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connected with the latter point is the misfortune of
Mr. Zea's humbug Loans, the whole delusion of which
will, as you receive this Letter, have been opened to
the public. Neither had he powers to raise Loans,
unless he forged them, nor had the Govert here any
knowledge of the manner in which he was compromising
them it. Mr. Gual, the Minister for foreign affairs,
has written a justificatory Memorial on the subject,
which I imagine will reach England.

You will scarcely expect, my dear Sir, that with its
hands as full as they are at present, the Govt. should
be well disposed to turn much of its attention towards
your excellent plans of Prison reform. In fact they
have much to reform here ere they come to the Prisons
– Schools, churches, Courts of Justice, the Senate itself, all
held the same salutary medicine, which, I am sorry to say,
is for some time, likely tp be slowly and partially
administered. A few enlightened men are to be met
with, rari nantes in gurgite vasto – but the Philanthropist,
or Philosopher will divine little satisfaction
from a general contemplation of the national
character – he may apologize for its defects, but
he must acknowledge them to be numerous. – God
knows how they have got on so far as they have.

I some time ago addressed a Letter to Mr Gual on
the subject of Emigration, containing Queries the
answers to which may be useful to such of our

Identifier: | JB/012/085/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Date_1	1822-10-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	012	Main Headings
Folio number	085	Info in main headings field
Image	004	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	francis hall	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 2932, vol. 11	ID Number	4146
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