1 72 VISIT TO DENMARK [1799. 



Munk, who was a particular friend of his. Munk 

 wanted his money very much ; and the king, to pay 

 him, ordered him to get a sum nearly the double of 

 what he owed. Munk got this done openly in the 

 king's name by an artist in town, and being paid out 

 of the sum, the king got the surplus. The notes were 

 sent to Finland by a Jew, and drained that country 

 of money. Munk, having got no order under the 

 king's hand, on his death was ordered to leave the 

 country, and the estate in Finland, bought with his 

 money, was confiscated. He went to Italy and bought 

 an estate in the Cisalpine Republic, whence, of course, 

 he is now driven, and lives at Hamburg on a small 

 annuity, which he still has. The lenity with which 

 all Gustaf's murderers (except Ankerstrom) were 

 treated, and the duke's connection with the masons 

 of higher orders, of which he was master, has given 

 rise to a report, doubtless unjust, that he was privy to 

 his brother's murder. I read a book in Stockholm 

 where this is roundly asserted (' Assassinat de Gustave 

 III., par un officier Polonais'). 



Mansback(who is a great mason) told a story of 

 the duke and himself having met in a church in 

 Stockholm^ and being about ghost-raising, when the 

 duke approached the wall, seeing a spirit, as he 

 thought, on it. When going to address her she 

 a:sked an indecent question, to the extreme confusion 

 of the party, who did not recover it for a long time. 

 It was, in fact, a woman of the town who had got into 

 the church. 



