NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE strange drama lately enacted in Bavaria has ended in a tragedy. King Louis was carried away from Hohen- schwangan to the Castle of Berg, in Lake Starnberg, under the supervision of Dr. Gudden. On the evening of Sunday last, he went out for a stroll with Dr. Gudden, and ordered his attendants to return. Dr. Gudden, confident in his moral control, did not object, but on passing a point which juts into the lake, the King rushed into the water. Dr. Gudden at once followed, but after a brief struggle, the King, who was a powerful man, drowned the old doctor, and then, though an excellent swimmer, succeeded in drowning himself, thus Killing a life which, but for hereditary disease, might have been a noble one. The Regent at once pro- claimed the King's brother, Prince Otto, and the Generals took the oaths to him ; but it is believed that financial difficulties will compel the Diet to interfere. The income of the Civil List and the whole property of the deceased monarch pass at once to King Otto, who can make no arrangement for his brother's debts. It is supposed, therefore, that a clause in the Constitution under which an heir can "tacitly " reject the Crown will be used to pass it on to Prince Luitpold, the Regent, or, if he declines it, to his son. The grief of the Bavarian people, whose imagination had been touched by the singular personal charm of King Louis, one of the handsomest men in Europe, and by his strange ways, is described as most genuine and touching. They, it is stated, cannot bear the idea that their King should have been subjected to personal violence.
