Junius (Volume 2); Including Letters by the Same Writer, Under Other Signatures, (Now First Collected) to Which Are Added, His Confidential Correspondence with Mr. Wilkes and His Private Letters Addressed to Mr. H. S. Woodfall (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1850. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... JUNIUS. PRIVATE LETTERS OF JUNIUS. LETTERS TO MR. H. S. WOODFALL. No. 1. Sin, April 20, 1769. I Am preparing a paper, which you shall have on or before Saturday night. Advertise it for Monday *. Junius on Monday. C. If any inquiry is made about these papers, I shall rely on your giving me a hint. No. 2f Sir, Friday, May 5, 1769. It is essentially necessary that the inclosed should be published to-morrow, as the great question comes on on Monday, and Lord Granby is already staggered {. If you should receive an answer to it, you will oblige me much by not publishing it till after Monday. * Junius, Letter 11, vol. i. p. 147. . t This note was addressed to Mr. Woodfall, with a desire that it should "be opened by himself only." X The letter forms No. 55 of the Miscellaneous Collection, post, and the great question alluded to was upon the Middlesex petition against the seating of Colonel Luttrell for that county. The debate took place on Monday, the 8th of May, in the House of Commons, and continued from half-past one o'clock in the afternoon till half-past four the next morning, when, upon a division, there appeared for the petition 152, against it 221. The speakers VOL. II. B on this occasion, in favour of the petition, were Mr. Dowdeswell, Lord J. Cavendish, Mr. Wedderburne, Mr. Grenville, Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Burke, Mr. Seymour, and Sir George Savile; those against it, Mr. Stanley, Sir Gr. Osborne, Dr. Blackstone, Mr. W. Ellis, Mr. Thurlow, Mr. C. J. Fox, Mr. Moreton, and Sir F. Norton. In consequence of the rejection of the petition to the House of Commons, the following was soon afterwards presented to the King, which we insert, as we shall also, in their due places, those of London and Westminster, upon similar subjects, with a view of giving some idea of...