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

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FRANCE.

The Afoniteur has the following relative to the new
copper coinage :—" The Bill which is now before the
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
svithdraws from circulation 10-.4 millions of kilo-
grammes of copper. The coins which 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
7,660,000 E, and that expense will be more than
made up by the sale of the 5,t,- 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 i 3 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 zed heavy ones which
disgrace our monetary system will in no way affect
the budget."
By the Senate:.-Consultum, which allows the Prince
President twelve millions a year, and the national
palaces, that of Compiegne, Scc., with their dependen-
cies, the right of hunting and shooting in various
forests is reserved to him. W e understand that the
forest administration has ordered about two hundred
workmen to clear the rides in the forest of Compiegne.
It is said that Louis Napoleon is to pay a visit to
Compiegne in the month of May.
Tee large equestrian statue cf the Emperor Napo-
eon, modelled by M. de Neuwerkerke for the city of
Lyons, is to be C3S:: in bronze at one operation, by
Mid. Eck and Durand, next week. The pedestal of
this statue is for the present placed in the courtyard
of the lavalidea.
As the President of the Republic was the other
day retuirning to the Elytee, 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 who
• threw me the garland." The man to whom the
money had been given refused to give it up, saying
that it was meant for himself. Some parsons 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.
or Pei, lime past it has been contemplated to erect
an equestrian statue (If the Emperor in some open
part of the Champs Etys6e, and the magnificent and
unrivalled avenue that stretches away from the Place
de la Concorde to the superb arch of triumph cf the
Barriere de l'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
cent ary to the 19th. , It is doubtful, ho wever,
whether the contemplated project of crowning the
arch with a triumphal chariot, similar to that of
the Place Carrousel, will b tended into effect.
In addition to the chariot it hed been proposed
to adorn the four angles of ;he 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. Ii was, however, part of
the original plan that it should he 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 piece
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 tvill probably
before long assume a more imperial title—La Place
Napoleon. A file is proposed to be given by the
army on the occasion of the Grand Review fer
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
Traffic—week ending April 12, 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 ...£8,157 8 7
Goods ?,45610 8

Total ... £10,613 19 3
Total miles open, 1852, 17314 ; ditto, 1851, 173%.
London Terminus, April 12, 1852.

2HE CHEPSTOW RAILWAY BRIDGE.
CHEPSTOW, SATURDAY.—Since the floating of the
great tube forming per 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 more 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 above its first position. For this
purpose three sets of chain-lifting tackle, of immense
ti
power and strength, were put in operaon. Each
end of the tube is lifted in its turn, and the one end
has now been raised by this tackle to its second eleva-
Lir on the rock, oa 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 nelt week. Ordinary trows
and steamers cany
to the east cliff ass underneath it by keeping close
When it is raised to its final
destination, a gan. w
upon which the wgo a. y will be suspended from it,
the railway, or rkm.eu will proceed to construct
girders, which are rather
in
fix the girders. These
will be raised in readythree parts, inithe company's yard below,
feet (the middle one)' and •
viz., one girder of 120
When the centre girder . two endg, of 85 feet each.
chains fi.ona the tub,- wairibbrought up, the massive
brought down and iv--
tached, and the two ends will
permamneanner.
chains from. the tub- in like Wilt also be attached to
and mattaiale for the Tae roadway
brought up and put together, and one '''.s- will then be
plete. The present calculation, olir ihme
54mtohniathosP, einfinngo
will be corn-
may be effected in six weeks or It
unforeseen accident occurs. This
minerall
Zoll be a
nireesthituan.
portant consummation, as the
dice traffic, at present excluded from the • ere --.
account of this gap, will then be introduced railway on
opening of one line of rails will suffice this,fourcedThe 1
when this has been accomplished the additionalpiersanCil
on the western half of the river for the reception ~f
the up-line of rails will be constructed aed of
second tube—now partly made and lying in' the yard
below—will be raised. It is hoped that the whole
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.

ROMANTIC LOVE STORY.
(From the Lille Journal)
The young AlreW-- 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 for ward a multitude of pretexts for post-
poning the wedding to the Greek Calends. liritated
at these obstacles, the young people resolved to
surmount them. Mr. W— left for England,
where it appears pe.ople can get married more
easily than in France, end nelde the necessary
publications and preparations for a nuptuel cere-
mony. On his reorn het made en attempt to soften
the lady's father, but haying failed in it, he arranged
with her to fir with him. In a short time they were
They arrived at
*midnight, end obteined
eat Cal a i'•
a prmissiou to embark !Tom the Special Com-
missary of Police by
representing themselves to
be husband and wife. At two o'clock they
arrived at Dover, at seven o'clock they
were (marled by an accommodating clergy-
ma°e, and at nine o'clock they re-embarked for France.
At Calais they had again to present themselves at the
sir,' nighthcru
polite than •
Plss"rt-clici; They found the commissary much less
' Al) ' it .
the preceding nigh. . is you,
last nigh in you deceived me
' I have learned that
wife, whereas she that this young lady was your
take her under ene is Only Miss G—. I have orders to
charge of havilProtection, and to arrest you on the
husband, by via; oefarrried off 3 minor.' The new
certificate, and said__.,ZlY, pulled out his marriage
lam not a deceiver'.' Th': slT—this will prove that
regular, and Wai 1
9.gned i 3. certificate was perfeetly
Dover, and all the compet4 tie French Consul at
missary, seeing that he via., ill‘nollties. The com-
missary, err_-`
couple at liberty, , set the young
It would appear that the hietory shoalspa; end here;
but alas ! no ; the newly wedded
rived at the end of their troubles, kry"je not ar-
riEw lis\ 4, strived at Celaie, after haeing gie„7"--. and
r*-- ti4P. nee!' police by telegraph of the elopee„,l""roa-
d , .4. '1„11, ring been told that the young coulia,

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