The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Vittair Optitton.

" Who run...i may road."

POULIGN.

The King of the French on Thursday, accompanied by
Generals Athalin and De Rumigny, went to Versailles, after
stopping about an hour at the Palace of Saint Cloud. His
Majesty did not return to .Neuilly till eight o'clock. In the
evening their Majesties received the Austrian and Belgian
Ambassadors, the Wurtmiberg Minister, Marshal Vale,
Counts De Breteuil, De Mornay, and De Montesquiou, Baron
d'Effaudis, Generals Hecquet and De Mornay, and M. Terme,
Deputy.
General Prim (Count de Reuss) arrived at Bordeaux from
Spain on Tuesday last, on his way to Paris and London. lle
ii said to have received leave of absence for four months.
The Frankfort Journal states that, according to letters
from Constantinople of the 15th ult., the Porte has adopted
the preliminaries of a new convention with Persia, through
the mediation of England and France.
Several artists are reported to have quitted Paris on a mis-
sion to Africa, for the removal of the Itoman triumphal arch
of Djonisah. It is said that it is to be placed in the middle
of the Place du Carrousel.

M. envier, engineer of the Ponts et Chausss, in the
department of the Allier, the nephew of the great naturalist,
has just put an end to his life, by means of lighted charcoal.
A letter from Montlucon, of the 3d inst., which narrates this
melancholy event, states that he had intended to erect his
death a week before, but had been prevented by various cir-
cumstances. He was a well• conducted young man, and fond
of his profession. He had left the Polytechnic chool the
12th, and entered the fonts et Chaussees in consequence, with
great eclat. The cause of his suicide is supposed to be an
insurmountable disgust of lifd.
The French dramatic critics of the classic school have just
had a signal triumph, in the complete success of Sophocles'
tragedy of Antigone, or, rather, of a literal translation, re-
presented at the theatre of the Odeon ; the celebrated actor,
Bocage, played the part of Creon.
The preliminary examinations into the revolting affair of
the association in the rue du Pot-de-Fer Saint Marcel, which
has been marked with the name.of the .Atfaire de la Tour de
Nesle, have at length been gone through. Eight of the par-
ties are to be tried before the Court of, Assizes, and seven be-
fore the Tribunal of Correctional Police, which last will be
brought up on Wednesday next. The rest of the persons ar-
rested have been discharged for want of sufficient evidence
against them.
A letter from Rome, of the 25th ult., says :—" The court •
martial called on the 26th of August last, to sit at Bologna,
has passed judgment on the persons engaged in the revolt of
the Bth September last, against their Sovereign and their
Government. Three are condemned to the galleys for life ;
five to the same punishment for twenty years; twenty-nine
for fifteen years ; one for ten years ; and three to imprison-
ment for three years. The property of the whole foity-one
was confiscated, but the Pope has been pleased to remit this
part of the sentence.
The Refbrine states, that all the Parisian citadels are at
present guarded by military, and their entrance forbidden to
any person not furnished with a ticket of admission. Towards
the close of the present summer all the detached forts will
have been completed with the exception of seine barracks in-
tended for the military.
Baroness Pasquier, wife of the Chancellor of France, died
at Paris, on Wednesday, in the 83d year of her age.
Mr. Balfe,i the composer, received, by 'order of the King of
the French, on Thursday last, the great gold medal, bearing
his Majesty's effigy, accompanied by a highly complimentary
letter fi o:ii Baron Pain, the King's private secretary.