The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-22 00:00:00

TRANSFER REQUEST NOTE

Permit Henry Roe and Sons, Thomas street distillery, to
send from bonded stores to -- of or order, one cask
of spirits, marked H. R. and S., containing gallons
stored -- day of Dublin ---- day of ---
185— For Henry Roe and Sons.
To the Excise Storekeeper.

The excise authorities have, it is understood, assented to
this document, which gives them the protection previously
required of ascertaining that the first purchaser, at least, is
a licensed person. To complete the document at the time
of duty paying the following is added on the back:—
Permitted to
Address
Date

This document appears to us to partake so closely of a
dock warrant or bill of exchange as to answer all reasonable
purposes, as far as the distillers are concerned, and, if
adopted in good faith by all the' houses, will be greatly to
their advantage, as well as that of the trade in general.
We should have liked to have seen what is usually on dock
warrants, an absolute recognition of the ownership of
the holder, but we take it that the feet itself is
Admitted no the fare of the document. If now the Excise
get a man of business and sense, in lien of their late head,
some further reforms may be hail. For instance, the request
note might be enlarged a little, and serve to contain all the
necessary particula-s of the warrant, so as to serve for a
warrant when duty paying. The present annoyance of
obtaining a counter signature to the warrant would then be
unnecessary. The revenue and storage departments of
the- Excise should be separated, and the duty taken as in
the Customs, from any body offering to pay it.
What an absurdity would it be considered if the Customs
sent every body who came to pay duty to find the
original importer, and get his signature to the warrant,
although they, too, indulge the fic'ion of treating all pro-
perty in the stores as the property of the importer. Then
they (the excise) should either let their stores to Messrs.
Scovell, or any one else, and let them deal with the owner-
ship in the ordinary way, by transfers or dock warrants, or
transact the business in that way themselves. We trust that
now the distillers have gone so far, they will put their
shoulders to the wheel to free the trade from every unneces-
sary trammel, and we feel satisfied that no difficulty will
be thrown in the way by the officials here. Uuder the
present warehouse keeper many useful facilities have been
introduced, and plunder most materially put down, and the
collector is most conciliatory on all occasions. But with
the authorities on the other side, a little parliamentary
pressure will be necessary, and, sooner or later, the duties
will be equalised, and we hope a large export trade to
England arise. Additional facilities for the latter purpose
will also be imperatively demanded.—Dublin Freeman's
Journal.

By an imperial ukase the Protestant and Roman Catho-
lic chaplains, attached to the Russian army, are henceforth
placed on an equal footing as regards state pay, &c., with
those of the Greek church.

Accounts from Rome in the Augsburg Gazette says :
" Three Catholic priests have arrive I here from Wurtem-
berg with the view of negociating a concordat between that
country and the Holy See. The Pope has convened a
congregation, when the project will be communicated to the
latter by the priests in person."
STOPPAGE OP COTTON MILLS AT PRESTON.,—During the
past five days the cotton mills of Messrs. John Pc:ley & Co.,
at Preston, were stopped, owing, it is said, to some private
arrangement bring about to be made. Consequently the
whole of the operatives employed at those mills have been
this day temporarily thrown out of employment. It is
expected that conditions will shortly be concluded, and the
mills resume operations. The firm is a very old and
respectable one, and the stoppage has caused considerable
sensation. There is a rumour to the effect that the firm is
unable to meet all demands, but how far this is from correct
we are not prepared to say. .
PROPOSED PUBLIC PARE FOR PRESTON —The anti-race
party at Preston, in opposing the re-establishment of
races in the town, have adopted a proposition for the
laying out of the Moor Park ground as a public park as
soon as possible, and have waited upon the town council
to further their object, so as to frustrate the proposal
made to the council, about a week ago, by the racing
party for the appropriation of the same as a racecourse.
To the former proposal the council expressed their appro-
bation, and an active canvas is about to be made in
furtherance of this desirable project. The Moor Park is
situate on a very pleasant and commanding site on the
north side of the town, and. being the property of the
corporation, and within a mile and a half of the market
place, possesses considerable advantages over any other
site in the neighbourhood of the town.

INSULT TO THE UNICED STATE OFFICERS.—An insult has
been offered to the officers of the sloop of war Cyane by
some rowdies in the streets of Halifax. The Halifax
Recorder of the 27th ult. thus relates the circumstances :
" We are sorry to relate that, on the evening of Tuesday
last, a party of the officers of the United States corvette
Cyane were grossly insulted whilst passing through some of
our streets. They were followed up by a crowd, who very
emphatically advised them to go to Greytown,' and shouted
out various insulting expressions and opprobrious epithets
after them. One of the insulted party, we understand,
expressed a willingness to give a licking to the best man in
the crowd, but the individuals who composed the latter
preferred, it seems, limiting themselves to giving the
foreigners a piece of their mind." The Cyane left Halifax
on the 25th for the cost of Newfoundland.
SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER AT PRESTON.-011 Sunday
afternoon, the dead body of a female child, about ten weeks
old, was found buried in a cap abutting upon the river
Ribble, at Sea Marsh, about a mile from Preston, by two
operatives, named John and William Taylor. The child's
body was wrapped in an old print frock, and a red and black
woollen shawl,
and it had a grey calico cap upon its head.
When extricated from the sand in which it is supposed to
have been buried for a few weeks, the body, which was in
a state of decomposition,. was removed to the Plough Inn,
at Ashton, and information of the same was given to the
police. Subsequently, it was found that the child's bead
exhibited several external wounds upon the left side, which
were much discoloured. A post mortem was made by Mr.
Haider), surgeon, of Preston, the following day (Monday)
and an inquest was being held last night by Mr. Myres,
coroner, when
in which
parcel was despatched.
From the position which the body was found, and of the
nature of the injuries upon the child's bead, there is not any
doubt but that the little sufferer is the victim of a cruel and
inhuman parent. Up to last night nothing had transpired
that might lead to the detection of the perpetrators of this
foal deed,