p8o Phe Htftory of the 
Britain and Holland at the Court of Denmark , to aft 
jointly in this Affair, and to ufe their utmoft Induftry to 
procure the Repeal of the Powers granted to this Society *, 
and, in confequence of thefe Inftruftions, thofe Minifters 
foon after drew up, and preiented the following Paper 
to the Court of Denmark . 
■«< His Majefty, the King of Great-Britain , and 
their High Mightinefles the States-General of the 
■« United Provinces, fore-feeing the Injury the tranfer- 
€t ring the Eafi-India Company from Copenhagen to Al- 
« tern, will do to the Commerce of their Subjefts ; and 
•« perceiving, with Concern, that almoft at the fame Jn- 
« ftant they are making fo great Efforts to flop the Pro- 
se grefs of the OJlend Company, the King of Denmark , 
their good old Friend and Ally, is fetting up another 
« equally prejudicial to their Subjefts, have ordered the 
« fubfcribing "Minifters, to make moft humble Reprefenta- 
tions to his Danijh Majefty, hoping, from his Majefty ’s 
94 Friendfhip, that, as foon as he ihall be informed of the 
« Uneafinefs this Novelty gives them, he will withdraw 
« the Privilege lately granted to that Company, and 
44 leave it on the ancient Foot as it has always fubfifted at 
44 Copenhagen ; accordingly the fubfcribing Minifters de- 
ss fire your Excellency to make a Report thereof to the 
44 King, and to procure them a favourable Anfwer. 
44 Done at Copenhagen, July 31, 1728. Signed,’* 
Glenorchy , 
AJfendelft. 
8. The King of Denmark and his Council, did not at 
all relifh this Memorial, to which however an Anfwer 
was given, wherein his Danijh Majefty infifted that the 
Maritime Powers had totally miftaken the Point j be- 
caufe it never was the King’s Intention to ereft a new 
Company, or to transfer that which had now fubfifted 
above an hundred and ten Years from Copenhagen to Al- 
iena. That this appeared clearly from the very Projeft 
of Incorporation, which granted no new Power to the 
Company, but barely confirmed the old ones. That the 
Voyages propofed direftly for China , could not be efteem- 
ed an Infraftion of Treaties, any more than the Voyages 
formerly made by the Company’s Ships from Branquebar. 
T .at farther ftill, his Danijh Majefty was not reftrained 
by any Treaty whatever, from maintaining and fupport- 
ing the Commerce of his Subjefts to the Indies , either 
from their Eftablifhments in that Part of the World, or 
direftly from Copenhagen. That the Law of Nature and 
Nations, not only gave him a Right, but made it his 
Duty to promote the Welfare of his Subjefts, and to 
extend their Trade as far as it was in his Power. And 
Swedifh-Company. Book I. 
that, finally, as he did not endeavour to encourage this 
Commerce with any View of injuring the Eajl-India- 
Companies in England or Holland , but purely with a 
Defign to benefit and enrich his own Subjefts, he could 
not difcern how this fhould expofe him to the Diftafte or 
Refentment of any other Power whatever. 
How clear and full foever this Anfwer might feem to 
the Court of Denmark , it was far enough from giving any 
Satisfaction to Great-Britain and Holland ; and therefore a 
frelh Memorial was drawn up, to fhew the Infufficiency of 
this Anfwer, and the Right which the Maritime Powers 
had to expeft, that his Danijh Majefty fhould comply 
with their Demands, and withdraw his Protection from 
this Company. This Memorial was delivered by the 
Earl of Chejterfield , and the Deputies from their High 
Mightineffes the States-General, to Mr. Greys , his Da- 
nijh Majefty’s Minifter at the Hague , in the Sum- 
mer of the Year 1728, from which Time to the 
prefent, I do not find that any farther Applications have 
been made on this Subject, or that the Rights of th© 
Danifh Eajl- India Company have been farther contro- 
verted. 
9. It is, however, certain, that the Oppofition made 
by the Maritime Powers to the Eftablifhment of this 
Company, and their abfolutely forbidding their Subjefts 
to have any Share or Concern therein, affefted the new 
Subfqriptions to fuch a Degree, that they did not, by 
any means, anfwer the Expectations that were formed of 
them, when Mr. Van AJperen's Scheme was firft publish- 
ed *, but they fo far anfwered, as to enable the Company 
to enlarge her Commerce, and even to enter into a direct 
Trade from Copenhagen to the Indies and China in which, 
they were chiefly encouraged and fupported by the Prince 
Royal of Denmark , now King Chrijiian VI. under whole 
Aufpice they have flourifhed ever fince,' 
By the Advantages derived from his Favour, their Af- 
fairs are now in fo good a Pofture, that there feems to b© 
no Doubt of their being able to purfue their Trade con- 
ftantly, and with confiderable Advantage both to the Pro- 
prietors of the Company’s Stock, and the Danijh Nation 
in general j for their Fund is confiderable, their Credit 
good, their Ware-houfes, Magazines, Yards, and Dock$ 
at Copenhagen in perfeft Order, and their Sales are very 
large and regular, inaimuch as they generally fend twq> 
or three Ships annually to the Eajl- Indies , and receive 
as many, with rich Cargoes from thence : So that, on the 
whole, we may venture to afiert, that this Company is ef- 
fectually eftablifhed, and that, in a very few Years, they 
will have a confiderable Share in the Trade to the Eajl - 
Indies . 
SECTION XXXVIII. 
A fucchiB Hijlory of the Swedifh Eaft-Xndia Company* 
Including an Extraft of the Royal Charter. 
3. The Crown of Sweden far lefs confiderable at Sea than the Danes, yet in feme Meafure a Mantime Pow- 
cr, and always ambitious of a dir eft ‘Trade to the Eaft or Weft-Indies,, 2 .The Rife of the prefent Com** 
pany, properly that of Henry Koning, but commonly ft iled, The Gottenburgh-Company, and an Abridge 
ment of its Charter* j. The Progrefs and prefent State oft this Company , with fome Remarks \ 
i.fpHE Swedijh Nation, though not formerly di- 
B ftinguifhed by any great Share of Maritime 
XL Power, have nevertheiefs, always preferved the 
Character of fkilful and intrepid Seamen, as appears both 
from their own and foreign Hiftories, more efpecially 
thofe of the Danes and the Hanfe Pawns in Germany , with 
whom they were engaged in frequent Difputes, that were, 
generally fpeaking, determined by naval Engagements, 
ft does not, however, appear, that the Swedes had ever 
any Thoughts of carrying on a Trade to the Eajl- Indies 
to the Time of the famous Gujiams Adolphus , the Glory 
4 
of their Country, and the moft finifhed Hero of his Age. 
This great Prince, whofe ruling Paffion was the Welfare; 
and Reputation of his Subjefts, formed the Projeft of 
eftablifhing a Trade to the Eajl- Indies from Sweden di- 
reftly, to which he invited his Subjefts, by Letters Pa- 
tents, under his Broad-Seal, dated at Stockholm the 14th 
of June, 16261 But the War in Germany prevented the 
Profecution of that Defign, which feems to have died 
with that glorious Monarch who formed it. 
His Daughter, the celebrated Queen Chrijlina, equally 
remarkable for her Love of Learning, and Contempt of 
Gran- 
