§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)asked Mr. Attorney General, Whether the Charity Commissioners directed that the Library of the French Protestant Church of St. Martin's-le-Grand was to be deposited in the Guildhall Library pending the re-building of the church, or the publication of a new scheme by the Charity Commissioners for a different appropriation of the funds of the church; whether he is aware that the Library is still suffered to be in the hands of the pastor, and that the Trustees of the church can neither obtain access to it nor learn where it is; and, whether he will say under what circumstances the directions of the Charity Commissioners are allowed to be set at defiance, and who is responsible for any loss of, or injury to, the books?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir RICHARD WEBSTER) (Isle of Wight)The question of the custody of the Library of the French Protestant Church in St. Martin's-le-Grand was considered by the Charity Commissioners. The matter has since been before me as Attorney General; and steps have been taken by my solicitor to secure the safe custody of the books, pending the settlement of schemes which will, I trust, deal with the whole property.