The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-10 00:00:00

'Change, De Solferino, des Invalides, de l'Alma,
du Point du Jour. The bridge at Berry is entirely.
new. It is very handsome, and affords a communi-
cation with the other side of the river, which was
long much wanted. The new bridge of Point du
Jour at Autenil has been only finished a few
months. Its architectural features are much admired.
This bridge will form a portion of the Circular
Railway, communicating with Autenil and the other
aide of the river. This circular railway will be en-
tirely completed by the time of the opening of the
International Exhibition. Sewers have been corn-
pleted to the extent of 260 kilometres. Pipes for
the conduct of water have been augmented to the
extent of 575 kilometres. A great improvement in
the supply of water to Paris has been effected by
effecting a junction with the Seine and the river
Dhuys, near St. Omer. The water of the Dhuys
has been analysed, and is announced to be pecu-
liarly salubrious. The Seine water was formerly sup-
posed to be unwholesome, at least for those unac-
customed to drink, but the most favourable reports
have recently been given by scientific men upon the
mixed water of the Seine and the Dhuys. The
aqueduct of the Dhuys is 131 kilometres long. The
quantity of water daily distributed in Paris, which
in 1852 was only 72,000, will soon amount to
400,000, when the aqueduct is completed for an in-
creased supply from the sources of the valley of the
Vanne. No less than 171 municipal edifices have
been built since 1852.

According to an official table the present super-
fice of Paris is traversed by 1,898 streets and 127
highways. A new census of the population is in
process of being taken, which will show, as far as
can be ascertained, that the number of the inhabi-
tants of Paris is about 1,800,000. Reckoning the
suburbs which have been annexed to the city, the
population will be augmented by 250,000.
A strange recovery of a bank note of I,ooof. has
been elicited by the Tribunal of Correctional Police.
Mdlle. Alphonsine Pelletier is a young girl, with jet
black hair and dark piercing eyes in short, very
handsome, but frail. She often received the visits
of a cattle dealer who had plenty of money. On
one occasion when he passed the night with the
young lady, according to the statement he made to
the Court, he had three I,ooof. notes in his purse.
Being very tired, and wishing to have no uneasiness
about his money, he placed his money under the
mattress. He had no mistrust of the young lady,
he said, but it was as well to take precautions. In
the morning, when he went to pay for some sheep,
two of the bank notes were much torn, or appeared
as if bitten, of the third only a little corner remained.
With little delay the cattle dealer repaired to the
lady and asked for an explanation. She, it
appears, readily adopted the hint of the notes
having been bitten by rats, and said that of late the
mattress had been infested with them. The gentle-
man was satisfied, and went to the bank. The two
torn notes were replaced by others, but he was told
that the bank could only give I,ooof. for the corner
of the note when he found the other portion of it.
The complainant, with much quaintness, proceeded
to say that this satisfied him at the time. He went
into mourning for the loss of his I,ooof. note, and
thought no more about it, but happening a day or
two ago to pay a visit to the locality where thG lady
resided, he heard, by chance, that about the time
when he supposed that the rats had eaten the better
half of his I,ooof. note his fair friend was flush of
money, and had refreshed her toilette very con-
siderably. He gave information to the police. The
result was that the rest of the note was traced.
The rats had not eaten it, but it had been appro-
priated by the lady. For this appropriation the
court sentenced her to be imprisoned for six
months.

The Last Seven Years' Averages —Tithe

Commutation.