The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-10 00:00:00

THE NEW STAMP ACT.

An act which has received the royal assent effects a very
important reduction in stamp duties; and it will be of
considerable advantage to the middle and humbler classes.
The act comes into operation on the 10th October next,
and the saving that will he accomplished in dealing with
estates will at once be seen by the following tables :
PURCHASE 1 PRESENT I FUTURE I
SAVING.
MONEY. DUTIES. DUTIES.
CONVEYANCES OF FREEHOLD ESTATES.
Deed Stamp, Lease for a
I For a Purchase of Year, and Memorial.
£2Ol .£2 5 0 £0 5 0
Ditto.... 50 3 0 0 0 7 6
Ditto.... 100 3 0 0 0 12 6
Ditto 150 4 5 0 0 17 6
PURCHASES OF COPYHOLD ESTATEi
I SurrenderandAdmission
• Copy.
£2 0 0 £0 5 0
210 0 0 7 6
2 10 0 0 12 6
300 0 2 6
ES OF FREEHOLD ESTATE
I Deed Stamp, Lease for a
Year, and Memorial.
£2 10 0 £0 3 9
300 0 5 0
450 0 6 3
450 0 7 6
ES OF COPYHOLD ESTATE
Surrender & Court Copy.
£2 0 0 £0 3 9
210 0 0 5 0
300 0 7 6
ND WARRANTS OF ATTO
£1 0 0 I £0 1 3
110 0 0 2 6
200 0 5 0
ON LE ASE

£2 0 0
2 12 6
2 7 6
3 7 6

For a Purchase of
X2l'
Ditto.... 50
Ditto.... 100
Ditto.... 200
MO RTGA G

1 15 0
2 2 6
1 17 6
1 17 6

For a Mortgage of

-£5O
Ditto.... 100
Ditto.— 150
Ditto.... 200

£2 6 3
2 15 0
3 18 9
2 12 6

MORTGAG:
For a Mortgage of
£5O
Ditto.... 100
Ditto.... 200

£1 16 3
2 5 0
3 17 6
.N ?Y.
018 9
1 7 6
1 15 0

ON BONDS A
For Securing £5O
Ditto.... 100
Ditto.... 200

Rental under £2O
Rental.... 20
Ditto.... 100

£1 0 0
1 10 0
2 0 0

£0 2 0
0 2 0
0 10 0

£0 18 0
1 8 0
1 10 0

.
Memorials are only required in register counties ; and
leases for a year might, in some instances, as where there
was a power of appointment, be dispensed with. The
above table only reaches to £2OO, but the comparison can
be carried onwards. From this reduction of stamp duties
the public will learn at what reduced expenditure estates
may be conveyed, mortgaged, or held under lease. There
are many other seasonable reductions in stamp duties,
which may be seen on referring to the new stamp act.

SALE OF MR. 'O'CONNOR'S ALLOTMENTS IN OXFORD-
SIIIRE.—On Saturday, the allotments at Minster Lovell
(ore of Feargus O'Connor's celebrated land schemes)
were brought to the hammer, at Oxford, by order of the
mortgag,ees, who have a claim of £5,000 upon the whole
estate; which comprises 297 acres of land, and 82 cottages,
of three, four, and more rooms each. A notice had been
circulated previous to the sale, to the effect that any per-
sons purchasing any portion of the property would thereby
involve themselves in a suit of Chancery. One of the
occupiers told the auctioneer that it was the intention of
all of them to keep possession, or throw the whole into
Chancery. Out of 85 lots only 6 were really sold. Several
were bought in, and for the great majority there were no
bidders.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A CLERGYMAN.'—An
attempt was made on Friday upon the life of the Rev.
R. Atthill, curate of Holy Trinity Church in Hull, which
has created quite an excitement. The rev. gentleman was
conversing in the market-place with a friend whom he had
met, when a man respectably dressed came up, ard, hold-
ing a pistol within two or three incises of Mr. Atthill's
head, pulled the trigger. Fortunately, although the cap
exploded, the•pistol itself hung fire; upon which the fel-
low walked unconcernedly away, saying, " It does" 7t sig-
nify ; we shall meet again." At first the rev. gentleman
thought a rather extraordinary joke had been played upon
him ; but, recovering from his surprise, he foll Owed the
man, who was then taken into custody. Upon examina-
tion, the pistol was found to be loaded with hall and a
proper charge of powder, and a powder-flask and another
toilet were discovered upon his person. Had the pistol
not providentially been prevented from going off, Mr.
Atthill must have been killed on the spot, So close was the
weapon held to his head. The prisoner was immediately
taken before the magistrates, who were sitting at the time
of the occurrence, and by them he was committed to
York for trial at the next assizes. His name is Edward
Kelass, and, from statements made before the court, he
appears to be insane, and to be suffering from a religious
monomania. He assigned no motive for the outrage.