The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-10 00:00:00

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On Monday the King of the French, accompanied by
Lieutenant General the Baron de Berthois and two
orderly officers, visited Neuilly and Saint Cloud, but re-
turned to the Tuileries to dinner. In the evening their
Majesties received the Charg6 d'Affaires of Naples, and
the Count de Saint Maurice.
The usual ceremony of drawing the King and Queen
took place at the Palace of the Tuileries en Twelfth
Nigtit. The Royal Family then went to take coffee in
the newly-decorated apartment of the Duke de Nemours.
The following is the last bulletin of M. Villemain's
health, dated Tuesday :—" M. Villemain is a little
better than on preceding days. Be was up yesterday
the greater part °T. the day. Ile took some nourishment,
and convk reed without any marked fatigue with one of
his friends,"
A grand ball was given at the Austrian Embassy on
Monday evening. The company was very numerous,
and the dresses of the ladies were remarkable for their
splendour. The mazurka was danced by several of the
young nobility in a style which excited general admira-
tion. An elegant supper was served at one o'clock.
The Presse states that the Ministry will almost im-
mediately present to the Chambers a Bill to make a pro-
vision for the daughters of M. Villemain, and observes
that " it would be shameful of the country to permit
indigence to be the inheritance of those who, in serving
it forget entirely their own interests."
The French Academy has elected Count Mol6 as its
Director, for the quarter which has just commenced.
A report was current in the Salle des Conferences of
the Chamber of Deputies, that Count de Montalivet,
the Intendent of the Civil list, had given in his resig-
nation. It does not appsar that it has been accepted.
The English theatrical company were to perform, by
conarnand, at the Tuileries on Thursday next.
In consequence of the brilliant success of Shakspeare's
tragedy of Macbeth, on Monday night, it was to be re-
peated on Tuesday, at the Italian Theatre. Owing to
the immense success of these representations, an at-
tempt has been made to obtain an authorisation to pro-
long them for a few nights, but without effect ; and the
public will learn, with regret, that they are to close
definitively with the number of performances already
announced.

The receipts of the Customs at the port of Havre, for
the last year, amounted to 26,898,120 f., being an in-
crease of 1,309,098 f. upon those of 1843. Upon foreign
sugars alone the produce was 2,203,394 f., being an in-
crease of 421,617!. There was a decrease in the naviga-
tion duties of 142,-94f.
The ('hare of Bayonne states from Catalonia that, on
the 30th ult., fourteen persons were arrested at Figueras,
on a charge of having taken part in the plot, at the head
of which was General Amettler.
Accounts from Madrid of the 2d inst. state that a large
number of general officers had been promoted, among
others Mazzardo and Breton, for the purpose of qualify-
ing them to sit in the Chamber of Peers and support
their patron, Narvaez.
The following appears in a German journal_—

" During the celebration of the late anniversary at lice.
nigsberg, a young lawyer, when under the intiuence of
wine, spoke disrespectfully of the King of Prussia, for
which one of his Majesty's officers called him out. At
three exchanges of shots the lawyer fired in the air,
every time retracting his expressions ; but his adversary,
unmoved by the noble conduct of his opponent, fired a
fourth time, and mortally wounded him. When down,
the lawyer dragged himsflt to the foot of the officer,
and said, Sir, I congratulate you ; you have won your
captaincy.' This dying stroke of wit, however, brought
severe vengeance o❑ the assassin ; for the King, on being
made acquainted with the whole of the circumstances, so
far from promoting his officor, broke him, and dismissed
him with disgrace from the service."