Death Of The King Of Prussia

ti tin M. v. Ethiii iet Jtn. 17. Tbc Tc.utouia brii ■. .; oá intelligente of t'.ie dcath of the eldKing oí' Priwsia, w!m tbr years has beau :m almost. helplssa h;mii4, and w!iom deoeaaj will, thorefore, crc.iio np sarrisa. Tbe lato Kiiig Fre'deriek Williao IV. was boni üctober IStb, 1793. Ia lii .youth lio too': au activo part in tho oatnpuigüs against Napúl3j:i, asid bocaiUG t'auiilinr witb of' tlio most. distinguió!)■cd men of hiaogu, iiicludingHuiabol(ít,far whoiu ho forme J ;i sí Wíig personal frioild!!. Ili.s tii'st poütical iippointtuent waa tlMt of öovoroor oL Poinor.inia lio cxhibiteil liberal lendenen , and attainod : ccnsiderablo popularity asuong bis p His tather, Fröderick x.ViIüíuí III., Jived to a good uld sgo, so it as cat tili 1S-10, vlioa for!y-!i.i yoars old. tha.t tiie subject oi' tljit noticc asuouded ilu throae. j The ürít ten voars of bis rciga wcra ir. aUd. Tho Politó ooiispiracy ia 1846, wliich threatontd is easiorn poMsasions, vas followcd bv t!ü memorable diiiioúlties of ISIS. Tiia FreiK'h rorohition of thatyor exoited tlio üvoliaut ioplins in l'russia, during wbioii the Kii) plainly showed tliat ha b.ul forgotten thu liberal procüvitios of ris youth. Ho grantod concessivi;:s ouly on coiupulsion. Vet, ■withal, lie man&god to laaintaiu coüidcrabio populariíy, and, on Maroh '2S. 1849. was offered by the Frankfort Parlianicnt tho Imperial Crown of Gormany, wbicli ho prudently declincd, and, owing to the threats and iufiuenco of Austria, abandonod tbo hopo bfl Círtaialj liad onci; entertainfid of biöoming the iftiinaroh of uuited Gennany. In the lu.ll sucoecding tbe eveuta of 1843-9, hu rtign waá without features of interest. In 1S57 tlo King w;is SL'iïod witb a malady rtsulting io teinporary iusaniiy. Ou tho 23d of October, 1858, he gavo up tbe manage ment of his personal affairs to his brother, tho Prince of Prussia, and travcled in Italy for his health. But his icsanity continued, iiotwitbstand'mg glimpses of returning reason. One day, at his hotel at Florence, after baving eonversed sensibly i aud as one in bis rigbt miad, bc shocked big Queen and suite, wbüo at dinner, by solemnly washing his face in the macuaroni Koup set beforo hini. Etiquette forbade any uotice to bo taken of th is, and the King presented at onco apitiable and ludierous aspect as bü looked sternly around, with the soup dripping froin bis Jaee and beard. On returuing from Italy he continued to grow worse. On Christmas Day he was so ill tbat his life waa despaired of. From that date he reujained uuconsuious till bis dcath. By the dcath of King Frederick Williain IV without issue, his brother William, Princo of Prussia, becomes Kiug. It is supposcd, bowever, he will abdícate in favor of bis son, Prince Froderick Williain, a young man twenty iiino years of age, who married, in 1858, the eldest daughter of the Queen of Eugland. iílidjip! Jrps.