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<head>A View of the Hard- labour Bill</head>.<lb/> | <head>A View of the Hard- labour Bill</head>.<lb/> | ||
which solitary confinement might be combined with<lb/> labour. This capital improvement (for as such I can nnot <lb/> help regarding it? in penal Legislation <del>)</del> I sat wishing, <lb/> | |||
with scarce any mixture of hope, to see carried into exe- <lb/> - cution: for, some how or other, the progress that has been <lb/> already made in it, near two years ago, in the House of Com-<lb/> - mons, had escaped me. How great then was my pleasure <lb/> & surprise at seeing a plan (which had already been pre- <lb/> announced by the Judges in their circuits) originating as <lb/> appeared from a high department in administration, and <lb/> carrying with it every presumption of its being adopted, in <lb/> which not only almost all of the excellent matter of the book <lb/> I have been speaking of is engrafted, but many capital <lb/> improvements super <unclear>questionable reading</unclear> added ? This incident gave me fresh<lb/> alacrity, and suggested fresh designs.<lb/><p>paragraph</p> The Bill (or draught of a Billas it is called in the | |||
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A View of the Hard- labour Bill.
which solitary confinement might be combined with
labour. This capital improvement (for as such I can nnot
help regarding it? in penal Legislation ) I sat wishing,
with scarce any mixture of hope, to see carried into exe-
- cution: for, some how or other, the progress that has been
already made in it, near two years ago, in the House of Com-
- mons, had escaped me. How great then was my pleasure
& surprise at seeing a plan (which had already been pre-
announced by the Judges in their circuits) originating as
appeared from a high department in administration, and
carrying with it every presumption of its being adopted, in
which not only almost all of the excellent matter of the book
I have been speaking of is engrafted, but many capital
improvements super questionable reading added ? This incident gave me fresh
alacrity, and suggested fresh designs.
paragraph
The Bill (or draught of a Billas it is called in the
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