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<p><!-- indented --><note>XVII Improved Prisons —</note> Wasteful as this Poor-house plan of M<hi rend='superscript'>r</hi> Pitt's | |||
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<del>woul</del> would have been, in comparison of the Suffolk | |||
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Poor-house plan, itself wasteful in comparison | |||
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of the Panopticon poor-house plan, the first | |||
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official plan for covering the country with | |||
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microscopical poor-houses, would have been | |||
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frugal in comparison of a second official plan, | |||
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for covering it with microscopical penitentiary | |||
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houses. — | |||
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<p><!-- indented -->Upon the scale of ten establishments instead | |||
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of one, the <sic>expence</sic> (your Lordship sees) | |||
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is about mid way between three times and | |||
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four times as much as it need be: — to keep | |||
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clear of exaggeration, say but three times: — | |||
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waste £2 out of £3. But, upon this second | |||
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official plan, there would be 257 instead of one: | |||
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257 such local penitentiary houses, instead of the | |||
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one national one prescribed by Parliament: | |||
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prescribed by Parliament <del>seriousel</del> seriously, and | |||
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afterwards bespoke of me in <del><gap/></del> <add>sport, as fish are hooked,</add> by the late Treasury | |||
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and <add>the</add> Duke of Portland. <add>*</add><lb/> | |||
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<note><hi rend='superscript'>*</hi> <!-- white space, or next line --> M<hi rend='superscript'>r</hi> Secretary Long to M<hi rend='superscript'>r</hi> Bentham — Copy -<!-- this line centred, then next line --> <!-- white space, then, date aligned to the right-hand margin -->"Treasury Chambers 25 March 1800.<lb/> "Sir <!-- white space to the end of the line --> <!-- next line, indented -->"Having laid before the <sic>Lords</sic> Commissioners of his Majesty's<lb/><!-- end of line --> "Treasury a letter from the Duke of Portland, relative to the number<lb/> "of Convicts which the Panopticon proposed to be erected by you is<lb/> "intended to accommodate, I have received their <sic>Lordships</sic> commands to<lb/> "acquaint you that the proposed building of a <hi rend='underline'>Panopticon</hi> is to be calculated<lb/> "to accommodate <hi rend='underline'>Τwo Thousan</hi>d persons. I am &c.<lb/> <!-- new paragraph, and indented -->This was in answer to a letter of <del><unclear>mime</unclear></del> mine, written more <add>than</add> 7 months before : viz: on the 17<hi rend='superscript'>th</hi> of<lb/> August 1799: asking of M<hi rend='superscript'>r</hi> Long the number I was to build for, for the therein declared purpose of<lb/> my making preparations accordingly.</note> <lb/> Two hundred and fifty seven | |||
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15
Letter 3d
XVII Improved Prisons — Wasteful as this Poor-house plan of Mr Pitt's
woul would have been, in comparison of the Suffolk
Poor-house plan, itself wasteful in comparison
of the Panopticon poor-house plan, the first
official plan for covering the country with
microscopical poor-houses, would have been
frugal in comparison of a second official plan,
for covering it with microscopical penitentiary
houses. —
Upon the scale of ten establishments instead
of one, the expence (your Lordship sees)
is about mid way between three times and
four times as much as it need be: — to keep
clear of exaggeration, say but three times: —
waste £2 out of £3. But, upon this second
official plan, there would be 257 instead of one:
257 such local penitentiary houses, instead of the
one national one prescribed by Parliament:
prescribed by Parliament seriousel seriously, and
afterwards bespoke of me in sport, as fish are hooked, by the late Treasury
and the Duke of Portland. *
* Mr Secretary Long to Mr Bentham — Copy - "Treasury Chambers 25 March 1800.
"Sir "Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's
"Treasury a letter from the Duke of Portland, relative to the number
"of Convicts which the Panopticon proposed to be erected by you is
"intended to accommodate, I have received their Lordships commands to
"acquaint you that the proposed building of a Panopticon is to be calculated
"to accommodate Τwo Thousand persons. I am &c.
This was in answer to a letter of mime mine, written more than 7 months before : viz: on the 17th of
August 1799: asking of Mr Long the number I was to build for, for the therein declared purpose of
my making preparations accordingly.
Two hundred and fifty seven
Identifier: | JB/116/612/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116. |
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116 |
panopticon versus new south wales |
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612 |
letter 3d |
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001 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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recto |
d15 |
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john herbert koe |
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letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7 |
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