The Sun. — 1844-05-13 (London, England)

FOR.EIGN.  The King and Queen of the French, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Lemingen, and the Royal Family, arrived at Fontainebleau on Tuesday evening, at six o'clock. The Prefect of the department, the Sub-Prefect, General d'Astorg, and the civil and military authorities of Fontainebleau, were in waiting to receive the Royal party. In the evening the King gave a grand dinner, to which 40 guests were invited. The Count de Syracuse, brother of the King of Naples, has arrived in Paris. This is the second visit paid by his Royal Highness to this capital. The National lays :—" It is announced that the Commit of the Northern Railroad decided on Tuesday on the principle that the Paris and Lille line, already almost terminated by the State, should be finished and worked by it." The Courtier Francais has the following :—" It is asserted in political circles, which are generally well informed, that the Count de Reuss (General Prim), who has had frequent conferences with Queen Christina in Madrid, will shortly arrive in France, with instructions to treat on a very important affair. The negotiation with which he is charged is said to be connected with the renunciation of the claim of Den Carlos to the throne of Spain, and a marriage between the young Queen Isabella and the Prince of Asturias."  The postscript of a letter from Constantina of April 24, in the Toulonnais. says :—"lt is reported that our soldiers have experienced a pretty serious check. The column, divided in three, was about to attack the Ouled-Sultan, when the advanced guard, having gone a little too much forward, was attacked with loss."  The Vienna journals announce that the exhibition of National Industry in that city will open on the 15th instant, and close at the end of June. The exhibitions in future are to be quinquennial, as in France. A fire took place at Bremen on the 30th ult.., in which eight persons were burnt to death. We learn from Munich, May 3, that some attempt had been made to renew the disturbance caused by the rise in the price of beer, but that tranquillity was maintained, without the necessity of having recourse to violence. On Thursday last two French artillery soldiers blew out their brains at Valence. They were intimate friends, and one of them having in vain endeavoured to induce the other to abandon the idea of suicide, resolved at length to die with h►m. Their lifeless bodies were found side by side on the staircase of their barracks.  "On the day of the King's fete," says the Coutitutionnel, " whilst the crowd on the Pont des Invalides was at its height, a young man dressed in a blouse climbed over the balustrade, and threw hirtiself into the Seine. He was drowned before assistance could reach him."  The Stockholm journals publish an account of the funeral of the late King of Sweden and Norway, which took place on the 26th ult. The coffin was borne by Noblemen, and followed to the church by the King and Queen. It was deposited in the Royal vault, and two Bishops, in presence of the Archbishop, performed the Jordfastning, a ceremony used in Sweden at all burials—the priest casting three clods of earth on the coffin, and pronouncing the following words : From earth thou tamest, to earth thou returnest—through Christ thou shalt rise again." At this moment the batteries of artillery at the Kungsholmen and the Kornhamer fired 256 shots, and the infantry two volleys. The procession then returned to the Palace, where it enteredat half-past five o'clock. The whole of the diplomatic corps were present at the ceremony.