A correspondent in the Times of Thursday, imagines that lie
has discovered the. real authoi of •JUNIUS, in the person of Dr. FRANCIS, the father of Sir PHILIP; who, it _seems,. was only the
instrument for transacting the " conveyancing dep-vtment" of the . business. The letterwriter says-
" Much of the information must have been obtained by the latter ; whose great abilities, vivacity of temperament, and extraordinary industry and coinage, fitted him for the task of managing the-intrigue, and of supporting it too by contributions perhaps of a more mercurial character. This also explains the complete unity and inviolable secrecy of the whole transaction; the two writers were continually seen to dine at the same table, each with a Greek book before him, bestowing morsels on a favourite cat, who used to be their only guest; and other anecdotes are preserved, tending to show that their habits fitted them for the most complete cooperation. Sir P. Francis may have thought that the risk of the conveyancing department, perhaps also the marshalling of the plot, entitled him to the name of Junius, although the Virgilian perfection of style proceeded from his father."
This is certainly going to the point. It is difficult to conceive how the old Doctor and his son could have read Greek, and fed cats at the same dinner-table, unless they were the joint authors of the Letters of JUNI us. The writer acted discreetly in allowing this striking fact to stand alone.
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