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THE COST OF THE PAPACY.
In foreign discussions on the Papal question it is always assumed, as an undisputed fact, that the maintenance of the Papal court at Rome is, in a material point of view, an immense advantage to the city, whatever it may be in a moral one.

Now my own observations have led me to doubt the correctness of this assumption, which, if true, forms an important item in the whole matter under consideration.

It is no good saying, as my "Papalini" friends are wont to do, Rome gains everything and indeed only exists by the Papacy.

The real questions are, What class at Rome gain by it, and what is it that they gain?
There are four classes at Rome: the priests, the nobles, the bourgeoisie, and the poor.