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Q.S.P. June 7. 1794

Sir
A measure of Administration The Penitentiary House - Bill having been deserted
by Administration, I was carried by me through the House of Commons. The fact
is not more ridiculous than true. Mr Long brought Mr Long.
chance brought me two private friends. An opposition of two was thus subdued after a hard struggle. In the Lords, at the third
after lying by till the third reading and not before, Ld Spencer now obtains an order
for the presenting of the Bill, in other words opposes it: opposes
it, says Mr Long <add>according to Mr Long</add> after hearing holding such language (to yourself<add>Sir</add>I presume for me) as according toas rendered it impossible for
Mr Long to whose frankness I always old beholden for the communication rendered
it impossible for him to oppose it. So I have been assured by Mr Long again
byagain whose frankness first. I am muchmuch flattered of and obliged able able as I ought to be.
a while ago when it was recent: and now again this morning.</del>

When thus opposed in the Lords, how then is it to be defended there?
as it was in the Commons? Make the case your own, Sir
and you will judge whither the most unbounded confidence
can stand against experience. Time at least has not been
wanting for getting the measure <add>it</add>through or for exposing it to disasters, since I had the honour of an audience. The wish
you spoken of, Sir, on that occasion has been already doubled. What Any What other helper has sistance

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