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London papers, the proprietor of which 

 was one of the " L. S.," as we were called, 

 par excellence, I used frequently to see this 

 paper, and was more than once struck with 

 the great similarity there appeared in the 

 style of its leading articles (if the large type 

 in the first page may be so termed) and 

 the letters of Junius ; and when I read the 

 one that contained so severe an attack 

 on the Duke of Cumberland, and stated 

 that H.M. King George the Third would 

 shortly be called upon to perform the part 

 of a Roman father, I was assured of the 

 identity. It was generally understood at 

 that time that Sir Philip Francis, then an 

 old man, and living in St. James's Square, 

 was a contributor to the Independent Whig ; 

 and Mr., subsequently Lord Macaulay, has 

 since endeavoured to prove that he was the 

 author of Junius. In proposing this for 

 discussion at our little society, I could 

 not get any one to listen to my conclu- 

 sions; as, in the first place, I was not yet 



