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1793-8-16

conclusive by the very tribunal I am speaking of: such was its becoming
tenderness for the feelings of individuals: and by that very same high and
considerable tribunal was the choice of this very spot now in question confirmed
without a dissenting voice, as being free from the objections which
had put a negative upon the other. The rejection itself appears by the
Report which I enclose: the ground reason of it as above stated (a matter which
must be known in the neighbourhood I mean of Wandsworth) I had from
the Supervisors, the difference is indeed apparent on the face of the present
spot. For, my Lord, what are the buildings that (except in the way of
distant prospect) as London may be) are in sight of it? Two or three Cottages
of no value, and a public house that would make a fortune by the
choice. Did your Lordship's Agents (I should have said those of the late
Earl) make any objections then? I never heard they did: but if they did,
they were over-ruled. The choice your Lordship will have the goodness
to observe is not now to be made: it is a res acta: in succeeding to the
estate, your Lordship found it with this obligation lying upon it. The only
questions there can be (I rely upon your Lordship's goodness for forgiveness
if my zeal has betray'd me into error) the only questions at least
I can see, are that which regards the time and that which regards the
price: and even this matter was no question, untill my respect for the justice
made it one.

Your Lordship then will have the goodness to consider how the case
stands with regard to the place in question. A Penitentiary establishment is
determined on by Parliament. The spot for the reception of it, it is determined
shall be a spot in which vicinity to the Metropolis and to the River, should
be accompanied with that degree of elevation which is deemed essential to the
health

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Date_1	1793-08-16	Marginal Summary Numbering
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Folio number	438	Info in main headings field
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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