The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-02 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, MAY 31.
The festivals in honour of the marriage of Princess
Anna terminated by a grand gala ball and supper,
given by their Majesties, in the White Hall and
adjacent splendid suite of apartments. Upwards of
1,000 invitations were issued by Count Keller, first
marshal and lord steward of the household, and the
whole were commodiously seated at small tables for
ten covers each, and served with the most mar-
vellous precision and order. The ball, which was
attended by the whole diplomatic corps, eclipsed,
if possible, all others given by their Majesties,
and was kept up until about half-past one
this morning, when their Majesties and the royal
family withdrew. Berlin will now fall into its
wonted summer tranquillity, as the Court will
migrate immediately to Potsdam ; several of the
Ministers will proceed to their country seats, or
to this or that brunnen ; and as many of the diplo-
matic corps as can obtain leave will follow their
example. Marienbad seems to be the place in
favour with the generality, although some will
proceed to treeless, barren, and not over sweet
Ostend. Be this as it may, Berlin in the course of
a week will be deserted by all who can possibly
escape from its dust and bad odours.

Tile mania for establishing banks, or, more
strictly speaking, for speculations in bank shares,
appears to be extending all over Germany. No
sooner was the Darmstadt affair terminated than a
similar project was started atßrunswick, with a pro-
spectus purporting to limit the capital to 3,000,000
rix dollars. The projectors, patronised by the
Government, intended, and still intend, to create a
bona fide and substantial establishment ; but the
project was scarcely announced ere it was converted
into a medium for the wildest agiotage, and in less
than a fortnight the demands for shares amounted
to the enormous sum of more than two hundred
millions of rix dollars, and the 100 rix dollar
shares were done at a premium of 17 to 20.
This is a proof, on the one hand, of the mass of
capital lying dormant in the country, albeit the
public funds return 3i, and the substantial railway
shares 4 per cent. But, on the other hand, it is
to be feared that the rage for speculation will lead
to most disastrous consequences, seeing that in al-
most every instance the great Jewish moneyed
houses, which aro behind the curtain, run up prices
to a height from which they must inevitably recede
at least 10 to 15 per cent., and then get rid of their
shares whilst the fever is at its climax. Meanwhile
the great money-dealers are reaping large profits,
and projecting other speculations of a similar kind.
The united Coburg-Gotha Chamber has assented
to the Government proposition for according an an-
ticipatory assent to all conventions, treaties, and
changes of tariffs which may be concluded by the
Sovereign, in so far as regards the Zollverein.

The Prince of Noer (says the Weser Zeitung) has
sent a private envoy (privatgerandten) to Copenha-
gen to back up his previous protest against the
Russian succession. Meantime, it appears that his
elder brother, the Duke of Augustenburg, is on the
eve of concluding his purchase of Count Renard's
estates in Silesia for three millions.

Among the English strangers invited to assist at
the Court festivals were Lord Worsley and Captain
Bathurst. Both wore the uniform and their re-
spective militia regiments, and this in a very smart
and soldierlike manner, so that they did credit to
our young and useful force.
The journals assert that Baron Von Usedom,
Prussian envoy to the Holy See, is about to resign
his functions, and devote himself to parliamentary
and literary pursuits ; and further, that M. Alfred
Von Reumont, now Prussian Chargé d'AlAires at
Florence, is to succeed M. d'Usedorn at Rome. If
the latter report be true, it will be a further proof
that merit and talent, and not aristocracy of birth
alone, aro the mediums for attaining high and con-
fidential appointments. M. de Reumont, like the
Chevalier Bunsen, is the sole artificer of his own
advancement ; and as he is a steadfast Roman
Catholic in faith, his nomination to Rome is the
greatest compliment that can be paid by a Pro-
testant Sovereign to integrity and unflinching
impartiality.