The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-26 00:00:00

THE ORLEANS PROPERTY.

The Civil Tribunal on Friday was crowded to cu-
eing, to hear the pleadings on the demand made by the
Princes of the Orleans family, and their relatives, to de-
claim illegal the seizure of the estates of Mealy and Mon-
son; hi Thine of the decree of 22nd January, relative to
the preperty of the lets King Louis Philippe. Several emit-
owe pelideal personages were present, and amongst them
K. Dupla. sea., M. Dufaure. M. de Lama* M. Estan-
oily M. BMW, and M. Cavillier•Flesey.:
Pea let wed M. Sawyer appeared as advocates for the
Orleans plasm, and M. Masa Minot and M. dc
sail msielled then is earns= as advocates. M. Demon-
hires, eabsiltutes mid es IPrearear et the Republic.
The text of the demead 'mob by the Orleans family was
to the effect that, for miens remark, eh& la virtue of vi-
sits, laws set forth, the tribunal shall declare that " the
spats of the plaintiffs had been, without right, expelled
hem the two domains of Nenilly and Mosesanx, and that
the plaintiffs should be maintained In possession thereof."
la answer to this the Prefect of the Seine, in the nerve of
the goverment, called on the tribunal to declare that the
decree of 22nd January was a legislative act, and the
mature of the property an administrative act, and that con-
sequently the tribunal had no jurisdiction.
M. Deseoutures now said—" The tribunal will remember
that last Friday I had the honour to deposit, in the name of
the Prefect of the Seine, conclusions to the effect that the
tribunal should pronounee itself without jurisdiction in the
affair brought before it by the Orleans family. I have
since, in conformity with the law, drawn up farther con-
, elusions," which I will read

•• Conildering that Aet 1 of the law of Jimmy 22, 1852,
enacts that the real and permed property
.comprised in the
donates of August 7, 1830, made by Louis Philippe to his
deddron, are restored to the state ; that, by the terms of
Amt. 1 of the law of March 27, 1852, the Minister of
Arum was authorised to dispose of part of the said real 1
=, andespecially of the woods forming part of the i
of Meanly eel Mosesaus ; that, in execution of
W aid laws, and with a view to proceed to the sale
by the law of March 27, the state, e•Peeeented
to de PAdministration du Domaine, was, on 1
Eraild
dtar put into possession of the said real property ;
demi, mesh being the ease the plaintiffs have no right to
Wag des question of the possession of the said preemie),
balm the civil trOsanal ; considering that the principle in
virtue at width tie eked tribunals are competent to decide
on comedies ef even with respect to the state,
maxim the present case, the law hes
been rigalsesil by the initiator himself and
that the peke Ares has been the subject of special
=Lve dkipMelidnea NM* raise no &faculty of iriterpre-
ibels ea swim the civil tribunals entertain an
as Nought Mto speak against the law itself, and with
the view of &gratin a right espies', sanctioned by it;
that to decide the mbar, would be to admit that they can
noddle be the =maim of legislative power, and prevent or
=del assiadma decrees, which is equally in-
is dim by do law of their organisation. and the
natant of diedmiimis melhired on them; considering that
in anedsw poise if view the ag nts of the Administra-
tion dos is peeeeedlsg to take possession of
the domains of and iheamaii, acted in execution
of administrative • that, la fact, the Administra-
tion des Domaine, ham ekes the power of causing the sale
ordered by the law eftke 27th March, and that all acts done
by it, with the objest of effecting that sale, have a character
essentially and exclusively administrative; considering also
that according to the law of the 16th-24th August, " judges
cannot, under pain of forfeiture, trouble in any manner
, whatever the operations of the administrative bodies;'
that this principle is not lese energetically expressed in the
law of the 16th Fructidor, an UL which • positively
forbids the tribunals to occupy themselves with arts of acl-
• ministration, of whatever chancier they may be; contider-