About a third has been swallowed up by what is called the general interests of the Roman Catholic faith.

It has been proved that the religious wars have cost the Popes at least four millions; and the farmers of Ancona and Forli are still paying out of the produce of their fields for the faggots used to burn the Huguenots.

The churches of which Rome is so proud have not been paid for entirely by the tribute of Catholicism at large.

There are certain remnants of accounts, which were at the cost of the Roman people.

The Popes have made more than one donation to those poor religious establishments, which possess no more than L20,000,000 worth of property in the world.