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1821. June 11.

A very moderate expense – an expense which might be
stated as next to nothing when compared to be benefit – might
enable your country to reap it. In this view, I would beg leave
recommend to your attention suggest two arrangements, either of which
might be employed, or (what would be still better) both at once.
One is, the applying to the above mentioned Society here, for an Englishman, to
send to establish the Institution at Lisbon, as Mr Thompson did has
done at Buenos Ayres. The other is, to send two young men from
Portugal, to follow the course of instruction pursued here, and
they are sufficiently impregnated, to carry ba it with them &
transplant it in Portugal. [The sending two rather than one will
be productive of considerable advantages. 1. There are two rival
establishments here – the original one set on foot by Sectaries, &
not confining its views to Natives; and another, supported by the money &
influence of Government, set up for the preservation of Church of
Englandism, from the danger apprehended from Sectaries. By
sending of the two young men – the one to one of these Establishments, the
other, if possible, to the other, you would secure information of whatever was
best in both: and thus, by the help of the with the addition if the proposed emissary from hence
were added, a tripartite emulation would establish itself. 2. The two young men,
coming out thus together, would during the time of instruction
be a support & comfort to each other. As to Religion, you there will not
be any apprehension on that account. The chaplain to your mission
here whoever he may be, would of course have the charge of them.
In neither establishment is anything done towards proselytism. In the British and Foreign Establishment, nothing whatsoever all attempts
at proselytism are religiously abstained from.
The giving them for their lessons a few texts from the Gospels, clear
of everything that is the subject of controversy between Sect &
Sect, for example the Miracles and the Parables, will not I imagine be placed by you to this account. If
that be poison, the counterpoison is in your Chaplain's hands: & in
is for you to say whether he would be backward in the administration
of it. Of the maintenance of the supposed two youths,
the expense might (I should hope) might be borne by their respective
parents: since, with moderately good conduct on their part, it will
be a provision for them for life. With relation to the whole of the
business whatever is in my power, you will believe without difficulty, will could be employed to promote
the success. of it. I am
contributor to both Societies. I being a manner of mine governed both in the theory and observation, that the less pay a functionary is content to receive, the better the function
is performed, it would should be my endeavour to obtain a fit person at as cheap a rate as possible: all but the barest subsistence should be in proportion to the number of his scholars
I have not myself any individual in view: but I think I could obtain as trustworthy information as is to be had.

Identifier: | JB/013/191/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 13.
Date_1	1821-06-11	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	013	Main Headings	rid yourselves of ultramaria
Folio number	191	Info in main headings field	to carvalho
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d2 / e2
Penner	richard doane	Watermarks	c wilmott 1819
Marginals		Paper Producer	andreas louriottis
Corrections	jeremy bentham; john flowerdew colls	Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public	letter 2775, vol. 10	ID Number	4640
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