The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-27 00:00:00

SKETCHES FROM FRANKFORT.

(By an Anglo-German Corr esponden! of the Spectator.)

THE EmpEROR OF AUSTRIA.

The Kaiser is atall, handsome man, of imposing
figure, and something truly imperial in his bear-
ing. He has the characteristic high and narrow
head of the Hapsburgs, as well as the historical
under-lip which the family got by alliance with the
Jagellon race; but his features are far more refined
and decidedly more intellectual than those of many
ancestors which figure in the famous Vienna gallery.
Francis Joseph has the eyes of his shrewd and
accomplished mother, and probably not a, little
also of her intellect. After the many photographs
and pictures which I have seen of the Emperor, I
was astonished to find him so old and ripe in look
and bearing.

THE KING OF SAXONY.

A striking contrast to the
wasetallthe
Emperor,
in his
ma
frsohals' s uniform,axony,
dressed in black
spare
from head to foot. King John looks every inch
figure glittering
of t
h field-marshals 1 d
King-
the savant, able lawyer, and naturalist that he is;
but the high forehead and expressive eye speak
of something higher than all this, From what I
have heard of the ruler of Saxony I am inclined to
place him in an elevated position among the German
Sovereigns.
THE FIRST MEETING OP THE CONGRESS,

The Princes, on entering the Palace of the Diet,
were received by the Emperor in person, who led
them into the asembly room and to their seats at
the table, the places marked by large escutcheons in
gold. The table, covered by a gold embroidered
green cloth, was oval, and around it the Princes sat
, after the names of their
countries,iin
Lmperordre presiding at the top. At a
small
Herr von Biegeleben was seated.
Before alphabetical
side-table
each the
Prince
ori
nee lay a portfolio of tinted paper,
embossed with the Imperial arms, and aside of it
were gold pens and a porcelain inkstand. At ten
minutes after eleven the Emperor opened the pro-
ceedings in quite a parliamentary manner. Taking
up a small bell at his side, he rang it twice, and
then, bowing to the august assembly around, began
in a clear, sonorous voice :—" Illustrious brothers
and cousins, very dear allies !"

THE 10IPEROR'S SPEECH.

The delivery of, the oration occupied more than
half an hour, during which time the deepest silence
reigned in the room—a silence so deep, indeed, as
to become almost oppressive. Bewildered astonish-
ment that an Emperor, head of the House of Haps-
burg, could express himself in these terms, declaring
his intention to make Germany "an undivided
whole"—ein unzertrennliches Ganze—was visibly
expressed in the countenance of a large number of
Princes. For a few minutes after the delivery of
the address undisturbed quiet continued to reign
among the assembly, after which the King of Ba-
varia arose, thanking, in a few simple words, the
Emperor for his gracious kindness in having under-
taken the initiative of " a movement so important
as well as so urgent." The Grand Dukes of Baden
and of Saxe-Weimar followed, expressing like gra-
tification; but all the other Sovereigns kept silence.
Then the Emperor broke up the assembly by re-
brethren.
treating a step and bowing to his august

are brought on shore they are carried to the fish
offices, where they are salted and laid in heaps
on the floors,
YARMOUTH BLOATERS.—As soon as the herrings
about two feet deep ; after they have continued in this
situation about 50 hours, the salt is washed from them by
putting them into baskets and plunging them in water;
thence they are carried to an adjoining apartment, where,
after being pierced through the gills by small wooden spits,
about four feet long, they are handed to the men in the
upper part of the house, who place them at proper dis-
tances, beginning nearly as high as the top of the roof,
and proceeding downwards, where they are cured or
made red. The house being thus filled with herrings,
many small wood fires are kindled underneath upon the
floor, wtose number is in proportion to the size of the
room, and the smoke which ascends from these fires dries
or cures the herrings. After the fish have hung in this
manner about seven days, the fires are extinguished, that
the oil and fat may drip down. About two days after, the
fires are rekindled, and after two more such drippings, the
fires are kept continually burning until the herrings are
perfectly cured ; but this requires a longer or shorter time,
according as they are designed for foreign or home con-
sumption. After the herrings have hung a proper time
they are taken down (or struck), and packed away in ,
bar-
rels, containing 800 or 1,000 each, and then shipped off for
market. The ships receive the barrels on board in the har-
bour, and sail direct for the Mediterranean ports. This
fishing terminates in Nmilizbar,—Ono a Week.