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Review Of New Publications.
author , asmisrhtbe exoefted , soe :. ks of the celebrated assailant of his Grace , Junius ; an . . ° confic ' . cntly asserts that he knows what so many have so long deemed a secret . . . ,. *" ,, ' The bold assertions , 'he says , -and keen invectives with which the papers of lunius" abounded throughout , contributed greatly to their popularity and fline . They were occasionally attributed to Lord Sackvi ' . le , to tbe Right Hon . W . G . Hamilton , to the Rig ht Hon . Edmund Burke , to John Dunleast foundation in
iiino-, Esq . ancl many others ; but without the ground or truth . It is to be observed of them , that all parties are attacked Jn them ex- ^ cept the Grenvilles . During their orig inal publication , the wntembyed in , Norfolk-street , in the Strand " , not in affluent circumstances ; but life did not ^ y write for pe . uniary aid . He was a native of Ireland , of an honourable fami- //> ly , and of Trinitv ' College , Dublin . He was at one time intended for the * army , and at another for the bar ; but private circumstances prevented either
taking place . Perhaps no man possessed a stronger memory . He frequently attended oarliainec . t , and the courts in Westminster-Hall : and sometimes he committed to paper the speeches he had heard . There are some of Lord 'Chatham ' s speeches on the American war , printed in the ' Anecdotes of Lord Chatham ' s Life , ' which were taken by him ; and they are allowed , by all those persons who heard them , to be accurate even to minuteness . _ They want nothing but the dignified action and eye of the noble Earl , to give them their the Mid
original force and energy . When the public discontents concerning - dlesex election and other measures had abated , he . ceased to write ; which was about the close of the year 1771 . However , towards the end of the year . 779 , he resumed his pen ; and wrote a number of political essays , or letters , which he entitled , ' The Whig . ' They were printed in one of thc public papers of that time . There were eig hteen of them . But there being no Sir William Draper to call them into notice , they died , with the other papers of tbe day . In composition , they are not inferior to his former papers . The reader will find some extracts from them , in the Appendix . In the year 1791 he went to Madras with Lord Macartney , to whom he had been known in
Ireland ; and there he died . ' ' As we have only this writer ' s authority , and do not know dn what grounds he has concluded that the person to whom he alludes was the author of Junius , we must suspend our belief . Arguments from authority aye far from being convincing to men accustomed to ' investigation and discussion , even though they be adduced . by persons of established fame ; much less weight must they have from an anonymous writer .
There are essays and tracts ascribed to several authors without any proof that they were the writers . Where , for instance , is the evidence that Burke wrote all those letters ascribed to hiiri in the Appendix ? The character of Lord Camden , in the following passage , appears to us well drawn . ' He was admired as Lord Chancellor almost to enthusiasm . Every person saw with pleasure his manifest superiority in acuteness and iudgment over the ablest of tbe counsel who p leaded before him . He was blessed by
nature with a clear , persuasive , and satisfactory manner' of conveying his ideas . Ii : the midst of politeness and facility he kept up the true dignity of his important office ; in tbe midst of exemplary patience ( foreign to his natural temper , anil therefore lie was more commendable ) bis understanding was always vig ilant . His memory was prodig ious in readiness and comprehension : but ' above all , there appeared in him a kind of benevolent solicitude for the discovery of truth , that won the suitors to a thorough and implicit confidence in him . He was apt , on the other hand , to be a little too prolix in the reason of his decrees , by taking notice even of inferior circumstances , and viewing the question in every conceivable li g ht . This , however , was an error
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Review Of New Publications.
author , asmisrhtbe exoefted , soe :. ks of the celebrated assailant of his Grace , Junius ; an . . ° confic ' . cntly asserts that he knows what so many have so long deemed a secret . . . ,. *" ,, ' The bold assertions , 'he says , -and keen invectives with which the papers of lunius" abounded throughout , contributed greatly to their popularity and fline . They were occasionally attributed to Lord Sackvi ' . le , to tbe Right Hon . W . G . Hamilton , to the Rig ht Hon . Edmund Burke , to John Dunleast foundation in
iiino-, Esq . ancl many others ; but without the ground or truth . It is to be observed of them , that all parties are attacked Jn them ex- ^ cept the Grenvilles . During their orig inal publication , the wntembyed in , Norfolk-street , in the Strand " , not in affluent circumstances ; but life did not ^ y write for pe . uniary aid . He was a native of Ireland , of an honourable fami- //> ly , and of Trinitv ' College , Dublin . He was at one time intended for the * army , and at another for the bar ; but private circumstances prevented either
taking place . Perhaps no man possessed a stronger memory . He frequently attended oarliainec . t , and the courts in Westminster-Hall : and sometimes he committed to paper the speeches he had heard . There are some of Lord 'Chatham ' s speeches on the American war , printed in the ' Anecdotes of Lord Chatham ' s Life , ' which were taken by him ; and they are allowed , by all those persons who heard them , to be accurate even to minuteness . _ They want nothing but the dignified action and eye of the noble Earl , to give them their the Mid
original force and energy . When the public discontents concerning - dlesex election and other measures had abated , he . ceased to write ; which was about the close of the year 1771 . However , towards the end of the year . 779 , he resumed his pen ; and wrote a number of political essays , or letters , which he entitled , ' The Whig . ' They were printed in one of thc public papers of that time . There were eig hteen of them . But there being no Sir William Draper to call them into notice , they died , with the other papers of tbe day . In composition , they are not inferior to his former papers . The reader will find some extracts from them , in the Appendix . In the year 1791 he went to Madras with Lord Macartney , to whom he had been known in
Ireland ; and there he died . ' ' As we have only this writer ' s authority , and do not know dn what grounds he has concluded that the person to whom he alludes was the author of Junius , we must suspend our belief . Arguments from authority aye far from being convincing to men accustomed to ' investigation and discussion , even though they be adduced . by persons of established fame ; much less weight must they have from an anonymous writer .
There are essays and tracts ascribed to several authors without any proof that they were the writers . Where , for instance , is the evidence that Burke wrote all those letters ascribed to hiiri in the Appendix ? The character of Lord Camden , in the following passage , appears to us well drawn . ' He was admired as Lord Chancellor almost to enthusiasm . Every person saw with pleasure his manifest superiority in acuteness and iudgment over the ablest of tbe counsel who p leaded before him . He was blessed by
nature with a clear , persuasive , and satisfactory manner' of conveying his ideas . Ii : the midst of politeness and facility he kept up the true dignity of his important office ; in tbe midst of exemplary patience ( foreign to his natural temper , anil therefore lie was more commendable ) bis understanding was always vig ilant . His memory was prodig ious in readiness and comprehension : but ' above all , there appeared in him a kind of benevolent solicitude for the discovery of truth , that won the suitors to a thorough and implicit confidence in him . He was apt , on the other hand , to be a little too prolix in the reason of his decrees , by taking notice even of inferior circumstances , and viewing the question in every conceivable li g ht . This , however , was an error