The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-13 00:00:00

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Admiral Dupetit Thouars, had the honour of dining
with their' Majesties the King and Queen of the French,
on Tuesday.
The Duke de Nemours, gave his first soiree for the
winter on Wednesday night. A brilliant .assemblage,
amongst whom were several members of the high dit•
plomacy, Peers of France, Deputies, General officers,
artists, and men of letters, were present. At nine
o'clock the King entered the apartment, accompanied by
the Queen, Madame Adelaide, the Count and Countess
d'Aquila, the Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Duke
and Duchess d'Aumale, and the Duke de Montpensier. ,
The King was in plain clothes, as were all the persons
invited. He wore the Grand Cordon of the Legion ofj
Honour, and the order of the Garter. The soiree was
prolonged to eleven o'clock.. The Duke intends giving,
it is said, several fetes this year, to whica he will sue-
oeasively invite all the persona admitted to bia royal
father's balls, that is to say, all who are distinguished
in politics, in the service of the Government, the law,
the army, the arts, literature, .and manufactures—in
fact, the elite of the persons devoted, in their several
positions to the institutions of July.
The Mop/deur declares that the report of the resig-
nation of the Count de Montalivet, mentioned by the
Constitutionnel, is totally destitute of foundation.
The Duke de Palmella, late Ambassador from the
of Portugal to the Queen of England, has arrived
iris.
The French Chamber of Deputies met on Thursday,
when Marshal Soult informed the Assembly that he had
been ordered by the King to apply to the Chambers for
a pension of 15,000 f. in favour of M. Villemain, who
had been compelled by his health to resign the exalted
station of Minister of Public Instruction, with which he
had been invested by the confidence -of the King.
Although M. Villemain had occupied fur many years
important offices in the State, he possessed no fortune,
and consequently left his family totally unprovided for.
This consideration, and the eminent services he had
rendered the country, which the Marshal recapitulated,
in order to justify the demand, had, he said, induced the
King's Government to apply to the Chamber. fora pro-
vision on his behalf, which 10 to revert integrally, and by
equal portions to his three daughters, the eldest of whom
was born in 1835, and the youngest in 1839.. ,Should
Madame Villemain ,survive her husband,• :she is to be
entitled to one half of the pension of 15,000 f., the other
being divided between her children. A Bill to that
effect was laid on the table, and the .Members.imme-
diately afterwards retired to. their Committees..
The revenues of Cuba, says a
,Madrid journal, have
gradually increased for some years. In 1811, they rea-
lised scarcely 3,000,000 piastres; in 1841, they umounteai
to 11,817,299 ; and in 1842, to 12,114,893 piastres,
without including the tithes for the maintenance of. the
clergy and public worship. This revenue was thus de-
rived :—From the Havannah, 8,895,453 piastres ' • from
Port-au-Prince, 1,238,439 ; from San lago de Cuba,
1,980,950 piastres.
The Government paper at Copenhagen bas just
published the budget of Denmark for 1845. The receipts,
which are estimated at 15,844,869 rix dollars, show an
excess of 206,862 rix-dollars over the expenses.
The Elector of Hesse has conferred the Grand Cross
of the order of the Golden Lion on the Hereditary Grand
Duke, on Duke George of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and
on Prince George of Cambridge.