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Case relative to the Tothill Fields Bill. —

except to the Dean and Chapter, to whose public situation
it was looked upon as due, on the footing of a Compliment,
No decided consent has been received from that quarter: but
such a tendency at least to consent has been manifested,
that it is in consequence of an intimation given at a Chapter
Meeting by the Dean in the name of the Chapter that
the Clause empowering the Treasury to accept of a long Lease
instead of the fee has been inserted. That for a purpose
like the present no consent is necessary, is a point already
(as above observed) decided upon by the Legislature: which has
already subjected to the compulsive powers in question, all the
Lands within the four Counties, contiguous to the Metropolis;
with no other exceptions than what are made in favor of
the Pretium affectionis, in the instance of Dwelling Houses
with their appurtenances. —

In the instance of the Parishes, no consent was reasonably
to be looked for, (as is seemed) under the Circumstances
of the Case. The Idea of setting down a new and large Prison
in the Neighbourhood, though it be such a Neighbourhood,
could not naturally be expected to be a popular one; the
advantage in point of easement of Poor rates, how substantial
soever, could not be presented beforehand in any liquidated
shape: particular inconvenience would be naturally
be apprehended on the part of those who by vicinage are
in the habit of making what little use is made of the universal
right, by turning in their Cattle where air and a
resting place at least are to be found for them, how little
soever besides. —

But a circumstance that seemed to leave every little
chance f any thing like universal concurrence, was a
sort of Interest incapable of being compensated, because incapable
of being avowed. The Waste in question has, wherever
situation favored, been for a long time past and still continues

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	123	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	222	Info in main headings field	case relative to the tothill fields bill
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer	fr3
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public	see note 3 to letter 1392, vol. 6	ID Number	41648
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