1800 COPENHAGEN. 



Copenha- hewn and polished, Mr M'Donald found to be nine . Gapenh* 



go- feet in diameter ; and " being part of a Corinthian pil- Arrivals in 1805. Ships. s-^X, 



^— V—' laj.^- sa y S h e> (f the height of that pillar, to make it in From India and China. - - -■- 24 



due proportion to its diameter, must, pedestal and ca- From America •*■ -68 



pital included, have been intended to be about ninety From different foreign ports - - 1572 



feet." It, however, shews, as well as the palace of From Danish ports 277* 



Christiansburg,. that the Danes have a higher idea of From the ports of Holstein ------ 748 



their own consequence than their neighbours are willing From the ports of Norway 416 



to grant ; and the ruins of this unfinished church, like 



some of our own buildings, it is to be feared will long Total - - - - 5602 



remain a monument of the pride and poverty of its Departures in 1 805. 



founders. The small Gothic palace of Rosenberg, said For the national ports -- 3975 



to have been built by Inigo Jones, stands near the ram- For foreign ports 1720 



part a little east of the north gate. It contains the 



state apartments, where the king holds his annual bed Total - - - - 5695 

 of justice ; and its gardens, which are very extensive, 



are the principal promenade of the Copenhageners. In The principal domestic trade of Copenhagen is with 



this division of the city, are also the botanic gardens, Norway, Iceland, and the Faro Isles. From the former 



Frederick's hospital, &c. it draws all its cannon, shot, anchors, and iron-work 



Christianshafen is built upon the island of Amak, Russia supplies it with flax, hemp, and masts, and also 



which is considered the kitchen garden of Copenhagen, with some sailcloth and cordage ; Sweden with pitch 



and supplies it with milk, butter, cheese, fruit and ve- and tar, and Germany with oak. The most valuable 



getables, in great plenty. It is connected with old Co- manufactures in this city are woollen-stuffs, silk, calico- 



penhagen by two bridges across the harbour, and con- printing, and porcelain. 



tains the dock-yards where ships of war are refitted, Copenhagen is distinguished for its numerous public 

 and the marine arsenal. This last was most abundant- establishments, and charitable institutions. There are 22 

 ly furnished with naval stores of every description, be- hospitals, and 30 poor-houses. Of these, however, the 

 fore it was plundered by the British in 1 807. The ma- lying-in-hospital only deserves particular attention, the 

 gazines, forges, and workshops, are all upon an ex- others being conducted in a manner sunilar to those of 

 cellent construction ; and the rope- walks are each 1000 other countries. This institution is an excellent school for 

 feet long. Ship-building, indeed, is nowhere better medical practitioners, and upwards of a thousand fe- 

 understood than at Copenhagen, and its admirable har- males are annually delivered within its walls. It is 

 bour can also afford it advantages in this respect superior open to patients of every country, character, and de- 

 to those of almost any other city. The harbour of nomination. All are indiscriminately admitted, with- 

 Copenhagen is formed by the straits of Kelleboe, which out any questions being asked ; and they are allowed, 

 separate Zealand from Amak. It is capable of holding if they choose, to be veiled during the whole time of 

 500 ships, and lies completely within the fortifications their confinement : the mother is also permitted to leave 

 of the town. The entrance is so narrow, that only one the child in the hospital, which is frequently done by 

 ship can enter at a time ; and is protected by the can- such of the poorer class as have illegitimate children, 

 non of the citadel, and several other batteries, of which Since the commencement of this establishment, the in- 

 the most formidable is that of the three crowns. Ships human practice of child-murder has been unknown in 

 of the line are thus moored in the very heart of the this metropolis. The principal literary societies of Co- 

 city with their bowsprits rising above the windows of penhagen are, the Royal Academy of Sciences, institu- 

 the houses; and merchant vessels are brought by the ted in 1743, and which has published fifteen volumes 

 canals close to the warehouses that line the quays, of Transactions in the Danish language ; the Royal 

 Every ship of war has its particular station, with a se- Economical Society, founded in 1768, which posses- 

 parate storehouse on the water's edge opposite to where ses an annual income of nearly 1200 sterling, and 

 she is moored ; and when the Danish navy was in its whose object is to promote the fine arts, fisheries, agri- 

 glory, the scene was truly rich and interesting ; but culture, horticulture, &c. ; the Medical Society, esta- 

 " the fleet is gone," says a modern traveller, " and the blished in 1772 ; the Society for Icelandic Literature, 

 view is dismal to those who once saw the harbour and in 1779 ; and a board of longitude in 1 784. The state 

 arsenal in Denmark's better days." With the fleet has of literature in Copenhagen, however, is rather at a 

 also departed, in a great measure, the bustle of indus- low ebb. Attempts have of late been made by some of 

 try and commerce ; and Copenhagen, placed by nature its literati to force their language into elegance and po- 

 as the emporium of the Baltic, is left to languish in pularity, but their compositions are in general clumsy ; 

 inactivity from the timid and cautious policy of its and in the belles lettres, eloquence, and the higher 

 ruler. Its foreign trade, which was very extensive, poetry, they confess themselves still far behind. The 

 was chiefly with Germany, France, Portugal, Italy, and Royal Library is a very good collection, consisting of 

 the countries on the Baltic and Mediterranean. Its West from two hundred and seventy to three hundred thou- 

 India trade was also very considerable ; and Copenha- sand volumes. It is principally distinguished for its 

 gen received almost exclusively the return cargoes from printed and manuscript editions of the classics, and for 

 the islands of St Thomas, St Croix, and St John. an extensive collection of MSS. in the Icelandic tongue, 

 Of its East India trade, which was formerly so ex- written between the 11th and 14th centuries. Three 

 tensive, and which was rapidly increasing towards the thousand dollars, which are annually allowed by go- 

 end of the last century, not a vestige remains. During vernment for its support, are applied, with classical 

 the year 1 783, there arrived at Copenhagen 5 1 00 ships, discernment, in the purchase of the most valuable works 

 besides 5 from China, 9 from India, and 127 from Ame- that are published, either in Great Britain or on the con- 

 rica ; and in 1805 the arrivals were as follows : tinent. The press of Copenhagen itself has of late pro- 



