, 1875-04-04

| ing passengers in Il minutes to . taEnhaus I'm
| mediately behind the two Chambers, avoidint
the loss of time and inconYenlenca now ioSolVce
! in the distance between the railway station ane
| the Assembly.
! Two million francs are expended On thu fish
| cries. and the sum expended in this branch o1
| trade will not be thought excessive when
| it is remembered tbat there are $4,000 boats
| employed on the sardine-fsheries OF Brit
| 10, COZ, 900 boxes OF sardines, though many
| Of these little fish are really young Rme1ts and
| herrlnss Between 500 and 600 vessels. amount
Jog to 81, 900 tons and manned By r. 600 men. ara
| employed in the French cod fisheries. and tho
weight Of the fish is calculated at about 40 600 GOO
ki!osra.omss, and the value from Is, 000 900 to
Il, ,o00, 600 frnpcs. 4 large number OF fishing.
boats have just left the French ports for the
fisheries round 1rclcud and Newfoundland. Dt-
eppe, Fecamc. Granville. and Dunkerqua fur
rieh The ere7f er proportion OF them. Among the
imports into France from Nawfoundla is an I'M
meusa quantity or cod eggs. which ara p1ckied
1nd used "a ground bait for the eart1lues.
nlroR7s AND EXPORTS.
Freueh imports during January aud February
amounted s. o, is, ,000f. and the exports to soo,-
S9l, 0D0f. Tho former show decrease OF Ill.,
600. .0O0f ovar 1874 there being reduction OF
25 0oo c0ef on articles OF food and 81 03o. .oo0f
raw materials with an augmentation OF 15,e00.-
o00g. On manufactured goods. The e1uorts ct~
hibit an increase OF Il, ,000, 0D0i. over 1874 and
cxceed tho figures Of any former year.
RIDING FEAT.
Next summer = number OF Russian ofhcerr
have resolved to emulata Lieut.. Won Zubowitz's
famous ride from Vienna to Paris. They are to
ride from st. Petetaburg In twenty-ons
dnye. One Of these ofdccrs-M. Medve
dovsky-has just ridden with an orderly
from st. Petersburg to Moscow In niue
days. although the roads were covered With ice+
and there we're occasional falls Of snow. Both
riders and horses arrived ut their journeys end
in good health and condition. They we're sev-
eral times stopped on tho way BY zea'o 'ous oh
cials, who could not understand the object OF
their haste. The distance is G9B verets.
TIE PHILADELPHIA EIHn1rIoN.
Bu teleoraoA to Tho London Times.
PARIS March 19.-t1r. Washhurue. the Aneri-
can Minister at Paris, lately addressed himself
to the Deputies and princir al merchants OF Paris,
requesting them to furm Committee
Of Patrons to make the necessary a..
rangements for nsxt YEARS Universal Exhi-
bition at Philadclphia. This appeal hiss been re-
to-day. The President is the Marquis de La
fayette; tbs Vice-Prcsidents are NM. Dietz-
Monnin and Wolovski; and tho Secretary, II.
Flotard, member Of the Assembly. The Com
nittee consists Of NIL. Laboutays, FcraT,
Ma1-Nchard. Arbel, Julien. Johnston,
Fourcand Dnpouy. Ducarre. Manglni, War
nier, Chris, Fraissiner, Balsau. Joubert, aud
Pascal Duprat,-beine members Of the Assembly,
representatives OF shipping, commerce. mann-
turing, and commercial centres. The names
ebove given include also political economists
and publicists, aud The composition Of the Com
ratres gives reason to believe that it will stiu-
late the zeal OF French, aud, consequently, the
euulation Of foreign exhibitors