Epping Forest

Abstract

THE House of Commons divided last Monday afternoon upon the Chingford and High Beech Railway Bill. An amendment was proposed by Mr. Bryce, Chairman of the Commons Preservation Society, and was supported by Mr. Thorold Rogers, Sir H. J. Selwin-Ibbetson, who framed the Epping Forest Act of 1878, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Firth, Mr. T. C. Baring, Lord Eustace Cecil, Mr. Ritchie, Mr. James, Mr. Caine, and Mr. Waddy. As a fitting sequel to Mr. Meldola's paper, which we published last week, the result of the division, which was announced amidst cheers, was: For the second reading, 82; against it, 230; majority against the Bill, 148. It is to be hoped that this will be the last attempt to tamper with what Mr. Bryce justly described as “a priceless heritage of the people of London.”