The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-07 00:00:00

WINCHESTER, DEC. .5

The Duke of BUCKINGHAM left Avignon House last
week for Stowe.

Lady ELDON iy declared out of dauger. The Venerable
Earl has had another attack of the gout, but is recovering.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

1-"L',CII STATISTICS.

IRCAI OLE. I'_l:t [S (:ORRESTONDENT. )

"rARis, DEC. 2.

" Although the science of plitical economy is not perbr.:,s
so well understood in F.-ance :Is it is in England, the value
and accuracy of the st,tistical inforoution which is con-
stantly accumuhting, joined to tip spirit of enquiry which
is now in such active operation, carmot fail to give a con-
siderable value to the calculations which arc made as to
the general and individual revenue of the country and its
inhabitants. Impressed with this idea, and as a sequel to
the deisils contained in former communications, I shall
make no apology for troubling you with the following esti-
mates, which, although they must appear to be extremely
low for a country so flourishing and prosperous as France
is supposed to be, are yet, I believe, from the (platter in
which they originate, entitled to considerable attention.
" According to established data, the
nett revenue of all territorial property of

every kind is ascertained to b 2 not more
than

"'l'o which add the revenue arising
from buildings

" Making the amount of the revenue
arising from fixed property in France ... 1,531,50'::;,000f.

" To estimate the returns arising from
cultivation, it would be necessary to know
he value of the gross produce, the value
of which is taken at 3i- times the
amount of the nett revenue. In the gross
produce is included intermediate produce,
such as horses, cattle, cloth, dairy pro-

duce, &c., say
" The profit, revenues, and incomes
of persons engaged in commerce and ma-
nufactures, and in industry, in the mo't
extended sense of the term, comprising
all offices and professions, excepting
those connected with Government, are
taken at two-fifths of the value of the
gross produce of the kingdom, or 1,746,511,0001.

" Making the total revenue, Lefore de-
duction of general or local taxes
" On the lit of January 1827, the population of France
was 31,852,000, and as it increases at the rate of about
200,000 per annum, its amount on the Ist of January
last may be stated at 32,252,000.
" The total revenue, when divided among the whole
population, gives 198 francs 33 centimes to each individual
per annum, or 54 centimes and 6-10ths of a centime per
day, being considerably less than 81. per annum, and sd.
per day respectively ; and when from this miserable pit-
tance, with reference to the lower orders, there is to be
deducted, not indeed the whole amount of the revenues of
the affluent classes, since that includes the maintenance of
their trains of dependents, who also enter into the average,
but at least the amount of the comforts and luxuries they
individually consume, a material diminution must neces-
sarily arise from that part of the general revenue which be-
longs to the great majority of the people at the bottolt of
the social scale. From the extremes of misery up to an
adequate supply of the necessaries of life, through all the
shades of ease, coraort, and luxury, there will he found a
much greater variety of distinctions than it is here proposed
to consider. It will be observed also, that the greater part
of the produce of the tiles is distributed among the easy
and comfortable classes, many of whom give less to the
state than they receive, while the poor give much more
than they receive. To attempt to enumerate all the shades
of riches and of misery, would require an endless number
of classes, and would only serve to multiply errors. In
the following table they are divided into twelve, the first
six of which comprise only 2,252,000 individuals, while
the oth r six contain 30,000,000. It is needless to enter
into a detail of the cases on which the calculations are
founded, but it may be sufficient in this place to say that
they are not arbitrary.