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XVII Improved Prisons — Wasteful as this Poor-house plan of Mr Pitt's
woul would have been, in comparison of the Suffolk
Poor-house plan, itself wasteful in comparison
of the Panopticon poor-house plan, the first
official plan for covering the country with
microscopical poor-houses, would have been
frugal in comparison of a second official plan,
for covering it with microscopical penitentiary
houses. —

Upon the scale of ten establishments instead
of one, the expence (your Lordship sees)
is about mid way between three times and
four times as much as it need be: — to keep
clear of exaggeration, say but three times: —
waste £2 out of £3. But, upon this second
official plan, there would be 257 instead of one:
257 such local penitentiary houses, instead of the
one national one prescribed by Parliament:
prescribed by Parliament seriousel seriously, and
afterwards bespoke of me in sport, as fish are hooked, by the late Treasury
and the Duke of Portland. *
* Mr Secretary Long to Mr Bentham — Copy - "Treasury Chambers 25 March 1800.
"Sir "Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's
"Treasury a letter from the Duke of Portland, relative to the number
"of Convicts which the Panopticon proposed to be erected by you is
"intended to accommodate, I have received their Lordships commands to
"acquaint you that the proposed building of a Panopticon is to be calculated
"to accommodate Τwo Thousand persons. I am &c.
This was in answer to a letter of mime mine, written more than 7 months before : viz: on the 17th of
August 1799: asking of Mr Long the number I was to build for, for the therein declared purpose of
my making preparations accordingly.
Two hundred and fifty seven

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	612	Info in main headings field	letter 3d
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d15
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks
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Notes public	letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7	ID Number	38145
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