The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-15


The TRADES PROCESSION IN BERLIy.-The Berlin
correspondent Of the London Times in describing
the tete attendant upon the entrance of the Prince
and Princess of Prussia into Berlin, SAYS:
Inc efforts OF the trades companies to contrib
ute their share to the glories of the public entry
are also deserving of all praise and acknowledge
ment Not only have they been at heavy charges
for their own personal equipment in an unusual cos
tune, but also for horses, banners, emblems, &C.
winch latter We're all made bv the iourneymen giy-
ing their time and the masters the material
Ihese emblems were in many cases the most elab-
crate models of the most difficult productions of
thelr handlcrat, such as in the of the carpen-
ters ana Jolners winding starcases skeletons of
roots, models of roofing for theatres &C.: the cab
lnet-makers carried models of all kinds of intricate
furniture In which figured in most suggestive prox
unity those OF cradle and coffin; the above three
trades carried most elaborate banners made of wood
shavlngs but constituting thorough works of art
Engineers and railway contractors carried models
OF locomotives, railway carriages steam engines
ana stamping machines; fishermen carried silk nets
extended on poles, in some with tinkling bells
attached and with silver and gilt fish entangled in
the meshes.
Goldsmiths came with golden goblets: the silver
smiths with colossal silver vase; bakers with
Proze, or cake, in the shape of true-lovers knot;
the carriage and coach makers, with models of
wheels and perches, &C. all perched upon poles
brightly gilt and vanished. The swordcutlers car
rled colossal sword 10 feet high of which the gid
ed hllt was three feet long, and the blade wavy on
winch the arms of the company are. damascened
Inc braZlers and armorers sported two live knights
on horseback-the former in brass armor the latter
IN SILVER armor, and both attended by esqures,
armed as cap-a-pie themselves, and totally un-
able to help them If they had got into fix in the
crowd
The glass workers exhibited all imaginable pref
Illnesses In spun stained and cut glass. The turn
ers carried tremendous colossal chessboard and
chessmen to match standing upon it. &C. There
were quantities more than these have mentioned
that can be easily conceived-2S, 400 in all; each
trade, divided into masters, men and apprentices,
carrying its banners, its emblems and its tools
gilt or otherwise ornamented for the occa-
sion. Only one trade absent, the print
ers-the very one to which Prince Frederick Will
nam belongs, tor, in compliance with an old Gus
tom In the Prussan Royal Family, every Prince
must learn trade, and that of compositor was
the one chosen by his Royal Hghness. There were
miners in all their different costumes: sweeps ditto
with the small "chummies carrying their little lad
ders and brOoms; masonS who had made themselves
martial with boards and leather aprons as fierce as
French sdpeurs or own pioneers: boatmen are
all rugged out sailor fashion, with many othors too
numerous to be mentioned in this short letter. The
whole was interspersed with bands of music preced-
ing each different trade, and every member mani
testing the greatest possible delight at figuring
away in the procession.
The professional caterers for fun were the fac
waivers have already alluded to in a former letter
whose business it is and has been since the socaed
good old times of medieval date to keep the mem
Ders OF the trades amused when assembled and wal
ing ABOUT on festa occasions, for which services
.Iey generally get rewarded with portions of the
plentiful vctuals the worthy burehers brouobt With
them; thus, as tradition goes they received in OIL
den time the names of Hans Wurst. which means
Jack Sausage, or Pickel-haering, which means Pick
led herring. But nowadays these gentlemen ara
costumed something like Spanish bnllfghter, but
armed only with flag, instead of a sword. which
nag 1t Is their business to wave furl and fling about
In every way that flag Is not usually treated, or
to keep 1t spinning round the hand the knee mr.
the projecting end of their cooked hat which, but
Tor their practised seightof-hand, would be very
announcement appeniage