18 MAY 1895, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "]

Sin,—The Duke of Rutland and others may recollect another "bantering " quotation applied by Sir Robert Peel to C. Wood when Chancellor of the Exchequer :— "Te triste lignum, to caducum, In domini caput mimerentis."

Another amusing hit was made at Feargns O'Connor, who bad said that if he could pass the Charter he should not care if the Devil was King. Peel, in a reply, expressed the hope that, if ever the honourable Member should be under the Sovereign of his choice, he might enjoy the confidence of the