5 upset the law, is mere enclosed forest land, and their proposal as respects this land, not at all describable as curtilage, is not in anyway creditable to their scheme, and must have been drawn under some strange delusion —anyhow, if persevered in it must be resolutely opposed. As respects the Grain Duty and its proposed applica- tion to supplement the large income already mentioned, the writer is easily able to prove that £1,600 or £2,000 a year is ample to properly preserve and beautify the forest. The main thing required is to keep sacrilegious hands off — a little care and a good deal of letting alone, and not too much Parking and Beadling. The Commissioners, on 8th July last, published a draft of their own scheme, also giving time for objec- tions and observations upon it. I regret to come to the conclusion that it appears drawn in the interests of the lords and grantees, and not of the public, being not only wrong in principle, but containing many grave errors. One of the gravest, in my opinion, is the finding that the public, as such, have no right in the Forest. They might constitutionally have allowed the argument I urged upon them, and which was stoutly maintained by Mr. Manisty, Q.C. (now Judge Manisty), that under the Crown Lands' Act all royal property is leased by the Queen for her life to her people, in exchange for the Civil List, and it is clear that gives the right to enjoy Epping Forest in common with other royal property. Another grave error is respecting Lords' Bushes, a beautiful tract of Forest, 77 acres, entered as enclosed, whereas it has never been so, except by attempts to bully and intimidate strangers from entering upon it. They then hand the control over to the City without check, but that of the present three verderers and another one to be elected for life. As it is well known the elec- tions were a compromise, and incline half each way, this phantom representation would be neutral, and might just as well be omitted. They also adopt the City's unfortunate proposal of confiscating 600 acres as a deer park. This would take away the gratification of seeing them roam about in their natural state, and such a park would be an almost total deprivation of the commoners' rights over that