The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Louis Philippe has been graciously pleased to con-
tribute I,ooof. in aid of the English National Schools,
under the superintendence of Bishop Luscombe, on the
railway stations between Rouen and Havre.
A letter from Naples, of the 26th ult., says, " Yester-
day took place, with great pomp. in the chapel of the
palace, the marriage of the Duke d'Aumale with his cou-
sin, the Princess Marie Caroline of Salerno, daughter of
the Prince of Salerno, uncle of the King of Naples, and
brother of the Queen of the French."
" We are positively informed," says the Presse," that
there will successively appear in the Moniteur eight ordi-
nances naming persons to the peerage. The earliest will
comprehend M.V. Hugo, Baron de Bourqueney, the Duke
de Valencay, and the Duke de Praslin. '
A letter from Bordeaux states that M. Cortina, ex-
President of the Spanish Cortes, arrived in that city on
the 29th ult., on his way to Bayonne, to join his family,
whence they are, it is said, to proceed to Paris, to pass
the winter.

There are (says the Courrier Francais) at this mo-
ment in Paris 11 Prefects, 8 Sub-Prefects, and 110 De-
puties.

A report is current that the Minister of Marine intends
to propose to the Chambers an augmentation of the
number of superior officers of the navy. It is said that
the number of Vice -Admirals is to be 12, that of the
Rear-Admirals 24, and that of the Captains 110.
The Afi ique says that Marshal Bugeaud intends to
move in the Chamber for a grant in favour of a plan of
colonisation that he proposes for Algeria.
According to the Journal des Chemins de Fer, the
Government has decided upon making an experiment
with Professor Wheatstone 's system of the electric tele-
graph, the most complicated, but perhaps the most per-
fect now in use. The expense of establishine, this is
about 4,000 f. per league. The Journal des Chemins de
Fer adds, that Professor Wheatstone is expected in
Paris, and says it is probable that he intends to protest
against the recommendation of the Commission that no
indemnity should be given to the inventor.
The Madrid Gazette states that the rising in the pro-
vince of Huesca has been crushed, and that the leaders—
Madoz, Ruis, Bellera, Ugarte, Gavila, and Muraco—
have escaped to France. The Eco mentions the report
that a large number of military men and citizens, in-
cluding sundry newspaper editors, are about to be
banished from Madrid.
A Madrid journal states that the Academy of History
of that city has effaced Mr. Turnbull from the Hit of its
corresponding members, on account of his conduct at the
llavannah.

The Marquis de Casa Irujo is preparing to leave Ma-
drid for London, where he is appointed Ambassador.
M. Duncker, director of the Berlin police, has dis-
covered the, authors of the robbery committed on the
Blucher family. They are four in number. The stolen
articles have been recovered, but many of them are much
injured.
The frost set in at St. Petersburgh on the 17th ult.,
when the cold was at 9} deg. Fahrenheit, with snow.
The freezing of the Neva had commenced.
The Criminal Tribunal of Breslau has given judgment
in the affair of the persons concerned in the late dis-
turbances in Silesia. Out of thirty-five workmen impli-
cated in the affair several are condemned to hard labour
for life, and others to lesser punishments.