FRA 
, 1» Intereft of the national debt =<, 
64,023,482 francs, 
2 Adnziniftration of juftice - . 
- 23,318,730 
3. Foreign a * - 7,000,000 
4. Home departm 472E10,0C0 
5s eran ee of na revenue and ft 56,047,788 
6. Public Aceque > - - 6,000,000 
“9. War esa | - - 243,000,000 
. 8. Naval depar 26,000,000 
Qs Sundries, a Hurplas in Helene 17,000,000 
589, 500,0¢0 
'. he national debt of France, which in 1789 exceeded 
‘three milliards, or three thoufand millions of francs, i isreduced 
‘to lefs than one third, and as there are feveral annuities 
-ping off every year, it Ave requires 60 millions annually 
‘together at 58,730,000 francs. There is alfo a finking 
fund 
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very department is s obliged 2 prod for its rerar anes , 
judiciary, sae ol expenc 
e ce of see ce, which even before the revolution 
was na as excellent, is more vigilant than ever. It 
employs an incredible number of fpies, and is powerfully af- 
fifted by the national gendarmerie, a corps of 17,445 horfe- 
men, cenit into me eer ftationed by {mall brigades all 
over the siges o ‘watch more particularly 
he, poor in France, but 
pa which is 
celebrated by the talents of the late abbé de PEpée, ae 
its prefent director the abbé Sicard, admits only 60 pupils. 
‘There isa board of health at Charenton, a general hofpital 
for gratuitous vaccination, and fcarcely any town of import- 
ance is without infirmaries and charitable foundations. Beg- 
ging is ftridily prohibited. Every beggar is’ taken toa dé- 
P “6 mendicité, 
that sowerfal engine with which 
of Fran 
Luch agonith ing deeds. ie been performed, and fuch impor- 
_ whatever 
el oa 
FRA 
I5,41 LL, fla] 
150 generals of 
divifions, 300 ) generals of brigades, elt 135 adjutants com. 
mandants, ‘This army is recruited by voluntary epliftings an 
by a rigorous conf{cription, which cava call Frenchmen 
from the age of zo to that of 25, without any diftinCtion of 
rank, arenes oe Lente 3 but every { foldicr is entitled to be 
gradu ro 
vided he i found i for the- ee -No n military cent ions 
be he military {pirit of the Trench 
foldier is fupported i ee rara by the decoration ae a milt- 
tary order, which may be o alfo in a few cafes for 
civil merits, called the lewion’ Oe honour, poapara of 16 
cohorts, poffeffed each of national demefnes to the amount 
of an annual income of 200,000 francs. 
fifts of feven great or fuperior officers 
commanders, 30 officers, and 350 légionnaries. 
wee have an annual income of 5000 francs, the commanders 
the officers 1000, and the légionnaries 250. _ The 
fae of the legion of honour amount in all to 6512 
nthe reign of Louis XIV. the French navy was flron ng 
enough to equip a fleet of 63 ihips of the line, 7 frigates, 36 
veffels ae en oe an a cutters, under‘the orders of ad- 
ein the ar 1690, and in 1704 the eee 
i “fi 
eae 
9 be thips.. On the aes — 1791, the French had 73 
fhips of the line, 67 frigates; 19 cutters, 29 armed brigs, 7 
un boats, befides feveral hofpital fhips, galliots, and others. 
But at prefent the French navy is reduced to a very low ftate, 
and it is not probable that the intention of the French govern- 
ment to have at leaft 100 fhips of the line and 1co frigates 
lie will foon be realized. In the mean time the French 
have {till 7 pide ocebant 16 Barcodes and about 200 
oe captains, on their navy li 
France holds at this moment the fi 
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vaflalage, or is in’ relation 
{mall portion of Spain, Great Britain, Portugal, and the 
ifland of Sicil 
The national charaéter of the French has not been mate- 
rially altered by their late political revolution. They. are ftill 
ively, polite, pie amiab e he rave 5 but vain seas ee 
inconitant, volatile, fily difcourag y have 
taxed of infincerity i in th Cnere G f fervices ; but their. wi vith 
to o ge ftrangers whom they coniider as vifitors i is cally un- 
. Pin Piven one of the lateft travellers in France, 
3. 
‘tant changes 5 ated on the continent of Europe, confilts of a ceed that the French are unwearied in their aéts of kind- 
go Infantry fs 
re eo of the line, ae at 32 30 
. men eac 290, 700 
27 Regiments of light infantry, at 32397 men each 87,210 
2 Regiments of carabiniers, at: pe 
12 Regiments of cuiraffiers, at Ree men =. 8,4 
30 Regiments of dragoons, at 946 men -- - 28,380 
24 Regiments of chaffeurs, at ae men im 225704 
10 Regiments of er lia at 940 m 9.460 
i ery on foot, oe 2 esi men cn 20,656 
meneach 3,1 
22 Battalions of the artillery train, at 477 meneach 10,494 
16 Companies of artillery labourers: at a ach. --. 1,248 
s Battalions of pontoneers, at 610 m 15220 
9 Companies of miners, at 100 men -: goo 
5 Battalions of fapeurs,.at gcg men - 4545 
a Battalion of gardes du genie - oe 550 | 
Men. 493,095 
efs. offer their minor fervices with fincerity. The 
can never be) fufficiently praifed for their indifet ctiminate, 
their natural, their totally uniaterefted and fpontaneous bene- 
volence, 
France; J/ke of, a part of ies fo called before the re- 
volution, being Boundeld by the rivers Seine, Marne; Oife, 
urque, Paris, Gait in the centre, ‘was its 
capital, 
Rance , Te of. See Mavrir TIUS. ; ; 
ees School of Engravers in. Sie Fakwon febool of 
Engr PAVE Ss. 
FRANCESCA, Pierro Det1s, commonly called 
Francefeo. Dal Borgo. a Sap , Sepolcro, in Biography, was 2 
painter r of canfiderable merit and Tenown,, “for = early period 
of the art in which he lived. 
_ He was born at Borgo in Umbriain 1372. In fis youth 
e ftudied the mathematics and it was not til he was x 5 
year 3 ofa détermined on being a painter, when 
was ee zed, oF sg Vafari terms nit) “adopted by Gindox 
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