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oppose any Enclosure which may be proposed,
may have time to reflect; and after considering
the scenes of vice and every species of immo-
rality to which the present state of the Forest
affords shelter and encouragement, may be in-
clined to wave any trifling objections which they
may have made on account of their own amuse-
ments. He particularly relies on the Clergy,
who he knows are most anxious to promote the
morality and interest of their respective Parishes.
He requests them to inquire whether the account
he gives of the scenes of vice and immorality,
is exaggerated or not; and if they find that he
is correct, he requests their endeavours to give
effect to the two benevolent Acts lately passed
by the Legislature for the relief of the Poor, by
the Enclosure of Waste Common and Forest
Land. It may not be improper to mention, that
the Petition for the partial Enclosure of these
Forests, already most respectably signed, may
be seen on market days at Romford, Epping,
Stortford, Ongar and Waltham; and as all the
Freeholders of Essex have some connection with
the Forests of Waltham and Hainault, and as