The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-24 00:00:00

LONDON,

street. Others went to London-bridge, to swell
a tide already too full, and everybody knew
that the sleepy progress and frequent inter-
ruption of public conveyances rendered it eco-
nomical, in point of time, to walk rather than tide
from Aldgate to Temple-bar. If Southwark
were free of toll to-morrow, it would not greatly re-
lieve the streets. There was no outlet to the stream
of traffic. It would ease London-bridge of many of its
carriages, but it would soon block up Queen- street,l
and find a dead lock in Cheapside, while the gradients
were so bad that heavy drays would avoid it."
The same may be repeated of the only other free
bridge, between London and Westminster,
and even that is broken-backed, and con-
demned. By
at from
an ingenious calculation it is shown
thatalaas, estimated
1,0001. to 2,0001.
per diem, or from 300,0001. to 600,000/. per
annum, taking the working days only, is occasioned
by the stoppages on London and Blackfriars bridges,
and when the evil might be remedied by
an outlay far less than the damage of
a single year. No doubt can remain as to the expe-
diency of providing the much-required accommo-
dation.

Only one point was omitted by the Honourable
Gentleman in noticing the advantages that would
arise from the adoption of his proposition. A rail-
way bridge might be added, at a comparatively
trifling expense in addition to that which should
necessarily be encountered, which would establish a
line of communication between all the trunk lines
having metropolitan termini.

There is a favourable situation for a central
station. The site of the Fleet Prison is
still available, and should be kept open
until the plans are fully matured. The reports al-
ready published show the necessity of some such sta-
tion, and never was there a more auspicious opportu-
nity of obtaining it than the present. With this
important, and we will add necessary addition, Mr.
BENNOCH'S plan, if duly carried out, will accomplish
all that can be desired.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The PRINCE PRESIDENT left Lyons for Grenoble
on the morning of the 21st, the streets being lined
with the 15,000 men of the army of Lyons. He
arrived at Grenoble at seven o'clock in the evening,
in the midst of an immense crowd, and thundering
shouts of " Vive l'Empereur." Several transpa-
rencies were exhibited with the words " Vive Na-
poleon " Vive l'Empereur," &c. The follow-
ing is the latest dispatch received :
" Grenoble, Sept. 21, seven in the evening.
" The Prince has just entered Grenoble amidst the
thunder of the artillery of the Citadel and the acclama-
tions of the whole population, assembled on the Espla-
nade and the quays. The most energetic cries of Vive
l'Empereur 1' were heard from the moment the Prince
appeared to that of his entering his apartments. His
Highness was received at the Port de France by the
Mayor of Grenoble, member of the Council-General and
Deputy, who offered him the keys. The Court of Ap-
peal, the clergy, the Council-General, the Mayors of
the environs, the functionaries of every grade sur-
rounded the Head of the State, and constituted a
triumphal cortege as far as the Prefecture. An immense
enthusiasm pervades the whole town • all the public
edifices, and all the private houses are illuminated.
Everything shows the joy with which the patriotic in-
habitants of the Dauphine are animated by the presence
of the President."
On the following morning the PRESIDENT re-
ceived the authorities and deputations, after which
he started for Valence, where he was to arrive the
same evening.
The stay of the PRINCE at Lyons was marked by
numerous acts of charity. He left a sum of 5,000 f.
to the poor of the place, the authorities having
already, in compliance with his wishes, appropriated
the following sums to charitable works :-30,000f. to
the Bureaux de Bienfaisance, 25,000 f. to the Mutual
Aid Society, and 40,000 f. taken from the fund sub-
scribed for the statue of the EMPEROR• In addition,
the PRINCE gave various sums to the old soldiers who
were presented to him, as well as many sums to pri-
vate persons, whose pride prevented their receiving
public charity. The memory of the PRINCE'S visit
to Lyons will long survive in the hearts of the many
persons who have been benefited by his bounty.
There are several articles in the Paris journals of
this day on the speech of the PRINCE PRESIDENT at
Lyons. One of them is important, for it is in the
official journal, the Moniteur, and seems to remove
all doubt on the question of the Empire. The
Illoniteur says, in conclusion—
" What matters it, in fact, to men appointed by Pro-
vidence, under what title they accomplish their august
mission? Their personal glory will neither be dimi-
nished nor magnified in the eyes of posterity. But
nations have instincts which ought to be attended to,
because they in general accord with their real interests.
In consolidating the power of their chief, it is their
prosperity which they want to guarantee. France,
already so proud of having at its head the heir of the
most glorious name, desires to ensure to itself a long
future of grandeur and peace, in giving a durable power
to the Prince who saved it

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In the Pays we read—
" In this question of the Empire, there is only one
interest and one right; it is neither the right nor the in-
terest of Louis Napoleon, but it is the interest and the
right of France. When the greatness of a man is alone
at stake, it is always a little thing. Whoever that man
may be, however striking his name may be, he is only
the hand or: the genius of a nation, which is always
living, and the immortal right of hich is found in
empire, as well as in royalties and republics. Thus,
everything becomes reduced to knowing if a change in
our institutions be necessary. The necessity of the
transformation will sufficiently establish the legitimacy
of it. • All that is possible is legitimate,' said M.
do Montalembert one day in one of his most
eloquent speeches. We are more rigorous than the
honourable orator, and we say that what is necessary
is what is alone legitimate.' France alone is the judge
of the necessity. Louis Napoleon declared at Isievers
that he would not precede its will, and would only fol-
low it, when it should be sufficiently ascertained. He
declared at Lyons that between the modest title of
President and the proud title of Emperor, the best thing
in his eyes would be that which is most useful, and rot
that which is the most striking. In these declarations
France and Europe will recognise the prudence of a
great mind, and the patriotism of a great heart; they
will find in this the guarantee that, whatever may hap-
pen, the Government providentially established will
know how to preserve, for the sake of the peace of the
world, of civilization, of religion and progress—' the
right which comes from the people and the force which
comes from God!' "
And the Assemblie Nationale says :

"After having submitted for a few days in painful
silence to the excesses of demagogy, France, shaking off
the shameful power of the conquerors of February,
sought means of re-establishing order and remaking a
government. It is with monarchical principles and sen-
timents that France wishes to oppose the Empire as a
dike against the revolution. It must be admitted that
in this way the situation becomes simplified. The re-
public disappears in what is called the legitimacy of
universal suffrage. This legitimacy of universal suffrage
has nothing before it, if it be not another legitimacy in-
destructible as history, the legitimacy of right created
by centuries. Such are the two great acts which occupy
and dominate the scene. Between these two terms there
is nothing important or likely to live; there are no prin-
ciples, and there can be only culpable intrigues. Such
is the situation. Before the discourse, which he has
just delivered at Lyons, the Prince Louis Napoleon said
at Nerore, in reply to M. Cl:m.l.km Dupin, that he would
only follow public opinion when there was at stake an
interest which might seem personal. At bottom the
speech of Lyons is only the commentary of this phrase;
and as that commentary was replied to by new cries of
' Vive l'Empereur l' we may anticipate the moment at
which any uncertainty which may still exist, if any have
existed, will be dissipated."
The !tfoniteur continues to publish a great number
of addresses from Councils of Arrondissement, Muni-
pical Councils, and other public bodes to the PRINCE
PRESIDENT of the Republic, expressive of gratitude
for his energy and patriotism in restoring order and
orfidence, and an earnest desire for the consolidation
o
i his Power in a permanent form of government.
The inundation of the Rhine has done an enormous
amount of
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SPAIN.
19thW einsbta.ve received adviceS from Madrid, dated the
The Madrid Gazette of the 18th publishes an
article on the death of the Duke of WELLINGTON, in
which it is said that Spain should participate in the
sorrow of England ; and that in the Duke the
English army has lost its greatest glory, and the
Spanish army a distinguished general.
Tile same journal contains an account of the visit
of the
corvette, the Colon, to Tunis, on the 28th July,
and of
its
captain having beon courteously received
by the Bet. The Gazette also publishes a decree
containing a new programme of studies in the public