Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-03-21

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We thus perceive what reliance is to be placed upon
the official statements respecting French agriculture.
The next information communicated in the volume is
impaired in the following words France is surpassed
by England only in the production Of IRON Never
oracle of the Pythan priestess expressed with am
biguy, and, it is impossible u reconcile with facts
the most obvious meaning of this paragraph, viii not
attempt to controvert its reasonings.
1t is stated that the population of France increased
nearly 1000 900 from ls4l to 81 when in fact it fell
short thereof about 100000; while by that number it
will exceed the authors estimate, based upon his
premises, for the year 1866 The male adult (voting
Population Of France is classified IS follows:
Working class, paupers............ e, 585, 900
Manufacturing, commercial, and agricul-
s suIa ea apafass;an: s95 ooo
Paid oficials-srmy, navy, and Vensions.. $4,000
This statement, in all its deta is sdicrous to
INERT notice. and that any American citizen official
compiler would classify paup4rs sixeighths of the
adut male population of any hened country almost
ksurpasses belief.
1.ss en- Sa, and sbd il is de
Fifteenth the children Whethey the writer in using
Yhe term children such are of proper age
receive instruction in Schools whether he chill
ren of every age very important to understand if
my information is intended to be conveyed by the deca
ration 1t is not correct, howeve in any view Of the
case. With regard to education in France, JOSEPH
the social condition and educ zion Of the people of
England and Europe" after personal examination of
great care and patient investigation says:
sVsst the efforts are which the German and Swiss
Stes making to educate their people. the great and
mnutey considered system of public education hich is
operation throughout every commune in France ri
walls them in its comprehensveness efficiency, and libe
rality, and in the completeness AND weconsdered
kture of its details" y
The law of June, 1885, comprising great and COM
prehensiye scheme of national education provides that
every commune must support school of primary in
ttruction Communes of more than 6 600 population
are required to support also, school for superior
tructon and provision is made for the gratuitous in
structon of sail the poor" Under the direction of
M GUIzoT this law Immediately put into operation
throughout France. In addition to the CO. 600 primary
and superior schools under the law there have been also
established 80 normal colleges for the education teach
ers; and of the than 8, 900 learners therein in
l84 only 389 paid for their education In addition
to these facilities for public instruction the sFreres Chre-
tens educated less than 169, 500 children in their
,c ools in 1874 The French Government grants $780,
100000 for educational purposes annually Referring
to the magnificent efforts of the French Government in
behalf of education, Mr.. Kay says the of in
strucon thus placed within the reach of every pa
rent throughout the Kingdom of France So far from
there being schools for only onesxteenth of the chill
dren onesxeenh at least of the entire population is
receiving education in schools and colleges Upon what
principle the subjects of education, paupersm, &c. find
their way into work designed under the resolutions
be purely commercial IN character is more than can
determine.
The next subject treated of regards the revenues of
the Empire the average aggregate annual amount of
which, from all sources, is represented to be about
$780, 000 000" Had the amount been placed at $780,
600 1000 it would be the truth BY reference to
~ Annuaire DIES Deux Mondes for 1856 it will be per-
ceived that the amounted to more than $780,
600 The statement that the national debt is over
he rfod anI
have been quite undeniabe had the six last cphers
been omitted.
The annual value of wool grown from Sheep is per-
haps pretty accurately given while the curious state
ment made that there either fourteen or fifteen
species of beeves numbering in the aggregate about
O00 00O little than beef to each three
Of the population, including the paupers and infants.
The chief of the Bureau of French Statistics puts the
entire number of cattle-sse nombre des besaux en-
istent France-in 1910 at less than 600 000 while
the beeyes-ss DIES bGufs'-are given at less than
r. 900 900, SO to each 1000 of the population But
what is singular in immediate connection with and
as commentary this beef statement, the opinion is
hazarded that this branch of husbandry is also much
neglected, while domestic fowls declared to be
I"well attended to-"
The aggregate value of the chief (agricultura) pro-
ducts is stated to be $5825Oo0oO Moreau de Jonnes
gives the value of the principaux produs agricoles
at 81 OO0 000 Respecting the division of property
is stated that in few departments may be found
estates of 200 acres The truth is there
large landed properties in France and if they may not
be found" there certainly exist many estates of thou
sands of acres
have thus noticed portion of the which are
apparent at single opening of the volume, from which
it would that there minds which wonderfully
relish delusions and which take peculiar pleasure in at
tempts to impose the food upon Others persons
engaged in the preparation of works of national cha
racter whose genius better employed if devoted to
la different occupation Where the responsibility rests
for thus exposing official publications to the rdicule
lof the world without redeeming trait in style
arrangement know not; while cannot but experience
with all rejecting persons shame for the Department
which sanctions such publication and the country
which is viewed as adopting it. K