The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

THE MARRIAGE 01? THE PRINCESS

ROYAL.

BERLIN, Jan. 4.—ln compliance with a recent
invitation that has emanated from our Court, most
of the Princes of Prussia, who were already invite]
to the nuptials of the Princess Royal and the
festivities that are to precede them, will proceed to
England at an early date, so as to be enabled
to participate in some sh')oting parties in the
Highlands before the period of the Loudon
festivities commences. Among them Prince
Frederick Carl is probably the keenest sports-
man, as he is also the most enthusiastic soldier, and
one who devotes himself heart and soul to his pro-
fession ; in consequence of the extreme industry, as
well as the partiality he has shown for the military
career (more particularly for the cavalry arm), he
has already obtained the command of the Ist Divi-
sion of the Prussian Guard.
' In addition to the noblemen and gentlemen already
named as about to compose the suite of Prince
Frederick William on occasion of his proceeding to
England to his nuptials, Count Redern has been
invited to visit the Court of St. James's. Count
Redern, who at present occupies at this Court the
pest of Grand Master of the Royal Household,
or, as it should be styled according to the no-
menclature adopted in the times of the Ger'-
man Empire, and will ret•iined in Prussia, High
Dapifet (in German, Oberst T ruchsess), was for-
merly Director of all the Royal theatres in this
country ; he is favourably know❑ in the musical
world as a composer, and to all English artistes who
have visited Berlin he has been in the region of art
'dramatic and musical) what Baron Humboldt has,
in the regions of science and literature, always
been to our countrymen—a willing and judicious
friend.
Prince Frederick William and the Princess
Royal have subscribed 600 thalers to the fund for
the relief of the sufferers by the Mayence explosion.
The King of the Belgians has contributed to it
2,500 f. The Berlin subscription for this object has
just been closed, after amounting to nearly 9,500
thalers.

The British residents in Berlin are going to get
up an address to the Princess Royal and to Prince
Frederick William cez the oocasion of their marriage
and subsequent entry into Berlin. The same may
be said of our countrymen resident in Cologne and
Bonn. At the latter place they are probably
stronger in number than anywhere else in Prussia.
In Potsdam the municipal authorities and the
trades' companies are apparently no less busy than
the Berliners in their preparation for the entry of
the young couple into that city of palaces. Accord-
ing to the present arrangements, these trades' com-
panies will line the whole distance from the railway
station across the bridge into the town and up to
the Palace, where the bridal couple will rest fur
the night ; and if the weather be not altogether un-
propitious, the procession over the bridge will be a
very pretty sight indeed, for these trades' compa-
nies are not on these occasions mere aggregates of
the "great unwashed," but bodies of well-dressed
and well-conducted men, that with all the evils of
the guild system of the middle ages have preserved
also the banners, the emblems, and the customs of
those days. The procession from the railway station
is to be preceded by a squadron of the Hussars
of the Guards (the only red regiment in the
Prussian army), then will come the Royal Master
of the Horse in fullest gala costume, followed by
two carriages and six, with the ladies and gentle-
men of the household of the Prince and Princess.
The carriage containing their Royal Highnesses
Prince and Princess Fre lerick William of Prussia
will be preceded by a squadron of the Garde-du-
Corps, a splendid Cuirassier regiment with white
uniforms and black facings and trousers, the helmets
and cuirasses being of plated steel, and on the
officers' helmets a silver eagle perching with
outstretched wings, escorted on the right side by
Major-General von Bonin, the Military Commander
of the town of Potsdam, and on the left by the
highest officer in command of the garrison there.
The carriages of the remainder of the party are to
follow immediately, and the whole to be closed by a
squadron of the Ist regiment of the Lancers of the
Guard. Instead of taking the most direct route to
the Palace, the procession will wind through two or
three streets, and, entering at the back of the
Palace, set down its company in the Lustgarten
there. The trades' companies will then walk past in
procession, exhibiting their emblems, &c. After
this is over there will be a general pre-sentat ion in the
Palace of all the high civil and trilitary officers of
the town and garrison. As the next day will be
Sunday the Prince and Princess will attend Divine
Service in the Garhison Kirche ; they will drive
through all the numerous R yal parks and gardens,
they will then diuo in State, and in the evening
attend a gala performance at the theatres (theatre
pare)
On the Monday morning early the Prince will
conduct his bride to Charlottenburg and present
her there to the King and Qeeen, and thence the
entry into Berlin will be made February Bth.
During the shortperiod that the Prince and Prin-
cess will reside in Berlin previous to their caking
possession of their own palace, which will not be
ready till the summer, they will occupy a splendid
suite of apartments in the Royal Schloss, command-
ing a most attractive view over the Schloss brucke,
up the whole vista of the " Tinter den Linden ;"
the residence that has been finally decided on for
them in Potsdam. during the summer is the so-
called Cabinets-haus, where the Prince has of late
resided when in Potsdam. It was in this house
that his grandfather, the late King, was born.