Ibid. Bowring, vol. IV, p

47. Burke avait dit dans son Speech on Economical Reform (Works, vol. III, p. 322) : « The service of the public is a thing which cannot be put to auction, and struck down to tliose who will agrée to exécute it the cheapest ». Pourquoi? demande Bentham, et il développe l'idée que Burke avait dédaigneusement écartée. (V. Defence of Economy etc. ; Bowring, vol. III, p. 300.)

48. 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 the king and the représentative assemblies. I could scarce think of looking so far down the pyramid, as to the body of the people. But now that the committee has given me courage lo look the idea in the face, I hâve little fear of the success. My wish, however, is to see the experiment fairly tried, in its simplest form, and not dogged by a tempérament in which I see the mischlevous effects I hâve been stating, and in which I can discover no use.

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

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