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A neighbourhood upon which the establishment fell unexpected,
and with a mark of reprobation on its head? It would thus
be hunted on from neighbourhood to neighbourhood without
finding a foot of land to repose on any where. And in the
mean time, (to say nothing of your Memorialist) what
would become of your Lordships time, and of the public
service? Of what nature too would be the instruction given by
such a precedent to your Memorialist?—to look out for
another good place, for a place as convenient & proper as
the present one?—No:— but for a bad place: for as bad
an one as could be found: for its badness would be his only
chance. He would have to hunt the four counties over for
a desert: and if they contained no desert, they would contain
no place for him at all. For let him fix on what spot he
will, if there be such a thing as a house within a mile or
two of it, his chance is gone. To what purpose look for consent?
For consent to an establishment which your Lordships
have pronounced a nuisance? A nuisance &that of so
baneful a nature, as to render houses uninhabitable at more
than a mile's distance? If opposition would otherwise have
been wanting, the decision itself would be enough to make
one: it would be an advertisement for opponents. Had
your Memorialist courage for the pursuit, what a task
would he have to go through? What up-hill-work! What a
labyrinth of negotiations!—of negotiations of which any person
at a mile's distance might cut the threat! Indeed, my Lords,
your Memorialist has no such courage: if driven from this
his first & his last hold, nothing remains for him but to
make his bow: if the oak will not bear him, he must submitt
to his fate: it would be lost labour to catch at straws.
JB

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	34
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	122	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d37 / d38
Penner		Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	see note to letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39176
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