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out and narrow by the law. By the Act, at the
commencement of every Session this Report is to be
made. On the 16th of November commenced the first
Session after the appointment. On the of December
the House adjourns- and no such Report has been
made. At the very outset, the duty is not done-
no not even that beggarly account of empty duty
that has been made obligatory by the Act. When
that which is made obligatory is left undone, can
there be so much as a hope left for that which
is left free? When that duty, which is without
expence is left undone, will that be done the expence
of which, if repeated with a certain degree
of frequency would wallow up the only motive for
acceptance?
How should any Report be made have been
made? To be reported, something much have been done:
to be reported as seen, something must have been
looked at. This, which is what ought to have been
done is precisely what had been left undone.
Times presented for inspection by this negatory
Act-(negatory or little better had it even been executed)
times for inspection once a quarter: times of actual
inspection, a blank or what is next to it.
Of the the three or four Hulk stations the only
two distant ones, one at Portsmouth, the other at Langston
Harbour, four miles distant from the first,
are all I have as yet inquired about: but there
surely are sufficient. One of them is that which,
but for the Bodnin Jailor and Mr Neild & for
Henry
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letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7, and note 4 to letter 1824, vol. 7 |
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