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employment is still to seek — Spinning it seems is what their venue has
hitherto been confined to. Employments in great variety, and the least
eligible among them much more so than spinning it would be in our
power to introduce: but the space with all the useless expence
laid out upon it would to afford room for them. Would the
necessary space in our plan cost more? On the contrary so much less, that out
of the saving an additional Panopticon in wood like ours, capable
of holding twice the number of persons might be built. Mr A.
not only succeeds to his Brother who planned the building, but
contracts for the erection of it: consequently with his consent, if
the gentlemen at the hand of the business approved of it, any alteration
could be made. £10,000 is the sum provided for it by
Parl.t £10,000 is the sum he has contracted for. More than that
can not be had to hand without a new act be had "£10,000 then being
"& be laid out neither more nor less, you would not care how
"it was laid out provided the gentleman was satisfied?" — No, he
answered very frankly he should not. Well then, out of the
savings upon this £10,000 We would engage with the concurrence
of Mr A. to build the additional wooden one which would be ready for
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