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appointment, the Commissioners have not even
thought it necessary to except from the operation
of their scheme, about 100 acres of land in the
Manor of Loughton, which the Lord of that Manor
when he proceeded to enclose his entire open Forest
land, allotted to the Commoners in that Manor in
extinction of their rights of common over the Forest;
so that we have this startling result, that the fortunate
owners of these 100 acres have got 100 acres of
Epping Forest allotted to them in extinction of their
rights of Common, which they are by the recommen-
dation of the Commissioners' Scheme to be permitted
to hold and deal with as building land; in other
words these persons arc to put about £20,000
in their pockets, whilst these same persons as com-
moners, by the action of the Corporation of London,
have had the whole of the Forest lands thrown open
to them, and possess, and will exercise the very right
of Common, which these 100 acres were given to them
to compensate them for the loss of!
After this statement of the monstrous conclusion
at which the Commissioners have arrived, it will not be
surprising to find that they have erred as much
in law as they have in fact. Their only commission
to deal with questions arising in Epping Forest is
contained in the Act of Parliament by which they
were appointed. They are the creatures of that Act,
and have no authority outside of its terms, and their