The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-10 00:00:00

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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 Wurtemberg Minister, Marshal Valee,
Counts De Bretcuil, De Mornay, and De Montesquiou, Baron
d'Etfaudis, 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. Ile
is said to have received leave of absence for four months.

The Frankfort Journal statesthat, 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 Roman triumphal arch
of njonisah. It is said that it is to be placed in the middle
of the Place du Carrousel.
M. Cuvier, engineer of the Pouts et Chauss63s, 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 Montlnon, of the 3d inst., which narrates this
melancholy event, states that he had intended to effect his
death a week before, but had been prevented by various cir-
cumstances. lie was a well conducted young man, and fond
of his profession. lie had left the Polytechnic chool the
12th, and entered the Ponts et Chaussees in consequence, with
great eclat. The cause of his suicide is supposed to be an
insurmountable disgust of life.
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,
liocage, 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 Affaire 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.
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—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 ;
ti-re 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 Reprnie 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 some 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, 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 from Baron Fain, the King's private secretary.

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The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe leave Thomas's
Hotel, where they have resided during the season, at the
close of this or early in the ensuing month, for Flours Castle,
near Kelso.

The Archbishop of Armagh entertained at dinner, in
Charles-street, on Friday, the Archbishop of Canterbury and
Mrs. Howley, the Duke and DuChess of Cleveland, Lady A.
Youlett, Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, Lord Heytes-
bury, Hon. Miss A'Court, Mr. George and Mrs. Dawson, Mr.
O'Brien, Mr. Holford, Captain Jones, &c.
The Earl and Countess Beauchamp entertained on Satur-
day at dinner the Swedish Minister, Count and Countess
Bjornstjerna, and other foreigners of distinction ; also the
Earl and Countess of Antrim, the Countess of Charleville,
&c. In the evening the guests were much gratified by the
distinguished vocal talents of Madame Castellan Giampietro,
lately arrived in this country.
The Marquis of Salisbury entertained the Earl and Countess
of Rosebery, Earl and Countess Cowper, Earl and Countess
of Clarendon, Lord and Lady R.Grosvenor, and a distinguished
circle at dinner on Friday last, at his mansion in Arlington-
street.

Lady Williams has arrived in Grosvenor-square, from Paris.
Sir John B. Peel►ell is still suffering from severe illness.
Sir George and Lady Napier have arrived at Warren's
Hotel, from the Cape of Good Hope.
On Saturday last Sir Loftus and Lady Otway entertained
at dinner, at their house in Grosvenor-square, Lord and Lady
and Miss Camovs, the Earl of Belfast, Lord William Lennox,
Lord and Lady Trimleston, Sir Winston and Lady Barron,
Sir John and 'Lady Paul, Sir W. Clayton, Colonel and Mr.
Ashworth, Hon. Craven Berkeley, Mr. and Mrs. Butler, and
Mr. J. Clayton.