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<head>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Bentham to Earl Spencer. Letter 2<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Copy</head> | |||
<p>Queen's Square Place Westm<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Aug 16 1793</p> | |||
<p>My Lord,</p> | |||
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second glance upon my letter, you will perceive that the <hi rend="underline">Articles</hi> | |||
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in which the penalty was proposed to be inserted are there spoken | |||
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of as not signed, it could not therefore have been any part of my | |||
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meaning to represent myself as actually exposed to any such | |||
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penalty: my meaning was simply to convey to your Lordship an | |||
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idea of the importance attached by Administration to that degree | |||
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of dispatch, which it was not less my own wish to effectuate.</p> | |||
<p>Your Lordship's politeness does me no more than justice | |||
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in being assured that I can not deem unreasonable on your Lordship's | |||
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part <add>a</add> refusal to accede to any such proposal <hi rend="underline"><foreign>instanter</foreign></hi> under the circumstances | |||
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your Lordship is pleased to mention: in what degree | |||
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the particulars of the business might be presented to your Lordship's | |||
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mind, was a matter of accident<del>,</del> altogether out of my knowledge, and | |||
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in respect of which I could do no otherwise than take my chance.</p> | |||
<p>No doubt but that the effect of such an alienation upon the Value | |||
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of the rest of your Lordship's property in that neighbourhood is an | |||
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object that has as strong a claim to consideration as the amount of | |||
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the price obtainable for that particular part: nor should I be at | |||
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all <sic>surprized</sic> if that effect should at first blush be apprehended | |||
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to be <sic>prijudicial</sic>. For my own part I have no such apprehensions: | |||
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nor will your Lordship, I hope, when the particulars of the | |||
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plan, as far as this question is concerned have been more fully laid | |||
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before you. The <hi rend="underline">persons</hi> of the prisoners will be altogether out | |||
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of sight, not only of any house at present existing, but of any | |||
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house that can ever be built upon any other part of your Lordship's | |||
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estate. <!-- New para.? -->The whole Thousand will be inclosed in a single | |||
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<hi rend="underline">building</hi> of 140 foot diameter; that building, so far from being <add>an</add></p> | |||
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Mr Bentham to Earl Spencer. Letter 2d Copy
Queen's Square Place Westmr Aug 16 1793
My Lord,
If your Lordship will have the goodness to cast a
second glance upon my letter, you will perceive that the Articles
in which the penalty was proposed to be inserted are there spoken
of as not signed, it could not therefore have been any part of my
meaning to represent myself as actually exposed to any such
penalty: my meaning was simply to convey to your Lordship an
idea of the importance attached by Administration to that degree
of dispatch, which it was not less my own wish to effectuate.
Your Lordship's politeness does me no more than justice
in being assured that I can not deem unreasonable on your Lordship's
part a refusal to accede to any such proposal instanter under the circumstances
your Lordship is pleased to mention: in what degree
the particulars of the business might be presented to your Lordship's
mind, was a matter of accident, altogether out of my knowledge, and
in respect of which I could do no otherwise than take my chance.
No doubt but that the effect of such an alienation upon the Value
of the rest of your Lordship's property in that neighbourhood is an
object that has as strong a claim to consideration as the amount of
the price obtainable for that particular part: nor should I be at
all surprized if that effect should at first blush be apprehended
to be prijudicial. For my own part I have no such apprehensions:
nor will your Lordship, I hope, when the particulars of the
plan, as far as this question is concerned have been more fully laid
before you. The persons of the prisoners will be altogether out
of sight, not only of any house at present existing, but of any
house that can ever be built upon any other part of your Lordship's
Estate.
estate. The whole Thousand will be inclosed in a single
building of 140 foot diameter; that building, so far from being an
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