The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.

On Thursday evening their Majesties (the King and
Queen of the French) received the Neapolitan Ambassa-
dor, the Wurtemberg and Chilian Ministers, the Bel-
gian and Swiss Chargis d'Affaires, the Ministers of Fo-
reign Affairs and the Marine, the Duke de Marmier,
Count d'Argout, Generals Gourgaud, Hecquet, Boileau,
and St. Yon, Admirals Ilugon and de Bougainville,
Baron de Vendenvre, and M. de Lesseps.
Several journals state that the Duke de Bordeaux is
to be married to the younger daughter of the King of
Saxony.
Prince Louis Bonaparte has addressed a letter from
Ham to the Constitutionnel, complaining of the manner in
which that journal has spoken of him, in an article
written on the occasion of the death of the late ex-King
of Spain. The principal points of Prince Louis's letter
are a denial that his conduct had caused the mainte-
nance of the law enforcing the banishment of the Bona-
parte family ; and, next, a denial that his uncle was
hostile to the motives which produced the Prince's at •
tempts at Strasburg and Boulogne. The Constitutionnel,
in remarking on this letter, says, that, notwithstanding
the assertions of Prince Louis, it retains its opinion that
his uncle was altogether opposed to his nephew's conduct
on both occasions.

The Liberal du Nord gives an account of serious dis-
turbances which had just taken place at Somain. The
populace assembled with pickaxes, spades, and weapons
of all kinds, and riotously took up the rails and levelled
the embankments of the railroad constructing in the ar-
rondissement of Douai, on account, it is said, of the in-
demnities for the land expropriated not having been paid.
It required the presence of the Procureur du Roi, with
brigades of gendarmery from Douai, Marchiennes, and
Orchies, to restore order. _ _ _

The new Game-law Bill, notwithstanding its severity,
continues to be infringed. On Wednesday a man was
apprehended in the forest of Bondy, in the act of placing
snares. The same day another individual was taken up
for firing at small birds on the Boulevard Mont Parnasse.
A man was also discovered, yesterday,, in the act of in-
troducing into Paris three quails and two partridges. All
these birds were sent to the Hotel Dieu, to be given to
the convalescent patients.
For two or three days past many sailors, and several
midshipmen' had been seen about Paris. They are on
their way from Cherbourg to Toulon, where, says the
Constitutionntl, four ships of the line and two frigates
are ordered to be fitted for sea, and armed without loss
of time.

Speaking of the late meeting at Exeter-hall on the
subject of Otaheite, the Journal des Debats says—" The
speeches will give an idea of the incredible intollerance
to which the religious passions of a portion of the English
people carry them. In reading these furious sallies
against Papism and scarlet Babylon, we might imagine
ourselves transported to another age. We doubt, how-
ever, whether the effect of these demonstrations will be
such as is expected from them." Almost all the other
Paris papers contain articles commenting on the meeting
in a similar spirit.
The Gazette des Tribunaux gives the following :
" All the pupils of the Ecole Polytechnique quitted the
school yesterday. Five pupils were to have presented
themselves yesterday morning to be examined by M.
Duhamel, the Director of Studies. These five pupils
refused to be examined by M. Duhamel, declaring
that he had not been appointed conformable to the
established regulations. A. report was made of this
refusal to the Commandant-General of the school, who
ordered the five pupils to leave. A: deputation of the
scho3l waited upon hun, and inquired whether this order
amounted to expulsion. The general having replied af-
firmatively, the pupils declared that the entire school
identified itself with the resistance of the pupils, who
had been designated by lot to pass their examination
yesterday, and that they would all leave with their com-
rades who were expelled. The pupils then quitted en
masse, and the school is now empty." According to an
article in one of the Opposition journals, the irregularity
complained of in the appointment of M. Duhamel consists
in the Minister of War having this year required the
Academy of Sciences to give in a list of three candi-
dates for the office of Examiner, reserving to himself the
right of selecting one, instead of, as hitherto, taking one
of the two candidates proposed by the Academy and
the Council of Schools, or in the event of their agreeing
on the same candidate, taking him as a matter of course.
The Academy having refused to comply with the desire
of the Minister, he re appointed M. Duhamel, who had
been previously named Director of Studies.
The Constitutionnel says it is assured that all the pro-
fessors of the Polytechnic School, and a considerable
number of members of the Academy of Sciences, intend
to protest against the decision of the Minister of War,
1 and to bring forward strong arguments in favour of the

pupils.
A letter from Ischl states that the King and Queen of
Prussia had arrived there on the 19th. The Archdukes
John and Louis had gone to meet them as far as Eben-
see. The whole population was on foot, and the greatest
enthusiasm was manifested. The King was to set off
off next day for Vienna.
The Augsburgh Gazette of the 12th nates that it has
e. INktm.A. obus camiuLmulus but
the Emperor Nicholas, yielding to the Ottoman Porte,
has granted permission to the two primates of Servia to
return to their own country.
A letter from Ems states that Count Duchatel, Mar-
shal Sebastiani, General Jacqueminot, and the Duchess
de Saxe-Meiningen, are amongst the visitors at present
taking the waters there.
A letter from Madrid announces the death of Don
Nucteo Miguel Ayllon, who was Minister of Finances in
the Lopez Cabinet.

At Tarragona, on the 10th inst., the following serious
accident happened. The I'alinure, French brig of war,
coming into the harbour, fired a salute, which was re-
turned by the citadel, in doing which a spark caught a
barrel of gunpowder, placed imprudently too near, and
an explosion took place, by which five artillerymen were
killed, and seventeen more or less seriously wounded.
It appears from a ric:nt statistical account in the
German papers that the population of Hungary now
amounts to 12,179,140.

The Journal de Constantinople, of the 26th July, states
that disturbances having occurred at Slissoul on 26th
June in which a Dominican friar was wounded, and the
French Consul struck with a stone. The Porte on re-
ceiving the news sent to the French Ambassador to ex-
press its regret and to tender satisfaction. The satisfac-
tion which was accepted is to be the punishment of the
guilty and the reparation of the Dominican Convent,
which had been damaged duriarr the disturbance.
A letter from Constantinople of the 27th ult. says—
" On the evening of the 19th we had a tremendous fire,
which made a great hole in the town of Beglos Bey, on
the Bosphorus. Besides numerous other building 4,
houses, and shops, abaut fifty splendid mansions,
the residences of persons of distinction, were reduced
to ashes. The palace at which the Sultan was then re-
siding being closely menaced, great exertions were made
by the soldiery collected there to prevent the flames from
spreading, and one officer and two or three men perished.
The Sultan has since removed to Chiraghan."