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18 March 1807

Fellow-Countrymen and Fellow-Subjects

I have an offer of service to make to you, – of a
sort of service which was never yet offered by any individual to
any nation people by any individual: and on terms in which
it is not very usual for services of a nature equally laborious
to be offered: how far it the offer promises to be worth your acceptance, what title it presents to your acceptance, you will judge. it
will rest with you to judge.

I will state in the first place the nature of the service: and
the need you have of it which in my view of the matter you have for it:
and then something for I fear it will be thought necessary – something
but as little as possible, of the individual by whom it
is offered.

In Scotland for as long as most of you can remember, the
state of the administration of justice has had been not only a
cause of suffering, but matter of complaint. At various times
projects designs were set on foot and even attempts made, for affording
relief but all abortive. At length, and of about in April 1806 Lord Grenville
being then at the head of a the new formed Administration, one of them
met with received the honour of was hence with his acceptance. On One of On his motion The Resolutions which you all
know of were voted by the House of Lords.

On the occasion of that motion In the course of his Speech, duly impressed with the
difficulty as well as the importance of the subject, he held out
to all such persons whose labours as presented himself to his notice as
likely by their labours assistance to contribute to the end object in view, to
come forward and render it.

Amongst others the hand pen which now addresses you accepted
the invitation. The work which was the fruit of it has for some time
been submitted to a candidate for your notice, under the title of Scotch Reform &c,

Identifier: | JB/091/054/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 91.
Date_1	1807-03-18	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-3
Box	091	Main Headings	scotch reform
Folio number	054	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
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Notes public		ID Number	29050
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