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Amongst all the great men whom fate has swept away within
a few short years, with a rapidity that seems awfully prophetic
to this country – amongst all the public misfortunes we have
suffered, there is none can excite a deeper, or a more sincere
regret than the loss of Sir S. Romilly (applause). Not
only the extraordinary powers of his Mind, but the possession
and exhibition of the best affections of the Heart, combined
with the greatest principles of private virtue; the extent of
his learning, and the variety of his Knowledge and acquirements;
his invincible integrity and noble disinterestedness,
his eminence in his profession, and his exclusion from all its
honours which were within his reach, must for ever render
his memory, illustrious. (applause). To the purity of his public
views, to his attachment to the cause of freedom, to his unwearied
and devoted patriotism. – The depth of his Parliamentary
Knowledge, the impartiality of his Parliamentary conduct,
and the duties of his calling, bear witness. Amongst other
subjects, it is well known that his wisdom had directed
its self to the reformation of the criminal laws. If the
Necessity of that great work, in which he had been constantly
opposed by those to whom hours supplied the place of argument,
began to be felt at the time that he was taken from us, though
he did not live to complete that great and Beneficial work,
he has left us precepts, and a valuable example which, I trust
will promote its completion, and our looking forward to which
is our greatest only consolation. I do not feel that I ought to
revert to any other subject; I shall therefore conclude by
renewing my recommendation that, though a reform in
Parliament is a thing to which your attention will be
directed, it is one you should pursue with that cautious moderation
which can alone render your cause successful, and that
in the Meantime you will use your efforts in the way in
which you can best serve your country, and most effectually
promote its interest and that of Its Institutions.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	14
Box	109	Main Headings	Parliamentary Reform
Folio number	086	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles	7
Category	Collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	35741
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