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<p>his Majesty's Ministers in the Police department in<lb/> | |||
respect not of Gaols only but of instruments of all<lb/> | |||
kinds in the apparatus for the prevention of<lb/> | |||
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of Portland determined to "crowd the County Gaols"<lb/> | |||
for fear of "their being neglected." - Such is the energy<lb/> | |||
with which Lord Pelham has forced a fifth hundred<lb/> | |||
a year into the hands of the Police Magistrates -<lb/> | |||
Such is the energy with which at the price of<lb/> | |||
£87. 10 <gap/> a peep, he has determined that four peeps<lb/> | |||
in a year shall be taken at the Hulks- such is<lb/> | |||
the "spirit of improvement" manifested by <sic>there</sic><lb/> | |||
congenial and combined exertions that unless a few<lb/> | |||
patriots like ourselves were to help "<hi rend='underline'>crowd</hi>" the streets<lb/> | |||
with robbers and the houses with <sic>burglarers</sic> this<lb/> | |||
<hi rend='underline'>"spirit of improvement" among <sic>there</sic> hitherto zealous<lb/> | |||
and spirited improvers might be "<hi rend='underline'>checked</hi>" and all<lb/> | |||
these their implements of improvement - super-pensioned<lb/> | |||
Magistrates - Quarterly peepers at Hulks - and even "<hi rend='underline'>crowded</hi>"<lb/> | |||
"<hi rend='underline'>Gaols themselves</hi>" might come to be "<hi rend='underline'>neglected</hi>": To a plain<lb/> | |||
understanding, could these ideal plans of these ideal Machiavels<lb/> | |||
have been more directly repugnant to the<lb/> | |||
<del>dicr</del> decrease of crimes than the real plan of the<lb/> | |||
real Machiavels to the diminution of the mischief<lb/> | |||
of of pensions? - Are not support and opposition - <lb/> | |||
plain dealing & deceit - truth & falsehood - right & wrong -<lb/> | |||
merit and guilt confounded and if possible rendered<lb/> | |||
indistinguishable by such plans?-<lb/></p><p>Had any of the professional men just spoken<lb/> | |||
of professed this to be their object would they have<lb/> | |||
<add>been</add></p> | |||
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his Majesty's Ministers in the Police department in
respect not of Gaols only but of instruments of all
kinds in the apparatus for the prevention of
crimes - such is the energy with which the Duke
of Portland determined to "crowd the County Gaols"
for fear of "their being neglected." - Such is the energy
with which Lord Pelham has forced a fifth hundred
a year into the hands of the Police Magistrates -
Such is the energy with which at the price of
£87. 10 a peep, he has determined that four peeps
in a year shall be taken at the Hulks- such is
the "spirit of improvement" manifested by there
congenial and combined exertions that unless a few
patriots like ourselves were to help "crowd" the streets
with robbers and the houses with burglarers this
"spirit of improvement" among there hitherto zealous
and spirited improvers might be "<hi rend='underline'>checked" and all
these their implements of improvement - super-pensioned
Magistrates - Quarterly peepers at Hulks - and even "crowded"
"Gaols themselves" might come to be "neglected": To a plain
understanding, could these ideal plans of these ideal Machiavels
have been more directly repugnant to the
dicr decrease of crimes than the real plan of the
real Machiavels to the diminution of the mischief
of of pensions? - Are not support and opposition -
plain dealing & deceit - truth & falsehood - right & wrong -
merit and guilt confounded and if possible rendered
indistinguishable by such plans?-
Had any of the professional men just spoken
of professed this to be their object would they have
been
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panopticon versus new south wales |
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626 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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recto |
d29 / d30 |
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john herbert koe |
1800 |
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1800 |
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letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7 |
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