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tion and appropriation of it. Trees are 
planted in the large ftreets ; for the Ham- 
burgers, like the Dutch, are fond of the 
rus in-urbe; fill the latter have the ad- 
vantage, as their houfes are painted light 
‘green, or other colours pleafing to’ the eye, 
which give them a light and airy ap- 
pearance, befide which, they keep them 
perfectly clean and neat onthe. outfide, 
which 1s not always\the cafe in this city. 
‘The inhabitants of the Old Town are fub- 
jeét toone inconvenience in the winter, when 
the wind blows ftrong from the weftward ; 
at that time, their cellars (warehoufes un- 
der ground) are often filled with water, 
which does greatdamage to the goods con- 
tained in them. On this occafion, if it 
happens in the night, the inhabitants are 
warned of the overflow of the river by the 
firing of cannon, at which fignal, thole | 
who fleep in the cellars make their efcape, 
_ elfe many would be drowned in their beds, 
which has frequently happened. The 
pavement is of {mall flint-ftones, which 
are very difagreeable. to the foot-pafien- 
ger; and, there being no diftinction be- 
tween the fdot-path and the carriage. 
road, the unfortunate pedeftrian is fubject 
to many interruptions, and, what is worfe, 
is often in danger of being ferioufly hurt : 
if he be not lucky enough to prefs himfelf 
behind cne of the fmall ftone-potts, with 
which the fronts of the houfes are orna- 
mented, he will ftand a chance of being 
muck annoyed, as the coachmen drive 
through the ftreets with great impetuofity, 
and make a point, if poffible, of dittrefiing 
every perfon on foot. 
None of the churches, or other public 
buildings, in this city, are fufficiently 
ftriking with refpeét to their architecture, 
or their infide ornaments, to demand a par- 
ticular defcription. The church called 
the Grofien St. Michel (Aug. Great St. 
* Michael), is the handfomett ; its fteeple is 
very high, and it is built in an airy fitua- 
tion, on high ground, in the New Town: 
befides this, St. Peter’s, St. Catherine’s, 
St. Nicholas’s, St. James’s, and the Dome 
‘Church, are all handfome buiidings. In 
other parts of Germany, the Deme Church 
is the cathedral, but here it belongs to the 
Hanoverians ; in it a fair is held every 
year about Chriftmas. Neither the Cal- 
vinifts, nor the Roman Catholics, are al- 
‘Towed churches, nor are the Jews permit- 
ted to have 2 fynagogue, no religion being . 
tolerated by the government but Luther- — 
anifm. The Englifh are indeed allowed 
a meeting-houfe, which is called the Eng- 
lith houfe ; the want of achurch, or place 
of worfhip, would be no onftacle to their. 
Sketch of a Fourney from Copenhagen to Hamburg. [Nov. & 
refiding at Hamburg, as they appear to be 
fufficiently aware that they ** cannot ferve 
both God and Mammon ;”° they would 
therefore content themfelves with knowing 
that they have at leaft one object of wor- 
fhip, and that the eze which is productive 
of the moit perfonal advantage to them- 
felves. 
almoft in the centre of the city ; the two 
former are of ancient-architeéture; the 
latter is partly covered by a range of, 
warehoufes, under which the merchants 
crowd together in wet-weather. But the 
building moft worthy the attention of the 
man of benevolence is the Orphan-heufe: 
this isa fpaciqus {quare brick-buildirg, 
fituated in the Admiralty-ftrafse, in the 
New Town; by this public inftitution, 
which appears to be extremely wel! con- 
ducted, a great number of orphans of both 
fexes are educated and provided for, and, 
when of a proper age, put out to trade or 
fervice. ‘There are about fix hundred 
children conftantly refident m this houfe. 
This city has two theatres, the one Ger- 
man, the other French; they are both 
well attended, and the performances are 
above mediocrity ; on the latterx ftage, 
Madame Chevalier is the principal ac- 
trefs. 
The numter of hotels, taverns, coffee- 
houfes, and sefforateurs, is great. Stran- 
gers, whofe ftay is intended to be but fhort, 
are better accommodated at a hotel, than 
at private lodgings ;. but then the expence, 
as in other large cities, 1s in proportion*, 
The coffee-houfes are numeroufly attend- 
ed by the merchants about noon, who at 
this time generally take a cup of coffee, a 
glafs of liquor, or cia fnapst, and {moke 
a pipe till *change-time, which is at two 
a’clock. ‘Thefe houfes have generally one 
or two billiatd-tables, as the Germans and 
French are very fond of this game: but 
- 
* One piece of advice it may be neceflary 
to give the wnexperienced Englith traveller 
(though we feldom meet with an Englith 
traveller, who will himfelf anfwer to this de- 
{cription) : that is, never to go to any tavern, 
hote!, or coftee-houfe, in a foreign country, 
which’is kept by one of his own countrymen ; 
fhould he not feel himfelf inclined totake my 
advice @ priori, he will find perhaps, to his caf?, ~ 
that even experience itfelf may, fometimes, be 
bought too dear. ~ é 
+ This isa vulgarifm for a glafs of French, 
brandy, better elucidated by referring to a fig- 
nificant expreffion of the lower clafs of people 
in London, who call a glafs of gin a flafbof 
Lightning. ° 
4: few. 
‘The Senate-houfe, the Bank, and - | 
the Exchange, are fituated near each other, . 
