The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-28 00:00:00

Lord CARLISLE with lands as if they were singing f
matins on a saint's day, they read his bi'l out of
their chapel ;it has " serionttebjeofions," iliac " tel
to its adoption." ~., '- —,si7
. .
And what arc the objet 'oitl .
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summed up in a word. It 14 , t giv h
enough. It conceder:oriel of rei:e.ua t les-
sees that the bisho ..:- 't4seith or
[epiaeopacy was nevei, amour-far tali gramimrfi-its
morality] capitular bodies now are nor [where is the
birch for the episcopal bottoms?] have at any time
been Wound by any obligations in law or in equity to
renew their leases?" Perhaps not; but law and
equity do not make up the sum total of human obli-
gations; morals and practice have still some little
force here on earth; and an expectation which has
for more than two centuries prevailed, and been jus-
tified by its uninterrupted fulfilment, is a small matter
which the House of Commons won't overlook with
the same complacency the bishops have. There, at
least, the lessees will find some " bowels of com-
passion."
But the bishops, denying all legal and equitable
right to renewal in their leases, and ignoring, as
the phrase is, all moral right,-cannot overlook the
fact that the lessees, notwithstanding such legal and
equitable wants, have had such a property as they
have been able to sell at rates far exceeding the
value of its actual tenure, and to borrow on sums
greater than that value, and to settle on their fami-
lies as if it were freehold. They admit these inci-
dents to their leases. Admitting them it might
Ibe expected they would apply them ; make some
proposal to give them a legal status. No-
thing of the sort. They suggest, it is true,
either the enfranchisement of the estates or the sur-
render of the leases. But on terms positively de-
structive of that " expectation of renewal" which
is admitted to be " sufficiently definite to be treated
as between third parties as approaching to a certainty."
For they propose:

That, if the bishop or capitular body agree to enfranchise,
the price to be paid for the enfranchisement shall be the
value of the fee simple, deducting the value of the lease at
such valuation as hereinafter is mentioned ; and if they de-
cline to enfranchise, they shall pay for the surrender of the
lease at each valuation.

---iisaitieberseKiaiinterest of the lessee shall be valued at
the same rate of interest at which tho value of the fee simple
has been determined.

But, if the lessee's interest, in either alternative, have
to be calculated on the basis that it is limited to his
existing lease, what becomes of that " expectation of
renewal sufficiently definite to be treated as between
third parties as approaching to a certainty," and
which has been bought and sold, and settled, and
mortgaged as a " certainty" ? Why, under these
terms, that "certainty" will be utterly destroyed;
and the interest of the lessees will be cut and pared
down to the actual existing duration of their lenses;
notwithstanding the improvements they have made,
the residences they have built, the woods they have
planted, the price they may have paid, the money
they may have borrowed, or the settlements they
may have made. A line specimen of episcopal sense
of justiee this : a rare example of doing unto others
as the bishops would have others to do unto them.
Such was not the spirit in which lb. MONK, or as
our neighbour Punch cells him the Bishop of Double
Gloucester, dealt with Horfield Manor.
Better far for the lessees to let all the leases run
out; to make all they can by and from the estates
for the remainder of their terms; to exhaust the
soil; to cut down the timber; to pull down the
houses, and sell tho brinks and timber as old mate-
rials; to level the hedges, sad hand the properties
back to the church a waste sad a desert, as they can
do: for such are their legal and equitable rights;
and therein lies their safety.
But no: the legislature will interfere to reconcile
these conflicting interests, to protect the chursh lessees
from the fangs of episcopacy, and to give the church,.
what we freely concede it is entitled to a much better
interest in its property than it now has. Parliament
has recognised the vested interests of the bishops in
their ars ; it cannot overlook the vested interests of
church lessees in their properties. The bishops are
great and powerful personages; but. great as they
are, they are amenable and -obnoxious to the intim-
ence of public opinion, and in this country public
opinion will not sanction any such gross violation of
the rights of property or disregard of public mora-
lity. 'lle lessees must be up m self-defence, but
they need not be much afraid.
In parting for the present with this report, we
must not, however, overlook that there again the
bishops have one word fur the church and two for

theineelves. They must, they say, be closely con-
nected with their estates. lint, in making over
to them certain estates, " duo provision, they
add, " must be made, that the transfer does
not give them • less income than that they
are by law entitled to." They insist on being
grand seitineurs with all the advantages of annui-
tants ; they will have the land, but they won't bo
content with its rent; they must have both the soil
and the stipend. And it is at this moment—when
all Europe is ringinF with their incomes, their
Nerambliugs, and their jobbing—that they promulgate
this new theory. QllOB Deus rod perdere prime
demential. Greediness will burst the bag at last.

pletion of the Rue de Itivoli and the construction of
the Hallos. Urgency was demanded for the bill.,
anti adopted. The remainder of the, sitting wag
t%lerup wit& tlkspOsing of astaiag of.sotEou NA.
4st till `least imliirtance.. • •
wriutle, SI:NO Vf
4, I
'l,?* rt on the A blfs prorogation will be
peas to-moerow.
.A grand series of miliftiry evolutions is to take
place on the nth August, on thh'occasion of the fetes
given in honour of the London Exhibition. A bridge
will be tarown over the Seine by the artillery.
Another 13th democratic bulletin was posted up
in Paris last night, surpassing in violence all its
predecessors.
To-day a general meeting of the democratic repre-
sentatives takes place at Lemardelay's, in order to
proceed to the appointment of an electoral com-
mittee selected from all shades of the Left, to fix de-
fiaitively on a republican candidate for the presi-
dency is 18a
. All fractions of this party are in the
meanwhile united in their determination to exclude
Ledru Rollin, whose candidature they agree in con-
sidering fatal to the existence of the republic.
The Assemblee Nationale states that a meeting of the
moderate republicans has already been held at Lemar-
delay's, at which General Cavaignac resigned all pre-
tensions to offer himself as a candidate for the pre- i
sidency in 1852, in favour of M. Carnet, who is now ,
understood to re-unite the votes of this party. This ,
report is incorrect. No definitive step has yet been;
taken on the subject. The circulars of M. Carnet to
the Institutears prunaires during his administration
of the department of Public Instruction give this
ex-minister, without doubt, considerable claims to
democratic popularity; but General Cavaignac is
supported by friends who will not allow him so easily
to withdraw his weightier name from the field.
A decree in this day's Moniteur dismisses and re-
places the sub-prefect of Barcelonette of the Basses-
Alps, to whom was addressed the circular of the pre-
fect of the same department, which made so much
noise in the recent debate on the petitions for re-
vision.

The Mountain has resolved to issue to their consti-
tuents a report of their operations during the session,
and to give their view of its results.
The supporters of the government wish to push
the revision movement with great energy in the pro-
vinces during the parliamentary recess, in order to
exercise a pressure upon the anti.revisionist minority
of 278, and to force them. by stress of petitions, and
demonstrations in favour of revision, to reverse their
votes upon the next division, which will take place
three months hence.

The bill brought forward yesterday by M. Leon
Faucher fur authorizing the city of Paris to contract
a loan of 50 millions for two great public works, is
the most vigorous practical effort which has yet
been made to occupy a vast number of
laborious hands, which might easily be
tempted, through absence of employment in the
coming crisis, to bundle other implements than the
trowel and hod. Of all branches of speculation,
perhaps, building is that which has fallen into most
deplorable stagnation since the revolution of Febru-
ary ; and of all operatives perhaps builders form the
most intebigent soldiers of ;,mentea. Hence the con-
tinuation of that magnificent line of mended street
which Banks the Tuileries, and will eventually de-
bonch before the Palais Royal, and the construction
of the great central markets, form two enormous
works, which will throw timely employment into
thousands of disposable hands, whose idleness con-
stitutes equally a deep social evil and political
danger. The Bank ,f France is to lend the munici-
pality 50 millions of francs for the completion of
these enterprises, but an act of parliament is indis-
pensable to authorise the loan, the ways and means
of reimbursing which must bo fixed by a law. The
bill of M. Faucher affect* to the payment of the loan
the extra tax on drinks, which is to be continued
until 11470. This plan is strenuously combated by
the deputies of the wine-growing departments, who
set their faces accordingly against the urgency de-
manded for the bill. M. Leon Faucher made an
effective reply, and the urgency was voted by a large
majority.
I announced to you yesterday that the Avignon
Railway Committee had krommendeiLin their report
on the line from Lyons to Avignon, the concession of
this section to the company of Tali:bat.
The principal conditions of this concession are, that the
company shall finish the two sections from Lyons to Valence
and from Valence to Avignon within four years, under the
control of the engineers of government. The state, within
the limit of 60 millions of francs, is to aid the company by
paying half the expenses. The company is authorised to
contract a loan of 30 millions. The Minister of Public
Works guarantees, on behalt of the state, 5 per cent. inte-
rest for 50 years, and also 5 per cent calculated on the same
amount to provide a fund for the gradual repayment of the
loan. The cone ion is for 99 years. The net profits of
the line are to he primarily applicable to the payment of
the interest and of the company's bonds for the principal.
During the continuance of the works, and until the line
shall be completed, any deficiency in the net profits is to be
supplied by the capital of the company. In case of the
state as surety paying the whole or any part of any annual
payment of either interest or principal, the net profits of
the line, whenever there may be any, are to be
liable to the repayment of the state iu priority
to any interest or dividends to the shareholders.
If at the end of fifteen years from the period fixed for the
completion of the line the net profits shall exceed N per
cent. on the capital expended by the company, one-half of
the excess is to belong to the state. The company is to
deposit caution-money to the amount of three millions.
The Court of Appeal, reversing the decision of the
court below, have acquitted M. Cabot of the charge
of swindling and embezzlement, on the following
grounds: