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London, England, 1853-04-20 00:00:00

IV.-ASSESSED TAXES.

That from, and after the sth day of April, 1854, the duties
of assessed taxes payable in Great Britain, under or by
virtue of any act or acts now in force, for or in respect of
male servants, carriages, horses, mares, or geldings, mules,
dogs, hair powder, and armorial bearings or ensigns respec-
tively ; and all compositions for the said duties or any of
them, shall respectively cease and determine ; and in lieu
thereof there shall be paid the several duties contained in
the several schedules following, marked respectively (C),
(D), (E), (G.), (I), and (K) ; (that is to say) :
SCHEDULE (C).—SERVANTS.

Annual
Duty for each

Servant.
For every male servant retained or employed £ s. d.
in any of the several capacities mentioned in
Schedule (C), annexed to the Acts 48th Georovc,
111., chap. 55, and 52d George 111., chap. 93,

respectively—
For every such servant of the age of 18
years or upwards ... 1 1 0
Mid for every such servant under the age of
010 6
18 years
SCHEDULE (D).—CARRIAGES.
Annual Duty
for each

Carriage.
For every carriage with four wheels, of any s. d.
of the descriptions mentioned in Schedule (D.)
of the said acts 48th George 111., chap. 55, and
52d George 111., chap. 93, respectively :
Where any such carriage shall be drawn by
two or more horses, mares, geldings, or

IffsorurclitheaeannPy .. . .. . .. . .. .
mules
of beinglet ... 3 0 0
otherpurpose,
kept and used lb!. any
And if -iuragpeo- till be. k. ept antod
hireusl solely
•• • ... 3 10 0
Ando on
nhere any such carriage shall be drawn
by one horse, mare, gelding, or mule only 2 0 0
other occasion
And for every carriage with less than four
wheels of any of the descriptions aforesaid :
Where the same shall be drawn by two or
more horses, mares, geldings, or mules 2 0 0
And where the same shall be drawn by one
horse, mare, gelding, or mule only
.. 015 0
And for every additional body kept to be successively
used on the same carriage or wheels, the additional duty of
one-half of the said rates or sums respectively.
SCHEDULE (E).—HORSES.

Annual Duty
for each
Horse, Mare
Gelding or
l
For eveiy horse, mare, orgelding, of the height 2
M u
s•e. d.
of 13 hands or more, kept or used for the purpose
of riding or drawing any carriage chargeable
with duty—
Where any such horse, mare, or gelding
shall be kept or used for the purpose of
racing or running for any plate, prize, or
sum of money, or other thing, or kept in

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training for any of the last-mentioned
purposes
And for every such horse, mare, or gelding
as aforesaid, of the height of 13 hands or
more, not kept or used for the purpose
last mentioned .• • •• •
And for every other horse, mare, or gelding
and also for every mule, of whatever
height respectively
SCHEDULE (G).—DOGS.

3 17 0

1 1 0

0 10 6

Annual Duty
for each Dog.
R, a. d.
For every greyhound kept by any person... 1 2 0
For every other dog, of whatever descrip-
tion or denomination the same may be ... 012 0
SCHEDULE (I).—HAIR POWDER.

Annual Duty.
In respect of hair powder used or worn by £ s. a.
any person ... 1 5 10
SCHEDULE (K).—ARMORIAL BEARINGS.
In respect of any armorial bearing or ensign, by what-
ever name the same shall be called, used, or worn by any

person :
Where such person shall be chargeable with
any duty of assessed taxes for any carriage 2 12 9
Where such person shall not be so charge-
able for any carriage, but shall be charge-
able to the duties on inhabited houses ... 1 6 4
And where such person shall not be so
chargeable to any of the said duties 0 13 2

V.-LAND TAX REDEMPTION CONSIDE-

RATION.

That, in lieu of the consideration mentioned in the act
42d George 111., chap. 116, sections 22 and 23, and the
table in schedule (L) annexed to the said act, to be given
or paid for the redemption of the Land Tax, till, considera-
tion for such redemption shall be so much of the capital
stock of the Three Pounds' per Centum Consolidated An-
nuities and the Three Pounds per Centum Reduced An-
nuities, or one of them, as will yield an annuity or divi-
dend less than the amount of the Land Tax to be redeemed
by and at the rate of seven pounds ten shillings per 100/. ;
or, where the sum to be redeemed shall not exceed 251.,
such consideration may be the payment of a sum of money
less by and at the rate of seventeen pounds ten shillings
per 1001. than the amount of the money consideration cal-
culated and ascertained according to the table in the said
schedule (L).

VT.—STAMP DITTIES.
No. I.—STAMPS.
That from and after the sth of July, 1853, in lieu of the
Stamp Duties now payable upon or in respect of the several
instruments, matters, and things hereinafter described,
there shall be paid the several Stamp Duties hereinafter
writing of apprenticeship or clerkship (except
Us7oinfiedeve(t
rythain disento atusrey,):;other instrument or £ d.
articles of clerkship to attorneys and others,
in order to admission iu any court, or any
office in any court)—
Where no sum of money or value shall be paid,
given, assigned, conveyed or secured to or for
the use or benefit of the master or mistress,
the duty of 0 2 6
And upon or in respect of any
.assignment or
wtrrainftinerg oafs
sum of money or value moving to any new
aanfoyresusacihd,inwdhenereturttinrestrall ebnet, noor
master or mistress, the duty of ..• ••• 02 6
Upon articles of clerkship, or any contract
whereby any person shall first become bound
to serve as a clerk in order to his admission
as an attorney or solicitor in any of her Ma-
jesty's courts at Westminster, or in Ireland,
or any other Court of Record in England
holding pleas where the debt or damage
amounts to 40s. ; or in order to his admission
as a proctor in the High Court of Admiralty
in England, or the Court of Admiralty in Ire-
land, or in any of the Ecclesiastical Courts in
Doctors' Commons or in Ireland; or in order
to his admission as a writer to the Signet, or
as a solicitor, agent, or attorney in any of the
Courts of S'ession, Justiciary, Exchequer, and
Commission of 'Fiends in Scotland, the duty of 80 0 0
Upon or in respect of any certificate to be taken
out yearly by every person admitted as an at-
torney, solicitor, or proctor in any court in
England or Ireland, or as a writer to the
Signet or as a solicitor, agent,- attorney, or
procurator in any court in Scotland, and by
every person admitted or enrolled as a notary
public in England, Scotland, or Ireland—
If he shall reside in the City of London, or City
of Westminster, or within the limita of the
twopenny post in England, or within the City
or shire of Edinburgh, or in the City of Dub-
lin, or within three miles thereof : If he shall
have been admitted for the space of three
years or Upwards ... .•. 9 0 0
Or if he shall not have been admitted so
If he shall have resided elsewhere and if he
shall havd been admitted for the space of
three years or upwards ...
Or if he shall not have been admitted so
long ... ... 3 0
Upon any policy of assurance or insurance, er
other instrument by whatever name the same
shall be called, whereby any insurance shall be
made upon any life or lives, or upon any event
or contingency relating to or depending upon
any life or lives—
Where the sum insured shall not exceed 50/. 0 0 6
And where the same shall exceed 501. and
shall not exceed 5001., then for everyso/. 0 0 6
And for any fractional part of 501. over and
above the first, or any multiple of 501.,
the further duty of ••• •• • ... 0 0 6
And where the same shall exceed 5001. and
shall not exceed 1,0001., then for every
0 1 0
And for any fractional part of 1001. over
and above the first, or any multiple of
1001."
hftzlirreeefvtuher further
same
no 0
odeu
shall of .
Andt
0 10 0
And for any fractional part of 1,0001. over
and above the first, or any multiple of
1.
1,0001., the further duty of ... 010 0
..!. xceed).,001:4:::: 10J
Upon any receipt or discharge given for or
upon the payment of money, amounting
to 21. or upwards 0 0 1
For or in respect of any advertisement con-
tained in or published with any gazette
or other newspaper, or any other periodi-
cal paper, or in or with any pamphlet or
literary work ... 0 0 6
Upon any draught or order for the pay-
ment of any sum of money to the bearer
on demand, and drawn upon any banker,
'or any person acting as a banker, who
shall transact the business of a banker at
any place where such draught or order
shall be payable, such place being distant
fifteen miles or more from the place where
such draught or order shall be issued,
provided such draught or order shall bear
date on or before the day on which the
same shall be issued, and provided the
same do not direct the payment to be
made by bills or promissory notes, the
duty of ...

4 10 0

6 0 0

0 0 1

No. 2.—NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENTS.

That so much of any Act as imposes any Stamp Duty
upon any sheet or piece of paper containing wholly adver-
tisements, and which shall be published with, and as a
supplement to, any newspaper chargeable with stamp duty
shall be repealed.

No. 3.—LEGACY DUTY.
That the Stamp Duties payable by law upon, or fcr, or
in respect of legacies, shall be granted and made payable
upon, and for every succession to, the beneficial enjoyment
of any real or personal estate, or to the receipt of any por-
tion or additional portion of the income or profits thereof
that may take place upon, or in consequence of the death
of, any person, under whatever title, whether existing or
future, such succession may be derived.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 19.

Her Majesty's steam transport Rhadamantbus, Mas-
ter-Commander Belam, arrived yesterday morning from
Pembroke, having in tow the Diligence transport, with
stores. The Diligence is ordered Co Deptford to take in
stores for Bermuda.
The steamship Magicienne, 16, Captain Fisher, sailed
yesterday for Pembroke, with Mr. Brown, assistant-
master-attendant, and a party of seamen and riggers, to
navigate the steam-ship James Watt to this port, where
she is to be fitted.

The steam-ship St. Jean d'Acre was warped yesterday
to the sheer hulk, where her boilers will be put on board.
The brig Wizard will be taken into dock to-day, to
have her copper examined and repaired.
SHEERNESS, APRIL 18.
The crew of the Amphion, 34 guns, screw steam-fri-
gate, Captain Charles G. E. Patsy, will be paid their
advance to-morrow, and she is to be considered under
sailing orders.

WOOLWICH, ..k.ran, 19
APPOINTMENTS.

e_Thomas Bradbridge (1849), from thepregnable flag-
ship at Devonport, to the Winchester, 50,
ship,flag on the East India station • Frederick T.
Robins (1851), to the Illustrious, hospital-ship, at
Portsmouth.

- The Phoenix, screw steam-vessel, Commander 'A.
Inglefield, left her
mornings, atthe dockyard, at twelve
o clock noon to-day, and
try her engines, and havin
proceededb downd the river to
and his sister,
and Mrs. Ne 4
'llonithoar
a Lord de Tables:
gentlemen, friends of the
a r bneld. telfie lollireers
officers. Mr. Taplin, Second-Assistant to the Chief
Engineer
at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, also
wt ent down in her, to report the result of the
rial. On arriving at the measured mile at Sea
Reach, below Gravesend, the time taken,and
was
the average speed of four runs—two down and two
up—was found to be 7.410 knots per hour, the engines,
with a stroke of four feet six inches, making 234
revolutions per minute, and working very satisfactorily,
without any hot bearings, or any necessity to ease her
for any adjustment. The Phoenix has all her stores on
board, and is in every respect ready for sea, with the
exception of having to take an additional supply of coals,
which will be put on board immediately, previously to
her departure for the Arctic regions. Captain J. Ful-
ford, Commander J. M. Cooke, Commander F. A.
Campbell, and Lieutenant E. W. Tumour, officers of
the royal navy studying steam at the factory at Wool-
wich Dockyard, with Mr. Roughton, of the steam de-
partment, were on board during the trial, to witness the
working of her engines of 260-horse-power, on John
Penn and Son's oscillating priLciple. The Phoenix re-
turned to Woolwich at half-past six p.m., and is to be
taken into the basin until the Breaclalbane (hired trans-
port) is strengthened, to be ready to go with her on her
enterprising voyage. She steers well, answering her
helm with the greatest nicety—a matter of great s h
atis -
faction, considering the difficult navigation she will have
a
to go through for so large . steamer in the ice, and
amongst the icebergs of the North Polar regions.

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