radical, a member of the extrême revolutionary party

25. mange du prêtre, a political phrase referring to the bitter warfare waged by some radical newspapers against the Catholic Church.

27. budget des cultes. Les cultes means the différent forms of religions worship known to the law, viz., Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish. Thèse ail receive appropriations from the govemment, the amount depending on the vote of the Chambers. Under the first révolution the government confiscated the entire property of the Church, and held itself responsible thereafter for the payment of the clergy. The Radicals want to repudiate this engagement. The word budget is used in the English parliamentary sensé.