The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-12 00:00:00

fourtt Wbition

FRANCE.

The Atoniteur has the following relative to the new I
copper coinage :—" The Bill which is now before the I
Legislative Body opens a credit to the Minister of !
Finance of 7,560,000 f. for all the expenses attendant
on the calling in of the old copper coinage, and the
coinage of that which is to replace it. Persons who
may read the Bill without the preamble may con-
sider this operation as onerous to the Treasury, but
such is not the case ; the Bill, as it was presented by
the Government to the Council of State, contained no
demand for a credit. The combination proposed
withdraws from circulation loi millions of kilo-
grammes of copper. The coins w‘eich will be struck
off instead of them will only employ five millions of
kilogrammes of metal, and will only cost with the
expenses of coining, the above-mentioned sum of
7,560,000 f., and that expense will be more than
made up by the sale of the s:i millions of kilo-
grammes of copper which will remain at the disposal
of the State. The receipts will therefore at least
cover the expenses. If the Council of State, while
adopting the Bill of the Government, has modified
its wording, it is in order to conform to the rigid
rules necessary in the accounts which compel the
expenses and the receipts to be entered separately.
It is only a measure of order. It is therefore evi.
dent that the substitution of a convenient and better
struck coin for the rough and heavy ones which
disgrace our monetary system will in no way affect
the budget."
By the Senatus- Coneulturn, which allows the Prince
President twelve millions a year, and the national
palaces, that of Compiegne, &c., with their dependen-
cies, the right of hunting and shooting in various
forests is reserved to him. We understand that the
forest administration has ordered about two hundred
workmen to clear the rides in the forest of Compiiegne.
It is said that Louis Napoleon is to pay a visit to
Compiegne in the month of May.
The large equestrian statue of the Emperor Napo.
eon, modelled by M. de Neuwerkerke for the city cf
Lyons, is to be cast in bronze at one operation, by
MM. Eck and Darand, next week. The pedestal of
this statue is for the present pieced in the courtyard
of the lavalides.
As the President of the Republic was the other
day returning to the Elyeee, a very old woman loudly
expressed her wishes for his prosperity, and at the
same time threw a small garland into his carriage.
The Prince handed a piece of gold to a man who was
within reach, saying, " It is for the good woman echo
threw me the garland." The man to whom the
money bad been given refused to give it up, saying
that it was meant for himself. Some persons present
remonstrated with him, he assaulted them, and it was
necessary to call the guard, by whom he was taken
before the Commissary of Police, and afterwards to
the Prefecture.

For soma time past it has been contemplated to erect
au equestrian statue of the Emperor in some open
part of the Champs Elysee, and the magnificent and
unrivalled avenue that stretches away from the Place
de la Concorde to the superb arch of triumph of the
Barriere de I'Etoile, is to be adorned on both sides
with statues of the great men of the past—from the
times of Charlemagne to him who vainly wished to
restore the era of universal dominion—from the 9th
century to the 19th. It is doubtful, however,
whether the contemplated project of crowning the
arch with a triumphal chariot, similar to that of
the Place Carrousel, will be carried into effect.
In adlition to the chariot it had been proposed
to adorn the four angles of the summit with allegorical
statues in marble. It has, however, been found that
the monument, massive as it is, would scarcely suffice
to support such a weight. It was, however, part of
the original plan that it should be surmounted by a
group in bronze, representing France in an antique
car, surrounded by the genii of the nation. But then
the arch was raised higher than intended; and this
was objected, when in 1835 it was proposed to place
a gigantic eagle on the top, with outspread wings.
All these colossal statues and enormous cars may
endanger the safety of the magnificent monument.
The erection of a new theatre, to be called Theatre
Napoleon, capable of containing 6,000 persons, is
also spoken of. The Place Carrousel will probably
before long assume a more imperial title—La Place
Napoleon. A fete is proposed to be given by the
army on the occasion of the Grand Review for
the distribution of the eagles, and for which each
officer will contribute two days' pay—all the more
readily, no doubt, as numerous promotions are ex-
pected to take place on the same occasion.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.

Traffic—Week ending April 10, 1852 ... £10,613 19 3
Tratlic—Week ending April 13, 1851 ... 8,869 14 6
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 121,370 5 3
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 118,878 7 10
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
April 10, 1852 69,267
Passengers ... 48,157 8 7
Goods 2,456 10 8

Total ... £10,613 19 3
Total miles open, 1852. 1731,‘ ; ditto, 1851, 1733,1.
London Terminus, April 12, 1832.

7HE CHEPSTOW RAILWAY BRIDGE
CHErSTOW, SATURDAY.—Since the floating of the
great tube forming reel of this important structure
over the Wye, the second process of raising has been
successfully carried on. This second movement is
one not less important, and of morn interest to the
spectator than the first. The tube having been floated,
as previously described, to a point a few feet above
high water mark, between the piers ultimately in-
tended to support it, has, by means of powerful
" crabs," to be raised to a level with the line of rail-
way, about 50 feet shove its first position. For this
purpose three sets of chain-lifting tackle, of immense
power and strength, were put in operation. Esch
dist] of the tube is lifted in its turn, and the one end
has now been raised by this tackle to its second eleva-
tion on the rock, on a level with the railway. The
other end still rests on its stage, a short distance
above high water, so that at present the tube rests at
an angle of about 45 degrees. The other end will be
raised in the course of next vi•-=ek• Ordinary trows
and steamers can pass underneath it by
to the east cliff.keeping close
destination a When it is raised to its final
: gangway will be suspended from it,
upon which the work eed to construct
the railway, or ratherea will
proc- ~....
to fix the girders. Tieese
girders, which are ready
will be raised in threenin the
company's
feet (the middle one) a-nairta, vlz., one girder of 120
yard below,
be
up, the massive
When the centre girder is
Vto ends of 85 feet each.
chains from the tube will
will
down and at-
tached, and the two ends
chains from the tube in like m also be attached to
and materials for the permanent way The roadway
will then be
brought up and put together, and oit\evtiallnYe
tw at this opening
Will be com-
plete. The present calculation
if no
may be effected in six weeks er
unforeseen accident occurs. This will monthsh
'
portant consummation, as the mineral and most most
im-
portant
dice traffic, at present excluded from the 1ne7c11,,,--„.
account of this gap, will then be introduced
opening of one line of rails will suffice for thi
railway
and
when this has been accomplished the additional piers
on the western half of the river for the reception
the up-line of rails will be constructed, and the
second tube—now partly made and lying in the yard
below—will be raised. It is hoped that the wholey
bridge may be completed before the end of the year,
and that in two months from this time the bridge will
be opened for one set of rails.
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ROMAN ITC LOVE STORY.
(From the Lille Journal)
The young Mr4W-- and the young Miss G--
both belonging to English families, newly established
in this town, loved each other for some time, and their
parents, extensive manufacturers, not only approved
of the attachment, but were ready to consent to a mar-
riage. All at once, for motives which we do not inquire
into, W— found that his future father-in-law's
treatment of him became quite changed, and that
he put forward a multitude of pretexts for post-
poning the wedding to the Greek Calends. Irritated
at these obstacles, the young people resolved to
surmount them. Mr., W— left for England,
where it appears people can get married more
easily than in France, and made the necessary,
publications and preparations for a nuptual cere-
raonY. On his return he made an attempt to soften
the lady's father, but having failed in it, he arranged
with her to fly with him. In a short time they were
midnight, and obtained
at Calais. They arrived at
a permission to embark from . the Special Com-
a of Police by . representing themselves to
wife. At two o'clock they
be husband and
arrived at Dover, at seven o'clock they
7:?. married by an accommodating clergy-
-An."kci at nine o'clock they re-embarked for France.
-.4 %dal&
polite than o • e-
.."
la they had again to present themselves at the
PassPcirt-oftce Th y 4. nd the commissary much less
sir said he. on preceding nig .
• ht• 'Ala ! it is you,
last night in I
wife, 'whereas have learned that you deceived me
stating. that this young lady was your
take her under in " only Miss G—. I have orders to
charge of havinygVenteeti", and to arrest you on the
husband, by Way oefarTli,(l Off a minor.' The new
certificat,-, and said—, j_1,3,:(Y,,, pulled out his marriage
lam not a deceivers 121:' sir—this will prove that
regular, and was signed tr..eetltifleafe was perfectly
Dover, and all the competent authorities,Vreneh Consul at
seeing that he Was in e The com-
missary,
Tr°r, set the young
couple at liberty.
IiEWS i s . , it
_ould appear that the history a,
could
end
ing giverAi—nr, and
e•-iire--; - ityS !no ; the newly wedded pair ~. here;
'4 '.. t_.., ii* .r,l, the end of their trouhl-..5. Mr',lZe not ar-
:..illti r: P: rrivr,d al C.-dais, after ha'r
-. '. -:i ....orm.
-, ''.- '‘• . - e police by telegraph of the elopenient
of a-
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couple
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