The meeting of the Emperors at Berlin passed off without
accident and amid strong manifestations of popular approval. The gathering of grandees to do honour to the majority of the Crown Prince, who was eighteen on Sunday, May tkh, is believed to have been unprecedented, every dynasty in Europe being represented by a member of the Royal house. The central ceremony was the taking of the military oath before the altar in the chapel of the Royal Castle, and the demeanour of the Crown Prince is said to have given his father great satisfaction. He is described as a young man of pleasant though reserved manners, who has been brought up in partial seclusion, especially during his three years' resi- dence in Holstein, but has been carefully educated in many things. He is, of course, an officer in the Army, but no one reports anything as to his abilities or his personal tastes, except that he has a fondness for music,—as had also Frederick the Great. It is probable that he will have for some years to lead a subdued life, there being no constitu- tional role for an Heir-Apparent to fill, and he may travel extensively.
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