lying ingloriously 
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joining the Swedishstandard against 
Russia. It appears from the con- 
fession of Ankerstroem, the assassin, 
who, when threatened with the 
“torture, disclosed many of the cir- 
cumstances of the conspiracy, that 
‘Several persons were accessary to 
it. Many have been taken up, 
and their examinations have com- 
menced before the privy counsellor 
Liliensparr. At the head of the 
‘conspiracy appears to have been 
the Baron Bielke, a nobleman 
formerly in the confidence of the 
King, President of the Council of 
War, besides holding many other 
high offices. Finding his treachery 
discovered, and that there was no 
chance of escape, he prepared a 
‘strong dose of laudanum and arse- 
nic ; and when he sawthe officers of 
justice surrounding his habitation, 
drank it off as a libation to his 
_ guilty and tormented conscience. 
On his Majesty’s death the Prince 
Royal was immediately proclaimed 
King, by the name of Gustavus 
Adolphus; and the Duke of Su- 
dermania, in compliance with his 
late Majesty’s will, was declared 
sole regent and guardian of the 
young sovereign, until he attains 
his majority, which is fixed at the 
age of eighteen. Theking of Swe- 
den diedin the forty-fifth year of 
his age, and the twentieth year 
of his reign. The reflection of 
through the 
means of a vile assassin, is said to 
haveembittered the last moments of 
the king’s life much more than even 
the agonizing pains of his wounds. 
The late king retained all his men- 
tal faculties to the last, which en- 
abled him so well to arrange the fu- 
‘ture government of his country.The 
wounds at first indicated the most 
promising appearances of recovery, 
(3 
and the slugs were all extracted ; 
but some rusty pieces of iron had 
penetrated so far into the body 
as to render any surgical operation 
immediate death. A mortification, 
therefore, took place, and his Ma- 
jesly was apprized of his speedy 
dissolution. He lamented the youth 
of his son, and, in his last moments, 
prayed that Heaven would be satis- 
fied with the earthly retribution of 
his murderer. 
Robert Adam, Esq. architect, 
F.R.S. and F.S. A. by the burst- 
ing of a blood-vessel. Mr. Adam 
was born in the year 1728, at 
Kirkaldy, in the county of Fife, 
the same place that gave birth to 
Dr. Adam Smith. He was second 
son of William Adam of Mary- 
burgh, Esq. an architect of distin- 
guished merit. He received his 
education at the University of 
Edinburgh, which is now rebuild- 
ing after his designs. The friend- 
ships he formed were with men 
who. have since eminently distia- 
guished themselves by their literary 
productions; among whom were: 
David Hume, Dr. Robertson, 
Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, and 
John Home. At a more advanced 
time of life he had the good for- 
tune to enjoy the friendship and 
society of Archibald Duke of Ar- 
‘gyle, the late Mr. Charles Towns- 
hend, the Earl of Mansfield, and 
several other of the most illustrious 
men of the age. He was buried 
the 10th of March, in the south 
aisle of Westminster Abbey. 
APRIL. 
2d.¥rancis Hubbard, alias Noble, 
convicted of the murder of Jordan 
Hosty, was conveyed in a cart from 
Newgate 
