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Mr Stanhope (Ld Harrington's brother) Mrs H. tells me is pulling
the Devil by the tail at Dieppe — over- hearing two Bailiffs who had just
been arresting a friend of his mention his own name he had just
time enough to make his escape from there in slippers in a
cock-boat, sacrificing the place he had under the Prince of Wales.
A Mr & Mrs Smith who went over about a year ago with their
ten children in hopes of living upon £7 or 800 a year returned
ther day after spending 2,000 — A part of it went in law-expences
on account of the young gentlemen who were for boxing their
french companions a l'Anglaise —

I have no time to read over this scrawl, though I have some
doubts whether you will find it intelligible. The Coach-business
was such a Chaos that it would have taken two sheets of paper
to unravel it.

I left orders for Cox to be sent to you and saw it put
up for that purpose — likewise Pole Carew's. Mss under cover to
you —

The lady, at least if she be like some I know, will think
I have been sacrificing rather too long to duty at the expence
of politeness, I can therefore no longer defer subscribing myself
Dear & Honoured Sir
Your's ever
Jeremy Bentham

Mrs H.'s husband was round the world last time with Capt. Cook. Sailing
is rather was his profession, but it is still my old friend Bob Shuttleworth's
passion — You remember him at Westm. School — He is going out
again soon in a Yatch that cost him 3,000 gorgeous with mahogany
as King Ahab's house was with ivory. The three brothers
are sometimes good friends, sometimes fighting, and Bob calls his
servants to turn his brother Charles Shuttleworth out of doors —

He (Bob) has settled £30 a year upon an old mistress whom he
took off renew'd acquaintance with since his marriage and went off with to Paris
for six or seven months. A Frenchman has since made her an honest woman. Bob had originally 20,000 a year — He sold an estate t'other day for 95,000 £

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Date_1	1785-08-07	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	540	Main Headings
Folio number	175	Info in main headings field
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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