68 on thé prince of Denmark. May 16. 
vered. What may not therefore be hoped from him, 
when his judgement is thoroughly ripened by experi- 
ence ? 
‘ The prince is an early riser. In the morning he 
goes onthe parade, after which, if businefs permit, he either 
walks or rides out. The court sits down to dine at two 
o’clock, all is over by four, and, if not too long detained 
in the audience chamber, he goes twice a week to the play- 
house. His majesty is generally there Tuesdays, Thurs- 
days, or Fridays. The play is commonly finifhed by 
nine o’clock, except on particular occasions,—all is huth. 
in the palace by eleven o’clock. 
‘ Count Bernstorff, as minister for foreign affairs, is 
well known all over Europe, for his knowledge and per- 
spicuity in doing businefs. Count Schimmelman, finance 
minister, has perhaps the most arduous tafk to perform of 
any man in Denmark. The finances of this country, from 
a series of events, which would be tediousto repeat, and un- 
interesting to your. readers, have been long in disorder. 
The revenues, though sufficient, have not been applied to 
effective purposes. Hence the crown has been obliged to 
contract foreign debts. When disorder happens at the 
fountain, the branches cannot be free. Ii we suppose, 
therefore, that before the prince royal took an active part 
in the government, that these evils ‘ had increased, were 
increasing, and ought to be diminifhed,? is it to be won- 
dered at, that Count Schimmelman, who was at that time 
called to be finance minister, fhould become an object of 
public raillery. Those who derived no emoluments from: 
the abuses, think he has done too little, while those who 
profited by them, think he has done a great deal too much. 
An angel in that situation could not have escaped re- 
proach. His tafk was a most difficult one to perform; 
and there are circumstances that have rendered the tafk 
still more difficult, which I thall explain at another time. 
