JB/116/556/001

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Letter 3d

11 Decr 1802

XVI. Improved prisons

23
Terms of the letter with notes

"I incline to think it would be very inexpedient to
"remove such persons from the Country Gaols, unless the crowded
"state of those Gaols should render it absolutely necessary:
"for it would naturally tend, not only to check that spirit of
"improvement which now so universally prevails in the several
"Counties, in respect of those Gaols; but would but be the means
"of the Gaols themselves being neglected; by which means
"the greater part of the Prisoners who are or hereafter may
"be confined in them would necessarily be sent to the
"Panopticon, where the expences attending their custody must
"be borne by Government, instead of being defrayed by
"the respective Counties."

(a) So universally?—how universally?—For the an answer, see
p. further on p. |^^^|.

(b)—[by Government] i:e: in the manner intended and
prescribed by Parliament: viz: borne by the whole body of his
Majesty's subjects, in the proportions adapted by Parliament
to their respective faculties of contribution.

(c) defrayed [by the Counties] i.e. in the mode a manner intended which it was by Parliament
the declared intention of Parliament to supersede to be superseded, by their the provision made for transferring
the burthen to the general fund as above—i.e.defrayed:
by an otherwise already overlooked part of his Majesty's subjects
—the contribution to the Poor Rates:—defrayed in the mode
which it was the declared intention of Parliament to supersede
—an intention declared by the provision made for
transferring the burthen from the County Fund to the General National to the general fund, as above.

Extracts from the Penitentiary Contract Act the Act made for this
single purpose 7th July 1794 34.G.3.c.84. §.1. "Whereas ... it will be of great
"publick utility that a Penitentiary House or Penitentiary Houses should
"be built for the particular purpose of confining transportable and other
"Convicts ... the Commissioners of the Treasury ... are hereby required, as soon
"after the passing of this Act as conveniently may be, ... to contract ... with
"for the creating one or more Penitentiary House of Houses...

Identifier: | JB/116/556/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1	1802-12-11	Marginal Summary Numbering	23
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	556	Info in main headings field	letter 3
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f20
Penner	jeremy bentham; john herbert koe	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7	ID Number	38089
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