House in the rue des Bons-Enfants, no 132-134, where Fontenelle, was born on the 11th february 1657. House in the rue aux Ours, no 61. An inscription placed on this house reminds us, that it was here, that A. Boieldieu, the celebrated composer, was born. House rue aux Juifs, no 9. Here Jean Jouvenet, the celebrated painter, was born on the 21st August, 1647. To these celebrated names we must add the following of men equally natives of Rouen: Thomas Corneille (the brother of Peter), Lémery, Basnage, Samuel Bochart, the fathers Berruyer, Brumoy, Daniel, Sanadon, the painters Restout, Letellier, Sacquepée, Colombel, Lemonnier, Gericault, mademoiselle Champmeslé, madame Du Boccage, Armand Carrel, Edward Adam, Dulong. Rouen is the birth-place of many other distinguished men. BRIDGES. STONE BRIDGE AND STATUE OF CORNEILLE. This bridge was opened to the public, in 1829. It is about one hundred and fifty yards higher up than the bridge of boats, which was formerly almost opposite the _rue du Bac_[19]. We may almost say that it is formed of two separate bridges, of which the two ends join each other on the western extremity of the _Ile Lacroix_. Each part of the bridge is composed of three arches. The span of the middle arch is of thirty one mètres (93 feet french); the lateral arches, are of twenty six mètres (78 feet); the whole length of the bridge is two hundred and sixty six mètres (798 feet). In the centre of the platform on the bridge, is placed the bronze statue of Pierre Corneille, on a pedestal of white Carrara marble, which rests on a base of granite. This statue is twelve feet high, and weighs 4540 kilogrammes (9274 pounds _de marc_). It was cast by Mr Honoré Gonon, at Paris, after the model by Mr David. The pedestal is by Mr Grégoire, the civil architect of the Seine-Inférieure. The height of the monument is twenty six feet. The first stone was laid by the king, on the 10th september 1833. The statue was solemnly inaugurated, on the 19 october 1834. On one side of the pedestal, we distinguish the following inscription: TO PIERRE CORNEILLE, BY SUBSCRIPTION, 1834. This statue was erected by means of a subscription, opened by the Society of Emulation of Rouen. It is to this society that we owe the first idea of this national monument. A medal was struck for the occasion, and represents on one side the head of _Pierre Cornellie_, with the following inscription: _Pierre Corneille, born at Rouen the 6th june 1606, died at Paris on the 1st october 1684._ And on the reverse, the statue, with this inscription: _Statue of bronze, erected by subscription to Pierre Corneille in his native town, through the exertions of the Society of Emulation of Rouen, in 1834._ [Footnote 19: Erected in 1626, it was demolished in september 1836.] SUSPENSION BRIDGE.