DENMARK. 
"The he of Denmark, as eftabiifhed by the Royal 
Law, Kong’s h of November 
1665, is an solute meter the king 1 
human law; an 
sea, He hasthe 
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all titles, digatties, honours, a power 
of making war and peace, of forming alliances, and impofing 
taxes. He 1s the fupreme chief of the church, and alone 
enjoys every right of fovereignty by whatever name it may be 
called. 
Bat the king of Denmark mn be s the Lutheran 
church, defcended from Frederick LIT. tock, 
He is of age at his entering his fourteenth von 
of a king the throne devclves inftantly to the next heir 
without any other formality; but the new king muft be fo- 
lemnly anointed and crowned, and this ceremony may take 
place even during his minority. 
The ivieee of the coronation are kept in the royal palace 
of Rofen 
The ne ith pe have no fhare whatever in the gov 
ment. There are no dukes but of the royal family, Befdes 
the duke of Hola eens there is no other Danifh 
prince on appan either are t < any meng: uifles. 
‘The nobles are Gacy counts, Berens and noblem 
rk, was ton 
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Frederick 
mark, and Carolina Matilda, princefs of England. 
ceeded his father on the 13th of March 1808. 
The royal title is: Frederick VI. by the gare of God, 
king of Denmark and Norway, of the Goths end Vandals, 
duke cf Slefwick, Holftein, Stormarn, Ditmarth, &c. The 
younger fons 
hearts gules for ark. Inthe fecond gules, a lion ram- 
pant crowned or, holdin nifh lee -aXxe ll for 
Norway. Inthe third azure dace. crowns or for mark, 
Norway, and Sweden. In the fourth ora on leopardifed 
and. T 
azure, with nine hearts gules for ancient Got 
inef{cutcheon quarterly in the firft or two lions patlant azure 
for Slefwick. In the fecond gules three nettle leaves argent, 
pierced with three nails of the crofs charged with a {mall ef- _ 
cutcheon argent for Holftein: in the third gules a cygnet 
argent gorged with a crown or for Stormarn: in the fourth 
gules, a cavalier armed argent, holding a [word pommelled 
or for Ditmarfh. Upon all, an inefcutcheon in the centre 
party per pale, or two bars gules for Delmenhortt; and azure 
a crofs party or for Oidenburg. The fupporters are two 
f{.vages pa with clubs, 
There are but two orders of knighthood in ae 
The ft i is the order of the Elephant, of which Canute VI. 
is falfely confidered as the founder. In 1464, Chrifian I, 
monaftic fociety with the bee of an elephant, 
which probably fuggelted to Frederick II. the idea of 
founding the order of the Elephant. He gave it away for 
the firlt “time on the third of May 1580. It was afterwards 
provided with new regulations by Chriftian V. on the firlt of 
December 16 Phe badge of this order isa white ena- 
melled elephant oe with a caftle, fet in diamonds, 
he chain confitts o o elephants and two caities alcer- 
y- tis worn, fufpended by a fky-blue watered rib- 
bon, over the left fhoulder. The mo “ Magnanimi 
pretium.” On the left breaft the knig agon 
ine number of the knights, befides the fovereign, 
is limited to thirty. It confers the title of excellency, and 
can be beftowed only upon perfons profeffing the proteftant 
religion, The fecond order of knighthood in Denmark ia 
the Danebroz order. Lt derives its name from cele. 
brated royal banner called the he te cate waslottinthe — 
Ovi Iftein. 
war with the ichabitants of Ditm 
e 
Oo: it is more probable that Chriftan V. was its 
fie ene on the 12thof OStober 1671. The fiatutes of 
order _ Hoe figzned onthe rit of September 1693. 
The badge of the Danebrog order is a white ribbon edged 
red, worn fearf-wife over the r'ght fhoulder, having at its 
end a {mall white enamelled crofs with diamonds. In the 
centre of this crofs are the letters W. for Waldemar, and 
C. V. for Chriftisn V. with the royal crown, and under- 
neath the word resTitutror. The motto of the order 
is: ** Teflera Fidchum.” The knights wea a 
ilver ftar on the right brea! ny perfon not yal 
be a knight of the Danebrog, and h 
leaft for a few days. The number of knights was originally 
limited to ae but im 1787 there were not lefs than 193 
knights of the Danebrog. 
Th re Danith court was former! ly very fplendid and expen~ 
: ow on moft economical in E 
as h 
pointed by Chrittian VII. The peas theatre of Copen- 
hagen is partly a royal eftablifim 
Tne adminiftration of the k fie is in the hands of a 
privy council, in which the king prefides. The number of 
its membersis not limited. Subordinated to the privy coun~ 
cil are the following five departments: 1. The Danifh chan. 
cery, eee fuperintends the courts of jultice, ecclefiaftical 
sla ig pu education, patents, privileges, &c. 
ark and Nor way. 2. The German chancery, which tranf. 
acts the fame iinet for Stefwick and Holftein. 3. The 
department of foreign affairs. 4. The financial college or 
board of revenue; and, 5. Chetreafury. There isa minifter 
at the head of each of thefe departments. 
he fundamental laws of Denmark are the royal law of 
1665, which fixes the conftitution, and the law of the 15th 
of January 1776, called the Indigenate’s Law, which ex- 
cludes foreigners from public offices, unlefs they be natu- 
valized. In civil and criminal matters, Denmark acknow- 
ledges no laws but the 
IIL. publifhed in 1683. It 
great many aa hot: been ad 
been publifhed 
ee 8v0 aah a the tranflator has suited the feoand 
book, and che feGions relating to the peafants. This 
Danith code is concife, clear, and plain, and remarkable for 
its mildnefs and equity. Even lord Molefworth, who judges 
fo unfavourably of every thing Danifh, is relutantly obliged 
to praife the Danifh code of laws. The courts of juftice are 
divided into three claffes, viz. the inferior courts, the fuperior 
courts, and the fupreme tribunal of Copenhagen. Inferior 
courts are in the country: 1. 7 herretfdinge, compofed 
of one judge, herretsfozet, and eight affeffors, choftn amon 
the refpectable ho: afekeepers of ce difiri€t (herred), called _ 
okemen, befides a clerk called ding or herredfkriver. A 
herred, or diitri@t, generally confifts of he or 50 parifhes. 
efe courts are held once a week a vel 
courts of juftice :on the eftates of the ableeon, whic 
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