PROCEEDINGS IN PAUL'S CASES,
BEING NURSERY GROUNDS.
ACTION OF MR. BURNEY, REPRESENTING ALL THE COMMONERS.
Mr. DRIVER : Yes, I do. For an ordinary cottage that is not set
back so much from the road, half an acre would be more than enough, but
for these two cottages which are set back one acre is amply sufficient. He
has got rather a larger garden in front.
Mr. BURNEY: Would you permit me to ask Mr. Driver one
question so as to prevent him coming again ? Mr. Driver is a highly
estimable gentleman, and in a large way of business, and his ideas are rather
large ; but my experience of cottages has been that his opinion is altogether
wide and beyond the mark. I cannot say that in my experience I know
of any cottages of that class at all.
The ARBITRATOR: I will hear your argument, Mr. Burney,
presently.
The ARBITRATOR : Now, Mr. Burney, I will hear you.
Mr. BURNEY: Sir, I am already indebted to you for your politeness,
and I have not the slightest doubt that I shall receive your sympathy. I
will not occupy your time longer than I can help, but I wish to make
a few observations with reference to this matter.
The ARBITRATOR : You are a commoner, I believe ?
Mr. BURNEY: I am a commoner.
The ARBITRATOR : You have taken an active part in the move-
ment against the inclosures ?
Mr. BURNEY: When I say that I was one of the founders of the
Commons Preservation Society, and that I have been an active member of
it, I think I have said enough to justify my appearing here, I will draw
your attention to the last decision. There is nothing particularly new in
it, but I had the honour, or privilege, or whatever it may be, of appearing
before the Master of the Rolls as having been the remover of some fences
upon these plots of land, the first, of which you are now dealing with. I
follow in the same line as the City, who laid down, or attempted to lay