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allotted to that purpose - viz 79 acres, 1 Rood, at Battersea Rise, was, at
the time of any delivering in my said Proposal (17 March 1793) at the
immediate command of the Government: it having been pitched upon for
the purpose of a Penitentiary Establishment, and valued by a Jury, under
a former act, viz. 19 G.3.c.74: and the only need of the Acts of 34 G.3.c.84.
as above was to authorize the substitution of Contract management, to the
originally intended Board management: so that, to the right of taking
possession of the land, nothing more was wanting, than the payment of
the valuation money.

This was the land, the use of which, in addition to the annual
headmoney for the prisoners; I had stipulated for: and this is that,
which Government as above, had engaged to give to me. True it is,
that, in the Act of 1794, a clause may be seen inserted, empowering
the Treasury to take other land in lieu. But this clause was inserted
long after the above mentioned acceptance, in undisputed violation
of the agreement made by it, and in spite of all remonstrances
on my part. The cause was that Earl Spencer had an interest
in the land. His father, the late Earl, not being a Member of
Administration, had submitted to the law: whereupon, under
the Act of 1779 the value was found by a Jury, as above. The present
Earl, though a fresh valuation was offered ( a Memandum Memorandum of
which I have in Mr Pitt's hand) did not chuse to part with his
interest in it (tho' it was but a Leasehold viz. under the See of York &c)
on any terms. At this conjucture conjuncture in came his Lordship into the
Cabinet; and with his Lordship came into the Act the above clause.
What is above, neither was capable of being, nor was ever endeavoured
to be disguised. Partly by interviews, partly by letters, I had a long
negotiation with his Lordship, who told me in the plainest terms,
tho' without any thing of asperity at any time on either side, that,
if I should compell him to give up the land, I should have it, otherwise
not: and I forget how many months I was amused by him with the hopes
of

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	122	Main Headings	Panopticon
Folio number	499	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	"Recto" is not in the list (recto, verso) of allowed values for the "Rectoverso" property.	Page Numbering	F23 / F24
Penner		Watermarks	JOHN DICKINSON & Co 1809
Marginals		Paper Producer	A. Levy
Corrections	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	001
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