... March 23, 1850. ?? BMy dear Sir,-I have to acknowledge the receipt of I your favour, enclosing prospectus of Newspaper Stamp a Abolition Committee. I have 210 hesitation in assuring f you that any proposal to facilitate the spread of know- s ledge amongst ...

... in the two editions of the same paper. The duty alone thus amounted to 7s. Among the objects successfully accomplished in great part by the advocacy of the Athenceum may be named the abolition of the Stamp Duty and of that on paper. The whole of the profit ...

... in their articles, was seen to be a necessity by news- paper proprietors, as soon as the repeal of the duty, and the entire or partial abolition of the registration, appeared likely to take place. But, in what way was it to be accomplished P The problem ...

... a Downing-street-chained to the Excise-office--chain- 3ed to the Stamp-office. It is trebly chained ; it s works under the load of a paper duty, a stamp duty, and an advertisement duty. How it works at all is the wonder ; and we doubt not ...

... reduced the duties upon advertise. ments and'stamps, at a sacrifice of £750,001) annually. its. Likb thoise former colleagues lie entertained no fear It- . f the political consequences that might follow the the abolition of newspaper stamps, but considering ...

... getting, a 6d., duty properly secured to them, ratheftisan a 5s. duty which they only obtained ina a very few instances. .. The duty on recinsurance, imposed' last year, was proposed to be removed, as being burden-, some ; asd the duty on what were termed ...

... country at, large. In the repeal of what have been called the Taxes on Knowledge, viz. the newspaper stamp, the ad- vertisement duty, and the excise duty on paper, was brought about through the exertions of Mr Thomas Milner Gibson, at that time the colleague ...

... Wee now he;ir nothing of an opposition to the cquali- t zation of the spirit duties; and though in some quar'- f tcrs a demonstrat ion has been attempted against the - penn! stamp cn caheqs es --io efonrt has been mna de to oppose its passage tuirnugh. tile ...

... roceptiont 9 th - eojdous, PARIs, Friday. The tax on foreign securities will be assessed in the same way as the stamp and transfer duties. C LONDON CORN MARKET.-YEsTEnDAY. r Very little business doing. English and foreign J wheat dull at previous values ...

... topics of the day. ca FeRE IXSURAn7CE DUTY.-The anouast realised by the h fire insurance duty, in the year ended March last, was U1,2S0,449. ar REN:Ni RECEIPT STAMrs.-There has been an increasc lit from receipt stamps, in the year ended March, of the sum ...

... committee of supply Mr. MACGREGOR movid an amendment that in ?? sideration of the recent chages in the navigation laws, th`:,kanip duties on inarino assurances, bills of lading, and other shipping documents, should be uboli-ihed Lord J. MANNERS seconded the motion ...

... including the abolition of purchase ?? Navy estimates ?? 9,50,000 Civil Service ?? ?? ?? 10,652,000 Revenue Departments ?? 2,621,000 Post Office ?? ?? 2,610,000, Telegraph Services ?? .. ?? 500,000 Packet Services ?? ?? .1,1 5,Ouo Abolition of Purchase ...