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at an end. But till I am apprised of such their
judgment, the consideration of what in my humble
conception they ought to do, is the only means I have
of judging what they will do; and, as to the conclusion,
that of this ought not they will not, I hope it is
not an unfair one.— If, for example, I were to demand
£15 a year a head (which I declare beforehand
I would not take) instead of the £12, that
is, for the thousand men £3,000 for my life at least,
and perhaps for ever, could Administration be justified
in saddling the notion with that expence, merely
to oblige a set of individuals, who cry out against
what has been submitted to without a
murmur by as many sets of individuals as there are
prisons in the Kingdom?
Mr Long, who had not the circumstances of
the case, as stated in the above Memorial, present
to his mind, seemed to think at the moment, there
might be no impropriety in such a transaction;
but, as it was agreed between us, that any thing more
on the subject, addressed to him at that time, would
be lost labour, I spared him the trouble of hearing
the greatest part, of what, I am sorry, I can not
avoid being so troublesome, Sir, as to address to you.
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