SHORT CHRONICLE 



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Foreign. 



Afiafsination of the hing of 

 Sweden. 

 Yesterday evening an ex- 

 prefs arrived, at the secretary 

 •of state's office, from Robert 

 Listen, esq. our envoy at the 

 Swediili court which brought 

 the extraordinary intelligence 

 that his majesty the liing of 

 Sweden, had fallen a victim 

 to the too sutccfsful attempt 

 t>f a regicide on the 26th ult. 

 The circumstances of this un- 

 expected event were as fol- 

 low : 



His majesty that evening 

 gave a grand masquerade, to 

 which persons of distinction, 

 at the Swediih court, including 



. several foreign diplomatic cha- 



.racters, were invited. 



During this entertainment 



rand when the isstivity was 



.at its height, a gentleman 

 of considerable rank, an olHcer 



vin the army, watching a fa- 

 vourable opportunity, fired a 

 large pistol at the king, loaded. 

 with slugs, the contents of 

 which lodged in his majesty's 



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groin, and the bottom part of 

 his belly. The perpetrator 

 of this horrid deed was imme- 

 diately secured, but though 

 questioned, would afsign no 

 reason lor his conduct. 



The exprefs was sent off a 

 few hours after the event, at 

 which time the king was diivc, 

 but it had been pronounced 

 impofsible for him to survive 

 any length of time. 



The world on these occa- 

 sions are busy in forming con- 

 jectures. As the king of 

 Sweden so openly opposed the 

 revolution in France, some 

 suspect tliat the patriots iu 

 France are at the bottom of this 

 bloody attempt ; but as the kiilg 

 had offended his nobles at tlie 

 beginning of his reign, by de- 

 priving them of much power 

 they then enjoyed, and had 

 puniflied several persons of 

 high rank for milbehaviour 

 during the late war, it is by 

 no means impofsible that these 

 discontents may have paved 

 the way to this enterprisfe ; a 

 little time will clear up these 

 doubts. 



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