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17 Feby 1802 F.10
§ 8 Establishment
F 10. (a) This incident affords another sample specimen feature of Mr
King. – Under the auspices of the Duke of Portland, it
had been for some years one among the occupations of
the ci-devant learned Gentleman among the to a superintend
the disposal of the Convicts. It had moreover been for
the same or some other such considerable space of time
some years another of his occupations to govern
such as it was – his Majesty's Colony of New South Wales. The papers which
Mr King mentions himself as having thus borrowed of me –
the off me (he, of me!) were papers printed by Order
of the House of Commons – bringing the history of the Colony
Colony with its Convicts – as also of the Home Convicts down to
August 1792, by documents furnished chiefly from that
Office which had so long been enjoying reaping the benefit
of his sure methodising and directing powers. – What did
he know of the history of the convicts down to that
period? – Nothing. What did he know of the history of
this part of his own empire down to that same period? – Nothing.
what did he know as to which of that part of the both
histories Parliament and through Parliament the public
were in possession of? – Nothing. All this he had to
learn from me. From me he had to No copy of any such document
was to his knowledge in his own office. All this he
had to ask and to receive from me. He would
not have known how to cut my throat, if he had borrowed
from a knife for it from me. for the purpose Such This was
the ci-devant learned gentleman whom your Lordship
will find moving employed to "move" the Duke of Portland. [See § ].
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