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lHW TENANTS IN FRANCE AT PRESENT. 197di~ttlprpfit, wbich i$'i ~s has heen ~lr~aQyoh.ser\Ted~ utterly out of theq~estion. TeI).ants ar~ mentioned, hutit is hy no ll:l€ans a system j itisonly hcreand thcre tha~ snch a thing exists. The agricultural process,and the circumstances of people in l'ustic life, \}tterly debar it.lf atenaI).totf~l;}ay~arly rent, ÇlS witb us, he m,ust do it expecting toellgrossnclarly allprofit~.. Ontheçontrary, in the ordinary way, aftel'c\lltivation, harvesting, awaiting the period of marketil1g,coI).sigç.ingit.to the fa.ctor,Çlnd receiving the money,-when the division of the11roitscomes tolJemade, what an unsaitisfactory procedure must thisbelIt ÎsÎn fact incu.mbent on the land-proprietor to hold his landhhusclf;but where he CÇlU atford it, as bere divided with the assistance~f a steward, he JeelseI).cou'l'agement toc expend lI). üllprovement; hecau awa,it tbe day fo1's&le. Tbe '1'es.plt .. Qf this ~s the. simplification ofl&nspeclllatin, will arise, and land-proprietors, for theirown.ease,. will he ready tocompol1nd with them. But time is neçessaryf(Jr this. In the interim, the thing is just as weIl for the countryÎ;)tjow 1s. E\'ery land-'proprietor, he his pursuits what they may,feels he is a loser if he does Dot reside upon his property ; and aIthoughfrom the bOlil1t;iesofnwtlne, and afRiclions of politics, produce drops,and rots aIl around lüm, still, there, he can live. The ouly two interestsDOW throughout l-;"rance, ovel' the country, are the proprietor and thelabourer~Under wh.ich cirçl1msÜmce, the latter situ~ltion may weU hewhat it is, that of a prince compared tohis fel1ow-labourers throughoutE1,1rope ; ..worthSOl. isteflin,ga:yea~, wnere necessaries, comforts, andeven luxuries, are -so cheap.Th.eland-proprietor, as already observed,