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Compliance with the letter of such an invitation would very ill suit
the purpose: the spirit of it would be very effectually complied with by my drawing up a
Code for them here, to serve as a ground work for their operations in so far as they approved
of it. This is no more than in my printed "Papers of Codification", I offered to U.S. But
though several of the Governors recommended the measures to their Assemblies they would
not hear of it. Such a work would be manifestly and prodigiously adverse to the interests of
lawyers: and, in the several local Assemblies as well as in Congress, the great majority
is composed of lawyers. I would even take charge of several young Spaniards (to be named
by as many of the Ministers of State) as pupils and assistants to me while occupied in
the work: not receiving any pecuniary remuneration; on the contrary, content, if necessary
even to bear some part of the expence.
At the desire of a Gentleman to whom he writes and whom he speaks
of as a particular friend of his— Mr Bowring Freeman's Court Cornhill, I take the liberty
of enclosing two successive letters of his addressed to Mr Blaquiere. I have not seen
the Gentleman: my time would not admitt of it without special reason: and none
has been given: he has called twice at my House: one of the times I was out. I have
received two written communications from him beside the present of a pamphlet, and
been obliged by him with the sight of two letters to him from Mr Blaquiere. If he did not
know the mode of directing to Mr Blaquiere through you, why, instead of asking me for
it in his letters, he should have sent the letters to me, he being a man of business, is more
than I can comprehend. The result has in one instance been unfortunate. Upon my
opening it, the wax of his letter adhered in such manner to the envelope, that that part
of the letter on which the wax was dropped came off in the opening, in the manner that
you will see. The letter coming sealed to me, I stand bound to forward it to you, patched
up in such manner as I can contrive in a correspondent state. It goes unopened by me: but for its being in that state, I am sorry that the
nature of the case does not admitt of my giving any better security than my word.
The retardation of the first of the two letters is another unfortunate consequence. Confident
each day that the next would bring me from our friend, in answer to mine of the 11th of August, a
letter to which I destined an immediate answer, I accordingly postponed writing, and it
may perhaps now and then have slipt out of my memory. Begging your indulgence
and forgiveness for the trouble I have been thus profusely giving you, as well
as the additional trouble of favouring me with an answer. I subscribe myself,
Sir, Yours &c
In a letter for Mr Blaquiere dated fifteenth 15th Aug, and addressed to you, I sent him the dates
of all the letters I had then received from him: they appear to have been all that he had addressed to me.
Duplicates of the miscarried extracts abovementioned (viz copies of the originals themselves)
will compose a part of the contents of a parcel which by the next Southampton and
Bordeaux packet, (15.Sept), by desire of Mr Bl., I propose addressing to you. Also a Copy of
Townsend's journey through Spain 3.vols. 8<hi rend="underline">00</hi> intended as a present to Mr Mora Editor of the
Constitutional at Madrid. Nos. thereof, from 17 July, nos. 435 to 445 inclusive, with 4 prints,
I acknowledged in mine of 15.Aug.
I have mentioned above, the date of my miscarried letter was Aug.11.th. By that
same post I sent a letter for my Brother, Sir Samuel Bentham, (then and still out
upon an excursion) addressed to his Bankers at Toulouse, Mess<hi rend="underline">rs</hi> Courtois. Since what is
above was written, I have the satisfaction of receiving from him a letter dated "Bagneres
de Bigorse Aug.27." at the close of which he mentions his having received that same
letter of mine: as also from M<hi rend="underline">r</hi> Bl. two other letters in addition to the first, of which
first I received from him a Copy, though it did not seem to him worth while to send
a copy of his other; in the last of which Mr Bl. mentions, as the principal cause of his
detention at Bayonne, the expectation of receiving a packet from me. Mr Bl. and my Brother are mutually endeavouring to meet: and I hope their endeavours will be
successful.
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