tions, a broad ditch full o f water, and a few outworks: its
circumference meafures between four or five miles. The
ftreets are well paved, with a foot-way on each fide, but too
narrow and inconvenient for general ufe. The greateft part
o f the buildings are o f brick; and a few are o f free-ftone
brought from Germany. The houfesof the nobility are in
general fplendid, and conftrudted in the Italian ftyle o f architecture
; the palace, which was eredted'by Chriftian VI.
is a large pile o f building; the front is o f ftone, and the
wings o f brick ftuccoed: the fuite o f apartments is princely;
and the external appearance is more grand than elegant.
The bufy fpirit o f commerce is vifible in Copenhagen,
The haven is always crouded with merchant ihips; and the
ftreets are interfered by broad canals, which bring the merchandize
clofe to the warehoufes.that line the quays. This
city owes its principal beauty to a dreadful fire in 1728, .
that deftroyed. five churches and fixty-feven ftreets, which
have been fince rebuilt in the modern ftyle.
The new part o f the town, raifed by the late king Frederick
Y . is extremely beautiful, fcarcely inferior to Bath. I t '
confifts o f an.odtagon, containing four uniform and elegant :
buildings of hewn ftone,.and o f four broad ftreets leading to <
it in oppofite diredtions. In the middle of the area ftands an
equeftrian ftatue o f Frederick, V. in bronze, .as big as lifej ,
which is juftly admired. It was caft at the expence .of the.
Eaft India Company bySaly,.,and coft jf8o,ooo.fterling. .
On the 25th of March we accompanied Mr. Delawal,'pur
minifter, to court, and were honoured with private audiences
by his majefty Chriftian .VII. the queen .dowager
Juliana-Maria, her Ion prince Frederick, and his confort
the princefs Sophia-Frederica. We were deprived o f the
honour of paying our refpefts to the prince royal, as.he. was