Let  us  now  look  at  the  five  points  Mr.  Taylor  makes:

"  First,  that  he  was  acquainted  with  the  technical
forms  of  the  Secretary  of  State's  office."  Under  this
Taylor  begins  by  observing :  "  One  method  of  discov-
ering: the  rank  and  station  of  Junius  is  to  see  with
Avhose  names  he  is  most  familiar."  He  then  says :
"  The  only  persons  to  whom  Junius  applies  epithets
of  familiarity  are  Welbore  Ellis,  Esq.,  Lord  Barring-
ton,  Messrs.  Rigby,  Whateley,  Bradshaw,  and  Cha-
mier."  Taylor  then  proves  Junius  to  have  been
familiar  with  Whateley  by  a  long  quotation  from
miscellaneous  letters,  one  without  a  signature,  and
one  signed  Henricus.  See  Taylor's  Junius  Identified,
page  54.  In  this  connection  comes  a  very  important
disclosure  in  regard  to  Mr.  Grenville.  I  will  quote
Taylor,   page   54 :    "  Comparing   these   indications  of


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personal  acquaintance  with  the  opportunities  afforded
Sir  P.  Francis,  we  find  that  Mr.  George  Grenville  was
one  of  the  secretaries  of  state  at  the  time  Sir  Philip
Francis  held  that  place  in  the  Secretary  of  State's
office,  which  had  been  given  him  by  Lord  Holland,
and  Mr.  Whateley  was  then  Mr.  Grenville's  private
secretary.  This  contiguity  of  station  would  afford
Sir  Philip  Francis  frequent  opportunities  of  acquir-
ing all  that  intimate  and  ocular  knowledge  of  Mr.
