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who have profited most by your good-nature, cannot conceal from you how much you have lost both in the affections of your fellow-soldiers, and the esteem of your country. Your character, once spotless, once irreproachable, has been drawn into a public question: attacked with severity, defended with imprudence, and, like the seat of war, ruined by the contention."

Junius here admits the Marquis was once a brave man ; but his bravery appears to have died away after the battle of Minden, where he distinguished himself more than at any other period. He had no opportunity afterwards of displaying his courage, the seat of war having been transferred to America; so that it was next to impossible that he could lose the confidence of the public or the affections of his fellow-soldiers. Out of the many private letters that were written in answer to Junius, not one appeared, but spoke well of him-had he lost the affections of his country, one anonymous writer might surely have been found to side with Junius. But no: the only fellow-soldier Junius speaks of, appears to have been himself.

Aug. 25, 1767.-Of Lord Townshend and his brother the hon. Charles Townshend, the former lord-lieutenant of Ireland, and the latter chancellor of the exchequer, Junius says, "I am not a stranger to this par nobile fratrum. I have

served under the one, and have been forty times promised to be served by the other." This assertion comes closely home to some officer. Facts are stubborn things. Now I know it to be an undeniable fact that Lord George served with Lord Townshend at Dettingen under the Duke of Cumberland; Lord Granby was also present. An event occurred which was much talked of at the time. The occurrence was as follows.

"In the very heat of the carnage of that day, and amidst the horrors of almost universal desolation, a soldier fighting near Lord Townshend's side, was killed by a cannon ball: part of his brains flew out; some on his Lordship's clothes and in his face. The brave General G

being near him, said My Lord, this is terrible work to-day:' 'So it is,' replied his Lordship, wiping himself with great calmness; but one would imagine, General, this man had too much brains to be here;' at the same time, tears of manly pity filled his compassionate eyes."

Not content with reading this plain unvarnished anecdote in the paper afterwards, Junius takes occasion in Letter vi. 12 Oct. 1767, to comment upon it, in a satirical manner, wherein he intimates that Lord Townshend betrayed symptoms of cowardice. "Reader," observes Junius, "remark this, and if you doubt of his Lordship's humanity, you are infidel enough to

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doubt of his courage. Well, he burst into tears and who could choose but weep at a sentiment of such tender, compassionate and sympathizing humanity? No one that I know of can suppose those tears shed from that de-. pression of spirits which the extremity of fear sometimes causes, and which finds some ease from an involuntary overflow at the eyes."

At the period when this was written, Lord Townshend had been promoted to the station of lieutenant-general of the ordnance, a situation formerly held by Lord George himself.

His appointment to the lord lieutenancy of Ireland, Junius considered equally reprehensible on the part of government, thinking him not qualified to fill that high station. There must have been some private offence given, to account for the manner in which Junius pursues him. This is a very important part of our enquiry. Soon after the unfortunate misunderstanding at Minden, Lord George Townshend (who had formerly been on friendly terms with Lord George Sackville, particularly at the battle of Dettingen) joined with the court party in publicly censuring his conduct. He had an ingenious turn for drawing, and he even went so far as to caricature Lord George flying from Minden, which with many others he privately circulated among his friends. This book of caricatures,

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