DENMARR, 
‘in number, four ow Danifh and nine from other eftablith- 
ments in the Falt ies. The inereafed vigilance of the 
Br ittth governme i eer the rn uggling of tea into 
HMogland, and the commutation a@, have caufed a remark. 
able decleniion in the profperity of the Danifh Eaft India 
company. Orly one thip has returned pee! from —— 
e has been 
ne a Pig es 8 econ The 
the year cede the ae to the Weft Indies is free 
to all Danilh { et Copenhagen receives almoit ex 
m St. Croix, which ifland 
150 
Tndia ifiands, St. Thomas and St. John, furnifhed about half 
asmuch. They fend befides coffee, tobacco, and other co- 
lonial i taiaear which they purchafe from the neighbour- 
ing Antilles. ‘Che whole Danifh Welt India fake employs 
ti 4 : 
n ve uch im- 
proved fince the year 1755. 1798, 126 Danifh veffels 
failed for Meffina, Barcelona, Alzeliras, Marfeilles, Toulon, 
Denn has alfo a brifle trade an Germany, the coun- 
tries ae the Baltic, Sweden, and Pruffia. But the balance 
feems to be againft Den ne fince it imports much linen and 
woollen cloth, wood, brandy, and haberdafhery from Ger- 
ax, hemp, wool, and other articles from 
This trade employs above 300 veffels. The whole 
Danifh export a pu sok trade is however chiefly carried on 
in Dan nifh bottom 
03, there were entered in- 
wards into the feveral ports of Great Britain, from the ports 
of ase and Norway, 1536 fhips, two-fifths of which 
were Brit 
Cop nba agen is the emporium of the Danifh trade, and has 
ieee with it in fizeand wealth. In 1798 there were en- 
fered neem at Peart agen 
veffels from foreign ports, 
_ on Danifh p 
414 from Norw a. 
912 from Slefwick and Holftein, 
92 from the Eaft and Weft Indies. 
In all 5974 
The other commercial places in Denmark Proper are 
Elfineur, Aalborg, and Colding; in Norway, Bergen, Dron- 
theim, and Drammen; in Slefwick, Flenfourg; in Holftein, 
Altona and Gluckfade. 
Accounts in Denmark are kept by rixdollars, marks, and 
Bilings, 16 of which make a mark, and fix marks a dollar. 
mark Danifh and two fhilling Danifh are equal to one 
ark and one fhilling Lubifh. Since 1788, fpecies has 
been coined for Slefwick and Ho Iftein, which is alfo current 
n’ Denmark d 
‘curreénc 
Species ‘dollar 60 engl currency. 
e8, as aieh the pra part of a fpecies dollar, 
er 2% hhilling c ae ual coins current are in gold, 
Th hiitiansd’ ors ‘at five dollars, “a ducats at 12: marks Danihh, 
7 
or fix marks TLubifh; in filver, crowns at four marks ae nift. 
here are en 24 fhilling pieces, four of which ma 
doliar, 16, 12, 8, 4, 2, and x fhilling pieces; in fe er. 
fyrke or fale two of which make a fhilling. Belides 
thefe coins, there is an extenfive paper currency at of 
the notes of the Cepenhagen and Alto 
clences and arts flourifh to a 
as to 
mineralogy are eALlely cs There are reading clubs in 
Zealand and Jutland, where the peafants read the newfpapers 
and public Ma e prefs is under no ftriéter — 
nd: viz, that no printer dares print ano- 
nymous pebucations without — _ liable to anfwer 
for their contents, or to giv their author. ‘The Danifh 
overnment has ackn i a the Cpaeal that the more | 
a ftate is verging towards defpotifm, the more it ought to 
Blow the liberty of the prefs. Itis by that means only, that 
the fubje&ts of a defpot are raifed to the rank of citizens. 
But ne Danifh government has often abandoned this prin- 
ciple; and where is ou eae hs in a defpotic country, that this 
will ia frequently ¢ cafe? 
h dominant eli ion o ‘Denmark is the Lutheran, 
f 
sand the religious in silane conne with the ftate relate 
pene a to this church. The ine confifts of twelve 
bifhops or fapeimmendcai: ; fix in Denmark, viz. Zealand, 
Funen, Ripen, Aarhuus, Wiborg, and Aalborg; four in 
Norway, viz. Chriftiania, Chriftianfand, Bergen, and Dron- 
theim; two in lt and Hoolum. There 
li T fer 
parifh priefts, and chaplain 
bifhop, ‘but t only a general faperintendent. The livings fel- 
dom exceed 400/.; but never fall fhort of Gol, per annum, ex« 
cepting in Iceland, where fome livings are hardly worth 5/., 
and the beft do not exceed 20/,a-year. The King » as fu- 
preme head of the church, nominates the bifhop bat the 
archdeacons are chofen by the parifh priefts, as the latter 
- the patrons of the livings. 
At Copenhagen, Altona, and eigen tae ee 
Me ition of Ha- 
Jews are moft liberally 
They are 1500 in num- 
tona. 
general are religious 
and she lower orders, thou 
News egians. Thei 
The predominant vices of the lo 
tony, and an exceffive fondnefs for fpirituous liquors; that 
of the higher orders the love of fhow and pleafure. The 
manners of the satay and gentry are refined and eafy, par- 
without fuperftition, 
ee are lefs fo than the 
taking rather of the old French {choo All ranks are 
ually attentive to gers. ity and affability 
pervade all cla The yan — e Da: es 
tering places in Denmark, 
The 
