Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457

Upon the crown-prince of Denmark--afterwards Frederick VI., one of the best sovereigns that ever swayed a northern sceptre--devolved the management of the nation's affairs; for he had been regent since 1784, in consequence of the mental derangement of Christian VII. The crown-prince was a brave and energetic man, and he made every possible preparation to defend Copenhagen--himself assuming the very responsible post of commander-in-chief. The land defences consisted of the Citadellet Frederikshavn, the Crown Batteries, and if they were as formidable in 1801 as they were when we saw them in 1850, they indeed possessed tremendous powers of destruction--also batteries on the shore of the island of Amak--Amager, as