THE SELBORNE BY-PASS
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
Sit,—More than a thousand people, including Heads of Colleges, Bankers, Professors, Barristers, Doctors, Architects and Peers of the Realm, have put their signatures to the protest which the Press has been so good as to mention on behalf of the Selborne Society, and these have been sent to the Alton Joint Planning Committee.
The announcement that The Wakes had been saved from desecration was premature, as only a minor alteration in the route had been suggested. I therefore ask you to print the protest as follows : Understanding that powers are to be sought to drive a road, in the future, through the grounds of The Wakes at Selborne between the house and the Hanger which Gilbert White loved so well, I wish to protest against what would be an offence to the memory of a very great Englishman who made his village famous throughout the world and to urge that an alternative scheme, if necessary, be adopted, and invite your readers to cut, or copy, it out and send it to me signed.—Yours, &c., WILFRED MARK WEBB, Honorary Secretary of the Selborne Society. The Hermitage, Hanwell, London, W. 7.
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