THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL

Outraged Autograph Letter Signed by R. Hill to Mr Shepherd in Dean Street, asking why he is “to receive such repeated messages from Mr Walsh and his insulting solicitor. They know my determination to abide by Sir Sam^l Romilly’s opinion and why sh^d I be again asked about Count Rice? He is a poor Moravian Minister now at Bristol with the mere German title of Count but this is nothing to me I must act as the law directs. I have had a full account from poor Prowse by what means he was prevail^d upon to renounce his small remuneration after a deal of trouble of his small share in the Grand Junction Canal. By this I am directed to say I will see all the Dunces before I give up the donations which the law demands I sh. pay to them. If this does not please Mr Walsh let him throw it into chancery as soon as he likes. The threats of Mr Rosser I treat with the most perfect contempt...”, 4 sides 8vo., Surry, Friday no date

Sir Samuel ROMILLY (1757-1818), was a British lawyer, politician and legal reformer. From a background in the commercial world, he became well-connected, and rose to public office and a prominent position in Parliament. After an early interest in radical politics, he built a career in chancery cases, and then turned to amelioration of the British criminal law.

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