Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-04-10
EpINBURGH RRvIEw-67th 10.

TINS No. which ends with November last, is
particularly interesting, On account Of several
aflcIes-Ne shall hastily notice a few OF them
by way OF awakening the public attention to
ms valpa6le publication.
owes most OF It's facts 10 the two pamphlets ia
Processes 10 review-both CT them t,om the
same anonymous pen. The Review Indeed
chimes IN with the opinion OF the ;lnthor-that
SiT Fhiilp irancis is the writer OF JunIus The
facts brought forward are strong but certain
lynot conclusive. Indeed the Reviewers them
selves do not believe IL to be certain They
say" we are balfinclined 10 think that the a,i.
lnor Is at length detected That IL proves
Hif Fhiiip 20 he JRnIuS, we will not affirm: but
inns we can safety assert, that il accnmulates
such mass Of ciTcunstantial evidence AS rem.
deTs Il extremely difficult to believe he is not /"
Aud who Is Sir Philip" His father was LII HoI-
iaho domestic Chaplain" the t,anslaiorof De
niOsthenes, and we believe of Horace Ihe&on
has long figured upon the stage ofpnblc life
lie was Clerk in the Foreign Otiice i'm I756:
and IN the War Office from 1868 10 IY72 i'm
which last year he was dismissed In rs, he
was appointed one Of tie new council at Fort
Wil!iain, In the East Indies. rlhe last letter Of
Jun'us IS dated anuhiyi0, l775.l The records
OF the last India Company are embeilished by
his wrItings-he had a personal quarrel viii,
warren Hastings, and bore distinguished
part III that memorable impeachment-Tbe
reviewers try 10 prove the identity of Sir T.
with JunUs; LIST. by producing specimens of
Sir P's acknowledged composition viz some
of ms parliamentary eches. and a letter on
tie iteGency quesiiOnIH ioIl, subscribed by
his own pen. They say, t1at these at least
snow AN equal biiity withthe same remark able
CHARACTERISTICS Of style 4" the boidness, and
even herceueSs of the tone; the studied force
ana energy OF the dicton the pointed and
epiBranmdtlc casio the style; the concise and
frequent metaphors and the mixture of the
language of business and affairs, with a certain
scholastic elegaace & elaborate sarcasm I'D
FROM coincidence III seme eXpresSions.-3d
from certain circumstances OF a personal and
historic al nature ;.snch as the suspensions of
Juiilns daring Tic absence Of Sir u. from En-
gland The particular knowledge he shows of
me wsf depart.no1i, and some Of its clerks :;
from Junhiss i.Ood will towards Woodfsll with,
whom SIR p. lad been at school; from re-
s.embllnce VA Che tenpers OF Jun Us and Sir Z
ihey Take giftjCe OF Sir y. being still alive
and . ills nnpTobability that the real Jnnjus
could have dfed and lsft 10 tr.re bt,
wblch to dniect bsir."--11es lav some sfress
uPon va l0uS pe'nndrties ot spelling, and par.
licuid.iS on the Siniiitude of Handwriting
some Instances az which are very cAiioa@ :
suCN as, an correcting the press using % We
~ peculiar si.n instead OF the ordinary SIGN OF
neIetioh beth placing the asterisk las the
sigH OF a tootnoie) &C the beginniag instead Of
Tie end OF 'hppaS dEe.-thciT' connecting words
divided al tie end OF line, uOt by hyphsu.
but colon, which is repeated contrary fo
the general usage, at the beginning OF the Sc.
cOnd line, as well ~ tie end Of the figst"- ~ q
ANSNf"tlo ttlNdiHt1 nave m0ug ont w.
~ strong case, q rrudtr itthf % eniu duty OF
Sir L. f.Nt he be HOfthe autlorj to come Tor.
ward, AMI dISrlaliu IT,
2nd. The ReSiew Of PhiLfps'5 Speeches we bec.
leave TO recommend TO Tie careful attention OF
Ml young gentlemen offervid maginations who
are COiug To- The bar, and of some who are al
ready there. The aforesaid speeches have been
much read aud admired in this country two diff.
ferent editions ha'e e. pm / she and MANY
encomiums passed upon them in the newspa
| poTs. j . those young barrisiers whO have al
| ready fallen into the imitation OF Phi I,ps',
| elOquence (wlio by the bye has only carrjcstu.
rcd the speeches 9fCurian) we respectfully re-.
CONNER nd the h7tb No. Of ne T.. R-Tbe sol,
| NO. had made very free 18th Phillips. who
| attempted e recriiniuate by charging them
with ilHbufalty H. ttktnc as tn ia lis 6fthe +
! criticism an Unauthorized aud incorrect pulIli.
| cation Of single forensic exerti0n in TIE ordi.
| nary routine of professional business -
| Mr.. Phillips comes out, however, with an
| edition OF his own speeches and the Re.
viewers. taking him at his werd have estab.
| lished the correctness Of their former crit
cisins. II is impossible TO read Tits article
| without feeling compassion for The orator -
| their remarks aresO inst, and so uBausv eiable
They expose the false taste by which, all his
/ speeches are distinguished-i the profuson
| aud iumbiuig Of his metaphors, llis forced at
h.era.ioEs aud episianiiiiatic JiUts, SC &C..