Conslitutioiial Code Bowring, vol. IX, p

76. Indications concerning lord Eldon, induding Histonj of the pending Judges-Salarg-Raising Meamre, Bowring, vol. V. pp. 348-382. — Sur la publication, v. Bowring, vol. X, p. 542.

77. Bowring, vol. XI, pp. 54-55 : Bentham au duc de Broglie, 13 août 1830. — Cf. Horncr, Meni. and Corr.\o\. I, ]). 427, ; lettre à .1. A. Murray, esq., 7 avril 1807 :... It is some satisfaction to me, thatyou and Jeffrey are converts to my opinion of liis book on French judicature ; whicb, like ail his other treatises, contains many important observations, whicb may be taken in the very state in wliich hehaslefttbem, but is still more valuable for ils irrésistible effect in setling tbe mind of the reador to work by the boldness and restlessness of the writei^'s spéculations. It is the most elVecual exercise in the art of législative reasonings.

78. Mackintosh, Dissertation iS28 ; StuartMili, Autobiographij, pp. 101-2.

79. Ed. Rev. nov. 1810, art. II, Mémoires du Prince Eugène (vol. XVII, p. 39).

80. Bowring, vol. X, p. 450. Bentham disait à Bowring: « Ile willneverwillingly enter discourse with me. When lie dilTers, lie is silent. He is a character. He e.xpects to subdue everybody by his positiveness. His manner of speakingis oppressive and overbearing. » Maiscommeilsaitpourtant se faire docile avec son maître ! Place lui a écrit une lettre où il se plaint de l'obscurité croissante des écrits de Bentham ; or Mill habite chez Bentham, et lui lit régulièrement à haute voix toutes les lettres de Place. 11 écrit à celui-ci : « Your letter liad neai-ly done mischief. Reading it to hiin as he expects your lcttcrs,as he sees tiiem corne in, sliould be read, 1 stumbled on your saying.. when, observingwhat fuUowed, I pretendcd to lind adifhculty in reading, and slipped the whole of what you said about the style. He never would hâve forgiven you, and to excite dislikc were no good is to be done by it is evil for bolh parties. There is no one thing upon vvhich he plumes himself so much as his style, and he would not alter itif ail the world were to preach lu iiim till Domesday » (Graliam Wallas, p. 85j.

81. Bowring, vol. X, pp. 481-482 : James Mill to Bentliam, 19 sept. iSl'i. Cf. Add. Mss. Brit. Mus., 35, 153 : Mill à Place, Bagshot, 13 sept. 1818 : « He (Bentham) tiiinks my being near liim a thing of no small importance to liis happiness and though I iiave no doubi he would suori leai'n to do witliout me, yct I could not forgive myself if 1 did anylhing to impair his happineas for any considérable part ofliis now contz-acted time. — Anotiier thing is, it is really a source of happiness to myself to be near him, and

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though there are no sinall incompatibilities between us I could not part from him without a good deal of eniolidn. The union in intellectuals is perfect, Avhicli, witli tlie first nian in intellcctualsin liisage, cannot failto bea source of pleasure, and iii tlie morals and sympathies, wilh a good many clashings between him and me, there isalso much in his character to love, his sincerity and simplicity of character it would not be easy lo niatcii and there is nothing uhich goes so far as thèse twoqualilies in laying thefoundation of attachment ». C'est le moment où les amis de James Mill, Walîefiold, entre autres, cherchent des moyens de retirer Mill de la dé[)endancc de Bentham, soit en li' plaçant à la tète de l'école clirestomathiriue, soit en lui prêtant de l'argent jusqu'à l'achèvement de son Histoire de l'Inde britannique (Brit. Mus., 35, 152, ff. 79, 87, 90).