The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-03

that day. JUEIrs quotes from all these
speeches, and from none others. wALpoLK
heard them all. In fact, WALpoLK's me-
MORE, in Eve large octave volumes, consist
In great measure, of his notes upon Parlia-
meaiary debates Nobody, we conceive, but a
man who had been many years in public LIE,
and was thoroughly acquainted with the In
trignes OF that intriguing time, could nave so
Thoroughly known the weak points OF every
man he assailed as JUNIUs did. Now, II ne
were WALpoLR, all this Is easily understood
II he were any body else that has ever been
men toned there is no accounting forit One
half of his letters are devoted to the Middle
sex eiecii case, the great constitutional
q ues ton of the day. Now, there was but one
example exactly similar to II in the history Of
Parliament, and that was the case OF WAL
POLES own father, Sir ROBERT, who was ex-
PEELED from Parliament during the reign of
Queen ANN, and returned, In spite of the ex.
pulsion, by the voters of Lynn. Many very
able writers discussed this question but no
one Of them, except JUNIUs, seems to have
been thoroughly acquainted with the case of
Sir ROBERT WALPoLE Gould any one feel so
deeply interested about WILKES, as the son
whose father had been treated in precisely the
same manner?
II WALPoLE were JUNIUs, it Is easy to un-
derstand how he became acquainted with
GARRIoK's mission TO pump WooDFALL, and
his eager haste to inform the King that J UNIUs
would write no more. PINKERToN, WAL
POLES toady, who published his f" Walpo.
Llama " long before the private letters of JU-
MUS had been Published, and, therefore, long
before any body but WooDFALL, JUNIus. and
GARRIcK, knew Of the transaction, says WAL
POLE told him that GARRIcK dined with him
the very day he had received the intelligence
from WooDFALL and that he told him WAL
PoLB) what he had heard, and that he was on
his way to tell the King. This was on the 9Th
November, III. JUNIUs, it will be recollect-
| ed. wrote a threatening letter to GARRICK, in
which he told him he knew what he had done
the very next day after it occarred. BY some
| mistake however his letter to WooDFALL, en-
closing the one to GARRIcK, is dated the sth
the very day WooDFALL had given the in
formation Is not this almost decisive
If WALPoLE was JUNiUs, 1t is easy to un-
derstand how he became so minutely acquaint-
ed with the most secret plans and movements
of the royal family. He got his knowledge
through his niece the Duchess Of Gloucester
as he got his military phrases and his minute
knowledge of the Duke of Grafton's move
ments from his relative, Marshal CONWAY.
who was a member of the Cabinet and the
Dukes most confidential friend. OF course,
neither the Duchess nor the Marshal ever
dreamed who was the author OF JUNIUs Mr..
REEFS Els theory is, that the hand writing
was a woman's-it was pronounced so by
WILKES and the famous lawyer CHARLES
BUTLER upon an examination Of the Ms
and that the letters were copied by woman
Upon the hypothesis that WALPoLR was Ju-
MUS he thinks the actress, Mrs. Give was
the copyist. She lived next door TO WALPoLE,
In one Of his houses, with her brother. WAL
POLE was so intimate with her, visited her
house often, and staid so late at night, that
il gave rise to scandal, for which, however
there seems to have been no just grounds. II
Mrs. OLIVE copied the letters of JUNIUs, the
late stay is accounted for, as is WALPoLEs
insisting that " ooDFALL should get his let-
ter to GARRICK copied. Mrs. Q. had been
many years member of GARRICK's company
of actors OF course he anew her hand
We have room to notice but one more re-
markable coincidence to which MIR. REESE
has called attention, and which is perfectly
susceptible of explanation if WALPoLE was
JUNIUs. JUHIUs hated Sir FLETCHER NOR
ToN-a great though unprincipled law
yer and at that time Speaker of the House
of Commonwealth all the vehemence OF
his nature, and so did WALPoLE. The
cause OF wALPoLK's hostility is well
known His whole income amounting 10
about six thousand pounds sterling per annnn
was derived from the patent places (sinecures,)
which he held. Now, NORTON strenuously
advised the King to aboli-h all these places,
and thus to cut off at q single blow. the reve-
nues of WALPoLE and all others situated
lac was. In his memoirs and private letters
WALpoLE inveighs, with the utmost bitter.
ness, against this proposed stroke of State, as
a violent and arbitrary exercise OF power
belonging to Parliament alone. In connection
with this proposal of NoRTON's, we may be
allowed to observe that the possession of the
places indicated, and the conviction that he
would be deprived of them should it be known
that he and JUNIUs were one and the same
person, explain at once the reason why the
fact, if i. was one, was never known during
his life. He lived until 1897, twenty. five years
after the last letter of JUNiUs had been pub
lished, and enjoyed his sinecures TO the last.
Mr.. REESE intimates that it is his intent ton
TO pursue his Investigations still farther. We
hope he will do so, and that he will not ne
elect, at any cost of labor or money, to obtain
specimens of Mrs. CLIvE's handwriting if
there be any in existence. This is the only
open spot in his armor tar as we can see
since it is the only purely conjectural portion
of his whole argument. MRS. Give may not
have copied the letters. and yet WALPoLE's
claim is not in the least shaken.
DEATH OF AN AGED MINIsTER.-Rev. John