The "golden wedding" of the Emperor of Germany, that is,
the fiftieth anniversary, was celebrated on Wednesday in Berlin with extraordinary pomp. The Czar had sent excuses, the Grand Duchess Marie Paulovna being ill, and the Emperor of Austria did not go; but most of the subordinate Princes of Germany, except the Kings of Bavaria and Saxony, were there, representatives from all foreign States, and of course, all the magnates of the new Empire. The reception took place in the White Hall, the usual scene of the displays of the Prussian monarchy, amid a scene so gorgeous that the reporters are lost in admiration, and that, as is carefully recorded, the few black- coats present, the representatives of the Parliament shrank back into corners out of sight. The Emperor said little beyond a few words to some Ambassadors, including Lord Ode Russell, but was so weak that he was carefully supported whenever he rose to his feet by his aides-de-camp. The people joined cor- dially in the festivities, but it was thought advisable that the Emperor should not drive, as had been expected, through the thronged spaces of Berlin, but should return home in a close carriage by an unusual route. An amnesty was signed, but the expected announcement as to the Ultramontane Bishops was not made.
