[195]When the above lines were penned, M. Rosetti was the Home Secretary, although he has since resigned. It was as such that we knew him, and we therefore prefer to leave our account, of him and his amiable lady as it was originally written.[196]Légendes démoeratiques du Nord, Madame Rosetti, p. 279et seq.[197]There are daily papers in Bucarest for readers of every nationality resident there, theRomanal, Indépendance Roumaine, Bukarester Tagblatt, &c., all of which are free to say whatever they please—and they say it![198]Despatch, February 1, 1880.[199]Of the leaders of intellectual thought and industries in Roumania we have already spoken elsewhere.[200]According to some, there are more.[201]Although we have endeavoured as much as possible to avoid burdening this popular treatise with statistics, one set of figures which have been kindly supplied to us by friends at Bucarest and in London is so significant, and indeed of such general interest, that we must claim the reader's indulgence for giving itin extenso. It comprises the values of Russian, Turkish, and Roumanian securities from 1870 to 1880, which are as follows:—Russian.Six per Cents.Turkish.General Five per Cent.Debt.Roumanian.Oppenheim.187083-1/2to94-1/245to5175to98187188"9744-1/2"52-1/286"96-1/2187295"10046-1/2"5591"104187396"100-1/245"4798"104187497"10345"46-1/298"108187595"104-1/223"45100"109187674"100-1/211-1/2"2374"1061877*71"936-1/2"11-1/258"911878*74"918-1/2"1287"105187984"9310-1/2"1293"110188085"9610"12-1/2102"112And in 1881 the prices of the Oppenheim loan ranged from 105 to 116. From these eloquent figures it will be seen that whilst Russia has been stationary, and Turkey has fallen 75 per cent, the condition and security of Roumania has risen, roughly speaking, 25 per cent, in the eslimation of the financial world during the last ten years. The two years marked with an asterisk were years of war.[202]This abstract is made from the French translation of the Constitution; the actual divisions of the country are as follows:—Județuis a department or district, the head of which is a prefect. Of these there are at present thirty-two in all.Plasa, subdivision of aJudețu, the head of which is a sub-prefect.Comuna, a parish.Urba, a city.Orage, a town.[203]The numbers in parentheses refer to the articles.[204]A few old families have retained their titles, but many who would have the same justification for doing so have discontinued their use.
[195]When the above lines were penned, M. Rosetti was the Home Secretary, although he has since resigned. It was as such that we knew him, and we therefore prefer to leave our account, of him and his amiable lady as it was originally written.
[195]When the above lines were penned, M. Rosetti was the Home Secretary, although he has since resigned. It was as such that we knew him, and we therefore prefer to leave our account, of him and his amiable lady as it was originally written.
[196]Légendes démoeratiques du Nord, Madame Rosetti, p. 279et seq.
[196]Légendes démoeratiques du Nord, Madame Rosetti, p. 279et seq.
[197]There are daily papers in Bucarest for readers of every nationality resident there, theRomanal, Indépendance Roumaine, Bukarester Tagblatt, &c., all of which are free to say whatever they please—and they say it!
[197]There are daily papers in Bucarest for readers of every nationality resident there, theRomanal, Indépendance Roumaine, Bukarester Tagblatt, &c., all of which are free to say whatever they please—and they say it!
[198]Despatch, February 1, 1880.
[198]Despatch, February 1, 1880.
[199]Of the leaders of intellectual thought and industries in Roumania we have already spoken elsewhere.
[199]Of the leaders of intellectual thought and industries in Roumania we have already spoken elsewhere.
[200]According to some, there are more.
[200]According to some, there are more.
[201]Although we have endeavoured as much as possible to avoid burdening this popular treatise with statistics, one set of figures which have been kindly supplied to us by friends at Bucarest and in London is so significant, and indeed of such general interest, that we must claim the reader's indulgence for giving itin extenso. It comprises the values of Russian, Turkish, and Roumanian securities from 1870 to 1880, which are as follows:—Russian.Six per Cents.Turkish.General Five per Cent.Debt.Roumanian.Oppenheim.187083-1/2to94-1/245to5175to98187188"9744-1/2"52-1/286"96-1/2187295"10046-1/2"5591"104187396"100-1/245"4798"104187497"10345"46-1/298"108187595"104-1/223"45100"109187674"100-1/211-1/2"2374"1061877*71"936-1/2"11-1/258"911878*74"918-1/2"1287"105187984"9310-1/2"1293"110188085"9610"12-1/2102"112And in 1881 the prices of the Oppenheim loan ranged from 105 to 116. From these eloquent figures it will be seen that whilst Russia has been stationary, and Turkey has fallen 75 per cent, the condition and security of Roumania has risen, roughly speaking, 25 per cent, in the eslimation of the financial world during the last ten years. The two years marked with an asterisk were years of war.
[201]Although we have endeavoured as much as possible to avoid burdening this popular treatise with statistics, one set of figures which have been kindly supplied to us by friends at Bucarest and in London is so significant, and indeed of such general interest, that we must claim the reader's indulgence for giving itin extenso. It comprises the values of Russian, Turkish, and Roumanian securities from 1870 to 1880, which are as follows:—
Russian.Six per Cents.Turkish.General Five per Cent.Debt.Roumanian.Oppenheim.187083-1/2to94-1/245to5175to98187188"9744-1/2"52-1/286"96-1/2187295"10046-1/2"5591"104187396"100-1/245"4798"104187497"10345"46-1/298"108187595"104-1/223"45100"109187674"100-1/211-1/2"2374"1061877*71"936-1/2"11-1/258"911878*74"918-1/2"1287"105187984"9310-1/2"1293"110188085"9610"12-1/2102"112
And in 1881 the prices of the Oppenheim loan ranged from 105 to 116. From these eloquent figures it will be seen that whilst Russia has been stationary, and Turkey has fallen 75 per cent, the condition and security of Roumania has risen, roughly speaking, 25 per cent, in the eslimation of the financial world during the last ten years. The two years marked with an asterisk were years of war.
[202]This abstract is made from the French translation of the Constitution; the actual divisions of the country are as follows:—Județuis a department or district, the head of which is a prefect. Of these there are at present thirty-two in all.Plasa, subdivision of aJudețu, the head of which is a sub-prefect.Comuna, a parish.Urba, a city.Orage, a town.
[202]This abstract is made from the French translation of the Constitution; the actual divisions of the country are as follows:—
Județuis a department or district, the head of which is a prefect. Of these there are at present thirty-two in all.
Plasa, subdivision of aJudețu, the head of which is a sub-prefect.
Comuna, a parish.
Urba, a city.
Orage, a town.
[203]The numbers in parentheses refer to the articles.
[203]The numbers in parentheses refer to the articles.
[204]A few old families have retained their titles, but many who would have the same justification for doing so have discontinued their use.
[204]A few old families have retained their titles, but many who would have the same justification for doing so have discontinued their use.