The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-06
Miscellaneous Foreign Items.

Tho irnnortailons of merchandise from Franco into
their computed real value having amounted 10 upwards
OF 81 Z millions sterling Compared with the aggrcgat,
imports 10 the prrc ding year, an incrcse Is shown 81
more than f6 900 600 the greater part bling due 70 adj
diiional supplies Of wheat and -four, silk raw and silk
Manufactured provisions Of various sorts, and vine.
Ten years ago the total value Of French produce and
manyfsrtnrrs received by England was H,e more than
60 900 600 that the last decade tbej augmentation
has exceeded 2t5 per cent Tho number OF ~ ps OF
French nationality which entered the ports OF tho United
Kingdom tn 1886 q, 3O5, with admcasuromen Of
col s20 tons buhen- an increase on the year 1884 Of
7s2 vessos and o. $40 tons burthsn The value OF gold
and SILVER bullion imported In 1895 amounted to
Il 1871 SO, decrease as against iscs Of Gs2I,l13
A, tho ciose Of 1850 the number Of public luna,ic
asylnms France was 81 Of which one belonged . the
state 81 u departments and 10 10 hospitals There
also ~ kep, by private persons Those 10 ostab'
Iishments were divided among 90 departments Tho
population OF tho asylums has constantly augmented
ever since 1885 The total from tina, year to
the end OF 1890 10 ZOO or average Of 100 each
year This result would DO sad, II the augmentation
were spread equally over the twenty years Of the
period but the returns show that there very per
csp,be dmnu,ion o. the annual increase from ls42 10
1883 and that favorable movement has continued since
The Paris Journals continue 20 publish articles tho
crisis n Germany, but almost In every case Of com.
pleely speculative character snco no now facts have
come TO light
The Ga1Dst< d, Franz, calls attention 10 q strange
anomaly in the publications Of the Paris pres While
the front page Of the papers " allied with rumors Of
pending their general columns are occupied with
heavy debate on the French merchant navy.
II liz asserted 10 political circles In Paris that Druyn
dc Lhuys has despatched circular respecting Modo-
wallachan affairs which Is calculated TO create sensa
ton
II is again sought 10 introduce Russian arms into
servia and Montenegro No less than forty thousand
muskcts have been forwarded ve arc told 70 semn 70
be snuggled into the Turkish provinces Russian agents
are spreading Installation wherever they can
In the Danuban states. These facts together With tho
DANGEROUS condition of the Danubisn pnncipaiities,
render the aspect Of Affairs Turkey Europe extremely
critical.
Tho result Of the election In the Bias Rim France, has
evidently taken TIE opposition journals by surprise, 10
consequences Of tho majority for the government csnf-
date being exceedingly large. What renders the
advantage gained more striking IT, the government
organs say that all the opposition organs wthou, OK
cepion, had united IN crying 40 n LAboulaye AZ We
only person that could be elected The Dsbrs the
L1srt, the Pvess, the sseek, the opsssc~ Nss~oR,
the T,rTs the cas< Il yyeos asd the x9Wds, had al
supported him
The Paris P1frs< treats A. q mistake ~ the rrsish
press DE Representation tina, Fssncs IVES nsgolilns
win EsiAascN only fx swsol vi&A ~ most fATsso(