Anthony House Sep t: 10 h

1783. near Plymouth. —

Mr Pole Carews Letter dated Sept. 10. 1783

Dear Sir

Your Favor of the 29 th

Ult did not reach me at this Place till the last

Post; I shall ever esteem it an Honor to be reckoned among the

Friends of your Brother, & shall be ever very thankful to you for the

Communication of any facts which tend either to his Satisfaction or

Advantage. I fear that I may have given to M r

Bentham a Fruitless Walk into Grosvenor S t: it

shall be my business when I return to Town (which will be very shortly) to

wait upon him. & I will be careful to forward as you desire, the

Letters you have received. — Mr Rashleigh whom I saw yesterday

thinks himself much obliged by your kind attention to his Enquiries

— I have just now sent him your Translation of Bergman's Essay

on the Usefulness of Chemistry, the Method & Purport of which pleased

me much; but as I am unfortunately no Chemist, Parts of it were too

Chemical to be read by me with Ease. They have however served to confirm a

strong desire I have ever had, tho' without a proper opportunity

of gratifying it, to make myself Master of the Elements of Chemistry

I have this very Day received very great Satisfaction from the Perusal of

your Observations upon the Draught of the Hard-Labour Bill. As I am almost

a Stranger to the Modern Parts of Our Legislation, I may venture to ask if

any advantage was taken of the many useful Hints you have furnished ?

I am perfectly Innocent of having