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they found a Vice-Chancellor, fetched up to town a Registrar 

 from his sea-side holiday, obtained an injunction, and thereby 

 stopped further proceedings for that year. In the meantime 

 the old Forest Court of Verderers had been assembled, and 

 he had the pleasure of listening to nearly a hundred present- 

 ments of illegal enclosures, ranging from one acre by a right 

 reverend prelate, to a hundred acres enclosed by the clergy- 

 man of the parish, — the shepherd of the flock, — who, in a 

 sermon preached by him a few days afterwards, actually took 

 for his text — "The love of money is the root of all evil." 

 There was also a case of enclosing five hundred and seventy 

 acres by a noble earl, whose agent afterwards indignantly 

 denied the charge, saying he had only enclosed five hundred 

 and sixty-three, and left seven for the people. A gallant 

 admiral had likewise marked one thousand one hundred and 

 thirty trees to be felled at High Beach, the most beautiful 

 part of the whole Forest. In 1872 the Corporation Bill came 

 on in Chancery, and their usual leading counsel was taken 

 away from them on the ground that, being a Q.C., he was at 

 the call of the Crown when it chose to exercise its right. 

 The result was that he appeared against them, and took the 

 only objection on demurrer that was fatal to the Corporation 

 Bill, and they had to pay about £bSO in costs. Nothing 

 daunted they began again, the Government charging them 

 with double costs. In the meantime a second Bill was 

 introduced into Parliament by the Government, remedying 

 the former defect, and empowering the Commissioners to 

 issue orders preventing further enclosures. That was intro- 

 duced into the House of Lords, but, thanks to Lord Salisbury, 

 a clause staying all legal proceedings was altered, so as to 

 make the case of the Corporation an exception. Meanwhile 

 the second Bill of the Corporation in Chancery came on for 

 hearing, and was again opposed on demurrer; but they were 

 successful on that occasion, and an appeal to the Lords 

 Justices failed to alter the decision. The legal cobwebs 

 being now swept away, their cause stood ready for argument. 

 When Parliament rose the agents of the lords of the manor 

 discovered that, although the Commission had power to issue 

 orders forbidding further enclosures and waste, it had no 

 power to enforce them. Again the Corporation came to the 

 rescue, and in no less than fourteen different cases — by threat, 



