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The ex-King Louis of Bavaria, who recently at- tained his seventieth year, was, a few days ago, waited on at his chateau at Ludwigshoe, in the Pal- atinate, by a deputation from Strasburg, in which place he was born, who paid their respects to him on the occasion. The King received them most kindly promised to visit their city, and related to them a curious circumstance. At the time of his birth, in August, 1786, his father, who was then only Prince de Deux Ponts, commanded the Alsace Regiment in the service of France, which was in the garrison at Strasburg; and a few days after the birth he was astonished to see that all his grenadiers had cut off their beards and moustaches. Oil in- quiring why they had done so, one of the men stepped forward and said that they had determined to beg his acceptance of a velvet mattress for the newly-born Prince, and that they had stuffed it with their beards and moustaches. "I have the mattress still," cried the King, "and will show it to you." The mattress was produced, and the King added, I do not think that there is in the world a bed which can be called more strictly military than that." THE ROYAL MARRIAGE AT BERLiN.IVritina of the royal marriage in Berlin, on Saturday, the Times" correspondent speaks of the popularity of the Prussian royal family "It would be difficult to find, even in any secluded private circles, two young persona brought up so devoid of the many failings and faults that attach to high birth and royal expectations as Prince Fredrich Wilhelm and Princess Louisa. Ofthe latter, as the bride of to. day, it may, of course, be permitted to feel and speak warmly, since all brides are, by prescription, young, lovely, and interesting, and it celinly is not necessary to be a Prussian for one to reeog'^ nise in her all the highest ideal that a bachelor's enthusiastic fancy ever pourtraycd of a bride.: One reservation, however, I must make, that I may not fall into the error of indiscriminate flattery and exaggeration; she possesses no transcendaut beauty, but in its place a sweetness of expression that is worth far more, as indicative of the heart and feeling within. The three-quartcl- length por- trait that Winterhalter has painted of her, and may, perhaps, be known to your readers, is liko her in every respect except the hands and arms, which are not well painted, and have been copied from some dairymaid model. The bridegroom, the Grand Duke Frederic William Louis, of Baden, Duke of Zachringen, is a man in the very prime of life, having just entered his 31st year, good- looking, with a manly bearing, and the expression of his countenance shows the strong good sense and the firmness of character that ho has already evidenced in very trying circumstances. It was before he came to the throne as regent, in the place of his brother, who was found to be hopelessly deranged at the death of their father in 1852, that the rebellion in Baden took place, and was sup- pressed mainly by Prussian military assistance, but since then he has had no less difficult a conflict to fight out with the Roman Catholic Church in his dominions, whoie intrigues and resistance to the ruling power, as the secular head of the state, have been unmaskedly fostered by Austria and Bavaria. On his official entry into Berlin yesterday morn- ing he was received at the terminus of the Pots dam Railway by all the general and staff ofifcers, as well as the municpality of this capital. From all I have heard of him, those who have come into contact with him have had nothing but was credit- able to relate of him." MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE RIYER AVONd -On Saturday last, a melancholy accident occurre- on the river Avon, near Bradford, Wilts. Taunr er, a tradesman, carried ou business as an ironmoiige aud being of a mechanical turn, had devoted some time to the construction of an engine by which to propel a small rowing boat. Having succeeded in his object, he has sailed in his boat occasionally on the river. On Saturday he took Mrs. Tauner (his wife) and only daughter, about 3 years of age, out with him on an excursion to Stavertun, about one mile from Bradford. They steamed up there safely, but on their return, near the Wood," about three-q uarters of a mile from home, aa accident occurred. By some means, Mrs. Tauner fell overboard, and her husband, in his en- deavour to rescue her from drowning, sprung to the side of the bout, which being very crank* naturallv :D y crati k nat-,ira l l y rendered more so by means of the engine, capsized, burying himself and his helpless little daughter under water. No one was present to witness the deplorable calamity, except a shepherd's boy, too youug and lee- ble to reuder any assistance consequemly, after a short struggle, the father, mother, and child, sank to rise no more. A shooting party were not far from the spot, and were attracted thither by the agonised cries for help of the deceased, but ere they could reach the boat, the unfortunate family had met their uutimely grave. The accident took place about six o'clock in the evelliug-lr. Tauner about two hours before being in his shop serving customers. A search was at once made for the bodies, which were found, brought to their house, and laid in shells. Besides the Htde girl who thus met her death, Mr. Tauuer has left one boy, an iufant about four mouths old. This catastrophe has thrown a gloom over the town as both Mr. Tanner and his wife were considered most amiable persons. Mr. Tanner was not more than SO years of age, and it is worthy of remark that his frieuds had frequently urged him to learn the art of swimming before he commenced his excursions; aud, had he done so, this calamity might not have hap- pened. OUTRAGE IN h yo.A Dublin paper states that a savage assault was made on Wednesday week, in Boffin Island, Mayo, by a large party of Mr. Henry Wilberforce's tenantry, on the rector of the parish, the ltev John Lyuch, Mrs. Lynch, the Rev. Archi- bald Robertson, curate of Fraukford, and his wife, Dr. Sharkey, of Ballinsloe, and two mission agents in the employment of the Ladies' Island Society. When Mr. Lynch and his friends were preparing to lea\ c the island, where they had been for several hours, a mob of at least 100 persous assembled at the east cud, and amid jolla and curses, ferociously assailed them with vo 1 ys of stones, which they had previously collected for the purpose, calling them devils, jumpers, end other names, and swearing they would murder them for daring to come into the i81ud after having been denounced by the priests. With great difficulty :\lr.! Lynch and his friends reached the shore, after in vain ren?r?'rattug with their assailants. Mr. Lynch, on whose arm Mrs. Robcrts-on was leanius, was twice I tuockrd down one of the neents had his clothes cut I with stones, and another had two ribs broken.

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