The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-06

he departments Tho number OF subscribers slAaresh
for f .Sss't .ad for :ss ss wore e
the subscribers, $4,000 are Of the poorer caas,
srUs tor 49, or e. " Fsns, And the ~:
0o6 and the amount they subsoribed
fssot 10000. II 10 evident ho~ever, from the tact Of
amount Of Ss, that there probably many other sub
scIbers for larger amounts, but still very small 70 our
working classes OF France But when e y considered
that the of savings banks bRvo NOT yet
reached f3c 600, We believe, and That the working
classes Of this country have few other forms Of saie
inv, stment. oet in the thought that
population only third larger Of these isles
should subscribe out Of It's labor and poverty largo
proportion Of enormous q sum az f92 100000
mus be admitted that sucn bgures greatly 1t
about france When French Spsnce,s have been css
enged for their protective dutes and asked why they
dd Lot follow our example, and emsncipsie trade under
the Eoelter OF good In ;ome tax the has been
that France wss poor country, and could pay
income tax. France, too, looks poor Her small towns
sloveny, her byroads bad, and seldom sees those
neat nes, clipped heoges, smooth foot pavements
TherV few forests, at least few that are permit
ted 70 grow TO q natural size and form. Even with
class appear spend half as much upon il a. Eng
lhh women OF corresponding rank One sees but
few eeptemens carriages or horses no hounds scarcely
any evidence Of what We call style. French amusemens
generally cheaper than ours, II be gambling,
the cost Of which cannot be estimated Even the French
meets on the rail- and VINO talk as Of the middle
class, better what should think shabby
ways wearing bouses and In baskets their din
ners Of bread sausage apples and rim oina, % - 70
save the expenditure Of Be As for dinner q the table
dh6e But, of course theee people be poor. they
90 on dividing and their bits Of land for
merce They can make q few ornsments for which, Of
course. they do not sud resu' tsmand Wages,
ali III paid There are, It is true, an im~.ose
number Of employees, but the supends are ridi.
as TSs ..vs 1 much rivalry The
the Court and with the highest funct,onaries, ID
meau. Putting all these things together, TOE conclude Aas
it, She speDos nothing she Dothing 10 spend Yet
she has just subscribed Of 600 u our money
from the hands Austria entered subs cripons
that amount, has actually depOsted by Way of
guarantee than GO 600.
We have to account for the fact. Nobody who has
lived any time any part OF France, whether at Paris
in the departments, will be at all surprised. Eng
diffusion Of wealth, or rather general boarding. past
all our notions you lsre in the country, the mali pro
prtfoy all about you hdue their hundreds aud thousands
mhich my only confess TO on an emergency, Uhe house
bit IF land is 10 be sold. They sn,ink generally from
speculative Investments, even if edsr rhsy are
saving 10 buy the land they rent 10 get rid Of mortgage,
or to buy their brothers out OF patrimony. They
have always some long Of this in hand, and,
MEANWHILE with two or three thousand pounds perhaps
IN The bank or their strong box, they than
English iaborere. Or course, with such climate they
can live worse and be the wofse for H. such We
be the great .ubs alum OF wealth which has
been opened by this new loan. The Emperor has
tapped the spring that flowed before, ana finds it
yield more aoundaoty than ever. True, low.
With three per cents at 60f S6c. this goo1 time in
vesmen'. Perhaps too the classes constitute the
chief contributors 10 tn loan do not sufficiently consider
that there be another favor terms 10 the
pubic in the course Of this very year. early next
this loan b Dsa On an On
that thus every franc they lend tue STATE involves
sn bcl ease OF taxation Borrowing must have its its
ing on some new tax 70 be Opas WsS NE er
Of fs2 90 the Emperor likely draw deep. al
Minister encourages HIM 70 do He will be moderate
at fret, conenthg himself with the E20 600 900 asked
Tor But the var viii soon exhaust that An army
OtO cannot be maintained with an their reoui
sites, Bgh,iDg condition under 600 COO 600 wear.
spd this will Lot be the only expense of war. ea,
uh'le many sources 9 industry and prc ,cil be .colly o.
partially dried up and the toiU suffer- uAile The
expenditure increased We have small hope thar these
cobsioeI atoms will have weight. France is
bent on victory and conquest, and ready for the
present 10 pay fer her whistle.
THE FRENCH BUDGET FOR 1860.
The report Of n. Devinck upon the general boaset o
for 1880 has been es d
the ordnIy and extraordinary expenses amount 70
l7s6 francs and the receipts ordinary and ex-
receipts over expenditure of sgS frances but oy va
rious additional charges the govern ment proposes An in
heey reducing The 70 FRANCS
commission OF the budget has made however a certain
humber OF reductions in the ses amounting in ali to
1900 $50 francs Tos sum, added 70 the above surplus
gives balance Of 1888 COL francs The Commission pro
poses TO take 600 francs Of the surplus, which with
2co0o0o francs OF the sinking FUND.- will farnh the me-
cetsay meabs for payn interest of the Few loan
Thus the oen tive Of receipts expenditure for
the budget Of 1860 viii be s96, COL francs.
THE AUSTRIAN FORCED LOAN IN LON.
BAkDY.
From the London News, Nav 2O1
News has just that the Emperor Of Austria has
determined to pGct the large towns Lonbardg the
heavy chsstsemeDt OF forced oan amounting to seven
~ five millions Of FORMS The Augs bufg Gdsdte in an
nouncs This exueme measure couples il IN true Bava-
ran fashion win an Insult to the wIssGhed victims Of I'm
brought 10 the brink ruin, not for their acts
bot Tor their 'sy mpathes" rhe ciizens OF Lomoardy
having Italian blood IN their VEINS 81 mpathze with the
efforts made by the neighborpg States the great and
common cause Of national Independence That rs the
crime, according TO the Austrian organ which H about
70 bring upon these cuiss this heavy punishment.
me forced loan is TO fall exclusively on
burg Gazette "with PIEDMONT have brought on the Vsr
"and who must now pay the piper" The whole of the
tax is 70 be paid in sver as the bankrupt government
refuses TO take its oWn paper. might perhaps have
been thought that prudence sud poicv
woulo have prevented outrage on the cit
Austria aeacy deperate the reign OF cruelty and
terror has evidently set in. She would surely never
Otherwise attempt TO recruit her exhausted exchequer
at the expense Of the impoverished townspeople Of
Lombaroy
The condition Of the people whom il is laid, a
well as the object OF TINS forced loan make il q
measure OF pecular and even refined cruelty. During
the last ten years the inhabitants of Lombsrdy have
been subjected to series Of foes, taxes ana forced
loans Of the most oppressive ahd niquitous KIND In
this respect they have In fact been treated as slaves
having right the produce of the soi they
10 perpetuate the round of hopeless when they
we're Condemned The land tax for example, this pro-
VINCE beng than double the wed in other
pars Of the empire, all the pro1s arising from the
cultivation OF the SOIL In one year aene addition 10
the exntng land tax Of fifty per cent extraordnarv
tax OF OO0 and fol ced of 12o 600 Of Aus
lian lires were laid on the people Of Lombaroy what
has been the natural reeu-a result not onv known INT
notorious now throughout EuropeP the land IN
gradually going OUT Of cultivation. Multitudee bot,
IN town ana country, have not only been i'm i'm.
poverished, but absolutely ruined, as the annual
number OF forced or distress" sales Sufficiently proves
Many citizens once well " have died miserable and
lingering death, while mary others lenglhen out q
wfetched existence BY the BALE Of family jewels heir
looms almost deaIer than lie ITSELF The real character Of
Austrian opp ession in Lomosroy may gathered from
he significant TACT that the taxes rarely less than forty
per cent sometimes rise the proportion or
seventy per cent. Yet this the province which the
Austrian Government, in Its psternz mines proposes
10 lay the heavy burden Of the present war. This 10
piece Of wanlon tyranny which il Will tax the friends Of
Austrian this country to soften ana extenuate "a
10 their reaoers spo shock the Lauona Of
justice amongst the EDgiisn people
But the object Of this forced loan makes still moro