16 OCTOBER 1875, Page 14

EPPING FOREST.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] your interesting paper on the Forest you describe the- approach via Fenchurch Street and Loughton minutely, but make no mention of the other route (in some respects prettier and more- convenient), from Liverpool Street to Chingford, which lands- visitors within half a mile of Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, whence it is a charming walk up to Highbeach, skirting the western side of the Forest. I see you spell it " beech," but I follow the opinion of those who consider the name had a geological rather than an arboreal origin.

While writing about the Forest, will you allow me to add that the blots in the City scheme appear to be,—first, the proposed " deer parks," useless, costly, and troublesome ; second, no pro- vision for recouping to the Lords the sums they were as good as forced to give in years past for the Crown rights ; third (and far the most serious), no provision for representing the freeholders- On the governing body longer than during the lives of three gentlemen whose united ages are over 200 years ! We are quite willing that the Corporation should have the lion's share of the governing body, but it must also contain the independent and elective element.—I am, Sir, &c., A RESIDENT.