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31. 28janv. 1807 : « A bill for making the freehold estâtes of person s lying indcbted, assois for the payment of simple con tract dcbts. * (Mcm., vol. Jï, p. 183).

32. Mémoire, vol. Il, p. 235 : When I first went the circuit, wbich is now 23yeai"sago, some instances of judicial injustice which I met with inade a deep impression on nie; and ï resolved to attempt Fouir* rrforin of the System, if I ever should liave an opportunily of doing it with any project of suceess. — Cf. Romilly h Roget, 9.2 mai 1781, sur le livre de Howard (M cm. vol. I, p. 169».

33. Bowring, vol. I, pp. 248-249 : Amongst the friendships, it gave me, was Dumont's ; one tbat it lielped to form, was Romilly's. — (Bowring, vol. X, p. 228) : Bentliam to the ladies of Bowood, 1790 : You angel, who know everything that passes, or does" not pass in the bosoni of nie, a sinner, so mucli better than I do myself, say how long I bave entertained so heroic a friendship for Mr. Romilly ? That I regard and esteemed liim, on account of so much as I know of bis political principles, I was myself aware ; but friendship is with me a sacred naine, scarcely cmployed lill after a degree of mutual explanation and êpanchement du cœur whieh seemed approaching, but, as yet, lias scarcely taken place belwixt me and Mr. Romilly. — Ed. /?ei\, vol. LXXVIÏI, pp. 483-484 : insinuations perfides sur leurs relations (article d'Empson).

34. Ap. Brougham ap. Hansard, 8 juin 1818. — Cf. Bowring, vol. X, p. 419 : réponse à Bcntham d'une vieille fille qu'il a demandée en mariage, 10 oct. 1805 : Qu'il l'oublie : ce sont les célibataires qui font les grandes choses. El pour finir : Let me, as a last request, entreat you to do it, and to dévote ail the tlme von can spam from vour studies to vour friends in Russell Square. Tliere is not a inan upon eartli who loves you more afiVetionately than Mr. Romilly— 1 kiunv hc does ; and bis wife's society, you acknowlclg»', is soothing toyou.

3."). Bowring, vol. X, p. 396 : Bentham à Eden, 4 sept. 1802.

30. Bowring, vol. X, pp. 362-303 : Romilly à Bentham, 8 avril 1801. — Mss. Univ. Coll. n° 132 : Defence of the Peoplc aguinst Lord Erskinc, letter XI : Insensibly, tbough witliout stamps or parchment, a sort of partnership, and under it a division of labour took place — l to fini principles — he to find facts and opportunités.

37. Bowring, vol. X, p. 186. 11 s'agit des réformes de la Cour de Chancellerie. Mais Benthnm déclare, d'autre part (Indications concerningHord Eldon, sect. XIX, Bowring, vol. V, p. 370) : To Romilly, with that secresy which prudence dictaled, my works, such, as they are, were froin first to last, a teil-bonk... Nol a reformatiuiirle of bis (as Hartley would bave called it> did Romilly c\er bring furward, that he had not first bronght to me, and conned over with me. Ont: of llicm — that in which Paley's love of arbitrary power was laid open — \>as borrowel froin my spiders, under whose covering they may still be fourni. The project so successfully

opposed by Lord Eldon's Sir William Grant — tlie endeavour to prevail upon honourable gentlemen to divest themselves of thepower ofswindling in their individuai capacities — was, to both of us, a favourite one. — M ss. Univ. Coll. n » 132 : Defcnce ofihe People against Lord Ertkine, le t ter XI : * My prinled works found thcir way to bis house, of course, my manuseript writings, scraps,and fragments in their roughest state were not concealcd from hiin. Aiuong tliein was one which at the top of the pages bore tbe titlc of Paleys' net... Writing in thccolouring which ths view of the malter bad inspired, tbose pages were asked of me by, and gladly lent by me to, Komilly. Having given to the mattt r lhat softening which his tcmper suggested and policy required, illustralingand cnricliing it witb sueh fa et s as his expérience bad brought witbin bis observation, Romilly made it up into one of those pamphlets which bear, and do so much honour to his name. — V. Mss. Univ. Coll. n° 107 : Law versus arbitrury power; or % a Hatchet for l) r Paley's net. — Le manuscrit est de janvier 1809 ; il est accompagné d'une copie précédée d'un avant-propos, en forme de lettre au directeur du PhilantropUt. — Paley avait justifié le grand nombre des félonies capitales dans l'ancien droit anglais, parce qu'il permettait ainsi au juge de <r râller dans son filet »sweep into the net) tous les criminels, quitte ensuite à faire usage de son discernement pour garder les uns, relâcher les autres {Moral Philosophy, Book VI, chap. ix) : c'est dans ce filet que Tien thaï a donne des coups de hache.

38. Add. Mss. Rrit. Mus. '13, ÔV'i, f. 327 : Du mont à Dent ha in, Londres, 3 nov. 1 S07 : . .. J'ai beaucoup travaillé, j'ai fait une revision de tout le Code Pénal, qui en avait grand besoin, attendu qu'il avait été en partie traduit, en partie abrégé, dans un temps où je ne possédois pas trop bien mon système benthamique. — ilnmilly en a lu une grande partie dans l'Ile de Wight et paraît très content. Vous jugez bien que son approbation m'a donné du spirU, il juge cette publication très importante, et compte qu'elle excitera l'attention publique (Cf. Bowring, vol. X, pp. 427-b). — Cf. Romilly, Memoirs, vol. Il, p. 258; Since thework of Beccaria, nothing bas appeared on the suhject of Criminal Law which bas made an v impression on the publie. This wurk will, Ithink, probably malien very deep impression — Koiuilly, Menions, vol . Il, p. 391; 2 avril 1811 : I passed thelast week» by Easfer Week, at Mrs, Fishcr's at Ealing, with Anne and some of th • childreii, and retumed to day, I hâve spent my tiine principally in answering some cases, and in readingas much as is prinled of Bentham and lhiuiont's work on punishments. It begins with stating what are the qualities to be required in punishments, and then proceeds to analyze ail the punisliincuts which are now in use. It is executed admirably, and it ne ver was attempled before, Pénal législation hitherto bas resembled what the science of physic iiiust haveheen when physicians did notknow the properties and etl'eets of the medicines they administered »». Le livre paraît en juillet.

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39. V. Observations on the criminal law of England, as it relates to capital punishuients, and on tiie mode in which it is adminislcred, by Sir Samuel Homilly, London, 1810. C'est la reproduction développée du discours prononcé par Homilly aux Communes, le 7 fév. 1810, et : The Speechcs ofSir Samuel Romilly, in the Houseof Commons, 2 vol., London, 1820. — Le 5 juin 1810, il traite de la question des prisons et de la trans(>ortation, cite Blackstone, Howard, lord Auckland, Collins, mais ne mentionne pas Bentham.