"Sceau ou _cachet accorde_ a La Cour, 1745, Mai 23e. Les Seigneurs du Conseil Prive de Sa Majeste, par leur ordre ou Conseil de ce Jour authorisent (_sic_) la Cour d'Auregny d'avoir un cachet pour certifier tous et tels ecrits qui leur pourront etre presentes pour y opposer le sceau." Under date 27th March, 1895, the Rev. G. E. Lee supplements his previous information:-- "I have seen Sir Edgar MacCulloch, and he agrees with me that the Alderney seal is a creation. I have now seen two documents of Sark. The first, of 1818, is sealed with a large seal, two inches in diameter, in green wax, bearing the de Carteret arms and supporters. The seal is called "Le sceau de la Seigneurie de l'ile de Serk." On the reverse is a counterseal, with the arms of the then seigneur, P. Le Pelley. "The other deed is of 1852, and sealed with the Le Pelley arms, which, on that occasion, are called 'Le sceaux de la Seigneurie de cette ile'--the seigneur being P. C. Le Pelley. "The late Mr. Collings, I suspect, used the de Carteret seal, which seems to have been lost in the wreck of the _Gosforth_. The de Carterets, no doubt, used the seal with their own arms, and some of their successors certainly used this same seal as the official seal for the island." The _arms_ of the ancient family of de Carteret are, with supporters, _Gu_--four Fusils in Fess conjoined _arg._, and _crest_, a squirrel sejant holding a sprig--_ppr._, and their historic motto--"LOYALL DEVOIR." THE JERSEY SILVER TOKENS OF 1813. The Hon. Sir C. W. Freemantle, K.C.B., Master of the Royal Mint, has courteously favoured me with particulars of coinages as specially struck for the Channel Islands. As regards the Jersey 3s. token of 1813, and the 1s. 6d. token of the same date, he says:-- "These were coined at the Royal Mint, under authority from the Committee of Council on Coins, dated 5th February, 1813. "L10,000 worth of silver bullion was purchased and coined into tokens of 3s. and 1s. 6d., nominal value. The current value of these coins appears to have been L11,473 17s. 6d., but there is no information as to the value of each of the two denominations of coins issued." The Viscount of Jersey [Le Gros] kindly supplements the above with the following local information:-- "On the 26th October, 1812, the States, having taken into consideration the want of specie and of small coin current in the island--a want which makes itself more and more felt, both amongst the inhabitants and the troops in garrison--decided to order, with the sanction of Government, the coinage of a certain quantity of small silver tokens for circulation in this island. A committee of nine members was named to consider the amount and value of the coins to be issued, and to enquire into the cost of such issue. "The States requested H.E. the Lieut.-Governor Don to consult His Majesty's Ministers on the matter before proceeding further therein.