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670 [Doc. 276.
THREE EXTRAORDINARY FACTS.
Swedenborg to interrogate him on this subject. When she
gave him this commission, the Senators Count T .....39 and
Count H .....28 were present. As the latter gentleman, who
had intercepted the letter, and Count T .... were well aware
why the Queen had not received it, they resolved to make
use of this strange circumstance, to give a piece of their mind
to the Queen and in such a manner that it would make a strong
impression upon her. They accordingly went to see the ghost
seer during the night, and instructed him what to say. Sweden
borg, who had failed to receive supernatural information, was
delighted to get their instructions, and on the following day
he hastened to the Queen, and in the secret of her cabinet
told her, that the ghost of the Prince had appeared to him,
and commissioned him to tell her, that he had not answered
her letter, because he was too much displeased with her
conduct, since on account of her lack of political prudence
and her ambition, she had been the cause of the shedding of
blood, for which she would have to atone ; that therefore he
entreated her never more to meddle in affairs of state, nor
to attempt to seize the reins of government, nor to cause any
insurrection which sooner or later would result in her own
destruction.
"The Queen was very much astonished at this explanation,
and as she was firmly convinced that no one except her late
brother could be acquainted with these private circumstances
and her letters, which she had communicated only to him, she
became from that very moment a believer in Swedenborg, and
defended him most zealously, without, however, informing any
one of the contents of his account. Besides, it can be easily
imagined that the two gentlemen who had prescribed this
politico-moral medicine for her, took very good care not to
speak concerning it themselves ; because, even after the suc
cessful revolution of 1772, they felt sure that everything would
be lost by a discovery. Very few Swedes knew this anecdote
during the life-time ofthe Queen. The old Chevalier Beylon,251
who happened early in the morning at three o’clock to pass
through the Södermalm, where Swedenborg lived, saw the two
statesmen stealthily leave his house ; and as he was likewise
present when the Queen gave Swedenborg her commission, he
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