A young German Prince lately became deeply enamoured of a
young actress of one of the minor theatres in Paris ; who, however, being as virtuous as she was beautiful, refused all his offers. In the infatuation of his passion, the Prince, assisted by three stout myrmidons, made an attempt to carry off the fair one by force, one night as she was returning home front the stage with her mother. The cries of the distressed females brought the guard to their rescue, and the Prince was con- ducted before the Commissary of Police ; who, in consideration of his rank, dismissed him on his pledge that he would not renew his attempt. It is said, however, that he has since declared his determination to accomplish his object at all risks. Accounts have been received at Vienna, that the steamer Pannonia had succeeded in making the passage on the Danube of the Iron Gate ; a part of the river which for a thousand years has been deemed un- navigable, from its rocks and falls, but which has been made to yield to modern art and science.
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