europe too danger- 
cus to become an objeét of defire. The 
confort of the grand duke was a bold 
and afpiring wom ; finee but too-well 
sown under the name of Catherine BL. 
Their tempers, ftadies, and” purfuits, 
were entirely diflimilar. He was at- 
fe to the Countefs Woronfoff; the 
o the chamberlain Soltikoff, ahandfeme — 
ruMan, who had jul been fent into’ am 
henourable circle { on that very account. 
At this critical period, the young Pole 
appeared at Petefbargh, and the grand 
duchefs infantly dried up her tears. 
Staniflaus Poni iatowsky was then one of 
the handfomeft men in Europe.” His 
perfon was moulded into the moft exqui- 
fite fyinmetry ; his air was noble; his 
manners fafcinating; in fhort, he "pote 
feffed a charming exterior, and his mind 
—a circumitance extremely rare—a@ 
peared to be fullas graceful as his perfon. 

. He had: cultivated “a fake fér the arts; 
was acquainted with “the principal lan- 
guages of Europe 5“and” had ‘a ‘certairt 
foftnel§ of mannérs, which afterwards 
desenet perhaps, into’ weaknefs 3 
but at that timé*it appeared to sioehed 
ated, 

ne 

+ He is, byfome, faid te have been fecre- 
tary. é Lape 
tHe was eppginted agibatador to Den~ 
mark, 
fypm 
