noble parts are invaded, and he feels a mortification approaching to his heart, The free election of our reprefentatives in parliament comprehends, because it is, the fource and fecurity of every right and privilege of the English nation. The miniftry have releafed the compendious ideas of Caligula. They know that the liberty, the laws, and property of an Englishman have in truth but one neck, and that to violate the freedom of elec tion ftrikes deeply at them all.

LETTER

JUNIUS.

XXXIV.

TO LORD NORTH.

MY LORD,

Mr. Luttrell's fervices were the chief fupport

and ornament of the Duke of Grafton's adminiftration. The honour of rewarding them was referved for your Lordship. The Duke, it seems, had contracted an obligation he was afhamed to acknowledge, and unable to acquit. You, my Lord, had no fcruples. You accepted of the fucceffion with all its incumbrances, and have paid Mr. Luttrell his legacy, at the hazard of ruining the estate.

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When this accomplished youth declared himself the champion of government, the world was bufy in enquiring what honours or emoluments could be a fufficient recompence, to a young man of his rank and fortune, for submitting to mark his entrance into life with the univerfal contempt and detestation of his country. His noble father had not been fo precipitate. To vacate his feat in parliament; to intrude upon a country in which he had no intereft or connexion; to poffefs himself of another man's right, and to maintain it in defiance of public fhame as well as juftice, bespoke a degree of zeal or of depravity, which all the favour of a pious Prince could hardly requite. I proteft, my Lord, there is in this young man's conduct, a ftrain of prostitution. which, for its fingularity, I connot but admire. He has difcovered a new line in the human character;-he has degraded even the name of Luttrell, and tified his father's moft fanguine expectations. The Duke of Grafton, with every poffible difpofition to patronise this kind of merit, was contented with pronouncing Colonel Luttrell's pane gyric. The gallant fpirit, the difinterefted zeal of the young adventurer, were echoed through the house of lords. His grace repeatedly pledged himself to the house, as an evidence of the purity of his friend Mr. Luttrell's intentions;-that he

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had engaged without any prospect of perfonal be'nefit, and that the idea of compensation would mortally offend him. The noble Duke could hardly be in earnest; but he had lately quitted his employment, and began to think it neceffary to take fome care of his reputation. At that very moment the Irish negotiation was probably begun. -Come forward, thou worthy representative of Lord Bute, and tell this infulted country, who advifed the King to appoint Mr. Luttrell ADJUTANT-GENERAL to the army in Ireland. By what management was Colonel Cuninghame prevailed on to resign his employment, and the obfequious Gisborne to accept of a penfion for the government of Kinfale? Was it an original ftipulation with the Princess of Wales, or does he owe his prefer. ment to your Lordship's partiality, or to the Duke of Bedford's friendship? My Lord, though it

*This infamous tranfaction ought to be explained to the public. Colonel Gisborne was quarter-mafter-general in Ireland. Lord Townshend perfuades him to refign to a Scotch officer, one Frafer, and gives him the government of Kinfale; colonel Cuninghame was Adjutant-General in Ireland. Lord Townshend offers him a penfion, to induce him to refign to Luttrell. Cuninghame treats the offer with contempt.Whats to be done? poor Gisborne must move once more. He accepts of a penfion of 500l. a year, until a government of greater value fhall become vacant. Colonel Cuninghame is made Governor of Kinfale; and Luttrell, at laft, for whom the whole machinery is put in mction, becomes Adjutant-General, and in effect takes the command of the army in Ireland,

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may not be poffible to trace this measure to is fource, we can follow the ftream, and warn the country of its approaching deftruction. The English nation must be roufed, and put upon its guard. Mr. Luttrell has already fhewn us how far he may be trufted, whenever an open attack is to be made upon the liberties of this country, I do not doubt that there is a deliberate plan formed. Lordship best knows by whom;-the corruption of the legislative body on this fide-a military force on the other-and then, Farewell to England! It is impoffible that any minifter fhall dare to advife the King to place fuch a man as Luttrell in the confidential poft of Adjutant-General, if there were not some secret purpose in view, which only fuch a man as Luttrell is fit to promote. The infult offered to the army in general is as grofs as the outrage intended to the people of England. What! Lieutenant-Colonel Luttrell to be Adjutant-General of an army of fixteen thousand men! one would think his Majesty's campaigns at Blackheath and Wimbledon might have taught him better. I cannot help wishing General Hervey joy of a colleague, who does fo much honour to the employment-But, my Lord, this measure is too daring to pass unnoticed, too dangerous to be received with indifference or fubmiffion. You shall not have time to new-model the Irish army. They will

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will not fubmit to be garbled by Colonel Luttrell. As a mifcheif to the English conftitution, (for he is not worth the name of enemy) they already deteft 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 inftrument of Lord Bute, and her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, be affured that you shall be called upon to answer for the advice, which has been given, and either discover your accomplices or fall a facrifice to their fecurity.

JUNIUS.

LETTER

XXXV.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD MANSFIELD

MY LORD,

The appearance of this letter will attract the

curiotfiy of the public, and command even your Lordship's attention. I am confiderably in your debt, and shall endeavour, once for all, to balance the account.-Accept of this addrefs, my Lord, as a prologue to more important scenes, in which you will probably be called upon to act or fuffer.

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