JB/010/175/001

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1829. April 9.
J.B. to Ld. W. Bentinck

The subjoined paragraph has just
fallen under my eye. It has produced the liberty taken
by this address. It assumes I suppose me in possession of the
advantage of being sufficiently known to you for the
present purpose, myself, my occupations and
situation in society. From Coll. James Young of
Calcutta you might be made acquainted in
detail with whatever particulars may be thought
suitable to the purpose. I have had for many
years the happiness of numbering him and the
Honourable Coll. Lester Stanhope among the
most intimate of my friends.

The paragraph in question, together
with another giving account of the sensibility manifested
by the natives at Bombay to the services
lately rendered to them by the late Chief Justice
Sir Edward West, in his judicial capacity
have determined me to take the following course
for the chance of rendering my labours such
as they are in addition to the accompanying
works more or less contributory to the noble
undertaking in which the paragraph speaks
of your Lordship as being engaged.

Among the most pressing needs
of British India her system – system of procedure
suitable to the character of the population in
all its classes and a correspondent judicial establishment.
The judicial territories beyond comparison
may be universally necessible not in show only
but in effect. For this purpose, the class of men I look
to for my judges I need scarcely mention are the half-castes

Identifier: | JB/010/175/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Date_1	1829-04-09	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings	codification proposal (codification offer)
Folio number	175	Info in main headings field	jb to ld w. bentinck
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c1 / d1 / e1
Penner		Watermarks	1828
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	3611
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