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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'"» S. VI. 131., July 3. '58. 



" The Bible," Bedford Street, Wm. Sheares, 1642. 



" The Stationers' Arms," in Sweeting's Rents, and 

 Piazza, Royal Exchange, Benj. Harris, 1676, 1683. 



" The Golden Boar's head," Gracechurch Street, B. 

 Harris, 1700. 



" The Legg and Star," Royal Exchange, S. Harris, 1691. 



" The Bell," Poultry, R. fcrouch, 1689. 



" The Harrow," Poultry, J. Harris, 1692. 



" The riower-de-Luce," C. Hussey, Little Britain, 1685. 



" The Rose and Crown," Sweeting's Allej-, G. Larkin 

 and E. Prosser, 1681. 



" The Hand and Bible," London Bridge, T. Taylor, 1674. 



" The Turk's Head," Cornhill, R. Boulter, 1680. 



" The Shakespeare's Head," Strand, J. Tonson, 1711. 



George Offor. 



Permit me to add the following to the list con- 

 tributed by Mr. Hackwood : — 



" The White Lyon," over against the great north 

 doore of Saint Paules, Francis Constable, 1616. 



" The Globe," in Cornhill, Francis Williams, 1626. 



" The Sunne," in Paules Churchyard, John Partridge, 

 1630. 



" The Blue-Bible," in Green-Arbour, Michael Spark, 

 Senior, 1643. 



" The Hand and Bible," Budge Row, neere Canning 

 Street, John Pounset, 1647. 



" The Gilt Bible," in Queen's-Head- Alley, Rapha Har- 

 ford, 1648. 



" The Three Daggers," near the Inner Temple-Gate, 

 Francis Tyton, 1649. 



" The Printing Press," in Cornhill, Peter Cole. 1649. 



" The Crown," in Duck Lane, William Nealand, 1652. 



" The Seven Stars," in Paul's Churchyard, neer the 

 great north-door, Richard Moon, 1655. 



" The Blew Anchor," in Little Britain, W. Godbid, 

 1659. 



" The Castle and Lion," in St. Paul's Churchyard, 

 Joseph Cranford, 1659. 



" The Greyhound," in St. Paul's Churchyard, H. Evers- 

 deu, 1660. 



" The King's-head." in St. Paul's Churchyard, N. W., 

 1660. 



" The Elephant and Castle," near Temple Bar, Francis 

 Smith, 1660. 



" The Cross-keyes," at Paul's gate, James Thrale, 1661. 



" The Anchor," in the lower walk of the New Exchange, 

 Henry Herringman, 1662. 



" The Turk's Head," in Corn Hill, Dixy Page, 1665. 



" The Black-spread-Eagle," in Barbican, Elizabeth 

 Calvert, 1668. 



" The Flower-de-Luce," over against St. Dunstan's 

 Church, Charles Harper, 1674. 



" The Peacock," over against Fetter Lane, John Amery, 

 1674. 



" The Rose and Crown," in Sweething'a Alley, Enoch 

 Prosser, 1681. 



" The Phoenix," in St. Paul's Churchyard, Henry Mort- 

 lock, 1681. 



" The White Hart," in Westminster Hall, Henry Mort- 

 lock, 1681. 



" The Trunck," St. Paul's Churchyard, Caleb Swino< k, 

 1684 



" The King's Arms," in Little Britain, J. Nicolson, 1699. 



" The Golden Ball," in St. Paul's Churchyard, T. New- 

 borough, 1699. 



" The Angel," in Pater-Noster-Row, William Boreham, 

 1718. 



" The Black Swan," without Temple Bar, D. Browne, 

 1721. 



" The Crown," in Ludgate Street, Robert Horsfield, 

 1764. 



Buchanan Washboubn, M.D. 



THE candor pamphlets : " PRINCIPLES OF THE 

 LATE CHANGES IMPARTIALLY EXAMINED ; IN A 

 LETTER FROM A SON OF CANDOR TO THE 'PUB- 

 LIC ADVERTIZER.' ALMON. 1765." 



However widely I may differ from Mr. Smith 

 C2"* S. V. 240. 278. 397.), as to Lord Temple being 

 the writer of the Candor pamphlets, I <lo not mean 

 to question or controvert his theory. He is always 

 ingenious, well-informed, and therefore instruct- 

 ing, and I am content to read, and to profit inci- 

 dentally, though not in the least convinced. As, 

 however, the starting-point of his conjecture is, 

 as I believe, the above pamphlet, to which I for- 

 merly referred, I wish to say a few words, to 

 show what were Almon's assertions, and the asser- 

 tions or assumptions of others, respecting the au- 

 thorship, and to record my reasons for believing 

 that it was not a Candor pamphlet at all. 



The " Principles," Almon says {Anec. ii. 46.) 

 " was written under Lord Temple's own eye, and 

 the greatest part of it dictated by him." Again- 

 (p. 53.) " Lord Temple dictated, or nearly so, but 

 did not write any of it himself;" and like asser- 

 tions are made by the writer of a " Candid Re- 

 futation," one of the Rockingham party, who as- 

 sumes the " Principles " to have been published 



with my Lord 's authority, but talks of " the 



scribe." It must be noticed that although Almon 

 affected to know who was the writer of the 

 " Candor " pamphlets, and who was the writer or 

 dictator of the " Principles," he nowhere, I think, 

 confounds or associates them, or in any way con- 

 nects them. I have, indeed, a copy of Lord 

 Somers's tract on " Security," &c., reprinted by 

 Almon in 1771, at the end of which is announced 

 " new editions of Letter from Candor to Public 

 Advertizer,'" — " Letters on Libels and Warrants " 

 — " Another Letter to Mr. Almon ; " but no 

 mention of the " Principles." The extertial evi- 

 dence, therefore, is against this pamphlet having 

 been written by " Candor" and the internal evi- 

 dence is, I think, still more conclusive. I pre- 

 sume the name was taken as a popular name, — 

 a name which to a certain extent represented a 

 party, by one who belonged to that party, but 

 the name proves nothing as to direct connexion 

 or relationship, except politically. 



This pamphlet is, as set forth in the first para- 

 graph, an answer to " Extracts of a Letter," &c., 

 and which had appeared in Public Advertizer, 

 Sept. 5th, 1765, which " Letter" was written by 

 one of the Bute party, or, as they then called 

 themselves, " the King's friends," was fierce 

 against the late ministry, especially George Gren- 

 ville and the Duke of Bedford, and talks of their 



