The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-23 00:00:00

INCOME TAX.-3.1r. WILSON moved a resolution, grant- On the 15th inst., at St. John the Baptist's Church, by
ing a duty of Is. 2d. in the pound upon property, income, the Rev. James Hassell, Mr. H. Colligan, North-
&c.—Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved, as an amendment, that real um herland-street, to Rebecca, daughter of Mr. J. Lock-
property be made to pay the same probate duty as per- wood, master-mariner.
sonal property, and that corporate and ecclesiastical pro- •On the 16th inst., at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev.
perty pay a duty equivalent to the probate and legacy duties. H. Carpenter, Mr. A. Gray to Mrs. E. Shaw.
—A lengthened debate ensued, at the conclusion of which On the 16th inst., at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic
the amendment was negatived without a division, and the Chapel, Mr. Peter Carney to Miss E. Plunkett, daughter
resolution was agreed to, as well as another granting of Mr. Richard Plunkett, William-street.
£8,000,000 out of the consolidated fund. On the 16th inst. at St. George's Church, Everton, by
STAMP DIITIES.—The house then resolved itself into the Rev. W. W. Embank, M.A., assisted by the Rev. J.
committee on the Stamp Acts, and a resolution was H. Carlisle, 8.A., the Rev. James Lawrence, second son
moved, setting forth the proposed scale of duties on bills of James Lawrence, Esq., of Park-hill, near this town, to
and promissory notes, to take effect from the 10th of Catherine, youngest daughter of the late William Car-
August next. On the question that upon sums from lisle, Esq., of this town.
£750 and not exceeding £l,OOO the duty be 10s.— On the 16th inst., at St. Augustine's Church, James
Mr. VANCE complained of the increased duties proposed Newill to Miss Elizabeth Raynor.
to be laid upon bills of exchange in large transactions. A On the 18th inst., at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. J.
protracted discussion arose on this point, but ultimately Bardsley, Henry, second son of Mr. Charles Keet, to Anna,
the resolution was agreed to. After some further debate third daughter of Mr. Wm. Fisk, of Grove-street.
on the stamps on brokers' cheques, the house resumed, On the 18th inst., at All Saints' Church, Leamington,
and the resolutions were reported. by the Rev. Edmund Clay, Malim Sharman, Esq., surgeon,
The bill for affording additional protection to climbing Highgate, near Birmingham, third son of the late Semi.
boys was thrown out on the second reading by a majority Sharman, Esq., formerly of Wellingborough, Northamp-
of 112 to 73. The bill is consequently lost. shire, to Irene Louisa, eldest daughter of the late Alelan-
The Gaming Houses Bill, as amended, was considered der Sharman, Esq., of Bedford.
and ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The On the 18th inst., at St. Martin's Church, Mr. Francis
Public Statutes Bill was read a second time; and after Horsman, draper, of Great Howard-street, to Mary
the transaction of some further business, the house ad- Pilkington, both of this town.
journed at a quarter to twelve o'clock, till Monday. On the 18th inst., at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev.
D. T. Barry, M.A.,George Alfred Galland, Esq., surgeon,
Headingley, to argaret, eldest daughter of the late W.
T. Mason, Esq., Barnsley.
On the 18th inst., at Great George-street Chapel, by the
Rev. J. Galloway, William Henry Dixon, Esq., merchant,
to Eleanor, only daughter of Joseph Hardwick, Esq.
On the 20th inst., at St. John's Church, Mr. George
Johnson to Miss Mary Fitzmorris.
On the 21st inst., at St. John's Church, Mr. James
Heyes to Miss Elizabeth Lewis.

THOMAS BARNETT, a farmer of Glenstone, near Ross
and deacon of a Baptist chapel, has been fined by the
magistrates for cruelty to five of his horses. He nearly
starved them, they were covered with sores, and in this
state he compelled his men to make them work on the
farm.
" CHURCH IN DANGER !"—" How LONG SHALL I GIVE
You ?"—Some weeks ago, a Government inspector visited
Monkwearmouth, and with the Rev. B. Kennicott made
the tour of the old churchyard in which for centuries the
dead have been buried—buried in this wise : The monu-
ments are removed—the ground levelled—a stratum of
ballast laid down—the stones replaced —aud the work of
burial carried on anew ! " Why (exclaimed the Govern-
ment Argus,) you have buried the church ! It stands
below the churchyard, and cannot possibly be dry." He
looked about him with a keen eye, and, breaking a silence
of some little duration, abruptly asked—" How long shall
I give you ?" The worthy incumbent not being prepared
I for so home a question, there was a short pause; and then
came an answer from the inspector himself give you
twelve months." So, with the least possible delay, Mr.
Kennicott got the inhabitants together to consider what
was best to be done; and, after a friendly conference
under his presidency, steps were taken for holding a legal
and more formal meeting with a view to the establishment
of a general cemetery ; for, as Mr. Inspector told the in-
cumbent, "Lord Palmerston is a sharp master—one who
cares fur nobody—never mincing matters, but cutting
right and left whenever he thinks it proper." And his
lordship "thinks it proper" that Monkwearmouth should
not bury her dead in the ancient enclosure for ever.—
Gateshead Observer.