The Sun. — 1844-06-10 (London, England)

FOREIGN.  U.  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 mission 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 circumstances. 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, represented 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 parties 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 arrested 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 ; ti-re to the same punishment for twenty years; twenty-nine for fifteen years; one for ten years; and three to imprisonment 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 intended 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.  counnr—rAsHlON.A.33 LE. 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 Heytesbury, Hon. Miss A'Court, Mr. George and Mrs. Dawson, Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Holford, Captain Jones, &c. The Earl and Countess Beauchamp entertained on Saturday 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 Arlingtonstreet.  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.