The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-06 00:00:00

ThE NEW STAMP ACT.

The following further correspondence regarding the
Stamp Act has passed between the Bank of England
and the Board of Inland Revenue, from which it will be
rieen that, open reconsideration, the Board have modified
their view expressed to Mr. Grain, the notary, and
published in The Sun of the 2.5 th ult., to the effect that
each part of a bill drawn abroad in sets, and payable in
this country, is liable to the duty on an inland bill :
" Bank of England, Oct. 26, 1854.
"My dear Sir,—l am quite sorry to trouble you further
on questions arising under the new Stamp Act ; but I am
rather puzzled at the answer you have given to Mr. Grain
with respect to bills in sets drawn abroad, and payable in
the -United Kingdom.
"will you, therefore, allow mo to ask if you mean that
each bill of the set is liable to the full duty on a single
inland bill of the same amount ?
" In other words, supposing that I am the holder of two
parts of a bill fur 1,t500/., are both these parts liable to the
full duty of 155., or only to ss. each ?
" If you hold that they are both liable to the full duty
of 155., then double duty is exacted, and in the latter case
one-third of the duty would be lost to Government.
" I raise this question simply on this ground :—lt is the
most common of practices to draw bills abroad in sets,
send the first for acceptance, and negotiate the second or
third, affixing a note at the bottom that the first.is' with
A.B.

" The first is claimed by the holder of the second, and,
as the latter contains all the endorsements, the two are
pinned or wafered together, and form one bill, liable, I
think, as in the case of a 1,500/. bill, to the duty of 15s.
" The third probably never makes its appearance.
" Now, we hold a large number of bills in this condi-
tion, on one of which the full duty as for a single inland
bill is indicated by the appropriate stamp, and, as they
arc maturing every day, and paid without hesitation on
presentation, it is of importance that the point I have
raised should bo clearly understood.—l am, my dear sir
yours very truly,
"'Thomas Keogh, Esq., &c.

M. MARSHALL."

" Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, Nov. 3, 1854.
My dear Sir,-.I have laid your letter before the
board, and the subject has been carefully reconsidered.
" I have now to acquaint you, that it is the opinion of
the board, that, although a bill drawn abroad, and pay-
able in this country, may be in duplicate or triplicate, it
only represents one transaction, and that it is liable to the
duty on one inland bill of the same amount.
" The practice of the Bank as described by you is,
therefore, correct.

" I am further directed to state that, although the
board desires to pay the most respectful attention to every
question, and give all the information in its power, yet
that the
public ought to recollect that the opinion of the
board can have no authority in a court of law, and that it
would be safer and more expedient on every ground for
parties to apply to their own legal advisers for the solu-
tion of doubts on the construction of acts of Parliament.—
I am, my dear sir, yours very
THOMAS ...BOOR.
" M. Marshall, Esq.

PREPARATIONS FOR _EXPLODING Tfig
SUNKEN _RUSSIAN SHIPS.

finders, each 12 feet long by 4
Thirteen large irp
put on board the Robert Lowe,
cylinders,
received at Woolwich from
steam-vessel, for conveyance to Sebastopol,
transport stearnt-
vbe employed in blowing up the sunken
where they are
tehe mouth of the harbour of that forti-
ficationf:leatniunhedsitaernr,etteer,
b have
shiPa 'f. war at
Crimea. The cylinders are of the same
sunk that
awerePortsmouth en l employed d ; ina
n,
d blowingeh
in the
willu pc
the
Royal George,of 1 000 lb
a
charge , s. of gunpowder. Twenty-four
con-
tain
cylinders in all have been ordered to be made and for-
warded immediately to the Black Sea ; but thirteen only
had arrived on Saturday afternoon. Some idea may be
size as 9ieo
formed of the strength of the cylinders when it is stated
that the weight of each is upwards of two•and-a-half
tons when empty.
The Sunderland News gives the following further
particulars as to the employment of these cylinders :
" Messrs. W. G. Armstrong and Co., of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, patentees of the hydraulic crane, are busily
employed executing an order for the Admiralty for the
construction of apparatus for blowing up the Russian
ships of war which now obstruct the entrance to the
harbour of Sebastopol. The cranes are 25 in
number—
-13 large and 12 smaller—and each consistsnmistm
Df
ithin the
water-
tight cylinders, of different sizes, placed onew
other so as to form three different compartments.
The
innermost cylinder will be filled with fineordn
igaurny blasting
gunpowder ;
the space between it and the nest with A
galvanic wire
powder, and the outer one left
vacant.
rider to communi-
cate be inserted in the innermost cylinder
cate with the battery. The larger apparatus will weigh
four tons. We
three tons each, and when charged,
understand that the order will
b©
ebtp
completed
this week.
o 01, the effect of
Prior to their being shipped to
Sebastopol,
one of them will be tried upon a sunken wreck at Tyne-
mouth."

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A committee of the Lords of the Privy Council on
shipping had a meeting during the week. Lord John
Russell, the Lord President, did not attend, but Dr.
Lushington, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Mr.
Cardwell, President of the Board of Trade, Lord
Granville, Sir W. Noleswortb, and other lord!' were
present,

H E A.T RE-R 0 A. L, DRIIRY-LAND,
M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.
(FOB ONE MONTH ONLY.
BRITISH A.P;XY QUADRILLE—PARTANT POUR LA. SYR lE.
The- 'programme is changed Every Evening.
FROG IS EVENING (Monday, Nov. 6) :
rear I.— -Overture, "Oberon"—Weber. Quadrille from Meijer-
beer's Opera , " L'Etoile du Nord (first time)—Jullien. Symplikny,
the Andan A from the "Symphony in A minor"—BeettioNeia.
Rondo Bohe salenne (Gipsy Song) from .Meyerbeer's last new Opera,
L'Etelle i la Nord," sung by Madame Anna Thillon—Meyerbeer.
Schottische, " The Moldavian Schottische"--Juillen. Solo, oboe,
" Souvenir el 'es Montagne," performed by M. Lavigne (his first ap-
pearance)--)Lavigne. Quadrille, " The British Army," assisted by
the military bands—Jullfen. " God Save the Queen." " Putout
pour la Syri,
PART 11.- -Opera, grand operatic selection and fantasia, from Me y-
M.
erbeer's opera " Roberto ll Diavolo," with solos by M. Lavigne,
Wuille, M. Baumann, and Mr. Trust—Meyerbeer. Valse, Valse
D'Adien," •ifith solo for cornet-a-piston, by Herr Kcenig—Jullien.
Symphony, the Scherzo, from the symhpony in A minor—M. Men-
delssohn Serr,g," The Old Friends at Home" (American Melody),
sung by Madame Anna Thillon—Linley. Quadrille, " The Ameri-
can Quadrille," (as performed in the United States for 216 consecutive
nights with the greatest suerogs)--jullien. Selo, " VainAtlau-
Dia-
bolique," performed by Signor Robbio--Robbio. Galop, ~ The
tic"—JulV ten.
The Concerts on each evening will commence at Eight and termi-
nate at Eleven o'clock.
PamEs or ADM:lBBlON.—Promenade, beset!, and galleries, ls. ;
dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes 11. Is. and 11. 115. 6d.
Places and private boxes may be secured on application to Mr.
O'Reilly, at the box-office of the theatre, and of the principal music-
sellers and librarians.

'TIENATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.

tinder, the managercent of Mr. isockstone.

TIII3 EVENING, Nov. 6,

will be performed the remedy of PAUL PRY. Principal cha-
racters by Mr. Wright, Mr. Chippendale, Mr, W. Fatren, Mrs.
Poynter, and Miss E. Chaplin.
To which will be added THE SPANISH DANCERS.
Followed by ROW TO PAY THE RENT.
To conclude with the FLCWER OF THE PORT.

ROYAL PRTNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. ("luaus Kitsis.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 6,
After which,. THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters
by Mr. C. Reran, Messrs. J. Vining. Addison, Graham, D. Fisher,
Ca heart, and baker; Misses C. Leelereq, Reath, Leman, and K.
Terry.
After which will be presented a new sdelo-dramatic SpZctacle, in
three acts, entiti ad SCHAIHYL, the Warrior Prophet.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII.

Prorriefro, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress, Madame celeste.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 6,

Will be performed THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Characters by
3fcssrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, and Keeley ; Miss Woolgar, Ittal
Itrs. N.celey.
Fellowel by DIN'A FIDE TRAvoLLy.r..
To conclude with MEPIITATOPTIELES.
To conclude wail THE FIFTII OIT N)VEMBEa.

ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIE 4, ?RE

Lessee arr.: Manager. Mr. A.

Wigan

17111 S EVI:NINI), Nov. G

ICY iy, perbrme: TAIT Ch'victors by Merl,. A.
Vming, Emery, and Leslie; Mies 31 shci , and Miss
ssephens.

To ',re followed by a Parce, ca'led A BLIGITED BEING, in
Wig eh ttotion appear.

To conclude with TII LOTTERY TICKET,

sTZ.F.rs Ilay.kt, A r,:ir

NIT willinm Prs^lr"

Tilz excitement of the Great ExhiNtion of I RSI ervulletl,
b.,yend all prece :eat I
Tats EVe..NING,

The AstoniAhingly SuccesAful MILUTARY SPECTACLE. in Tr-n
hr J. it. ,ToNuELLsg, Esq., caned THE BATTLE OF TOE
ALMA!

•k'`t•r whie,, novel r3CENES in th.: CIRCLE, or ..TEXX DUCE
PIiALIQU ES.
To coneude with a i'lEr.lE DE CI RCONSTANCE.

. is.— tin early attendance is respectrully save sted, in consequence
of the numbers wt.o ni4htly throng the doors of the Theatre.
~x-oo_ice open, from Eleven till Four. Stage Man tger,
Went. Acting Manager, Sir. W. H. Cooke. Er.e4trian Direct,. r,
At'. Woe Cooke, jut.

HP di WATER AT LONDON BRIDOK

T I.:A, —YorrOn7 29 rnirt.o.trmr 2 I r,vcniNg 46 r1114.3P. 2
'lO w Morc.ing 4 .a:D.aftez 3 Evenini; 21 nVn.l.7t,

T i& 01P1174, Nov. 5.

TR zsmobazrzu, IN THE SLiADE.

55—! highest since noon on Saturday.
52 —.owest this mortAing and during the night.
58 —this day, at anon.

a A ROM ET ER, 30.06—fa11ing.
Wrqn, N.N.W.—Light, with dull hazy weather. • After-
noon—fine fresh breeze.

NOVEMBER 6.
58 --,eighent since noon yesterday.
47 -lowest thio morning snd dnring the night.
51—this day at noon.
L'Altog-Errn: 30.40—a sudden rise.
to N.N.W.—Light, with fine cold sun-
shiny weather.

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