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Bentham to Bowring
Jany 293 1831
Polish Commissioner — Unique Marquess
Well — as he pleads so hard, I believe I must see him — ill as just now I can
spare the time. We shall not want for of conversation. of sympathetic
contact.
Half a century ago, I took as warm as interest in the affairs of
as now I do in those of France. John Lind you have heard me speak of as a
man with whom I was about as intimate as I am with you. you have seen
I believe though not read, his letters on the First Partition of Poland. He came
over here, in quality of Privy Councillor to the virtuous & unhappy king Stanislas
governor to his nephew, Prince Stanislaus — of the same name (whose virtue
I have) & Director of an institution for the education of a corps of 400 Cadets,
with letters from the king to the Lord Chief Justice of those days (Lord Mansfield)
with whom his Majesty in the course of above a twelve months stay in
England was in habits. For between ten & twenty years (I forget how many
he officiated as the resident of the aristocracy ridden kingdom of Poland)
sending a letter to the king every post — an honest man without a head
(Bukati I think his name was) — making his appearance in that character
for forms sake — George III refusing to receive in that character a subject
of his own — one who could not but be in a more especial degree obnoxious
to him, if known to be what he was — namely as ex-parser, who
went to Constantinople as chaplain, to our Ambassador there — a Mr Murray
being convicted or suspected of making use of a flesh & bloodinterfering with some intrument
utensil of his Excellency's amusements, found it necessary to take his departure for
England — & taking Warsaw in his way, grew into favour with the king
to the degree above spoken of & revered the dicturn of Adantarma to give
One day, he being indisposed, or otherwise occupied, I remember holding a
pen for him to convey the news of the day — Le Chancellier chancele,
said on line of it — this & eke also a prophecy — was ejected by
Pete the second : Lind was moreover in favour with the Minister of the day —
Lord North, & eke also with Lord Mansfield. But a truce for old man's ,
for which you & I have so little time — This has nothing to do with Poland.
All but the first truce of this Letter in a repetition
& almost word for word of what Bentham says of Said
in his letter for Barker's .
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