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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[2nd 8, No 15,, Aprim 12. ’56, 
Compare the following with No. 26. inthe list 
(274 S. i. 186.) — 
* The Claims of Sir Philip Francis to the Authorship 
of Junius disproved:—1, In a Letter addressed to the 
Rev. M. Davey, M.D., Master of Caius College, pp. 16., 
Thetford, Jan. 23, 1827. 2. In a Letter addressed to 
Sir James Mackintosh. Thetford, Feb, 1827, pp. 16. 
IIL. In a Letter to Godfrey Higgins. Thetford, Feb. 5., 
1827, pp. 16. IV. In a Letter addressed to Uvedale 
Price. Thetford, Feb, 24,1827, pp. 20. 1827. Printed at 
Thetford for private Distribution among the Friends of the 
Author, Edmund Henry Barker, Esq. Subsequently re- 
printed in a small Volume, with considerable Additions. 
Noticed in the ‘Gentleman’s Magazine, 1828, and in 
Martin’s ‘ Privately Printed Books,’ 1st edit., p. 243.” 
“ A Letter to an Honourable Brigadier-General, Com- 
mander of His Majesty’s Forces in Canada (London, 1760), 
now first ascribed to Junius. To which is added ‘A 
Refutation of the “ Letter,” &¢., by an Officer.’ With 
incidental Notices of Lords Townshend and Sackville, Sir 
Philip Francis, and others. Edited by N. W. Simon. 
London. 1841. 16mo.” 
An Oxp Pavrine. 
To the catalogue of writings about Junius, 
given by W. W. J., may be added : 
Ist. The Preface to the Grenville Pupers, in 
which the editor (Mr. Smith, librarian at Stowe) 
takes the same view as did Mr. Isaac Newhall, in 
favour of Karl Temple. This essay seems to me 
one of great force and ability. 
2nd. An article in the Quarterly Review, three 
or four years ago (of which I know the author, 
but I do not know that I ought to name him), 
which advocated the. claim of Thomas, second 
Lord Lyttelton. 
This article was written with much ingenuity, 
but I believe it has not met with acceptance. It 
was sharply criticised at the time in Zhe Atheneum. 
My own family papers are scanty, and I could 
throw no material light on the question. 
I am obliged to make these references from 
memory, LytrEe.ron. 
John Britton concludes the Preface of his 
Authorship of the Letters of Junius elucidated 
(London, 1848), by observing, that new and con- 
clusive discoveries might be made from sources 
first pointed out in his book : 
“In the language of sportsmen,” says he, “a new scent 
is found, and traced through various labyrinths — the 
wily fox is unkennelled, and his haunts and habits made 
known to the enterprising hunter.” 
This appears to have occasioned the following 
note by one of our present most reverend pre- 
lates, who is not better known by his numerous 
writings, than by his accurate perception of diffi- 
cult questions, and his equally profound skill in 
reasoning : 
“There are many leading articles in the newspapers, 
and other periodicals of this day, as spirited and as viru- 
lent as Junius, and the authorship of which few know or 
care to inquire about. And if the authorship of Junius 
had been known at the time, or shortly after, the whole 
matter would probably have [been] totally lost sight of 
for more than half a century past. But men love guess- 
ing at a riddle. It is not the value of a fox, but the dif- 
ficulty of the chase, that makes men eager foxhunters.” 
Having had a recent opportunity of transcribing 
this from the original, and regarding it as worthy 
of publicity, I believe that I obtain it effectually 
by communicating it to “N. & Q.” ARTERUS. 
Dublin. 
Can any of your correspondents tell me from 
what author Junius quotes the following in his 
letter to Woodfall, March 5, 1772 >— 
“ Quod si quis existimat me aut voluntate esse mutata, 
aut debilitata virtute, aut animo fracto, vehementer errat.” 
I should be glad of a reference where to find it. 
W.M. T. 
[The passage is quoted from Cicero, Ad Quirites post 
Reditum, cap. viii. sect. 19.] 
THE ABBEY Of ST. ALBAN. 
In common, doubtless, with many of your 
readers, I observed the™following notice in The 
Examiner for March 29: 
“An important county movement will be made in the 
course of this month for the restoration of St. Alban’s 
Church. Two objects are in view: to preserve this in- 
teresting monument of antiquity, and to place it in 
such a state as to make it fit to receive a Bishop of St. 
Alban’s.” 
Every antiquary will rejoice at this project, and 
will wish it successful. There are many difficulties 
to be overcome; but in this age of revived church- 
architecture there is no cause for despair. 
St. Alban’s is almost the only abbey which re- 
mains in anything like its original grandeur. 
There are plenty of picturesque ruins; but where 
else can we find such scope for renovation? ‘This 
reason is of itself sufficient to plead the cause of 
the old abbey, independently of the historical 
associations which belong to it. It is lamentable - 
to see the decay into which so many of our abbeys 
and churches have fallen. St. Alban’s, in spite of 
the unwearied exertions of the excellent rector, is 
in a sad state. 
I cannot help expressing a hope that the restor- 
ation of this noble church will be accomplished, 
and that the restoration will be complete, as at 
Ely Cathedral. J. VirtuE WYNEN, 
1. Portland Terrace, Dalston. 
[A large and influential meeting of the nobility and 
clergy of Hertfordshire was held in the Town Hall, St. 
Alban’s, on the 3rd instant, to consider the best means of 
restoring its ancient abbey, and of investing it with the 
dignity of a cathedral. It was estimated that the total 
