The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-18 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

PRUSSIA.

Great excitement prevailed in Berlin on the night
of the 13th, in consequence of the determination of
the Ministers to recal the ranee of PRUSSIA. A
meeting was held at the Teßtel, and after listening to
several violent speeches it was proposed by the Pre-
sident that the w hole body, among whom appeared
about 400 students, should proceed tranquilly, si-
lently, linked arm in arm, and preceded by the above-
named a.; a committee, to present the address to
M. CAMPIIAUSEN. This was, of course, agreed to
with uproarious acclamations; and the multitude fell
into tolerable order, marched up the Thier Garten to
the Brandenburg-gate, and thence to the Minist:!r's
house in the Wilhelms-street.

In the meantime the bugles sounded to arms in
the different burgher-guard wards, and strong de-
tachments quickly mustered, and were stationed,
some in front of M. CAMPHIUSEN'S abode, and others
at the Prince of PRUSSIA'S palace.
The deputation having been introduced and de-
livered their commands, the Minister replied, as he
had previously done, to their predecessors, adding,
that the Ministerial decision regarding the Prince
having been agreed upon in Council, he would refer
the address to his colleagues this morning, and com-
municate the result to the deputation in the course
of the day. Thereupon the latter withdrew, but
not without administering a sharp lecture to the
Ministry for venturing to decide upon, and execute,
a measure which could only be determined by the
will of the people.
A part of the dense crowds that filled the Wil-

helms-street now dispersed, but a vast body pro-
ceeded to the Linden, where, after collecting in
noisy groups and masses, it was suggested that
they should proceed to the Prince's palace,
and after uttering a lusty " pereat," forthwith re-
inscribe on doors and walls the " national property,"
that " the reactionists " had effaced ; whilst others,
and those the most numerous, insisted that these
words should he printed in black letters upon the
frieze. A simultaneous rush was then made to
the palace, but the burgher-guard, drawn up in
front, resisted, and dt ove back all who ap-
proached, and continued to maintain their ground
steadily. At length HELD, EICHLER, and some of
the leaders, having obtained admission upon the
elevated approach to the doors under the peristyle,
mounted the iron balustrades, and, clinging to the
lamp-posts, harangued the people in the same
strain as at the Zelten. But here the question
turned merely upon deciding whether the words
" national property" should be re-inscribed in chalk,
as before, or painted ineffaceably " with a brush" on
the walls.

At eight o'clock on the evening of the 14th, a ge-
neral proclamation appeared announcing that the
Ministers desist from calling back the Prince of
PRUSSIA. They state, in rather obscure terms, that
the Prince will not return to Berlin before the Diet
shall have been consulted.

An address in favour of the Poles, placarded on the
walls, and signed by 104 Berlin students, has been
answered by a counter address, and placards, signed
by 416 of the same university, not against the Poles,
but in favour of saving their German-Posen country-
men from being abandoned as Polish subjects.