3 JUNE 1938, Page 23

" GOD'S PROVIDENCE "

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sta,—The motto " God's Providence is my Inheritance " belongs, according to Burke's Peerage, to the Earls of Cork and This family is closely identified with Fromc, Somerset, and I believe the inscription still appears on a public fountain near the centre of that town. Debrett's Peerage gives the form " God's Providence is mine Inheritance."

It would therefore appear that the appearance of this motto denotes some association, past or present, with this family.—