The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-20 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20.

Titanium is an noprefita. le trade. After four
years' trial it grows plain that there is nothing to be
made of it. The position is equivocal, and the result
ansatieractory. It entails too many of the liabili-
ties of pertnership, without any of its compensating
Incidents; and too mu'h of the nee.ssary outlay of
capital in the way of opposition, without an adequate
share of its popularity or favour. It is due to these
who have hitherto curried on the business
in querion to acknowledge the spirit and
pereeveiance which has hitherto characteriend
their efforts ; and though uofortunate their
enterprising attempt to gain a distinct and in-
dependent toeing, we doubt not that persons of
such business habits as ABERDEEN, GLADSToNis, and
Co.. would form a valuable acquisition in a suitable
department of any of the existing political concerns
who re there may be room for them.
This appears to he hardly their own impression re-
garding themselves; if the long advertisement in the
shape of a leading oracle in Saturday's Tinies may
be Liken as a correct exposition of their
preteueions and expectatione. They fully admit,
tis true, that all their doings to check
or gu tie the holders el office, have been nothing
worth. But then they contend strenuously that
their better established neighbi.urs, "The Farmers' '
Friends," have not been a whit more potential. There
has been, in hie, no opposition. All the fine speeches
and rash votes given by the two tory sections, mead
or together, have gone for nothing. Equally unblessed
have been the inteemittent liairons with the envied
whigs. From neither have the trimmers neared
any thanks; they are consequently quite disgusted,
and unaffectedly wish to charge their condition. We
quite understand and believe them. Tory are ready
for place if they ctuli get it by help of an unnatural
aninnpt liberals and %mesterei combination with
them. Or, failing that, they are ready to make peace
with their natural allies the bigots and squires, in
order to recorstitu'e what the country Las never
lacked before since 1684 —a strong parliamentary
opposition.
The c. limns of our coteempr rary ate appropriately
chosen ee the medium of putting teeth to the world
the prospectus of this new compact. The disasters
which have befallen both actions since they quar-
relled is 1846 are frelingiy enumerated; the diffi-
culties in the way of either retrieving its position are
candidly avowed. A few plums are tbr.awn in to ap-
pease too rhetoricians—STANLEY and DialtALLI ; bat
what after all can mere fire-workers like these achieve
for their followers ? Without tt,e real men of business,
the Gol:LbraNs, TuzsiOLnS, CoisYS, and CLEJLEs,
what signify talents in a debate, er numbers in a
division ? Taps, especially red tape, is the thing. It
was the staple of the trimming ; the tole article
offered for sale. Tree, it did not bring the price ex-
pected,—the whigs being. as they fancied, over-
stocked with genies, the radicals bavirg adopted the
primitive principle of " every man his own political
leader,- and the prateetionittl having vowed against
encouraging anything nut purely of Bullish menufac-
tare. Nevertheless the day for tape must come. The
demand ter it must revive. The only practical
qnecinn is who will have the sense to secure
the tr.tu-e cock by a prompt bidding, and
thus mike sure of their political fortune. For who
can doubt that two opposition negatives would irre-
sistibly form an official affirmative ? Or, that how-
Kir vain Lord ABERDEEN and Lord STANLEY, Mr.
OLAD3ToNE and Mr. DeitAELI may have hitherto
unLed io one and the WWI band on all subjects,
they would soon overthrow all opponents and crash
all corerttitoes?
To this red, therefore, the unhappy protectionists
are umewhit brusquely bidden to cast away all
thoughts of eliding scales, Cr fixed duties, and to em-
brass any common standard of toeyiem which may
be speed upon. What this latter may be, signifies
nothing. No difference is likely to arise on that
accoun.. The first point is the essential one,
to renounce all hope cr belief in getting back to
monopoly in food. And the reason urged is highly
characteristic. It is not that monopoly is in the 'kb-
street wrong, or in practice inadmissible. It is set
because the tory minority feel bound in honour, or
because the tory majority are becoming convinced.'
The ratiunale of the fraternal reconciliation is intense
and el:mingled fear. If a corn law were re-imposed,
the prop!. would annihilate those who undertook to
rob them : so that there is no use in fretting any more
about lost pleader; mute better combine together as
in old times, and see whether there is not something
else, or somebody else, to be done. A very shrewd,
and withal a very frank, way of putting the ease to
the protectionists—we must say.
One obstacle, and that somewhat of large size,
mems, however, to interpose. What are the inele-
gant and inexpert county members to say to the
helms when, face to face upon the )•ustings, they
ask a renewal of their larliamentary lease, at next
general election ? So long as the ghost of departed
protection is believed, or even said, to walk o'nights
in St. Stephen's aisle, a certain reverential air of
mystery may be kept up on the subject, and sceptical
questioners can be silenced by an uplifted forefinger
or a reproachful frown. 'Ti., wonderful by what
trite and commonplace expedients the nasals of here-
ditary conjuring are awed. Bat what is to be done
if the wand and enchantments are all laid by—nay,
publicly flung into the fire P Farmers have not
hitherto been very exacting in the shape
of landlord logic. They have neither asked
how protection was to be recovered, nor insisted
upon knowing when. All they begged to be assured
of was, that "My lord" and " Biz Blunderer" were
determined "to go for it As long as they were told
that it was "a-coming," they agreed to continue
bleeding high rent at every pore, and voting for any
ooxoomb of quality who was sent them per rail from
town. But what will the exhausted believers think,
my, and do, when they are told that their friends
having turned their official servants oat of doors some
time ago, because they Were caught loosening the
hinges, and drawing the bolts of monopoly, they are
about to invite the mom ream to take their old
places again,—not as paid= kr penitence, but to
prove bow unjust they themselves have been P

IT is singular that government should have so long
delayed to chum sad appoint the now paid Beck-
sisstical Commissioner. It is pretty well known
that the Archbishop of CANTKIIISURY is
.prepared with
his choice. Great and important questions await the
decision of the new commission. But as the proems
of two paid commissioners is declared necessary by
the new law to the validity of any act, hardness is
pare!) sed, and government hesitation stops the way.
We have not been .paring in our censures on the
defunct commission. And we by no miens regret
this severity. The idea of an irresponsible body
MU:tripling or affecting to admininter ouch exten-
sive en 4 such sacred interests, and each mean
taking advantage of his irresponsibility to be coulees
and to devolve everything upon a secretary, who bat
too naturally, when in each a position, abased his
trust—such a system deserved to be exposed and
scouted much more universally than it has been.
However, parliament, banag done justice by the
old commission, constituted a new one. We have
signalis d the wilful blunders even of this redeem,
which hu still left the episcopacy predominant in an
administration, to which it would be more in accord-
ance with the episcopal character to remain a
stranger. Let us hope, however, that what has beset
gained will prove a boos. The appointment el laid

commissioners fixes them with the responsibflity, and
although a control on the part of the general body
is reeereed, yet it must be hoped that public opiates
would sufficientl support the mem rre, were its
reasonable nquirey ments overborne by the episcopate.
After all, there is no denying that considerable
Improvement has then effected. If we look back
thirty years, we shall fled the Church of England
andonbtielly the wealthiest and the worst governed
eburch in Christendom. Is spiritual head enjoyed
as Income of 30,0001. a year, and the four next sees
avenged 13,0001. a year, while the Chancellon of
*a provinces of Canterbury and York, and a host of
slosewrists and holders of nominal offices in
the gift of either archbishop enjoyed incomes
so enormous, that it was well worth while
to nominate archiepiscopal infants to the re-
versions of such appointment t the fortunate
✓eversioner being bred up in idleness as a means of
jasliiag him for the due performance of his office—
pluralists, reverend and right revere nd, almunded; a
minims of money amassed by a prelate excited rather
tAraiestion than disgust; archdeacons meekly declined
bishoprics, possessing already more than episcopal
revenues; while golden rectories and golden stalls
and charity truster ships, &Ceded princely incomes
and princely. residences. Less glittering prizes re-
warded services at the hustings or on the bench, or
colloquial skill, or post-prandial celebrity. The mere
scholar or pions parish priest seldom attained beyond
the rectorial curacy of some more worldly school-
fellow, while the lowest class of clerical degradation
was to be found in the holders of the miserable
pittances—varying from 201. to 801. a year, paid to
the perpetual curates of the episcopal and cathedral
livings. No smali part of the funds for augmentation
will be taken up in est;sfying the claims of those
parishes of which the great tithes form the endow-
ment of bishops and church dignitaries. Of ten
thousand benefiees seven thousand received ote-
third of the revenues of the whole number, while three
thousand took the remaining two-thirds; the former
averaged 1501. a year, the latter avenged 7001. a
year, end of these latter it not nufnquently happened
that one dignitary held no less than four. limy
years may yet elapse before the last pluralist aims
to eicumber the benefice he neglects, but it is en-
couraging to see how many steps have been taken is
a right direction, and how much is at least in coarse
of reformation. The united erchiepiscopal inners
have been reduced from 45,0031. to 26,0001., and
the income of the whole bench has been dimi-
nished 50,0001. a year, while all deaneries, canonrise,
and comrnendams Lace been separated from the sees;
@innate rectories have been suppressed, and 14,0001. a
year from that source is, as it falls in, applicable to
the augmentation of poor livings; pluralities have been
practically abolished ; s'necnre ecclesiastical offices
nave been reduced and are in course of extinction ; a
new distribution of canonical funds has diverted
large amount of income from cathedral to parochial
purposes; 44,0001. a year is already paid by this
communion in augmentation of poor living., in addi-
tion to 31,0001. a peer under Sir ROBERT FREI:3 act;
the whole of which 73,0001. a year is derived from
Use sinecure rectories and suppressed moonrise. Mach,
very much, yet remains to be done both in the sup-
pression of abuses and in the consolidation of the com-
missions by which these changes are being carried
out; but nevertheless, great changer, which fee
hesi,ate to call, great improvements, have been
effected ; and it is to be hoped that the new eccle-
siastical commission may set about its work wi
ardour. We wait for the names of the new commis-
sioners with much expectation, so much will depend
upon their character and precedents.
These commissioners are appointed chiefly for the
purpose of managirg the estates of the commission,
and one of their first duties will be to consider and
determine the much-vexed lessees question. This
question has been agitated for fifteen years, and has,
in the course of that period, assumed very different
phases, but the point at present is narrowed into
comparatively little eomptat. The church estates are,
for the most part, leased out for lives or years, sod
the outstanding term varies from fourt,en to fifty
years. The practice of the Ecclesiastical Commission
has been to charge for the interest of the church (if
the lessee desired to boy it) the full present vales of
the reversion, and also the value of the change of the
leasehold term into a freeLold possession—a
process which lett to the lessee no induce-
-out to enfranchise, as it allowed to him

only the value of his leasehold Interest as
leasehold. The Episcopal and Capitular Commis-
sion, on the other hand, in their late report, advise
that the lessee shall be allowed to estimate his lease-
hold interest as if it were freehold, and to buy, in the
case of lands, the reversion at about three-fourths its I
present value. As this reversion is now the endow-
, ment of the working clergy, any proposition dimin-
ishing the amount capable of appropriation to that
purpose requires to be narrowly regarded, and the
rather as the committee sitting to protect the claims
of the lessees numbers so many members of both
houses of parliament as to suggest the pos-ibility that
parliamentary ir.fluence may be exerted to outweigh
the claims of the parochial clergy. The crown and
the bishops, se poisoning conauterable ecclesiastical
patronage, are, however, as well as the public, inter-
ested in this question, and we confidently trust that
the Estates Commissioners of the Ecclesiastical Com-
mission will succeed in settling the long-dispated
question in such a manner as to deal fairly and l►be-
rally with the lessees, without diminishing the funds
capable of appropriation to the augmentation of poor

WILLIAM Ross was executed on Saturday. We
have no right and no wish to question the motives
which determined those who possessed the power to
save his life to abstain from using it. We entertain
no doubt that they acted conscientiously, and that the
discharge of what they deemed their duty cost them
a painful effort. Still we must be allowed to doubt
whether, in the circumstances of the cue, they have
exercised a wise discretion. _ _ .

Two thousand inhabitants of Yolk, including the
mayor and others of the most respectable citizens,
memorialised government in his behalf. Many of
his neighbours also memorialist d : those of his own
class who must have had opportunities of watching
him and knowing his character; and also some of the
wealthier ranks, who cannot be suspected of having
been under the influence of class teenage. The
declarations of witnesses transmitted along with
the memorial' were of a nature —we express
ourselves guardedly—to inspire strong doubts of his
guilt. Government maw the necessity of instituting
farther inquiries before the man was allowed to be exe-
cuted. These inquiries were, however, conducted by
the committing magistrates, with dosed doors ; the
public and even the prisoner's solicitor were excluded.
We cannot learn that say answer has been returned
to the memorialists, beyond the iadirect, though cer-
tainly very explicit one contained in the execution of
the sentence. Government may be satisfied of the
man's guilt, but no means have been afforded to the
numerous and respectable individuals who doubted
it, of arriving at the same conclusions with govern-
ment, or even of knowing the proems by which go-
vernment arrived at them.

The phenomenon of convicts inserting their inn°.
nonce with their last breath is no uncommon one. It
has been so often sitnemei in the cases of criminals

proved beyond the possibility of doubt to be guilty,
that in ordinary circumstances it has ceased to make
any impression. But if the numerous memorialists in
behalf of WILLIAM Ross have been in MOT no care
has been taken to disabuse them. The strong aver-
ments which led them to believe him innocent have
been secretly investigated by the very parties who
may possibly have deemed its assertion an imputation
on their of capacity; the memorials in behalf of
the deceased have been without any attempt
to show that they upon misapprehension.
Matters standing thus WILLIAM Rosa's dying decla-
ration of innocence fell upon can predisposd to be-
lieve him, and consequently his execution must have
left an Impression on the public mind exactly the re-
verse of what was intended.

Ross has gone to hi. Wt account ; no hrther
efforts can avail him: and we are the lam disposed to
dwell upon th;threifetion as it columned him pen:m-
any, since an we scald say mast redact upon
ohne, which we •no wish or title to do. But
the &misname of his cues appear to afford an
illustration of a defect in our judicial system, by ad-
=forto wbisk nevi°, may be done to all who may
be plead in a similar condition. This is Olilt
moan Jar reverting to the painful subject.
The vivat t a public prosecutor in Ragland has
dun seamy commented upon, but
with a view to the obstacle* it throws in tLiesvral:lof
,aeaviatiag the guilty. The want of oath a public
fanetiseary is, perhaps, still more to be regretted on