tion. The wary Wedderburne, the pompous Suffolk, never threw away the scabbard, nor ever went upon a forlorn hope."

Wedderburne, Lord Loughborough, was afterwards Lord George's legal adviser.

Oct. 5, 1771-"What! though he [Mr. Calcraft] riots in the plunder of the army; and has only determined to be a patriot when he could not be a peer.

Lord Orford says that Mr. Calcraft applied to Lord George to be agent for his regiment, but he refused him.

Feb. 21, 1769—"It were unworthy of me to press you further. The contempt with which the whole army heard of the manner of your retreat, assures me, that, as your conduct was not justified by precedent, it will never be thought an example for imitation."

Who but a military man would trouble his head about Sir William Draper's disposal of his commission ?

Oct. 17, 1769-" Far be it from me to insinuate the most distant reflection upon the army. On the contrary, I honour and esteem the profession and if these gentlemen were better soldiers, I am sure they would be better subjects. It is not that there is any internal vice or defect in the profession itself, as regulated in this country, but that it is the spirit of this

particular corps to despise their profession: and that while they vainly assume the lead of the army, they make it matter of pertinent comparison, and triumph over the bravest troops in the world, I mean our marching regiments, that they indeed stand upon higher ground, and are privileged to neglect the laborious forms of military discipline and duty. Without dwelling longer upon a most invidious subject, I shall leave it to military men, who have seen a service more active than the parade, to determine whether or no I speak truth."

Would a lawyer? would a clergyman? would any private gentleman? or any political writer, concern himself about a disturbance among a few officers at the horse-guards? No, but Junius would-his conduct at Minden had been severely censured by three officers belonging to this corps, which is confirmed by his allusion. again to the subject-15 Nov. 1769. "And leave it to them to determine, whether I am moved by a personal malevolence to three private gentlemen, or merely by a hope of perplexing the ministry."

Aug. 22, 1770-" He [Mr. Luttrell, with whom Lord George was not on the most friendly terms] now says, that his great object is the rank of colonel, and that he will have it.”

Whether he procured it, or not, would signify

but little to a disinterested writer, but with military men, such changes are constantly the topic of conversation. Again:

"The insult offered to the army in general, is as gross as the outrage intended to the people of England. What!" Junius exclaims, "Lieutenant Colonel Luttrell adjutant general of an army of sixteen thousand men ?"

16 Oct. 1771-to Mr. Wilkes-"I thought your letter about the military, very proper, and well drawn."

6 Nov. 1771-"Au reste-I see no use in fighting this question in the newspapers, nor have I time."

Oct. 12, 1767-" This is the kind of combat usually fought on, and indeed, the only one adapted to the field of a public paper."

Again" Thus circumstanced, I will not take either part, but offer myself as a friend to both, to measure the ground, give the word, and carry off the body of which-ever shall fall in the field of honour.'

March 4, 1768-" It remained like an old piece of cannon I have heard of somewhere of an enormous size, which stood upon a ruinous bastion, and which was seldom or never fired, for fear of bringing down the fortification, for whose defence it was intended."

Aug. 29, 1768-"You will not venture to in

sinuate, that Sir Jeffery Amherst was dismissed by the advice of Lord Granby, or Sir Edward Hawke.-Military men have a sense of honour, which your Lordship [Lord Hillsborough] has no notion of. They feel for a gallant officer who had his full share in the toils and honour, and had some right to share in the profits of the war. They feel for the army and the navy. Lord Granby has some emoluments besides his power, and Sir Edward Hawke has his pension; nobly earned I confess, but not better deserved than by the labours which conquered America, in America. Besides, my Lord, the commander in chief is the patron of the army. It was a common cause which he could not desert without infamy and reproach. Lord Granby is not a man to take his tone from any minister. When his honour is concerned, he scorns to adopt an humble ministerial language: he never would say, that indeed Sir Jeffery Amherst was rather unreasonable that his terms were exorbitant, that he had still two regiments left, and might well be contented. This is a language it is impossible he should hold, while he himself is master-general of the ordnance, colonel of the Blues, with a whole family upon the staff. He knows the value, and could not be sensible of the loss of those honourable rewards, which his distinguished capacity, his care of the public money, and his

able conduct in Germany, had justly intitled him to."

This is a very important extract, not only as it concerns his jealousy for Lord Granby's emoluments, but as it shews the pains he took to befriend Sir Jeffrey Amherst, whom I have previously mentioned as one of Lord George's most intimate friends.

4 March, 1768-"It seems they had hoarded up those unmeaning powers of the crown, as a grand military magazine, towards breaking the fortunes and depressing the spirit of the nobility."

10 Sep. 1768-"You set out with asserting, that the crown has an indisputable power of dismissing its officers without assigning a cause. Not quite indisputable, my Lord; for I have heard of addresses from parliament, to know who advised the dismission of particular officers. I have heard of impeachments attending a wanton exertion of the prerogative, and you perhaps may live to hear of them likewise."

It is scarcely necessary to remind the reader, how closely this applies to Lord George himself.

20 Sep. 1768-"I am not a soldier, my Lord, nor will I pretend to determine, what share of honour a general is entitled to for success, who must have borne the whole blame and disgrace, if he had failed. Had the event been unfavourable, his officers, I dare say, would have been