LEASES v. TENANCIES-AT-WILL.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
'St; —You ask how I should like to be the tenant-at-will of my London house. My answer is that I shall be ready to consider the question as soon as, but not before, the Ecclesiastical Com- mission, under whom I hold, have intimated to me that they are willing to pay for all needful repairs in my house, to rebuild it if it should prove dilapidated, at an increase of rent far from com- mensurate, viewed commercially, with the outlay of capital on the job; and at seasons when affairs may be going badly with me to make me a liberal abatement of ground-rent. These are the con- ditions under which my tenants-at-will hold. It is for you to -consider whether they are likely to be general in England under a -universal system of agricultural leases.—I am, Sir, &c.,
A. J. BEREBFORD HOPE.
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