Lord Spencer will not withdraw his Wimbledon-Common Bill. It has
been condemned by the committee on open spaces round London, and he has been compelled to give up the inclosare ; moreover, he says he will suspend the operation of the power to sell portions of the common till he sees whether a rate can be raised to provide funds for draining and compensating the commoners for their rights without selling, but he insists on the Bill, and it was read a second time on Thursday night and referred to the committee on private bills. If it pass without further concessions, the power to sell will be given absolutely to Lord Spencer, and be exercised at his own discretion, and of course no one can say what he may choose to think a sufficient rate for draining and compensating the commoners. We trust the select committee will report against it no less than Mr. Locke's committee. Lord Spencer appears to be bent both on being a benefactor to the public and sacrificing little or nothing for it, but the public do not see it in that light, and insist on thinking Lord Spencer perhaps well-inten- tioned, but certainly "ill-advised."
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