ledge in the year 1772. "I have been assured that the King riding out in the year 1772, accompanied by General Desaguliers, said to him in conversation, We know who Junius is, and he will write no more.' The General, who was too good a courtier to congratulate upon such a piece of intelligence, contented himself with bowing, and the discourse proceeded no farther. Mrs. Shuttleworth, who was General Desaguliers' daughter, believed in the accuracy of this fact." As the report of such a discovery having been made is now very generally credited, we may admit the evidence of this anecdote in deciding at what period it took place. The date assigned is the more entitled to notice, as at that time Lord North was prime minister, and in that capacity he would most likely become acquainted with the secret. By parity of reasoning it is also probable, that Lord Grenville acquired his information at the time he held a similar situation: indeed, without this, it is not easy to conceive how Lord North and Lord Grenville should possess an opportunity of gaining that intelligence, which was denied to others in their sphere.

On the basis of our conjecture, all these particulars have a distinct and rational ground of insertion. Admitting it possible that Sir PHILIP was known to be JUNIUS in the year 1772, we at once find a reason for the otherwise inexplicable event of his appointment, at that very time, to

India. It certainly was strange that Lord Barring ton, with whom he is represented to have had a quarrel, and from whom he could not obtain the next step of promotion in the War-office, though it was justly due to him, should in the same year, and while Sir PHILIP was abroad, recommend him "honourably and generously" to Lord North, as to procure for him the rank of a sovereign in India; it was unaccountable that the dismissed clerk, who could not retain a salary of 400l. a year, should all at once be raised to one of 10,000l. But conceive him to be JUNIUS, and every thing is explained.-Perhaps Lord Barrington first perceived the truth, in the hints which were thrown out so unguardedly by Veteran, and being one of the coterie called the King's friends, he may have communicated his surmises to his Majesty, and proposed this honourable mode of banishing the offender. But by whatever means it may have reached the ear of the King, by this disclosure the royal assent was probably obtained.-Lord North would then very reasonably demand to know for what services he was to advance Mr. FRANCIS SO much above his former rank. His privity was therefore unavoidable.-As for Lord Grenville, if ever he proposed Sir P. FRANCIS to the King, to fill any place or receive any honour, and if such proposal did not altogether meet the wishes of his Majesty, it is possible that the secret concerning

JUNIUS would be stated in confidence as the sole cause of the demur. This is mere guessing, but it does not require much ingenuity to conceive under what circumstances such a communication would be almost irresistibly called for.-The subject would bear further elucidation, but the writer is desirous to restrict his argument to those public documents and recorded facts which are open to all, and to which it is no breach of delicacy in him to advert.

It is hardly necessary to mention, after what has been adduced, that in all his researches, the writer has never met with one fact, one thought, one word, which in the slightest degree impeded the course of his demonstration. This is a negative criterion of the truth, but of no small value after so extensive a survey, and it properly crowns the whole pile of evidence.

Sir PHILIP FRANCIS must be content to share the lot of all those who have the causam celebritatis to boast of: in hunc oculi omnium conjiciuntur, atque in eum, quid agat, quemadmodum vivat, inquiritur; et tanquam in clarissima luce versetur, ita nullum obscurum potest nec dictum ejus esse nec factum. It is said that he is angry at the charge: that would be folly. Events, over which no one had control, paved the way for the discovery; and a person who had never seen him, or his hand-writing, or

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had a word of intelligence from any one concerning him, became the innocent herald of it. Can there be a stronger proof of the impossibility of further concealment? Let him then console himself with the thought that he has kept his secret as far as it depended on himself. It was calculated to last out a long life, but he has happily outlived it. Now, having ably and consistently performed his part, he appears in his natural character before the curtain drops, and will retire amid the plaudits of an admiring people.

THE END.

T. Miller, Printer, 5, Noble Street, Cheapside.

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The following List contains the titles of some of Sir Philip Francis's Publications, but it is admitted to be very incomplete. It is inserted for the use and information of those persons who may desire to extend their inquiries beyond the present volume.

1. Original Minutes of the Governor-General and Council of Fort William, on the Settlement and Collection of the Revenues of Bengal with a plan of Settlement, recommended to the Court of Directors in January, 1776.—4to. 1782.

This Plan of Settlement is thus mentioned by Mr. Burke, in a letter to his son, dated Nov. 1777.-" I don't know that I ever read any state paper drawn with more ability, and indeed I have seldom read a paper of any kind with more pleasure.”—Bissett's Life of Burke.)

2. Letter to Lord North, late Earl of Guildford. With an Appendix. Dated Calcutta, 17th Sept. 1777.-8vo.

8. Speech in the House of Commons, on Friday, July 2, 1784, on India Affairs. 8vo. 1784.

4. Two Speeches in the House of Commons, on the original East India Bill, and on the Amended Bill, on the 16th and 26th of July, 1784.-8vo.

5. Speech in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, March 7, 1786, on moving for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the India Act of 1784.-8vo.

6. Observations on Mr. Hastings' Narrative of his Transactions at Benares, in 1781.-8vo. 1786.

7. Observations on Mr. Hastings' Letter relative to Presents.-8vo. 8. Observations on Mr. Hastings' Defence.—8vo.

9. Speech in the House of Commons, on the 19th of April, 1787, for the Impeachment of Mr. Hastings on the Revenue Charge.With an Appendix.-8vo. 1787.

10. Answer of Philip Francis, Esq. to the Charge against Sir J.

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