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1793-8-11
thing that concerns him may be altogether overlooked put
aside. I take the liberty of troubling your
Grace sending by the present conveyance a
inclosing a copy of the or my proposal in the original form
in which it obtained acceptance: of the specific
articles that have been drawn up in consequence
can not at present accompany it. I would have
accompanied it, had I had a copy I have not
a copy at present in my hands, nor indeed
till this matter of the ground be settled adjusted, can
they be settled in terminus in every instance article of
the book, in which the plan of management
is developped and justified, a copy will also
wait upon your Grace by the first conveyance.
But the very
object of this my
humble application
would be defeated
by the delay which
< it would require to
For the purpose of satisfying shewing your Grace
That your Grace may see it may be seen that the pa Penitentiary that the gentleman
system in its present form is not approved of by the
gentlemen by whom the Penitentiary system in its
original form it was to have been carried into execution conducted give
in its original one their thorough concurrence to it in their new one,
I enclose two letters, one from Sir C. Bunbury,
the other from Mr Bowdler: [+] [+] who by an rare
and most honourable
exertion of magnanimity
as honourable as it is rare have been led
to embrace a plan
which not only the effect of which is
fills up in another mode
the situation they had
accepted of but a which
set of ideas opposite in
almost every instance
to those which they had
entreated
though directed to the same end, yet with respect to the main parts as combats on almost as negative every instance the ideas which they had embraced regulation of the Statute
under which they had undertaken to execute. As to Sir Gilbert Elliott the remaining
Supervisor, when spoken to about it bu some months ago by my Brother, he wished us
success, but was too much out of heart at the recollection thought of the former disappointment to set his mind to it anew or even to suffer
himself to believe that Administration would ever realize the former hopes and expectations they had then given us that To shew the
unsollicited sentiments entertained of it by a worthy Judge, of
the value of whose judgement no man can have
had better opportunity of forming a due estimate
than your Grace, I also enclose add a letter from Mr
Francis
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Jeremy Bentham |
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