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There can be no question that the state of property in France
is much more favourable to mortality than that of this country. The wants
of life are supplied by the moderate income, as well as by the large income;
but the Englishman is constantly stimulated to obtain more than is necessary
for the supply of his own wants, to obtain what may enable him
to make such an appearance in the world as is made by fashionable
people. In short, the taxes and Church property of this Country, by enabling
the Aristoc Aristocracy to leave enormous incomes to one child, have in
some measure established nations which ensure the perpetual pauperisation
of the mass of the people. The public expenditure must continue to be fixed
according to a scale rendered necessary by the incomes with which the highest
loss of functionaries associate.
The Chamber of Deputies proceeded in the sitting of the 16 th , to discuss the
Ecclesiastical Budget. No disposition was evinced to reduce the allowance
to the Parish Clergy; but an Amendment having been proposed to reduce
the allowance for Exhibitions to the Seminaries from 1,100,000 frances to
500,000 frances. M Guizot (a Protestant) opposed the Amendment, in
a speech which created considerable sensation:—
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Collectanea Pay of the French Bishops |
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Extract from the Morning Chronicle Feby 20th 1832 |
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STREET & CO 1830 |
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Antonio Alcala Galiano |
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