THROUGH SWEDEN. 
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fophiftry. The court-martial by which he was tried in 1772 , 
after a confinement of more than four months at Stockholm, was 
held under the direction of General Horn, who had been cre¬ 
ated a Count after the revolution in 1772 , more from his zeal, 
it is faid, than on account of any real fervice. This nobleman, 
being a near relation to Baron Peckling, feemed to fear nothing 
fo much as to be thought partial to his kinfman. As the charge 
laid againft him was no lefs than rebellion and high treafon, it 
was very difficult to find a lawyer who would undertake his de¬ 
fence ; till, at laid, a young man, of the name of Blix, generoufly 
offered his fervices. The court-martial being at a lofs how, on 
any plaufible grounds, to find the General guilty, but yet not 
daring to acquit him before they knew the intentions of the 
King, who was then at Elkofund, at the distance of near fifty 
miles from the capital, they adjourned till they ffiould receive 
farther inftru6lion. But as it was contrary to the privileges of the 
Swedifh nobility, that any of their members fhould be kept in 
prifon without being fully convicted of a crime, the General’s 
counfel afked the Court if they had any other rules for their pro¬ 
ceedings than the law T s of their country ? They anfwered they 
had none. Yet Baron Peckling was not fet at liberty, but in 
confequence of a petition to the King. So fudden and deplorable 
was the effedl produced by the revolution on the high-fpiriied 
nobility of Sweden. 
Gothenburg is the fecond city of the kingdom. Its environs 
are almofl every where naked, barren, and dreary. They prefent 
an 
