The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-30 00:00:00

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The object of Louis Philippe's visit to Dreux was to pre-
side personally over the placing of the coffins of the deceased
members of his family in the tombs destined for them in the
vault of the new buildings of the chapel. At half-past ten
on Tuesday, a grand mass was celebrated by the Bishop of
Morocco. The mortal remains of the Duke of Orleans and
the Princess Marie were then deposited in their final resting,
places. On Wednesday his Majesty visited, in all their de-
tails, the chapel, the château, and the new house built for
the Bishop of Morocco. After breakfast and performance 'of
low mass, the King set out on his return to Paris, at twenty
minutes past twelve. A man in the crowd having shouted
" Five le Roi ! Vive mon ancien Colonel !" the King ordered
one of his aides-de-camp to make inquiries, and the man
having proved that he had served in the regiment of which
his Majesty was Colonel, he made him a liberal gratuity."
The Duchess of Kent arrived at the Tuileries on Wednes-
day afternoon at three o'clock. The King's carriages were
waiting in the morning at St. Denis for the Duchess and her
suite. Her Royal Highness was accompanied on her entering
Paris by the Count de Strada, the King's equerry. She will
occupy during her stay the apartments usually occupied by
the King and Queen of the Belgians. Her Royal Highness
will visit Versailles, Fontainebleau, and the other Royal
palaces before she leaves France. A grand dinner in honour
of her visit will be given at the Trianon, and on the 2d of
May there will be a concert at Court.. On Friday she re-
ceived the diplomatic corps in the Salle du Trone. Her
Royal Highness had with her the Queen, the Duke de
Nemours, and Madame Adelaide.
The Prince de Joinville arrived' at Havre on Wednesday
in the Pluton steamer, and left on the same day at noon by
the Seine steamer for Rouen, where his Royal Highness
slept, and arrived in Paris on riday by the railroad.
The Journal des Chemins de Fer says :—"We legipi from
persons, who appear to be well informed, that an offer has
been made to the Government, by an Anglo-French Com-
pany, for the execution of the line of railway from,Lyons to
Avignon. We have no doubt that a proposition, the result
of which, if accepted, would be the completion f the entire
line, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, will be well
received by the Government, the Chambers, and the public,
particularly if, as we are assured, this Company offers to
execute the lino without calling for assistance from the State."
On Saturday accounts were received at Paris, from Flo-
rence, stating the death of the venerable Count Vittorio
Fossombroni, who has for so long a series of years presided
over the affairs of Tuscany. The Noble Count was a distin-
guished literary and scientific scholar, and although in his
eighty-ninth year, was in the full enjoyment of all his facul-
ties to the hour of his death.
A Frankfort journal states that the reigning Prince of Saxe
Coburg Gotha is in future to be called Highness, instead of
Ducal Highness, and that the Duke of Nassau has, in con-
sequence of his marriage with an Imperial Princess of Russia,
applied to the German. Powers to be authorised to assume
the title of 'Royal Highness. It was not supposed that the
II request would be complied with.