The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-09 00:00:00

DONCASTER ST. LEGEIt.

There are two' sirong parties touching Commodore ; one
lay sans fear, the other accept. 12 to 1 has been taken on
one hundreds to a good sum, and after ten fifties. 13 to 1
offered against the Provost ; 3 to 1 on the field.

WEALTH OF THE COUNTRY.

(From the Scotsman.)

The duties on legacies and successions afford instructive
evidence of the vast wealth of the country. A return, just
published, supplies the following facts on the subject.
Capital on which legacy duty was paid in Great Britain, in
1838 :

Rate of Duty.
1 per cent ..
21 per „
3

Capital:

£23;434,627
164,381
14,600,235
21,656
1,650,504
433,178
21,351
4,978,985

5
6
8
10

Amount for 1836
Ditto for 1837

£45,304,917
41,768,806
42,617,582

£129,691,305

Average for three years £43,230,433
From this return we find that the value of the personal and
moveable property annually disposed of in legacies, exceeds
forty-three millions sterling. Of this sum, about one-half
(paying one per cent) goes to children or their descendants ;
one-third (paying three per cent) to brothers, sisters, or their
descendants ; one 28th part (paying five per cent) to uncles,
aunts, or their descendants ; oue 100th part (paying six per
cent) to grand-uncles, grand-aunts, or their descendants ;
and one-ninth part (paying ten per cent) to very distant re-
lations or entire strangers. The proportions are nearly the
same for each of the three years.
But to this must be added the value of property which falls
in succession. Of this we can only make a rough estimate
from the gross amount of the duty paid on probates, admi-
nistrations, and testamentary inventories.
1838.—Duty paid on legacies in Great Britain £1,282,001
Duty on probates, administrations, &c. 927,966

£2,209,9G7

We have no means at hand of ascertaining what proportion
the capital bears to the duty (which varies widely with cir-
cumstances); but assuming that it is the same as in the case
of the legacies, the amount of personal and moveable pro-
perty falling to individuals each year by succession will be
£33,000,000. That of both will be—
Property falling in annually by legacy £13,000,000
Ditto by succession 33,000,000

£76,000,000

This does not include the property passing by conveyance
in the way of gift, in order to elude the legacy duties, or from
other motives.
Comparing Scotland with England, the legacy and probate
duties for 1838 are—
England—Legacies
Probates, &c

£1,207,701
872,190

Scotland—Legacies .
Probates, &c

£2,079,894

£74,297
55,775

£130,072

The property falling in annually by legacy and succession,
in Scotland, seems to be to that in England, as 1 to 16. This
proportion does not represent the comparative wsalth of the
countries, as the amount of their taxes shows.
Money falling in annually by legacy—in Scotland,
about £2,627,000
Ditto ditto in Ireland 2.315,677
Ditto ditto in England
It will be observed, that the amount for Ireland is actually
less than for Scotland.
The rational and considerate practice of making wills
seems to have gained ground rapidly, as the following table
shows :
CAPITAL ON WHICH LEGACY DUTY WAS PAID.
In 9 years, ending 1805 £ 3,700,000
7. • .. 1812
1820..
7 .. .. 1827....
6.. .. 1833
3.. .. . 1838 43,230,000

EMIGRATION OF GERMANS.—About 200 persons from
Germany came this morning (Friday) by the Railway from
Newcastle, by a special train, and were conveyed to the canal
basin, intending to go to Liverpool to embark for America as
settlers. A similar number will arrive in the course of the
week ; and we understand that above 1000 settlers from Ger-
many are expected to pass through Carlisle.—Carlisle
Patriot.
There was a meeting of the conservative peers at Apsley
House on Thursday afternoon. It was very numerously at-
tended. The Dukes of Beaufort, Dorset, Rutl nd, and
Buckinghkun, Varquisses of Salisbury, Downshire, Tweed-
dale, Ely, arid Xiteb\try; Eat 4 of-11Ad'dihgton, Aberdeen,
Cardigan, Wilton, Chesterfield, and Harrowby ; Lords
Forester, Heytesbury, Ellenborou h, Hardwicke, &c., were
Wail* POUF