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alledged, but the trifling one abovementioned. I have
enquired of High and Low, malecontent & neuter and
can hear nothing of any place to answer the purpose
of a Bastile, nor any trace of any Coup d'autorité —
whatsoever, except that there are Houses of Correction
where des jeuns Gens dereglés are shut up upon
application of their Friends, but not so as to be
inaccessible.

The Police is so well kept, with scarce any apparent
means, that Theft is scarce ever heard of, and Robbery
never, as for Murder it is entirely out of the question.
Compare This with the accounts given by your Cousin
of the Roads in a Neighbouring State

Of my little Abridgement neither of the Sir Horace's
had ever so much as heard, they both treated it with
the greatest Contempt, especially the Old One, who is
almost childish; who said he had never heard any
thing of any monopolies suppressed by the G.D. or
any thing else done by him that was worth notice
and seems to labour, without directly saying so,
to make me believe that not a Syllable in it was true.
afterwards, after he had made some enquiries, he
said he found it was nothing but an an Index of
the Laws of that Period, (as if it pretended to be any
thing more) and admitted that the Facts mentioned
in the Notes were true. After that an Abbé Moré
whom I met with twice at Sir H.'s Table (an
intelligent young Man he seemed to be) told me the
name of the Author, wch I entered immediately in
the Title Page, but do not now recollect it. He was
the G. D's Agent at Paris, but is since dead.

His R.. H, if he does not do well but must at least be
allowed to do much. Every year produces a Folio
Volume of Edicts, not much less Voluminous than ours.
I saw them in the Shop, a goodly Shew. They are at any
rate to be had for money, which is not the case in Genoa
not so much as the State-Printer keeps a Copy of
his works.

Identifier: | JB/540/205/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 540.
Date_1	1785-10-01	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	540	Main Headings
Folio number	205	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence/copy	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number
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