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scoundrel is no answer to Junius. He did not assert that the thief was a Scotchman *; he only presumed it, from the circumstance of his being bailed by three of that country. It appears now that the thief was closely connected with Scotland. These sweet-blooded children, even when they bail an Englishman, adhere to their principles. If the devil himself, connected as he is with an ancient nation, were taken up for felony, I do not doubt that all Scotland, to a mon, would readily be his security.

Junius did not blame the bail for interesting themselves in favour of their friend, countryman, or associate. Yet he might have done it with propriety. The thief was not charged on suspicion, but taken in the fact. He was, ipso facto, a felon, and to bail him required all the natural bene

66 TO JUNIUS.

"Nov. 4, 1771.

"You seem to delight most in traducing the most exalted and most respectable characters.

"You say, Lord Mansfield bailed Mr. Eyre at the intercession of three of his countrymen.

"I say, that is false; and that what he did was his duty to do as Lord Chief Justice of England, and perfectly agreeable to law and to constant practice.

"You say, that you presume Mr. Eyre is a Scotchman.

"I say, the culprit is an Englishman.

"You say, his bail were all Scotchmen.

"I say, they were. And how did that happen? Because a Scotchman is, by marriage, unhappily allied to him. And why should it be deemed a reproach that they joined in doing a good-natured office at the request of a countryman? Or that they contributed to alleviate the distress of an innocent woman, who, though unfortunately connected with the criminal, had not a participation in his guilt? Dost not thou know, thou slanderer, that the offence, though felony by law, was of the slightest kind? And wouldst thou not, had that able and amiable judge (whose name will be an everlasting honour to this country) refused to admit Mr. Eyre to bail, have traduced his Lordship for that very refusal, and charged him with executing the law with wanton rigour because he was an Englishman?

"Mr. Eyre has been brought to trial, and has pleaded guilty. I say, nevertheless, that the offence by the laws of England is bailable; and I pledge myself, before God and my country, to prove that Lord Chief Justice Mansfield acted in this matter agreeable to law, and that Junius has shown himself in this, and many other instances, a public incendiary and a liar.

"ANTI-JUNIUS."

* His words are, "At the intercession of three of your countrymen you have bailed a man who, I presume, is also a Scotchman." See Junius, Letter 65.

volence of Scotland. Either he had no English friends, or they were ashamed to acknowledge any connection with him. Instead of meeting Junius upon the strict question of law, these loons wander into circumstances of no moment, or defend Lord Mansfield by apocryphal assertions, which, if true, would be nothing to the purpose. One says that he has surrendered and taken his trial, the other that no intercession was made with Lord Mansfield-one says that the felony (for which the culprit is unluckily transported) was of the slightest kind, the other says that Eyre is an Englishman. Now the plain matter of fact is this: a thief taken in the fact is refused bail by the Lord Mayor of London; three Scotchmen take the said thief or felon before another Scotchman, who bails the said felon. The single question arising from the fact is, was he or was he not bailable by law? For my own part, until I hear good reasons to the contrary, I shall abide by Junius, because I am persuaded he would not hazard his credit so unnecessarily if he were not very sure of his law.

A. B.

SIR,

LETTER CII*.

TO THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.

November 13, 1771. I BEG your Royal Highness's acceptance of my sincere compliments of congratulation upon your auspicious union with the daughter of Lord Irnham †, and the sister of Colonel

* Of this letter Junius writes, " Cumbriensis has taken greatly." Private Letter, No. 43.

+ The marriage of the late Duke of Cumberland was first announced to the readers of the Public Advertiser in the following communication, obviously from the pen of Junius :

"INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY, THOUGH TRUE.

"We can assure the public that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland is happily married to Mrs. Horton, sister of Lieutenant-Colonel Luttrell, the worthy nominee of Middlesex. The new-married pair are now celebrating their nuptials in France, where the Duchess of Cumberland receives all the honours due to her high rank and new relation to the House of Brunswick. This match, we are informed, was negociated by a certain duke (Grafton), and his cream-coloured parasite (Bradshaw), by way of reward to

Luttrell. For the present you will have so few of these c›m pliments paid you, that mine, perhaps, may be thought worthy your attention. I do assure your Royal Highness, with great sincerity, that, when I consider the various excellencies which adorn or constitute your personal character-your natural parts—your affable, benevolent, generous temper-your good sense, so singularly improved by experience-and, above all the rest, the uncommon education which your venerable mother took care to give you-I do not think it possible to have found a more suitable match for you than that which you have so discreetly provided for yourself. What you have done, will, I am sure, be no disgrace to yourself or to any of your relations. Yet I must confess, partial as I am to you for the sake of that good prince of whose resemblance you carry some cutting traces about you, I could wish you did not stand quite so near as you do to the regency and crown of England. God forbid I should ever hear your royal nephews say, as Edward the Fifth does in the play, But why to the Tower, uncle!-Or why should you lock us up, aunt !—I meau their uncle Luttrell and aunt Horton.

But, my good youth, let no considerations of this sort interrupt your pleasures. Your amiable spouse is as much Duchess of Cumberland as our gracious Queen is Queen of Great Britain; and of course she is the second woman in the kingdom Your рара Irnham must at least take rank of Lord Mansfield;

Colonel Luttrell. [Vide vol. i. p. 443.] It is now, happily for this country, within the limits of possibility that a Luttrell may be king of Great Briain. There was no court yesterday." "" 1

court.

1 Henry, Duke of Cumberland, commemorated above, was one of the three Burviving brothers of George III. His marriage with Mrs. Horton had been privately solemnized, October the 4th, at her house in Hertford Street, Mayfair. When the match was publicly announced the King forbad them the But the royal displeasure did not prevent the Duke of Gloucester, in the ensuing spring, from avowing as his consort the Countess Dowager of Waldegrave, whom he had privately married in April. 1766. The marriages gave rise to the Royal Marriage Act of 1772, which disqualified the descendants of George II. from contracting marriage without the previous consent of the Crown, unless above twenty-five years of age, and then not without twelve months' prior notice to the Privy Council, and the implied consent of both houses of Parliament. These restrictions were vigorously but ineffectually opposed in Parliament.-ED.

your brother Henry of the Princes of Mecklenburg; and your sister Miss Luttrell of Madam Swellenburgh. As to the King's not acknowledging the Duchess, or forbidding her the court, it signifies nothing. Her marriage is good in law, and her children will be legitimate. She may order plays, keep a court of her own, and set the Princess Dowager at defiance. But you need have no fear of being ill used. Your brother Harry has a dagger at the throat of a certain person, and swears he will let the cat out of the bag about the Middlesex election. So far from offending Harry, I should not wonder to see him aide-de-camp to the King, and, in a little time, commander-in-chief.

Whenever you want a divorce, you need only leave you spouse alone for an hour or two with *** ******.* When he performed the office of father to Poll Davis, and gave her to his infatuated friend, he contrived to send the young man upon a fool's errand, and that very night consummated with her himself. You, I know, Sir, will never go upon a fool's errand, and I suppose it may be equally certain that your papa, if he had an opportunity, would not ****** ** ** ***.

CUMBRIENSIS.

LETTER CIII.

TO THE PRINTER OF THE PUBLIC ADVERTISER.

SIR, November 19, 1771. I HAVE great faith in Junius, and wish the friends of the cause would leave Lord Mansfield entirely to his care§. It is not fair to anticipate his arguments, or to run down the game which he has started. Junius, I dare say, has it as much at heart to sacrifice Mansfield, with his own pen, as Achilles had * Doubtless Lord Irnham, afterwards Earl of Carhampton, of whom see Junius's note, vol. i. p. 443.- Ed.

The omitted words are probably, "commit incest."

This letter is indirectly acknowledged by Junius in his private correspondence, No. 43.

SA great number of letters appeared in support of the doctrine maintained by Junius on the subject of the bailment of Eyre. But the authors could not have been lawyers any more than Junius. The question is settled on high authority, in the Inquiry into the Authorship of Junius.-ED.

to prevent any other of the Grecian army from killing Hector The passage I allude to is one of the finest in the Iliad.

“ Λαδισιν δ ̓ ἀνένευε καρήατι δῖος ̓Αχιλλεὺς
Οὐδ ̓ ἔια ἔμεναι ἐπὶ Εκτορι πικρα βέλεμνα·
Μήτις κῦδος ἄροιτο βαλὼν, ὁ δὲ δεύτερος ἔλθοι.”

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Divine Achilles, lest some Greek's advance
Should snatch the glory from his lifted lance,
Signed to the troops to yield his foe the way,
And leave untouched the honours of the day.-POPE.

Yours,

ANTI-BELIAL*.

LETTER CIV.

TO THE PRINTER OF THE PUBLIC ADVERTISER.

SIR, December 4, 1771. YOUR ingenious correspondent, Anti-Junius, has too much wit and taste to be easily satisfied. It is really a misfortune to be born with such exquisitely fine feelings. If, now that he is well fed and clothed, he cannot endure the severity of a southern breeze, what would become of him upon his native mountains? Junius can never write to please him. If he receives the least mention of past enormities, what is it but " cold scraps, baked meats, political fiddling, and the voice of the charmer!” hashed mutton, and Dutch music with a vengeance! If, on the contrary, he lays any new villanies before the public, then, one and all, the bungry pack open upon him at once: Here's invention for you!-What an abominable liar!—Why does he not stick to his facts? Does he think us such idiots as to swallow wit for truth?" In short, Sir, the Scotch have strange qualmish stomachs; it is not in the art of cookery to please them. Nothing will go down but oatmeal and brimstone.

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Anti-Junius is not so explicit as I could wish. 1. What intercourse was that between Lord Irnham and his daughter,

The letters of Anti-Belial, and the next, from Juniper, are doubtless from the varied and prolific pen of Junius. They are minor Philo-Juniuses, to explain, defend, and support the reputation of the principal.—ED.

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