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seat a Prison in a desert, would be to make it<lb/> | seat a Prison in a desert, would be to make it<lb/> | ||
a <hi rend="underline">Bastille</hi>. A prison to be repelled from a bounty<lb/> | a <hi rend="underline">Bastille</hi>. A prison to be repelled from a bounty<lb/> | ||
spot, on account of the <hi rend="underline">populousness</hi> of the Spot<lb/> | spot, on account of the <hi rend="underline">populousness</hi> of the Spot<lb/>—No Prison has ever been hitherto built but in a<lb/> | ||
<hi rend="underline">Town</hi>. Scarce a Session without an Act for such<lb/> | <hi rend="underline">Town</hi>. Scarce a Session without an Act for such<lb/> | ||
a purpose. In any instance whatever was Opposition<lb/> | a purpose. In any instance whatever was Opposition<lb/> | ||
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of the | The opulence<lb/> | ||
of the Neighbourhood<lb/> | |||
not | does<lb/> | ||
not vary the<lb/> | |||
case</note> | case</note> | ||
In aggravation of the | |||
Memorialist | <p>In aggravation of the supposed injury, your<lb/> | ||
in Buildings and | Memorialist has heard the Quantity of capital, invested<lb/> | ||
of the Neighbourhood in question, whatever | in Buildings and other Improvements, within the circle<lb/> | ||
of the Neighbourhood in question, whatever extent may<lb/> | |||
be meant to be given to that circle, has been,<lb/> | be meant to be given to that circle, has been,<lb/> | ||
estimated at about £200,000. Your Memorialist<lb/> | estimated at about £200,000. Your Memorialist<lb/> | ||
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but a very great part of it, would be <hi rend="underline">destroyed</hi>.<lb/> | but a very great part of it, would be <hi rend="underline">destroyed</hi>.<lb/> | ||
Here it is that your Memorialist has the<lb/> | Here it is that your Memorialist has the<lb/> | ||
mortification, or the satisfaction shall he say; to be<lb/> | mortification, or <add>the</add> satisfaction shall he say; to be<lb/> | ||
obliged to differ with them. The instances of new | |||
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phenomenon was ever heard or thought of. To
seat a Prison in a desert, would be to make it
a Bastille. A prison to be repelled from a bounty
spot, on account of the populousness of the Spot
—No Prison has ever been hitherto built but in a
Town. Scarce a Session without an Act for such
a purpose. In any instance whatever was Opposition
ever made in such a case, by Individuals on
the ground of Neighbourhood? Your Memorialist
believes not: surely none that ever prevailed.
22.
The opulence
of the Neighbourhood
does
not vary the
case
In aggravation of the supposed injury, your
Memorialist has heard the Quantity of capital, invested
in Buildings and other Improvements, within the circle
of the Neighbourhood in question, whatever extent may
be meant to be given to that circle, has been,
estimated at about £200,000. Your Memorialist
has no suspicion of any thing like exaggeration
in this Estimate: had he been obliged to guess, he
should rather have expected to find such a Sum
short of the truth, than beyond it. But,in
speaking of this Value, Gentlemen speak of it as
if a great part, there is no saying how great,
but a very great part of it, would be destroyed.
Here it is that your Memorialist has the
mortification, or the satisfaction shall he say; to be
obliged to differ with them. The instances of new
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