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When it is out at last, two copies of it in
the original will go to the two . Sambuca
the Neopolitan Prime Minister of whom
Poli gives so high a character, understands English
perfectly. The Marquis Caracivole, who was
so many years Ambassador here, and Poli
and other people say was excessively fond of the
English, & see by the Gazette is lately made
Vice-Roy of Sicily.
I have a charming book in French
printed at Brussels) containing a chronological abridgment of the
laws made by the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
He or his Minister as both must
certainly be men of most excellent talents &
most admirable public spirit. Him and Sambuca
I propose asking for a copy of their laws. I should
imagine the request would be as great a compliment
as the prequel I send them. The letters
to all these people are all but finished, but I
shall not have spirits enough I fear to put the
last hand to them till after I have got over
my present difficulties.
Sunday Aug. 6th
Baron Podinaniczski set off a few days
ago for Paris by way of Ostende. During the
summer two or three last months he had been looking pretty near such a
tour as Offenberg. Schonberg the Saxon Count
& Dr Koevaer his tutor set off this day. Schonberg
was a pretty lad, though but a stripling
so that I did not think it worth while to
pay much attention to him. Were I ever to
visit Germany all these people would be of considerable
use to me. Podinaniczski was latterly
very assiduous in his visits, talked about
friendship & proposed keeping up a correspondence.
By
By way of legacy he left me Baron Ragenfeldt
Secretary of Legature to the Imperial Embassy,
a very conversable and intelligent man:
Ragenfeldt ( who has read some of Code) seems
without affectation very desirous of doing every
thing he can think of to serve me. It was
he that then got me the book about the Tuscan
laws from C. Belgiocoro to whom it came
over officially. He is coming to morrow to translate
for me a long account given in a German review of a criminal
book on penal law printed at Berlin in
1777. I dare say he will manage for me the
business of introducing Code to the Emperor
and the Grand Duke of P. He has lived
in England these 12 or 13 years.
On Thursday morning July 27th between
8 and 9 before I was up came (for it happened
to be a lazy day with me) came a footman
of Ld Shelburne with a note of which the following
is a copy.
"Ld Shelburne presents his compliments
to Mr Bentham. He has long wished for an
"opportunity of thanking him for his great civility
"and attention and his more than ample
" tho' very acceptable [so interlined] return for any trifling services he could
"render his brother. The ignorance in which he
"left him of his direction first prevented him
"and lately the health of his family, which
"has engrossed D. Shelburne's attention for
"some time past. If its' not taking too great
"a liberty, Lord Shelburne would be glad of
"an opportunity of seeing him any morning
"except Friday in this week or Monday in
"the next, as early as Mr Bentham pleases.
"Shelburne House Wndy Night."
You may easily guess what shd or most
than
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