on a Conan, duc de Bretange.
Geoffroi fit assembler ses Barons, qui, selon l'ancienne forme
observee en matiere feodale, firent le proces a Guerin, son
vassal, et le condamnerent, quoiqu'il fut absent.--Et il est a
remarquer a ce propos, que le Pape Innocent III., qui
favourisait Jean _sans-Terre_, parcequ'en 1213 il avait soumis
son royaume d'Angleterre au Saint Siege au devoir de mille marcs
d'argent par an, ayant allegue aus Ambassadeurs de Philippe
Auguste que Jean _sans-Terre_ avait ete condamme absent, et que
les loix defendent de condamner les accuses sans les ouir; ils
lui respondirent que l'usage du Royaume de France etait de
condamner les absents, aussi bien que les presents, lorqu'ils
avaient ete deuement cites en jugement. Chez les Romains il
n'etait par permis de condamner les absents: _Non licet civem
inauditum damnare._"

Now, Sir, this passage shows "_Martel_," as a name, like that of
"sans-Terre," bestowed for some quality or circumstances attached to the
bearer;--and I should like to ask your correspondents if they know how
this Comte d'Anjou, became entitled to it? He appears, from the date, to
be the same Geoffrey who is the ancestor of our Plantagenets, as the
Comte d'Anjou, contemporary with William the Conqueror, was named Fulk.
If it can be proved that this Count received this addition from his
martial prowess, I shall be strongly tempted to return to my creed
regarding Charles Martel.

W. ROBSON.

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QUERIES AS TO JUNIUS.

Amongst the letters attributed to Junius, and, in the opinion of Dr.
Good, most certainly his production, is one signed "ATTICUS," under date
of the 19th Aug. 1768, which contains an allusion to the private affairs
of the writer, by no means unimportant. It is as follows:--

"The greatest part of my property having been invested in the
funds, I could not help paying some attention to rumours or
events by which my fortune might be affected: yet I never lay in
wait to take advantage of a sudden fluctuation, much less would
I make myself a bubble to bulls and bears, or a dupe to the
pernicious arts practised in the Alley. I thought a prudent man,
who had any thing to lose, and really meant to do the best for
himself and his family, ought to consider the state of things at
large, of the prospect before him, and the probability of public
ev