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708 NOTES TO VOLUME I.
the Senate or the Privy Council were in its favour. The policy of
England consisted in strengthening the hands of Adolphus Frederic,
by subsidizing him with a large sum of money. This plan was
agreed upon after consulting with Mr. Springer, and he was selected
by Mr. Pitt to carry it out. These particulars Mr. Springer related
to C. F. Nordensköld, who published them in his “ Considérations
générales," &c., pp. 324 and 325. There we learn that the first
step taken by the English government was to appoint Springer a
privy councillor of Commerce ; whereupon he Communicated with
trusty friends of the King of Sweden, and by the greatest pru
dence and disinterestedness succeeded in conveying the large sum
of £100,000 into the hands of the King. This sum was applied by the
King in conciliating the more obstreperous and obstructive delegates
in the Swedish Diet, with a view of obtaining a majority of that
assembly; and afterwards he took measures to induce the Senate
to summon a meeting of the Diet, which for several years they
had steadily refused to do. These particulars are described by
C. F. Nordensköld thus: “ Prince Gustavus now announced to the
several departments that his father was no longer willing to reign
over Sweden; and in the eulogium which he pronounced upon his
father he said, ’We saw the King lay down his crown, and five days
afterwards resume it again, the Diet having been summoned, and
order restored .’ The result of all this was that the policy
of peace prevailed at the Diet, and that peace was concluded
between Sweden and Frederic the Great, in 1762.
Springer wrote on this subject to Abbé Pernety (see Section X) :
"The particulars Swedenborg has told me respecting my deceased
friends and enemies and the secrets between us, are almost incredible.
He explained to me the mode in which peace was concluded be
tween Sweden and the King of Prussia ; and he praised my conduct
on that occasion. He even specified the high personages whose
services I made use of at that time ; which was nevertheless a
profound secret between us. On asking him how it was possible for
him to obtain such information, and who had discovered it to him,
he replied, “Who informed me about your affair with Count Claes
Ekeblad ? You cannot deny that what I have told you is true.
Continue,” he added, “to merit his reproaches; depart not from the
good way, either for honours or gain; but, on the contrary, continue
as constant therein as you have been hitherto, and you will prosper.”
In the Anteckningar, &c. (p. 169), we read further concerning
Springer: " He became finally reconciled to the Swedish government,
and was honoured by letters from King Adolphus Frederic and
King Gustavus III, both of whom sought to induce him to return
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