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<p>Bentham to Bowring</p> | |||
<note>Jany 2<del>9</del>3 1831</note> | |||
<head>Polish Commissioner — Unique Marquess <gap/></head> | |||
<p>Well — as he pleads so hard, I believe I must see him — ill as just now I can<lb/> | |||
spare the time. We shall not want for topics of conversation. <gap/> of sympathetic<lb/> | |||
contact.</p> | |||
<p>Half a century ago, I took as warm as interest in the affairs of Poland<lb/> | |||
as now I do in those of France. John Lind you have heard me speak of as a<lb/> | |||
man with whom I was about as intimate as I am with you. you have seen<lb/> | |||
I believe though not read, his letters on the First Partition of Poland. He came<lb/> | |||
over here, in quality of Privy Councillor to the virtuous & unhappy king Stanislas<lb/> | |||
governor to his nephew, Prince Stanislaus — of the same name (whose virtue<lb/> | |||
I have) & Director of an institution for the education of a corps of 400 Cadets,<lb/> | |||
with letters from the king to the Lord Chief Justice of those days (Lord Mansfield)<lb/> | |||
with whom his Majesty in the course of above a twelve months stay in<lb/> | |||
England was in habits. For between ten & twenty years (I forget how many<lb/> | |||
he officiated as the resident of the aristocracy ridden kingdom of Poland)<lb/> | |||
sending a letter to the king every post — an honest man without a head<lb/> | |||
(Bukati I think his name was) — making his appearance in that character<lb/> | |||
for forms sake — George III refusing to receive in that character a subject<lb/> | |||
of his own — one who could not but be in a more especial degree obnoxious<lb/> | |||
to him, if known to be what he was — namely as ex-<unclear>parser</unclear>, who<lb/> | |||
went to Constantinople as chaplain, to our Ambassador there — a M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Murray<lb/> | |||
being convicted or suspected of <del>making use of a flesh & blood</del> <add>interfering with some</add> <del>isntrument</del><lb/> | |||
<del>utensil</del> of his Excellency's <add>amusements,</add> found it necessary to take his departure for<lb/> | |||
England — & taking Warsaw in his way, grew into favour with the king<lb/> | |||
to the degree above spoken of & revered the dictum of <hi rend="underline"><unclear>Adantarma to give</unclear></hi><lb/> | |||
One day, he being indisposed, or otherwise occupied, I remember holding a<lb/> | |||
pen for him to convey the news of the day — <hi rend="underline"><foreign>Le Chancellier chancele</foreign></hi>,<lb/> | |||
said on line of it — <gap/> this & eke also a prophecy — <gap/> was ejected by<lb/> | |||
Pitt the second : Lind was moreover in favour with the Minister of the day —<lb/> | |||
Lord North, & eke also with Lord Mansfield. But a truce for old man's gossiping,<lb/> | |||
for which you & I have so little time — This has nothing to do with Poland.</p> | |||
<p>All but the first three lines of this Letter is a repetition<lb/> | |||
& almost word for word of what Bentham says of Lind<lb/> | |||
in his letter for Barker's <gap/>.</p> | |||
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Bentham to Bowring
Jany 293 1831
Polish Commissioner — Unique Marquess
Well — as he pleads so hard, I believe I must see him — ill as just now I can
spare the time. We shall not want for topics of conversation. of sympathetic
contact.
Half a century ago, I took as warm as interest in the affairs of Poland
as now I do in those of France. John Lind you have heard me speak of as a
man with whom I was about as intimate as I am with you. you have seen
I believe though not read, his letters on the First Partition of Poland. He came
over here, in quality of Privy Councillor to the virtuous & unhappy king Stanislas
governor to his nephew, Prince Stanislaus — of the same name (whose virtue
I have) & Director of an institution for the education of a corps of 400 Cadets,
with letters from the king to the Lord Chief Justice of those days (Lord Mansfield)
with whom his Majesty in the course of above a twelve months stay in
England was in habits. For between ten & twenty years (I forget how many
he officiated as the resident of the aristocracy ridden kingdom of Poland)
sending a letter to the king every post — an honest man without a head
(Bukati I think his name was) — making his appearance in that character
for forms sake — George III refusing to receive in that character a subject
of his own — one who could not but be in a more especial degree obnoxious
to him, if known to be what he was — namely as ex-parser, who
went to Constantinople as chaplain, to our Ambassador there — a Mr Murray
being convicted or suspected of making use of a flesh & blood interfering with some isntrument
utensil of his Excellency's amusements, found it necessary to take his departure for
England — & taking Warsaw in his way, grew into favour with the king
to the degree above spoken of & revered the dictum of Adantarma to give
One day, he being indisposed, or otherwise occupied, I remember holding a
pen for him to convey the news of the day — Le Chancellier chancele,
said on line of it — this & eke also a prophecy — was ejected by
Pitt the second : Lind was moreover in favour with the Minister of the day —
Lord North, & eke also with Lord Mansfield. But a truce for old man's gossiping,
for which you & I have so little time — This has nothing to do with Poland.
All but the first three lines of this Letter is a repetition
& almost word for word of what Bentham says of Lind
in his letter for Barker's .
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