The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-26

tary valor. The youthful MARQUIS Ia q descendant
or The great Florentne family Of this name branch Of
during the civil srfes OF the Middle Ages Another Pied
monese officer Of the same regiment Count MONTICELLO had
h hs nosSs xea Gy rue bullet. he fell WITH him. but
Austrian uhlan he re- through the body Hungarian
oflcer who was riding down upon him The Hungarian
fell to the ground, and young MONTICELLO eapng the
saddle, rode towards lines and Joined his AIDES,
amidst the applause Of the regiment In the same battle
,he louaves had taken prisoner an Austrian officer who
fore Gen. Forey no recognized by some Of the French
officers Of the divisional stall As you may imagine, he
was kindly received and fastened to admit he could
not suppose there were soldiers who could fight as the
French had done
Financial Condition OF the CHIEF European
Powers.
Translated for the NEw YORK herald from the Augsburg
Ausland, April 3O.I
Notwithstanding her enormous and unparalleled debt,
the financial burden Of Great Britain actually easiest
to bear Of any Of the great European Powers In 1915 the
national debt amounted TO fsl6 $3.50 900 O00
the interest and expenses on which amounted to the
annual Of ESQ 023 (slb2 1l6) In 1880 the
national debt had been reduced to ETH OOO By the
year 1867 il further reduced f769 600 but by
the 3ls Of March Of the succeeding financial year had
been increased sgan to f779 O in consequence or
The Crimean (which involved an annual expense Of
f27 49b 1858. Commerce, agriculture industrial pur
suits have been prospered developed since 1915,
that no one will doubt that Great Britain could the
without burdeniDg the nation more than Il was bur
dened in 1916 70 raise a revenue OF half
that sum. But with her growing prosperity
he patiopa debt instead Of being permitted a proper
ohate increase has been lessened by per
cent. In 1916 the population OF Great Britain
reckoned ut 10 500 0C0: in 1858 28s5 millions In
1919 the OF the interest national debt
cesstated tax averaging one and half pounds sterling
FOR each person Of the population In 1868 the tax for
this purpose averaged less than pound per head
Taking into consideration the present great prosperity of
The British empire 1t il not much say therefore, that
since 1916 the burden of the British national debt has
been In reality essened by one half
In France the first Napoleon left the State the burden
debt represented by the annual sum in renie or
et, OF So francs (sl2 0OO The double lava
SION Of the Allies the war; lev,es folio wing upon the
peace Of Paris, the vast sums paid the returned
emigree, all resulting from the fall OF Napoleon at once
raaed the ren,e 100 oO0 of Counting
the financial condition of France the restoration OF the
Bourbons, appears that they beered it during twenty
five years at the rate Of million francs rente year.
ing the rne from ls5 900 10 900 Ia 1880
French national debt nomDay 949 GOO 900 francs
Louis Philippe was less fortunate than bis predecessors Ia
his Teen the national debt increased
francs and the expenses this averaged during reign
25Co eco higher than during his predecessors In 1916
the population OF France stated at 80 lS48
war 80 500 Geo n 1915 the expenses Of the national
debt represented average tax per capita OF six
half francs. In 1S4S this per capita was trie over
Fix francs. The burden therefore lighter even with
out reckoning on the greater development
pursuits and increase in national prosperity Since
beginning OF the new empire this is the condition Of the
French national debit