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 depression 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,

bearing date from 1756 to 1762, is extremely curious. As they were privately distributed, they are of course seldom to be met with. I never saw but one complete set, now in the possession of W. Little, esq. of Richmond, who has obligingly allowed me to copy the one in question, which is submitted to the reader's inspection. We have Lord Orford's testimony to prove that this book was the production of Lord George Townshend. Lord Orford has described the first of the series, Vol. II p. 68, A new species of this manufacture now first appeared, invented by Lord George Townshend; they were caricatures on cards. The original one, which had amazing vent, was of Newcastle and Fox, looking at each other, and crying, with Peachum in the Beggar's Opera, Brother, brother, we are both in the wrong.' On the Royal Exchange a paper was affixed, advertising Three kingdoms to be let: enquire of Andrew Stone, broker, in Lincoln's Inn Fields.""

The whole series forms a curious collection. Those on Lord George Sackville were very severe. In return for so gross a breach of decorum in triumphing over a fallen friend, Junius takes occasion to retaliate, by charging Lord Townshend with cowardice at the battle of Dettingen, and in the next letter points out a few public cha