The long-vexed historical question of the manner of death of
Charles XII. of Sweden, has just been settled at Stockholm. On the solicitation of Professor Fry.xell, the celebrated Swedish historian, the tomb of the great warrior-king was opened on the first of September, in presence of the present king, his ministers, and several medical men, when the latter carefully examined the remains of Charles. It was found that death had been occasioned by a fragment of a cannon-ball which entered at the left side of the head and passed out on the right, a little below the ear. This clearly proves that the shot which killed the king came from the fortress of Friedrichsstein and not, as is often as.serted, from his own camp ; for it is a well-known fact that Charles at the moment of his death was standing in the trenches, with his left aide turned to the enemy.
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