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"I verily believe, to expend from the public purse
"four thousand pounds in any way more beineficial
"to the community than that which is here pointed out". *

Thus far the worthy Magistrate. - A supposition,
unquestionably though tacitly assumed in the hypothetical
offer thus made by him, is — that on the other
part some regard would be paid to the ruler of
common honesty; that the County would not be made
bankrupt to him, as Parliament has been made
to me: and that after his proposal had been
accepted, his capital with the concurrence of the
acceptors as advanced upon the faith of it, and Acts
of Parliament, if necessary, obtained for it, he would
not have to see the execution of it set down in petto
for the Greek calends, by any such person as the
predecessor of the "great person" he is so afraid of
flattering — not to speak of successors. — To the

not add to the County rates the worthy Magistrate's own imagination
(Your Lordship may venture to assure him) is the likeliest place for
finding what he wants. Years ago he would restrain vice & improve
without adding to County rates would have made his appearance
had there been any such person in existence. An Acct of
Parliament for doing all this — an establishment which in
the opinion of Parliament would do all this — would restrain
vice and improve morals without adding to the County rates—
has by Parliament been ordered to be set up for above these
8 years. Whatever be the thing needful join will to power
and the thing is done. Power for this there has been all this
time beyond dispute in a certain place:- Duty there has
always been: full knowledge of that duty there has always
been: — had will been in the same place the thing would have
been done years ago, & neither the worthy Magistrate nor so
many other people would have been left at this time of day
to amuse themselves with "hopes" and "expectations". —

* Here the worthy Magistrate is quite mistaken. "I can tell

Identifier: | JB/116/631/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	631	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d39 / d40
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks	1800
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1800
Notes public	letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7	ID Number	38164
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