The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-07 00:00:00

I Independently of the unfinished Pala,e of the
king, there are two buildings here, which, from
their very remarkable a►►d unique character, arc
entitled to some particular description. They
both emanated from Christian IV., who, if he
had turned his attentio❑ to the arts, would clearly
have invented a new, however grotesque, style of
architecture. The first is the Trinity Church,
better known by the name of the Round Tower.
It is in the Kiobmagergade, or Dealer's street,
and its first stone was laid by the Danish
Monarch in 1637. Originally intended as a
church for the University, it became, from the
increase of the population, the parish church ;
but it does its daily and most important service
to the University, and is the depository of the
extensive library, and of the collection of Nor-
thern antiquities, in its proper stories. By thin
way, why are the churches of England u,cless
for six days out of the seven ? Why should
they not have their upper stories too, and apply
them to the purposes of daily life—to become
libraries, schools, and places of public
An additional story added to a church would
cost little; and boundless are the uses to which
it might be turned. Here the utility is of hourly
obviousness; and certainly the choir is not de e.
crated by the good deeds which are done► above
it. There was formerly a Latin commemoration
service carried on here, but it has been disco'',
tinued.

The tower was projected by Longoinantan, a
disciple of Tycho Brahe, and has been described
at some length by Pontoppidan, in his " Origi,
nes Harnienses." Its height is 115 feet, ex-

elusive of the observatory at the top ; and it is
ascended not by a staircase, but by a brick paved
road, so easy and gradual in its elevation that
carriages have mounted from the foundation to
the top ; and on one occasion Peter the Great
ascended in a coach and four (A.D. 1716),
accompanied by the Empress. Sud, a cork-
screw as is employed for the drawing of spruce
beer gives one (now the outer walls are removed)
a pretty clear idea of the nature of the ascent.
The top is reached without any fatigue ; end the
whole conception is a prodigious improvement
on the wearying steps by which the summit of,
most towers is attained. In the choir of the

church below is the monument of Field i%ilarslial
Schack; and there, too, sleep Arnas fanteos
(Arne Magnusen), who collected the very curi-
ous MSS. which are now possessed by the Uni-
versity, and John Aral, the poet, of whose
merits you have had some, and may have other
opportunities of judging, The library is rich
in Scandinavian treasure.;. There is me Ice-
landic MS.--I believe the only one that exist
in Runic characters—and the collet.;ion of
Northern Sages is very considerable. IC. ask has

added greatly to its oriental possessions by his
Eastern journey, and Dr. Wallich, of Calcutta,

has presented many SaHscrit and other Indian
MSS. Count Moltke's library of natural history,
and Schon's on Danish jurisprudence, have be-
come valuable appendages.
Arranged along the ascent of the Round
Tower are many Runic inscriptions on huge
stones, several of which have been found in lati-
tudes long since abandoned by civilized beings ;
seeming to give additional evidence to the fact
that the climate of Northern Europe has greatly
changed. One of them was found on the island;
of Kingetoursuk (in 1at.73 N.), and bears these
words Sigvatson Bjarne Thordars-
son and Enside Odssonsson, raised this column

the Saturday after Gagnday (an April holyday),
and lea this place in the year 1135." The
Runic inscriptions go backwards, and,forwards,
and round about, according to the whim of the
writers, as is sometimes the case with the earlier
Greek. The collection of Northern antiquilioN
was begun in 1807. The first impulse tvagiven
by Nyeruss a year before. There is a consider-
able quantity of tools, weapons, utensils, and
ornaments of stone (probably the finest collet!"

I Lion in the world), of Northern urns and vases,
of implements used in the administrations of
Pagan rites. There are specimens, too, of the
weapons of war from remote times down to OUP
own. The Northern field is a fine field for
poetry, which Ochienschlmger hoe; tweed to a
splendid account ; anti what with the Sagas,
and what with the antiquities that remain to us,
there are abundant materials for historical and
descriptive song.
The other building which struck me as most
remarkable is the Exchange. It is reared on
piles, anti has the appearance of an ornamented
Dutch erection. Its length is above 400 feet,
and the lower story consists wholly of shops.
The stone work is of Swedish origin, and was
brought from Sweden by Christian the Fourth,
when he took Calmar. The bastions are orna-
mented with stiff, naked, half-figures, male antt
female—which have not a very decent appear-
ance. Its spire is fanciful, being formed, as it
were, of the intertwined bodies of four serpents.,
The room of assemblage, is the second story of
the building—the hour of 'Change from half-
past one to half-past two. Among tho.se who
crowd there, German and English are as much
spoken as Danish ; but the commerce of this
country, notwithstanding the incomparable ad-
vantages of its geographical position, is almost
nothing—at least if contrasted with what it might
become. There is the same mania for Inxoe
menethclures here as elsewhere—so the taxationi
which compels a people to buy the dearer anti
the worse article is constantly in operation. 'the
Governtnent here is a great manufacturer—and
a dear and a bad one, as usual. The troops are,
clothed with cloth made at the King's loom,;_
costing the nation 1001, when 501. would 'ony the
article. So is it with the porcelain ll:dna:lc:tyre,
which was bought by the King in 1779, and
which, as a matter of course, Is a source of cone
saant loss to the revenue,* Here are East and
West India Companies, With the usual attendants
upor, monopolies,.-,rata service, and heavy charge.
What 4 pi,cy it is that there is not some Ac-.
eountaut,General to make a yearly statement of .
what nations lose by their pride, their prejudiee,
and their fully

-• A. wild swan was exhibited for sale in our
Market-place, yesterday, which was shot on Thursday
last, in the neighbourhood of Whitton, Lincolnshire, whisre,
we understand, ;rest numbers of this line species of aquatin
bird have been lately observed. The one in question
measures seven feet ten inches from the tip of one wing
to that of the other, and the plumage is remarkably tine
and full. We have observed lately accounts in various
provincial papers, from which it appears that these birds
have visind the British isles in unusual numbers during
the present is inter. We have-lately seen in this t.wit
vary tine speies of the Blum], an,l 41,4, of that r 4410
bild the speckled diver, both of wiii,•ll weir also shot its
the county of Lincoln. Tlie present Ne 4, to
afford extramdinary - for the e laitlak.
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