... at the present day But when the effects of the Duty on Paper, the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, and the Advertisement Duty are fairly considered, they can be deemed nothing else. In the first place, the duty ...

... printers and booksellers the borough Brecknock, praying that the excise tax upon paper, the tix upon advertisements, and the stamp-duty on newspapers, may be abolished, leaving the proper authorities to small chaige for the transmission of newspapers post ...

... anxious dispose of. Were advertisements 2s. Gd., instead of . or 75., they would be almost constantly used. The abolition the penny stamp duty on newspapers ?. more educate the people than all our educational acts Parliament. When 1 s..y education, I mean ...

... Comm eis viaj >rous y of tax, the aU..ys contrived some hoi to do without tt. They had been an abohtion of the brick duty and a stamps From the former measure •ome telir f mduatry m.ght peeled hut the latter would n. t.hel good •!.. country, nor diminish ...

... with an address in which he advocated and prophesied the restoration of protective duties. The petitions were ordered to lie on the table. House of Commons Thursday. ABOLITION OF ATTORNEYS’ CERTIFICATES TAX. R. Grosvenur moved the resumption of the debate ...

... Exchequer would, therefore, proceed with the Stamp Bill. The nezt Bill which would mention was one of great importance, upon which the House ead already decided in favour of its principle, and that was the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland. it was ...

... Majority against the clause • • • 112 lo consequence this decision, political pamphlets will be as heretofore exempt from stamp duty. lie result is a severe check to the Government. ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. The French Government has received ...

... would be the duty of petty jury to acquit the prisoner of a crime, in that case it would be the Grand Jury’s duty find no bill. Hut they should think the cas3 was such call for conviction, under such circumstances it would he their duty to find a bill ...

... as a source Revenue, the passage Military B >anty Laud bills. 6. The Federal Revenue should be raised mainly by Duties Impor s. Those duties should be levnd to benefit incidentally Home Industry by shielding it from destructive Foreign competition. They ...

... ai| . turth er mill, may he permitted the value of advice giv.-n, and accuracy Mias that important duty upon duty w.ttch that he bnd declined to und the duty item- mn.-h the housn hrllie ties of old and 1.-n- d 7™“ e.t.blU. iU tmtl. ami hi, noble friend ...

... ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. (From the Daily News.) Thbhc never was case in which so much of real good might bo done so little expense,—and in which so many people might be pleased at the risk of offending hardly anybody—as that of the abolition of the advertisement ...

... NCWSl’Al’iilt STAMPS The select comniittcc of the House Comoioiis on newspaper have made their report. ]> ...