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namely, Charles Smith, who became a member of Council at Fort St. George, and Culling Smith, who was on the Bengal establishment. They were the sons of Thomas Smith and Culling Home, the sister of John Home, Governor of Bombay. Culling Smith was created a baronet in 1802 (See 'Indian Monumental Inscriptions,' vol. iii-, by J. J, Cotton.)

FRANK PENNY.

It is interesting to note that since the question was first raised in *N. & Q.' the family of "Smith in Latin " has been occupy- ing a good deal of attention on the part of the public. One Faber has been made a peer, and another has won a seat in the House of Commons.

RUDOLPH DE CORDOVA.

"Smithus" is used in the title of a Latin book published Lond. 1691, as follows : "V. 01. Gulielmi Camdeai, et Illustrium

Virorum ad G. Camdenum Epistolse

Prremittitur G. Camdeni Vita, Scriptore Thoma Smitho.'' W. R. HOLLAND.

COLET ON PEACE AND WAR (10 th S. v. 28, 57, 95). In addition to the passages referred to by MR. TURNER ROOM and MR. WAINE- WRIGHT, Cicero has the following allusions to civil war :

" Equidem pacem hortari npn desino ; quse vel iniusta utilior est, quam justissimum bellum." 'Epist ad Att.,' vii. 14.

"Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior videbatur." ' Philip.,' ii. 15 (37).

Ramage, in his ' Beautiful Thoughts from Latin Authors,' third edit., 1877, p. 690, thus illustrates " Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a wretched and dishonourable peace" (Tacitus, 'Ann.,' iii. 44) :

" Franklin (Letter to Quincy, Sept. 11, 1773) says : ' There never was a good war or a bad peace.' And S. Butler ('Speeches in the Rump Parliament') says: 'It hath been said that an unjust peace is to be preferred before a just war.' "

'A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages,' seventh edit., 1868, p. 220, says that "Ini- quissimam pacem justissimo bello antefero" was a favourite maxim of Charles James Fox. Presumably he applied it to foreign wars. ROBERT PIERPOINT.

With great shame, and many apologies to the readers of ' N. & Q., J I must confess that my reply at the last referenca is quite wrong, and that of MR. TURNER ROOM is right.

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

LACONIC LETTERS (10 th S. v. 108). When the church of Swallowfield was restored in

1870, Sir Charles Russell applied to the Duke- of Wellington for a subscription, as he had land in the parish. His answer was : " Dear Sir Charles, I too am restoring a church, and if we both agree to give the same amount, no money need pass between us. Yours,. Wellington." CONSTANCE RUSSELL.

Swallowfield Park, Reading.

JOSEPH NOLLEKENS'S LIBRARY (10 th S. v. 86). Thanks to the foresight of past librarians, Evans's original sale catalogues- are in the British Museum Library.

RALPH THOMAS.

<l TiiE Two FRIENDS," PRINCES STREET, LONDON, 1794 (10 th S._v. 90). Probably this- was a tobacconist's sign, since two men are sometimes represented on old tobacco- papers smoking the pipe of (peace and) friendship sentiments especially associated, after the manner of the Indians, with the burning of the fragrant weed. It may be noted, more- over, that the date, 1794, was long after the- general abolition of signs, which were re- tained, however, especially by tobacconists- and tavern-keepers. But there were so many Princes Streets in London at the time in question that some further data would cer- tainly be necessary to trace this particular instance. Nine years later there were at least eight Prince's Streets in London (* Pic- ture of London,' 1803).

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

4 THE EPICURE'S ALMANACK' (10 th S. v. 4, 116). I agree with MR. SCHLOESSER that it is improbable that Benson Earle Hill edited the first issue of this rather interesting pub- lication. In my copy the words " By R. Rylance " are written in pencil on the title- page. G. E. WEARE.

Weston-super-Mare.

Is the James White, of whom MR. SCHLOES- SER knows nothing, the same bearer of the name who has been immortalized by Charles Lamb 1 I write without books of reference at hand.

Mr. E. V. Lucas, I imagine, if any one,, would know whether Lamb's Jem White was connected with ' The Epicure's Almanack.' A priori it would seem a most appropriate performance for him. EDWARD BENSLY.

" M ARMOR" AND THE SEA IN LATIN POETS- (10 th S. v. 106). I expressed no approval of the "suggestion" which I brought forward as a reflection under another heading. I was, of course, acquainted with the Greek %vords mentioned by PROF. LEEPER. It has been pointed out that there may be some San-