The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

THE NEW

n cons,

New Stamp Act,
the following queries were submitted by a firm in the City

points connected with thi

.the purchase of goods for money over the
shop or elsewhere, where no bill is desired or
re a stamped receipt should the purchase ex-

counter of

"2. Does a stamp attached to the back of a common
banker's cheque, and written over with the name of the
party receiving the money, fulfil the requirements of the

new-act, as to the use of the stamp ?
" I have just settled two accounts ; one person required
the stamp to be attached to the back of the banker's cheque,
drawn in the usual form, and my name written over it ; the
other required the stamp to be affixed to the bottom of the
account, and written over it in the same way."
__ _

Mr. R. W. Wilbraham, by direction of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer,
.has given the annexed replies :
" 1. That whatever pecuniary transactions have hitherto
required a receipt-stamp when amounting to £5, will now
require the penny receipt stamp when amounting to 40s.
and upwards, the alteration made by the recent act of Par-
liament consisting in fixing the price of stamps at ld. and
altering the amount of the transactions requiring a ;tamp
from £5 to 40s.

" 2. That the Chancellor of the Exchequer apprehends
that either a cheque, or any piece of paper with a receipt-
stamp attached, suffices for a valid receipt."
A question having also been raised whether a letter by
post acknowledging the receipt of bills of exchange, &c.,
required a stamp, a correspondent refers a contemporary to
the 65th of Geo. 111., c. 184, by which " letters by the
general post, acknowledging the arrival of any bills of ex-
change, promissory notes, or other securities for money,"
are specially exempted from stamp duty, and such exemp-
tions are declared by the new act to be still in force.—Ship.

ping Gazette

THE POOR LAWS.—Last year the expense of the
establishment for the administration of the Poor Laws
mounted to £203,261.

—We
'ward that there is a prospect of this quarrel being
rs by the end of the

-:BLOCK Pit

1, by the r

NEW CLOTHING FOR THE ARMY.—It is arranged
that no change shall be made in the uniform of the army for
the year commencing Ist April next.—Naval and Military

LORD CARDIGAN'S SCREW-YACTH STEAMER.—We
hear that his lordship intends to build a screw-yacht for the
Kimrstown sailinz next year. The cost is to be X 10,000.—

ed Service Gazett,

THE HERRING SEASON.—SOMe of what are called
our long-shore boats have brought in a considerable quan-
tity of herrings, as many as 2,000 and 3,000 in a boat, which,
although small, were exceedingly delicious.—Brighton
Gazette.

THE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The improvements
at the Royal College of Surgeons are nearly completed. In
the last session, as appears by a recently issued Parlia-
mentary paper, £15,000 was paid for enlarging the theatre
of the college.

A rude box, containing the body of a still-born
child, was thrown over the wall of the Southern Necropolis
a few days ago ; and there it was found by a coal porter on
the morning of Saturday last.—Glasgow North British

Daily Main

TWEED SALMON FISHING.—The fishings in the
Tweed closed on Saturday. The season has been neither
the best nor the worst of recent seasons. It has been de-
cidedly better than that of 1852, which was probably the
worst on record, the produce amounting to fully two-fifths

POSTAGE STAMPS.—It appears that in the year
ended the sth January last the poundage on the sale of
postage stamps amounted to £18,142, and in the preceding

.StaMp Act the POstmaster:.
Ives to sell postage stamps

General eau' authorize the enq

without a licens

MEMOIRS OF PRISONERS.—The Rev. H. S. Jo-
ph, chaplain of Chester Castle, has just published a small

soners," which cannot fail to be read with attention by all
who are interested in the cause of crime, and the reforma-

Pin elopement took place from the
banks of the Tay, on Monday, the 3rd current—a subaltern
of a Highland regiment haying carried off a young lady of
fortune, from her father's mansion. He was accompanied
by a clergyman, and it is understood they fled to Edinburgh
where the knot was tied.—Edinburgh Witness.

ELOPEMENT

It is shown by a
MP.. that in

THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
late return, obtained by Mr. W. Williams,

the year enc

Led the sth of

anuary, last t

)Ounty on slaves,

payment to commissioners to prevent traffic in slaves, and
bills drawn on account of captured negroes, amounted to
£90,784, which was paid out of the public revenue.
A PROFITABLE INTESTMENT.—A Hambilro Ql,4r.
owner lately pureintbea or Luc Danish. government a ship of
war, the Freia, for 21,000 thalers (£3,150.) The vessel is
boing onnverted into a merchant-man, in Copenhagen, and
will sail direct from there to LOTIOuu, it Is said to be
already chartered for £9,000 for a voyage to California.
THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. —" According to as exact
a calculation as can be made, the reduction in the Austrian
army will," says the Lloyd of Vienna, " amount to 100,000
men. This measure will procure to the treasury a saving
of 25,000,000 florins a-year, without calculating the saving
which will arise from the diminution of the number of
horses. _ _

INQUESTS AT MANCHESTER.—(Before E. Herford,
Esq.,'City Coroner).----At the Red Lion, in Deansgate, on the
body of Edward Smallwood, 2 cellar, Liverpool Road, aged
21 years, who came to his death on the 15th inst., by some
hot tea falling on him. Verdict, " Accidental death."—At
the same place, on the body of John Hope, of 17, Commerce
Street, aged 49 years, who came to his death by a fall at the
engine-house of Messrs. Annies & Broadbent, of the Egerton
mill Gaythorn, on the 18th inst. Verdict, " Accidental
death."—At the same place, on the body of George Wain-
wright, of 12, Springfield, aged 5 months, who got burned
by falling out of his mother's arms,while asleep, on the fire-
place. Verdict, " Accidental death."
THE COAL AND IRON TRADE—The coal trade is
remarkably brisk, and everything that is drawn out of the
pits is eagerly seized upon by parties who are waiting at the
wharves. The indefinite statements in the daily papers,
which say, " the coal colliers are on the strike," cause a
great confusion, as such is not strictly the fact, and much
inconvenience occurs to parties who see the reports, and
come from a distance to Dudley and the surrounding dis-
tricts to know when they are likely to commence work again,
when, to their astonishment, they find other colliers at work
west of Dudley—which fact should be distinctly stated by all
the reports prepared for the press, in order that it may not
be misled itself, nor mislead others. The ironmasters have
held their quarterly meetings this week, which have been
well attended, and the prices agreed upon are to remain the
same as they were last quarter, viz :—Bars, £9; rails, £io;
and sheet, £ll per ton ; hot blast mine pigs are fetching
£4 7s. 6d., and cold blast, £4 17s. 6d. ; and good ironstone
19s. per ton. They have, at their quarterly meetings, also
unanimously agreed to resist any attempts on the part of
the thick coal colliers, thin coal, and stone men, for an ad-
vance of wages.— Wolverhampton Herald.

313irtbil, Otarriagol, aiZ i' tatb4.

BIRTH.
On the 17th inst., at St. Andrews, Edinburgh, the wife of
the Rev. Professor Mitchell, of a son.

MARRIAGES

On the 17th inst., at Bletchington, by the Rev. W. Dyott,
William Linskill, Esq., of Tynemouth House, Northumber-
land, to the Hon. Frances Annesley, second daughter of the

Viscount Valentia.
On the 18th inst., at Sephton Church, by the Rev. J. Jones,
Robert, son of the late Mr. T. Haddock, of Warrington, to
Margaret Shanklin, daughter of the late Mr. W. Spence,
sculptor, of Liverpool.
On the 18th inst., at St. Bride's, by the Rev. W. Falloon,
Mr. R. Smith, to Ann Jane, danghter of the late Mr. G. Hodg-
son, and grand-daughter of R. Hodson, Esq., of Liverpool.
On the 18th inst., at Bidston, by the Rev. J. King, rector of
Woodchurch, Richard, eldest son of James Powell, Esq.,
Clifton-park, Birkenhead, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late
Rev. Jos. Gate, incumbent of Bidston.
On the 18th inst., at Trinity Church, Marylebone, by the
Reverend Freeman H. Bishop, William Henry Mangles,
Esq., 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment, only son of Robert
Mangles, Esq., of Sunningdale, to Emily Ellen,eldest daughter
of Captain Henry Mangles Denham, her Majesty's ship
Herald, now on an exploring expedition to the South Pacific.
On the 19th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the
Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Cape Town, assistec)d by the
Rev. John Harris, cousin of the bride, Peter Gerherd Vander
Byl, Esq., of Cape Town, eldest son of the late Hon. Peter
Voltelin Vander Byl, of the Cape of Good Hope, to Celina
Euphemia, eldest daughter of Phillip Patton Blyte, Esq., of
Upper \Vimpole.street, Cavendish-square.
On the 19th inst., at Battersea Old Church, by the Rev.
Henry Lewis, M.A., Charles George, eldest surviving son of
the late Dr. Llewellyn, surgeon, of the 40th Bengal Native
Infantry, to Elizabeth Isabella, second daughter of Griffith
Protheroe, Esq., surgeon, Narberth, in the county of Pem-
broke.

DEATHS.
On the 17th ult., at Bermuda, of yellow fever, Marian, the
beloved r. n d amiable wife of Major Oakley, of the 36th Regi-
ment, and half-sister of the late Lord Kingsdale.
Lately, at Dublin, R. Cooper, Esq., principal of the Consoli-
dated Writ Office for the Law Courts. The vacant situation
is reported to bo worth £7OO or £BOO a-year.
On the 13th inst., at Hooe-lodge, Sussex, in her 24th year,
Frances Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late John Jones,
Esq., of Liverpool, and of Berwyn-house, Llangollen,
On the 17th inst., aged 34, Mary, mile of Mr. R. E. Archer,
113, Mulberry-street.
On the 19th inst., at Everton, aged 87, Mary, relict of the

late 111.,. Thomas Appleton.
On the 19th inst., in Green-lane, West Derby, aged 33,
Jane Eliza, the beloved wife of Mr. Humphrey Roberts.

POLICE COURTS

YESTERDAY

LI VERPO OI

SISTERLY AFFECTION.—Thomas Ready, Thomas Wynne,
1 Ellis Jones, three very little fellows, were charged with
aling eight lbs. of copper bolts, on Wednesday morning,
m No. 2, Graving dock. The officer in addition, found
te lbs. more concealed on P.

He detected ft

s hiding under two ships, at present undergoing
—the American and the Daniel Grant. A pretty,
ssed little girl of twelve years old came forward,
Atterl and stated, that she was sister of the small-
-
lada, Ellis ones, and that, he had been enticed away on
.dnesday by a bigger boy, who came whistling for him ;

;eel of him not to g:

Why is yom..

not here ? Girl : She said, it was no use, Sir.
Does your brother go to school ? Girl : Our
, so we can't afford to send him to school. The
istrate remanded two of the lads till this day, and
yed the girl, who had so good-naturedly followed h
)rother, to take him home.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF PROVISIONS

zis

Ann Ush

,ard Hod

Elizabeth Smith
on, and Lawrenc

at labourers

.ed with being the parties to stealing a quantity
rovisions, consisting of six tierces of beef, and six barrels
Irk, the property of Messrs. Currie and Newton, wine
spirit merchants, 3, Andsell-street, and stolen from their
s in Moore-street. On Wednesday evening, an officer
ird, in Bow-street, kept by a
named Haves, and upon enquiry, found that the casks

rved the casks in a coal-

brought there in a car, wAiehouse room having
bespoken for them, the day before by the male pn-
Hs. The females were with them. A clerk in the
Ja proved that the brands on their casks had been shaved
f. The mark on the salt beef was " George Dominch ; "
hat on the French pork was in figures. The casks were
the property of his employers. All the male prisoners had
been in the employment of the firm till within the last few

weeks, and John fisher up to the day of the r
of them had, before this, been concerned
of whiskey

)bbery. One
fling a bottle

that he saw tt

he yard in Bo

a, and two female prison
iged in shaving off- the brands from the ca
ings were also identified as the brands.

Awn t

Informations for Quarter S,

rrested the prisoners.
Ind the

sions were ordere