It is not in the power of the Crown, in opposition to the proprietors of land within any district, to enforce a general inclosure; and although, from local circumstances, there may be such well-founded objections to the measure as fully to justify the feelings of the gentlemen at that meeting in the resolutions they passed, yet it seems to me that, on the principle of commuting the rights of the Crown, and effecting inclosures to such an extent, only, as would satisfy the Crown for a sacrifice of those rights, they reject a proposal which it would be most desirable for all the parishes within the Forests, and for the parish of Woodford in particular, to have carried into effect. The quantity of waste land in the parish of Woodford is estimated at about 300 acres, and the Crown claims for its interests therein about one-third of that number. If a bill were brought into Parliament for inclosing such proportion only as the Commissioners should deem the Crown entitled to, or to allot a certain proportion to be specified in the Act, it could be productive of no advantage whatever to the parish of Woodford to have 100 acres of land inclosed for the growth of timber, nor would it answer the purpose of the Crown to have an inclosure of a similar, or, in many instances, a much less quantity allotted in different parishes for that purpose; a very different appropriation of such land would, I have no doubt, be much more desirable; and the plan I would suggest is, that the Commissioners should have a power of selling the lands allotted in lieu of the rights of the Crown, and that the Bill should contain clauses, directing the Commissioners to make their allotments in parcels of not less than two acres, but not exceeding five or ten, and preferring those situations where the proprietor of any dwelling-house or grounds should express to the Commissioners his assent to the inclosure of waste lying near or contiguous to such house or grounds, and that such owner should be allowed a right of pre-emption of the allotment so inclosed, at a price to be set thereon by two surveyors, one to be appointed on behalf of the Crown, and the other on the part of the purchaser; such surveyors, in case of disagreement, having power to elect a third, to decide between them. Now, supposing 100 acres to be so allotted, I would ask, if there are not twenty houses in the parish of Woodford, the owners of which would be glad to have an addition of five acres of contiguous waste inclosed; and if there are not, in every other parish within the Forest, proprietors of land who would be glad to have such a partial inclosure as would afford them an addition of a like quantity of land. It clearly appears to me, that an inclosure, carried into effect upon this principle, and to this extent, would be a most desirable measure for the proprietors of houses and lands in every parish on the Forest: and there should be a clause restraining the Commissioners from making inclosures within a certain distance of any dwelling-house, without the consent of the owner, so that no one should have the inclosure brought to his door, without his own consent. This plan would, in all probability, not occasion a single additional building; the 36,000 paupers, of whom so dreadful a picture has been drawn, (and whose numbers appear to have been calculated upon the visionary foundation of some antient adage,) would all vanish, and the new inclosures, which it is highly probable would, in most instances, be converted into ornamental grounds, and be adorned with new plantations, would add greatly to the bounty of the country; and a very abundant portion of waste would still be left to preserve the rural scenery, for which this district has been so much and so deservedly admired. The value of the landed properly, I have no doubt, instead of being deteriorated, by pursuing this system, would be very considerably increased.