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North, 202.the honour of rewarding Mr. Luttrell's services reserved for his Lordship, ib...is called upon to tell who advised the King to appoint Colonel Luttrell adjutant-general to the army of Ireland, 203..some secret purpose in view by such an appointment, 204... To Lord Mansfield, 205..the danger of writing to his Lordship, as he becomes a party and a judge, ib...a tribute paid to his Scotch sincerity, ib...that he consoles himself for the loss of a favourite family by reviving the maxims of their government, 207-that his maxims of jurisprudence direct his interpretation of the laws and treatment of juries, ib...that the court of King's Bench becomes thereby a court of equity, 208..his conduct with regard to Bingley's affair, 209..that he invades the province of a jury in the matter of libel, ib...that his charge to the jury in the prosecution against Almon and Woodfall contradicted the highest legal authorities, 2.1..

that he ordered a special juryman to be set aside without any legal objection, 212..is accused of having done great mischief to this country as a minister, 213. To the printer of the Public Advertiser, 216. violence and oppression at home supported by treachery and submission abroad, 217..the plan of domestic policy from his Majesty's accession to the throne engrosses all the attention of his servants, ib...the expedition of the Spaniards against Port Egmont, 213..his Majesty's ship detained in port above twenty days, ib...the King's speech, November 1770, considered, 219..if the actual situation of Europe be considered when the affair of Port Egmont happened, the treachery of the King's servants must appear in the strongest colours, 222..a most favourable opportunity lost, ib... the materials of a fable from the affair of Port Egmont, 223.To the printer of the Public Advertiser, 228.. nothing now to be apprehended from prerogative, but much from undue influence, 230..our political climate severely altered, 231.. the nature and origin of privileges traced and considered, 232...To the printer of the Public Advertiser, 245..an extract from the journals of the House of Commons, 246..a question or two put thereupon to the advocates for privilege, 247...To the Duke of Grafton, 249. that his Majesty would in vain have looked round the kingdom for a character so consummate as his Grace's, 250.. that his Grace did not neglect the magistrate while he flattered the man, 251..that he has merit in abundance to recommend him to the Sovereign, ib...that he has never formed a friendship which has not been fatal to the object of it, 254..the services he has done his master have been faithfully recorded, ib...his Grace's re-appointment

to a seat in the cabinet, how announced to the public, 255. the Duke is the pillow on which Junius purposes to rest all his resentments, 257. To the Reverend Mr. Horne, 260..from Mr. Horne's own letters he is supposed to have sold himself to the ministry, ib... in order to gratify his personal hatred to Mr. Wilkes, that he sacrificed the cause of the country as far as was in his power, 261..when the public expected discoveries, highly interesting to the community, from Mr. Horne, what a pitiful detail was produced, 262....he has so little power to do mischief, that it is much to be questioned if the ministry will adhere to the promises they may have made him, ib...To the Reverend Mr. Horne, 276..if any coarse expressions have escaped Junius, he agrees they are unfit for his pen, but that they may not have been improperly applied, 277..upon Mr. Horne's terms, there is no danger in being a patriot, 260..by what gentle degrees his persecuting zeal has softened into moderation, 281 an high encomium on Lord Chatham, ib...what exeuse can Mr. Horne make for labouring to promote such a consummately bad man as Mr. Wilkes to a station of such trust and importance, 284..the best of Princes not displeased with the abuse thrown upon his ostensible ministers, 285. To the Duke of Grafton, 290..that he has done as much mischief to the community as Cromwell would have done had he been a coward, ib...the enormous excesses through which court-influence has safely conducted his Grace, without a ray of real understanding, ib...it is like the universal passport of an ambassador, 291

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his Majesty in want of money and the navy in want of timber, 293..a warrant made out for cutting down any trees in Whittlebury Forest, of which the Dake is hereditary ranger, ib.his Grace's behaviour on this occasion, 294...To the Livery of London, 296.. that the election of their chief magistrate was a point in which every member of the community was interested, ib...the question to those who mean fairly to the liberty of the people, lies within a very narrow compass, 297.. Mr. Nash's character considered as a magistrate and a public man, ib...he cannot alter his conduct with out confessing, that he never acted upon principle of any kind, ib... To the printer of the Public Advertiser, 299. Junius laments the unhappy differences which have arisen among the friends of the people, ib...the insidious partizan, who foments the disorder, sees the fruit of his industry ripen beyond his hopes, ib...that Mr. Wilkes has no resource but in the public favour, 301..that Mr. Sawbridge has shown himself possessed of that republican firmness which the times require, 302..the right of pressing founded originally upon

a necessity, which supersedes all argument, 303..the designs of Lord Mansfield subtle, effectual, and secure, 305..we should not reject the services or friendship of any man, because he differs from us in a particular opinion, 306. patriotism, it seems, may be improved by transplanting, ib...Junius defended in three material points, 321. charges Lord Mansfield with doing what was illegal in bailing Eyre, 324. engages to make good his charge, 325.-To the Duke of Grafton, ib...the miserable depression of his Grace, when almost every man in the kingdom was exulting in the defeat of Sir James Lowther, ib...that he violates his own rules of decorum, when he does not insult the man whom he has betrayed, 326...To Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, 329..Junius undertakes to prove the charge against his Lordship, ib...that the superior power of bailing for felony, claimed by the Court of King's Bench, has only the negative assent of the Legislature, 331..that a person positively charged with feloniously stealing, and taken with the stolen goods upon him, is not bailable, 333..anthorities quoted to support this opinion, 334. the several statutes relative to bail in criminal cases stated in due order, 335—the law, as stated, applied to the case of John Eyre, who was committed for felony, 349...To the Right Hon. Lord Camden, 353..Junius calls upon his Lordship to stand forth in defence of the laws of his country, 354..extract of a letter from Junius to Mr. Wilkes, 355.

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Ligonier, Lord, the army taken from him much against his inclination, 20.

London, city of, has given an example in what manner a King of this

country should be addressed, 67.

Lottery, the worst way of raising money upon the people, 5.

Loyalty, what it is, 1.

Luttrell, Mr. patronised by the Duke of Grafton with success, 45.. the assertion, that two-thirds of the nation approve of his admission into parliament, cannot be maintained nor confuted by argument, 59 ..the appointment of, invades the foundations of the laws themselves, 66. a strain of prostitution in his character admired for its singularity, 202.

Lynn, burgesses of, re-elect Mr. Walpole after being expelled, 72.

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M'Quirk, the King's warrant for his pardon, 35..the pardoning of him much blamed, and the reasons alleged for so doing refuted,

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Manilla ransom dishonourably given up, 17..the ministers said to be desirous to do justice in this affair, but their efforts in vain, 25. Mansfield, Lord, extracts from his speech in the Court of King's Beuch, in regard to the offer of money made Vaughan to the Duke of Grafton for the reversion of a place, 150..a tribute paid by Junius to his Scotch sincerity, 205..that his Lordship had some original attachments, which he took every opportunity to acknowledge, 206 is charged with reviving the maxims of government of his favourite family, 107..that he follows an uniform plan to enlarge the power of the crown, ib...that he labours to contract the power of the jury, 207, 209.. that, instead of positive rules, by which a court should be determined, he has introduced his own unsettled notions of equity, 226, 315..his conduct in regard to Bingley's confinement and release, 209. his charge to the jury in cases of libel contradicts the highest legal authorities, 211..his Lordship reminded of the name of Benson, 212. charged with doing much mischief to this country as a minister, 213..the suspicious applause given by him to Lord Chatham, 312..the doctrine he delivers to a jury, ib...his reasons for challenging a juryman, 313..accused of endeavouring to screen the King's brother, 314. charged by Junius for bailing a man not bailable by the laws of England, 324.

Measures, and not men, the common cant of affected moderation, 119 ..a quotation from Pope on this subject, ib.

Middlesex, the election for, attended with one favourable consequence for the people, 45..the question in this affair is, Whether, by the law of parliament, expulsion alone creates a disqualification, 70-as a fact, highly injurious to the right of the people, and as a precedent, one of the most dangerous, 95.

Ministers, to be acquainted with the merit of, we need only observe the condition of the people, 2..the misconduct of, has produced a sudden and extraordinary change within these few years in Great Britain, 3..the conduct and character, not the description of mini. sters, the cause of national calamities, 17..the minister who by corruption invades the freedom of election, and the ruffian who by open violence destroys that freedom, embarked in the same bottom,

135..he is the tenant of the day, and has no interest in the inheritance, 189.

Modestus charges Junius with absurdity in his writings, 129. cannot distinguish between a sarcasm and a contradiction, 130..is accused of misquoting what Junius says of conscience, and making the sentence ridiculous by making it his own, 131.

Musgrave, Dr. his firmness and integrity on his examination before the House of Commons, 196.

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Nash, Mr. his behaviour as a magistrate and a public man considered,

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Nation, when the safety of it is at stake, suspicion is a sufficient ground for enquiry, 2. North, Lord, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 4..is warned to think seriously before he increases the public debt, 5..the palm of ministerial firmness transferred to his Lordship, 176..his boasted firmness and consistency, 186..had the means in his possession of reducing all the four per cents at once, 198. had the honour of rewarding Mr. Luttrell's services, 202.is called upon by Junius to tell who advised the King to appoint Colonel Luttrell adjutant-general of the army of Ireland, 204..that he shall not have time to new-model the Irish army, ib...perhaps only the blind instrument of Lord Bute and the Princess Dowager, ib.

Noye, Mr. Attorney-general, his opinion of the privilege of the House of Commons to commit for contempt, 244.

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Old Noll destined to be the ruin of the house of Stuart, 58..does not deny that Corsica has been sacrificed to the French, 61.

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Parsons, Ann, mistress to the Duke of Grafton, 47..led into public by his Grace, and placed at the head of his table, 56.handed through the opera-house in presence of the Queen by the first lord of the treasury, 60.

Parties, the idea of uniting does not produce the salutary effects intended thereby,

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