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<p>Treasury Chambers 24<hi rend='superscript'>th</hi> March 1801</p> | <p>Treasury Chambers 24<hi rend='superscript'>th</hi> March 1801</p> | ||
<p>Sir<lb/> Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of His <sic>Majestys</sic> Treasury a Letter <lb/>from the Duke of Portland, together with sundry other Papers respecting the Contract for erecting <lb/>a Penitentiary House and maintaining the Convicts, I am commanded by their Lordships<lb/> to desire you will state, under what terms you are willing to Contract for building a<lb/> Penitentiary House for <hi rend='underline'>500 Persons</hi>, <hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> | <p>Sir<lb/> Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of His <sic>Majestys</sic> Treasury a Letter <lb/>from the Duke of Portland, together with sundry other Papers respecting the Contract for erecting <lb/>a Penitentiary House and maintaining the Convicts, I am commanded by their Lordships<lb/> to desire you will state, under what terms you are willing to Contract for building a<lb/> Penitentiary House for <hi rend='underline'>500 Persons</hi>, <hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> <note><hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> See Note to B below: N<hi rend='superscript'>o</hi> 3 — Mr. Bentham's Note in the letter <add>written</add> 28 Mar 1801</note> and for maintaining the Convicts, if the measure<lb/> should be resolved upon: and if, upon consideration of that proposal the plan should<lb/> be relinquished altogether, my Lords desire <hi rend='underline'>you will inform them<hi rend='superscript'>||</hi> <note><hi rend='superscript'>||</hi> Their Lordships will have no such trouble. — They have no powers for any such <lb/>thing: — nor <hi rend='underline'>could</hi> have, without a petition from me to <hi rend='underline'>Parliament</hi>. — When I petition, it will be for an Address for the execution of the Law, not for compensation for the <lb/>breach of it. —</note> what compensation <lb/>you conceive yourself entitled to for your expenses and Loss of Time in preparing for the Undertaking.<lb/> I am Ac— </p> | ||
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Mr Long to Mr Bentham. —
Treasury Chambers 24th March 1801
Sir
Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majestys Treasury a Letter
from the Duke of Portland, together with sundry other Papers respecting the Contract for erecting
a Penitentiary House and maintaining the Convicts, I am commanded by their Lordships
to desire you will state, under what terms you are willing to Contract for building a
Penitentiary House for 500 Persons, + + See Note to B below: No 3 — Mr. Bentham's Note in the letter written 28 Mar 1801 and for maintaining the Convicts, if the measure
should be resolved upon: and if, upon consideration of that proposal the plan should
be relinquished altogether, my Lords desire you will inform them<hi rend='superscript'>|| || Their Lordships will have no such trouble. — They have no powers for any such
thing: — nor could have, without a petition from me to Parliament. — When I petition, it will be for an Address for the execution of the Law, not for compensation for the
breach of it. — what compensation
you conceive yourself entitled to for your expenses and Loss of Time in preparing for the Undertaking.
I am Ac—
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copies of letters 1619 and 1630, vol. 6 |
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