[...?] April 1808

Letter V

Ch. 2. Features apply

'. 3. Legislative Comm[?]

Ch. 2. Leading features approved.

'. 4 Legislative Commissions.

Such as hath just been stated in the course taken by the Lord Chancellors learned scribe. The course which in his place I should have taken would have been in several respects different.

But before I /we can/ speak of differences let me[?] bring to view the more pleasing part of the prospect the principal points of argument. Such of the leading points in which I have the good fortune /satisfaction/ to find my /a/ view of the matter /opinions //conceptions// on the subject/ sanctioned and [...?] by his.

These are expressible by half a dozen words:

1. Legislative commissions: 2. arrangements /provisions/ for dimminution[?] of appeals.

1. As to the [...?] /measure/ of the legislative commission - by which the task of proposing and, so far as proposition goes, [...?], such new regulations as the [...?] of the case may appear to call for, as well as of [...?] the facts in /information without/ which the regulations would not have any solid and sufficient ground to stand upon, shall as to matters of [...?] be turned over to hands other than the already full and overflowing /overloaded/ hands of Parliament, it presents itself /seems to be/ to my view as a measure of which in principle, the necessity is obvious, and against which unless it be on the [...?] ground of expence, nothing can be said.