purpose in view, which only such a man as Luttrell is fit to promote. The insult offered to the army in general, is as gross as the outrage intended to the people of England. What! Lieutenant-Colonel Luttrell, Adjutant-General of an army of sixteen thousand men! One would think his Majesty's campaigns at Blackheath and Wimbledon might have taught him better. I cannot help wishing General Harvey joy of a colleague, who does so much honour to the employments.

"But, my Lord, this measure is too daring to pass unnoticed, too dangerous to be received with indifference or submission. You shall not have time to new-model the Irish army. They will not submit to be garbled by Colonel Luttrell. As a mischief to the English Constitution (for he is not worth the name of an enemy), they already detest him. As a boy, impudently thrust over their heads, they will receive him with indignation and contempt.

"As for you, my Lord, who, perhaps, are no more than the blind unhappy instrument of Lord Bute and Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, be assured, that you shall be called upon to answer for the advice which has been given, and either discover your accomplices, or fall a sacrifice to their security.-JUNIUS."-Letter

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To point out this military transaction in as clear a light as possible, Junius makes an addition of a note, to shew that his friend Colonel Cunninghame considered himself degraded by the offer that was made him. He adds:

"This infamous transaction ought to be explained to the public. Colonel Gisborne was quarter-master-general in Ireland. Lord Townshend persuades him to resign to a Scotch officer, one Fraser, and gives him the government of Kinsale. Colonel Cunninghame was adjutant-general in Ireland. Lord Townshend offers him a pension, to induce him to resign to Luttrell. Cunninghame treats the offer with contempt. What's to be done? Poor Gisborne must move once more. He accepts of a pension of 500l. a-year, until a government of greater value shall become vacant. Colonel Cunninghame is made governor of Kinsale; and Luttrell, at last, for whom the whole machinery is put in motion, becomes adjutant-general, and in effect takes the command of the army in Ireland."

Colonel Cunninghame was an intimate friend of Lord George Sackville as early as the year 1746. The acquaintance commenced during the Rebellion in Scotland, at which period Cunninghame joined Lord George's regiment. In a private letter from Perth, to his friend Major

Younge, inserted in his Lordship's biography, he therein says

"All I pray for is, that I may never have occasion any more to visit those Northern Hills, for I think nothing but a Rebellion can ever call me there again. An acquaintance of yours bears me company in this place, Cunninghame is his name; if that is not sufficient to call him to your remembrance, il a une sœur au Chateau de Stirling qui n'est pas laide. He expects by every post to hear that he is in my regiment, and, I believe, you will think he is no bad re

cruit."

After the campaign in Scotland had terminated, and the troops returned home, they continued on intimate terms. It is, therefore, reasonable to conclude that Cunninghame had written to Lord George from Ireland, apprising him of the circumstance. In his character of Junius, he immediately espouses his friend's cause against the ambition and injustice of Colonel Luttrell. Luttrell having quarrelled with Lord George, gave him a more decided opportunity of expressing his resentment. The whole letter is on military topics, irrelevant from the politics of the day, and only interested such as were connected with the army.-It had so instantaneous an effect upon the ministry, that Colonel Luttrell was obliged to resign a few days after

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wards, and Colonel Cunninghame, the friend of Junius, was again reinstated.

Article XI.-That Junius was an admirer of Mr. Grenville.

21 Jan. 1760-" A series of inconstant measures had alienated the colonies from their duty as subjects, and from their natural affection to their common country. When Mr. Grenville was placed at the head of the treasury, he felt the impossibility of Great Britain's supporting such an establishment as her former successes had made indispensable, and at the same time of giving any sensible relief to foreign trade, and to the weight of the public debt. He thought it equitable that those parts of the Empire, which had benefited most by the expences of the war, should contribute something to the expences of the peace, and he had no doubt of the constitutional right vested in Parliament to raise that contribution. But, unfortunately for his country, Mr. Grenville was, at any rate, to be distressed, because he was minister."

6 August, 1768-Junius applauds Mr. Grenville for enforcing the stamp act in America, and concludes by saying:

"Your correspondent confesses that Mr. Grenville is still respectable; yet he warns the friends of that gentleman not to provoke him,

lest he should tell them what they may not like to hear. These are but words. He means as little when he threatens, as when he condescends to applaud. Let us meet upon the fair ground of truth, and if he finds one vulnerable part in Mr. Grenville's character, let him fix his poisoned arrow there."

15 Dec. 1768-"While parliament preserves its constitutional authority, you will preserve yours; as long as there is a real representation of the people, you will be heard in that great assembly with attention, deference, and respect, and if, fatally for England, the designs of the present ministry should at last succeed, you will have the consolation to reflect that your voice was heard, until the voice of truth and reason was drowned in the din of arms; and that your influence in parliament was irresistible until every question was decided by the sword."

I have already mentioned Lord George Sackville's friendship for Sir Jeffery Amherst, and his admiration of Mr. Grenville as a statesman, from a speech Lord George made in the House of Commons, shortly after Mr. Grenville's decease, wherein he passed a fine eulogium on his character.

Article XII. That Junius was a strong advocate for the stamp act in America.