, 1860-03-02

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CAsr.E or DENNknK-It has been men-
tloned that the Palace Of Fredericksborg,
in Denmark, bad been destroyed by fire.
There are TIVE royal residences in Denmark,
which bear nearly the same name. The
one close 10 Copenhagen, Is Frederieksburg,
built in the 18th century BY Frederick ~, ,
IN the Italian style, and afterwards enlarg.
ed by Christian VI, and from the balcony
Of which there Is magnificent view over
the city, the Sound, and the coasts Of
Sweden. The other palace, that Of Fred.
erirksborg, which has Just been destroyed,
was FIVE miles from Cobenhagen, and was
the Pantheon Of the glorles Of Denmark.
II was divided into three parts, separated
from each other By fortified fosses. The
principal edilce had four stories, with hand.
some towers aud plnnaeles. Il had vast
cellars extending under water, for the
chaieau stood on an island in lake, but
they were built 50 substantially that No
dampness could peneTate. so
What more particularly attracted the
attention Of strangers visiting this place
was the chapel, situated Ia the left wing,
and embellished with sculptures. pictures,
and The most exquisite carvings in wood
King Christian tho Fourth, himself tnrned
several oi the arabesques aud flowers in
ivory found there The altar was q mas
terpiecl Of workmanship, and had no less
shan one hundred and ffty kilogrammes Of
silver employed on Il. Over the gallery
stood an eseuleheOu with the arms q Den
mark. surrounded BY those Of the knights
sill living Of the orders Of the Elephant
and Of Daunebrog. 10 IN adjoining ball
were The cseuteheous Of the deceased
knighls. and among them that Of Nnpoleor
l. The hall Of the knights, one Of The
largest in Enrope, being not less than ont
hnndred and ffty feet long, was all Of mar
be; is handsome mantel-piece had been un
fortunately injured by the Swedes during
the wars The ceiling was ornamenteJ
with innumerable figures, groups, and sym
bolical and emblematical REPRESENTATIONS o.
all kinds, intermingled with sentences 10 the
Latin, DaniIh and German languages. Il
was 4 real fkeafrHm mHndi, and tWenty-siz
artists were employed on Il for seven years
The portrait gallery was unique Of its kind
and Of great Falue for the history Of Den
mark. h#t
Each sovereign had a space reserved fol
him, and round him were grouped the mem
bers OF bis family, ministers, and all who
had made themselves conspicuous under biz
reign. In the collection we're portraits o.
the astronomer, Tyeho Brahe, the poel
Hoiberg, the historian Sahm, aad uumerou,
Others. The pOrtraits Of Struensee and the
unfortunate Queen Mathilda were not sus
pended in the gallery, but visitors wer,
shown the words, 20, God, keep me limo
centp which the Queen had cut on one o
tlc windows with diamond ring. Fred
ericksborg was, as has been above mention
81, situated in the middle Of lake, a sit,
expressly chosen by Christian ~, who wa
on experienced sailor, and Que Of the mos
popular kings ever known in that country
Il was his farorite place Of residence. Til,
oourtiers laughed at the idea Of building .
palace in such q spot, but the King paid nc
attention 70 their remarks, and by the at
Of English architects and wOrknen, whom
he procured for the purpose, succeeded il
carrying out ell bis plans successfully, aud
completing magnificent pile Of building