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

RUPTURE.

GAWAN and Co.'s PATENT TRUSSES
without Steel Springs, 200, Fleet-street, :close to
Temple-bar.
GAWAN and Co. engage to secure with ease every
description of Rupture without the aid of Steel Springs ;
and to remove all prejudice, they allow to rich and poor a
trial of one month. Gawan and Co. assert this with the
fullest confidence, from several years practice in a great
variety of slight u well as the most difficult eases of Rup-
ture, recommended by Gentlemen in the Medical Profes-
sion, whose surgical skill stands pre-eminent, and to whom
they can refer. These Trusses will not suddenly break,
even when Gentlemen are riding or hunting, nor when
the poor are engaged in their most laborious occupations
Adult. and Children have been cured by wearing them
night and day.

N.-13. One month's trial allowed.

COPENHAGEN, OCTOBER, 1829.

The history of Denmark for the last forty
''years is truly•a melancholy one. A little Power
like this becomes a mere shuttlecock between the
battledores of greater Powers from the moment
when it Moves out of its own tranquillity into
their quarrels. Its only chances are to cling to
the strongest ; and alas for it if it mistake in its
choice! That was the unhappy lot of Den-
mark, and so her capital was bombarded—her
fleet stolen—her provinces wrested from her.
For Napoleon to-day, when his star seemed in
the ascendant—against him to-morrow, when
reverses appeared to be his portion, Denmark
managed to obtain in turn the ill-will of both
France and England, constantly meddling in
their misunderstandings, and. always, as a matter
of course, the victim. Kings of small nations,
who are fond of the follies of military display,
and whose needless armies are the objects of
their almost undivided care, very soon get into
scrapes. They' want to show off, they desire to
do something, they have " the love of glory" in
them like other men, and so a very little coaxing
sets their warrior-vanity on the tiptoe, and away
they go to the wars--to the wars--with their 50,000
soldiers; they dance and sing through the ball like
their bigger neighbours ; but at last the piper is
to be paid, and the poor waltzers must go to
the workhouse. The spoils are to be divided,
and the fable is realized even beyond its letter.
The lion takes his share in the spoil, and in
addition sometimes a dainty bit from the
haunches of those who have had the honour of
hunting in his Royal company. This is about
the history of Denmark for a generation. Very
different would have been her position had she
preserved throughout a quiet neutrality ; a diffi-
cult matter, no doubt, but it is the business of
Statesmen to conquer such difficulties. I have
heard .that, when Nieubur the historian's rare
talents began first to exhibit themselves, it was
proposed to the King to make him his Prime
Minister. Such a thing was not to be thought
of ; he had no titles ; he was not of the aristo-
cracy—the aristocracy, whose right to be Mini-
sters is as legitimate and as divine as that of
" the anointed ones" to be Kings.
I have obtained a pretty correct statement of
the present population of his Danish Majesty's
dominions. It is as follows --

Inhabitants.
Lland of Zealand 560,000
Funen 130,000
Laaiand
Districts of Aalborg 130,000
Vyborg
Aarhuus 95,000
Ribe 155,000

975,000
The Duchies have--
Schleswig 320,000
Holstein 360,000 737,000
Lanenhurg
The Northern Islands, Faros
Iceland

In all 1,768,000

In the West Indies Denmark has about 45,000
subjects, and in the East 50,000. Of this po-
pulation about one million speak Danish, and
half a million German. Frisian iS spoken in
some of the Islands. One cannot but regret
that so much valuable information should be
nearly lost to the world as is to be found in the
Danish language. The services of literary men
in this country are confined to an extremely small
sphere. Except of school-books, Bibles, and
works of religious instruction, an edition seldom
extends beyond 200 copies.
Denmark overflows with titles, decorations,

and Petty piivileges. Almost every other re-
spectably-dressed person that you meet in the
streeChas a star or a cross on his breast, a riband
at his button-hole, or a medal dangling from his
waistcoat. Honours so widely spread are, as
may. Well be supposed, of exceedinglyJittle value.
The:nobility were completely stripped,tf politi-
cal power in 1660, when the King. was declared
absolute; and doubtless the people WFrehenefitted
by the Change ; yet, though the change was, at
that time, all that public opinion, demanded,
there, is a general feeling that something better is
•
wanting now. To the King's person there is a
very 'devOtedattachment, and he certainly appears
to use his unlimited power with much modera-
tion 4 (1, integrity of purpose. :There is a pater-
nity about' his Government which makes it, in
many,iiespects, benevolent ; while 'firs accessible-
ness is tux invaluable security against the misdeeds
of intiOor agents. Every Monday, from nine
to on o'clock,. the Palace is open to all sup-
utas and there is not a subject of the King,
mwever mean or shabbily clad, who may not
then obtain a personal audience of his Majesty.
On-such days the audience chamber is exceed-
ingly crowded, and the King'idistributes con-
siderable sums of money among his necessitous
subjects. No introduction of.any sort is needed ;
and a popularity, of no little importance to such
a Government, is cheaply and wisely purchased.
Copenhagen presents a great variety of cos-
tumes. The female inhabitants of the neigh-
bouring island of Amager, who are descendants
of Dutch settlers, still preserve their ancient and
grotesque dresses, carrying with them such loads
of clothing that the human form is completely
lost in their cumbersome woollen garments. The
French modes are usually adopted among the
wealthier classes ; in fact, civilization is gradually
trenching upon nationalities, so that, if a stranger
were suddenly °deposited in any of the great
theatres or public places of Europe, he would
ceititittly,not be able, from the appearance of the
inhabitants, to distinguish one country from
another. The Danish language is insufficient
for daily intercourse with the world, though it is
sweet, and rich, and graceful ; so every well-
bred person speaks
,acme other tongue—gene-
rally German, but fregnently English and French.
Translations from. our English books are in
every stall. Scott seems to bear the palm of
celebrity, and Cooper (whose sea scenery a,
sea scenes have all the recommendation of tr

and vigour) has greatly approved himself to tie
minds of this maritime people. Of their own
men of genius I shall write to you hereafter.
Ochlenschlager, at least, is no new name in
England. He is just returned from Sweden,
where he and Tegner have been feted by the
Swedish people. This is well were it only be-
cause it brings nations together, who, for some
years, were looking at one another with jealousy
—or something worse.