of undaunted courage, and no capacity; and if he wanted any other recommendation to Prince Ferdinand, besides these ductile qualities, he drank as profusely as a German. Lord George's haughtiness lost this young man, as he had the Duke of Marlborough. Prince Ferdinand knew better how to bend to domineer." It is evident that Junius was well acquainted with the unfortunate propensity of Lord Granby, alluded to by Lord Orford, for when Sir William Draper in one of his letters says:-"Lord Granby is next attacked for not performing his promises and engagements. Where are Junius's proofs? Although I could give some instances where a breach of promise would be a virtue, especially in the case of those who would pervert the open unsuspected moments of convivial mirth into sly insidious applications for preferment or party systems, and would endeavour to surprise a good man, who cannot bear to see any leave him dissatisfied, into unguarded promises;" Junius immediately retorts:-"It is you, Sir William, who have taken pains to represent your friend in the character of a drunken landlord, who deals out his promises as liberally as his liquor, and will suffer no man to leave his table either sorrowful or sober,-none but an intimate friend, who must frequently have seen him in these unhappy, disgraceful moments, could have described him so well." The concluding remark will probably be thought as much applicable to Junius as to Sir William Draper. THE BATTLE OF MINDEN, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES TO LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE. Charge, Chester, charge! on Stanley on! Were the last words of Marmion. Sir Walter Scott. By heaven! it is a splendid sight to see Their various arms that glitter in the air! What gallant war-hounds rouse them from their lair He fell perforce, he seem'd decreed to fall. Crabbe. And fired with all the pride of birth, He wept a soldier's injured name. Sir Walter Scott. Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump; Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war. Shakspeare. CHAPTER IX. Retrospective view of Lord George's life.-Remarks on the nature and tendency of the present Inquiry.--Lord Orford's account of Lord George's conduct at the battle of Minden.-Lord George arrives in England, and demands a court-martial.— His letter to Lord Barrington, secretary-at-war.—Mr. E. H. Barker's observations on Junius's attack upon Lord Barrington. The sentiments of Junius and Lord George shewn to coincide respecting the character of Lord Chatham. Numerous pamphlets published relative to Lord George's conduct. Is tried by a court-martial. Lord Orford's description of the way in which he conducted his defence.— Is found guilty of disobedience of orders, and dismissed the army. The King confirms the sentence, and strikes Lord George's name out of the Council-book.-Proofs that Lord George had cause of complaint against George the Third and the Princess Dowager.-Popular prejudice against him. -Is defended by Smollett and Almon.—Is dismissed from all his places, which are bestowed on the persons against whom Junius exhibits the greatest virulence.-Lord George frequently taunted in after-life with the sentence of the courtmartial. Is forbidden to appear at Court.-His duel with Governor Johnstone. -Extraordinary attempts to prevent his entering the House of Peers upon being created VISCOUNT SACKVILLE in 1782.-Remarks upon the opposite advice given to his Lordship on that occasion, by Lord Amherst and Mr. Cumberland.-Mr. Coventry's account of his interview with the Duke of Dorset upon applying for leave to inspect his father's letters. THE BATTLE OF MINDEN, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES TO LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE. Is the laurel to the soldier due, Crabbe. THE battle of Minden being the great epoch in the life of Lord George Sackville, and followed by consequences that embittered the remainder of his existence, we will here pause, and take a retrospective view of his life, before entering the gloomy vista which lies before us. Hitherto we have beheld a man descended from noble and illustrious ancestors, having a sovereign for his sponsor. Endued by nature with splendid talents, which had been carefully cultivated and developed by education, -possessing high reputation for skill and valour as a soldier, acquired in many a well-fought field; and a character for eloquence little inferior to the greatest orators of his age,-when suddenly, while pursuing his career of prosperity and glory, we see this man, by a single ambiguous action, hurled from his high estateexpelled from his places-ignominiously stripped of his honours, and driven amidst the execrations of a nation into solitude, to exclaim with Wolsey: Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness." It is true, that by coinciding in sentiment with George |