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Leghorn Tuesday Sept. 27. 1785

My Lord

I have been informed here that a considerable part of the produce
of the Italian market is smuggled into England by way of Dunkirk;
and in particular that 1000 Ton of Zante Currants, and 1200lb
of Bologna Crape (the duty upon which latter article according to my informant
is 35'-6d pr lb) was smuggled that way from this in the months of
October, November and December last. I have this from a Mr Adye
an English Merchant who has been settled at this port these twenty
years. He said he had several times entertained thoughts of writing
a letter of information on this subject to Mr Pitt: and intimated that
he should have no objection to pass an examination before a Committee
of Parliament or any other competent authority in England at any
time. Whether this forwardness is grounded solely in public spirit, or
whether it is to be attributed in any degree to personal pique or mercantile
jealousy or any other private motive, are points concerning which no adequate
means of judging have as yet come in my way. On the one
hand in all that I have heard him say on the subject I have not perceived
the least trace of any thing that savoured of acrimony against individuals,
nor indeed did individuals come at all in question: and as far
as I am qualified to judge, he has all the appearance of a steady, sensible




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1785-09-27

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Jeremy Bentham

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