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between the Spot in question and what other? not
any other whatsoever; but any other which shall
be "as convenient and proper." As to the word
proper, it seems to have reference principally, if not
exclusively, to the public service. But to be as
convenient, the new Spot must be as convenient as
the old one to all Parties: it must be as convenient
not only to the Public, which is one Party, but
to your Memorialist, who alone is, and was, looked
to as the other. But no other Spot, equally convenient
to your Memorialist, is to be had under
the Act. This your Memorialist, after the maturest
Examination, is fully persuaded of, and if
necessary, is ready to prove to your Lordships, as
far as a Negative, and such a Negative, can
be proved. But here surely averment may
be received for proof: for of what is convenient
to an Individual, being of full Age and ordinary
discretion, who but that Individual shall judge?

A situation, in itself not equally convenient,
might, as far as pecuniary advantage is
included in the Idea of convenience, be rendered
equally convenient, by a pecuniary compensation,
given in proportion to the want of intrinsic
convenience. But out of whose Pocket, but that
of the Public, would such Compensation have
to come? Any such other situation then would
not

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	28
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	058	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f31 / f32
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::[britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	patrick colquhoun
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	see note to letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39112
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