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excluding (according to a general and very proper rule) all Dwelling Houses, it
was on that account that neither the Cottages nor the Public-Houses were included
in the forced purchase by the Supervisors: but after the naked land had been
secured, there was a voluntary treaty on foot, as I understood from Sir Charles
Bunbury, for the purchase of the Public-House, to which purchase no
reluctance on the part of the Landlord whoever he was (I suppose the owners,
was in the same hands as that of the adjacent land) was testified.
Possibly with respect to such lots as are not comprised in the
Verdict of the Jury, or at least some of them, a lease might be more eligible
or more practicable tan an absolute purchase: if so, I should have no
objection, if it were of sufficient length or renewable.
It is with regret I reflect on the distance which operates
as a bar to those mutual explanations by which I flatter myself Your Lordship's
doubts might be effectually cleared up. Does your Lordship entertain any
thoughts of revisiting this Neighbourhood soon? My younger Brother Colonel
Bentham is at present out upon a tour which may perhaps bring him
through Northampton in his way home. I don't know but I may
venture to take the liberty with your Lordship of writing to him to desire
him to stop there and ask permission to wait upon your Lordship with
that view.
I ought not to conclude this tedious address without making
my acknowledgements for the speediness of the answer with which Your
Lordship was pleased to honor me. that the dispatch of mine has
been so much inferior has been owing (besides the inevitable length of it)
to several accidents, the difficulty of getting back some of the documents,
a visit made to the spot, and the blunder of a servant, but for which
it would have gone on Saturday.
Your Lordship will have the goodness
to return the documents at your convenience, the proposal to
government accepted
I have the honor to be, with all respect
Mr Lord
Your Lordship's most obedient
and humble Servant
Jeremy Bentham.
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