Star.
London, England, 1829-12-31 00:00:00

IPENHA GEN, Oct. 1829.

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me bistaey of Dseesstb ter tie last forty years is truly a me-
in** one. A Stela rawer like this becomes a mere @bottle-
crick between the Wedowee of greater Pawns from the moment
what it mores gold Its own tranquillity into the mparosis. Its
only chant:mare to ding to the strongest ; and ails fcr it if it mis-
take in its choice ! That was the unhappy lot of Denmark; and so
•her capital was boinbarded—her Beet stolen—her provisoes wrested
from her. For Napoleon to-day. when his star seemed in the is-
cendant--ogniisst biro tomorrow, when reverses appeared to be
his portion, Deumiwk managed to obtain in turn the
bath France and Ragland—constantly meddling in their misnike•
siandings, anctalways, 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
dmies..touter someuseig—suri nave ••• ine sues ad elan " dram
like other men—and so a very little coning sets their worries vs-
pity on the tiptoe, and away they go to the wars—to the wars—
with their 50.0r:13 soldiers • they dance and sing through the ball
like their bigger neighbours;i but at last the piper is to be paid,
and the poor waltsers must go to the workhouse. The spoils are
to be divided, and the fable is realised even beyond its letter. The
lion takes his share of the spoil, and in addition, sometimes a
dainty bit from the haunches of those who have bad the honour of
beating in his Royal company. This is about the history of Den-
mark fors generation. Very different would have been her posi-
tion had she preserved throughout a quiet neutrality ;—a difficult
matter, no doubt : but it is the business of Statesman to conquer
such difficulties. I have heard that, when Niebuhr the historian's
rare talents began first to exhibit themselves, it was proposed to
the King to make him his Passe Minister. Such a thing was not
to be thought of; he had no tides; he was not of the aristocracy—
the aristoracy, whose right to be Ministers is as legitimate and as
divine as that of the 40 anointed ones " to be Kings.
1 have obtained a pretty correct statement of
stabe present popu-
lation of his Danish Mijesty's dotninions. It is follows :
Island of Zealand. • ..:x60,000 Inhabitants.
Posen ...... . . 130,000
Ladand.
Districts of Aalborg . .. 110,000
Wyborg
Aathnus . ........ 95,000
Ribe

The Dolt:ldes base :••••. _
leswi ... 320,000
ing .H..... ..... —.. . .... ...
.. 380,000 i 737,000
Lewisburg
The Notthern Idands, Faroe..
Iceland •••

6,000
50,000

In all 1,768,000

In the West Indies Denmark has about 45,000 subjects, and in
the Rut 50,000. Of this population 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 infor-
mation 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 en extremely small sphere. Except of school-books,
Bibles, and works of religious instruction, an edition seldom ex-
tends beyond 200 copies.
Denmark overflows with titles, decorations, and petty privileges.
Almost every other respectably-dressed person that you meet in
the street has 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 exceedingly little value.i.—
The Nobility were completely stripped of political puiwerin 1660,
when the King was declared tbsoltste ; and doubtless the people
were benefited by the change ; yet, dullish the change was, at that
'time, all that public opinion demanded, there is a gesseriffeeling
that something better is wanting now. To the ifhing'a person.xliere
las very devoted attachment, and he certainly appearcto use his
=lied power with much moderation and integrity of purpose.
is a paternity about his Government which makes it, to
latry respects, benevolent ; while bin accessibleness k an invaluable
aimistity against the misdeeds of inferior soros. Every hiesday,l
Aroma nine to one o'clock, the palace Is open to all suppliants, and
there is not a subject of theHing, however mean and shabbily clad,
who may not then obtain a personal audiente Otis llsjesty. On
such days the audiencrcliember is eaceedlogly crowded. and the
King distributes coosislexabkaums of money amass hie necessitous
subjects. Noptroduction of any sort is needed ; and a:popularity,
of no little importance to such i Government, is cheaply 1'
,rcliased;

wisely pure_
Copenhagen pretests st great.variety of costumes. The female
• Inhabstanu ef the neighbouring island of,,Ansager. who, are de
,sespdanto of Dutch battler., still preserve their stagiest and ate.
temp: dresses, carrying with them such Wadi of clothing that sbe
lateduifoim Is completely toss in thee cumbersome woollen gar-
nwetsd TIM- Pt** reedevaret unsay adopted among the weal.
thew ala•seec in faca, civilisation: Ikillniltoltrire•cblog nOelt na-
, demlitissoo that. if,a stranger were suddenly deposited in any of
the grail theatres or penblic places of Europe, be mould certainly,
fro* the appearance of the inhabitants, tam
dilviobillalay ffsitlEassobsit. The Danish. languege Is inhabitants,
lialiptintetcoeme whit the worlds though It is swoott.loo4 deb. AO
isill4stis aslalcri wail-bred Arnie preaks some other tongue.—
ulcally. Demon, hit treVuendy English and French.
' item oter•ft*.D bosses ste'btrevety stall.• Sean
eenseAribeartthe pall* of celeheicy, seed ,Corgiss(erlseeetserroestersty
and sea stews Asusl.llU4ll*Aosolontwodebissi C
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