Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. — John Shaqi
Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
[Drimtaidhvrickhillichattan is situated in the island of Mull, and
county of Argyle.]
_Coins of Europe._--Where can I find the fullest and most accurate tables
showing the relative value of the coins in use in different parts of
Europe?
ALPHA.
[Consult Tate's _Manual of Foreign Exchanges_, and the art. COINS in
M^cCulloch's _Dictionary of Commerce_.]
_General Benedict Arnold._--Can any of the readers of "N.& Q." inform me
where General Arnold is buried? After the failure of his attempt to deliver
up West Point to the English, he escaped, went to England, and never
returned to his native {598} country. I have heard that he died about forty
years ago, near Brompton, England; and would be glad to have the date of
his death, and any inscription which may be on his tomb.
W. B. R.
Philadelphia.
[General Arnold died 14th June, 1801, in the sixty-first year of his
age. His remains were interred on the 21st at Brompton.]
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PARISH REGISTERS.--RIGHT OF SEARCH.
In Vol. iv., p. 473. a Query on this subject is inserted, to which, in Vol.
v., p. 37., MR. CHADWICK replied.
The question, one of great importance to the genealogist, has recently been
the subject of judicial decision, in the case of Steele _v._ Williams,
reported in the 17th volume of the _Jurist_, p. 464. (the Number for
Saturday, 28th May).
At the opening of the argument, the Court of Exchequer decided that the
fees, &c. are regulated by the 6 & 7 Will. IV. c. 86., "An Act for
registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England," which in the 35th
section enacts--
"That every rector, vicar, curate, and every registrar, registering
officer, and secretary, who shall have the keeping, for the time being,
of any register book of births, deaths, or marriages, shall at all
reasonable times allow searches to be made of any register book in his
keeping, and shall give a copy, certified under his hand, of any entry
or entries in the same, on payment of the fee hereinafter mentioned;
that is to say, for every search extending over a period not more than
one year, the sum of 1s., and 6d. additional for every additional year;
and the sum of 2s. 6d. for every single certificate."
MR. CHADWICK seemed to consider this section only applied to "civil
registration;" but this view is, I apprehend, now quite untenable.
The case was, whether a parish clerk had a right to charge 2s. 6d., where
the party searching the register did not require "certified copies," but
only made his own extracts; _and it is decided he has no such right_.
Mr. Baron Parke in his judgment says:
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