Ibid. Bowring, vol. IV, p

47. Burke avait dit dans son Speech on Econoinicul Reform (Works, vol. III, p. 3^2): « The service of the public is a thing which cannot be put to auction, and struck down to tliose who vvill agrée to exécute it the cheapest ». Pourquoi? demande Bentham, et il développe l'idée que Burke avait dédaigneusement écartée. (V. Defence of Economy elc. ; Bowring, vol. III, p. 300. i

4**. Bowring, vol. IV p. 309 : It is surely a bold experiment this of trusting the people at large with the choice of their judges : the boldest, perhaps, that ever was proposed on the popular side. My thoughts were divided betwixt tlie king and the représentative assemblies. I could sciree think of looking so far down the pyramid, as to the body of the people. But now that the committee lias given me courage lo look the idea in the face, I bave little fear of the success. My wish, however, is to see the experiment fairly tried, in its simplest form, and not clogged by a tempérament in which I see the mischievous effects I liave been stating, and in which I can discover no use.

49. Bentham à Dumont, 19 oct,1802 fBowring, vol. X, p. 399i : Against the grain, and even declaredly so.

50. Bowring, vol. X, i)p. 197-198 : lettre à Bentham, 29 mars 1789.