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enable the trustees to deal with such a transaction?
And whether, presuming that the trustees are incorrect
in making such advance, the party taking the same.
being a member, could take any advantage of it, so 0
to defeat the security or liability to pay? Or whether
such a transaction would be affected by the Usury
Laws or any other laws or circumstance whatsoever?"
"Opinion—lt appears to me that, in strictness, under
the provisions of the Benefit Builders' Societies Acts,
the money borrowed from the society should be to erect
or purchase property ; and, consequently, that a mew,'
ber cannot assign, as security, property which he so•
ready possesses. If money is advanced not according
to the rules and provisions of the Act,
I am of opinion
that the member, or any person claiming under. him,
might set the transaction aside, and in equity, would.ls
entitled to a return of his deeds on payment of princi•
pal and legal interest.
(Signed) "JOHN TIDD PRATT.
"London, March 3."

THE HANOVER JEWELS.
MEMORANDUM OF PROCEEDINGS WITH Rh
SPECTn
TO JEWELS CLAIMED BY THE CROWN Of

HANOVER fwiliiiii.,-BRinsii-EZOWN-
The claims of the Crown of Hanover are of twofold origiet
and embrace jewels of two classes:-
1. Jewels originally belonging to the electors of Hanover'
and bequeathed to his successors in the electorate by Ktng
George 11. These jewels were brought over from Me°
to England by order of King George 111. on his accessions, _
2. Jewels which King George bought of his uncle, the
Duke of Cumberland, for 54,0001., and gave as a sveddlf
present to Queen Charlotte, who beqestlicd them it '—
events which have happened) to the House of HsnoTer,
to be settled in the direct line of succession of that House
established by the laws and constitution of the House 171
Hanover.
The jewels of both clams were claimed by the Crown s°,f.
Hanover immediately after the demise of King Williamlivie
(which caused the separation of the Hanoverian from_..„,„! •
British Crown); and they were delivered into the possesew-,„
of her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, with notice that ulei
were so claimed in the month of July, 1837.
The claim to Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels (Class s-11,1)
was afterwards preferred in an official shape. in a letter e(
dressed by Mr. Pemberton to Sir Henry Wheatley, onsc;.
the King's executors, under date the Bth of November,
And the particulars of both claims were stated Aida'
to the Secretary of the Lord Chancellor, in a letter date
4th December, 1837.
The claim to Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels (Class II e
was referred to the Law Officers of the British Croon; tu
claim to the Ancient Hanoverian Jewels (Class I,) being
reserved for diplomatic correspondence between the Ilanss,°-
verian Minister in this country and her Majesty's Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs.
Various objections were raised by her Majesty's law 0f",,/
to the claim to the legacy jewels, which were answered
the counsel of the Crown of Hanover; and ultimately, s_,ws.site',
two years' correspondence, it was agreed that, for the pOrP"'"
of obtaining a judicial decision upon the claim, the legal'
jewels should be deemed to be still in the possession of the
executors of King William IV., and that the King of Hen °;
ver should file a bill in Chancery against the executors II
against her Majesty's Attorney 6eneral, asserting his right
to the jewels, and praying the delivery of them, and theft,
's
executors and the Attorney. General should forthwith put In
their answers to the bill, so that the question might
brought to a speedy decision. 82, ,
8 •
Accordingly, the bill was filed on the 20th August,
The defendants did not put in their answers till Novern"i:";P
w.-
1840 ; and the cause being at length brought to issue' se
nesses were examined on both sides, but the depoeiti°ll",
mained under seal. t°
This was the state of the proceedings on the claim of
Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels (Class 11.) in the Melo"
November, 1843.
In the meanwhile a correspondence has been carded., f°he
between the Hanoverian Minister in this country nels,"_,',o.
Secretary for Foreign Affairs in regard ,to the ancient 211'
verian jewels (Class I.) . ent
The first official movement upon the claim to the ureic,
was a note addressed by Baron Munchausen W' 0
count Palmerston, under date 18th April, 1839 • WhIell;0
followed by a subsequent ,note, dated 10th AugOstslitso.
stating, in compliance with Lord Palmerston's requ'.l,
the grounds upon which the jewels were claimed ul:,'_ha
Crown of Hanc ver, and the documents by which the ow--
was supported. re-
To this note of the 10th August, 1840, no answer Wag via
turned till the 29th of December, 1842, when it was answers
by Lord Aberdeen. The correspondence was continuo
during the year 1843, an interval of two or three ulfi°llt"no_
being suffered to elapse between every note of the His,
verian Minister and the reply to. it on the part of her
jesty's Government. the
The result of the correspondence was an agreement ollnts,
part of both the Hanoverian and the Bridal GovelsLit-iod
that Commissioners should be appointed to, inquire is .le els
determine the question of right with respect to the .",er
claimed from the British Crown by the Crown of AL" I:
including as well the jewels claimed under the will
_ ‘'s-;
Charlotte, as those claimed as being originally ne=o,;
or as passing to Hanover under the will of King werjr._ the
and that the commissioners should be Lord Lypdhu7sf the
then Lord Chancellor, Lord Langdale, the Mester "-
Rolls, and the late Lord Chief Justice Tindal. ~eth of
The commission was iscccrdingly issued, dated
December, 1843, appointing the above-named Conran.e`Trisg
era to hear and determine the premises, and etelw,;";„, in
them, or any two of them, to proceed from time W d-
the execution of the commission, and to report their Proc—
pigs and what they should find and determine therein.
A statement of the claim of the Crown of Hanover to !so
ancient Hanoverian jewels (Class I.) was delivered to,wof
Commissioners and to His Treasury solicitor on the 18thuids
January, 1844, accompanied with the documents on w
it rested, and the correspondence which le.d passed in „Tar.
tion to it. And a statement of the claim to Queen of
lotto's legacy jewels (Class II.) was delivered on the 24`l
.s
in
February, 1844, the advisers of the Crown of Hanoverhav of
waited in vain dui log the interval for a statement in ansW
to their first head of claim.
The statement on
of the British Crown, fwer
to the two claims of the Hanoverian Crown, wasss de-
, livered till the 12th of June, 1844.
The reply to it was delivered on the 9th of July.
The first meeting of the commissioners to hear the
re
was held on the 13th January, 1845; and the meeting!, whe:a
continued at long intervals till the 28th June, 1815, 11"'
the arguments on both sides were concluded
No judgment has yet been given ; and by the death of t
h6B
late Chief Justice Tindall, which happened in "IS, 184 P
the commission has been annulled.
In the same month in which the late Chief
Justice
the Hanoverian Minister made the following proposal tilh
Majesty's Government:—" Although in point of law, .Iv, o
__rt
Lyndhurst and the Master of the Rolls, as the two survi 112
di_eed_,
commissioners, may not, under the strict terms of the co;
mission, be enabled to report, it is proposed that, by_2ots,
consent of the respective Governments, the surviving cuod
miasioners shall determine and report in like manner, the
that their report shall be as binding in all respects esiisees-
late Lord Chief Justice were still alive; and that allission•
sary authorities shall be given to the surviving c011w"
ere for that purpose." 18th"
To this proposal no answer was returned, But on the ;tied
of December, 1846, Viscount Palmerston Volt -had
to Count Kielmansegge a statement which his Lordsn'rbish
obtained from Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Langdale, snd Ka-
he treated as decisive against the claim of the Crown ° osed
never to Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels; and be Pr°P
that the King of Hanover should withdraw his claim wiott„,
jewels as having passed under the will of Queen Char wels
still leaving open his other claim to any portion of tbeje
in dispute.
In answer to Lord Palmerston's proposal, Count Xiellust7; •
segge, by letters dated January 7, 1847, referred his I.° ply,
to the offer which Count Kielmansegge had made in . 10
1846, and expressed the readiness of his Government sti"ths •
abide by it, and to acquiesce in any determination which, to
two surviving commissioners might deliberately cot be
upon the whole case referred to them ; but he declined t
sr
bound by an informal expression of opinion, which but Per
tially touched even that part of the case which Lord PeTur
ston considered it to decide, and left the rest of the case
gether undecided and uncertain.
Thus the matter rests at present, and Count Kielmensegg.
has in vain urged Lord Palmerstone to reply.
March, 1847.

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LINCOLNSHIRE.—SERIOUS CASE.—It is stated
the Bishop of Lincoln is about to issue a eommis3i°,ll„is
inquiry with respect to alleged misconduct on the Part ;bat
clergyman of the city. It appears from what is stated, t
a woman residing in a very notorious neighbourhood wen",,bo.
the clergyman's residence, and in the hearing of his ne„"'eu•
hours, furiously charged him with having kept her in c°"„„;00 .
binage. The matter has become the subject of co°l—,,,ed
conversation in the city, and therefore inquir7 is rola be
absolutely necessary, as, supposing the allegations slim' the
wholly untrue, but that they should go uncontradicted. t to
clergyman will live for the remainder of his days subjec,ad
the malicious insinuation that he had been an adulterer', the
had kept the wife of another person in concubinage I ant,' rgy 1
scandal would in some measure operate against all the veto j
of the city, as they would be pointed at as persons of :ter.
lax morals as to receive into their society a reputed adult
Stamford Mercury.
CHEESEMONGERS' BENEVOLENT IRSTITII.10 ob.
Yesterday a general meeting of the governors and /dal
scribers to the above institution was held at the
Tavern, for the election of additional pensioners, and `l2l,„ir.
officers for the ensuing year. Mr. J. Wood in the.
The report stated that there were now thirty individen
ceiving pensionary relief, male and female, to the allugl%ife
6004 per annum. The society has been founded tW,__
years, since which they have distributed 4,5521. D'op.
The receipts during the past year were—Annual su,bscie.;
tions, 548/. 2s. ; donations, 40/, ss. ; dividends, 1951• the
tbe
profits of an excursion to Brighton, 401. Os. 9d. ; The
expenditure left a balance in hand of 1831. 3s.
funded property amounts to 7,010/. 8& 7d.
An Or
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IRTHS.
On the 4th inst., at Clioisi-ter Guernsey, the lady of E....- ,„„u
Darby, Esq., of a daughter.
On the lith inst., at Harrow, Middlesex, the wife of Edward C 0
Tyte, Req., of a son.
On the 7th inst., at the Rectory, Middle, Mrs. Thomas ES
ert°Th
of a daughter. Mrs. dark
On the 7th inst., at the Lodge, West-green, Tottenham,
11.
On Shutt, of a son.
theleworth Bth in at Beaumont-street, Portland-Place, the wife 01'1'
Lister, Esq., M. I)., of a son.
On the Bth inst., lire. John TapSoll, of Clapham-rise, of A clatlB,th.
On the Bth inst., Miltord Lodge, near Lymingt/n, -
lady of Major-G 11. C.B. of son.
On tile Bth Inst., ateneral Brompton,Roberts 'Julia,, thea wife of Henry T. SnePr'
Esq., of a son. Esq. el*
On the Bth inst., at Ilighbury, the lady of John Forster, ,
daughter.
On the 9th Inst., at Lark-hall-rise, Clapham, the lady of ( Wales
Whit more, Esq., of a son.

MARRIED.
On the Gth Inst., at Brighton, John Johnstone, EsQ u
, to Sustn:fi.
second daughter of the late J. Chaff& Esq., of fitockwellt S"'"' •

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DIED.
On the 15th of January, at Cudditpah, East Indies, James Hoskins.
jun., Esq., Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 19th Madras Native In-
fantry, aged '2'2. in
On the sth inst., at Clifton, Henry C. Seymour, Es(l., late Mai°r
the 234 Regiment of Royal Welsh Fusilierg, aged 43.
On the 6th inst., the Rev. Richard Filewood Suelson, Vicar of
Reigate, aged 65.
On the 7th inst., Robert Marsden, Esq., of Hanover-square, R
gent's-park, aged 78.
On the Bth inst.. Eliza Oliver, wife of Frederick TholnP",
Malvern-terrace, Islington.
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