The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-02 00:00:00

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After the fireworks on Monday evening, the King of the
French and Royal Family returned to Neuilly.
The number of exhibitors to whom the King presented
the order of the Legion of Honour on Monday was 31; gold
medals 126 ; honourable mention, in consequence of their
having in 1839 obtained the gold medal, 142; silver medals
426; honourable mention 424; bronze medals 386; honour-
able mention 197 ; making the total number of honours
conferred 1,732.

Lieutenant-General Jacqueminot, Commandant of the
National Guards of the Seine, having received a month's
leave of absence from his Majesty, to repair to the baths of
Ems, the command has, during that time, devolved on
General Carbone], head of the staff.
The consecration of Mgr. des Essarts, Bishop of Blois, took
place in the Cathedral of Saint-Louis, a few days back, in the
presence of a great crowd, and upwards of four hundred of
the clergy. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of
Belley, assisted by the Bishops of Mans and Orleans. The
Archbishop of Tours and Mgr. Depery, lately appointed
Bishop of Gap, were also present. _ _ _

It now appears that the number of persons wounded and
bruised on ➢ionday evening, at the entrance to the Champs
Elysees, amounted, to fourteen. Of these nine were able to
return home after being bled and otherwise attended to.

The steam-frigate fa'brador left Toulon on Thursday last,
for Port Vendres, where she is to receive a squadron of ca-
valry for Africa.
A telegraphic dispatch was received at Paris on Tuesday
from Montpellier, announcing that the six o'clock train from
Montpellier to Cette, on arriving on Monday, near the Ville-
neuve station, ran in upon some waggons that had stopped
there. The shock broke the chains which held the carriages,
and they ran off the rails and were overturned. Three per-
sons were killed, and four others were injured, but none of
them seriously.
An accident took place at Mentz on the 21st ult. Too great
a quantity of atones having been placed on the scaffolding of
the new barrack now in course of construction, the whole gave
way, and the workmen were precipitated to the ground with
the falling mass. Not less than thirteen men were severely
injured or killed.

A man named Grisard was found gltilty of usury by the
Correctional Tribunal of Paris on Tuesday, and condemned to
pay a fine of 2000 f. and costs. There were numerous com-
plainants against him, the chief of whom was Count Leon,
natural son of the. Emperor Napoleon.
A letter from Luxembourg states that,during the last visit
of the King of the Netherlands to that city, a deputation of
the Jews of the province paid him a visit of congratulation,
when M. S. Hirsch, the Grand Rabbi, expressed to his Ma-
jesty the gratitude felt by himself and his co-religionists
towards the reigning dynasty, for the complete emancipation
they had received, alluding at the same time to the oppres-
sion which the Israelites still suffered in Germany. The King
received the deputation in the most gracious manner, stating
that he was happy in having so many Jews in his service,
and that they had always shown themselves most faithful
and loyal subjects.