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9 April 1809
Press Elements of Packing

☞ Compare with Ld Melville's perseverance.

Such, as above, is the practice stated to the learned
Judge as carried on under his direction: such its contrariety repugnance
spirit and letter, to the Act of Parliament made for the correction
of it. Under thos

Under those circumstances, to a reader any person to whom the case has
not already been made known by the publication of Sir Richard
Philips, the result will naturally be matter of some curiosity and
some interest. His curiosity will not be disappointed.

In this the contempt thus put upon the an Act of Parliament,
in the persevering continuance of the very abuse which it was avowedly declaredly designed
to remedy, his Lordship sees not – has "never seen
"the least inconvenience". "Four and twenty years" has he borne
a part in the direction of this business, either "in the character of
"his Majesty's Chief Law Officer,⊞ ⊞ (viz. Attorney General under whose direction the Solicitor of the Crown, as abovementioned, acts) or as Chief Baron. Four
and twenty years, and in all that time says he "I have never
"seen the least inconvenience"† † p.170 – "never hitherto seen reason to
"complain."‡ ‡ p.171

Such being the premises, the conclusion in substance at
least may be without much difficulty anticipated – "It must be left to you own
discretion, whether you will risk the making us "better than
"well".

To the discretion of the person addressed, it was not the attempt indeed was, but unfortunately the success of that attempt was not however
left. The His Under the authority of the learned Judge the endeavour of the reformer was frustrated, as
will be seen presently. See Ch. 8. Transactions at the Remembrancers

Identifier: | JB/118/401/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1	1812-09-13	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	401	Info in main headings field	to ld sidmouth
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	a18 a7 / b10 / e10
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	th 1806
Marginals		Paper Producer	andre morellet
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1806
Notes public	draft of enclosure to letter 2190, vol. 8	ID Number	39455
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