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well assured that ear. Crosby will be' chosen Lord
Mayor ;-,j-otherWise we allow that .upon,your plan
he might acquire credit without forfeiting any real
advantage.' Upon this ground'l expect you, for
I confess it is incumbent upon me to meet
your argument, where it lies strongest against
me.4-Taking it!for granted, then, that Mr. CroS-
by may be Lord Mayor, I affirm that it is. not his
interest,.because it is not his greatest interest.—
The.little profit of the salary cannot possibly be
in contemplation with him.-4 do not doubt that
he would rather
,make it an expensive office to
himself. His view must be directed then to the
flattering distinction of succeeding to a second,
mayoralty, and, what is still more honourable,,to •
the being thought worthy of it byThis. fellow-
citizens.---Placing_ this advantage in its strongest
light, I say that every purpose of distinction is aS
completely answered by his being known to have
had the employment in his power, (which may be
%via. insisted upon inargurnent, and never can be
disproved by the fact) as by his accepting it.—To
this I add the signal credit he 'will acquire with
every honest man by renouncing, upon motives of
the clearest and most disinterested public spirit, a
personal honour, which you may fairly tell the
world was unquestionably withui his reach.—
But these arc trifles.--I assert, that by now ac-
cepting the mayoralty (which he may take here-
after whenever he pleases) he precludes himself
from soliciting, with any colour of decency, a
real and solid reward from the city.--I mean that
he should be returned for London in the next
Parliament.--I think his conduct entitles him to
it, and that he cannot fail of succeeding if he does
not furnish his opponents with too just a pretence
for saying that the city have already rewarded
him. On the contrary, with what force and truth
may he
.tell his. fellow-citizens at the next eke-
tion, for your sakes I relinqUished the honour
yod intended me. The common good required: it.
But I did not mean to renounce _my hopes that
upon a proper occasion you would hour
with a public mark or your. approbation.'
You see I sdo not insist upon the good effects
of Mr. Sawhridge's gratitude, yet'.l am sine it
may be depended upon. Ido not say that he is
• a man to go all lengths with Mr. Wilkes; but
. you may be assured that it is not danger that
will deter him, and that wherever you have the.
voice of the people with you, he will, upon prin-
ciple,Aupport their choice at the hazard of his life
• and fortune.

Now, Sir, supposing all objections are removed,
and that you and- Mr. Crosby are. agreed, the
question is in what manner is the business. to. be
opened to 2,1. r: Sawbridge. Upon this point too I
shall oifer you my opinion, because the
,plan of
this letter-would not otherwise. be complete.—At
the same titnel do very. turaffectedly submit my-
self to your jodgment.,
I would have my Lord Mayor begin by desir-
ing a private interview between him, Mr. Crosby
and yourself. Very little preface will be neces-
sary. You. have a man to deal with who is too
honourable to take an unfair 'advantage of you.
With such a man you gain every thing by frank-
ness and candour, and hazard nothing by the coil-
Hence you repose m, him.—Notwithstanding any
passages in this letter I would chew him the whole
of it ‘; in a great business there is nothing so fa-
tal as Cunning management,;—and I would tell
him it contained the plan upon which Mt. Crosby
and you were desirous to act, provided he would
engage to concur in it bona fide, tio far forth as
he was concerned. There is one condition I own
which appears to me a sine qua non ; and yet I do
,not see how it can be proposed in terms unless
his own good sense suggests the necessity of it to
him—l mean the total and absolute renunciation
of Mr. Horne. It 'is very likely indeed, that this
gentleman may do the-business for himself, either
by laying aside the masque at once, or by abusing
Mr.. Sawbridge for accepting the mayoralty upon
-any terms whatsoever Of accommodation with Mr.
Wilkes.

This letter, Sir, is not intended for a correct or
polished composition ; but it contains the very
heat of Junius's understanding. Do not treat me
so unworthily, or rather do not degrade yourself
so much,' as to suspect me of any interested view
to Mr. Sawbridge's particular advantage. By all
that's honourable 1 mean nothing but the cause;
and n►ay defy your keenest penetration to assign
any- satisfactory reason why Junius, \Time-rer he
be, should have a personal, interest in 'giving the
Mayoralty to Mr. Sawbridge, rather than to Mr.
Crosby.
1 am .heartily weary_ of writing, and shall re-
serve anothersuliject,,on which I. mean to address
you, for another opportuuity--1 think that this
letter, if you act upon it, should be a secret to
every body but Mr. 'Sawbridge and my Lord
Mayor. Juxtus*.

* The plan recommended by Junius in the.aboYe letter
was not acted upon by Mr. Wilkes,.for the reasons assigned
by him in his letter of Sept. 12, 1771, Na.; 67.) The conse-
quence was, ttrat fir. Alder Man Nash, the ministerial candi-
date, was -elected. Lord Mayeir; to the iutinite mortification of
Jduins, who, its Private Letter, No. 5.;, /mikes the following
obsertaticn 'upon him cud -his election. What, an 'aban-
doned, prostituted ideot is your Lord Mayor! The shameful
mismanagement, 4,hich brought him into office, gave me the
first, and an unconquerable disgust." The tothjoured is a !ist
of the candidates f,r that office, with the norrhers //Mixed to
their respective names.-as they stood, at_the close of the
poll

For Mr. Aldeilnau Nash,
Mr. Alderiiitiu SaWbridge. 1679
The Lord M4yor 1795
Mr. Alderman Hilifax
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The King of Prussia, since his . return from
drinking the waters Toepliti, has constantly re-
sided at Posdam, where the French officers form
part of his Court. his health is, said to be en-
tirely re-established.
On Sunday laF4 an inquisition -was belch-1)y Je-
rerniahlt.ielgrave, Esq. coroner for the time being,
on view of the. body of Thomas Smith,then lying
dead in the gaol of this borough, to,which he had
been committed on Saturday, the 7th inst. for va-7
• grancy:—On a full-examination of evidesce, it up-.
penved that the deceased burl died of a violent,
astlnuaticalo affection, with which_ he was, seized
on Friday, and which, notwithstanding every ne-
:c'essary medical and other attendance, terminated
his existence in the course of the night.---Verdict,
Died by the 'visitation of God.,—(Lincuin Mercury.)

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