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1827. April 9.

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was whether, on that same occasion, his presence
was expected. His answer being in the negative, my
conclusion was an inability to see any prospect of
use in any shape for my presence. His experience
in the practice of that Judicatory having, by reason
of his practice in Appeal causes, been not only considerable,
but more so than on the part of a lawyer
of his rank in the general scale of business, had
been customary. This I remember well was all
that passed between us. For, in private conversation,
I have seldom met with a man of fewer words
than his. The letter was either from Lord Grenville
to the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Henry
Petty, now Marquis of Lansdown or from Ld. Henry
to Romilly. The reason for my declining the invitation,
if such it was, was – that the subject was such an
one as I took a lively interest in, and on which I felt disposed
to tender my observations to the public at large;
and it seemed to me that my presence, at any such
meeting, would be dangerous to the freedom, which
the chance of rendering my thoughts on that subject
of the use they ought be of to the public, rendered necessary.
Accordingly, without the disadvantage of having
been subjected to that bias, they made their appearance
in the shape of that tract, which bears for it's
title "Scotch Reform or Letters to Lord Grenville."

Identifier: | JB/011/280/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 11.
Date_1	1827-04-09	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	011	Main Headings	lords delegates
Folio number	280	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c2
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	3977
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