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1 March 1812
Panopticon Observations on Holford's Report

There seems to be but too much ground for apprehension
that it is not the gr apprehended badness of but the apprehended goodness of Mr
Bentham's system that has rendered Gentlemen so eager
to get rid of it: viz. but in the goodness of it they and
the public should behold the condemnation of those by whom
those being the public have been for such a length of years deprived of the benefit of it
and the author instead of merit reward and reputation
covered with consigned to sentiment disappointment and something worse than
mere obscurity to the end of his days.

If those apprehensions are sincere here follows a string
of proposals by which their sincerity may be demonstrated
and by their acceptance or rejection of which their sincerity
will be put to the test.

1. Let the existing land be equally divided between
the newly proposed Penitentiary Establishment and Mr Bentham,
13 Acres being cut off by the road which the Vauxhall
Bridge are to cut through the 53 Acres, remain 20 Acres
for each: 79 Acres are the quantity demanded by Mr
B. of course, because such was the quantity agreed to
be given to him as having been already determined upon
for the Penitentiary system in that its earliest form which his was to supersede.
But for the mere purpose of showing the effect of his system
20 will be sufficient.

2. Great apprehension has been expressed that all the facilities
of access and invitation given by Mr Bentham's system to the public at large to act in the character of , will be unavailing.
The On the part of Sir George Paul and the Rev.
Mr Beecher the symptoms of jealousy and hostility are sufficiently
visible. Let them Give to them the management
of the road and contiguous establishment, with full and
constant access to it for the purpose of observing and discovering
whatever strikes them in it as amiss.

Identifier: | JB/118/276/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1	1812-03-01	Marginal Summary Numbering	15 or 1 - 16 or 2
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	276	Info in main headings field	panopt. observations on holford's report
Image	001	Titles	proposals
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c1 / d6 / e6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	john dickinson & c<…> 1809
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	39330
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