To Dr. Ingle Peter House College Cambridge.
Sir.
I would have answered your favour immediately but could not
do it satisfactorely rental I had seen a Minute of a Resolution that
I knew had been made by the Governors of the Hospital upon the subject
of it, & I find that upon reading a Letter of Mr Marshall stating the
Circumstances & expected Advantages to the Hospital of the proposed
Inclosure, they approved the Measure & the proposed Appointment of Mr.
Ingle of Mr. Pemberton to be the Solicitors, & Mr Marshall mentioned the
Name of the Commissioner to be appointed by the Hospital respecting
whom they were to enquire. you may therefore consider the Hospital
as assenting to & appearing of the proposed Inclosure. I suppose Mr.
Pemberton Name was joined will Me Inglis in Contemplation of
that then intended joint Application of ParliamentI do not know
the usage of the House of Commons in the united Application for Bells of
Inclosure, but I doubt whether any Expence would be served by it, the
Officer are very jealous of my Attempt to defeat them of their As ustage
& would I think charge for three Bells, or so manage as to make them
Charges equal to these Applications unless they be actually restrained
by Order of the HousesUnless therefore considerable Expence is likely
to be saved by a joint application it secures, circumstanced as you
describe the other parishes to be, that a joint Act will not be desirable,
& I much doubt whether the proceedings under the Act would be much
lessened as the Number of the Mettings of the Commissioners would
increased in proportion to the increased number of Clauses to their additional
business. A great objection to Inclosures is the Expence of them; this
is usually attributed to the legal part of the business, the Lawyers are
the objects of concern, the Land Surveyors who are agricultural
writers always are very free cut her cases of the legal part
of the expenceAn the contrary I am satified from repeated expences
that the great expence arises from the proceedings of the Commissioners
An Inclosure of this Parish (Chestnut) is nearly finished; the Common
was between 11 & 1200 Acres the Common meadows of commonfield laid
between 15 &1600A the old Inclosure between 5 & 6000A. & I understand
that more than £8000 has been raised & shamed; my preportion
was more than £800 besides the subsequent expence of fencing &
I do not impute to the Commissioners any improper management of
the fees; they are respectable men, & have conducted themselves very
handsomely & fairly towards the Proprietors. I only mention these Circum-
stances to shew the necessity if considering whether some made mary
not be thought of for keeping down the expenceI have he and of bargains
with Commissioners for a Compensation of a certain seem per Acre & I
think Mr. Marshall mentioned to me a Bargain of that Nature
Our Commissioners were allowed by the Act but Guineas per day each &
pay their own expences coming to, going from & attendg the meetings of
the Commissioners, which I belive is the usual allowance, but no land
surveyor of [..] would think himself compensated by such an
allowance & therefore they must have other mades of satisfying themselves,
If any bargain be made other then the usual one of two guineas the
day it must be made before that Bill goes into the House & inserted
thereinI alsotake the libertyof recommending that the Commissioners
meetings be confined to the Parish, or as there may be event of