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content of the rest of the nobility. Of this junto the 

 chief are Count Uglas, governor of the province of 

 Stockholm ; Count Fersen, who commanded the regi- 

 ment of the Swedes (Sweders Eonol) in France, and 

 made a very narrow escape from the guillotine for 

 his zeal in assisting the royal family's flight in 1791 ; 

 and Admiral Eosenstein. 



Some are, however, of opinion that the king's abil- 

 ities will break forth, and indeed there is some reason 

 to think that he will endeavour to imitate his sup- 

 posed father; at least he recalled all those whom the 

 regent had displaced, and has lately appointed the 

 wife of Armfelt governess to the young Crown Prince, 

 which makes people expect that he himself is to be 

 recalled. The regent by his conduct displeased 

 everybody, particularly by his choice of Eeuterholm 

 for his minister. He is a man of very inferior abili- 

 ties ; and instead of his brother's determined spirit, his 

 government was marked by timidity and indecision. 

 He was never popular even before, and his loss of the 

 Swedish fleet at Wiborg had greatly incensed the 

 people against him. He displaced the chief favour- 

 ites of his brothers, some of them openly, others more 

 indirectly. Thus D'Essen threw up his offices, and 

 quitted the Court on some economical regulations 

 being proposed in his department. 



The dismissal of Munk was another act of his, and 

 has been much misrepresented. In the course of 

 Gustaf III.'s extravagance and constant want of 

 money, he had borrowed a considerable sum from 



