William Bates.
Birmingham.
Statute of Limitations abroad (Vol. iv., p. 256.).—In this colony, which is governed by the old Dutch law, the time at which prescription prevails is one-third of a century, but some Dutch authorities hold that thirty years is sufficient in personal actions. In Holland there were various charters respecting prescription, such as those of Alkmaar of 1254, Medemblik of 1288, Waterland of 1288, and others; these were cases of possession with the knowledge of the authorities. In Holland immovable property was acquired by prescription, without the knowledge of the authorities, in the third of a century. In Zealand it was twenty years. By the law of the Feudal Court, the period was a third of a century for any property; and in the territory of Voorn, from times of old, and classed among the laws of the year 1519, peaceable possession of any immovable property for thirty years was held good; but there was an exception in favour of minors and absentees.
E. H. B.
Demerary.
Lines on Crawfurd of Kilbirnie (Vol. v., p. 404.).—These lines are evidently merely an adaptation of the well-known epigram on Austria:
"Bella gerant alii—tu felix Austria nube,
Nam quæ Mars aliis dat tibi regna Venus."
S. L. P.
Swearing on a Skull (Vol. v., p. 485.).—In the "Historical Memoirs of the Clan M‘Gregor," prefixed to the Life of Rob Roy, by K. Macleay, M.D., Glasgow, 1818, is the following story:—On the arrival of Anne of Denmark in Scotland,